Oslo Shipping Symposium 2026
Centre for Ocean Business has the pleasure to host the Oslo Shipping Symposium 2026.
Calendar
Thursday
28
May
- Starts:12:00, 28 May 2026
- Ends:17:00, 28 May 2026
- Location:BI - campus Oslo, room: A2 - Red 13
The Shipping symposium is a bi-annual platform, bringing together the key stakeholders in the shipping industry – regulators, legal professionals, industry leaders, and researchers – to exchange insights and ideas of pressing topics affecting the sector.
The theme of this year’s symposium is “Green strategies in a rapidly changing geopolitical world”. Through the sessions we highlight how the geopolitical context shape green policies and strategies, globally, regionally, and locally. From the vantage point of Norway, we ask – where do we stand on green policy investments, and which factors impact its competitiveness?
The symposium consists of three panels:
1) From Regulation to Strategy: How EU's New Fuel Standard Impact the Norwegian Shipping Fleet?
- Kristin Wilhelmsen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Oslo Bulk
- Ellen Eftestøl, Professor, BI Norwegian Business School
- Erna Engebrethsen, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School
2) Green corridors to EU, Asia and Americas- a viable strategy to overcome regulations?
- Øistein Jensen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Odfjell
- Mark Stark, Energy System Transition Manager, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping
- Espen Foss Skavlem, Sales manager Samskip
- in conversation with Randi Lunnan, Professor, BI Norwegian Business School
3) The road forward for IMO, a conversation between
- Sveinung Oftedal, Chief Negotiator on Green Shipping in the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
- Iva Parlov, Associate Professor, BI Norwegian Business School
Kristin Wilhelmsen
Ellen Eftestøl
Erna Engebrethsen
Øistein Jensen
Mark Stark
Espen Foss Skavlem
Randi Lunnan
Sveinung Oftedal
Iva Parlov
Centre for Ocean Business
Centre for Ocean Business was established at BI on 15 March 2019. As Norway takes a leading role in new and emerging ocean industries, the centre’s vision is to support this development by providing insights into innovative business models, collaboration, and scaling opportunities.
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