Welcome meeting for new employees from abroad with information about what you need to know when working at UiT.
Venue: Campus Tromsø 132 Aud UB, (at other campuses if needed- tba)- To find the venue at campus Tromsø, you may utilize Mazemap
Agenda:
10:00 Fruit and mineral water at the venue
10:15 Welcome to UiT! Pro rector Jonas Stein wishes newly employed from abroad welcome on behalf of UiT
10:30 Norwegian language requirements for employees and PhDs at Norwegian universities language courses: What, when and where? By Knut Ørke, Assistant professor,ISK
10:45 Norwegian language courses and activities for integration: Tromsø International house, project leader Zebib Bredesen
10:40 Innovation and Entrepreneurship Introduction to UiT Research, Innovation | UiT and InnoHub UiT by Elisabeth Blix Bakkelund, Senior adviser, and Bernd Ketelsen Striverny, Senior adviser, UiT
11:00 Obligations, responsibilities, and benefits as an employee at UiT. Questions, by Gølin Irene Larsen, Senior adviser, UiT
11:20 IT/ Orakel by Martin Hykkerud, Developer, Section for Enterprise Digital Services
11:50 Presentation of the services offered by the University Library, by Terje Håkstad, Head of Communication UB
12:10 Coffee break
12:30 Management, advice and assistance related to project economy, by Hans-Jørgen Oppi Christiansen, Adviser, financial section
13:00 Presentation of Arctic Doc, by Chair Kanagavalli Suryanarayanan
13:20 Presentation of Research software engineering group at UiT, by Gregor Descristoforo, Senior Engineer - High performance computing group
13:30 The UiT Chaplaincy - providing counselling and events to students and staff across religion and spirituality, by Gunhild Svalastog, University chaplaincy
13:40 Questions and upcoming events at UiT: https://uit.no/staffmobility
14:00-15:00 Lunch at Bazinga, Teorifagbygg 1, Campus Tromsø- Please feel invited to a meal with other new colleagues