TogetherWeek 2026

09:00 – Registration
Coffee and tea at Kronstadtorget

09:30 - Official Welcome
Room: Kronstadtorget

10:00 - 12:00 «Making an Impact»
Room: Kronstadtorget
Target group: All

Workshop on how we want our alliance to make an impact - and how we get there. We will dig into questions such as “What is the main contribution of ARTEMIS in transforming how higher education works with European cooperation, regional development, and in creating synergies between our missions? What is our key message? And how do we best communicate our key message to different stakeholders?

Board meetings in parallel with the Making an Impact-Workshop:

10:00 - 11:30 Gender, diversity, and inclusion board
Room: Styrerommet

11:30 - 13:00 Student Board (including lunch)
Room: Styrerommet

12:00 – Lunch

13:00 – 15:30 – Diversity Day
Room: Kronstadtorget
Target group: All

An interactive workshop focused on co-creating concrete inclusive solutions for and together with the ARTEMIS community!

Using the Three Horizons Model, a futures exploration framework, participants will reflect on current realities, identify emerging opportunities, and imagine desired future possibilities. Together, we will develop practical actions that can strengthen inclusion across our alliance.

The event will begin with a joint session streamed live from Kronstadtorget, Bergen, followed by collaborative group work where participants can contribute in both physical and online settings.

15:45 – 16:45 – Workshop for all Board members, WP-leaders, WP representatives and Institutional Coordinators
Room: Kronstadtorget

After almost 2 years of implementation, ARTEMIS has successfully put in place its governance, management structures, and key operational foundations. Today, we are entering a new and exciting phase: moving from building the Alliance to shaping its future together.
This workshop is not about reviewing what has been done. It is about looking ahead. We want to explore what makes ARTEMIS valuable, what should be strengthened, what could be improved, and, most importantly, what Alliance we want to become in the coming years.
The discussions and ideas captured during the workshop will help us identify the elements that are most essential for the future of ARTEMIS and better understand the direction we want to take together as a community of students, staff, institutions and stakeholders.

Evening Programme

19:00 – Dinner at Verftet
Verftet is known as Bergen's largest cultural and performing arts center, and as the country's largest co-location of art, culture and creative businesses.

As part of the dinner you will be invited to have a look at Verftet's Artist in Residence programme. This programme offers a residency to professional artists of all fields. The aim is to strengthen, promote and develop collaborations between contemporary artists in Bergen and foreign artists. The residency is open to professional, foreign artists of all fields. Today, we are invited to visit the studio of Canadian artist Sophia Bartholomew.

08:30 – Registration
Coffee and tea at Kronstadtorget

08:30 – 10:30 – Governing Board
Meet at Kronstadtorget
Room: Styrerommet

09:00 - 11:00 - Informal meeting for GDIB members
Room: A434

09:30 – 10:30 - Side meeting WP7
Target Group: WP7 members and in person stakeholders
Room: M160, K2

10:30 - 12:00 - Informal meeting for Rectors and Vice-Rectors
Gunnar Yttri, Rector at HVL, invite all rectors and vice-rectors to join an informal meeting and a guided tour of campus. 
Room: Fyrrommet

10:30 - 12:30 – Stakeholder Board
Room: Styrerommet

11:00 – 12:00 - Side meeting WP4
Room: M160, K2

12:15 - 13.15 – Lunch

13.30/14.00 - Stakeholder Visit
Target group: All
Common departure from HVL by the light rail, for those who want to meet directly, the location is the Hurtigruten Terminal

We will arrange for a stakeholder visit that might interest both external stakeholders and academics. Focus is on sustainable mobility and how the city of Bergen works with achieving climate friendly modes of transportation. 

Sustainable transportation at sea

The Port of Bergen is one of Norway’s most important maritime hubs. One of their most important missions is to ensure that it is sustainably operated and a major ambition is to be among Europe’s most innovative and environmentally responsible ports.

The port has therefore developed an Environmental Port Index (EPI) a system for calculating environmentally differentiated port fees based on ships' emissions while in port. The system rewards the ships with the lowest emissions and thus the lowest environmental impact.

Sustainable transportation on land

Bergen is among the top three cities in the world with the most electric cars per inhabitant. About 50% of the car park in Bergen is electric. We will hear more from Bergen municipality about how the city got to be in this position, the impact the electric car park has, and challenges the city has faced and is still facing with this transformation.

Evening Programme

17:00 – Mayoral reception at Schøtstuene
Schøtstuene is part of Bryggen. A UNESCO world heritage site dating back to year 1070. The reception is hosted by the City of Bergen.

19:00 – Conference Dinner at Fløien
Fløyen is among Bergen's most popular tourist attractions. It is both an area and a viewpoint about 320 meters above sea level. There is a funicular from the city centre to Fløyen that will take us both up and down. Join us for a festive evening with panoramic views of Bergen.

09:00-10:30 – Project managment meeting (PMM) 
Room: M160, K2

10:45-12:00 - Side meeting WP3 
Room: M160, K2

12:00 – Closing Lunch
Room: Kronstadtorget - sit down or 'grab and go'

Hotel Accommodation

You are welcome to book accommodation at any hotel of your choice in Bergen.
For your convenience, we have arranged a discount code valid at Scandic Hotels from 28–30 September. You may view and book available Scandic hotels using the following link: 

Scandic Hotels – Bergen  

Discount code: D000023566


Hotels in the city centre:

• Scandic Neptun 
• Scandic Ørnen
• Scandic Byparken
• Scandic Bergen City 

Hotel by the airport:

• Scandic Kokstad 
• Scandic Flesland Airport

Public Transport 

For travel within Bergen, we recommend using the Skyss public transport system.
Please download the Skyss app, where you may select from a range of ticket options, including single tickets, 24‑hour passes, and multi‑day passes.

How to get to campus

On this link you can read about how to get to campus.