Day 2 – 11 January - Building our Communities
This day is dedicated to learning from green and digital transitions in different settings - building our communities.
08:20-09:00 Coffee and registration
Sessions start promptly - please be mindful to find your seat ahead of time.
09:00-10:00 Cities Are Key to Green and Digital Energy Solutions
Oslo - Heidi S?rensen, Head of Climate Agency, City of Oslo:
Energy transition towards a Zero Emission City
Turku - Maria Granlund, Project specialist, Green Transition Unit, City of Turku:
City of Turku: Monitoring climate work and emission reductions
Utrecht - Matthijs Kok, Developer Electric Transport and New Energy, City of Utrecht:
Bidirectional Ecosystem City of Utrecht
Panel discussion
Oslo - Turku - Utrecht
Audience questions via Slido
Session chair: Ingunn Lie, Business for Climate Network
10:00-10:25 Break
10:25-11:35 Cities Are Key to Green and Digital Energy Solutions
Per Gunnar R?e, Prof. Department of Sociology and Human Geography, UiO:
Social implications of smart and compact city strategies
Anne Nys?ther, CEO, Elvia:
Power grid as an enabler for the energy transition
Karen Byskov Lindberg, Scientific Lead Energy Flexibility Aneo & Adj. Assoc. Professor NTNU:
+CityXChange – Local energy and flexibility market
Trond Moengen, Oslo Climate Agency:
The Microenergy System at Furuset
Jens Eirik Hagen, Head of Energy Transition, Port of Oslo:
Electrifying Port of Oslo & full speed ahead towards zero-emission
Audience questions via Slido
Session chair: Ingunn Lie, Business for Climate Network
11:35-11:55 Break
11:55-12:50 A Future Ukrainian Energy System
A future Ukrainian energy system will be rebuilt on green energy and digital solutions.
Arne Mj?s, CEO, Itera/Member of the executive committee, Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce - NUCC:
The twin transition of the Ukrainian energy system
Jakub M. Godzimirski, Research Professor, NUPI:
The Ukraine War, the New Geopolitics of Energy, and Norway (report from NUPI)
Panel conversation
?ivind Johansen, Deputy Director, Ministry of Energy, Norway
Jan Magne Bae, Business policy advisor, Renewable Norway
Arne Mj?s, CEO, Itera/Member of the executive committee, Norwegian-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce - NUCC
Audience questions via Slido
Session chair: Vebj?rn Bakken, Director, UiO:Energy and Environment
12:50- Lunch and mingling
This is an Oslo Science City Arena event developed with SINTEF, the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, the Institute for Energy Technology and the City of Oslo.
