Name: Nordic EV Summit 2018
Start: 2018-02-01T08:30:00+01:00
Location: Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel, Oslo

Wednesday 31st.

18.30 - 21.30

Welcome Reception:
Introduction to the Norwegian EV policy and market: From a market share of 3% to 21% in five years, how did we manage?

Venue: Himkok bar (Rated among the best bars in the world)
Sponsored by LEVC , formerly known as the London Taxi Company

Free entrance for registered participants of Nordic EV Summit. 1 serving of coctail on tap and "Norwegian snacks" (for the 70 first to register)

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DAY 1: Thursday 1st.

08.30 - 09.30	Registration and coffee
09.30 - 09.40	Welcome to Norway and the World EV capital
09.40 - 09.55	Christina Bu (NO) Secretary General Norwegian EV Association	*Reaching mass market*
Transport policy and climate change Conference co-chair and moderator: Clay Stranger (US), Principal, Rocky Montain Institute RMI Norway, California and The Netherlands are leading the way to electric mobility, while India recently showed the world they too are serious, stating their 2030 zero emission goal. How important is a predictable and comprehensive EV policy framework to make it happen? How can policy makers in different countries contribute to reaching mass market for electric vehicles on a global level, and how fast can we get to zero emission?
09.55 - 10.30	Ola Elvestuen (NO) Minister of Climate and Environment Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norwegian government
	Janea A. Scott (US) Commissioner California Energy Commission
	Debraj Pradhan (IND) Ambassador Embassy of India, Oslo Norway
	Taco Stoppels (NL) Charge d’ Affaires a.i. Embassy of the Netherlands.
10.30 - 11.00	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
11.00 - 11.30	BREAK
Oil demand in an electric future Conference co-chair and moderator: Marius Holm (NO), Managing director, Zero Emission Resource Organisation How fast will the transition to electric mobility happen worldwide and how will this influence the oil industry? Will investments in oil exploration end up as stranded assets? Will the oil producers transform to renewable energy producers?
11.30 - 12.00	DIALOGUE SESSION: Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (NO) Director General, Norwegian Oil and Gas Association Jan Erik Saugestad (NO) CEO, Storebrand Asset Management Torbjørn Kjus (NO) Oil Analyst, DNB Markets Jacob Schram (NO) CEO, Circle K
12.00 - 12.10	Dr James Frith (UK) Energy Storage Analyst Bloomberg New Energy Finance	*Battery mass production: Costs and material demands*
Future of the car industry Conference co-chair and moderator: Christina Bu, Secretary General, Norwegian EV Association The international car industry is facing major challenges the next decade. Stricter emission standards, new competitors, new technologies and new business models. How will the industry cope with changes like electric and autonomous vehicles, car sharing services, mobility on demand and new production methods? And will they be able to ramp up production soon enough?
12.10 - 12.35	Dr. Stefan Niemand (DE) Head of electrification AUDI AG	*The AUDI way to electrification*
	Gareth Dunsmore (FR) Electric Vehicle Director Nissan Europe
12.35 - 13.00	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH

PARALLEL SESSION 1

Public procurements as a driver for electrification

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Idar Kreutzer (NO), CEO, Finance Norway

Every purchasing decision we make has an impact on the environment, economy and on society. Public Procurement is increasingly recognised as a key enabler to foster market formation, reduce cost of products and services. Cities has formed coalitions such as C40 and ICLEI to lower cost, create markets and predictability for emerging products and services. This session will provide examples from both national and sub-national procurement processes.

14.00 - 14.10	Dag Strømsnes (NO) Director General, Public Procurement Section, DIFI
14.10 - 15.00	DIALOGUE SESSION: Mattias Goldmann (SE) Managing Director, Fores - Forum for reforms, entrepreneurship & sustainability Åshild Fossgård Sandøy (NO) Legal Adviser, SKYSS (Hordaland County Transport Authority) Kjetil Lund (NO) Vice-mayor for business development and public ownership, Oslo Municipality Eva Sunnerstedt (SE) E-mobility Manager, Stockholm Municipality
15.00 - 15.30	BREAK

PARALLEL SESSION 2

Smart charging systems in large charging networks

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Bjørn Utgård (NO), Director of New Markets, EVBox

Large-scale smart charging systems, like vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and demand response (DR) are in vogue in the EV world, but is the technology ready and does it make sense to key stakeholders? What are the costs and benefits for grid operators, electricity providers, charging operators and consumers? And how can governments and industry contribute to smart charging systems as an integrated part of buildings, cities and regional energy infrastructure?

14.00 - 14.30	Elizabeth Yeaman (NZ) Transport manager, Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA)
	Gerardo Zarazua de Rubens (DK) Doctoral Fellow Lance Noel (DK) Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Business and Technology, Aarhus University Investigating the challenges of electric mobility and vehicle to grid (V2G) in the Nordic region
	Åse Lekang Sørensen (NO) Research Scientist, SINTEF Building and Infrastructure Smart charging systems in Zero Emission Neighbourhoods
14.30 - 15.00	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
15.00 - 15.30	BREAK

PARALLEL SESSION 3

Heavy duty - the next step

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Marius Valle (NO), Journalist, Teknisk Ukeblad Media AS

The development of electric and hybrid solutions for heavy-duty vehicles is a key component of decarbonisation of the transport sector. Norway Post had been a driving force in electrification of post and gods delivery for many years, and has tested a broad range of EVs in daily operation. Now they prepare for the next step by ordering the Tesla Semi. They will together with MAN, VOLVO Equipment and representative from Dutch suppliers of electric vehicles as trucks and construction machines, present and discuss the present solutions for a sustainable transport sector.

15.30 - 16.00	Colin Campbell (NO) Senior Vice President HSE and CSR, Posten/Bring
	John-David Schnackenberg (DE) Product Market Manager eTruck, MAN Truck & Bus AG
	Jenny Elfsberg (SE) Director Emerging Technologies, Volvo Construction Equipment The electric site
	Harm Weken (NL) Managing Partner FIER Automotive & Mobility
16.00 - 16.30	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers

PARALLEL SESSION 4

Electric buses for green cities

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Odd Richard Valmot (NO), Journalist, Teknisk Ukeblad Media AS

Electrification of urban mobility is under a substantial implementation in many cities around the world. To make this transition a successful change towards smart green cities the solutions have to apply to the needs of many. Linkker is a Finnish provider of electric busses, the Norwegian bus operator Tide will operate 35 electric busses in Trondheim and Siemens provides charging infrastructure. Together they will share insights and experiences from electrifying fleets of city-busses.

15.30 - 16.00	Edison Yin (CHI) Regional manager Nordics, BYD
	Tom Granvik (FI) Founder, sales & marketing, CFO, Linkker Oy
	Roger Harkestad (NO) CEO, Tide ASA
	Haakon Gløersen (NO) Business Development Manager, Siemens
16.00 - 16.30	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers

19:00 Evening networking event
In the evening we invite you to an electric party with standing food, bar, DJ and more opportunities to network in an informal, Nordic setting

DAY 2: Friday 2nd.

08.30 - 09.00	Registration and coffee
09.00 - 09.05	Welcome to day 2 Jan M. Moberg, CEO, Teknisk Ukeblad Media
09.05 - 09.25	Sacha Scheffer (FR) Energy efficiency analyst International Energy Agency	*Nordic EV Outlook*
09.25 - 09.40	Per Ivar Selvåg (NO/USA) Principal Montaag	*More*
Will the grid collapse? Conference co-chair and moderator: Henrik Glette, VP, Communications, Statnett The emerging mass deployment of electric cars combined with (ultra) fast charging and new household appliances with high peak loads (such as induction tops) can pose a challenge to the grid infrastructure and in worst cases lead to grid overload. This panel will bring together energy experts from US, China and the Nordics to discuss this potential risk. Where would grids need to be strengthened or modernized? How could EVs actually balance rather than overload grids? What can other countries do to avoid challenges in the future?
09.40 - 10.30	Dr. Lawrence E. Jones (US) Vice President, International Programs Edison Electric Institute
	Sonja Monica Berlijn (NO) Electrical Engineering Statnett, The Norwegian SmartGrid Centre
	Jonas Persson (SE) Head of Section Power Technology Vattenfall R&D
	Hyoungmi Kim (CHN) Senior Policy Specialist on Energy Efficiency and Utilities Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

10.30 - 10.45	Dag Falk-Petersen (NO) CEO Avinor	The future of Aviation
10.45 - 11.15	BREAK
Large scale fast charging Conference co-chair and moderator: Erik Lorentzen, Head of Analysis and Consultancy, Norwegian EV Association How will public charging networks scale up to 100% electric transport the coming decades? Is it even possible? How fast will fast charging be in the coming years? What are the experiences from the Norwegian fast charging operators in the world’s most advanced EV market?
11.15 - 11.30	Thomas Daiber (DE) CEO Hubject	Past, present and future of EV charging: Market insights from Europe, US and China
11.30 - 12.15	DIALOGUE SESSION: Jan Haugen Ihle (NO) CEO, Northern Europe Ionity Rami Syvari (FI) CEO, Fortum Charge and Drive Ole Henrik Hannisdahl (NO) Managing Director, Grønn Kontakt AS Tore Harritshøj (DK) CEO, E.ON Denmark and E-mobility Nordic

12.15 - 12.30	Dagfinn Ringås (NO) CEO Schneider Electric Norway	*The promise of vehicle to grid*
12.30 - 12.45	Bjørn Simonsen (NO) Vice President Market Development & Public Relations NEL Hydrogen	*Why hydrogen is important*
12.45 - 13.00	Ulrikke Linge (NO) Senior adviser Norwegian EV Association John Lauring Pedersen (NO) CEO Opinion AS	Nordic EV Barometer 2018: How many will buy an electric car in the Nordic countries by 2020?
13.00 - 14.00	LUNCH BREAK OUT SESSION: EV Sector Opportunities in India Location:"Press lounge" Exhibit area, 3rd floor (Capacity: 50 participants) Gargi Pareek (IND) Advisor, Innovation Norway Indian EV sector highlights Mission 2030 – India to sell only EVs by 2030 Policy structure for EVs in India Demand for EV chargers, charging stations and batteries

PARALLEL SESSION 5

Electric ferries and ships

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Svend Søyland (NO), Nordic Energy Research

This session presents great innovation in the development of electric maritime mobility. The Nordic countries have already established themselves as frontrunners when it comes to Electric vehicle deployment. Electrification of maritime transport is now following suit.

14.00 - 14.30	Peter Due (NO) Director Autonomy, Global Sales & Marketing, Kongsberg Maritime Autonomy – a Global Game Changer
	Erik Ianssen (NO) CEO, Selfa
	Edmund Tolo (NO) Sales Manager, Fjellstrand AS Urban Water Shuttle
	Egil Mollestad (NO) CEO Zem Energy
14.30 - 15.00	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
15.00 - 15.15	BREAK

PARALLEL SESSION 6

Autonomous mobility

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Olav Madland, CEO, Applied Autonomy

Sustainable mobility and autonomous mobility are closely linked when the need is to tackle global and local pollution, traffic congestion and road traffic deaths. This session will bring insight in how different actors see the possibilities and development of autonomous mobility solutions.

14.00 - 14.30	Kristian Kolind (DK) Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A, NSB
	Ross Douglas (FR) CEO, Autonomy
	Baard Røsvik (NO) Business Development Manager, Semcon Devotek AS
	Wilfried Pimenta (NO) Business Development Director, IOTA Introducting IOTA, a Distributed Ledger beyond Blockchain, backbone for a IoT/M2M smart mobility revolution
14.30 - 15.00	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
15.00 - 15.15	BREAK

PARALLEL SESSION 7

Light electric vehicles potential in a new transport world

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Hulda Tronstad, Senior EV Adviser, Norwegian EV Association

Urban sustainable mobility requires a new take on both the vehicle and the business case. Cities around the world brings new requirements and policies for land-use, transport and urban development. This challenges real estate developers, service providers and vehicle suppliers to develop new ways of offering mobility to their customers. CityQ and Podbike provides new vehicles and service concepts to the market and Ferd Real Estate shares their thoughts on how LEVs and new mobility services have relevance for them.

15.15 - 16.15	Morten Rynning (NO) CEO, CityQ How will new small electric vehicles and MaaS innovation replace car traffic in cities?
	Per Hassel Sørensen (NO) Founder and TCO, Podbike AS Next generation velomobiles as a platform for sustainable personal transport.
	Thorbjørn Barrett Sele (NO) Project Manager, FERD Real Estate A developers take on alternative transportation methods
	Steve Sarasini (SE) Senior researcher, Viktoria Swedish ICT
15.45 - 16.15	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
16.15	Sum up by organizers

PARALLEL SESSION 8

Mobility on demand MaaS

Conference co-chair and moderator:
Torun Degnes, Electric Mobilty Norway

As a result of the need for more sustainable solutions for urban mobility in combination with digitalisation and sharing economy we see new services being offered as alternatives to the traditional car ownership. In this session we will hear from different service providers and get their perspectives on the future urban mobility services. Ruter as the provider of public transport in the Oslo area and the private initiatives Green Mobility and 3F EV Limited will give you inspiring views of the future.

15.15 - 16.15	Anders Wall (DK) International Sales Director, Green Mobility
	Endre Angelvik (NO) Vice President mobility services, Ruter
	Funmi Onamusi (UK) Co-Founder and Managing Director, 3F EV Limited
	Jan-Olaf Willums(NO) Founder and Chairman, Move About
15.45 - 16.15	DIALOGUE: Sum up and debate with the speakers
16.15	Sum up by organizers