Program
Video of Keynote speakers G. David Tilman, University of Minesota, David W. Schindler, University of Alberta and Nils Chr. Stenseth, University of Oslo
Participant list
Speaker biographies
Pictures from Science Week
Speaker presentations:
Collaborate for Survival of Life and Environment on Our Planet
G. David Tilman, Professor, Director of Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve; Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; University of Minnesota
David W. Schindler, Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Nils Chr. Stenseth, Vice President, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Chair of Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES), University of Oslo
Students and Research: Successful Models
Allen Bateman, Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and BA, St. Olaf: “Research by Students at Liberal Arts Colleges”
Terje Kristensen, UMB-UMN, Fulbright Graduate Fellow, Torskeklubben Fellow: “Graduate Students as Partners in International Research Teams”
Gisele Muller-Parker, Program Director, NSF and Terje Emblem, Special Advisor, RCN: “Nordic Research Opportunity – Cooperation between NSF and RCN”
Hanne Krum, Head of Information, SIU: “Institutional Partnerships”
Nordic Connections: Scandinavian Studies and Exchange
Chair: Ingeborg Kongslien, Professor, University of Oslo Panelists:
Curt Rice, Vice President for Research, University of Tromsø
Solveig Zempel, Professor, St. Olaf College
Tove I. Dahl, Associate Professor, University of Tromsø, and Dean of Skogfjorden Norwegian Language Village, Concordia Language Villages
Science and Institutional Partnerships: From Neuroscience to Global Networks
Keynote: Menno Witter, Professor, Kavli Institute, NTNU: “Biology of Memory, and Kavli Institutes as a model for excellence”
Knut Hove, President, UMB Judd Sheridan, UMN, Odd Jarle Skjelhaugen, UMB “The Centennial Chair model”
Paulo Kofuji, Associate Professor in Neuroscience, UMN: “Neuroscience partnerships”
Geir Ellingsrud, Professor, University of Oslo and Douglas N. Arnold, Professor, University of Minnesota, “Two Centers of Excellence in Mathematics”
Aurora Martinez, Professor, University of Bergen: “Protein stability and genetic diseases – Multinational research networks”
Scott Gates, Professor, NTNU, Director at PRIO Center for The Study of Civil War
Brief summing up discussion: “Keys to Successful and Lasting Partnerships – and to Excellence in Science?” moderated by Judd Sheridan and Berit Johne
Global Challenges
Lois Quam, President, Tysvar, Minneapolis
Ole Petter Ottersen, President, University of Oslo
Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway
Partnerships for Environment-friendly Energy Research
BIGCCS – Carbon capture and storage: Nils Røkke, VP Climate Change Tech, SINTEF, center director; and Alan Kersten, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Lab
CenBio, Biomass and bioenergy: Lars Sørum, Sr. Research Scientist, SINTEF, center dir; and Odd Jarle Skjelhaugen, Prof. and Dir. Bioenergy Center, UMB, center co-director NOWITECH, Off-shore wind: Tore Undeland, Prof. Elec. Power Eng., NTNU;Ned Mohan, Prof. Elec. & Comp Eng., UMN
Solar Cell Technology: Erik S. Marstein, Head, Dept. Solar Energy, IFE, center dir; Anders Elverhøi, Dean of Research, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, UiO
Research Based Innovation: New Transatlantic Opportunities
Moderators: Doug Cameron, Managing Director, Piper Jaffray and Lars Aukrust, Director of Innovation, Research Council of Norway
Panelists:
Ed Driscoll, Chief Executive Officer, Rational Energies, Minneapolis
Dag Dvergsten, President, Dvergsten AS,
Terje Mikalsen, President, Venturos Inc. and Chair, NACTA
Creating and Stimulating Transatlantic Collaboration – Setting Goals for Action
Research and Higher Education: Thorleif Anthonsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Sonia Noronha Mykletun, US-Norway Fulbright Foundation, Oslo
Mads Nygård, NTNU
Research Based Innovation: Gary Smaby, VC-in-Residence, Univ. of Minnesota