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?
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We are still working on the programme for the impact breakfast. The programmes for the other sessions are out! Click the + signs to see the programme of each session.
Programme
08:00–10:00 Impact Breakfast: Planetary health
Place: Gaustadstoppen
Breakfast, talks from researchers at UiO and SINTEF and start-ups, debate and networking. Speakers TBA soon.
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 - Lack of nutrients and brain health
Thomas Olsen, postdoctoral fellow, UiO, Dept. of Nutrition - BrainSymph – making brain network diagnostics easy, precise and personalised
Lillian Fjeld, CEO, BrainSymph - Developing drugs for treatment of dementia
Anders Fugelli, CEO, Pharmasum
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 - More speakers TBA
Panel debate
Chair: Vebj?rn Bakken, director, UiO:Energy and Environment
Networking
12:30–13:30 LUNCH
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
- 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 - One more speaker TBA
Pitches
- Hypersension – a cutting edge technology to measure blood pressure
Jon Sigurd Syvertsen, CCO, Aidee - Development of new drugs for fibrosis and heart failure
Maria Vistnes, UiO Inst. of Clinical Medicine and OUS - Changing outcomes in heart attack treatment
Inger Ferner Heglund, COO, Serca Pharmaceuticals - Personalised cardiac care
Eigil Samset, General Manager, GE Healthcare
Panel debate
Chair: Frode Strisland, SINTEF
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, UiO, Dept. of Technology Systems, EMPOWER - One more speaker TBA
Pitches
- Sustainable batteries for tomorrow
Rasmus Vester Th?gersen, research scientist, Morrow Batteries - Scalable ceramic membranes for hydrogen production
Christian Kj?lseth, PhD, Technology Director, Coorstek - 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)
Panel debate
Chair: Vebj?rn Bakken, UiO:Energy and Environment
Networking
15:30–16:30 AFTERNOON BITE
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 and Mathias Busek, researcher, 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
Karl Trygve Kalleberg, CEO, 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
Note that this session is the Innovation Hangout #2 2023.
18:30–20:00 EVENING GATHERING
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, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Educational Sciences