For researchers and students at the University of Oslo, researchers at Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and Akershus University Hospital (Ahus), members of Health2B, Norway Health Tech, The Life Science Cluster, LMI, Oslo Cancer Cluster, Aleap, the Oslo Science Park community and Oslo Science City partners. Free of charge, but you have to sign up.
Programme
Inspirational talk
Erik Fosse, MD, PhD, CEO, Norwac; Professor emeritus, University of Oslo; former head of the Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital
More about the speaker and his talk
Professor Erik Fosse is a distinguished physician specializing in general and thoracic surgery, he has made significant contributions to medical research and humanitarian efforts.
Erik led the Intervention Centre at Oslo University Hospital from 1995 to 2021, focusing on innovative medical technologies and interdisciplinary approaches.
Erik’s career is marked by his dedication to both clinical excellence and humanitarian work, including notable efforts in Gaza and Lebanon.
Currently, he is continuing working at the Intervention Centre as a special advisor as well as the CEO of NORWAC, the CEO of Cardiaccs AS and is the head of the Regional Ethics Committee South-East Norway.
He will share insights from his extensive experience in an inspirational talk.
Role model talk
Egidijus (Egis) Pelanis, MD, PhD, the Intervention Centre, Oslo University Hospital
More about the speaker and his talk
Egidijus Pelanis, better known as Egis, is a physician and researcher with a PhD degree from the Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo.
His work builds on strong and long-term industrial collaborations with his research focusing on preclinical and clinical trials evaluating medical technologies around hybrid operating rooms.
Currently, he is working at the Intervention Centre, Oslo University hospital – Rikshospitalet, as a special advisor responsible for method development and industrial collaboration and research group leader for Clinical Testing Work Group.
He will share his personal journey from studying medicine abroad to be a practicing physician to working as a researcher and mediator between industry and specialist health service through.
Meet the companies
Nucleate Norway
More companies to be announced.
Matchmaking
The companies are available for matchmaking with researchers and students in the area outside Forum auditorium after the talks and pitches.
Food and beverages, and mingling
About the innovation hangouts
This is an informal meeting place where students and researchers from the University of Oslo (UiO) can interact with actors from the public sector, hospitals, companies, mentors, business clusters and incubators within UiO's innovation ecosystem. We will provide inspirational talks, talks from role models, matchmaking, food and beverages, and mingling.
The overall goal of the UiO Growth House is to strengthen the innovation culture at UiO to put more knowledge from research to use. With this meeting place, we want to inspire researchers and students, give them self-confidence and knowledge about the innovation process, help them build networks, and facilitate collaboration between academia and industry.
The UiO Growth House established the innovation hangouts in collaboration with clusters in 2022. The events are arranged quarterly in the afternoon/evening.