Latvian-Norwegian Space Seminar

Location: Sentralen Oslo, Øvre Slottsgate 3

Registration: Latvian-Norwegian Space Seminar

Registration deadline: November 8th

Agenda:

14:00-14:05 – Opening remarks by, H.E. Martins Klive, Latvian Ambassador to Norway

14:05-14:10 – Opening remarks by Mr. Magnar Ødelien, Program Director EEA Norway Grants, Innovation Norway

14:10-14:25 – Norway as a Space Nation by Mr. Ole Morten Olsen, Director of Business Development and Innovation, Norwegian Space Agency

14:25-14:40 – Space Industry Activities of Innovation Norway by Mr. Simon Flack, Space Industry Coordinator, Innovation Norway

14:40-14:55 – Latvian Satellite Launch from Norway – When and How? by Ms. Angelina Bekasova, Senior Expert for Space and Innovation Policy, Ministry of Economics

14:55-15:05 – Shaping Latvia’s Space Ecosystem Around the Nordics’ Largest Radiotelescope by prof. Andris Vaivads, Rector of Ventspils University of Applied Sciences

15:05-15:20 – Coffee & Networking

15:20-15:30 – Andøya: The Right Place for Space by Mr. Ketil Olsen, CEO and President of Andøya Space

15:30-15:40 – Strategic Maritime Surveillance Initiatives in the Arctic by Mr. Truls Andersen, CEO of EIDEL

15:40-15:50 – speaker TBC

15:50-16:15 – Pitch presentations by 11 Latvian companies

16:15-17:00 – NETWORKING & B2B MEETINGS with coffee & light snacks

The seminar is moderated by Austris Keiss, Director of Export Promotion at LIAA and Latvian Embassy in Norway.