Innovation for Transformative Change: Lessons from a Decade of Disruptions

After years of green and digital ambitions, a pandemic, wars, an energy crisis and the arrival of AI, where does Norway's industrial transformation actually stand? Researchers from INTRANSIT present key findings, and leaders from industry, policy and civil society join them on stage to discuss the twin transition in the age of AI, whether Norway's industrial transformation has stalled or is still moving, and what works - and what doesn't - in innovation policy for transformative change.
Time and place: Nov. 12, 2026 12:00 PM–5:00 PM, Professorboligen, Karl Johansgate
About INTRANSIT
INTRANSIT, the Centre for the study of innovation policy for industrial transformation, sustainability and digitalization, is a research centre funded by the Research Council of Norway and led by the TIK Centre at the University of Oslo, together with SINTEF, the Department of Informatics at UiO and Utrecht University.
Registration: https://nettskjema.no/a/659331
Deadline for registration: November 6th
Preliminary program (subject to change)
12:00-12:30
Lessons learned from research on industrial transformations, digitalization and sustainability in Norway and beyond.
Taran Thune, Centre director INTRANSIT, University of Oslo
12.30-13.00
Research on sustainability, policy and transitions in Norwegian industries and sectors
Panel of early career scholars Urszula Ayache (Oslo Met); Jørgen Finstad (TIK Centre/University of Oslo); Matthijs Mouthaan (Utrecht University); Eli Fyhn Ullern (Sintef); Sabine de Graaf (Utrecht University), Silje Marie Svartefoss, (TIK Centre/NIFU)
Moderated by Taran Thune (TIK Centre, University of Oslo)
Break
13.15-14.00
Wither the twin transition? Digitalization and sustainability in the age of AI
Introductions to research on twin transitions by Tuukka Mäkitie (Sintef); Raissa Pershina (Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo); Koen Frenken (Utrecht University)
Panel discussion with Morten Dæhlen (Institute of Informatics), Jakoba Sraml Gonzalez (DNV), TBD
Moderated by Margunn Aanestad (Institute of Informatics, University of Oslo)
Break
14.15-15.00
Transformation of Norwegian industries: Stopped dead or still in transit?
Introductions to research on industrial transformations and sustainability transitions by Markus Steen (Sintef); Jørgen Finstad (TIK Centre/University of Oslo); Birthe Soppe (TIK Centre/ University of Innsbruck)
Panel discussion with Idar Kreutzer (NHO), Martine Mørk (Zero), and Andreas Enge (SIVA)
Moderated by Tuukka Makitie (Sintef)
Break
15.15-16.00
Mission complete? What works in research and innovation policy for transformative change
Short introductions to studies of research and innovation policy and how it may support transitions by Håkon Normann (NIFU); Teis Hansen, (Copenhagen University/Sintef), and Iris Wanzenböck (Utrecht University)
Panel discussion with Paul Chaffey (Halogen), Henrik Finsrud (The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities), Philip Lorentzen (NFR)
Moderated by Markus Bugge (TIK Centre, University of Oslo)
16.15-17.00
Reception