Launch of ONS 2024: Welcome to a breakfast debate
In 2024 more voters than ever will head to the polls around the globe. This is an already volatile geopolitical landscape. How will the outcome of the elections affect collaboration and agreements needed for the energy transition? Will geopolitical shifts alter the balance of power in the energy sector, influencing the direction of investments and technology advancements?
On this opening day of the EU election and only 5 months away from the US election, we open for debate and welcome you to our event.
08:00 Coffee & Snack
08:30 Welcome by Leif Johan Sevland, CEO & President of ONS
08:35 Introductional remarks by Nick Butler, Visiting Professor at King's College London
08:45 - 09:30 Debate 'The Impact of Elections and Geopolitical Instability on Energy Transition'
Eirik Wærness (Sr. VP Global External Analysis and Chief Economist, Equinor)
Nick Butler (Visiting Professor, King's College, London)
Julie Wilhelmsen (Research Professor at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI)
Stig Schjølset (CEO Zero)
Moderator: Stian Berger Røsland (Lawyer & Partner, Selmer)
We hope that you will be able to join us.