Here you will find all the program from the seminar series. Programs and booklets will be uploaded to this page when the seminar has been carried out.

Seminar #4

18. januar 2022: Pandemic Management: adaptation and resilience in response to an outbreak

VIDEO: See recording of the seminar here

Egil Matsen, head of the Norwegian Corona Commision, will attend the seminar in dialog with the PIs and the participants.

Head of the Norwegian corona commision Egil Matsen, CEO and part owner in Forte. Photo: Forte.

Presentation (8 minutes per project):

Session 1
- Trevor Clancy, An artificial intelligence platform to identify T cell targets for rapid response tests during pandemics: application to SARS-CoV-2 NEC ONCOIMMUNITY AS
- Synne Øien Stensland, Stress responses and health complaints in hospital personnel during the Covid-19 pandemic, Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter om vold og traumatisk stress
- Hedvig Nordeng, EU-COVID-19 – a multinational registry-based linkage study with focus on risk and protective factors, clinical outcomes and mental health, Universitetet i Oslo Farmasøytisk institutt
  Q/A – short dialog

Session 2
- Anna Hurrød, Digital outpatient clinic with remote care ,DIGNIO AS
- Mette Røhne COVIdig – best practice on use of video and digital surveillance in healthcare, TELLU AS
- Dag Ausen, CoSAM – Applications for collaboration in crises and daily operations in healthcare services, DNV IMATIS AS
  Q/A – short dialog

Session 3
- Jørgen Aarhaug Adaptive measures for non-private transport to the Covid-19 Pandemic (CODAPT), Transportøkonomisk institutt
- Stig-Erik Jakobsen Regional Resilience and Sustainable Industrial Restructuring (RegReSir), Høgskulen på Vestlandet
- Mona Solvoll Media Innovation throught the Corona Crisis, BI Oslo
  Q/A – short dialog

Adaptation and resilience to a pandemic outbreak – Dialog between the head of the Corona commision, Egil Matsen, department director in the Norwegian Research Foundation Ole Johan Borge, head of section in the Norwegian Cancer Association Marianne Minge and chairman in the Trond Mohn Foundation Sveinung Hole.

Meet the speaker – three digital rooms where you can meet the PIs from each session for a chat.

Seminar#3

Individual and societal needs during a pandemic: lessons learned?

VIDEO: See the recording of the seminar here

kl 9:30-12:30
Stener Kvinnsland, leader of Coronavirus Commission, first period, participates at the seminar in dialog with the presenters and the participants

Stener Kvinnsland Photo: Lars Åke Andersen

Presentations (10 minutes per project):

Session 1

Inger Beate Hovi “CONSIGN: Effects of Covid-19 on reliability Of National Supply In a Global Nexus”, Institute of Transport Economics
Marco Capasso “RelinC: The role of research, skilled labour and innovation in the Coronacrisis”, NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Margrethe Aanensen “The coronavirus crisis: Development of capabilities on measuring and managing its effects in the Norwegian food, service and seafood export industries”, Center for applied research (SNF), Norwegian School of Economics and Business
Q/A – short dialog

Session 2

Erik Børve Rasmussen “Enkel og trygg pårørendekontakt (Easy and safe contact with relatives)” NO ISOLATION AS /OsloMet.
Erling Sundrehagen “Development of a novel high-throughput Sars-CoV-2 antibody test“, Gentian AS
Q/A – short dialog

Session 3

Svenn-Erik Mamelund “CorRisk Early COVID-19 wave in Norway : Social inequality in morbidity, compliance to non-pharmaceutical interventions and labour marked consequences”, OsloMet Centre for Research on Pandemics & Society
Marianne Jahre “COVID-19 Supply Chain Research Group – MIA Task Force”, BI Norwegian business school
Margunn Aanestad “Digital Infrastructure for Robust and Scalable Patient Monitoring in Pandemic Response Situations”, Universitety of Agder.
Q/A – short dialog

Parallell sessions

Seminar#2

March 24 2021: Medical research and economical consequences

See the recordng of the seminar here (parallel A: Medical Research, parallel B: Innovative projects, parallel C: Economical consequences)

Deputy director of the Norweigan directorate of health, Espen R. Nakstad will participate in the seminar.

Espen R. Nakstad. Foto F.O. Nyquist

Introduction round (3-5 minutes teasers):

A: Ludvig Munthe: Defining the immune cells that correlate with fatal acute lung injury in COVID-19 and in two clinical trials for severe disease
A: Kristin Hofsø: Survival rates and long-term outcomes for patients with COVID-19 admitted to Norwegian ICUs
A: Rebecca Cox: COVID-19 infection in healthcare workers and the general population

Q/A – short dialog

B: Per Olav Skjervold: Målstyrt COVID-19 behandling ved hjelp av nøytraliserende antistoff
B: Cathrine Hadley: PREDCOV – Blood test to predict the severity of COVID-19

Q/A – short dialog

C: Lasse B. Lien: COVID-19 and Human Capital: Cataclysm and Catalyzer
C: Erling Barth: Labor Demand in Crisis and Recovery
C: Simen Markussen: The corona crisis and its economic consequences

Q/A – short dialog

Parallel sessions, 3 alternatives. Here, the project will be presented more in detail, and it will be possibilities to have a dialog with the PIs:
A: Medcal research B: Innovation Project Involving Public-Private Collaboration (BIA-X) C: Economical consequences

Seminar#1

December 17 2020: Public health response and social countermeasures

See the recording of the seminar here. The seminar booklet where you can read about the seminar, presenters, panel guests and moderators can be found here

H 9:30-11:30
First group of introductions (3-5 minutes teasers):

Bjørn Sætrevik: Perceived Risk and Precautions during a Pandemic Outbreak
Øyvind Ihlen: Pandemic Rhetoric, Trust and Social Media: Risk Communication Strategies and Public Reactions in a Changing Media Landscape (PAR-TS)
Jose Julio Gonzalez: Systemic Pandemic Risk Management
Hossein Baharmand: COvid19 Network Technology based Responsive Action

Panel discussion (20 min) Trond Viggo Torgersen will lead a panel discussion with Camilla Stoltenberg, director of Norwegian Institute of Public Health and the project leaders Øyvind Ihlen, professor at the University of Oslo and Kristin Sørung Scharffscher, associate professor at the University of Stavanger.