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MSM Graduation Ceremony 2025

12-09-2025

On Friday 12 September 2025, MSM organises its Annual Graduation Ceremony. During the Ceremony the Master in Management and Master of Business Administration graduates will receive their well-deserved degrees.

The Ceremony will start at 14.00 hrs CEST and will end at 17.00 hrs CEST, followed by a reception until 19.30 hrs CEST.

The awarding of the degrees and awards is the most important part of the Ceremony - the long-expected moment for our students. To celebrate this memorable moment, the Ceremony will be enriched with a keynote address, graduate valedictory speeches and a musical intermezzo.

Programme

14.00 hrs.	Welcome Dr. Diederik de Boer, Director a.i. MSM
14.15 hrs.	Speech Prof.dr. Mariëlle Heijltjes, Dean Maastricht University School of Business and Economics
14.30 hrs.	Keynote address Dr. Ir. Carlo van de Weijer General Manager Eindhoven AI System Institute (EAISI) / Director Smart Mobility Eindhoven University of Technology
15.00 hrs.	Awarding of the degrees
16.15 hrs	Musical intermezzo MSM Quartet
16.25 hrs.	Student awards
16.35 hrs.	Valedictory speeches graduates
17.00 hrs.	Closing remarks Dr. Stuart Dixon, Director of Academics MSM
17.30 - 19.30 hrs.	Reception (drinks & bites)

Key-note speaker

Dr. Ir. Carlo van de Weijer
General Manager Eindhoven AI System Institute (EAISI) / Director Smart Mobility
Eindhoven University of Technology

Carlo van de Weijer (1966) has a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the TU Eindhoven and a PhD degree with honors from TU in Graz. He carries a broad experience in the automotive industry with a.o. executive positions at Siemens and TomTom. Currently he is general manager of the Eindhoven AI System Institute EAISI at Eindhoven University of Technology and Director Smart Mobility at the same university. He advises ministries and industries around the world on the future of mobility and is actively involved in consultancy as a fellow at Deloitte and in the corporate world through various advisory and supervisory board roles. He is an international speaker on exponential technology and the future of high-tech, amongst others as faculty member of Silicon Valley based Singularity University. Furthermore, he is a weekly columnist in the leading Dutch financial newspaper.

Registration

The MSM Graduation Ceremony is on invitation only. The registration link will be shared via the invitation.

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