A summary of the calendar for the Swedish Year of light.
| Title | Description | Start date | End date | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presentation of the new municipal building “Kristallen” at Lund, and three research projects on light and lighting at Lund university. | Event organised by Sydljus, http://www.sydljus.se/ | 29/01/2015 | 29/01/2015 | Lund | Lectures and site visit |
| Indoor lighting for health and wellbeing | 05/02/15 | 05/02/15 | Lund | Lectures and site visit | |
| Photonics outreach breakfast | Breakfast with presentation and experiments | 05/02/15 | 05/02/15 | Chalmers, Göteborg | Small workshop for teachers |
| What is special about ELI? Europe on its way to build the Extreme Light Infrastructure | Research seminar | 12/02/15 | 12/02/15 | Lund Laser Center, Lund | Lecture |
| Rigmors Music Rocket | Science center show | 16/02/2015 | 16/02/2015 | Vatten-hallen Science Center, Lund | Show for families with young children |
| School holidays with light | Science center program with many light experiments | 16/02/2015 | 20/02/2015 | Fenomenmagasinet, Linköping | |
| Solar valve exhibit | Inauguration of a department exhibit, for Gustav Dalén | 19/02/2015 | 19/02/2015 | Physics Centre, Chalmers and Göteborg university, Göteborg | Department event |
| Var de’ ljus – “Let there be light” / Was it light | Lecture series | 17/02/2015 | 16/04/2015 | Halmstad, Växjö, Lund | Public lectures arranged by “Technology and science circle” at Folkuniversitetet: |
| Top of Arjeplog | Lectures, at Vildmarksmässan | 06/03/15 | 08/03/15 | Stockholm | Lectures and exhibits |
| Solar lab inauguration | Presentation of research and facilities | 27/02/2015 | 27/02/2015 | Royal institute of Technology, Stockholm | Lectures for researchers and general public |
| Astronomy at Vattenhallen | Science centre, Workshop and lectures | 07/03/15 | 08/03/15 | Vattenhallen Science Center, Lund | Workshop, presentations and science centre exhibits |
| Light at Maxlab | Teacher workshop | 10/03/15 | 10/03/15 | Maxlab, Lund | Site visit, presentations and workshop for teacher |
| Properties of light | Teacher workshop | 11/03/15 | 11/03/15 | House of Science, Stockholm | Teacher CPD |
| Making electrons cheaper with next generation photovoltaic materials | Research seminar, Prashant V Kamat, | 12/03/15 | 12/03/15 | Lund Laser Center, Lund | Lecture |
| Quantum show | Science centre show: | 17/03/2015 | 17/03/2015 | Vatten-hallen Science Center, Lund | |
| Nanophotonics and Nanomaterials for Energy and Healthcare | OptoPub | 18/03/2015 | 18/03/2015 | Royal institute of Technology, Stockholm – Kista | |
| Science Biennial | Teacher conference | 18/03/2015 | 19/03/2015 | Linnæus University, Växjl | Teacher CPD, lectures and workshop on light |
| Science Biennial | Teacher conference | 26/03/2015 | 27/03/2015 | Stockholm university | Workshop |
| April-June | |||||
| Quantum show | Science centre show: | 01/04/15 | 01/04/15 | Vattenhallen Science Center, Lund | |
| Lights and lasers – applications in environment, ecology and medicine | Sune Svanberg, lecture | 08/04/15 | 08/04/15 | Royal academy of science, Stocholm | Public lecture |
| Light in the fight against cancer | Lecture series | 14/04/2015 | 15/04/2015 | Halmstad, Växjö, Lund | Public lectures arranged by “Technology and science circle” at Folkuniversitetet |
| Improving visualization through scattering media using structured illumination | Research seminar Edouard Berrocal | 12/02/15 | 12/02/15 | Lund Laser Center, Lund | Lecture |
| Science Biennial | Teacher conference | 28/04/2015 | 29/04/2015 | Stockholm university | Workshop |
| Quantum show | Science centre show: | 03/05/15 | 03/05/15 | Vattenhallen Science Center, Lund | |
| Light – inspiration for teachers | Lectures and discussions | 05/05/15 | 05/05/15 | Upptech Science Center, Jönköping | Inspiration day for teachers, arranged by the Royal Academy and Science and the National Agency for Education |
| Forum for light | Lecture programme during Electricity Trade Fair. | 05/05/15 | 07/05/15 | Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre, Göteborg, Sweden | Lectures of light-related topics |
| Photonics – light instead of electricity | National public radio | 18/05/2015 | 18/05/2015 | National public radio | “World of knowledge” program |
| Teacher Days at MAX | Workshops, lectures and site visit | 14/06/2015 | 16/06/0205 | Maxlab, Lund | Teacher CPD |
| The Milky way – our galaxy filled with stars and planets | Teacher workshop | 16/06/2015 | 16/06/2015 | Vattenhallen Science Center, Lund | Teacher CPD |
| September | |||||
| Physics in Kungsträdgården | Experiments and lectures, | 05/09/15 | 05/09/15 | Kungsträdgården, Stockholm | Programme for the general public |
| Photonics outreach afternoon tea | Workshop for teachers | 17/09/2015 | 17/09/2015 | Chalmers institute of technology | Workshop for teachers |
| Culture night | Experiments on light, outdoors, during Lund university event | 19/09/2015 | 19/09/2015 | Outside of Physics Department | Programme for the general public |
| Controlling and probing atomic structures using strong laser fields and attosecond pulses, Johan Mauritsson | Physics Department seminar | 24/09/2015 | 24/09/2015 | Physics Department, Lund university | Department seminar |
| Lights in Alingsås | City light event + conference programme, | 25/09/2015 | 01/11/15 | Alingsås | Public event |
| Day of Chemistry | School events | 09/10/15 | 10/10/15 | Several places in Sweden | http://www.ikem.se/vi-arbetar-med_1/for-skolan-larare-och-elever/kemins-dag/om-kemins-dag |
| Science and Technology in Preschool | Teacher CPD | 14/10/2015 | 15/10/2015 | Borås | Conference, preschool teachers |
| Light in preschool | Competition for preschool teachers sharing light-related activities, | 15/09/2015 | Borås | Competition | |
| Light in the service of mankind | Jubilee symposium, arranged by the Royal Academy of Science | 22/10/2015 | 23/10/2015 | Lund | Symposium, research presentations, |
| Optics and Photonics, Sweden | Conference, Photonic Sweden | 28/10/2015 | 29/10/2015 | Stockholm | Conference |
| Lights in Gustavianum | Public lectures | 28/11/2015 | 28/11/2015 | Uppsala | Lectures |
| Optopub | Lecture 1: Cristina Pantaleone & Stephan Dymling, Clinical Laserthermia Systems: Optical Fibre Solutions for Laser Ablation of Tissue and imILT | 08/12/15 | 08/12/15 | Medicon Village, Lund | |
| Lecture 2: Pierre-Yves Fonjallaz, PhotonicSweden: The International Year of Light – Light Particles Heavily Impacting Our Lives | |||||
| Winter Lights 2015– Happy places | Light in the city, | 11/11/15 | 05/01/16 | Linköping | City + guided tours |
| Lighting Visions: Light, Space and Nature | Lectures, | 09/12/15 | 09/12/15 | Stockholm | Conference event |