Natural History Museum, University of Oslo invite you to a guided tour to the Botanical Garden and the Brand new Climate house in the middle of Oslo.  

Guided tour in the Botanical Garden of Oslo.
Join senior lecturer Anneleen Kool for a walk in Oslo´s Botanical Garden which is a combination of a beautiful place and vital research infrastructure. We will visit different areas of the Garden and explore the historical greenhouses. Anneleen is an expert on Nordic useful plants and does research on plant use in Scandinavia from the Viking Age until now. She will be able to explain how you can use henbane to steal your neighbor´s chickens and why angelica, once a major Nordic export product, might be back on the market soon again.

Guided tour in the brand new Climate House and exhibtions
The Climate House will be a new and exciting arena for communicating research on climate and environmental issues.

The Climate House will showcase research-based exhibitions, lectures, films and debates. The exhibitions inside are to provide an understanding of both the natural climate changes and the man-made ones.

The conference venue is 10 min walk from the brand-new Oslo seaside (and from most of the hotels), with the new Opera, the Munch Museum and much more. As the citizens of Oslo have regained access to the harbour and the industry has moved elsewhere, the water has been cleaned for everyone to use. 

Beaches, SPAs and harbour saunas have popped up everywhere and are used, not only in summer, but the year around. At the EARMA conference you will therefore be invited to join us for a two hours sauna and swim experience, refreshing and sparkling, – and yes, the water will be a bit cold, but the sauna even warmer. No experience needed, only swimsuit and a towel! Dive in and refresh!

Important information
The European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA) is committed to conducting our annual conference social activities in a safe manner and holds the safety of participants in high regard.

In devising the program for the annual conference, EARMA has endeavoured to reduce risks and insists that all participants follow safety rules and instructions that are designed to protect their safety. However, participants must recognise that there is an inherent risk of injury when choosing to participate in outdoor recreational activities.

You are solely responsible for determining if you are physically fit for the social activities contemplated by this agreement. It is always advisable, particularly if the participant is pregnant, has a disability or has recently suffered an illness, injury or impairment, to consult a medical professional before undertaking any physical activity.

Warning of risk
The harbour sauna bath activity is intended to be a pleasurable experience to participants. However, despite careful and proper preparation, instruction, medical advice, and conditioning, there is still a risk of serious injury including, but not limited to, cold water shock, hypothermia or death. All hazards and dangers cannot be foreseen. In this regard, it is impossible for EARMA to guarantee absolute safety.

It is important to inform yourself in relation to the risks associated with cold water shock. You can find information here: https://rnli.org/safety/know-the-risks/cold-water-shock

Waiver and release of all claims and assumption of risk
Please read this form carefully and be aware that in signing up and participating in this activity, you will be expressly assuming the risk and legal liability and waiving and releasing all claims for injuries, damages or loss which you might sustain as a result of participating in this activity.

I recognise and acknowledge that there are certain risks of physical injury to participants in this activity, and I voluntarily agree to assume the full risk of any and all injuries, damages or loss, regardless of severity, that I may sustain as a result of said participation. I further agree to waive and relinquish all claims as a result of participating in this activity against the European Association of Research Managers and Administrators (EARMA), including its officials, agents, volunteers and employees.

I have read and fully understand the above important information, warning of risk, assumption of risk and waiver and release of all claims. If completing this form online, my online signature shall substitute for and have the same legal effect as an original handwritten signature.

Enjoy Viking heritage, Viking research and Viking lunch at the Viking ship museum, Bygdøy. 

The Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, is inviting EARMA conference participants to a unique Viking Experience at University of Oslo’s Viking Ship Museum. The research museum, well known for the worlds best-preserved Viking Ships and for its unique atmospheric qualities, will shortly close for extensive rebuilding, to re-open in 2025. Welcome by Director of the museum Dr. Håkon Glørstad, opportunities to explore research and collaborative potential of this unique European heritage, and to enjoy the ships in their original museum setting.  A light Viking-inspired lunch will be part of the experience.

Information on how to get to Bygdøy and the Viking Ship museum:
https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/index.html

Would you like to see more of Oslo Opera House or learn about life in the Opera House?

During the course of your visit, you will see some of the Opera House’s many rooms and some of what goes on behind the scenes before the curtain rises. Perhaps we will visit the costume workshop or the paint studio – maybe we will run into a singer or dancer while we are on our way.

You will also get to find out more about architecture, stage technology, opera and ballet from our knowledgeable guides.

As you register for the conference, you will be invited to join morning run groups on 30th of September and 1st of October, before the ordinary conference programme starts. 

Just to give you an idea: The new and old parts of the city seaside is now linked together with run-and walkways all along from Aker Brygge in south west, in front of the City Hall, along the 14th century Akershus Fortress, further to the Oslo Opera House -where you can actually run onto the roof, then pass the new Munch Museum, by the Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros, and finally ending up at Sørenga at the south east. The distance will be between 6 and 10 km, depending on the registration and interest.

Run along! 

The welcoming reception will take place at the Oslo Town Hall from 18.00 – 19.30. Here you will be served a glass of sparkling and some finger food. As the time of the conference approaches we will announce a number of restaurants with booking info for groups or individuals to register in advance. Given available tables, also drop in will be possible.

A: Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet):
MIT ‘Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program’: Urban and regional development through innovation driven entrepreneurship (45 min)

Entrepreneurship is bustling, and investors are looking to the Oslo region. Public investment in research and education is high. The Oslo region is smart, green and open. Still, international comparisons show that the region has unexploited innovation potential, and the number of companies that grow big is too low. Companies and jobs that are truly needed. How can cross sectoral collaboration be a catalyst for innovation driven entrepreneurship and regional development? 

Oslo Metropolitan University has initiated the capital region’s participation in Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s ‘Regional Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program’. This session is bringing together stakeholders from government, risk capital, entrepreneurs and corporates to share insights from the REAP journey and share perspectives on how academia can become a more relevant partner for regional authorities and the private business sector. 

B: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU):
“Universities as key players in sustainable innovation”

The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has an overall ambition which is “Knowledge for life”. NMBU has succeeded in pinpointing sustainability as the university`s main goal for development. This lecture will focus on the implications of sustainability as a strategy for innovation activities. 

We will show the different actions across decision levels and across actors needed for this development. Through this process different tools have been developed: clear leadership, strategies, clear responsibilities, platforms for collaborations and agreed commitments. Finally, we will share some of our most successful projects with both national and international impact.

The EARMA Pasta Making Exercise is a teambuilding experience for newcomers to the EARMA Conference. Pasta making is a team effort, including a number of planning and coordination activities that makes it a good and timely training exercise. The purpose of the event is to build network for the EARMA Annual Conference. See yourself in a new and maybe even unknown context of making pasta and thereby increase self consciousness. You will be actually making pasta, and the event will end with a joint lunch, where we will enjoy the outcome of the endeavor.

Please note: this is not a pasta making masterclass, but it is meant to be a team building activity only using the art of pasta making as the means to gain an understanding of the variety and complexity of roles in research management.

The EARMA Pasta Making Exercise was held for the first time in Leiden, in conjunction with the EARMA Annual Conference in 2014. Over the years the pasta making exercise has been held a number of times, both for newcomers and experienced EARMA members.

Trainers:

Dr Susi Poli, Bologna University, Italy, is an experienced trainer in teambuilding events and is the initiative taker to the EARMA Pasta Exercise. She combines the pasta making exercise with a theoretical approach based on research into leadership in higher education, research management, professional development even into food practice as a social connector. She is originally from Bologna and has been taught the art of pasta making by experienced sfogline/pasta makers over several years.

Jan Andersen, University of Southern Denmark, is a passionate leisure-time cook and food enthusiast. He has been working with “soft skills” as key notion in the introduction of newcomers in research management and administration. His role is the motivator and to be encouraging when eggs or flavor takes power in an uncontrolled situation.

Ingrid Sogner, University of Oslo, Dr. Anne Katrin Werenskiold, Max Planch Institute for Biochemistry, Kristel Toom, Tallinn University of Technology, will support, monitor and document the process.

In this interactive adventure game players will team up to solve a range of puzzles in order to defeat a villain who has locked away all the research at EARMA. 

Players will have 40 minutes to finish the game, where they will move around the room to find clues in order to complete a range of puzzles. 

The escape room will be set up both as a traditional escape room which can accommodate one team and as a workshop version where several teams can play against each other. You don’t need any prior knowledge of open access to be able to play this game, nor does it give you an advantage. 

However, if you pay attention you might learn something along the way…