TOPICS 2019
Planet Electric
The International Energy Agency predicts the number of electric cars in the world could be as high as 220 million units by 2030. All of them must be charged with renewable energy. Nordic EV Summit 2019 takes on a global perspective along the following four central themes:
Ramping up production
Charging from pole to pole
The Norwegian EV policy kit: can it be exported
Barriers, carriers and consumer choice

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our speakers
Meet our speakers 2019

Christina Bu (NO) – Norwegian EV Association
Christina Bu is Secretary General of the Norwegian EV Association. Ms. Bu has for the last nine years

Edgeir Vårdal Aksnes (NO) – Tibber
Norwegian computer scientist Edgeir Vårdal Aksnes is the CEO and founder of Tibber, the world’s first digital energy

Winfried Hermann (DE) – Baden-Württemberg Government
Winfried Herman was born 19th July 1952 and grew up in Rotterburg am Neckar in Southwest Germany. He

Steven Dorresteijn (NL) – ABB
Steven Dorresteijn is Sales Manager Europe at ABB Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure. He started his career at

Stein Nilsen (NO) – Widerøe AS
Stein Nilsen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Widerøe AS, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia – with a

Siv Hatlen Heimdal (NO)
Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives Siv Heimdal is the digital communications manager at the Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives and will host

Sharon Dijksma (NL)
Alderman City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sharon Dijksma (1971) is a Dutch politician and member of the ‘Partij

Pia Meling (NO)
Massterly Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg have joined forces to take the next step in autonomous shipping. These two strong

Odd Richard Valmot (NO)
Teknisk Ukeblad Richard Valmot is a Norwegian technology journalist at Teknisk Ukeblad (Technical Weekly). He has a master

Olav Madland (NO)
Applied Autonomy Olav Madland introduced self-driving vehicles to Norway in the spring of 2016 and has performed more

Nick Robillard (NZ)
Meridian Meridian Energy is New Zealand’s largest 100% renewable energy generator and retailer. Meridian provides 1/3rd of all of

Michael Benabdallah (NO)
Arval Michael Benabdallah is the General Manager at Arval Norway. Arval, founded in 1989 and fully owned by BNP

Mark Dummet (UK)
AMNESTY Mark Dummett is researcher on Business and Human Rights at Amnesty International. He investigates the ways in which corporations

Kåre Gunnar Fløystad (NO)
ZERO Kåre Gunnar Fløystad is Head of policy and research in ZERO (Zero Emission Resource Organisation). He has

Jeanette Shaw (US)
Forth Jeanette Shaw serves as Forth’s Senior Director of Public Relations and directs communications, government affairs, marketing, and

Julie Furber (UK)
CUMMINS Julie Furber is the Executive Director of the Electrified Power segment at Cummins. She is responsible for

Jakob Lagercrantz (SE)
The Swedish National 2030-secretariat Jakob Lagercrantz has spent his professional life working on sustainability in many forms. He

Inger Beate Hovi (NO)
Institute of Transport Economics Inger Beate Hovi is Chief Research Economist for industry and freight transport at the Institute

Inga Margrete Ydersbond (NO)
TØI Inga Margrete Ydersbond is a researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics (Transportøkonomisk institutt, TØI). Ydersbond does

Anders Lennartsson (NO)
IKEA Norway Anders Lennartsson is working as sustainability manager at IKEA Norway. He has long experience from IKEA

Dr. Glen Peters (NO)
Cicero Dr. Glen Peters is Research Director at CICERO Center for International Climate Research in Oslo. He is

Francisco Jose Carranza Sierra (FR)
Nissan Francisco is currently Managing Director of the Nissan Energy business where he is in charge of products

Erik Aasheim (NO)
Journalist, program host and author Erik Aasheim has a vast experience as a journalist, program host and author.

Erik Lorentzen (NO)
Norwegian EV Assocation Erik Lorentzen is head of Analysis and Consultancy at the Norwegian EV Association. He works

Ellen Hiep (NL)
HiePRactief 2019 Nordic EV Summit moderator Ellen Hiep is board member of the Dutch Electric Vehicle Drivers Association (Vereniging

Dr. Karl-Thomas Neumann (DE)
EVELOZCITY Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann brings 25 years of automotive industry experience to EVELOZCITY. Prior to Opel, he

Clay Stranger (US)
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) As Director of the Office of the Chief Scientist at Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI),

Christoffer Sundby (NO)
Circle K Norway Christoffer Sundby is the Senior Vice President for Circle K Norway. He works closely with

Christian Eriksen (NO)
The Bellona Foundation Christian Eriksen is Head of Policy and Research at The Bellona Foundation. He has led

Henrik Wenders (DE)
BYTON Mr. Henrik Wenders is a broad-minded marketing expert experienced in both, the creative area of brand management

Bjørn Tore Orvik
Yara Birkeland AS Bjørn Tore is the originator of the project Yara Birkeland. He has worked as Finance

Benjamin Mandel
CALSTART Ben Mandel is Northeast Regional Director at CALSTART, where he works to integrate cleaner, more efficient vehicle