Wednesday 21 May until Friday 23 May, 2025at 13:00 - 17:00
IceLab
15 years of interdisciplinary research
Celebrate 15 years of innovation and collaboration at IceLab! Join us for a special anniversary event featuring inspiring talks from leading researchers, interactive activities, and a retrospective look at our journey. Discover how IceLab has fostered interdisciplinary research and creative problem-solving over the past decade and a half. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with our vibrant community and become a part of IceLab's future.
Information such as how to sign up, the schedule and more can be found here on our official event page!
Dates
The celebration extends over three days in May - join us for one, two or all three events! Everyone is welcome.
May 21: IceLab Open House
On April 16, 2010, IceLab opened its physical doors for the first time. Researchers from the departments of Physics, Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, and Ecology and Environmental Science, keen on answering questions that crossed traditional scientific boundaries found a home there. Since then, we have had an open door policy - guests are always welcome to come to our activities and spend time in our space.
And now, the space is even bigger! Join us on May 21st in the afternoon as we officially open a new section in IceLab, with more space for our new researchers connected to our Stress Response Modeling excellence center. There will be plentiful fika, a ribbon cutting, and a fireside chat with IceLab members past and present.
May 22: 15th anniversary celebration conference
We have invited distinguished alumni and international researchers to join us in a conference retrospective covering the wide array of research questions and approaches that have emerged from our experiment in collaborative, interdisciplinary science.
Besides the talks, there will be fun activities inspired by our IceLab Camp experience designed to get everyone talking.
We will wrap the event up with a special dinner.
May 23: Full-day neuroscience of creativity workshop with Morten Friis-Olivarius
We finish the week by taking the whole day to stretch our creativity to the maximum, guided by Morten Friis-Olivarius. Guaranteed to be different and fun, this session will have limited spaces so be sure to register early to secure your spot!
More information will be made available soon on our webpage - stay tuned for the announcement and visit this event page for updates. Make some space in your calendars. We are looking forward to seeing researchers from across Umeå University and SLU's faculties and departments, united by an interest in multidisciplinary science!