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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? ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/379539299579761?p=6EZdYPqsgKytwKYUUt Meeting ID: 379 539 299 579 761 Passcode: er2SB2n9