This conference will take place on June 15-19, 2026in 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)
For more information see https://uit.no/tavla/artikkel/881164/midnight_sun_summit_in_mathematics_and_engineering