Save the date: OKC Day – November 12, 2026
When and where: At AlbaNova, starting at 8:45 outside the restaurant (Fågelängen) floor 3, near round tables.
The main entrance and the accessibility doors (level 3) should be unlocked between 08:20 and 09:40.
The programme is still under construction and subject to change.
On Thursday 12 November, OKC Day brings the whole Oskar Klein Centre community together for a full day at AlbaNova. This year the day focuses on three things:
- Getting to know each other: flash talks where Working groups and researchers across OKC share what they are working on right now, transdisciplinary speed dating, and a treasure hunt running all day.
- Tools for your research: resources at SU and KTH you may not know you have, and a panel on how researchers actually get funded, and the chance to find a grant buddy.
- Careers beyond academia: a session on going from academia to the private sector, and a panel with OKC alumni on where they went and how they got there.
We end the day with a poster session and mingle, sparkling wine and snacks - and prizes for the treasure hunt!
For those who want to keep socializing, there's an informal AW afterwards.
Confirmed speakers (more to be announced in the coming weeks):
- Ariel Goobar (Centre Director and OKC Reseracher)
- Per Larsson (Coordinator for research communication at Stockholm University and convener of the editorial group who works with editorial content at the university. )
- Jens Melinder (Communications Officer and researcher at the Department of Astronomy)
- Jelina Khoo (KTH Science Communications Officer)
- Ivo Todorov (SU innovations group)
- Martin Arvidsson (SU innovations group)
- Hannes Eder Öhrström (KTH Innovations group)
- Konstantinos Alexandros Kastanas (Sunrise)
Alumni panel:
- Lorenzo Nativi, Software and Algorithm Engineer at Excillum AB, an R&D company designing and manufactoring x-ray sources
- Rahman Amandius, Director of Machine Learning, Voi Technology AB
- Matthew Lawson, Consultant at Savantic ab
- Björn Ahlgren, coding agent team at Lovable
-
Seméli Papadogiannakis
Flash talks:
- Joel Johansson (EO, Cops, forskare)
- Anita Schwaiger (EO, KTH, PhD student)
- Victoria Bollo (Galaxies, Astro, postdoc)
- Claudia Muni (Galaxies, Cops, postdoc)
- Andrea Gallo Rosso (BSM, Cops, Postdoc)
Registration: registration is closed, but you can still sign up for the waiting list. Late registrations are possible, but may not be included in lunch order.
Contact: Samuel, Christian or Ragnhild.
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