On August 30, the EAST CCI of Norway organized with the kind support of the University of Oslo, its quarterly networking meeting at their historical and perfectly restored premises in the center of Oslo (Professorboligen). This time, the meeting was partly dedicated to Green Business Development in the Baltic Region.
The meeting was opened by Director Ingrid Sogner from the Department of Research and Innovation Administration at the University of Oslo. She set the stage by welcoming the guests and introducing the role of the university in setting up Oslo Science City. She invited us all to make ourselves acquainted with what is going on and become engaged.
Norunn K. Torheim, Communications Adviser for Innovation, Industry Collaboration and Public Relations, PhD, the UiO Growth House held a presentation about their arenas for networking, namely the “innovation hangouts” and the Science Impact conference which focus on both life science and energy, to facilitate collaboration between academia and industry. A special focus to the healthcare industry was introduced. Again the members of the Chamber were invited to collaborate.
Next speaker was Senior Economist Maren Nygård Basso from Menon Economics. They had been commissioned by the Estonian Ministry of Trade to investigate the competitiveness of their maritime industry and Mrs. Basso presented their findings as published this spring, based on the five recognized building blocks of success developed together with DNV. The representative from the Estonian Embassy welcomed the presentation and invites the Chamber to take part in developing their maritime cluster.
Professor at the Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law (UiO) Alla Pozdnakova introduced some of the maritime and environmental challenges in and around the Baltic Sea, especially considering the present geopolitical situation.
