As a part of the large-scale infrastructure project NORTEM II, we have installed a new JEOL JEM-ARM300F2 “GRAND ARM2”. In connection to this, we invite to an inauguration to officially open the new instrument– and a lunch-to-lunch seminar with international renowned speakers, presenting possibilities and results from modern transmission electron microscopy (TEM) research. The event will take place in auditorium R8 in the Natural Science Building (Realfagbygget) at Gløshaugen, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.

Preliminary program 

Tuesday 2. December at 12.00 Lunch & poster session outside R8

13.00 Official opening: Welcome and presentation of NORTEM and the TEM Gemini Centre, Greetings from NTNU (Rector Tor Grande), SINTEF (CEO Alexandra Gjørv), JEOL, Norwegian Research Council.

A Scientific seminar on advanced TEM will be held from 15 -17 on Tuesday and 09-13.30 on Wednesday. Confirmed speakers are: 
•    Max Haider, CEOS GmbH, Germany
•    Lewys Jones, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
•    Williams Lefebvre, University of Rouen, France
•    Kerstin Volz, Marburg-University, Germany
•    Andreas Brech, University in Oslo, Norway
•    Trevor Almeida, University of Glasgow, UK
•    Fredrik S. Hage, University of Oslo, Norway
•    Julius Bürger, JEOL Germany
•    Local presentations from NTNU and SINTEF
 

The program will be continuously updated on this page.

There is no fee for participation, but you have to register HERE within Monday 24. November. Unfortunately, there is limited seating for the dinner on Tuesday night, so this will be by invitation only.  

In particular, we invite potential users from the material and microscopy research fields in Trondheim, the Nordic countries and the rest of the world to come and join us in the celebration of the new instrument! You are WELCOME!

For questions regarding the inauguration, contact randi.holmestad@ntnu.no.

Below are some snapshots from the building of the dedicated GRAND ARM2 room, and the installation: