NOFOMA 2026
The supply must go on: Finding new opportunities in logistics and supply chain management.
Calendar
NOFOMA
Tuesday 16 June 2026
Programme
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Registration
BI Norwegian Business School - campus Bergen
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Welcome & introduction to the conference
Location: Auditorium 3, 3rd floor
Bente Flygansvær, conference Chair
Anne Linn Strøm-Erichsen, Director, BI - campus Bergen
Karen Spens, President, BI Norwegian Business School -
Keynote sessions for the theme of the conference: The Supply Must Go On: Finding new Opportunities in Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Location: Auditorium 3, 3rd floor
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Keynote session 1: Carbon Dioxide Removal: a New Research Frontier for Sustainable Logistics?
Alan McKinnon, Emeritus Professor, Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg & Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
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Break
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Keynote session 2
Rethinking Global Business and Strategy for the New Normal
Björn Schmeisser, Associate Professor, NHH Norwegian School of EconomicsThe Arctic in a New Era: Geopolitical Transformation and Implications on
Logistics and Transportation in the North.
Dr. Gunnar Stefansson, VP Reseach UArctic, hosted by University of Iceland, and Department of Technology Managements and Economics, Chalmer University of technology.Discussion.
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Lunch
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Parallell sessions
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Parallell session 1
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Coffee break
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Parallell session 2
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Conference dinner & party
We are taking the Funicular to the historic Fløirestauranten, where we will enjoy the view, good food and drinks, music and last but not least – good company.
Last Funicular will return to the city at 00:15.
Speakers
Alan McKinnon
He has been researching and teaching freight transport / logistics since the late 1970s and published extensively in journals, books and reports on many different aspects of the subject. Much of his research over the past twenty years has focused on the relationship between logistics and climate change. In addition to his academic work, Alan has been an advisor to companies, governments and international organizations, including the European Commission, International Transport Forum, World Bank and World Economic Forum and UN.
Björn Schmeisser
He holds a PhD in International Business from WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and joined NHH in 2022, where he currently leads the Strategy Group.
As a member of DIG - Norway's leading research centre on digital transformation and innovation for sustainable growth at NHH - his research and teaching explore how multinational enterprises navigate an increasingly complex global environment shaped by geopolitical tensions, digital transformation, sustainability challenges, growing demands for resilience, and an increasing emphasis on strategic autonomy among nation states.
Gunnar Stefansson
Gunnar received his Ph.D. in 2004 from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, based on his research that involving transport management focusing on collaboration, digitalization, efficiency, and means to reduce environmental impacts of transport operations including rural and the Arctic areas. As Vice Precedent UArctic, Gunnar is responsible for strategic collaboration within the UArctic immense network of more than 250 universities, Arctic and non-Arctic, within the network of the Arctic countries and beyond.