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Main target groups: researchers, students, bureaucrats, businesspeople, investors and politicians.?
Programme
Registration from 11.45
12.30 Session 1 |
 Haddy Njie Chair |
Professor Svein St?len, Rector of the University of Oslo? Knowledge in use – science, collaboration and impact |
 Iselin Nyb?,?Minister of Research and Higher Education What does the government expect from the life science community in the Oslo region? This autumn?the former minister of research and education announced that the starting grant for the planned life science building at UiO would be on the 2018 national budget. He stated that the government has great expectations about what this building will mean for Norway. What does the new minister expect from us? |
 Dr., MBA Barbara Nelsen, founder of Nelsen Biomedical. How novel technologies move from the institute to the market Nelsen has extensive experience in moving technology from concept to commercialization, developing business models, implementing business plans, and creating strategic partnerships and market expansion activities. She has been an investor and a scientific investigator and has worked in the industry in both research and development and in business development. |
 Professor Craig Garner, founder and director of SPARK Berlin, the first SPARK site in Europe, and former Standford SPARKee The SPARK concept to enhance innovation in Europe and worldwide |
 Gunnveig Gr?deland, researcher?Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiO and one of the first five Norwegian SPARKees How can SPARK Norway help take a new influenza vaccine to the market? |
 Professor II, Arne Klungland, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, UiO and Clinic for Laboratory Medicine (KLM), Oslo University Hospital(OUS)? The convergence environment Epigenetics and bioethics of human embryonic development |
 Associate Professor Steven Ray Wilson, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO The convergence environment?Organ on a chip and nano-devices (CHIP)? |
 Associate Professor Shuo-Wang Qiao, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UiO The convergence environment?Comparative immunology of fish and humans (COMPARE)? |
13.55?Coffee break |
14.35?Session 2 |
  Professor Anne Danielsen?and?Associate Professor Alexander Refsum Jensenius, Director and Deputy Director RITMO,?Department of Musicology, Faculty of Humanities, UiO |
 Professor Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector of the Norwegian University of Life Science(NMBU) Investing in a sustainable future |
 Assistant Professor of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology & Public Affairs, C. Jessica E. Metcalf, Princeton University, US Meeting the challenge of malaria from biology to geography |
  Professor P. Wenzel?Geissler, Department of Social Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, UiO, and?Professor Katrine Borg?, Department of Biosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO |
  Researcher Irep G?zen, Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM), Faculty of Medicine and Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO and?Researcher, Gry Oftedal, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Arts and Ideas, Faculty of Humanities, UiO The convergence environment?Programmable Cell-like Compartments? |
 Bj?rn Erikstein, CEO Oslo University Hospital Strengthening clinical research in Oslo University Hospital |
 Tarje Bergdahl, Nordic Medical Affairs, Head Oncology, Novartis CAR-T: Bench to bedside to factory |
 Raymond Johansen, Governing Mayor, the City of Oslo A campus strategy for Oslo |
 Professor Finn-Eirik Johansen, chairperson of the UiO:Life Science board Closing remarks |
16.10 End of main event |
16.30 Reception in Oslo City Hall |
