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Bilateral Event Norway-Finland

Business Collaboration and Innovation in the Circular Economy

Bilateral Event Norway-Finland

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019, 09:00-14:00

Venue: Norwegian Embassy, Rehbinderintie 17, 00150, Helsinki

RSVP by Wednesday May 22 to rsvp.helsinki@mfa.no

Programme

Session 1: Presentations from Norway and Finland
Moderator: Claus Gladyszak, Strategic Advisor, Innovation Norway

09:00-09:05	Opening Remarks Ambassador Åge B. Grutle Cathrine Barth, Managing Director, Circular Norway
09:05-10:05	The Industrial Circular Economy Champion of the North Arve Ulriksen, CEO, Mo Industrial Park
	The Fish Harvesting Value Chain in a Global Circular Economy Eva Kristoffersen, Managing Director, Egil Kristoffersen & Sønner
	Animal Bones: Feed People, Not Landfills Mikko Rovamaa, Business Development, Coctio
10:05-10:15	Coffee Break
10:15-11:15	Challenges in Turning a 110 Year Old Linear Business Into Circular Yngvill Ofstad, Sustainability Developer, Bergans of Norway
	Sustainable Textile Fibre Janne Poranen, CEO, Spinnova
	The Explorer - Cases from Norway Bergny Irene Dahl, Special Advisor, Innovation Norway
	Cases from Finland Risto Huhta-Koivisto, Senior Director, Business Finland
11:15-12:15	Buffet & mingling

Session 2: Learning Points from WCEF2019 (in Norwegian)
Moderator: Tarje Bjørgum, Head of Sustainability and Future Health, Abelia

12:15-14:00

The Road to a Norwegian National Strategy

How do we bridge the inspiration from the global knowledge and innovation community back to Norway? What should be the next policy steps? How can the business community work better together to accelerate circular competitiveness?

Join this round table session for discussing and exploring learning points from the WCEF2019.

Downloadable content

Speaker list