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Bjerknes Annual Meeting

Time

29. September 2025, 06:00-14:00

Location

Scandic Bergen City, Håkonsgaten 2, Bergen

Bjerknes Annual Meeting (BAM) Monday 29th of September 2025 Venue: Scandic Bergen City, Håkonsgaten 2-7

 

Main theme: Science for Society

08:00 09:00 Registration and coffee

09:00 09:10 Welcome and introduction to BAM by Director Kikki Kleiven

 

How do we interact with society? Examples from the four research themes

09:10 09:40 How the Global research theme interact with society

“From data to decisions: navigating usable climate services”

Talk by Jesse Schrage on seasonal forecasts and climate services in Eastern Africa (ARCS and ACACIA project)

09:40 10:10 How the Polar research theme interact with society

“Science & Society –The Greenland Sessions”

Talk by Lars Henrik Smedsrud from Climate Narratives 10:10 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 11:00 How the Hazards research theme interacts with society

“Boosting impact through societal engagement: Examples from Vestland County". Talk by Marie Pontoppidan

"Estimating future runoff in ungauged catchments in Norway using machine learning". Talk by Kamilla Wergeland

11:10 11:40 How the Carbon research theme interacts with society

“How, why, and to what avail? A travel log from my journey into the [sometimes murky waters of the] science-policy interface”

Talk by Vigdis Vandvik

 

11:45 12:30 Lunch

 

How to make our strategy relevant for Bjerknes members and society?

12:30 12:45 Results of the Bjerknes Centre internal perception mapping presented by Gudrun Sylte

12:45 13:00 President of the European Academies` Science Advisory Council (EASAC) Lise Øvreås on the role of science in policymaking, science diplomacy and how to get politicians to "care" about science, and how to build trust between science/researchers and politicians.

 

13:00 13:30 Break-out groups

 

Science for society

13:30 14:00  Invited talk by Professor Thomas Jung on The Future of Climate Modelling: Emerging Directions

14:00 14:35 Coffee break

14:35 14:50 Climate Futures at mid-term by Iselin Medhaug

14:50 15:05 Scandinavian Centre for Mountains in Transition by Jostein Bakke

15:05 15:20 Presentation of the new national research school Climate-Informed by Lea Svendsen

 

15:25 15:45 Speed presentations of posters

15:45 17:45 Poster session

18:00           Dinner

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