What's in store for the Energy Lab in 2017?
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2017 will be an eventful year for the Energy Lab, and many of the highlights have already been planned. The newly established Energy Lab Programme Committee has been active lately and in the following you can read about some of the exciting events that will take place next year.
The Energy Lab Program Committee has now been completed and consists of:
- Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa – Director of Norcowe and Associate Professor II at UiB
- Tanja Barth – Professor at the department of Chemistry, UiB
- Endre Bjørndal – Associate Professor at the Department of Business and Management Science, Norwegian School of Economics
- Martin Fernø - Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Technology, UiB
- Håvard Haarstad – Researcher at the Department of Geography, UiB
- Richard John Grant – Professor at the Department of Mechanical and Marine Engineering, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Henrik Kalisch – Professor at the Department of Mathematics, UiB
- Alexander Svanbring – Project Manager at BKK
- Dag Haugland – Professor at the Department of Informatics, UiB
- Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui – PhD-candidate at the Faculty of Law, UiB
There will be three different types of events during 2017:
- Lunch meetings, Tuesdays at 12:00-13:00
- Extended lunch meetings, Tuesdays at 12:00-13:15
- Half day seminars
Lunch meetings:
The lunch meetings will address various topics such as: fuel cells, two bladed wind turbines (Skywind), Center for climate and energy transition, wave energy - the basic principles, electric energy from rain droplets, geothermal energy and pellets.
The lunch meetings are informal and will take place at various sites at UiB and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) (former Bergen University College).
Extended lunch meetings:
There will be three extended lunch meetings. These meetings will have two speakers in order to address a topic from different points of view.
Half day seminars:
The future of Norwegian biofuel (Venue: HVL Bergen)
Emerging technologies and their impact on the society (Venue: UiB)