New Horizons at BOM

Join us for our "New Horizons" BOM conference, where we’ll explore exciting developments in our department. Featuring presentations from new faculty, upcoming projects, including the launch of the new LNUC CENWIN, this event will highlight collaborative opportunities for advancing research and education. Connect with new colleagues and gain insights into the future direction of BOM

Conference aims:

The main goal of this conference is to advance knowledge and research in the fields of environmental science and biology within our department.

Attendance:

Participation in New Horizons at BOM is mandatory for PhD students in the Department of Biology and Environmental Science. PhD students will be required to bring a poster and will receive 2 credits for their participation.

Location:

Conference will take place in Lapis, Culmen. Fikas and Lunches will be held in Zenith.

Department dinner on the evening of June 9th.

Registration:

Program

Day 1 - June 9th

10.00 - 10.15 Coffee mingle

10.15 - 10.20 Welcome, Anna

10.20 - 10.50 Anna Augustsson, CENWIN + Hanna Farnelid, EEMiS incl. follow up discussions

10.50 - 11.20 Bodil Sundberg, incl. follow up discussions

11.20 - 11.30 ten minute pause

11.30 - 12.30 Plenary speaker:Andreas Jahrehorn Önnerfors, Academic Freedom and Democracy in Danger, author of, Konspirationsteorier: Meningsskapande berättelser i historia och nutid

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.30 Workshop with Andreas Jahrehorn Önnerfors

14.30 - 16.30 Poster Session and mingle

18.00 Conference dinner, Zegel

End kl 21.00

Day 2 - June 10th

09.00 - 09.15 Coffee mingle

09.15 - 09.20 Welcome & wrap up from Day 1

09.20 - 09.50 Samuel Hylander, Blue Mussel project, incl. Follow up discussions

09.50 - 10:15 Mark Dopson, incl. Follow up discussions

10:15 - 10:30 Break

10:30 - 11.00 Marielle Van Toor, incl. Follow up discussions

11.00 - 11.30 Changxun, Yu,incl. Follow up discussions

11:30 - 11:45 Wrap-Up

11:45 - 12:45 Lunch

End of conference

How to prepare for this conference

Poster Session:

All PhD students at the BOM conference will be required to bring a poster on Day 1 of this conference.

A sustainable event

Building Bridges at BOM is a sustainability-assured meeting in accordance with Linnaeus University’s guidelines for sustainable events. These guidelines are linked to the 17 global goals in Agenda 2030 and comprise the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, the social, and the environmental.

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