Future challenges within health and environment require innovative solutions with digital tools as an integral part. We zoom in on the human brain, heart and body and dive into energy production and storage to give you cutting-edge research and development from the University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital, SINTEF, start-ups from the innovation ecosystem in Oslo and companies. ?
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How do we develop solutions to secure a sustainable health system that will have fewer resources in the future? How can we maintain a healthier population to start with? How do we develop solutions for a sustainable power system? How can technology contribute to new solutions within health and environment?? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
The conference in pictures
1 min. 51 sec. with music.
Programme
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Breakfast and registration from 7.30
08:00–10:00 Impact Breakfast
Planetary health
Place: Forum auditorium
Planetary health addresses interconnections between the health of humans, animals and the planet. What are the consequences of environmental change on human health, including mental health? How can collaboration across disciplines and sectors help us raise awareness of the consequences and to develop new innovative sustainable solutions within human health and environment? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Welcome to Science Impact 2023
Per Morten Sandset, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, the University of Oslo
Short talks
- What we know and don’t know about the interconnections between human health and environmental changes
Dag O. Hessen, professor, UiO, Center for biogeochemistry in Anthropocene - Health & climate and the role of technology
Hilde F?revik, Senior Business Developer, Head of the Gemini Centre Health and Climate, SINTEF - Microcosmic connections: Unraveling the global health burdens through the human microbiome
Trine B. Rounge, professor, UiO, Centre for Bioinformatics - How climate change is affecting the healthy psychological development of children
Francis Vergunst, associate professor, UiO, Dept. of Special Needs Education
Pitches
- Analysis of the microbiome a gamechanger for global health
Bruno Mainnemard ?ijordsbakken, business area manager, South Europe and Latin America, Genetic Analysis AS - The next generation sustainable foods and animal feed
David Quist, co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer, NoMy - Sustainable use of resources in production of high quality food
Mari ?vrum Gaarder, researcher, Nofima
Panel debate
with Dag O. Hessen, professor, UiO, Center for biogeochemistry in Anthropocene; ?got Aakra, research director, SINTEF Industry; and Hilde Holdhus, partner technology, energy and sustainability, Sarsia.
Chair: Jens Petter Berg, professor, UiO, interim leader, Centre for Pandemics and One-Health Research
Networking
10:30–12:30 Parallel sessions on life sciences and energy & environment
Life sciences I: How to keep the brain healthy?
Place: Forum auditorium
We zoom in on the human brain to learn more about how it works, how we can keep it healthy and how researchers and start-ups are working on new diagnostics and treatments against dementia and other diseases in the brain and shed light on gender differences. How can technology contribute to new solutions? How do we put research to use and implement new solutions like those presented in the talks? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Short talks
- What makes a healthy brain?
Marianne Fyhn, professor, UiO, Dept. of Biosciences - Drug development targeting on ageing and dementia
Evandro Fei Fang, associate professor, UiO, Inst. of Clinical Medicine and Akershus University Hospital - Sex and the suffering brain: Why the study of sex differences matters for health equity
Claudia Barth, senior researcher Diakonhjemmet Hospital and UiO, Inst. of Clinical Medicine - Towards digital and personalized medicine in neuroscience
Katja Stahl, senior medical manager, Biogen
Pitches
- Targeting cancers with high unmet needs – including glioblastoma
Adam Robertson, CSO, Hemispherian - BrainSymph – making brain network diagnostics easy, precise and personalised
Lillian Fjeld, CEO, BrainSymph - Making brain data FAIR
Jan G. Bjaalie, professor, UiO, Inst. of Basic Medical Sciences, and Dean of Research and Innovation, UiO, Faculty of Medicine
Panel debate
Chair: Halvard Gr?nlien, Vice President Innovation, Inven2
Networking
Energy & environment I: Sustainable energy production: Wind and solar
Place: Toppsenteret
In the energy transition there is huge need increase the production of renewable energy. What does it take to to quickly increase the production capacity within wind and solar in particular and what does it mean to do it in a sustainable way?
What role does technology play, and how do we put research to use and implement new solutions like those presented in the talks? What are the possibilities and challenges? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Short talks
- Research to accelerate the development of offshore wind
John Olav Tande, chief scientist, SINTEF, FME NorthWind - The role of local renewable energy production
Karina Standal, senior researcher, CICERO - Using combinatorial materials science to design and tailor new solar energy materials
Kevin Gregor Both, postdoctoral fellow, UiO, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology Physics - How to deal with the uncertainty in time and space of renewables in energy systems
Fred Espen Benth, professor, UiO, Dept. of Mathematics
Pitches
- How to identify and analyze the best solar sites faster?
Harald Olderheim, CEO, Glint Solar - The role of historical weather data and how that can be used for a more resilient energy transition
Aleksander Grochowicz, doctoral research fellow, UiO, Dept. of Mathematics - Sustainability efforts in AtLAST – the Atacama Large Aperture Submm Telescope
Sabrina Sartori, professor, UiO, Dept. of Technology Systems - Renewable energy production
Jan-Fredrik Stadaas, Corporate Strategy Manager, Equinor
Panel debate
Chair: Vebj?rn Bakken, director, UiO:Energy and Environment
Networking
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
Place: Forum auditorium and Toppsenteret
13:30–15:30 Parallel sessions on life sciences and energy & environment
Life sciences II: How to keep the heart healthy?
Place: Forum auditorium
We zoom in on the human heart to learn more about how it works, how we can keep it healthy and how researchers, start-ups and companies are working on new diagnostic tools and treatment against heart disease and shed light on gender differences. How can technology contribute to new solutions? How do we put research to use and implement new solutions like those presented in the talks? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Short talks
- ProCardio – a precision health center for optimized cardiac care – how to improve by use of technology
Kristina Haugaa, professor, OUS, UiO Inst. of Clinical Medicine, SFI ProCardio - Equip and empower citizens to active use of more personalised health information
Anne Moen, professor, UiO, Inst. of Health and Society - Development of new drugs for fibrosis and heart failure
Maria Vistnes, Senior Consultant Cardiologist and Translational Researcher, UiO Inst. of Clinical Medicine and OUS - Cardiac biomarkers for risk evaluation and patient triaging, how does a global biotech company think?
Thorbj?rn Lund Halvorsen, Director of Medical Affairs & Healthcare Development, Roche Diagnostics Norge AS
Pitches
- Hypersension – a cutting edge technology to measure blood pressure
Jon Sigurd Syvertsen, CCO, Aidee - Changing outcomes in heart attack treatment
Inger Ferner Heglund, COO, Serca Pharmaceuticals - Benefits of real-time, heart function monitoring in cardiac surgical patients
Jonas Tyss?, COO, Cardiaccs - Personalised cardiac care
Eigil Samset, General Manager, GE Healthcare
Panel debate
Chair: Frode Strisland, SINTEF and UiO
Networking
Energy & environment II: Efficient energy storage: Battery and hydrogen
Place: Toppsenteret
In the energy transition there is huge need for more efficient storage of energy. What does it take to scale up more efficient energy storage systems within hydrogen and battery and hydrogen in particular? What role does technology play, and how do we put research to use and implement new solutions like those presented in the talks? What are the possibilities and challenges? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Short talks
- Cenate’s nano silicon materials – your key to a smaller, cleaner and lighter lithium battery
Carmen Cavallo, R&D senior research scientist, CENATE - Green hydrogen production and utilization
Athanasios Chatzitakis (Sakis), UiO, Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology Chemistry, FME MoZees - Sustainable batteries in mobility
Marianne Zeyringer, Associate Professor, UiO, Dept. of Technology Systems, EMPOWER - Scalable ceramic membranes for hydrogen production
Christian Kj?lseth, PhD, Technology Director, Coorstek
Pitches
- Utilizing MOFs for energy applications
Unni Olsbye, ProfMOF and UiO, Dept. of Chemistry - Underground hydrogen storage
Bahman Bohloli, senior specialist, The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) -
Batteries - the key enabler of the energy transition
Tom Einar Jensen, CEO, FREYR
Panel debate
Chair: Vebj?rn Bakken, UiO:Energy and Environment
Networking
15:30–16:30 AFTERNOON BITE
Place: Forum auditorium and Toppsenteret
16:30–18:30 Life sciences III
Cutting edge technologies to study the human body
Place: Forum auditorium
Organ-on-a-chip is an emerging technology that can be used to better understand the human body and develop new diagnostics and treatments and more personalized medicine. Use of the technology can also reduce the need for animal testing. Meet researchers, start-ups and companies that are working on organ-on-chip and other technologies to develop better diagnostic tools and treatment for different diseases. How do we put research to use and implement new solutions like those presented in the talks? How should academia and industry collaborate to increase the impact of science?
Short talks
- Revolving Organ-on-Chip (rOoC) platform: A new tool for in vitro testing & disease modeling
Aleksandra Aizenshtadt, postdoctoral research fellow, UiO/OUS, Hybrid Technology Hub - Pancreas on a chip technology to study diabetes interventions
Shadab Abadpour, postdoctoral research fellow, OUS, Hybrid Technology Hub - Novel insights on development and disease with mass spectrometric analysis of organoids
Stian Kogler, doctoral research fellow, UiO, Dept. of Chemistry, Hybrid Technology Hub - Insight into human respiration through the study of orchestras and audiences
Finn Upham, postdoctoral fellow, UiO, HF, RITMO Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time and Motion
Pitches
- Bioengineered implants that grow with the body
Armend H?ti, CEO, ClexBio - Developing biomarkers for the early detection of age related diseases
Arne S?raas, CSO, Age Labs - Addressing fibrotic disease by targeting an upstream alarm signal
Jonas Hallén, CMDO, Arxx Therapeutics - Unleashing the potential of hard-to-deliver drugs
Annbj?rg Falck, CEO, NaDeNo
Panel debate
Chair: Hanne Mette Dyrlie Kristensen, The Life Science Cluster
18:30–20:00 EVENING GATHERING
Place: Forum auditorium
Food and beverage and mingling
Organisers
- Main organiser: UiO Growth House
- External partners: Inven2, Oslo Science Park, SINTEF, LMI, Oslo University Hospital (OUS) and The Life Science Cluster
- Internal partners at the University of Oslo (UiO): UiO:Energy and Environment, dScience – Centre for Computational and Data Science, Centre for Global Health at SUSTAINIT, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, the Department of Biosciences, and the Faculty of Educational Sciences
Questions?
Please contact the UiO Growth House communications adviser Norunn K. Torheim at norunnt@uio.no