About the event

Date: Wednesday, 26 November 2025

Location: Lapis, Linnaeus University, Kalmar

Time: 09:00–16:00 (registration opens at 08:30)

Language: English

Icebreaker event, Tuesday 25 November, 19:00-21:00
Location: the Kalmar Maritime Academy the evening before the event. Demonstration of simulator, light refreshments will be served.

Organisers: Swedish Polar Research Secretariat and Linnaeus University

Last day to register: 12 November. Please register using the form further down on this page.

Preliminary program

Registration and coffee

09:00 Introduction

• Welcome and practical information. Moderators: Katarina Gårdfeldt & Ted Durdel
• Welcome to Linnaeus University, Lena Swalander, Dean at the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
• Polar research at Linnaeus University, Hanna Farnelid, associate professor in marine ecology
• Climate change and the place of humans in the ecosystem, Martin Gren, Professor at the Department of Cultural Sciences

09:40 Climate archives, greenhouse gases and biological processes in the Arctic

• Glacial waters in the North of Greenland release less methane than expected, Marcelo Ketzer, Professor in environmental science
• Changxun Yu, associate professor at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science
• How do Arctic microbes influence carbon and nitrogen cycling?, Lisa Winberg von Friesen, postdoctoral researcher in marine ecology: Life below the ice
• Panel discussion – linking geochemical and biological perspectives

10:20 Coffee break

10:50 Swedish Polar Research Secretariat

• Current initiatives
• Infrastructure support
• International Polar Year 2032/2033, where do we stand?

11:35 Marine polar research – a Swedish area of strength

• Experiences from 34 years of polar research with the icebreaker Oden, Captain Mattias Petersson (presentation in Swedish)

12:00 Lunch

13:00 The role of microorganisms in the Arctic

• Differing primary production in northern Greenland fjords and the Lincoln Sea, Julia Weissenbach, researcher at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science
• Elin Lindehoff, senior lecturer and associate professor in marine ecology
• Karin Holmfeldt, associate professor at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science: Viruses in the central Arctic Ocean
• Panel discussion – the importance of microorganisms in a changing Arctic

13:40 Swedish Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic (SCAA)

• About SCAA, Dag Avango, Professor in History at Luleå University of Technology
• Discussion – how SCAA can strengthen Swedish polar research

14:20 Coffee break

14:40 Early Career Scientists (APECS Sweden) present their research projects

• About APECS Sweden, Saskia Läubli, Stockholm University
• Nadjejda Espinel Velasco, University of Gothenburg
• Tobia Politi, University of Gothenburg
• Nina Pohl, Uppsala University
• Vincent Doriot, University of Gothenburg
• Understanding Sensible Heat Flux Variability in the Southern Ocean, Johan Edholm, University of Gothenburg: From Synoptic to Submesoscale

15:30 Inauguration of the art exhibition

• Arctic - stories from the edge of the ice, artist Ida Rödén

15:40 Art exhibition

Registration has closed