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New York



Wednesday, 8 October

13:00-16:00 | DNB Seminar on Transatlantic Trade Relations (Fully booked ) - DNB, 30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001 

19:00-21:00 | Get-Together: Norwegian Business Delegation Kabin, 300 Spring St, New York, NY 10013


Thursday, 9 October

07:30-09:30 | USA-Norway CEO Roundtable (by invitation only)

08:30-15:00 | USA-Norway Business Summit - The Lawn Club, 1 Fulton St, New York, NY 10038

08:30-09:45 | Registration – Please remember to bring your QR ticket and personal ID

10:00-10:45 | Official Opening

  • Welcome by Håkon Haugli, CEO Innovation Norway 
  • Remarks by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon
  • Remarks by Minster of Trade and Industry, Cecilie Myrseth

Innovation and Transatlantic Collaboration

  • Moderator: Hedda Felin, CEO, Hurtigruten
    • Torsten Sløk, Partner & Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management
    • Faith Taylor, SVP Global Citizenship & Sustainability, Kyndryl
    • Kjerstin Braathen, CEO, DNB
    • Hans Olav Raen, CEO, Yara Ammonia

10:45-11:05 Coffee break

11:05-11:10: MOU signing Mayo Clinic & Innovation Norway 

11:10-11:30 State of the Union – Global/US business landscape into the future 

  • Rana Foroohar, Author, Global Business Columnist, & Associate Editor Financial Times 

11:30-12:30: High level panel – National Trade Relations, innovations for the future 

  • Keynote: NY State & City – Investing in a Sustainable Future, Andrew Kimball, CEO NYCEDC 

Participants:

  • Moderator: Christian Chramer, CEO Norwegian Seafood Council 
    • Andreas Enger, CEO Hoegh Autoliner 
    • Birgitte Engebretsen, CEO Telenor Norge 
    • Calista Redmond, VP NVIDIA Global AI Initiatives 
    • Andrew Kimball, CEO NYCEDC

12:30-13:30 Networking Lunch - With Seafood from Norway  

13:30–14:00 | Innovation in Transportation & Infrastructure 

  • Moderator | Giacomo Landi, EVP, Asset Managment 
    • Corvus Energy – Aron Rader, Vice President of Sales for the Americas 
    • Switch Maritime, Seamus Nolan, Director Commercial & Gov’t Affairs 
    • Sveinung Odegard, President, Zinus Power 
    • Maciek Lukawski, Chief Strategy Officer, Amogy  

14:00–14:30 | Investing in Uncertain Times 

Fireside chat

  • Moderated by Rana Foroohar, Author, Global Business Columnist, & Associate Editor Financial Times 
    • Paul Marcussen, Head of NY, Norges Bank Investment Management 
    • John Borthwick, CEO Betaworks  
    • Daniella Kranjac, Founder, Avant Bio-TBD 

14:30–15:00 | Advancing AI and Cybersecurity 

  • Keynote Mike Kattouf, Head of Nordics, Palantir  

15:00-16:00 | Networking and Food 


(Optional: Arrival of the Ship Restauration – at Pier 17)


17:00-20:00 | USA - Norway Networking Reception (attended by H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon) (by invitation only) - City Winery, 25 11th Ave, New York, NY 10011


Key Speakers


HRH Crown Prince Haakon

Norway’sMinister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth 

Håkon Haugli 

CEO, Innovation Norway

Kjerstin Braathen

CEO DNB

Rana Foroohar 

Financial Times and CNN, Journalist & Author

Torsten Sløk

Partner & Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management

Faith Taylor

SVP Global Sustainability & Social Impact, Kyndryl

Hedda Felin

CEO Hurtigruten

Birgitte Engebretsen

CEO Telenor Norway

Andreas Enger

CEO Hoegh Autoliners

Hans Olav Raen

CEO Yara Ammoniaea

Andrew Kimball

CEO NYCEDC