On Friday, November 13, the club will be visited by Maiko Shimoda, who was the club’s exchange student 24 years ago. As a 17-year-old exchange student, she considered the possibility of studying in Sweden in the future. That is indeed what happened, and she went on to qualify as a social worker in...
On November 6, we will be joined by Sten-Åke Lyngstam, who will speak about plans to establish a West Swedish Center for Industrial History. These plans—as well as the question of where the center should be located—have been under discussion for several years. Sten-Åke will provide an update on th...
On Friday, October 30, we will be visited by Henrik Nilsson from the University of Gothenburg. He conducts research on fungi—specifically those that form mycelia but do not develop the fruiting bodies commonly referred to as "mushrooms." On average, researchers estimate that there are around 20 kil...
On October 23, the club will be visited by Andrea Belgrano, who will speak about Living with the Ocean and sharing knowledge: a biodiversity perspective. The talk will explore some aspects of ocean ecology and biodiversity from a global to a local perspective and sharing som...
On October 16, Björn Fredriksson will give his "Ego" lecture. The seminar will be in Swedish.
On October 9, the club will host a visit from Martin Härnqvist. He studied mathematics and statistics and earned his doctorate in 1979 with a thesis on probability models for population growth. He spent ten years working as an IT consultant at an insurance company, drawing ins...
On October 2, the club will be visited by Inger Kjellberg, a process engineer at "Kretslopp och Vatten" in Gothenburg City. She will talk about the water supply in Gothenburg, from the Göta Älv via treatment and pipes out to the customer. The seminar will be in Swedish.
On September 25th, the club will be visited by District Governor Britt-Marie Bergman from Jönköping, who is now in her second year as governor. Perhaps we will get some experiences from the past year and some information about the current year. The Seminar will be in Swedish.
On September 18, we will be visited by Céline Heuzé, associate professor of climate science at the University of Gothenburg. Céline studies, among other things, the occurrence of storms in the northern hemisphere. Here, spring storms are also becoming more common. She will tell us a little about he...
On September 11th, we will be visited by Elsy Noren and Dario Espiga from the organization "Parents' Association Against Drugs Gothenburg", FMN, https://www.fmngoteborg.com/. FMN's most important mission is to offer advice and support to parents, relatives and close friends when...
On September 4th we will be visited by Ingela Härröd who has composed her own piece "We only have one Earth". We will listen to the lyrics and music as well as information on how to create your own music. You can listen to the piece on Spotify, page https://open.spotify.com/track/064ZCcRwfFE...
On Friday, August 28, we will be visited by Gustav Olander from Chalmers who will talk about Space. The seminar will be in Swedish.
Per Hall, senior professor of marine biogeochemistry at the University of Gothenburg, will visit the club on August 21 and talk about the Baltic Sea. Briefly about universal processes in nature and about sediments. Why we have eutrophication and oxygen deficiency in the Baltic Sea and what we can d...
On August 14th, the club's exchange student Vega Andersson and exchange student Kanon Shinozaki, from Japan, will talk a little about their experiences in Japan and Sweden. They will talk about the differences between the countries. This seminar will be in Swedish and English
The club is now taking a summer break and will meet again on Friday, August 14th, when we will be visited by our exchange students, Vega Andersson from Gothenburg and Kanon Shinozaki from Chiba in Japan. Maybe we will get a comparison between the trams in the two cities... Everyone is welcome! Y...
The club will be on summer break on August 7. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on July 31. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on July 24. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on July 17. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on July 10. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on July 3. No club meeting.
The club will be on summer break on June 26. No club meeting.
Friday, June 19th is Midsummer Eve and the club has chosen to cancel its meeting. We wish everyone a pleasant Midsummer!
On June 12th there is a President change. Then we will hear Fredrik Norrman summarize his year and hear a little about what Mohammed Belhaj has planned for his year. Maybe we will have time to talk about planned programs during the fall. The presentations will be i Swedish After this meeting, th...
On Friday, June 5, Magnus Härröd will present the Sustainability Committee in District 2365 and its activities. From being a small group of active Rotary members, mainly from our club, the various activities have spread to the entire district and in some cases outside the district. The activities m...
On Friday, May 29, the club will be visited by Charlotte Lundqvist, co-ordinator, from Rotary Doctors, https://www.rotarydoctors.se/, who will talk about their activities. The seminar will be in Swedish.
On May 22nd, we will once again be visited by high school students who participated in the selections for Young Scientists, https://ungaforskare.se/. This Friday we will hear presentations from two groups. - Can bioplastics based on rice residues be more difficult to break down? by Nali Ahmed, fro...
Day after Ascension Day and the club has cancelled its meeting
On May 8th, we will be visited by high school students who participated in the selections for Young Researchers, https://ungaforskare.se/. This Friday we will hear about Comparative study on insect species composition in wetlands: How wetland restoration affects the species composition of insects...
On May 6th, the Rotary Pub is back at Hotel Heden. Come and meet Rotarians from several clubs. There will be beer, wine and non-alcoholic options, as well as some pub food if you like. English speakers are very welcome. Since the club meetings are normally in Swedish, this is an opportunity t...
First of May and the club has chosen to cancel its meeting
On Friday, April 24th, we'll hear a little about RYLA. RYLA is an intensive leadership development program for young adults, typically ages 18–30, organized by Rotary. The program focuses on developing leadership skills, ethical thinking, and personal development through workshops, lectures, and n...
On Friday, April 17th, we have our meeting in Feskekôrkan. We start at 11:30 with a tour of the premises and a little history about Feskekôrka. At 12:00, lunch will be at Haldis (they will try to arrange a quiet corner for us). We have reserved for about 20 people, but can add more if more people r...
On April 10, Annette Runsteen will visit the club and talk about Trust – how important is it? Trust is a popular topic of conversation in companies, organizations and working life. But what is trust all about? And what does trust really mean? For leadership? For the organization? What happens i...
On April 8th, the Rotary Pub is back at Hotel Heden. Come and meet Rotarians from several clubs. There will be beer, wine and non-alcoholic options, as well as some pub food if you like. English speakers are very welcome. Since the club meetings are normally in Swedish, this is an opportunity...
Easter Friday and the club has cancel its meeting
On Friday, March 27, we will be visited by Mostaffa Ghaffari, who works as a perfusionist and has been involved in implementing cardiac care in Ethiopia. A perfusionist, some might wonder, is it a perfectionist in healthcare? Perhaps a new word for many of us. It is actually a person who works wit...
ClimateSmartFestival The Rotary Sustainability Committee in District 2365 is organizing a climatesmart festival together with five other organizations, Studiefrämjandet, the Church of Sweden, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, Engineers for the Environment and the Chalmers Society of En...
On Friday, March 20, we will be visited by Karin Hårding, professor of ecology at the University of Gothenburg. Karin works with population biology of marine mammal populations and studies their sensitivity to environmental factors such as diseases, climate change and hunting. Karin's resear...
On Friday, March 13th, we will listen to Ego's lecture by Lynn Lydén. The seminar will be in Swedish.
On Friday, March 6, the club will be visited by Ulf Boström, who will talk about how incorrect police strategies have contributed to an oppressed society. Ulf Boström, the country's last integration police officer, is not even in the police organization. Nevertheless, he continues with his contact...
On March 4th, Rotary Pub will be back at Hotel Heden. Come and meet some other Rotarians. There will be beer, wine and non-alcoholic options, as well as some pub food if you want.
On Friday, February 27, we will be visited by Professor Agnes Wold from the University of Gothenburg. Agnes is known as a public educator through the program "Ask Agnes", https://www.sverigesradio.se/fraga-agnes-wold. She specializes in the normal bacterial flora of the intestine and its interacti...
On February 20, the club will be visited by Erik Wallin from Sida's helpdesk for environment and climate. The group works with evidence-based advice and guidance on environmental integration for different continents and countries. The support includes help with how issues around the environment and ...
On February 13, the club will be visited by Professor Göran Sundqvist from the University of Gothenburg, who will talk about why politics is doing so little about climate problems even though the scientific community knows so much. Göran Sundqvist's research is about the interaction between scie...
On February 6, the club will be visited by Katarina Evenseth, funeral director at the Church of Sweden in Gothenburg. Katarina will speak about the current situation with cemeteries in Gothenburg and the need for larger cemeteries in the event of war or epidemics. In Sweden we are unique. Nowhe...
On January 30th, the club will be visited by Patrik Boivie, a plastic surgeon and also active in Operation Smile. The seminar will be in Swedish
The club has chosen to use the IT system Polaris to have a website and membership register. Here it is also possible to look up members and write e-mails. Some information about the club is displayed publicly, while you have to log in as a member to see other parts. We look through the system and ...
On January 16, we will start the spring activities with a visit from the author Helena Adrian, author and former certified public accountant and corporate advisor in corporate law and taxation, who grew up and works in Gothenburg. In the Shadow of an Inheritance is a suspense novel inspired by a...
Vi startar lugnt efter Juluppehållet och klubben har ställt in sitt möte denna fredag. Men den 16 januari drar vi igång våra möten igen. Välkommen då.
