List of participants 2016

Name

Institution

Country

H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon

The Royal Castle

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

Per Sandberg

Minister of Fisheries, Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

Kristin Halvorsen

Director, CICERO

Norway

Paul Holthus

Founding President and CEO, World Ocean Council

USA

Arne Fredheim

Research Director, Sintef Fisheries and Aquaculture

Norway

Aud Vold

Head, CRISP, Institute of Marine Research

Norway

Boyan Slat

Founder and Director, The Ocean Cleanup

The Netherlands

David Walker

Chief Group Development Officer, DNV GL

Norway

Marco Lambertini

CEO, World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International

Switzerland

Patrick Sorgeloos

Professor Em., Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University

Belgium

Russell F. Smith III

Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, NOAA

USA

Mikael Mäkinen

President, Rolls Royce Marine

UK

Shardul Agrawala

Head, Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD

France

Hans-Otto Pörtner

Senior Scientist, Section Head, Alfred Wegener Institute

Germany

Ana Brito e Melo

Executive Director, WavEC Offshore Renewables

Portugal

Bernhard Friess

Director of the Directorate Atlantic, Outermost Regions and

Arctic, DG Mare European Commission

Belgium (Germany)

Harald Ellingsen

Head of Department, NTNU and Director of University Centre Svalbard from October 1^st 2016

Norway

Kathrine Angell-Hansen

Director, JPI Oceans

Norway

Name

Institution

Country

Unni Steinsmo

Chairman Kings Bay and Chairman the Ny-Ålesund Symposium

Norway

Courtney Hough

General Secretary, Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP)

Belgium

Fridtjof F. Unander

Executive Director, The Research Council of Norway

Norway

Asgeir Johan Sørensen

Professor, Director, AMOS, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Norway

Atsushi Sunami

Vice President, Professor, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

Japan

Jan-Gunnar Winther

Director, Norwegian Polar Institute

Norway

Karl Andreas Almås

Special Advisor, Sintef Fisheries and Aquaculture

Norway

Kevin Banister

Vice President, Business Development and Government Affairs, Principle Power

USA

Sigve Nordrum

Senior Vice President, Aker BioMarine Antarctic AS

Norway

Tero Vauraste

President and CEO, Arctia Group

Finland

Tom Rådahl

Secretary-General, Ministry of Climate and Environment

Norway

Yoichi Oda

Senior Project Manager, Mitsui Global Strategic Studies Institute

Japan

Chan Eng Soon

Professor, National University of Singapore

Singapore

David Carlson

Director, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP)

Switzerland

Mark Drinkwater

Head of Science Division, European Space Agency

The Netherlands

Sverre Gotaas

Corporate Technology Officer, Kongsberg Group

Norway

Kjersti Kleven

Chair of the Board, Kleven Maritime AS

Norway

Hans Bernhoff

Professor / Chairman, Uppsala University / Seabased AB

Sweden

Martin V. Gerhardt

Global Head of Strategy, Siemens AG, Wind Power and Renewables

Germany

Lars Almklov

Director of Group Government and Public Affairs, DNV GL

Norway

Dilek Ayhan

State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Norway

Roy Angelvik

State Secretary and Political Adviser for the Minister of Fisheries

Norway