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Bjerknes Annual Meeting, 28th of September 2026

Venue: Terminus hall at Grand Hotel Terminus, Zander Kaaes gate 6

08:30-09:00: Registration and coffee

0900-0910: Welcome by director Kikki Kleiven

09:10-10:00    The new internal strategic projects 2026-2030

09:10-09:25: BioCrystal by Jöran März and Shuang Gao

09:25-09:40: Dynamic AI by Sigrid Passano Hellan

09:40-09:55: Gradient by Lea Svendsen

09:55-10:10: NORCPMNext by Yiguo Wang

10:10- 10:30: Coffee break

10:30-11:30   New research from the research themes, (four short talks (10 min) + 5 min for questions)

10:30-10:45: "Introduction to the COMEDI project" by Yue Ying

10:45-11:00: "Light in the Arctic Ocean: Towards better observations and modelling" by Håkon Sandven

11:00  11:15: “Assessing biodiversity shifts in western Norwegian fjords over the last four centuries using sedimentary ancient DNA” 

by Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal 

11:15-11:30: “Full-depth crossover analysis to explicitly quantify the ocean carbon sink by” Houda Beghoura

11:30-12:15: Bridging Science and Public Debate on Climate. Lars-Henrik Paarup Michelsen, Executive Director at Norsk Klimastiftelse (the Norwegian Climate Foundation).

12:15-13:15: Lunch

13:15-14:00:    New opportunities to participate and engage

13:15-13:30: Arctic Ocean 2050 what does it mean for our research by Helene Langehaug

13:30-13:45: IPY 2032-2033, what is it and why and how do we engage by Jostein Bakke

13:45-14:00: WCRP, how can you contribute? by Stefan Sobolowski

14:00-14:30: Coffee break

14:30 -15.15: The Causes and Impacts of the Extreme 2023-2024 Tropical North Atlantic Marine Heatwave. Professor Mingfang Ting, Columbia Climate School and member of the Bjerknes Scientific Advisory Council

15:15-15:35: Presentation of PhD-forum 2026 and poster pitching 1 minute

15:35-17:45: Poster session

18:00  Dinner

Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Time: 10:00-12:00

Place:

- In person: Bjerknes lecture room 4020 (Jahnebakken 5, top floor)

- Online: Zoom

Program:

10:00-10:20 RA1: Ramdane Alkama (EPOC/INRAE, online): From large-scale climate signals to regional decadal predictability

10:20-10:40 RA2: Lu Zhou (NUIST/NERSC): Data-driven Tropical Climate Modeling for ENSO Predictions

10:40-11:00 RA3: Kaiyan Yao (UiB): Multidecadal variability and trends of subpolar North Atlantic overturning between 1860-2022

11:00-11:20 RA4: Sara Moreno (visiting PhD student from BSC): Decadal predictions for the renewable energy sector in Europe

11:20-11:40: Helene Langehaug (NERSC): A webpage with marine heatwave predictions from NorCPM

11:40- Lunch, Mingling and Open Agenda (for those who wish to share or discuss)

*RA stands for Research Area

This informal discussion space is open to all Bjerknes members and guests.

Please feel free to join us and we welcome contributions from all.

Dear all, 

As part of our Bjerknes Proposal Writing Class, we invite the whole BCCR community to a special seminar: "How to succeed with your project proposal - successful applicants share their experience". It is taking place on 13th October 2026, 10:30 – 12:00, the programme and the meeting link are below. 

We hope that many of you will join!

Cheers

Cat and Nadine 

********** PROGRAMME ***********

Invited speakers:   

Neda Gilannejad, Senior Researcher, Aquaculture and Marine Biodiversity Group, NORCE

Successful Proposals: Researcher Project for Early Career Scientists, Research Council of Norway (2026): CopeFISH: Copepod-based Feeds for Improved Salmon Health and Aquaculture Sustainability, and Norwegian Seafood Research Fund (2025): Zinc-SAFE: Optimizing Zinc Supplementation in Salmon Feed for Improved Bioavailability, Fish Health, and Reduced Environmental Impacts

Sebastian Wolf, Researcher, Department of Earth Science, UiB

Successful proposals: Trond Mohn Research Starting Grant (2026) - ICICLE 

Our invited speakers will answer the following questions, as well as additional questions from the audience: 

1. Why do you think that your proposal was successful? What made the trick, compared to other excellent proposals?  

2. Did you submit unsuccessful proposals during your career?

3. How can we be successful?  

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Microsoft Teams meeting 

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/379539299579761?p=6EZdYPqsgKytwKYUUt 

Meeting ID: 379 539 299 579 761 

Passcode: er2SB2n9 

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