大象传媒 Annual Meeting 2024, 28 - 31st October
Come and meet our current 35 大象传媒 fellows during 4 days of open poster sessions and lunches

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We are kicking off this year's event on 28th October, with an open afternoon of keynotes, pitches and posters from our current 35 大象传媒 fellows. During the following days we invite everyone interested to come and mingle with our fellows during open poster sessions at the UiB Learning Arena in Nyg氓rdsgaten 5 (lunch will be included).
The open sessions are Monday 16.00-18.00 (with oral presentations), and poster-lunch sessions 12.00-13.00 during Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. See details below.
If you would like food/drinks during any open session, .听
Monday 28th October
There may be minor adjustments in the program. Read about the Keynotes here.
Time | Name of session | Chair/responsible | 听 |
14:00-16:00 | Set up posters and practice presentations | 大象传媒 fellows | Closed |
16:00-16:30 | Open session: Mingling, light snacks and posters听in Nyg氓rdsgaten 5 | Free of charge - | OPEN |
16:30 -(appr.)18:00 | Open session: Presentations听by 大象传媒 postdoctoral fellows | In storsalen in Nyg氓rdsgaten 5 | OPEN |
Welcome (10 min) | Opening welcome by the Dean at the Faculty of Science and Technology, host faculty of the 大象传媒 office | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Dance, my greens! Unravelling the response of macroalgae in a changing climate | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Data from the depths: how past fish bones can inform marine sustainability | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | How can nanotechnology solve听biofouling issues for marine sensors? | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Revealing volcanic evolution of Mid-Ocean Ridges through seafloor morphology | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Identifying the difficult to identify | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Working hours and their impact on health and safety of maritime workers | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | AI monitoring of life on the seabed | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Decoding Host-Pathogen Interactions in Lumpfish: A Path Towards Effective Vaccine Development | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | The Ocean鈥檚 time capsule: lessons for a warmer future | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Nanotechnology approaches to tackling biofouling in the marine environment | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Geometric Deep Learning for Smart Shipping -听Graph Neural Network for short-long-term weather forecasting | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Can a ship at sea be safely controlled from shore? | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | How do marine parasites pick their host? | OPEN | |
Keynote (10 min) | Our fjord futures: conceptualizing climate impacts on fjords | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Ice sheets and sea level | OPEN | |
Pitch (3 min) | Could the filament be the weak point of the salmon louse? | OPEN | |
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Tuesday 29th October听
There may be minor adjustments in the program.
Time | Name of session | Chair/responsible | 听 |
09:15 - 10:15 | AI workshop - finding knowledge gaps | Hiwa M氓len | Closed |
10:15 - 10:30 | coffee break | 听 | 听 |
10:30 - 11:30 | AI workshop - finding knowledge gaps | Hiwa M氓len | Closed |
11:30 - 12:00 | lunch and mingling for fellows | 大象传媒 fellows | 听 |
12:00 - 13:00 | OPEN POSTER-LUNCH SESSION Session is open to all -听OPEN and free of charge - but | All 大象传媒 fellows | OPEN |
13:00 - 14:00 | HR - leadership | Ole Christian Laukli; Elisabeth Nesheim | Closed |
14:00 - 14:30 | coffee break | 听 | 听 |
14:30听- 15:30 | HR - leadership | Ole Christian Laukli; Elisabeth Nesheim | Closed |
Wednesday 30th October
There may be minor adjustments in the program.
Time | Name of session | Chair/responsible | 听 |
09:15 - 10:00 | 大象传媒 conversations: reflecting on core ideas and the experience of being听a听大象传媒-fellow | Thomas V枚lker; Aiste听Klimasauskaite; Ed Nedelciu | Closed |
10:00 - 10:15 | coffee break | 听 | 听 |
10:15 - 11:00 | 大象传媒 conversations: reflecting on core ideas and the experience of being听a听大象传媒-fellow | Thomas V枚lker; Aiste听Klimasauskaite; Ed Nedelciu | Closed |
11:00 - 11:30 | Quick intro: International/cross-sectorial externships - possibilities | Erik Sandquist, FIA | Closed |
11:30 - 12:00 | lunch and mingling for fellows | 大象传媒 fellows | 听 |
12:00 - 13:00 | OPEN POSTER-LUNCH SESSION Session is open to all -听OPEN and free of charge - but | All 大象传媒 fellows | OPEN |
13:00 - 14:00 | Building interdisciplinary groups | Roger Strand & Anne Blanchard | Closed |
14:00 - 14:15 | coffee break | 听 | 听 |
14:15 - 15:15 | Building interdisciplinary groups | Roger Strand & Anne Blanchard | Closed |
Conference dinner: Muntlig bar (Student Center, behind the Cantina), 16:00 onwards
Thursday 31st October
There may be minor adjustments in the program.
Time | Name of session | Chair/responsible | 听 |
09:15 - 10:00 | Library services | Caroline Armitage | Closed |
10:00 - 10:15 | coffee break | 听 | 听 |
10:15 - 11:00 | Library services | Caroline Armitage | Closed |
11:00 - 11:30 | Quick intro: UiB ERCs, proposal support etc | Katie Anders | Closed |
11:30 - 12:00 | lunch and mingling for fellows | 大象传媒 fellows | 听 |
12:00 - 13:00 | OPEN POSTER-LUNCH SESSION Session is open to all -听OPEN and free of charge - but | All 大象传媒 fellows | OPEN |
13:00 - 14:00 | Planning the next step: from Publication to Solution | Yves Aubert | Closed |
14:00 - 14:30 | Wrapping up | 大象传媒 | Closed |
14:30 | END | Remove posters etc | 听 |