Programme

• Time
• Title

• Registration and coffee

• Welcome and introduction to the conference

  Karen Spens, President, BI Norwegian Business School

  Ellen J. Eftestøl, Professor of Law, BI Norwegian Business School

  Iva Parlov, Associate Professor of Law, BI Norwegian Business School

• Session one: The international regulatory framework

  Chair: Iva Parlov, Associate Professor of Law, BI Norwegian Business School

  Elise Johansen, Partner, Wikborg Rein Law Firm

  Erik Røsæg, Professor of Law, University of Oslo, Karoline Akse and Elena Pancevski, Master Students, BI

  Frederick J. Kenney, Former Director of Legal and External Affairs at IMO, and Visiting Fellow, Swansea University Institute of International Maritime Law

  Kristin Bitnes, Legal and General Counsel, Wallenius Wilhelmsen

• Coffee break

• Session two: Green management

  Chair: Randi Lunnan, Professor of Strategy, BI

  Espen Gjerde, Senior Vice President, Wilhelmsen New Energy

  Frank Smeele, Professor of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam

  Martha Nord-Varhaug Boge, Business Development Manager CCUS, Solvang ASA

  Nina Hanevold-Sandvik, Vice President, Casualty and Major Claims, SKULD

  Pia Meling, Managing Director, Grieg Green

• Lunch

• Session three: Financing green shipping

  Chair: Jostein Tvedt, Senior Research Economist, BI/TØI

  Claes Martinson, Professor of Law, Gothenburg University

  Eivind Furuseth, Associate Professor of Law, Head of Department of Law and Governance, BI Norwegian Business School

  Knut Bergo, Professor of Law, BI Norwegian Business School

  Knut Ola Skotvedt, Senior Vice President, DNB Bank LCI Ocean Industries Division

• Coffee break

• Session four: Closing discussion. Current issues and future perspectives.

  Chair Ellen J. Eftestøl, Professor of Law, BI

  Annika Kroon, Head of Unit Maritime Transport and Logistics, European Commission DG Mobility and Transport

  Benedicte Haavik Urrang, Lawyer, Nordisk Defence Club 

  Helene Tofte, Executive Director of the Department of International Cooperation and Climate, Norwegian Shipowners Association

  Roger Strevens, Director Low Carbon Regulation & Advocacy, Methanex Corporation

  Sveinung Oftedal, Chief Negotiator – Green Shipping, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment

• End of seminar: Drinks and mingle (A7 Fine Dining)