Updated program ITovation October 27

When: 27 october 2009, 3 – 6 pm
Where: Realfagbygget, R2, Gloshaugen campus, NTNU.

REGISTER HERE (by monday october 26)

Part 1: 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Welcome by Chairman Geir Øien, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NTNU

An innovative culture with multidisciplinary scientists
Per Jørgen Weisethaunet, Director, Norbit AS

Sensorlink – Real time monitoring for oil production and drilling
Tor Inge Waag, Technical Director Sensorlink

Musical Instrumentation
Jan Tro, Associate Professor, Acoustics Research Centre, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, NTNU

4:00 – 4:45 pm Creative food and drinks-

(In Norwegian:) Lefserull med gravet ørrett og senepsaus, Morrpølse,
Spekeskinke,Tydalsrøye med agurksalat og rømme, Rørosost med urter,
Rørosost med krydder, Tomatsalat, Pesto,  Tomatpesto, Fruktfat, Multekrem, mineralvann.

– and: ArTe by Letizia Jaccheri (NTNU), Urd Schjetne and others.

Sewing: another way of seeing

Part 2: 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Artificial intelligence – Learning through imitation
Axel Tidemann, PhD Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU

Main Speach: Developing a successful worldwide company – the story of Q-Free
Øyvind Isaksen, CEO and Hans Christian Bolstad, Vice President R&D, Q-Free

Join the discussion after the speach with specially invited guests, successfull innovators from the wave of entrepeneurs in Trondheim in the 1980’s.

The panel: Jon Sletthaug (ASEV AS, Norsk nyetablering AS mm), Roe Strømmen (CorrOcean), Svein Tryggestad (Oceanor) og Hans Olav Torsen (Seatex).

REGISTER HERE

Click here to see the complete programme

ITovation October 27: Hans Olav Torsen, Innovator

Hans Olav Torsen and other researchers from NTNU and SINTEF founded Seatex in 1984. The challenge back then was that they got little help from venture capital. Seatex covered a great part of the need for capital through “developing contracts” with oil companies like Shell, Elf, Total and Statoil because these companies were eager to get access to important licenses to oil exploration fields in the North Sea.

Towards the end of 1980 Seatex invested in seismology and at the same time the organization had a large growth which demanded large capital investments and resources. This almost led to a crisis but because of a healty and profitable strong company base it all turned out well.

In 1993 they got listed on the Oslo stock exchange and also merged with Normarc – world leading supplier of instrument based landing systems for airports. GPS technology is one of the reasons for the success of Seatex and is used both in navigation and oil activity. The Kongsberg Group Acquired Seatex in 2000.

Today Kongsberg Seatex is situated in Trondheim with 120 emplyees and NOK 400 mill in turnover. Torsen has a new role at the investment company ProVenture as a mentor and investor in new technology based companies.

Torsen has a masters degree in cybernetics  from NTNU (NTH).

Photo: Glen Musk

ITovation on Twitter

ITovation is now on twitter – do you have any questions/ remarks before/ during or after the event? Use twitter – remember to tag your messages with #itovation!

To follow us on twitter search for ITovation.

Itovation October 27: Roe Strømmen, Innovator

Roe D. Strømmen, director of ARACO AS, his own company. Entrepeneur and co-founder of the company CorrOcean ASA in Trondheim 1978-80.

1980-2001: Managing Director of CorrOcean ASA. Strømmen initiated and managed the development of the company and of key products. Strømmen developed CorrOcean to become a leading supplier internationally to the petroleum industry of technology for materials and corrosion monitoring, materials condition and risk management. Set up subsidiaries in 11 countries and reached annual sales of 380 mill NOK.

Today he is a director of his own company ARACO and is presently serving on the board of directors at CorrOcean, and other companies like: BTU (Brønnteknologiutvikling AS), Epcon (Energy and Process Control AS), Entro AS, Exprosoft AS, In Lieu AS, Midnor CNI, ODIM ASA, Petrell AS, Røe Kommunikasjon AS. He is presently on the board of 8 companies.

Education and experience: Strømmen has a master of science in mechanical engineering/ materials technology and a PhD at NTNU in materials and corrosion technology. After leaving the management at CorrOcean, director at his own company ARACO AS since 2003.

Roe will be participating in the panel discussion after the Q-Free-speech.

ITovation Programme 27 October 2009

When: 27 october 2009, 3 – 6 pm
Where: Realfagbygget, R2, Gloshaugen campus, NTNU.
Chairman: Geir Øien, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering, NTNU

Torbjørn Digernes, NTNU Rector and Torbjørn Akersveen, CEO, NCEI, invite you to ITovation in

English | Norwegian | Italian | Chinese | Dutch | Russian |

REGISTER HERE

Part 1: 3:00 – 4:00 pm

Welcome by Chairman

An innovative culture with multidisciplinary scientists
Per Jørgen Weisethaunet, Director, Norbit AS

Norbit is an ODM supplier of industrial electronics and an industrial entrepreneur, making industrial, spin-off, initiatives based on Norbit technology. Our fundamental strength is our capability to provide outstanding products and systems that fulfill our customer’s requirements. The products have “Norbit inside” and are branded with our partners’ or customers’ own brands. The desire to pursue excellence pervades our international team of “Champion’s league” engineers and has yielded a range of ground-breaking products within the following fields: Radar, Ultrasound, Sonar, DSRC, Navigation systems, Radio and antenna systems and Power line modems www.norbit.no.

Sensorlink – Real time monitoring for oil production and drilling
Tor Inge Waag, Technical Director Sensorlink

Sensorlink is a hi-tech company concentrating on real time monitoring of important data for oil production and drilling. One product is a non-intrusive, high precision permanent monitoring of corrosion rates of pipelines. Another product is position monitoring of a hidden piston inside the heave compensator of floating drilling platforms. Both products can be accessed in real time from offshore and onshore locations, enabling field and office teams to share data and make joint decisions quickly.

Musical Instrumentation
Jan Tro, Associate Professor, Acoustics Research Centre, Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, NTNU

4:00 – 4:45 pm Creative food and drinks-

(In Norwegian:) Lefserull med gravet ørrett og senepsaus, morrpølse,
spekeskinke, tydalsrøye med agurksalat og rømme, rørosost med urter,
rørosost med krydder, tomatsalat, pesto, tomatpesto, fruktfat, multekrem, mineralvann.

– and: ArTe by Letizia Jaccheri (NTNU), Urd Schjetne and others.

Sewing: another way of seeing

Part 2: 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm

Artificial intelligence – Learning through imitation
Axel Tidemann, PhD Department of Computer and Information Science, NTNU

Main Speach:

Developing a successful worldwide company –  the story of Q-Free

Øyvind Isaksen, CEO and Hans Christian Bolstad, Vice President R&D, Q-Free

Q-Free has become a leading global supplier of solutions and products for road user charging and traffic surveillance. A company with approximately 300 employees and represented in 20 countries, Q-Free has become a success in the Intelligent Transport Systems market.

Join the discussion after the speach with specially invited guests, successfull innovators from the wave of entrepeneurs in Trondheim in the 1980’s.

In the panel: Jon Sletthaug (ASEV AS, Norsk nyetablering ..), Roe Strømmen (Corr-Ocean), Svein Tryggestad (Oceanor) and Hans Olav Torsen (Seatex).

REGISTER HERE