Centre for Ocean Business
OBZ is a hub for the Ocean Business Ecosystem located at BI Norwegian Business School.
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Academics, businesses, students, organizations, and regulators come together to share knowledge, and to collaborate, develop, and apply commercially valuable, innovative and sustainable solutions to benefit Ocean industries.
Centre for Ocean Business was established at BI 15 March 2019. Norway is taking a position in new and emerging ocean industries, and the vision of the centre is to support this development by providing insight into new business models, collaboration, and scale up.
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Saturday, 15 November, 2025 - LinkedIn
OIL ON FIRE - Ocean Industry Leadership Programme launches its first class
BI Norwegian Business School has welcomed the inaugural cohort of the Ocean Industry Leadership (OIL) programme, with Professor and programme director Randi Lunnan, receiving 16 participants from…
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Wednesday, 22 October, 2025 - BI
BI hosted the 4th Maritime Gathering Oslofjorden
The gathering was held at BI Norwegian Business School 22 October 2025.
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Monday, 15 September, 2025 - LinkedIn
Ocean Industry Forum Oslofjord: Kick-off for OIL
The kick-off for OIL was held for the participants who have enrolled in the newly established leadership programme, Ocean Industry Leadership (OIL). The kick-off took place at Norwegian Shipowners'…
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