State Secretary (Labour Party), Norwegian Government
Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries

Odd Steinar Åfar Viseth is State Secretary (Labour Party) at the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. He has previously also been State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry for Transport as well as been Director for Public Transport at Nordland County Council. It is under the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, that Norway’s first battery strategy was launched on 29 June 2022. The strategy presents 10 measures for sustainable industrialistion for developing a profitable battery value chain.

Odd Steinar Åfar Viseth will speak at the Main Stage Session: Sustainable battery production in the 21st century – geopolitics and emissions on May 4th between 14:45-15:30.