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Are you interested in how researchers and students at the University of 51���� are contributing to the energy and climate transition?

Join us at this conference to explore a wide range of cutting-edge topics in sustainable energy - including carbon capture and storage (CCS), circular economy, smart cities, climate adaptation, and the societal impacts of the green transition.

The event is free and open for all but registration is required.

Program

We are currently working out the program details. Please note that this is a provisional program and may be subject to change. Stay tuned and save the date!

10:00-11:00 Opening session

• Welcome by Vebjørn Bakken, director 51����:Energy and Environment
• Keynote by , director of the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability (IGS) and a Professor in the Department of Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Q&A with the audience

11:00-11:15 Short break

11:15-12:15 Energy transition and the environment

• , researcher at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology Chemistry and participant in the thematic research group DENT

• , postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Archaeology, Conservation and History and participant in the thematic research group NORCLI, “Human-climate interactions: What can be learned from the 1690s crisis?”

• TBC - participant in the convergence environment , "Participatory transition seen from a bottom-up perspective"

• , professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography and principal investigator of the thematic research group UNRULY SUSTAINABILITY, "Unruliness in Energy Systems: Governing for an Uncertain Future"

• , postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, will provide an artistic contribution.

12:15-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:00 Student pitches

• We will have a pitching competition for students, Master's and PhDs. Read more and sign up here.

14:00-14:15 Short break

14:15-15:15 People, society and climate

• , postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Technology Systems at the University of 51���� and participant of the research project
• , postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Technology Systems and participant in the thematic research group Energy for Future 
• , postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Psychology and participant in the thematic research group Energy for Future 

15:15-15:30 Short break

15:30-16:30 A carbon-neutral society

• , Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Catalysis and Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and participant in the thematic research group ABiME, "Upgrading biogas into green methanol – the ABiME project approach"
• , Professor - Crustal Processes, Department of Geosciences and Head of the VISTA Centre 
• , professor at the Department of Informatics and coordinator of the .

16:30-17:00 Closing remarks

17:00-19:00 Dinner and mingling

•  At , 51���� Science Park