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Energy and Environment Forum 2025

Welcome to the Energy and Environment Forum 2025! This is an interdisciplinary conference focusing on the energy transition seen from different perspectives presented by a mix of UiO researchers and external contributions. This event is free and open for all!

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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.

Register here

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

  • Chris Erik Mohn, researcher at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology Chemistry and participant in the thematic research group DENT

  • 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