The registration to the UPSC Days 2018 is now open! They will take place on September 6-7 at Sliperiet on the Konstnärlig Campus in Umeå.
The first day will start with a session about future visions for UPSC and continue after lunch with an update about the most recent changes of the UPSC infrastructures. We will also have a scientific session with 3 minutes flash talks and end the first day with a barbecue that will take place in front of UPSC.
On the second day, Anna-Karin Byström from DC Consulting AB will give a workshop on intercultural communications. This workshop will include seminars giving theoretical background about cultural understanding and the communication process as well as practical exercises and tools to handle and interpret actions and reactions that arise in meetings with people of different backgrounds. We will finish the second day with the lunch.
The registration is closed. For questions please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Preliminary programme
Location: White boxes, Sliperiet, Konstnärlig campus, Umeå (see on map)
| Day 1 - Thursday, 6th September 2018 |
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| 9:30 - 10:00 | Registration and coffee |
| 10.00 - 10.10 | Welcome |
| The future UPSC | |
| 10.10 - 10.40 | Visions for UCMR (Umeå Centre for Microbial Research) Bernt Eric Uhlin, UCMR & MIMS, Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University |
| 10.40 - 11.35 | Visions for UPSC Ove Nilsson (director of UPSC), Karin Ljung (prefect of the Department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, SLU) and Stefan Jansson (prefect of the Department of Plant Physiology, Umeå University) will talk about their visions for UPSC. |
| 11.35 - 12.15 | Podiums discussion Chair: Catherine Bellini, Chairmen of the UPSC board |
| 12.15 - 13.30 | Lunch |
| Infrastructure update | |
| 13.30 - 13.50 | The new phenotyping platform at UPSC Ove Nilsson (director of UPSC) |
| 13.50 - 14.10 | News from the Bioinformatics platform Nicolas Delhomme (Manager of the UPSC Bioinformatics platform) |
| 14.10 - 14.40 | Coffee break |
| 14.40 - 15.10 | Flash-talk competition Scientific session with 3 min flash talks (max. 1 slide) |
| 15.10 - 15.20 | Voting and award presentation |
| 16.30 | Barbecue at the Umeå Plant Science Centre (Please bring your own food and drinks) |
| Day 2 - Friday, 7th September 2018 | |
| Intercultural communications workshop Anna-Karin Byström, Ph.Lic. Organisational Communication and CEO, DC Consulting AB |
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| 9.00 - 9.10 | Brief introduction and presentations |
| 9.10 - 10.10 | Intercultural communication - introduction to cultural understanding and the communication process |
| 10.10 - 10.55 | Coffee and workshop |
| 10.55 - 11.45 | Practical tips concerning communication between people of different backgrounds including practical exercises |
| 11.45 - 12.00 | Concluding the workshop and shorter reflection |
| 12.00 - 12.10 | Final conclusion by the organisers |
| 12.10 - 13.10 | Lunch |