Plenary Speakers

The Steneck-Mayer lecture is named after Nick Steneck and Tony Mayer, the founders of the World Conferences on Research Integrity. The lecture aims to focus on one or more important issues that affect researchers, research institutions, and/or the research system at large and is intended to be an original, insightful, creative and inspiring contribution to the Conference.

The 2026 Steneck-Mayer lecturer is Robbert Dijkgraaf. He has been the president of the Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, was the director of the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies, and recently was Minister (Secretary of state) of Research and Education in the Netherlands. Currently Robbert Dijkgraaf is University Professor of Science and Society from an International Perspective at the University of Amsterdam and the president-elect of the International Science Council. In his diverse roles Robbert Dijkgraaf has consistently taken a strong stance for academic freedom, research integrity and open science.