Ocean Week 2019 – Monday 6 May

PROGRAM TRONDHEIM MONDAY MAY 6 // TUESDAY // WEDNESDAY // THURSDAY // OTHER EVENTS
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Registration Opens 8:30 | ||||
10:00 | Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza; Founder & Chair of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary | "Sounds Too Many" Performative Lecture | ||
10:25 | Vidar Helgesen; Norway's Special Envoy, High-level Panel on Building a Sustainable Ocean Economy | Ocean health. Blue growth through green thinking TBC | ||
10:40 | Iselin Nybø; Norwegian Minister for Science and Higher Education | Knowledge for a sustainable ocean economy | ||
Ocean Talks (10:55-11:20): Communication of ocean research and facts. How to bring facts to the spotlight and raise empathy/awareness for ocean issues?Panelists: Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, Founder & Chair of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Vidar Helgesen, Norway's Special Representative for the Ocean; Mathilde Enkerud, President of ISFIT2021; Vegar Johansen, CEO SINTEF Ocean; Ingrid Schjølberg, Director NTNU Oceans |
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11:20 | Thierry Béchet; EU Ambassador & Head of the EU Delegation to Norway | Together we take care of our oceans | ||
11:35 | Jarl Frijs-Madsen; Ambassador of Denmark | Oceans of Energy: A Danish perspective | ||
11:50 | Liv-Sissel Hagemann Hammer; Senior Vice President, DnB Bank ASA | Banking in change | ||
Ocean Talks (12:05-12:30): |
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Exhibition Area - EARTH LAW – Art&Ocean (12:30-12:40) |
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Nabil Ahmed (INTERPRT), postdoctoral fellow, KIT/NTNU |
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LUNCH at the Radisson Blu Royal Garden (12:30-13:30) |
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13:30 | Knut Thomas Kusslid, Director Trondheim Port Authority | Technological solutions for new harbours | ||
13:45 | Vegar Johansen, CEO SINTEF Ocean | Innovative solutions based on reliable science, a sustainable business | ||
14:00 | Olav Bolland, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU | Is technology a positive driver of sustainability? | ||
14:15 | Elisabeth Maråk Støle, Director NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS | TBA | ||
14:30 | Tonje Eskeland Foss, Regional Director, North, ATEA | Does data driven insight create sustainability in your value chain? | ||
Ocean Talks (14:45-15:05): Towards a Blue-Green Economy: Collaboration across sectors Panelists: Knut T. Kusslid, Vegar Johansen, Olav Bolland, Elisabeth M. Støle and Tonje E. Foss |
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Coffee Break (15:05-15:35) | ||||
15:35 | Ståle Emil Johansen, Dept. of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU | How electromagnetic detection of mineral resources provides a sustainable solution to exploration | ||
15:50 | Anna Lim, Dept. Geoscience & Petroleum Bent Haugaløkken, Dept. Marine Technology Øystein Sture, Dept. of Marine Technology |
Multi-scale geophysical data interpretation to aid effective exploration; SEARM - An underwater manipulator arm for small underwater vehicles; Application of underwater hyper-spectral imaging on seafloor massive sulphides |
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16:05 | Steffan Lindsø, Director of Emerging Technology, Oceaneering Europe | New autonomous systems for subsea inspection | ||
16:20 | João Borges de Sousa, LSTS - Porto University | Exploring the Northern Pacific subtropical front with multiple robots | ||
16:35 | Christopher Harman, Research Director, NIVA | Autonomous monitoring systems for a sustainable ocean | ||
Oceans Talks (16:50-17:20): Business development in ocean technology. |
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OCEAN WEEK AUTONOMOUS SHIP & AUV DEMO |
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13:30 | Siri G. Carson, leader of HAVANSVAR, NTNU | HAVANSVAR & Ocean Week | ||
13:40 | Ursula Munster, Director Environmental Humanities School at UiOT | Surviving in a sea of plastic: Biographies of marine life in the anthropocene | ||
14:00 | Markus Reymann – Director TBA21 Academy | TBA21 Academy | ||
14:15 | Julia Leyda, Department of Art and Media Studies, NTNU | Oil, ocean, and the climate unconscious in Norwegian scripted television | ||
Ocean Talks (14:30-14:55) Interdisciplinary work for ocean sustainability, the role of humanities and arts Panelists: Ursula Munster; Markus Reymann; María Azucena Gutiérrez Glez, NTNU Oceans |
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14:55 | PhD Pitch Session: Kim Kirsten Ménage, Dept. of Historical Studies; Widar Aalrust Kristoffersen, Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Perverting plastics Futures past: the history of Norwegian aquaculture research |
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Coffee Break (15:05-15:35) | ||||
15:35 | Martin Lee Mueller, Associate Professor, Rudolf Steiner University College | Being Salmon, Being Human | ||
15:50 | Anne Trine Kjørholt, leader Norway as a sea nation, NTNU | “The Sea, the boat and the fish”. Coastal childhood work and knowledge in transition | ||
16:05 | Hanna Musiol, Dept.of Language and Literature, NTNU | Plotting futures: Hydro fiction, zones of sacrifice, and ecological imagination | ||
16:20 | Kaja Lønne Fjærtoft, Passion for Ocean | Beneath the surface | ||
16:35 | Anna Madlener, Robotics at KTH Stockholm; Elisabeth Stubberud, Norway as a Sea Nation, NTNU |
Synergetic ocean immersion: music, art and robots; Narratives of integration and belonging in coastal communities |
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Ocean Talks (16:45-17:05) Innovation in arts, humanities and social sciences – An Ocean Perspective Panelists: Kaja Fjærtoft; Hanna Musiol; Dagfinn Døhl Dybvig, innovation leader at the faculty of humanities, NTNU |
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OCEAN WEEK AUTONOMOUS SHIP & AUV DEMO - Brattørkaia - Starting at 17:45 - Open to the Public |
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13:30 | Geir W. Gabrielsen, Head Environmental pollution section, Norwegian Polar Institute | Microplastics in the Arctic | ||
13:50 | Susan Eaton, SEDNA EPIC EXPEDITION, Expedition Founder | Opening of the Arctic sea ice. Navigating the High Arctic | ||
14:05 | Ingrid Ellingsen, Environment and New Resources SINTEF Ocean | Polar ocean circulation | ||
14:20 | Chantel Nixon, NTNU, Dept. of Geography | Gas hydrates in the Barents Sea | ||
14:35 | Emlyn Davies, Environment and New Resources SINTEF Ocean | Monitoring the Arctic | ||
14:50 | PhD Pitch Session: Nicolas Sanchez, Dept. of Chemistry; Martina Lan Salomon, Dept. Environmental & Civil Engineering; Glaucia Moreira Fragoso, Department of Biology |
Bi-polar biogeochemistry; Trace metals role in marine life in a changing Arctic and Antarctic ecosystem; The mysterious interaction between ice and oil; Functional role of phytoplankton communities in a changing climate |
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Coffee Break (15:05-15:35) | ||||
15:35 | Liv-Guri Faksness, SINTEF Ocean | Oil spills the Arctic - are we prepared? | ||
15:50 | Arthur Mason, Dept. of Social Anthropology, NTNU | New Arctic: Expressions of Neoliberal interest in the wake of Exxon Valdez oil spill | ||
16:05 | Dag Ottesen, Researcher NGU | The Weddell Sea Expedition 2019, Antarctica. Preliminary scientific results | ||
16:20 | Ida Øverjordet, SINTEF Ocean | Pollution - Fat matters | ||
16:35 | Bjørn Munro Jensen, Dept. Biology, NTNU | Pollutant trends in the Arctic | ||
Oceans Talks: The Poles and Climate Change – How to communicate and inspire action: Panelists: Gabrielsen; Faksness; Irina Rogozhina, Dept. of Geography NTNU; Ramón Larramendi, Project Leader Inuit Windsled Antarctica expedition (16:50-17:15) |
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OCEAN WEEK AUTONOMOUS SHIP & AUV DEMO - Brattørkaia - Starting at 17:45 - Open to the Public |

Founder and Chair of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (TBA21) and its sister organization TBA21–Academy
Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza is an activist, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Driven by a belief in the power of art to serve as an agent of change, Thyssen-Bornemisza has supported artists throughout her career in the production and creation of new works that fuel engagement with the most pressing issues of our times.
Her sustained commitment to the cultural realm extends a long tradition of collecting and philanthropy that dates back generations in the Thyssen family.

Nybø has a law degree from the University of Bergen in 2006. Nybø was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 2013-2017 for the county of Rogaland and the Liberal Party.
As the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Nybø is responsible for Norwegian research policy and higher education

Vidar Helgesen is a member of the Conservative party in Norway, and former Minister of Climate and Environment, from 2015-2018. Helgesen served as chief of staff for Prime Minister Erna Solberg from 2013-2015. From 2018, Helgesen has been appointed Norway’s Special Envoy to the High-level Panel on Building a Sustainable Ocean Economy.

Ingrid Schjølberg is Vice Dean for research and innovation at the Faculty of Engineering. She is professor in Marine Technology and director of NTNU Oceans. Schjølberg is a key player in the Norwegian marine and maritime arena and a member of the expert group at the Norwegian High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy.
NTNU Oceans is one of four strategic research areas at NTNU. NTNU Oceans generates and supports key research activities on maritime transport – autonomous ships; deep-ocean research; polar science and technology; sustainable seafood and marine bio resources; marine minerals and renewables; marine environment, society and sustainability.

Markus Reymann was trained as an actor and successfully performed on screen and on stage for many years, and in major productions. He joined TBA21 in 2011.
With TBA21 Chairwoman and Founder Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, he co-founded TBA21 Academy where he subsequently took on the role of a director. As a central programming unit of TBA21, the Academy provides a moving platform of cultural production and interdisciplinary exchange within TBA21.
In December 2015 at COP21 Reymann announced TBA21-Academy's latest program The Current. The Current is the exploratory soul of TBA21. It was conceived to raise awareness for today's most urgent ecological, social, and economic issues.

Vegar Johansen is the CEO of SINTEF Ocean. Under his leadership SINTEF Oceans conducts research and innovation related to ocean space for national and international industries.
SINTEF has a long tradition for being a knowledge supplier and a good partner for Norwegian companies. We will continue to be so in the future, and through SINTEF Ocean we have established a centre of gravity for marine and maritime research, both in Norway and internationally.

Jarl Frijs-Madsen, is the Ambassador of Denmark to Norway. He is former Chief of the Trade council in Denmark, and has been the Danish Consul-General in New York.
Madsen has also worked as a researcher and consultant, specializing in future scenarios and strategic processes for large enterprises.

Liv-Sissel Hagemann Hammer is Senior Vice President at DNB Bank ASA . DNB Bank is Norway's largest financial services group with total combined assets of more than NOK 1.9 trillion and a market capitalization NOK 164 billion as per 20 May 2016. The Group includes brands such as DNB, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DNB Bank and Carlson.


Hernes is Pro-Rector for Innovation is a member of the Rector's management team. She leads NTNU's efforts to promote innovation, and is responsible for maintaining strategic collaborative relationships with businesses and industry on a regional national and international level.
She is also responsible for NTNU's focus on alumni cooperation and is leading NTNU's efforts for greater equality and diversity.

Béchet is currently European Union Ambassador to Norway and official at the European External Action Service. Béchet has held several positions in external relations, both in Brussels and in delegations.
Ambassador Béchet started his career as a national diplomat and joined the External Relations department of the European Commission in 1989 to deal with Middle-East issues. In 1991 he became member of the cabinets of two successive members of the European Commission, dealing mainly with foreign policy, energy and institutional matters.

Mathilde Enkerud, President of ISFIT2021 Creating Knowledge
The International Student Festival in Trondheim (ISFiT) is the world's largest thematic student festival and has been held every other year since 1990. The festival is created by more than 400 students in Trondheim and brings together 500 students from over 100 countries. Its mission is to create dialogue and friendship across cultural boundaries in a festival consisting of debates, workshops and cultural performances.
VEGAR JOHANSEN, CEO SINTEF Ocean

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
KNUT T. KUSSLID, Trondheim Port Authority
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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
CLARA GONÇALVES, Director Sci.&Tech. Park, Uni. Porto

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
ELISABETH M. STØLE, Director NORCE

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
EMLYN DAVIS, Env. & New Resources SINTEF Ocean

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
INGRID ElLLINGSEN, Env. & New Resources SINTEF Ocean

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
JOÃO B. de SOUSA, LSTS - Porto University

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
ARTHUR MASON, NTNU Dept. of Social Anthropology

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
SIRI GRANUM CARSON, NTNU NTNU leader of HAVANSVAR

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Other Voices - Other Stories
URSULA MUNSTER, Director Env. Humanities UiO

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Other Voices - Other Stories
MARIT H. HELLER, Dept. for Oceans, RCN

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Other Voices - Other Stories
MARTIN L. MUELLER, Rudolf Steiner University Colleague

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Other Voices - Other Stories
JULIA LEYDA, NTNU, Dept. Art & Media Studies

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Other Voices - Other Stories
OLAV BOLLAND, NTNU Dean of the Faculty of Engineering

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
CHANTEL NIXON, NTNU Dept. of Geography

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
TORE AUNAAS, Special Adviser SINTEF Ocean

Session:
Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
FLORIAN SCHNEIDER, NTNU Academy of Fine Art
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Exhibition
Art & Ocean
GEIR W. GABRIELSEN, Head Env. pollution section NPI

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
STÅLE E. JOHANSEN, Geoscience & Petroleum

Session:
Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
TONJE E. FOSS, Regional Director, North, ATEA

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
LIV-GURI FAKNESS, Env. & New Resources SINTEF Ocean

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
HANNA MUSIOL, NTNU Dept. of Language & Literature

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Other Voices - Other Stories
IDA ØVERJORDET, SINTEF Ocean Env. & New Resources

Session:
Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
ASGEIR SØRENSEN, NTNU, Director SFF AMOS

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
JULIA FARKAS, SINTEF Ocean Env. & New Resources

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
HELLE MOEN, Regional Director EGGS Design

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
ANNE T. KJØRHOLT, Leader 'Norway as a sea nation'

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Other Voices - Other Stories
STEFFAN LINDSØ, Oceaneering Europe

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Blue Tech. - Economic Impact
KAJA L. FJÆRTOFT, Passion for Ocean

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Other Voices - Other Stories
SUSAN EATON, Founder SEDNA EPIC EXPEDITION

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action
BJØRN M. JENSSEN, NTNU, Dept. Biology

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Exploring the Poles, Research to Action