The Ny-Ålesund Symposium 2012


Last update: 30 May 2012

Name

Institution

Country

1.         

Trond Giske

Minister of Trade and Industry

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

2.         

Anders Wijkman

Senior Advisor Stockholm Environmental Institute

Sweden

Name

Institution

Country

3.         

Johannes Teyssen

CEO of E.ON

Germany

4.         

Daniel M. Kammen

Chief Technical Specialist for Renewable

Energy

USA

5.         

Christian Rynning-Tønnesen

CEO of Statkraft

Norway

6.         

Svein Richard Brandtzæg

CEO of Hydro

Norway

7.         

Bernd Utz

Head of the project Desertec Initiative, Siemens Energy Sector

Germany

8.         

Kristin Seyboth

Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Germany

9.         

Bo Diczfalusy

Director of the IEA’s Directorate of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology

Sweden

10.      

Bert Metz

Fellow, European Climate Foundation

The Netherlands

11.      

Bernice Lee

Research Director, Chatham House

UK

12.      

Daniel Reifsnyder

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development, Us State Department

USA

13.      

Hans van Steen

Head of Unit on Regulatory Policy & Promotion on Renewable Energy

Belgium

14.      

Christian Kunstmann

Senior Manager GME Electrification

Germany

15.      

Robert Corell

Pricipal, Global Environment and Technology Foundation (GETF)

USA

16.      

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri

Chairman of the IPCC (presentation done via video)

India

17.      

Erik Brandsma

Director General, Swedish Energy Agency

Sweden

Name

Institution

Country

18.      

Reier Søberg

Secretary General, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Norway

19.      

Knut Ore

Charman Kings Bay and Chairman Ny-Ålesund Symposium

Norway

20.      

Bo Ekman

Founder and Executive Chairman of Tällberg Foundation

Sweden

21.      

Frederic Hauge

Leader of Bellona

Norway

22.      

Jørgen C. Arentz Rostrup

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Hydro

Norway

23.      

Katherine Richardson

Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen

Denmark

24.      

Ole Lindefjeld

Research Director, ConocoPhillips

Norway

25.      

Nalan Koc

Research Director, Norwegian Polar Institute

Norway

26.      

Per Otto Dyb

President, Siemens Norway

Norway

27.      

Gabrielle Walker

Chief Scientist, Xynteó

UK

28.      

Fridtjof Fossum Unander

Executive Director, Division for Energy, Resources and the Environment, the Research Council of Norway

Norway

29.      

Hege Marie Norheim

Senior Vice President, Statoil

Norway

30.      

Daryl Wilson

President and CEO of Hydrogenics

Canada

31.      

Helge Friis

Mayor Halsnæs municipality

Denmark

32.      

Pål Prestrud

Director CICERO – Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo

Norway

33.      

Ragnvald Nærø

Senior Vice President, Statkraft

Norway

34.      

Kirsten Broch Mathisen

Special Adviser, The Research Council of Norway

Norway

35.      

Masahiro Akiyama

Chairman, Ocean Policy Research Foundation

Japan

36.      

Guri Tveito

Head of Departement for Environmental Protection at the Governor of Svalbard

Norway

37.      

Bente E. Engesland

Senior Vice President Corporate Communication, Statkraft

Norway

38.      

Gunn Ovesen

President and CEO, Innovation Norway

Norway

39.      

Henriette Killi Westhrin

State Secretary, Ministry of the Environment

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

40.      

Ole Magnus Rapp

Journalist, Aftenposten

Norway

41.      

Terry Macalister

Journalist, The Guardian

UK

42.      

Christoph Seidler

Journalist, Der Spiegel

Germany

43.      

Bjørn Haugan

Journalist, VG

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

44.      

Celia H. Thorheim

High Executive Officer, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Norway

45.      

Øystein Solvang

Communication, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

46.      

Erik Tollefsen

Advisor, CICERO

Norway

47.      

Eilif Ursin Reed

Press contact, CICERO

Norway