Pictures and videos from the event
Swipe on the arrows on the pictures in the image carousel below. Links to videos in the caption for each picture.
The event was organized for the first time in 2018. The response was overwhelming and the 100 places were fully booked in a short time both in 2018 and 2019.
The seminar consists of three parts
- 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM: An inspirational talk and short introductions from people working outside of academia who will tell how they are working and how they got there, see list of speakers below.
- 3:00 PM– 4:30 PM: A speed networking event where students have the opportunity to sit down and talk to companies, see list of companies below.
- 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM: A social event with refreshments where students and companies can mingle
Programme1:00 PM – 2:30 PMAn inspirational talk and short introductions from people working outside of academia on how they are working and how they got there. |
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Welcome Professor Gro Bjørnerud Mo, Pro-Rector, UiO Professor Solve Sæbø, Pro-Rector, NMBU
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Inspirational talk: My life in AstraZeneca – from reluctance and arrogance to passion and purpose AstraZeneca is a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company. Cambridge, UK, is the headquarter. Mölndal near Gothenburg is one of three R&D sites. The focus for this site is research on traditional chemical drugs. |
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Heidi Yvonne Grønnevik, Tine Tine is Norway's largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products. |
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Sigrid Fossheim, GE Healthcare GE Healthcare is a manufacturer and distributor of diagnostic imaging agents and radiopharmaceuticals for imaging modalities that are used in medical imaging procedures. |
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Anders Karlsson-Drangsholt, Bellona The Bellona Foundation is an independent non-profit organisation that aims to meet and fight the climate challenges, by identifying and implementing sustainable environmental solutions. |
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Hanna Storlien, Geno Geno is the breeding organization of Norwegian Red, the main dairy breed in Norway. Geno distributes genetic material to more than 30 countries worldwide. |
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Ana Lobato Pascual and Krister Andersson, IVF Fit has developed personalised hormone dosage for IVF treatment. Ana and Krister met at the School of Heath Innovation at the Faculty of Medicine at UiO. Their team is one of the projects in UiO:Life Science’s innovation programme SPARK Norway. |
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Christine Spiten, Blueye robotics Co-founder Blueye robotics makes underwater drones. They want to make the beauty of the oceans, and the dangers they face, visible for everyone – everywhere. |
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Chair: Julie Sørli Paus-Knudsen |
3:00 PM – 4:30 PMSpeed networking where you have the opportunity to sit down and talk to companies. You can meet representatives from: AbbVie, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Bellona, Cancer Registry of Norway, GE Healthcare, Geno, Innovation Norway, Institute for Energy and Technology (Ife), Link Medical, Norwegian Agricultural Extension Service, Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Novartis, PCI Biotec, Pfizer, PubGene, REdu, ShareLab AS, Simula, The Life Science Consulting Group, The Norwegian Food Safety Authority, The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA), The Research Council of Norway, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Tine. |
4:30 PM – 5:30 PMRefreshments and mingling |
The University of Oslo and the City of Oslo invite all participants of the Oslo Life Science Conference to attend a reception in Oslo City Hall at 17.30 after the main event of the Oslo Life Science Conference 11 February.
The seminar has been developed in close collaboration between UiO:Life Science; NMBU; the PhD organizations at UiO and NMBU, UiODoc and SoDoc; the career centres at UiO and NMBU; as well as a student representative from the UiO:Life Science board.
Career Centre at NMBU