June 16-17, Clarion Hotel Sign, Stockholm
Facility Forum 2026
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Welcome to SciLifeLab Facility Forum 2026!
Dear SciLifeLab Infrastructure Team,
We are thrilled to invite you to two energizing days where the SciLifeLab infrastructure community comes together to connect, collaborate, and grow. This year, we are shining a spotlight on our theme: Technology Development and Light, illuminating the incredible work being done across our platforms.
Join us on June 16–17 at the Clarion Hotel Sign in Stockholm for a program designed to spark new ideas and brighten your professional network. We have a fantastic lineup featuring visionary plenary sessions on the future of life science, interactive workshops, and—for the first time ever—a SciArt Exhibition that explores the beautiful intersection of technology and light.
We’ll wrap up our first day with a grand "Banquet Full of Light," where you are invited to dress to shine in your most sparkling attire.
We are so glad you are joining us to share experiences and help light the way forward for SciLifeLab. Let’s make these two days truly brilliant!
The Facility Forum Team
Program
Read more about the workshops here.
Download the program here.
Download the Poster Abstracts here.
Event contact: facilityforum@scilifelab.se
Speakers
Niklas Blomberg
Executive Director, Innovative Health Initiative JU
Niklas Blomberg joined IHI as Executive Director in January 2024. He brings to the role extensive experience in both research and leadership roles in the life sciences.
Prior to joining IHI Niklas was the founding Director for ELIXIR, the European research infrastructure for life science data (2013-2023). From 1999 to 2013 Niklas worked with AstraZeneca in various roles, including heading global cheminformatics and leading the establishment of a cross-disciplinary team for data driven drug discovery in the respiratory and inflammation research area.
A Swedish national, he has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Gothenburg, and a PhD in structural biology and bioinformatics from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Germany.
David Walker
RTProf, Platform Manager XRD RTP
Dr David Walker is a Research Technical Professional (RTProf) working as a facility manager for the X-ray Diffraction Research Technology Platform (RTP) at the University of Warwick since 2014. He has over 20 years’ experience in X-ray scattering techniques, with a background in crystallography and ferroelectric materials having undertaken his PhD at Warwick with Professor Pam Thomas. In the last 12 years, the facility has grown from mainly local users to a regional hub with a growing national reputation. In response to changing science, the facility has added other X-ray scattering techniques, such as Small Angle X-ray Scattering, XRF and laboratory XAFS, alongside existing X-ray diffraction techniques including powder diffraction and structural solution instruments.
SciArt Exhibition
For the first time, the 2026 Facility Forum will host a SciArt Exhibition featuring artworks created by SciLifeLab staff.
The SciArt exhibition explores the relationship between technology development and light through artistic expression. Inspired by the technologies, discoveries, and ways of seeing that shape our research environment, the exhibition invites visitors to encounter science from new perspectives.
Featuring contributions from 11 colleagues within SciLifeLab, the exhibition showcases a diverse range of artistic practices and media, including photography, ceramics, collage and acrylic painting. Some works draw directly from research and scientific technologies, while others offer personal reflections on light, discovery, and innovation.
We warmly invite you to visit the exhibition during the Facility Forum and discover how colleagues across SciLifeLab have interpreted the theme through their own artistic lens.
Practical information
A Banquet Full of Light
Join us for a grand banquet on the evening of June 16, celebrating all things light. Dress to shine in your most sparkling dress, hat, or suit—and expect an evening that includes a delightful creative challenge.
Find Your Way
Clarion Hotel Sign is conveniently located just a five-minute walk from Stockholm Central Station.
Cloakroom & Registration
Leave your luggage in the cloakroom, staffed from 09 to 17 on Tuesday and from 08 to 16 on Wednesday. We cannot accept luggage other than small handbags and regular (e.g., laptop) backpacks in the Plenary Hall.
Registration opens at 09:00 at Clarion Sign; the registration area is next to the Conference entrance. Register by showing the QR code that will be emailed to you shortly before the Conference. The name tags are sorted by First name.
Hotel check-in/out
Check-in: The room will be available from 16:00. Key cards can be picked up outside the Plenary Hall after the last session.
Check-out: Leave the key card by the Hotel reception desk after breakfast. Put your luggage in the cloakroom. To facilitate check-out, you cannot put anything on the room bill, such as snacks and drinks or a bar tab.
Hotel information
Breakfast is served 6.30-9.30
The gym is available to you from June 16 and accessed with your key card. The gym is open 24/7.
The spa is open between 9am - 9pm and needs to be booked separately.
Please note that registration for the event is free of charge, but it is binding. If you can’t attend, you’re welcome to transfer your spot to a colleague. No-show fees will be charged to your Unit.
Last day to register is April 14th
Last day to cancel is May 10th
