Conference programme

17:00 - 22:00 Vendors welcome to install their both and present their company.

17:00 - 22:00 Informal mingle at Tekniska museet from 17 to 22 (drop-in).  Entrance to the museum will be free and the restaurant will be open for those who would like to buy refreshments. 

09:00 - 12:00 Nordic ESERO pre-conference collaboration

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch at MatMeccka, Ethnographic Museum.

13:00 - 13:20 Opening of the NPA conference by Peter Skogh, Direktor of Tekniska

13:20 - 14:00 Keynote lecture by Anna Rathsman, from the Swedish National Space Agency

14:00 - 14:20 ESERO in Sweden and in the Nordic countries, by Cecilia and Mariana

14:30 - 16:00 Informal programme:

• Visit the vendors tables in the event room

• Coffee and chats with colleagues and friends

• Get a tour of the new WISDOME project

16:20 - 17:00    Transit to Solna for study visit at Swedish Space Corporation

17:00 - 21:00    Meet-and-greet evening event at the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) with refreshments.

08:37 - 10:03 Transit to Norrköping Visualization Center C

10:20 - 10:30 Welcome to Visualization center C 

10:30 - 11:30 General NPA member meeting (a hybrid meeting upon request)

Meeting agenda:

• Report from the president

• Report from the secretary-treasurer

• Updates to the NPA bylaws

• Election of the new NPA board members

• NPA 2025 conference

11:30 -11:40 Move to the dome

11:40 - 12:10 OpenSpace demonstration

12:15 - 12:25 Centennial of the Planetarium 

12:25 - 12:40 RSA Cosmos demonstration

12:40 - 14:10   Lunch

14:10 - 14:25 SHOW:  321 Liftoff by Krutart

14:30 - 15:00 Cosm demonstration

15:05 - 15:15 Invitation to IPS 2024

15:15 - 15:30 Carl Zeiss demonstration

15:30 - 16:00  Coffee break

16:00 - 16:30 SkySkan demonstration

16:35 - 16:40 SHOW by Creative Planet

16:45   The bus leaves for Stockholm.

19:30 Dinner att Tekniska. During dinner author Tom Callen shares a story from his book “Tales from Dome under” 

09:00 - 09:20 Keynote lecture : "Looking back at the history of NPA" by Lars Broman

09:25 - 09:50 “A Network of Domes”, by Ralph Heinsohn

09:55 - 10:15 “Cheep hands-on astronomy activities for schools and public”, by Aase Jacobsen and Frederik Würtz Sørensen

10:15 - 11:00 Vendor time and coffee

11:00 - 11:20 “ESERO and the dome” by Heidi Kouki/ Lauri Hynninen

11:20 - 11:40 “Astronomy association URSA”, by Jonna Rintamäki/Santeri Mannien

11:45 - 11:55 “The importance of visual quality during live shows”, by Maciej Mucha

12:00 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:30 Transit to Albano Campus, KTH (downtown) by bus or subway

13:30 - 16:00 Demonstrations and exploration of Vetenskapens Hus Science Education Center, 

observatory and their mobile planetarium at AlbaNova University Center, KTH and Stockholm University.   Mobile planetarium seating demonstrated by FloorFred.

16:00 End of conference