NORWEGIAN-RUSSIAN CONFERENCE “INNOVATIONS IN EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND BUSINESS: NORWEGIAN AND RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVES” 18-19 March 2013 Bodø, Norway PROGRAM (DRAFT) MARCH 18TH 10:00 Registration of the participants University of Nordland, AUD14, Petter Dass 11:30:12:15 Lunch cantina 12:30- 12:40 Opening of conference and presentation of the program Moderators: Frode Mellemvik and Marina Kalinina 12:40-12:45 Welcome by rector Pål Pedersen University of Nordland 12:45- 13:00 Minister of Education and Research Kristin Halvorsen Norwegian Ministry of “Openings for cooperation with Russia in education and Education and Research research” ( topic tbc) 13:00-13:15 Minister of Education and Research Dmitry Livanov Russian Ministry of Education “Openings for cooperation with Norway in education and Science and research” ( topic tbc) 13:15-13:30 Rector Elena Kudryashova NArFU “Northern Arctic Federal University: results and perspectives for international cooperation in education and research” ( topic tbc) 13:30-13:45 Rector Pål Pedersen UiN “University of Nordland: results and perspectives for international cooperation in education and research” topic (tbc) 13:45-14:00 Questions/Press conference Moderators: Frode Mellemvik and Marina Kalinina 14:00- 14:30 Coffee break 14:30 Panel discussion: “Innovation in a common future” 14:30 Arvid Hallèn The Research Council of “The Research Council’s of Norway (RCN’s) instruments Norway (tbc) and opportunities to develop research and innovation between Norway and Russia” (tbc) 15:00 Alf Rasmussen Director Norwegian Center for “What are the prospects for internationalization of International Cooperation of education between Norway and Russia” (tbc) Education(SIU) 15:30 Representative from SKOLKOVO SKOLKOVO (tbc) “How does SKOLKOVO see the cooperation between education, research and innovation, what kind of opportunities are for SKOLKOVO in bilateral cooperation between Norway and Russia in education and research” (tbc) 16:00 Representative from Russian Foundation of Basic Russian Foundation of Basic Research Research (tbc) “What is RFBR’s experience in cooperation with Norwegian research institutions, how joint research projects help to develop link between education, research and innovation” (tbc) 16:30 Odd Eriksen Nordland County Municipality “Regional perspective on development the cooperation between education, research and industry” (tbc) 16:30-16:40 Coffee break 16:40-17:30 Panel discussion Arne O. Holm 17:45 Welcome drink On campus 18:00 Conference dinner On campus 20:30 Transfer to the hotels By bus MARCH 19TH 08:00 Transfer from hotels to UiN By bus 08:30 Presentations of themes for the parallel sessions Chairs and co- chairs 09:00-11:15 Parallel session I “Innovations in Research”. Chair person and co chair The group prepares a report to the ministries, summing UiN/NArFU up a concluding chapter, to serve as a political Room 2437 document, best practice from the institutions 09:00-11:15 Parallel session II “Innovations in Education”. Chair person and co chair: The group prepares a report to the ministries, summing UiN/ NArFU up a concluding chapter, to serve as a political Room 2442 document, best practice from the institutions 11:15-12:00 Summing up and closing of conference Moderators: Frode Mellemvik and Marina Kalinina 12:30-13:30 Lunch 13:00- 17:00 Mock session- students from joint degrees in MSc in AUD5 Sustainable Management and MSc in Energy Management 13:15 Departure conference delegation not attending dinner 18:00-20:30 “Get together “ dinner with participants of the Arctic See information on the Dialogue Conference conference page 21:00-23:00 Opening concert of the Nordland’s Winter Music Week See information on the conference page The working languages of the plenary session of the conference are English and Russian. The working language of the parallel sessions is English. 2 .