The UPSC Day 2025 will cover scientific updates from UPSC and a workshop about Artificial Intelligence (illustration generated by Thomas Dobrenel with some inspiration from ChatGPT)
Welcome to the UPSC Day 2025!
It will take place on September 3 at Hotel Mimer in Umeå
We are very excited to invite you for the UPSC Day 2025! Everyone working at UPSC (including students) as well as the group members of our associated groups are invited to join us.
In the morning, we will focus on cutting edge research at UPSC and highlight new initiatives. The afternoon will be dedicated on getting to know more about Artificial Intelligence. Beside talks, we might have an extended poster session during the coffee breaks.
The symposium is free of charge but registration is required.
The registration is now closed.
For questions, please contact Thomas Dobrenel (
Preliminary programme
Location: Hotel Mimer, downtown Umeå (link to Google Maps)
08:30 - 08:50: Registration and hanging posters
Scientific session (preliminary speaker list)
08:50 - 09:00: Welcome and updates about UPSC by leadership
Ove Nilsson (Director of UPSC), Johannes Hanson (Head of the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University) and Totte Niittylä (Head of the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU)
09:00 - 09:15: Ove Nilsson: Wallenberg Initiatives in Forest Research (WIFORCE)
09:15 - 09:30: Sandra Jämtgård
09:30 - 10:00: Coffee break
10:00 - 10:15: Olivier Keech
10:15 - 10:30: Susan McEvoy
10:30 - 10:45: Juan Alonso Serra
10:45 - 11:05: Laughing session
11:05 - 11:20: Leonard Blaschek
11:20 - 11:35: Laura Bacete
11:35 - 11:45: Nathaniel Street: New Bioinformatics Master
11:45 - 12:45: Lunch break
Artificial Intelligence Workshop
Matthew Low, SLU Uppsala
Detailed programme of the workshop will come later
12:45 - 14:45: AI workshop part 1
14:45 - 15:00: Coffee break
15:00 - 16:00: AI workshop part 2
16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break
16:30 - 19:00: Brainstorming discussions in groups about UPSC
19:00: Dinner