Program Schedule
Wednesday, September 9th 2009
Location: Gamle Festsal, Karl Johan
| 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM | Registration and light lunch |
| 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM | Welcome and Goals for REE Europe 2009
Opening speeches: - Fabian Stang, the Mayor of Oslo - Professor Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector at the University of Oslo - Tina Seelig, Executive Director at Stanford Technology Ventures Program |
| 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM | Snap shot of Entrepreneurship Education in Norway
- Jarle Tømmerbakke, Chief Executive Officer, JA-YE Norway (www.ue.no) - Professor Truls Erikson, Centre for Entrepreneurship, UiO (www.sfe.uio.no) |
| 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM | Gründerskolen:
Case study on the Norwegian Entrepreneurship Program and the Social Entrepreneurship Program Mari Saua Svalastog, Centre for Entrepreneurship, UiO Håkon Kalbakk, Co-founder and Managing Director, Mobilskole AS (www.mobilskole.no) |
| 02:00 PM - 02:30 PM | Speed dating - Networking Event |
| 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM | Coffee Break with Digital Poster Session |
| 03:00 PM - 04:45 PM | Experiential Learning: Exercise and Discussion
Tina Seelig, STVP |
| 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM | Global Entrepreneurship Week
Karen Wilson, Kauffman Foundation |
| 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM | Free time - relax, mingle or explore Oslo |
| 07:00 PM | Dinner at Ekeberg Restauranten (www.ekebergrestauranten.no) |
Thursday, September 10th 2009
Location: University Library, Blindern
| 07:30 AM - 08:30 AM | Runs or walks in Vigelandsparken (optional) (www.vigeland.museum.no/en/vigeland-park) |
| 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM | The World Economic Forum's Report on Educating the Next Wave of Entrepreneurs: A Special Town Hall Meeting
Moderator: Tom Byers, Professor, Stanford University - Karen Wilson, Founder GV Partners, Paris - Christine Volkmann, Chair of Entrepreneurship, Schumpeter School of Business and Economics, Germany Please read the Executive Summary (PDF) before attending. |
| 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | The Challenges and Opportunities of Running an Entrepreneurship Centre during an Economic Downturn |
| 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Campus Tour and Lunch www.uio.no |
| 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM | Panel discussion
Teaching Entrepreneurship to technologists, with a focus on Life Science and Renewable Energy Moderator: Tor Aase Johannessen - Jónas Einarsson, CEO The Norwegian Radium Hospital Research Foundation, Chairman of the Board Oslo Cancer Cluster (www.oslocancercluster.no) - Brage W. Johansen, Head of New Technology Capture, Industrial Development, New Energy at StatoilHydro (www.statoilhydro.com) - Anders Elverhøi, Dean of research, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, University of Oslo (www.matnat.uio.no) - Bjørn Klem, Director Explorative Research at Photocure (www.photocure.no) - Truls Erikson, Director Centre for Entrepreneurship, UiO - Jostein Dalland, Director Birkeland Innovation |
| 01:30 PM - 02:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| 02:00 PM - 03:30 PM | Panel Discussion
Going Global From a Small Country Moderator: Erling Maartmann-Moe - Christen Krogh, CTO at Opera - Audun Abelsnes, Chairman of the Board, MentisCura - Kjell Thoresen, Oslo Innovation Centre (www.forskningsparken.no) |
| 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM | Free time - relax, mingle or explore Oslo |
| 06:00 PM | Local Adventure and Dinner
Fjord Cruise around a maze of small islands and idyllic bays outside of Oslo. |
Friday, September 11th 2009
Location: University Library, Blindern
| 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM | Runs or walks in Vigelandsparken (optional) |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM | Coffee Break |
| 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM | Living Cases - From Concept to Company
Moderator: Erling Maartmann-Moe - John Markus Lervik, Fast 10:00-10:45 AM - Jørn Lyseggen, Founder, Meltwater 11:00-11:45 - Geir Førre, Founder, Energy Micro AS 12:00-12:45 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Next step for REE Europe and Closing Session
By Tina Seelig and Tom Byers |
| 01:30 PM | Light Lunch - Optional |