On November 30 & December 1, 2026, Språkmodellklynge Norge (the Norwegian Language Modeling Cluster, or Klynga) welcomes LLM researchers and developers from the Nordic–Baltic region to Oslo. The meeting will be hosted at the University of Oslo, starting late Monday morning, November 30, and wrapping up with lunch the following day, Tuesday, December 1. The summit has a technical focus with time and intensity for hands-on knowledge exchange and joint planning of increased collaboration among Nordic–Baltic LLM practitioners.
The meeting is open to all interested parties. Owing to capacity limitations, pre-registration and a confirmation of participation will be required. There is no participation fee. The meeting is co-organized by Klynga and New Nordics AI, partially sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers through its Nordic Language Model Network. Participants cover their own cost of travel to Oslo (in difficult cases, please contact Jussi Karlgren to inquire about possibilties for travel stipends).
Planning & Pre-Registration
The summit programme seeks to balance information exchange across country borders, time for questions & answers, and in particular ample space for discussion both in the plenary (Monday) and in smaller, thematic break-out groups (Tuesday). To suggest topics for discussion and pre-register your interest in participation, please submit a short on-line questionnaire, or feel free to contact the programme committee directly (see below).
Monday, November 30
| Start | End | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | 10:30 | Morning Coffee |
| 10:30 | 10:40 | Welcome, Introductions |
| 10:40 | 11:10 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 11:10 | 11:40 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 11:40 | 12:10 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 12:10 | 12:30 | Discussion |
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Lunch (On-Site) |
| 13:30 | 14:00 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 14:00 | 14:30 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Country or Language Presentation |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 | 16:30 | Discussion |
| 16:30 | 17:30 | Invited Keynote |
| 17:30 | 18:00 | Planning for Break-Out Sessions |
| 19:30 | Dinner (Downtown) |
Tuesday, December 1
| Start | End | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 09:15 | Goals for the Day |
| 09:15 | 11:00 | 3–5 Parallel Breakout Sessions |
| 11:00 | 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 | 12:30 | Plenary Summaries; Looking Ahead |
| 12:30 | 13:30 | Lunch (On-Site) |
Programme Committee
The summit is jointly prepared by a programme committee with representatives from academia, memory institutions, and industry across the Nordic–Baltic region.
- Maria Barrett, AMD Silo AI
- Meriem Beloucif, Uppsala University
- Yngvil Beyer, Norwegian National Library
- Hafsteinn Einarsson, University of Iceland
- Kenneth Enevoldsen, Aarhus University
- Jussi Karlgren (chair), Helsinki University & AMD Silo AI
- Benjamin Kille, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Marco Kuhlmannn, Linköping University
- Stephan Oepen (chair), University of Oslo
- Barbara Scalvini, University of Copenhagen
Please feel free to contact the programme committee collectively at llm-summit@ifi.uio.no, or reach out directly to the summit co-chairs, Jussi Karlgren and Stephan Oepen.
Summit Logistics
It should be possible to reach Oslo early Monday morning, for the 10:30 start of the summit, from many departure cities in the Nordic–Baltic region. In general, downtown Oslo offers a wide variety of accommodation options, and participants should make their own arrangements.
The summit will be held at the Gaustad campus of the University of Oslo, which is at the Forskningsparken (research park) stop on the metro and tram network.
Confirmed Participants
- Maria Barrett, AMD Silo AI
- Meriem Beloucif, Uppsala University
- Aleksei Dorkin, University of Tartu
- Kristine Eide, Language Council of Norway
- Hafsteinn Einarsson, University of Iceland
- Kenneth Enevoldsen, Aarhus University
- Mark Fishel, University of Tartu
- Fredrik Heintz, Linköping University
- Matias Jentoft, Language Council of Norway
- Jussi Karlgren, Helsinki University & AMD Silo AI
- Benjamin Kille, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Marco Kuhlmann, Linköping University
- Martins Kronis, Tilde
- Andrey Kutuzov, University of Oslo
- Rasmus Larsen, Alexandra Institute
- Jonas Lind, AI Sweden
- Risto Luukkonen, AMD Silo AI
- Per Møldrup-Dalum, Aarhus University
- Joakim Nivre, Uppsala University
- Stephan Oepen, University of Oslo
- Lilja Øvrelid, University of Oslo
- Danila Petrelli, AI Sweden
- Klas Pettersen, SimulaMet
- Faton Rekathati, National Library of Sweden
- Yves Scherrer, University of Oslo
- Sara Stymne, Uppsala University
- Jörg Tiedemann, University of Helsinki
- Elaine Zosa, AMD Silo AI