Preliminary program

(More speakers to be confirmed soon)

09:00-12:00

Session 1: Value-based Health Services

Keynote: Gunnar Bovim (NTNU/Helsereformutvalget)
Topic: The Norwegian health reform committee

Conversation: TBA

Seed funding presentations from NTNU
Circuit-free cardiovascular monitoring via skin-interfaced nanophotonics. Angelos Xomalis
Artificial intelligence for understanding health risks in older adults. Kerstin Bach
Agency and biopsychosocial integration. Miriam Kyselo

NTNU Health and Life Science teams

Meet and greet our interdisciplinary teams

Session 2: One Health

Keynote: Andrea Sylvia Winkler (Technical University of Munich/UiO)
Topic: The Lancet One Health Commission: Harnessing our Interconnectedness

Conversation: Ivar Herfindal (NTNU), Tora Bonnevie (NTNU), and Martin Wagner (NTNU)

Seed funding presentations from NTNU
Forever chemicals in plants: uptake, distribution and physiogical effects. Daniela Sueldo & Veerle Jaspers
Bacterial strain sharing in humans and animals. Robin Mjelle
One Health: Seed projects related to the planet crises. Tora Bonnevie

12:00-13:00 

Lunch

13:00-15:30

Healing Arts

Michael Duch (NTNU)

Session 3: Project presentations from NTNU

Sleep and pain among adolescents and young adults. Eivind Schjelderup Skarpsno, Charlotte Borgan Hessevik
PlastBrain: Impact of plastic chemicals on brain health. Martin Wagner, Emre Yaksi, Yağnur Işık Çiftci Çobanoğlu
Equitable and Sustainable surgical health services through task-sharing interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Martin van Duinen
SugarMama: Early prevention of childhood obesity via maternal exercise. TBA
Artificial intelligence models to aid in individualized treatment of age-related macular degeneration. Dordi Kristine Austeng, Lars Øystein Ursin, Jens Høj Anvik

Session 4: Healthy Life Spans

Keynote: Mina Gerhardsen (Barneombud)
Topic: The health and welfare of our children and youth

Conversation: Mina Gerhardsen, Kirsti Kvaløy (NTNU), more TBA

Seed funding presentations from NTNU
Brain Pulsation Imaging: First Results from 3T MRI. Pål Erik Goa
Towards an early intervention programme for developmental delays in premature individuals. Djordje Veljkovic
More TBA