Program in English
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Agenda September 1 |
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| 14.00-15.45 | Pre-conference: Open Springboard: Kallak Absorbent AS. Absorbent solutions for oil spill recovery. Presentation organized by Connect Norway |
| A world of opportunities | |
| 16.00 | Welcome to Green Business Annual Conference 2010 Runar Rugtvedt, President of the board, Green Business Norway |
| Norwegian and Polish bilateral coopeartion Malgorzata Strozyk, Head of EEA and Norwegian Financial Mechanism Department, Ministry of Environment, Poland Agnieszka Sosnowska, Head of Energy - Climate Package Department, Ministry of Environment, Poland Agata Trzeciak, Specialist, Department of Waste Management, Ministry of Environment, Poland |
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| Grocery retail industry and wholesaling, waste as a resource and the potential for energy efficiency in buildings and transportation Sverre Leiro, CEO NorgesGruppen |
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| Waste and recycling in the Polish market, market development and opportunities seen from a waste operator point of view Bjørn Haugen Morstad, Chief Financial Officer PREI (Polish Real Estate Investment Ltd). |
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| 17.30 | Coffee break and exhibition |
| 17.50 | Innovation through research and development |
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Renewable Energy, Research and development opportunities |
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Development and management of innovation activities with EU co- funding |
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| Introduction to ETV (Environmental Technology Verification), the upcoming European Union scheme for verification of new environmental technologies Thorkild Qvist Frandsen, Senior Consultant, Agrotech A/S |
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| 19.30 | Break and exhibition |
| 20.00 | Dinner |
| Time | Agenda September 2 |
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| Operating conditions and market drivers | |
| 8.30 | Norwegian policies and ambitions towards the global cleantech industry: an update on government policies and strategies Pål Julius Skogholt, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Trade and industry |
| Renewable opportunities, Norwegian Industry actions for development of technology and industry operating in the global cleantech market Åslaug Haga, Director, Norwegian Industry Association |
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| Environmental infrastructure, financing and investment needs of Polish municipalities Mr. Jacek Jasinski, Vice Director, National Fund of Environment, Poland |
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| 10.00 | Coffee break and exhibition |
| 10.30 | Proactive regional strategies and technology |
| Växjö, a top 10 European sustainable city: A best-practice example, implemeneting a sustainable strategy and investing in environmental and energy infrastructure for the future Anders Franzén, Development Manager, city of Växjö, Sweden |
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| Using public infrastructure as a test facilitator for innovation and technological development Sara Stridh, plant manager SYVAB Stockholm Region |
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| Intellectual Property Rights: Patents, challenges and opportunities in the cleantech sector. Jon Woulff Petersen, CEO, TTO A/S (technology transfer office) |
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| 12.00 noon | Lunch and exhibition |
| 13.30 |
Cleantech innovations. A presentation of three cleantech entrepreneurs: |
| 14.30 | Coffee break and exhibition |
| 15.00 | MARKET CASE STUDIES |
| Industrial cleantech development in the U.K. Opportunities for cleantech innovation and approaches to carbon reduction solutions: a case study of the Bran Sands project on Teesside. Steven Garbutt, Technical Manager, Aker solutions E&C Ltd. |
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| Our ambitions in the renewable energy sector – An energy producer´s point of view Tor Ottar Karlsen, director, Vardar AS |
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| 16.00 | Closing remarks Thor Sverre Minnesjord, CEO Green Business Norway |
