Are you interested in how researchers and students at the University of Oslo are contributing to the energy and climate transition?
Join us at this conference to explore a wide range of cutting-edge topics in sustainable energy - including carbon capture and storage (CCS), circular economy, smart cities, climate adaptation, and the societal impacts of the green transition.
The event is free and open for all but registration is required.
Program
We are currently working out the program details. Please note that this is a provisional program and may be subject to change. stay tuned and save the date!
10:00-11:00 Opening session
- Welcome by Vebj?rn Bakken, Director at UiO:Energy and Environment
- Keynote by Benjamin Sovacool, Director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences
- Q&A with the audience
11:00-11:15 Short break
11:15-12:15 Energy transition and the environment
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Chris Erik Mohn, researcher at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology Chemistry and participant in the thematic research group DENT
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Ingar Stene, postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History and participant in the thematic research group NORCLI, “Human-climate interactions: What can be learned from the 1690s crisis?”
12:15-13:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Student pitches
- We will have a pitching competition for students, Master's and PhDs. Read more and sign up here.
14:00-14:15 Short break
14:15-15:15 People, society and climate
- Paola Velasco Herrejón, postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Technology Systems at the University of Oslo and participant of the research project SAMVIND
- Shahzad Javed, postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Technology Systems and participant in the thematic research group Energy for Future
- Karin Fossheim, postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Psychology and participant in the thematic research group Energy for Future
15:15-15:30 Short break
15:30-16:30 A carbon-neutral society
- Henrik Hovland Svensen, Professor - Crustal Processes, Department of Geosciences and Head of the VISTA Centre VICCO
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Ken Luca Abel, Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Catalysis and Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and participant in the thematic research group ABiME, "Upgrading biogas into green methanol – the ABiME project approach"
16:30-17:00 Closing remarks
- Including announcement of the winner of the pitching competition
17:00-19:00 Dinner and mingling
- At Toppsenteret, Oslo Science Park