Speakers

Steven Dorresteijn is Sales Manager Europe at ABB Product Group EV Charging Infrastructure. He started his career at Royal Philips Electronics, Display Components in 1983 in the production of picture tubes in Eindhoven. In his almost 25 years at Philips, Mr. Dorresteijn has held several positions as e.g. Factory manager, Senior Product…

Stein Nilsen is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Widerøe AS, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia – with a staff of 3,000 and a turnover of NOK 3.5 billion. The company carries around 2.8 million passengers annually and flies to 46 domestic and international destinations.Widerøe operates more than 450 flights every day and…

Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives Siv Heimdal is the digital communications manager at the Norwegian Agricultural Cooperatives and will host the session Electrifying agriculture. Heimdal thinks Norwegian agriculture is in a unique position to be leading the electricity revolution in farming. Most Norwegian farmers are digital first movers, they invest in precision machines and…

Alderman City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Sharon Dijksma (1971) is a Dutch politician and member of the ‘Partij van de Arbeid’. (Labour party). She studied law at the University of Groningen and public administration at the University of Twente. Ms. Dijksma began her political career in 1991 with the Young Socialists, where she…

Massterly Wilhelmsen and Kongsberg have joined forces to take the next step in autonomous shipping. These two strong and innovative companies each own 50% of Massterly AS, which started operations on 1st September 2018. Massterly will offer services for the customers’ entire value chain for autonomous ships; from vessel design and approval…

Teknisk Ukeblad Richard Valmot is a Norwegian technology journalist at Teknisk Ukeblad (Technical Weekly). He has a master of science and has been with the magazine for 22 years. He started as editor for IT, but now covers most technologies and sciences, with a special interest for electrification and telecom.  

Applied Autonomy Olav Madland introduced self-driving vehicles to Norway in the spring of 2016 and has performed more than 20 demonstration of autonomous minibuses at different locations around Norway already. Olav has been a speaker and motivator for Autonomous transport solutions in Norway at many levels, for Government, universities and ITS Norway….

Meridian Meridian Energy is New Zealand’s largest 100% renewable energy generator and retailer. Meridian provides 1/3rd of all of New Zealand’s electricity through wind and water. As a 100% renewable company Meridian is focused on sustainability and has been named as one of New Zealand’s most sustainable brands for the past ten years….

Arval Michael Benabdallah is the General Manager at Arval Norway. Arval, founded in 1989 and fully owned by BNP Paribas, is specialized in full service vehicle leasing. The company offers its clientele of professionals, SMEs, Mid and large international companies tailor-made solutions to provide optimal fleet solutions. Arval is strongly involved in the energy…

AMNESTY Mark Dummett is researcher on Business and Human Rights at Amnesty International. He investigates the ways in which corporations cause or contribute to human rights violations around the world. He was the lead author of the Amnesty International report, “This is What We Die For,” which exposed how cobalt mined by adults and…