13.02 - 15.02.2024 OEF 2024: ACTION FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE
About
Oslo Energy Forum connects leaders in global energy-related industry and other businesses with representatives from authorities, regulators and institutions influencing the companies’ framework conditions and opportunities.
Through open and trust-based discussions, the Forum creates a basis for companies and authorities to develop solutions that in various ways contribute to the development of a sustainable low-carbon society.
The Oslo Energy Forum is the meeting place speakers and participants want to return to, because it inspires and offers learning and opportunities for networking, as well as it creates business opportunities with real value for their daily work.
Program
(Preliminary)
Tuesday 13. February
Opening Dinner hosted by Anders Opedal, Chair OEF / President & CEO Equinor
Dinner speech/ discussion
Perspectives on what the world looks like two years post Ukraine-invasion, in the midst of a war in the Midle-East and ahead of important elections in the EU and USA
Fiona Hill, Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program, Brookings
Ivan Krastev, European Council on Foreign Relations
Moderated by Ulf Sverdrup, Professor, Norwegian Business School and former Director, NUPI
Wednesday 14. February
Creating Action for Transformational Change – business and political views
Opening session by Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Chair OEF / President & CEO of Equinor, Anders Opedal together with a high-profile international panel that will be announced shortly.
Action for Transformational Change
Presentation of a report especially developed for OEF, focusing on how we can find the solutions creating transformational change
Fabian Zuleeg, Chief Executive, European Policy Centre
Sagatom Saha, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Ole Jacob Sending, Research Director, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Response from:
Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Fernando Haddad, Minister of Finance, Brasil (tbc)
Arvid Moss, EVP, Energy & Projects, Hydro
Transforming the energy system – need for business to step up
Intro by Jason Bordoff, Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University
Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber, CEO, ADNOC/ COP 28
Nicolas Terraz, President Upstream, TotalEnergies
Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, President and CEO, Statkraft
More executive leaders from International Energy companies will be announced shortly
Financing change – capital as a tool to create a new dynamic
Guangzhe Chen, Vice President, World Bank Group
Christian Sewing, CEO, Deutche Bank
Carine Smith Ihenacho, Chief Governance and Compliance Officer, NBIM
Martin Skancke, Chair, PRI
Other international panelists to be announced shortly
AI – revolutionizing opportunity to accelerate the energy transition
Rumman Chowdhury, Parity Consulting
Girish Rishi, CEO, Cognite
Remi Eriksen, CEO, DNV
Karen Wang, UN SDG Young Leader/ CEO, Climind
Other international panelists to be announced shortly
Thursday 15. February
Governmental involvement – are we seeing a new competitive landscape – IRA and Green Deal, implications for the broader world
Laura Lochman, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Energy Resources, U.S.
Narendra Taneja, Chairman of the Independent Energy Policy Institute, India
Svein Tore Holsether, President and CEO Yara
Other international panelists to be announced shortly
Business as a tool to solving social needs and creating a just transition
This high-profile international panel will be announced shortly.
Realizing the North Sea potential to power Europe green
Terje Asland, Minister of Energy, Norway
Christian Bruch, President and CEO, Siemens Energy
Pål Eitrheim, EVP Renewables, Equinor
Ministers from Germany and UK that will be announced shortly.
Closing statement
Anders Opedal, Chair, OEF
Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway
