Speakers
Cecilie Myrseth
Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy
Myrseth is responsible for fisheries and ocean matters within the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.
Margareth Hagen
Rector, University of Bergen
Hagen is a professor of Italian literature, and has broad organizational and leadership experience both prorector and rector at UiB
Knut Vassbotn
CEO of Deep Wind Offshore
Vassbotn founded Deep Wind Offshore in 2021. Vassbotn has over 20 years of experience from the energy sector and has developed offshore wind projects across the globe.
Hege Økland
Managing Director Hy2gen Norge AS
Økland leads a world-wide enterprise at the forefront of developing, funding and building groundbreaking projects and infrastructures geared towards the production of green.
Marianne Wik Sætre
Head of DNB Corporate market Western Norway
Sætre is head of DNB Corporate Market Western Norway, with 25,000 customers and a loan portfolio of more than NOK 50 billion.
Claire Oneill
Recent UK Climate and Energy Minister
Claire O’Neill is considered a global expert on sustainability and decarbonisation with a particular focus on practical action and the leading role of the private sector.
Siri Kalvig
CEO Nysnø
Kalvig is a meteorologist with a PhD in offshore wind tech. She has also worked as head of the research network for environment-friendly energy at the University of Stavanger.
Camilla Stoltenberg
CEO of NORCE
Stoltenberg is CEO of NORCE, a research institute that delivers research and innovation in energy, health care, climate, the environment, society and technology.
Pär Larshans
Director of Sustainability, Ragn-Sells Group
Pär got more than 20 years of experience in the field of sustainability on international level, and the last 6 years on circular transition in Ragn-Sells.
Tom Christer Nilsen
Head of Industrial Policy, BCCI
Nilsen is responsible for the industrial policy strategy at the Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is also managing contact for the Marine Expert Group.
Christine Spiten
Host
Christine is a tech entrepreneur, expedition sailor and co-founder of Blueye Robotics.
Håvard Vollset Lien
VP Research & Innovation in Vard Group
Lien has wide experience from hydrodynamics, ship design and ship building over many years, as well as 3 years teaching at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Dr. Daria Bolebiowska-Tataj
Founder & CEO of Tataj Innovation
Daria is a world expert on innovation networks. Tataj Innovation empowers entrepreneurs through Network Thinking, a methodology based on 15+ years of research.
Harald Serck-Hansen
Group Executive Vice President, Corporate Banking, DNB
Serck-Hanssen will give us an insight on how the financial industry plays an important role in the transition and restructuring of Norwegian industries.
Marius Brun Haugen
DNB Markets
Marius Brun Hagen is the host of "DNB Utbytte" - a podcast explaining effects in the global economy and financial markets.
Mikkel Nyholt Smedseng
Forvalter DNB Future Waves
Smedseng works as a manager for future Waves, where he manages a global sustainable equity portfolio thematically oriented towards the blue economy
Nicolai Grieg
Deputy CEO, Grieg Maritime Group Managing Director, Grieg Edge
Grieg has been the managing Director of Grieg Edge since the start in 2019. He also serves as Deputy CEO of Grieg Maritime Group, and leads the shipowning part of the business.
Ingrid H. Maurstad
Impact Director, Katapult Ocean
Maurstad leads the impact work in Katapult Ocean. Katapult Ocean is one of the world's most active investors for early-stage companies that have a positive impact on the ocean.
John Hammersmark
Captain, Special Operations Command
‘The Captain’ from Kompani Lauritzen, shares insights from his extensive military service and civilian career.”
Siri Stenersen Lohne
CFO Bolaks
Lohne will present how Bolaks works with sicrcular economy in the seafood industries
Mari Myksvoll
Program director at the Institute of Marine Research
Myksvoll will share her insights of unleashing network intelligence for ocean conservations
Anders Gerlach Nielsen
Head of Renewable Energy and Industry, Eksfin
Nielsen is Head of Renewable Energy in Eksfin, the official export credit agency (ECA) of the Norwegian Government.
Roger Pedersen
Director Offshore Wind, Offshore Norge.
Roger Pedersen is the Director of Offshore Wind at Offshore Norway, an employer and interest organization for companies operating on the Norwegian continental shelf