Midnight Sun Summit in Mathematics and Engineering
Conference

Midnight Sun Summit in Mathematics and Engineering

In-Person

The conference will take place on June 15-19, 2026 in Narvik, Norway with the following objectives:

  • To highlight recent advances and outstanding challenges in fields where mathematics and engineering intersect.
  • To foster an environment conducive to networking and interdisciplinary exchange.
  • To provide a platform for researchers at all career stages—from graduate students to internationally recognized scholars—to share and discuss their work.
  • To enhance collaboration with industry partners.
  • To strengthen ties between Scandinavia and the international research community.

Confirmed speakers of this summit include:

  • Suresh Bhalla (IIT-Delhi, India)
  • Björn Birnir (UCSB, United States)
  • Rune Brincker (Brincker Monitoring ApS)
  • Annalisa Buffa (EPFL, Switzerland)
  • Arash Soleiman Fallah (OsloMet, Norway)
  • Hans Georg Feichtinger (U. Vienna, Austria)
  • Barbara Kaltenbacher (U. Klagenfurt, Austria)
  • Jean-Bernard Lasserre (LAAS-CNRS, France)
  • Pierre-Louis Lions (Collège de France)
  • Adrian Muntean (Karlstad University, Sweden)
  • Hans Munthe-Kaas (UiT Tromsø and UiB Bergen, Norway)
  • Satoshi Okabe (Hokkaido University, Japan)
  • Andrey Piatnitski (UiT Narvik, Norway)
  • Lubos Pick (Charles University, Czechia)
  • Natasha Samko (UiT Narvik, Norway)
  • Wil Schilders (T.U. Eindhoven, Netherlands)
  • Anna-Karin Tornberg (KTH, Sweden)