• Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway: "Norwegian perspectives on the energy transition"
• Volker Krey, Deputy Director, IIASA: "Climate and energy scenarios towards 2050"
• Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment,  DG Climate Action, European Commission: "Transition strategies towards a zero emissions energy system"
• Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG: "Energy Transition: Is there a consolidated vision?"
• Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform: "Delivering the Paris Agreement?"
• Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor Norges Bank: "Responsible Investment – Government Pension Fund Global"
• John Cooper, Director General of Fuels Europe and CONCAWE: "The transport transition –Electrification & new transport concepts"
• Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: "Implications of Paris - Results of the 6 March 2017 Trondheim Workshop"
• Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment: "Implications of Paris on Low Carbon Transition"
• Anders Hammer Strømman, Professor, NTNU: "Mitigation in the transport sector"

9:00 - 9:15 Welcome

Gunnar Bovim, Rector, NTNU and Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil

9:15 - 9:35 Norwegian perspectives on the energy transition 
Keynote: Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway

9:35 - 10:05 Climate and energy scenarios towards 2050
Keynote: Volker Krey, Deputy Director, IIASA

Dialogue with moderator and expert group

10:05 - 11:05 Transition strategies towards a zero-emissions energy system 
Keynote: Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment,  DG Climate Action, European Commission

Energy Transition - Is there a consolidated vision?
Keynote: Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG

Dialogue with moderator and expert group

11.35 - 12.30 Panel discussion: The Energy Transition
- Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway 
- Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment,  DG Climate Action, European Commission 
- Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG 
- Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil 
- Jürgen Tzschoppe, Executive Vice President, Statkraft

Interaction with expert group

13:30 - 14:45 The role of fossil fuels and natural gas in 2030 and 2050 
Keynote: Charles Soothill, Vice-chair,  Zero Emissions Platform.

Panel discussion:
- Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen TU Berlin & DIW Berlin
- Prof. Johan Hustad, Director,  Energy Strategic Area, NTNU
- Eirik Wærness,  Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Statoil
- Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform
- Nils Røkke, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, SINTEF

Comments from expert group

15:00 - 16:00 Financial aspects of the energy transition
Keynote: Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor Norges Bank.

Panel discussion:
- Carsten Jung, Lead, climate risk analysis, Bank of England
- Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank
- Christopher Weber, Senior Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
- Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy Program, World Resources Institute
- Prof. Ragnar Torvik, NTNU

16:00 - 16:50  The transport transition - Electrification and new transport concepts 
Keynote: John Cooper, Director General of Fuels Europe and CONCAWE

Mitigation in the transport sector
Keynote: Prof Anders Hammer Strømman, NTNU

Dialogue with moderator and comments from expert group

17:20 - 18:40 Implications of Paris - How will NDCs affect the energy sector and industry? 
Keynote: Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: Summary of results from Implications of Paris workshop held in Trondheim 6 March 2017.

Implications of Paris on Low Carbon Transition
Keynote: Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment

Panel discussion with:
- State Secretary Lars Andreas Lunde
- Jae Edmonds,  Joint Global Change Research Institute
- Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan
- Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Vice President Sustainability, Statoil

Comments from expert group

19:00 Reception 

• Jae Edmonds, Chief Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Carolyn Fischer, Senior fellow, Resources for the future
• Prof. Steven Gabriel, University of Maryland
• Rolf Golombek Frisch Centre, Director FME CREE.
• Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen, TU Berlin, Director DIW Berlin.
• Prof. Johan Hustad , Director Strategic area of  Energy, NTNU
• Volker Krey, Deputy director, IIASA
• Snorre Kverndokk, Senior Scientist, Frisch Centre
• Prof. Reinhard Madlener, RWTH Aachen, Director Institute for Future Energy Consumer Needs and Behavior (FCN)
• Prof. Mark O´ Malley, Director, UCD
• Prof. Anders Hammer Strømman, NTNU
• Frank O´Sullivan, Director, MIT
• Ghassem Asrar, Director, Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL
• Allen Fawcett, Chief, Climate Economics Branch, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, USA
• Atsushi Kurosawa, Director, Global Environment Programs, The Institute of Applied Energy
• Meredydd Evans, Scientist, Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL
• Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan 
• Prof. Magnus Korpås, NTNU

• Terje Søviknes, Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Norway
• Tom van Ierland, Head of Unit Strategy and Economic Assessment,  DG Climate Action, European Commission
• Teresa Ponce de Leão, Vice-chair, European Energy Research Alliance/President of EuroGeoSurveys/President of LNEG
• Margareth Øvrum, Executive Vice President, Statoil
• Prof. Christian von Hirschhausen TU Berlin & DIW Berlin
• Prof. Johan Hustad, Director,  Energy Strategic Area, NTNU
• Eirik Wærness,  Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Statoil
• Charles Soothill, Vice-chair, Zero Emissions Platform
• Nils Røkke, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, SINTEF
• Carsten Jung, Lead, climate risk analysis, Bank of England
• Egil Matsen, Deputy Governor, Norges Bank
• Christopher Weber, Senior Analyst, 2° Investing Initiative
• Jennifer Layke, Global Director, Energy Program, World Resources Institute
• Prof. Ragnar Torvik, NTNU
• State Secretary Lars Andreas Lunde
• Jae Edmonds,  Joint Global Change Research Institute
• Prof. Rosina Bierbaum, University of Maryland and University of Michigan
• Charlotte Wolff-Bye, Vice President Sustainability, Statoil
• Jürgen Tzschoppe, Executive Vice President, Statkraft

• Prof. Asgeir Tomasgard, NTNU, Director FME CenSES. (Chair)
• Prof. Olav Bjarte Fosso, NTNU
• Prof. Johan Hustad , Director Strategic area of Energy, NTNU.
• Per Ivar Karstad, Project Leader, Statoil
• Stein Mortensholm, Senior advisor, NTNU
• Dag Schanke, Chief Scientist, Statoil
• Prof. Ragnar Torvik, NTNU
• Tor Ulleberg, Chief of Innovation, Statoil

Volker Krey: Climate change mitigation in the context of broader sustainable development objectives

Asgeir Tomasgard: Towards Zero Emission energy systems

Ottar Skagen: Statoil’s energy scenarios

Fride Vullum-Bruer: Batteries and hydrogen

Frank O´Sullivan: MIT Storage project

Tomas Moe Skjølsvold: Socio-technical energy transitions and the role of (user) practices

Christian Klöckner: Human dimensions in energy transitions – some examples

Volker Krey: The 1.5 degree target – the effect of demand side measures

Magnus Korpås: Market aspects and utility for different roles

Steven Gabriel: Optimal load-shifting via internet-based thermostat control and sensors for improved residential load management

Christian Skar: Demand response-effects on the power system

Matthias Hofmann: How does consumer centric systems affect the power industry in Norway and Europe?

Mark O’Malley: Integration of natural gas, heat, electricity – Mix of Physics, regulation and policy

Ingrid Schjølberg: IEA Task 39 Hydrogen in the Maritime

Anna Ringvold: Environmental assessments of the global shipping fleet

Franziska Holz: Global natural gas markets between climate policy and the renaissance of gas

Steven Gabriel: The effects of shale gas

Kjetil Midthun: Natural gas as a flexibility provider

Lars Nord: What are the technological capabilities?

Steinar Eikaas: Natural gas and hydrogen: Statoil’s perspective

Benjamin Smith: RCN funding options

Steffen Møller Holst: Hydrogen and transport

Francesco Cherubini: Biofuels and transport

Hege Rognø: Statoil’s perspective