Speakers

Oyvind Berge

Crew Manager / Berge Rederi AS

Petter Nervik

Management Supervisor / Berge Rederi AS

Are Gråthen

Managing Director Norway & Sweden / Samskip

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Are Gråthen, Regional Director for Norway & Sweden at Samskip. 30 years of experience in shipping and logistics at home and abroad, of which the last 8 years in Samskip. In addition to Samskip, his regional responsibilities include well-known names such as Nor Lines, Frigocare and Samskip Logistics. Are is keen to address the differences between environmentally friendly and sustainable development. It is not enough to just make things and transportation environmentally friendly, it is waste and overconsumption that must be addressed first!

Jonas Ilum Sorensen

Business Development Manager / Green Port North

Monica Berstad

CEO / Cruise Norway

Jon Olav Stedje

Sustainability and Community Engagement / MSC Cruises

Stian Ordahl

Partner and attorney / PWC

Michael Forland

Port Director / Port of Bergen

Atle Johannessen

Port Director / Port of Kristiansand

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Atle Johannessen has been Port Director of Kristiansand Havn IKS since March 2023. Johannessen has extensive experience in the maritime industry, both in the supplier industry and logistics. Before taking the job as Port Director, he came from the job as director of Greencarrier and Greenport, now JAS, which is one of the operators in the Port of Kristiansand. We can therefore say that Atle is a man who has also had his port shoes on before. Atle comes from Sotra, with fishing in his genes from his grandparents and generations back. It is therefore no surprise that Atle's career throughout his life has been linked to the sea and the maritime sector.

Jesper Schroeder

Project Manager Port Development and Green Energy Transition / SWECO Denmark

Jens Meier

CEO / Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)

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Jens Meier has been CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) since 2008. With over 25 years of experience in the port, logistics, finance and IT sectors, he is a recognized leader in the maritime industry. Jens previously held board positions in companies such as Fiege Holding, tts Group, Systematics AG (later EDS) and Software Design & Management AG (Ernst & Young Group).

In 2019, Jens was elected Vice President for Europe of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH), and in 2023 he was elected President of the organization. He is a frequent speaker with great media attention, especially in the field of future maritime affairs and digitalization.

Merja Kyllönen

MEP / European Parliament

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Merja Kyllönen is a Finnish politician with a 25-year career in various positions, from regional politics to minister, member of parliament and member of the European Parliament. She currently works as a member of the European Parliament with responsibility for foreign affairs, transport, and defence and security issues. She is engaged by new ideas and people, and wants to develop and promote the implementation of new things with fearlessness and in collaboration with others.

Palle Ydstebø

Lieutenant Colonel / Military Academy

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Palle Ydstebø is a retired lieutenant colonel and serves as head instructor at the Land Power Section at the War College at the Norwegian National Defence University. He has a background as an aircraft technician in the Air Force and the Army Engineer Corps, and from the Army Staff and the Intelligence Service. Ydstebø served as head instructor of strategy and section head at the Norwegian National Defence Staff College from 2004 to 2018. Ydstebø has foreign service from UNMISS in South Sudan in 2012, at the Einsatzführungskommando der Bundeswehr in Potsdam and the embassy in Berlin 2007-2008, and 2003. Ydstebø has a major in history from the University of Tromsø, and a doctorate in War Studies (war history) from the University of Glasgow.

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