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21 May 2026

It's going to be great fun! Learn something new, meet new people, network with companies, find inspiration for your thesis or research - and enjoy som fika. All in the spirit of sustainability. Welcome to the Âé¶¹ÉçST inaugration festival!

Meet the Âé¶¹ÉçST-team at the festival. Photographer: Charlotte Perhammar

- This is a major event focusing on sustainability transformations – we are inaugurating Âé¶¹ÉçST (Âé¶¹Éç Sustainability Transformations) and creating a meeting place for students, researchers, teachers, staff and external partners, says Tina-Simone Neset, Professor and Director of Âé¶¹ÉçST.

Take part in games, walkshops and panel discussions about sustainability

  • networking across the building, where several research initiatives and centres will be present to showcase their work
  • games for sustainability transformations
  • walkshops
  • student organisations presenting their activities, for example Navitas, who will host a pop-up second-hand shop
  • panel discussions on sustainability transformations, how Âé¶¹Éç’s campus can become an experimental arena, and what representatives from Saab, Siemens Energy, Tekniska Verken, VTI and Linköping Municipality see as opportunities for collaboration with Âé¶¹Éç on sustainability transformations

Try an AI tool for urban development

Arsal Azhal, one of Âé¶¹ÉçST’s student coordinators, especially recommends the walkshop – an unique opportunity to try out ULALABS’ tools. ULALABS is an European collaboration where universities and other actors work together to test new ideas for sustainable cities.

- We are collaborating with ULALABS on an AI tool for urban development that uses Google AI to generate visual ideas for how cities can develop in a more sustainable way. During the walkshop, from 2 to 3 pm, we will take photos of the site and test the tool together – you will create your own ideas, see them visualised, and receive a short report. It should be particularly interesting, for example, students of engineering and urban planning.

The event will take place at NEXUS (formerly Zenit), Campus Valla, Linköping from 9:30 to 16:30.

This is a drop-in event open to everyone, and you are welcome to come and go as you like throughout the day.

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