The Circumpolar Conference on High North. Entrepreneurship and Innovation November 2012

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1 The Circumpolar Conference on High North Entrepreneurship and Innovation November 2012

2 Monday (0745 Shuttle from hotel to UiT) Room Teo-H1 Auditorium Coffee and Registration (mingle area outside Aud 2) 0900 Conference opening and welcome Jens Johan Hjort, Mayor of Tromsø Why a Circumpolar conference on High North Entrepreneurship and Innovation? Lene Foss, Prof., TUBS The Importance of Commercializing Science and Technology in the Circumpolar Region Ken Coates, Prof., Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation, University of Saskatchewan A Global solution to a Local Challenge: JOBS for everyone Bruce Niswander, Director Economic Development Initiatives at South- South News, New York Questions and answers Coffee and snack (mingle area outside Aud 2)

3 Workshop: room Teo-H Workshop: room Teo-H Biotechnology Oil /Gas/Clean Tech/Renewable Energy Facilitator: Ernst Kloosterman, Manager BioTech North, Lecture: Challenges for commercialization, Gunnar Rørstad, CEO, Calanus AS Lecture: Biotechnology: From science to business, Øyvind Antonsen, Director Hedmark University College Lunch (Main cafeteria in TEO-House 1) Round table discussion: Challenges for commercialization Bob Hodgson, CEO, Cernike Erling Sandsdalen, Research Director, Biotechnology, NORUT Jørn Ulheim, Managing Director, Cryogenetics AS Jan Buch Andersen Managing Director ArcticZymes Tage Skotvold Business developer ScandiDerma Ann-Kristin Edvardsen,Assistant Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Troms Bruce Niswander, Director Economic Development Initiatives at South-South News, New York Facilitator: Elin Oftedal, Ass. Prof. (TUBS) Lecture: Small Scale Biomass CHP technologies and its cost economics, Rajesh S. Kempegowda, Researcher, Department of Energy and Processing Engineering (NTNU) Lecture: "Sustainable development challengers for new suppliers to the oil industry" Jan-Are Gudbrandsen, Location Manager, Aibel Harstad Lunch (Main cafeteria in TEO-House 1) Round table discussion: Challenges for commercialization Toini Løvseth, Policy Manager, Finnfjord AS Gunnar Grønvoll, Managing Director, Akvaren John Eirik Paulsen, Senior HSEQ Environmental Advisor, Eni Norge AS David Gibson, Prof. University of Texas at Austin Ken Enoksen, Special Advisor Business Administration, Troms County Council Hans Kristian Olsen, Managing Director, NUNAOIL Greenland Coffee and snack (Mingle area outside Aud 2) Room Teo-H1 Auditorium Graduate s businesses: Champions from TUBS Andreas Nilsen, CEO, Moose on the Loose Mari Nilsen, CEO, D Liver AS Tage Skotvold, Business developer, Scandiderma AS

4 Intellectual Property Rights Challenges for commercialization Alexander Bjørnå, Director IP, Biotec Pharmacon ASA Why finance this? An investor s point of view Karl -Johan Jakola, Managing Partner Norinnova Forvaltning AS (1700 Shuttle from UiT to hotel) 1930 Networking and drinks reception, Rica Grand Hotel Tromsø 2000 Dinner and social gathering, Rica Grand Hotel Tromsø Tuesday (0800 Shuttle from hotel to UiT) Room Teo-H1 Auditorium (Title to be announced) Roger Ingebrigtsen, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry Today s program Lene Foss Knowledge Transfer Policy in Norway: Status and challenges. Erik F. Øverland, Senior advisor, Research and Innovation Issues, Ministry of Research and Education The Challenges in Petroleum Exploration in Greenland Hans Kristian Olsen, Managing Director, NUNAOIL, Greenland Coffee and snack (Mingle area outside Aud 2) From Idea to Product - the challenge of being Innovative & Reliable! Tove Pettersen, Managing Director, Rapp Marine AS

5 The Foundation for an Innovation Society: Educational challenges in the Circumpolar Region Greg Poelzer, Director, International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan How to Create a Culture for Value Creation and Regional Development David Gibson, Prof., University of Texas at Austin Coffee to go Workshop: room Teo-H Workshop: room Teo-H Mining and Mineral Information and Communication technology (ICT) and E- Health Facilitator: Lee Swanson, Ass. Prof, University of Saskatchewan Lecture: Harald Hansen, Store Norske Gull AS Lunch (Main cafeteria in TEO-House 1) Round table discussion: Challenges for commercialization Nils Tokheim, Senior Consultant, Rambøll Martin Rimpi, Senior Advisor, Rambøll Øystein Rushfeldt, Managing Director, Nussir ASA David Zhang, Ass. Prof., University of Saskatchewan Greg Poelzer, Director, International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair of Innovation, University of Saskatchewan David Gibson, Prof. University of Texas at Austin Hans Kristian Olsen, Managing Director, NUNAOIL Greenland Facilitator: Federico Lozano, Lecturer (TUBS) Lecture: Dag Johansen, Prof., Department of Computer Science, UiT Lunch (Main cafeteria in TEO-House 1) Round table discussion: Challenges for commercialization Bob Hodgson, CEO, Zernike Gunnar Hartvigsen, Prof., Department of Computer Science, UiT Sture Pettersen, Admin. Leader TTL at Norwegian Centre of Telemedicine Rune Hansen, CEO, Bedriftssystemer AS Kolbjørn Engeseth, Business Developer and Chairman of the board, Jupiter System Partner AS Rune Kufaas, Account Manager Consulting Midt- og Nord-Norge, EVRY AS Ann-Kristin Edvardsen, Assistant Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Troms Bruce Niswander, Director Economic Development Initiatives at South-South News, New York

6 Room Teo-H1 Auditorium Where to go to realize the potential in the High North - Final panel discussion Moderator: Lene Foss Key points from the workshops (facilitators) Policy implications - Final Panel discussion: Bård Hall, Director, Norinnova Technology Transfer AS Ken Enoksen, Special Advisor Business Administration, Troms County Council Ann-Kristin Edvardsen, Assistant Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Troms Øystein Rushfeldt, Managing Director, NUSSIR ASA Marit B. Hagland, Incubator Manager, Stavanger Bruce Niswander, Director Economic Development Initiatives at South- South News, New York Conference closing (Shuttle from UiT)

7 Keynote speakers Bjørnå, Alexander Director Intellectual Property and Business Development at Biotec Pharmacon ASA Coates, Ken Canada Research Chair of Innovation, University of Saskatchewan Gibson, David Prof. University of Texas at Austin Gudbrandsen, Jan-Are Location Manager, Aibel Harstad Ingebrigtsen, Roger State Secretary, Ministry of Trade and Industry nb/dep/nhd Jakola, Karl- Johan Ansvarlig partner, Norinnova Forvaltning AS no Nilsen, Andreas CEO, Moose on the Loose Nilsen. Mari CEO, D Liver AS mari@dliver.com Niswander, Bruce Director Economic Development Initiatives at South-South News, New York bniswand@gmail.com Olsen, Hans Kristian Managing Director, NUNAOIL Greenland hko@nunaoil.gl Pettersen, Tove Managing Director, Rapp Marine AS tove.pettersen@rappmarine.com Poelzer, Greg Director, International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan greg.poelzer@usask.ca Skotvold, Tage Business Developer, ScandiDerma AS tage@dliver.com

8 Øverland, Erik F. Senior Advisor, Ministry of Education and Research Workshop Contributors Andersen, Jan Buch Managing Director ArcticZymes com Antonsen, Øyvind Director, Hedmark University College Engeseth, Kolbjørn Business Developer and Chairman of the board, Jupiter System Partners AS Grønvoll, Gunnar Managing director, Akvaren Hansen, Harald Store Norske Gull AS Hansen, Rune CEO, Bedriftssystemer AS Hartvigsen, Gunnar Prof., Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tromsø Johansen, Dag Prof. Informatik, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tromsø Kempegowda, Rajesh S. Kloosterman, Ernst (Facilitator) Kufaas, Rune Researcher, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU Trondheim oyees/rajesh.s. kempegowda Manager, BioTech North Account Manager consulting Midt- og Nord- Norge

9 Løvseth, Toini Policy Manager, Finnfjord AS Paulsen, John Eirik Senior HSEQ Environmental Advisor, Eni Norge AS Pettersen, Sture Adm. leader TTL at Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine Rimpii, Martin Senior Adviser, Rambøll Rørstad, Gunnar Chief Executive Officer Calanus AS Sandsdalen, Erling Swanson, Lee (Facilitator) Research Director, Norut Ass. Professor, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan Tokheim, Nils Senior Consultant Tromsø, Rambøll Ulheim, Jørn Managing Director, Cryogenetics AS Zhang, David Ass. Prof., International Centre for Northern Governance and Development, University of Saskatchewan

10 Panel Edvardsen, Ann-Kristin Assistant Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise Troms Enoksen, Ken Special Advisor Business Administration, Troms County Council Hageland, Marit B. Hall, Bård Niswander, Bruce Rushfeldt, Øystein Incubator Manager, Ipark Director, Norinnova Technology Transfer Director Economic Development Initiatives at South-South News, New York MD NUSSIR ASA Organizers Foss, Lene (Moderator) Prof. Tromsø University Business School (TUBS), University of Tromsø Lozano, Federico (Facilitator) Lecturer Tromsø University Business School (TUBS), University of Tromsø Oftedal, Elin (Facilitator) Associate Prof. Tromsø University Business School (TUBS), University of Tromsø Reisinger, Kirsten (Coordinator) Lecturer Tromsø University Business School (TUBS), University of Tromsø