Nowadays there is a lot going on in the area of virtualising the real world around us; not only in games but also in training institutes, businesses and non-profit organisations. VirtualIT is about creating (interactive) virtual worlds in every aspect of life. Subjects as virtual reality, virtualised interfaces, augmented reality, VR as testing and development tool, and modelling will be discussed during VirtualIT.

SNiC stands for Stichting Nationaal informatica Congres: Foundation National informatics Congress. This organisation was established in 2004 with the purpose of stimulating the interest of IT knowledge, IT applications and the business side of IT. Every year a congress is organised with an IT related subject.This year the congress takes place on the 15th of November, 2016 (week 46) with the theme VirtualIT. The last years the congress is visited by around 350 interested computer science students. Among them are bachelor as well as master students. The congress offers high class lectures with national and international speakers. There are a lot of networking possibilities between the lectures which is interesting for students as well as companies.