Programme (subject to change)
08:30 – 08:45 Registration, coffee and light breakfast
08:45 – 09:15 Opening Session The Blue Ocean – A Norwegian–Indian Perspective
Welcome remarks
- Tore Furevik, Director, NERSC
- Rina Sunder, Det Moderne India, DMI
Keynote speaker
- Arvinn Eikeland Gadgil, Deputy Ambassador of Norway to India
09:15 – 10.00 Blue Ocean Reach – Business and Research Projects
Moderator: Lasse H Petterson, NERSC
- Roshin Rai, NERSC
- Piotr Wingaard, Chief Commercial Officer, Grieg Seafood
09:45 – 10:00 Break
10:00 – 10:45 The Arctic Dimension – Norway, India and the Future of Polar Cooperation
Moderator: Rina Sunder
- Petter Pharo, EY
- Tore Furevik, NERSC / Polhavet 2050
- Ole Rasmus Øvretveit, UIB
10:45 – 11:15 Bridging Research and Industry: Norway–India Collaboration
Moderator Katrine Moland Hansen, Director of Operations, NERSC
- Lasse H. Pettersson, Executive Advisor, Senior Researcher, NERSC
- Dr. Nanthini Nagarajah, Postdoc, HVL
- Company perspective (TBC)
11:15 – 11:20 Closing remarks
11:20 – 11:40 Networking and mingling
11:45 End of seminar
