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BCEPS International Symposium 2024

This year's event will start with lunch at 12:00 on Tuesday 11 June and end by 15:00 on Friday 14 June.

BCEPS Symposium Solstrand
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[Please note that the BCEPS International Symposium is an invitation-only event.]

Main objectives for the 2024 Symposium

1.

To create an arena for PhD and postdoctoral research fellows to present their work and learn from international experts  

2.

To present BCEPS Centre of Excellence and ongoing work

- Innovative Methods | FairChoices
- Rationing Lab
- Equity Impact
- Disease Control Priorities, 4th Edition

3.

To present and discuss the Norad-funded project "Defining and integrating essential NCD interventions in national health systems 2022-2025"

- Africa CDC
- Ghana
- Nepal
- Tanzania 

4.To discuss the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health

How to get to Solstrand?

Solstrand Hotel & Bad is located 30 km south of Bergen and Bergen Airport. There are good connections by bus and boat. The new E39 between Os and Bergen is open. Driving time is now less than 25 minutes from the airport and the city centre.

Transport assistance from BCEPS:

From the centre of Bergen to Solstrand

  • Information to come 

From Bergen airport to Solstrand

All those needing assistance from Bergen airport will receive separate emails to coordinate transport directly from Bergen airport to Solstrand.

Map with Solstrand and Bergen
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Google Maps

Want to find your own way to Solstrand?


For those of you who want to find your own way to Solstrand, please see the information below that is taken from the hotel website:

Where are you traveling from?

BERGEN AIRPORT

Bus and tram

35 minutes by bus and tram plus a 15-minutes-walk. Plan your trip.

Take the tram from Bergen Airport to Lagunen terminal B, walk to terminal C and take bus number 600 to Osøyro. From the final bus stop, walk to Solstrand in 15 minutes by using the scenic coastal path. Alternatively, a taxi from the taxi stand right opposite the final bus stop will take 5 minutes.

Boat

35 minutes by boat and 15 minutes’ walk from Os to Solstrand. Two boat departures per day. Find more information at: Hardangerfjord-ekspressen.

From Osøyro, walk to Solstrand in 15 minutes by using the scenic coastal path. Alternatively, a taxi from the taxi stand right opposite the bus station will take 5 minutes.

Car & Taxi

Driving to Solstrand takes approximately 23 minutes.

Download your route

Os Taxi

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BERGEN CITY CENTRE

Bus

35 minutes by bus plus a 15-minutes-walk. Plan your trip.

Take bus number 600 from platform L at Bergen bus station to Osøyro. From the final bus stop, walk to Solstrand in 15 minutes by using the scenic coastal path. Alternatively, a taxi from the taxi stand right opposite the final bus stop will take 5 minutes.

Boat

60 minutes by boat and 15 minutes’ walk from Os to Solstrand. Two boat departures per day. Find more information at: Hardangerfjord-ekspressen.

Take the boat from Strandkaiterminalen in Bergen center and depart the boat in Osøyro. From Osøyro, walk to Solstrand in 15 minutes by using the scenic coastal path. Alternatively, a taxi from the taxi stand right opposite the bus station will take 5 minutes.

Car & Taxi

Driving to Solstrand takes approximately 25 minutes.

Download your route

Os Taxi