Welcome to the Swedish National IPY-5 Scoping Workshop

29 September - all around Sweden

Workshop programme and discussion guide

The workshop's aim, programme and practical information for participants (pdf).

Hub venues, directions and contacts

Chalmers University of Technology

Venue: SEE Small Meeting Room in the morning and SEE Large Meeting Room in the afternoon. Both rooms are located on floor 4Ö of the EDIT Building at the Department of Environmental and Energy Sciences.

Getting there: The corridor leading to the meeting rooms is locked. Please call +46 73 303 35 66 upon arrival, and someone will let you in. https://maps.chalmers.se/category/department#295bb5bf-f011-4a32-bd03-344de5a8ef7e

Local contact for participants: leif.eriksson@chalmers.se

Scientific Contact: leif.eriksson@chalmers.se

Lunch: on own arrangement

University of Gothenburg

Venue: Biosfären room (room 6303). The room is on the 6th floor of Natrium, near the elevators.

Getting there: Natrium is located at Medicinareberget (Google Maps). The elevators are next to the reception desk, and signs inside the building will provide directions to the workshop room.
See the map for directions from the Medicinareberget and Sahlgrenska huvudentrén tram stops.

Local contact for participants: nils.wallenberg@gvc.gu.se

Scientific Contacts: hansl@gvc.gu.se, nils.wallenberg@gvc.gu.se

Lunch: on own arrangement

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Venue: Big Seminar room 1515, level 5, Teknikringen 74 (History of Science, Technology and Environment)

Getting there: https://www.kth.se/places/room/id/95decef0-3b43-4d18-9796-32756f824f2f

Local contact for participants: kati.lindstrom@abe.kth.se 

Scientific Contacts: kati.lindstrom@abe.kth.se, lizemarie.vanderwatt@abe.kth.se    

Lunch: on own arrangement

Linneus University

Venue: Building Vita, Room Vi3133aK.

Getting there: Campus Kalmar, Universitetsplatsen 1, Kalmar.

Local contact for participants: marcelo.ketzer@lnu.se 

Scientific Contacts: hanna.farnelid@lnu.se, marcelo.ketzer@lnu.se  

Lunch: on own arrangement

Luleå University of Technology

Venue: A405 is located on the second floor of the Alf Building (Building A).

Getting there: University campus, Porsön, Luleå.

Local contact for participants: dag.avango@ltu.se 

Scientific Contact: dag.avango@ltu.se 

Lunch: on own arrangement

Mid Sweden University

Venue: Mittuniveritetet, Östersund, Hus Q, Room Q340. Akademigatan 1.

Getting there: https://www.miun.se/kontakt/hittahit/Campuskarta-Ostersund/ 

Local contact for participants: matilda.eliasson@miun.se 

Scientific Contact: katrin.lindback@miun.se 

Lunch: on own arrangement

Stockholm University

Venue:

  • Tarfala room (T433), T-corridor on the 4th floor of the Geosciences building
  • Navarino room, T-corridor on the 2nd floor of the Geosciences building

If you do not have an access card to enter the building corridors, please meet at the main entrance of the Geosciences building on the Frescati campus 10 minutes before the workshop starts. If you have trouble finding the room(s), call Laila Islamovic at 0724443525.

Getting there: https://maps.app.goo.gl/xrv7eAuYeQYNeJcv5?g_st=ic 
If you are having trouble finding the location, please call Laila Islamovic at +46724443525

Local contact for participants: laila.islamovic@aces.su.se 

Scientific Contact: gunilla.svensson@misu.su.se 

Lunch: Lunch is provied by local host

Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF)

Venue: Aniara Conference Room.

Getting there: Bengt Hultqvists väg 1, Kiruna.

Local contact for participants: celine.lundqvist@irf.se 

Scientific Contact: urban.brandstrom@irf.se 

Lunch: on own arrangement

Umeå University

Venue: B2.07.20 - Universum-Aula Nordica

Getting there: https://link.mazemap.com/U4ek9ZG8 

Local contact for participants: simon.oja@umu.se 

Scientific Contact: keith.larson@umu.se 

Lunch: on own arrangement

Uppsala University

Venue: Östersjön, Ek121, Geocentrum, Villavägen 16, Uppsala.

Getting there: 

Local contact for participants: veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se 

Scientific Contact: veijo.pohjola@geo.uu.se 

Lunch: on own arrangement

 

We will add missing information as it becomes available.

Pre-workshop briefing

In this briefing video (6 minutes) for the Swedish National IPY-5 Scoping Workshop, the background to IPY-5 is presented as well as the background to the suggested reading (links below). 

If you do not wish to watch the video slide show, annotated slides are available below.

For questions about the workshop, contact:

Ulf Jonsell
Mobile: +46 76 243 87 19
ulf.jonsell@polar.se 

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