The Future of Science: Addressing Societal Challenges

Hvordan kan forskere finne fram til svarer på dagens utfordringer? Hvordan skal vi balansere temaer som integritet og uavhengighet med samfunnsansvar og relevans i forskning?

Professor på Harvard Venkatesh Narayanamurti  åpner seminaret. De andre innlederne er fra  regjeringen, Forskningsrådet, industrien og universitetssektoren.

Program:

11:45    Registration and lunch

12:30    Welcome and opening, President DNVA Ole M. Sejersted

12:30    Keynote lecture: The future of science - the role of transdisciplinary research in breaking barriers, Venkatesh Narayanamurti, Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Harvard and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

13:30    Science for society: A politician's view, Bjørn Haugstad, State Secretary to the Minister of Education and Research

13:50    Science for society - the RCN perspective, John-Arne Røttingen, Director General, The Research Council of Norway

14:10    Coffee

14:30    Converting science to action, the business challenge, Jens Ulltveit-Moe, CEO UMOE

14:50    Basic research as the breeding ground for innovation, Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector of the University of Oslo and Chair of the Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience

15:10    Science advice - in the context of climate challenge and energy transition, Miranda Schreurs, professor Environment and Climate Policy, Bavarian School of Public Policy, TUM School of Governance, Technische Universität München.

15:30     Award - Alf Bjørseths inspirasjonspris

16:00 - 17:00 - Paneldiskusjon, følgende deltar i tillegg til innlederne:
Linda Steg, Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Groningen
Kyrre Lekve, Deputy Managing Director Simula Research Laboratory,
Johan Einar Hustad, Director of NTNU Energy

Moderator: Espen Solberg, forskningsleder NIFU