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DEBATE - Energy demand versus net zero future – who can bridge the gap? Passed

Wednesday June 16, 2021 11:40 - 12:30 CEST PLENARY

Key-note speakers: Jarand Rystad, Tim Gould, Tina Bru
Moderator: Marius Holm
Panelists: Charlotte Berge, Hilde Røed, Monica Th Bjørkmann

Moderator : Marius Holm - ZERO

Participants: 

Tina Bru - Minister of Petroleum and Energy - NORWAY
Tim Gould - IEA
Hilde Røed - EQUINOR
Jarand Rystad - RYSTAD ENERGY
Monica Bjørkmann - NORWEGIAN OIL AND GAS ASSOCIATION
Charlotte Berge - LUNDIN ENERGY

Lecturers

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Jarand Rystad Key-note speaker

Jarand founded Rystad Energy in 2004 and is managing the company. Jarand has extensive experience in oil and gas strategy advisory work from McKinsey and Rystad Energy. He has led several strategy projects for international oil and gas companies and oilfield service companies. He has also worked with governments and international organizations on topics related to the global energy agenda, and he is advising investors on deal screening, transactions and portfolio management. Jarand is, according to Financial Times "one of the most cited petroleum analysts in the industry" and has been the keynote speaker on numerous international conferences. His expertise includes E&P strategy, asset and company transactions, macro analysis and oil service industry analysis. Jarand has also worked for Kvaerner Engineering and a research scientist within Industrial Economics, gaining comprehensive statistics and programming expertise. Jarand holds an M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he majored with a thesis on astroseismology. He also has an academic background in philosophy and has been the leader and founder of various organizations.

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Tim Gould Key-note speaker

Head of Division, Energy Supply and Investment Outlooks
IEA

Tim Gould is co-head of the World Energy Outlook series at the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA). He designs and directs the work together with the IEA’s Chief Energy Modeller and contributes to the Outlook as a principal author. He oversees the Agency’s analysis of energy investment, including the World Energy Investment report.As part of this work, Tim Gould has directed and designed in-depth analysis of India (2015 and 2021), Africa (2014 and 2019), Southeast Asia (2017, 2019), major oil and gas-exporting economies (2018) China (2017), Mexico (2016), Brazil (2013), Iraq (2012), Russia (2011) and the Caspian region (2010). He has also developed and overseen a multi-year programme of analysis on the future of oil and gas and the evolving pressures on industry and major resource-holders, including detailed work on methane abatement and the emissions intensities of different fuels.

Tina Bru Key-note speaker

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Marius Holm Moderator

Marius has been the Managing Director of ZERO since late 2012. His focus has been on working towards increasing the impact of specific and tangible climate solution implementations and to strengthen ZERO’s position as a leading scientific knowledgebase and supplier of factual premise to Norwegian environmental policy makers. Marius has through the years established himself as a to -the- point and a strong factual debater and climate champion. His formal education includes a Cand.Agric. (M.Sc.) in Economics and Resource Management from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).

Charlotte Berge Panelist

Charlotte Berge is Director of Field Development at Lundin Energy spanning for Projects, Supply Chain and IT. She came to Lundin Energy from Equinor where she had key project roles on Johan Castberg, Johan Sverdrup and Gudrun developments. Prior to Equinor Charlotte was at Aker Solutions as Manager for Change, Contract and Risk Department as well as other project roles including Gjøa and Adriatic LNG projects. Charlotte has also worked almost ten years in the US in aerospace, software and oil and gas industries. Charlotte holds a MSc from NTH (NTNU) and BSc from University of Texas at Austin in Mechanical Engineering.

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Hilde Røed Panelist

Senior Vice President Climate & Sustainability
Equinor ASA

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Monica Th Bjørkmann Panelist

Vice President Subsea 7 Norway
Subsea 7

Monica Th. Bjørkmann has more than 25 years’ experience in the subsea business. She is currently Vice President for Subsea 7 Norway. Monica has had several roles within the company, and she has been working in Norway, UK and Australia. Her background is in economics, marketing, entrepreneurial and strategy studies from Norway (University of Stavanger) and Denmark (Aalborg University). Monica is Chairman of NOROG (Norwegian Oil and Gas Association) and Managing Director of the Subsea 7 Norway entities. She is also a member of the KonKraft Council as well as the supervisory board of NHO. She was previously Board Member of INTSOK (now NORWEP) and IRIS (now NORCE), and member of the DNV Council.