2nd Swiss Ocean Day 2026
What happened beneath the surface in the last two years?
Veranstaltungsort
University of Bern
Sidlerstrasse 5
3012 Bern
Karte auf Google Maps anzeigenWhat is new in the ocean since we last met? What discoveries, surprises, or breakthroughs have shaped your activities over the past two years? For the second Swiss Ocean Day, we invite the community to engage in a dynamic exchange of ideas, highlighting the most exciting developments, fresh results, and emerging insights from across Swiss ocean research and activities. Selected contributions will be presented as spotlight talks (5–10 minutes) or posters.
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Keynote Speakers
To be confirmed
Tentative Program
08:30 – 09:00 Arrival
09:00 – 09:10 Welcome & opening (incl. Starfish Barometer 2026)
09:10 – 09:45 Keynote talk #1
09:45 – 10:00 Overview of ocean research landscape in Switzerland
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee & networking
10:30 – 12:15 Open Forum Part 1
12:15 – 14:00 Lunch, posters & networking
14:00 – 14:15 Surprise!
14:15 – 15:15 Open Forum Part II
15:15 – 15:50 Keynote talk #2
15:50 – 16:30 Panel discussion / round table
16:30 – 16:40 Closing remarks
16:40 – 18:00 Apéro, posters & networking
Organizing committee
- Thomas Frölicher (University of Bern)
- Núria Casacuberta (ETH Zürich)
- Samuel Jaccard (University of Lausanne)
- Nathalie Dubois (Eawag)
- Federica R. Schanz (Wageningen University, early career representative)
- Hendirk Grosselindemann (University of Bern, early career representative)
- Charlotte Laufkötter (University of Bern
Call for contributions - Open forum
We warmly encourage Early Career Scientists (MSc or PhD students, postdocs, and early-stage researchers) to submit abstracts for oral presentation at the open forum. This is your opportunity to share the latest developments of your research and activities with the Swiss ocean community from the past two years (5-10 minutes presentations). NGOs and other stakeholders are also invited to present their initiatives, visions and projects.
Poster session
All participants are invited to present their research as a poster during lunch break and apéro.