2026 Events Archive

Thursday/Friday, 19/20 March 2026, 19:30h

Interfinity Festival 2026: Exoplanets – with the Basel Symphony Orchestra

The Interfinity Festival 2026 is dedicated to exoplanets and the cosmos – in close collaboration with the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) PlanetS, which the University of Bern leads. This is the Swiss premiere of Exoplanets, a new work by Robert Laidlow, performed by the Sinfonieorchester Basel in the vast, empty Messehalle 1. Established by the Swiss National Science Foundation in June 2014, the NCCR PlanetS brings together researchers from the Universities of Berne (Leading House), Geneva (co-Leading House), and Zürich as well as of the ETH Zürich.

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Tuesday-Thursday, 17-19 March, 2026

Master's Open Days

The University of Bern's Master's Open Days take place this March both on site and online. Interested to learn more about our new Master's Program? Then join us on March 17 (15.45-16.45h) or March 18 (11.15-12.15h) on site, or on March 19 (13.00-13.45h) online. You can register for the open days and see the program via the link below.

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Friday, 30 January 2026, 16:45h (CET)

6th Massive Exoplanet MEME Exhibition

MEME is an online exhibition starting with a virtual event on January 30 and running until February 4. The annual event features talks and showcases self-made memes related to exoplanets, astrophysics, coding and more, submitted by the public in advance. The event welcomes anyone with an interest in astrophysics and aims to approach the topic with a sense of humor. Dr. Helena Lecoq Molinos and PhD student Esther Wang from the University of Bern's Space Research and Planetary Science Division (WP) will participate in this year's MEME Exhibition event.

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Tuesday-Thursday, 20-22 January 2026

Swiss Innovation for Astrophysics and Planetary Science

This national conference takes place for the first time this January, hosted by the Technology and Innovation Platform of NCCR PlanetS. The event will spotlight the development of technology and software for ground- and space-based telescopes, scientific instruments, and planetary exploration.

Astronomy on Tap – Resolving Conflicts in Space

Space is getting crowded fast: more satellites, more actors, more dependence on orbital infrastructure. That makes coordination harder and raises new risks, from accidental collisions to political and legal disputes. So what does "conflict" in space actually look like, and what tools do we have to prevent and manage it? We're excited to welcome three experts bringing science, operations, and law together: Susanne Wampfler (CSH), Ludovic Monnerat (Swiss Armed Forces) and Merve Erdem Burger (Swiss Space Law Forum).