Day 1 – 10 January 2024

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This day develops our understanding of key challenges, the solutions to which enable the energy systems of the future.

08:20-09:00 Coffee and registration

Sessions start promptly - please be mindful to find your seat ahead of time.

09:00-10:40 The Green and Digital Energy Transition

Svein St?len, Rector, University of Oslo

Eirik Lae Solberg, Governing Mayor of Oslo

Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and the Environment, Norway

Liviu ?tirb??, Head of unit for Industry 5.0 and AI in Science, European Commission

 

Panel discussion

Andreas Bjelland Eriksen, Minister of Climate and the Environment, Norway

Liviu ?tirb??, Head of unit for Industry 5.0 and AI in Science, European Commission

Alexandra Bech Gj?rv, CEO, SINTEF

 

Opening Keynotes

Colin McKerracher, Head of Transport Sector, BloombergNEF:
Global Energy Transition: Accelerating Progress


Adel El Gammal, Secretary General, European Energy Research Alliance:
Climate, Energy and Geopolitics

 

Moderator: Ruth Astrid S?ter

10:40–11:10 Break

11:10–12:10 Challenge 1: Accelerating a Massive Scale-Up of Renewable Energy

Aiko Yamashita, Head of DNB’s ESG Data Hub:??????
?The role of cross-sectorial data connectivity for the green transition

Erik Marstein, Chief Scientist, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE); Centre director, FME SUSOLTECH:
The solar revolution

Ana Page, Head of Section Advanced Modelling, NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute:
Offshore Wind: Navigating Opportunities and Challenges

Anne Maria Eikeset, Lead Researcher, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM):
Energy transition, Complex Adaptive Systems & Investment Opportunities

Audience questions via Slido

 

Session chair: Victor Bj?rn Smith, Head of Marine Geotechnics, NGI - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute

12:10–13:00 Lunch and mingling

13:00-14:15 Challenge 2: Dealing with More Variability - Storage and Flexibility

Pernille Seljom, Senior Scientist, Energy Systems, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE):
The need and value of flexibility in the energy transition

Bent Vigeland, Chief Engineer, Yara Clean Ammonia:
Enabling the hydrogen economy

Marius Kluge Foss, Senior Director, Market Strategy, FREYR Battery:
Plan for the future: Continued cost decline solar and energy storage

Nils R?kke, Executive Vice President Sustainability, SINTEF/FME HYDROGENi:
Hydrogen providing system services

Audience questions via Slido

 

Pitches

Session chair: Tine Uberg N?rland, Research Director Renewable Energy Systems, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE)

14:15–14:35 Break

14:35-15:30 Challenge 3: Increasingly Complex Grids - Balancing and Optimizing

Beate Krogstad, Executive Vice President Digital & IT, Statnett:
Grid and Digital enables the green transition

J?rgen Festervoll, CEO, Heimdall Power:
Solutions for the digital power grid

Catherine Banet, Professor, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, UiO:
Privacy preserving Transactive Energy Management (PriTEM)

Audience questions via Slido

 

Pitches

Session chair: Morten Dalsmo, Executive Vice President, SINTEF

15:30-15:50 Break

15:50-16:50 Challenge 4: Building Systems For the People to Meet Societal Needs

Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Deputy Director/Research Director Climate and Energy, FNI:
A new windpower licensing system: Implications for local support and future developments

Beate Seibt, Tobias Verheugen Hvidsten, EMPOWER/UiO:
EMPOWER: Sustainable Batteries in Mobility – (Em)powering a Net-zero Energy Transition

Viktor E. Jakobsen, CEO, Energeia AS in conversation with Ruth Astrid S?ter - Background slides

J?rgen Randers, Professor emeritus, Department of Law and Governance, BI Norwegian Business School:
The Earth for All report - What will it take to save the world?

 

Moderator: Ruth Astrid S?ter

18:00-19:30 Evening reception, Oslo City Hall

End of Day 1 the City of Oslo invites all conference attendees to a reception in Oslo City Hall. The reception starts promptly - doors open 17:30.

 

Anne Lindboe, Mayor, City of Oslo

Christine Wergeland S?rbye, CEO, Oslo Science City

This is an Oslo Science City Arena event developed with SINTEF, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, the Institute for Energy Technology and the City of Oslo.

 

  •  Logo Sintef

  •  Logo Institute for Energy Technology

  •   Logo NGI

  •   Logo Oslo Municipality

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