SRS Conference 2025, Kiruna
Svenska Rymdforskares Samarbetsgrupp (SRS) holds a national conference every year.ยญ The SRS Conference 2025 will be hosted by The Swedish Institute of Space Physics at the Space Campus in Kiruna. The meeting will begin Wednesday March 26 at 12:00 and finish on Thursday March 27 at 12:10.
After the meeting, Thursday afternoon, there will be an opportunity to
visit Esrange Space Center, https://sscspace.com/esrange/. If you are
interested in that, plan your travel accordingly (there is a flight to
Stockholm 22:15).
The SRS Conference 2025 covers a large range of space science related areas carried out by scientists and technicians working at various Swedish universities and institutes. The format includes invited talks, an open poster session, the formal SRS annual meeting as well as information from The Swedish National Space Agency, SNSA.
The conference is open to everybody, and there is no registration fee. All who register before the deadline are invited to the free conference dinner on the evening of the first day, sponsored by SNSA.
Registration will soon open and a detailed program will be provided below. Note however that March is tourist season in Kiruna, so you are advised to book transportation and hotel as soon as possible.
SNSA will support travel and accommodation expenses for up to six PhD students who would like to participate in the conference. A condition for support is that the students must present their research results or research plans on a poster. It is important to note that no one can apply until January 2025, when next year’s call opens, due to budget reasons. Students who are interested can apply for support by replying to the following call:
Stรถd till resor och evenemang โ Rymdstyrelsen, with a deadline on March 10. In case of questions or problems applying in the Prisma system, please contact Vilgot Claesson.
For general questions regarding the conference, please contact Mats Holmstrรถm. For practical questions on travel and accomodation, please contact Maria Wรคstle.
For questions regarding SRS, please contact the present chair, Maria Hamrin.
Program, Thu 27 March
Preliminary program
08:40 Intro
08:45 Session 6
09:30 Announcements
09:45 Coffee
10:15 Session 7
11:00 SNSA Information
11:30 Q&A, Discussions
12:00 Closing words
12:10 End of meeting
13:00 Esrange (TBC)
Venue
The conference will be held at The Swedish Institute of Space Physics at
the Space Campus in Kiruna.
https://www.irf.se/en/contact/information-for-visitors-to-the-space-campus-and-irf-in-kiruna/
Travel to Kiruna
There are flights to Kiruna from Stockholm by SAS and Norwegian.ย On
March 26 there is a SAS flight that arrive in Kiruna 09:50.ย On March 27
there are SAS flights that leave Kiruna 14:10 and 20:30.
It is possible to take the train to Kiruna,ย sj.se.ย However, time tables
and tickets are not yet available.ย Usually there is a train that leaves
Stockholm in the evening and arrive in Kiruna in the morning, and a
Stockholm train that leaves Kiruna around 18:00.
Travel in Kiruna
There will be a bus from/to the airport and town right when the meeting
starts/ends.ย There will be a bus to town after the dinner and back the
morning after.
For public buses to and from Space Campus, see
https://www.irf.se/en/contact/information-for-visitors-to-the-space-campus-and-irf-in-kiruna/
Accomodation
Can be found by searching for “Kiruna” on, e.g.,ย hotels.com,ย booking.com
Some of the options are listed below
Scandic Kiruna,
https://www.scandichotels.se/hotell/sverige/kiruna/scandic-kiruna
Camp Ripan,ย https://ripan.se/
Hotel E-10,ย https://www.e-10.se/en/
Best Western Hotel Arctic Eden,ย https://www.hotelarcticeden.se/en/
Kiruna City Room,ย https://www.q-living.se/rentals/kiruna-city-rooms
STF Malmfรคltens Folkhรถgskola,
https://malmfaltensfolkhogskola.se/stf-hotell-och-vandrarhem/
Icehotel in Jukkasjรคrvi is also possible, but that would require a
rental car,ย https://www.icehotel.com/
The local organizing committee (LOC) are Mats Holmstrรถm and Maria Wรคstle
The scientific organizing committee (SOC) are Maria Hamrin, Erik Zackrisson, Judith Korth, Jรถrg Gumbel, Johan Fransson, Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalo, Mats Holmstrรถm, and Emiliya Yordanova
This page was last updated on October 11, 2024.