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VISTA-week: The International VISTA day
Energy transition in the past, present, and future
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Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, Drammensveien 78, Oslo
Praktisk informasjon
The VISTA Day serves as a yearly gathering, bringing together prominent figures from research, education, industry, and politics. Its purpose is to address our society’s most critical challenge – the climate-energy issue – through engaging discussions and exchanges of ideas.
The VISTA Day is part of the VISTA week.
Project manager: Håkon Sandbakken
e-mail: hakon.sandbakken@dnva.no
About VISTA
The VISTA program was established in 1985 as a collaboration between Statoil (now Equinor) and The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The overarching vision was to stimulate basic research related to the exploitation and management of Norwegian petroleum resources.
During the first 35 years, approximately 25 scholarship holders and postdoctoral researchers, as well as one professorship, were funded through the program at any given time. In total, more than 300 students received funding for a degree as a result of this collaboration. In 2019, VISTA shifted its focus to centers for basic research.
The previous call for applications from the VISTA program was in 2020. By now four centers receives funding:
Centre for modeling of Coupled Subsurface Dynamics (CSD) at The University in Bergen.
Centre for Autonomous Robotic Operations Subsea (CAROS) at NTNU in Trondheim.
Centre for CO2 Storage in Volcanic-Sedimentary Systems (VICCO) at University of Oslo.
Centre for Norwegian Transformative Energy Policy Development (NOTRAP) at NTNU in Trondheim.
Read more on the VISTA website
As the VISTA programme celebrates its 40th anniversary, this year’s VISTA Day takes a look back at Norway’s energy history, while also turning to the future. How has energy shaped life in Norway and beyond? How does the energy transition affect Norway in the future, and where is the path ahead leading?
Praktisk informasjon
The VISTA Day serves as a yearly gathering, bringing together prominent figures from research, education, industry, and politics. Its purpose is to address our society’s most critical challenge – the climate-energy issue – through engaging discussions and exchanges of ideas.
The VISTA Day is part of the VISTA week.
Project manager: Håkon Sandbakken
e-mail: hakon.sandbakken@dnva.no
How has energy shaped life in Norway and beyond? How does the energy transition affect Norway in the future, and where is the path ahead leading? How can the energy transition be achieved in a volatile world where established assumptions no longer hold? What role do local actors play, which role the national and global in these processes? And how does the energy transition affect vulnerable groups?
Throughout the day, leading national and international experts will help us explore these questions.
Norway has been an energy nation for decades, and different forms of energy production have shaped both the Norwegian identity and Norway’s role in the world. As the VISTA programme celebrates its 40th anniversary, this year’s VISTA Day takes a look back at Norway’s energy history, while also turning to the future.
Program
08:45
Registration, coffee
09:15
Welcome by
Moderator:
Marit Westergaard, Secretary General of The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Ruth L. Sæter, journalist and communication advisor
09:30
Norway as an energy nation – past, present and future
Espen Moe, NTNU
10:00
A political reflection on Norway as an Energy nation in times of change
Astrid Willa Eide Hoem, State Secretary, Ministry of Climate and environment
10:15
Energy as a blessing and a challenge – reflections on the dilemmas in energy transitions
Dominic Boyer, Rice University, US
10:30
Break
11:00
Energy security and decarbonisation in a volatile world
Energy politics in a turbulent era
The next climate war? Statecraft, security, and weaponization in the geopolitics of a low-carbon future
On investment and innovation in the energy transition in uncertain times
Panel debate and questions from the audience
Dag Harald Claes, UiO
Benjamin Sovacool, University of Sussex
Cristian Pons-Seres de Brauwer, University of St. Gallen
12:00
Lunch
13:00
Presentation of the two best ideas from the high school workshop
Erica Löfström, NTNU
13:15
Energy transition close to home – local level actions
Actors and stakeholders in local energy transitions
Local energy transition strategies – on the role of the regional administrations
Energy transition – bottom-up experiences from Samsø
Doing Power Differently – girls` empowerment as a powerful force for sustainability and security
30 min panel debate
Stefanie Baasch, University of Bremen
Mari Roald Bern, Trøndelag county council
Malene Lundén, Energiakademiet
Jin In, (Author, Girl Power and Independent Consultant)
14:45
Break and mingling
15:15
Norway’s role in the global energy transition
On the political role of Norway in global negotiations
Can Norway lead the development of hydrogen?
On the impact of the Norwegian energy transition on the Global South
30 min Q&A
Aslak Brun, former Chief Climate Negotiator for Norway
Sigrid Damman, SINTEF
Alexander Dodge (NTNU)
16:30
Closing
17:00
Aperitif & reception
18:00
Buffet dinner
