Young
The organizing committee is proud to present Young WATOC, a special one-day pre-conference event taking place on Saturday, June 21, 2025, the day before the main congress. This event provides 18 young researchers who have defended their thesis in 2020 or later with the opportunity to deliver talks and showcase their work to a global audience of peers and experienced researchers.
Speakers will be selected by members of the Local Scientific Committee and the International Advisory Board based on submitted abstracts. Selected participants will be notified by May 1, 2025. Applications for a speaker slot at Young WATOC are made during the registration process for the congress.
There is no separate registration required for Young WATOC – the event is open to all registered participants of WATOC 2025.
Please note that Young WATOC does not include a poster session.
Participation in Young WATOC is free of charge, included as part of your WATOC 2025 registration. However, there is an optional Young WATOC Dinner, a barbeque in the Oslo forest on the evening of June 21, which costs 625 NOK.
The Young WATOC dinner will take place at Skullerudstua from 19:30 to 23:00. To arrive, take the T-bane line 3 to the Skullerud stop. For more information about the venue, please visit Skullerudstua's website.
Congress Chair: Trygve Helgaker
Congress Secretaries: Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren
Young WATOC Chairs:
Abril Castro, Ainara Nova
Local Congress Committee: David Balcells, Sigbjørn Løland Bore, Michele Cascella, Abril Castro, Odile Eisenstein, Trygve Helgaker, Simen Kvaal, Ainara Nova, Thomas Bondo Pedersen,
Simen Reine, Erik Tellgren, Einar Uggerud
Congress Crew: Morten Ledum (Crew leader), Lucia Moran Gonzalez (Crew leader), Henrique Musseli Cezar (Crew leader),Marco Bortoli (WATOC photographer), Derya Aricigil, Michael Augello, Lucas Bitencourt Theodoroviez, Klara Elvira Haug Boström, Ning Cao, Aurore Evelyne Francine Denjean, Mohamed Eid Ahmed Safy, Sondre Eliasson, Hanne Jeeyung Eriksen, Håkon R. Fredheim, Miguel Angel Gaona Fernandez, Gabriel Gerez, Hanan Gharayba, Jose Alberto Guerrero Cruz, Helena Hradiska, Catherine Hughes, Hannes Kneiding, Håkon Emil Kristiansen, Manuela Leal Nader, Oliver Macphail Bohle, Daniel Marke, Joel Ormala, Quentin Pitteloud, Mauricio Portolli Franco, Tonje Reinholdt Haugen, Jordan Rio, Inga Schmidtke, Simon Elias Schrader, Oystein Senstad
Congress Organizers: Gyro Conference – watoc@gyro.no