Program: 

18.30: Bus transfer (to be updated)

19.00: Welcome at the reception and guided tour by the centre

19.30:  Welcome speech by NTNU Oceans director Siri Granum Carson at the tank

19.40- 19.50: TBA

19.55-21.30: Dinner served in Breisundet/Atlanterhavsparken

Venue: Atlanterhavparken

Opening session: 2022 is the second year of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Are we on track to solve the big challenges? What can NTNU do, and how can the Ocean city Ålesund team up with NTNU to contribute?


Program:

09.00-09.10: Welcome and introduction to the session by Siri Granum Carson, Director NTNU Oceans

09.10-09.20: Opening address - Eva Vinje Aurdal, Mayor of Ålesund

09.20-09.40: The Ocean Decade: Delivering the science we need for the ocean we want - 
Julian Barbiere, Head of Marine Policy and Regional Coordination Section, UNESCO/IOC


The sessions from 09.00-12.00 is co-organized with ÅKP Blue Innovation Arena.

Climate change is severely affecting our oceans, as the IPCC reports show. At the same time, improved utilization of the ocean is seen as key to solve the climate crisis.

Program:

09.40-10.00: The Just Ocean Transition - Daniel Kammen, Professor of Sustainability at UC Berkeley and Senior Advisor for USAID

10.00-10.15: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report – status, choices, and solutions - Anders Hammer Strømman, Professor of Indistrial Ecology at NTNU

10.15-10.30: Comments by Lise Øvreås, Professor of Biomicrobiology at University of Bergen, and follow-up panel with the speakers

Moderator: Siri Granum Carson, NTNU

The sessions from 09.00-12.00 is co-hosted with ÅKP Blue Innovation Arena.

How can blue technology contribute to create green jobs and build sustainable coastal communities for the future?

Program:

11.00-11.15: Møre Ocean Lab – A full-scale maritime testing centre - Hans Petter Hildre, Head of Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering at NTNU

11.15-11.30: Fjordlab – Research infrastructure for sustainable ocean industries - Beate Kvamstad-Lervold, Special Advisor SINTEF Ocean

11.20-12.00: How can investments in blue technology contribute to sustainable development in the Møre region?
Panel talk with Daniel Garden (project leader GCE Blue Maritime Cluster); Gjermund Kvernmo Langset (CEO of The NorthWest), Hans Petter Hildre and Beate Kvamstad-Lervold.

Moderator: Elisabeth Solvang, ÅKP

The sessions from 09.00-12.00 is co-organized with ÅKP Blue Innovation Arena.

Marine plastic pollution is a gigantic challenge of this century. It constitutes a dire threat to aquatic and coastal systems. In order to solve this environmental challenge, we must focus on how to stop the constant flow of new plastic into the ocean. We present a circular economy approach that is vital to reach this goal.

In this session we launch a new initiative led from NTNU Ålesund in collaboration with NTNU Oceans and NTNU Sustainability: The Circular Chains for Ocean Plastics (CiCOP) 

Detailed program for this session:
 

13.00-13.10: Welcome by Annik Magerholm Fet

Greetings from the County Mayor of Møre og Romsdal Tove Lise Torve

Ocean Plastic Pollution

13.10-13.25: The challenge of plastics in the Ocean

Speaker: Andy Booth, SINTEF Oceans

13.25-13.45: The European Vision toward a Healthy Ocean

Speaker: Ana-Maria Stan, Policy Officer, Healthy Oceans and Seas-Polar Research, European Commission DG RTD

13.45- 14.00: Ocean plastic pollution- the situation along the Norwegian Coast- status 2022

Speaker: Paritosh Deshpande, NTNU

14.00- 14.15: Coffee break

Sustainable Transformation is Possible!

14.15-14.30: Solving Plastic Pollution Means Changing Behaviour

Speaker: Isabel Richter, NTNU

14.30-14.45: Strategies on circular economy and business opportunities, Plasto AS 

Speaker: Runar Stenerud, PLASTO AS

14.45-15.00: Strategic research programs on Oceans Plastics –Circular Chains for Oceans Plastics (CiCOP)                   

Speaker: Annik Magerholm Fet, NTNU

15.00-15.10: Coffee break

15.10-15.25: PlastOPol: Using ICT to Support Volunteers and Decision-Makers on Plastic Clean-up Actions

Speakers: Christina Hellevik, Di Wu – NTNU

15.25-16.00: Discussion and conclusion

Moderator: Stig A. Larssæther, NTNU

Panel discussion: Andy Booth, Paritosh Deshpande, Runar Stenerud and Annik Magerholm Fet