OKC Day Fall 2026

Thursday 12 Nov 2026, 08:45 → 19:20 Europe/Stockholm

AlbaNova Main Building

Christian Ohm (KTH Royal Institute of Technology), Ragnhild Lunnan (Stockholm University), Samuel Avraham (Stockholm University)

Save the date: OKC Day – November 12, 2026

When and where: At AlbaNova, starting at 8:45 in FB42
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:

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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)
• Samuel Avraham (Communications Officer at the OKC)
• Ivo Todorov (SU innovations group)
• Hannes Eder Öhrström (KTH Innovations group)
• Konstantinos Alexandros Kastanas
• 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

 

Registration: please register by October 31, so we can order lunch and fika. Late registrations are possible, but may not be included in lunch order.

Contact: Samuel, Christian or Ragnhild.

1 Arrival and coffee

2 Welcome and Instructions for the day

Introduction to the:
- Treasure Hunt
- Suggestion Wall
- Grant buddy scheme
..and practical information.

Speaker: Ariel Goobar (Stockholm University)

3 Flash talks and group discussions

Topic: A cross-section of OKC research

In 45 minutes Working Group leaders and researchers from all across the OKC will cover as much as possible of what's going on. One slide each.

10:15 Coffee

4 Resources you didn't know you had

Four short presentations with a shared Q&A:
1. CASPEN, opportunities for PhD students and postdocs.
2. Communicating science: Samuel (OKC), Jens (Astro), Jelina Khoo (KTH), Per (SU Central Comunications Office).
3. Sunrise computing cluster, Alex Kastanas

Speaker: Konstantinos Alexandros Kastanas (Stockholm University)

5 Grants: how people actually get funded

TBC: Panel of researchers with experience of securing grants from different sources (VR, ERC, Wallenberg, EU). A grant buddy scheme will be proposed.

12:00 Lunch

6 Treasure hunt sprint

Dedicated hunting window — everyone out of their chairs and moving around AlbaNova.

Administrated by the Astronomy department. Hunt stays open for the rest of the day; prizes awarded at the poster session.

7 Transdisciplinary scientific speed dating

Three parallel rooms, groups of 4–6, five minutes per round, then rotate.

Speaker: Ragnhild Lunnan (Stockholm University)

8 From academia to entrepreneurship and startups

Two talks held by Ivo Todorov at SU Innovation and Hannes Eder Öhrström at KTH Innovation.

Short talks on spin-outs, IP and funding routes, then Q&A

15:05 Coffee

9 Alumni panel

Former OKC members on where they went and how they got there. Moderated discussion, then open questions.

10 Poster session and mingle

Drinks, breadsticks and snacks.
Treasure hunt prizes awarded around 16:40.

Speaker: Christian Ohm (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

11 After Work

After Work for those who are interested in further social activities.