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A scenic autumn landscape with golden and orange trees behind a grassy field and a low stone fence. Centered on top of the image is a white geometric hexagon containing text that reads: “ICOS – Integrated Carbon Observation System. Science Conference 2026. 15–17 September 2026. Lund, Sweden & Online.”

(DRAFT) Excursions

Do you plan to have a little extra time after the Science Conference? Why not visit an ICOS station or meet the team at ICOS Carbon Portal? Our conference partners at Lund University have organised some excellent excursions for Friday 18th September!

Please note that the exact times and contents of these excursions are subject to change at the discretion of ICOS ERIC.

Excursion 1: ICOS Hyltemossa atmosphere and ecosystem station

Date: Friday 18 September (full day)
Cost: 350 SEK
Capacity: 35 people
Departure: 8:30 (to be confirmed)


This one day excursion will bring you to Hyltemossa Research station, located in a commercially used spruce forest in northern Scania, about 1.5 hours drive north of Lund. Hyltemossa is one of the major nodes of climate-related research infrastructure in Sweden and combines an ICOS Class 1 Atmosphere and Class 2 Ecosystem station, an ACTRIS station and measurements for the SITES spectral program. During the excursion you will get the opportunity to learn about the measurements at Hyltemossa, to tour the facilities, and to hear about the ongoing research. Lunch and a coffee break (fika) included in the price.

Preliminary programme:

8.30 Departure by bus from Lund (exact location to be confirmed)
10:00 - 14:30 Visit to Hyltemossa
14:30 Depart to Lund
16:00 Arrive back in Lund

Excursion 2: Perennial grain experiment in Alnarp

Date: Friday 18 September (half-day)
Cost: 250 SEK
Capacity: 45 people
Departure: 9:00 (to be confirmed)

Since humans began cultivating crops around 10,000 years ago, agriculture has been dominated by annual crops with shallow roots, frequent tilling and high input requirements, including seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides and high machinery use. Perennial grains could offer an alternative way of producing food. With their extensive and deep root systems, along with minimal tillage, they may have potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, reduce nutrient leakage, soil erosion and decrease the need for external inputs.

This half-day excursion will take you to the experimental field sites in Alnarp, where two adjacent 10-ha fields of annual and perennial grain crops, established autumn 2023, are compared in terms of climate mitigation potential. The comparison is carried out using the eddy covariance technique, among other in situ measurements. The visit will conclude with a Swedish fika with coffee and tea (included in the cost), where you will have the possibility to try freshly baked perennial grain Kernza bread.

Preliminary Programme:

9:00 Departure by bus from Lund (exact location to be confirmed)
9:30 - 11:30 Visit Alnarp
11:30 Depart to Lund
12:00 Arrival back in Lund

Excursion 3: Meet & Greet the ICOS Carbon Portal

Date: Friday 18 September (half-day)
Cost: 175 SEK
Capacity: 30 people

This side event will give you the possibility to meet and talk to the people working at ICOS Carbon Portal, based in Lund University only a short walk from the conference venue. This informal get together will be combined with information about the behind the scene of the ICOS Carbon Portal data repository, what services we offer and how you the data repository can be used. Lebanese-style vegetarian lunch and a coffee break included in the price.

Preliminary Programme:
10:00  - 10:30  Who and What is the ICOS Carbon Portal
10:30 - 10:45   Short coffee and split to different parallel meetings

  • 10:45 - 11:45 How to SPARQL, and why it is useful
  • 10:45 - 11:45 Data upload: need to know, good to know
  • 10:45 - 11:45 Jupyter Notebooks VRE with Python: who, how, where, why  
  • 10:45 - 11:45  Optional topic of your suggestion 

11:45 - 12:15 Q&A, Quiz, wish list (to be confirmed)
12:15 - 14:00 Lunch 

Excursion 4: Guided Tour of the European Spallation Source (ESS)

Date: Friday 18 September (half-day)
Cost: free of charge
Capacity: 15 people
Departure: tbd

The European Spallation Source (ESS) is a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC), a multi-disciplinary research facility based on the world’s most powerful neutron source. ESS is under construction on the outskirts of Lund. The facility’s unique capabilities will both greatly exceed and complement those of today’s leading neutron sources, enabling new opportunities for researchers across the spectrum of scientific discovery, including materials and life sciences, energy, environmental technology, cultural heritage and fundamental physics.

Preliminary Programme:

9:15 Meeting at the final destination of Lund’s only tram line (”Lund ESS”). The tram ride takes 15 min from Lund C.
9:30 - 11:30 Guided tour to ESS
11:30 Return to Lund city center by tram