EMERGE Intra-Alliance Staff Week
Welcome to the Hybrid Intra-Alliance Staff Week of 2026! This event is organised by INN from 5 to 9 October and invites several of the EMERGE work groups to meet and collaborate. Find programme details and practical information on this page.
Do you need bus transportation to Oslo airport?
Due to the national train strike in Norway and several cancelled departures to Oslo airport, we have organised bus transportation from Lillehammer and Hamar on Friday morning, 9 October. The bus will leave from Lillehammer skysstasjon at 07:00, and from Hamar at the INN campus at 07:45. You will be at Oslo airport around 09:00.
Please, only register if your initial train was cancelled and you need this transportation to make your flight. This also affects the Friday programme, which now will only be digital.
Groups included: Governing Board (GB), Alliance Management Team (AMT), Quality Assurance Team (QAT), Joint Degree Task Force (JDTF), ICT Task Force (ICT), Communications Officers (CO), Student Advisory Board (SAB), Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) and Administration Leadership Committee (ALC).
We will also be joined by EMERGE Secretary General Lesley Lelourec and our European Commission Project Officer.
Additionally, some of the work packages are organising separate events simultaneously at INN and will join the rest of the Staff Week for joint activities. This includes a research BIP related to WP6 and a staff week for WP8.
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Programme outline
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Monday, 5 Oct
Travel day and evening welcome at Studenten – the campus bar and café at Storhove, Lillehammer
19:00 Welcome drink and finger food at Studenten
20:00 Speeches by INN Rector Professor Peer Jacob Svenkerund and Innlandet County Council
For the rest of the evening, the bar will be open and we are able to mingle and catch up.
There will be guides at the campus bus stop to lead the way to the venue.
To get to campus (INN Storhove) from Lillehammer city centre, it is best to take the B4 and B2 buses to "Universitetet i Innlandet - Storhove" from the nearest stop by your hotel. Check the bus routes on Entur.
Tuesday, 6 Oct
Full programme for all at Campus Lillehammer
All attending groups spend the day at Campus Lillehammer, Storhove.
| Groups | GB | SPU | ALC | CO | ICT | SAB | AMT | QAT | JDTF |
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration and coffee in Glassgården | ||||||||
Hybrid plenary session in Auditorium A Webinar id: 651 6810 8355 | |||||||||
| 09:00-10:00 | Welcome speeches | ||||||||
| 10:00-10:10 | Practical information | ||||||||
| 10:10-10:30 | Official photography session | ||||||||
| 10:30-11:00 | Hub opening and cultural programme | ||||||||
| 11:00-12:00 | Presentations: Lifelong learning and research | ||||||||
| Lunch break | |||||||||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch in Glassgården | ||||||||
| Work sessions for all groups | |||||||||
| 13:00-15:00 | Room 4: GB | Room 15/16: SPU + ALC | Room 6: CO + ICT | Room 3: SAB | Room 2: AMT | Room 23: QAT | Room 22: JDTF | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break: coffee and snacks | ||||||||
| 15:30-17:00 | Room 4: GB + SPU + ALC | Room 6: CO + ICT | Room 3: SAB | Room 15/16: AMT + QAT | Room 2: JDTF | ||||
| Evening programme | |||||||||
| 17:00-19:00 | Voluntary cultural programme:
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| 19:00-19:30 | Aperitif / welcome drink | ||||||||
| 19:30-23:00 | Dinner in the SANS canteen | ||||||||
Wednesday, 7 Oct
Excursion to Campus Evenstad
Full-day excursion to INN's most remote and international campus, where we will focus on research and sustainability.
It is possible to follow the presentations digitally, as they will be livestreamed on Zoom:
Webinar id: 644 2660 5511
Code: 000726
| 07:00 | Bus from Lillehammer skysstasjon (bus station in city centre)
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| 10:00-10:20 | Coffee break at Campus Evenstad |
| 10:20-11:20 | Research presentation: |
| 11:20-11:30 | Break |
| 11:30-12:00 | Presentation: Towards a sustainable campus |
| 12:00-12:30 | Tour of the zero emissions building |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 | Departure from Evenstad
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| Evening | No activites planned, dinner at own cost. |
Thursday, 8 Oct
Full programme at various campuses based on work groups
On this day, there will be work sessions for different groups at Lillehammer, Hamar and Elverum. This is the part of the programme where the various groups are able to dive into their relevant tasks, collaborate and interact.
| Groups | QAT | JDTF | SAB | AMT |
| 08:30-09:00 | Coffee | |||
| 09:00-10:30 | Room 3: JDTF + QAT | Room 15/16: SAB + SG | Room 23: AMT | |
| 10:30-12:00 | Room 22: QAT | Room 3: JDTF | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | |||
| 13:00-14:00 | Room 15/16: QAT + AMT | Festsalen Gamlebygget (1G203): JDTF + SAB | Room 15/16: QAT + AMT | |
| 14:00-15:00 | ||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break: coffee and snacks | |||
| 15:30-16:30 | Room 3: QAT | Festsalen Gamlebygget (1G203): JDTF + SAB | Room 2: AMT | |
| 16:30-17:30 | ||||
| 18:00 Evening programme: Maihaugen | ||||
Note! The remaining rectors and presidents will join SPU for workshops in Hamar.
| Groups | CO | ALC | SPU | WP8 |
| 08:30-09:00 | Coffee | |||
| 09:00-10:00 | 2N1101 (Kulbrandstad): CO | 2M227: ALC + SPU + WP8 | ||
| 10:00-11:00 | ||||
| 11:00-12:00 | ||||
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch break | |||
| 13:00-14:00 | 2N1101 (Kulbrandstad): CO | 2A225 (Reitan): ALC | 2M227: SPU | 2M226: WP8 |
| 14:00-15:00 | ||||
| 15:00-15:30 | Break: coffe and snacks | |||
| 15:30-16:30 | 2N1101 (Kulbrandstad): CO | 2A225 (Reitan): ALC | 2M227: SPU | 2M226: WP8 |
| 16:30-17:30 | ||||
19:00 Evening programme: Domkirkeodden We will meet in front of Thon Hotel Victoria Hamar at 18:30 and walk to Domkirkeodden together. | ||||
Elverum programme
The ICT Task Force will be the only group in Elverum, where the IT Department is located. There will be an individual workshop all day in meeting room 14.
| 08:30-09:30 | Welcome presentations |
| 09:30-09:45 | Long-term mission of ICT Task Force |
| 10:00-12:00 | Discussion: governance & decision-making |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:15 | Presentation: European identities |
| 14:30-15:30 | Long-term activities |
| 16:00-17:00 | Campus tour |
| 19:00 | Dinner |
Friday, 9 Oct
Hybrid summary session at Campus Lillehammer and Campus Hamar + travel day
The summary session will be livestreamed and available on Zoom. There will be speeches from the INN Local Coordinator and Vice Rector for Education, as well as a summary of the main takeaways from the different work groups.
| 09:00-10:30 | Hybrid plenary session: summary and reflections
Follow the session digitally: Webinar id: 612 1743 5113 |
Work sessions: details
Here, you will find the detailed workshop programme of the different groups. This information is updated continuously.
Administration Leadership Committee
ALC will be joining SPU on Tuesday and some of Thursday. The individual workshop programme for Thursday after lunch is not yet finalised.
Alliance Management Team
Communications Officers
On Thursday, the COs will have individual workshops throughout the day in room 2C070 (the EMERGE hub at Campus Hamar).
Programme for 8 October:
- 09:00-11:00: Internal structures and work alloacation (Odysseas)
- 11:00-12:00: Visual content creation across platforms: introduction (Ole-André and Hedda)
- 12:00-13:00: Lunch is served in the campus canteen
- 13:00-14:00: Visual content creation across platforms: workshop (Ole-André and Hedda)
- 14:15:00: Reaching external stakeholders through social media: introduction (Konstantinos)
- 15:00-15:30: Coffee break
- 15:30-16:30: Reaching external stakeholders through social media: workshop (Konstantinos)
Joint sessions with the ICT Task force
On both Tuesday 6 OCtober and Friday 9 October, the COs will have joint sessions with the ICT Task Force.
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On Friday, there will be a short joint session from 11:00-12:00 after the plenary summary session, for those still remaining.
Governing Board
Note! Remaining rectors and presidents after Tuesday/Wednesday will join SPU in their workshops at Campus Hamar on Thursday.
ICT Task Force
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Joint Degree Task Force
Quality Assurance Team
Strategic Planning Unit
Student Advisory Board
Agenda for Student Advisory Board meeting on 8 OCtober:
- Welcome from SAB Chair Zuzana Šteučeková
- Approval of minutes from previous meeting
- Update from Secretary General
- Onboarding manual (discussion and approval)
- Initial presentation of EMERGE Joint Degrees (discussion)
- AOB
- Date of next meeting
Transportation
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The easiest way to reach Oslo Airport (OSL) from Lillehammer and Hamar is by the RE10 train or the Vy buses. If you are travelling from Elverum, you need to go to Hamar by bus or train first.
To get to campus (INN Storhove) from Lillehammer city centre, it is best to take the B4 and B2 buses to "Universitetet i Innlandet - Storhove" from the nearest stop by your hotel. Check the bus routes on Entur.
The Staff Week programme includes joint activities, separate work sessions, collaborative group work, cultural programmes, social activities and an excursion to Evenstad – our smallest but most international campus.
We will organise the programme at four of INN's six campuses throughout the week, so please check the programme and attending groups descriptions carefully to learn where your relevant events are located.
You will find the online registration form for attendance at the bottom of this page.
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Contact us
- hedda.smedbold@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 51 77 74
- bente.gaalaas.ronningen@inn.no
- Phone
- +47 62 51 76 00