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International cooperation in research, innovation and higher education takes time and requires continuous attention.  

Is it true that international cooperation in the knowledge area is of crucial importance? 

How could we approach international cooperation to make it worthwhile? 

What are the pitfalls - and how can they be avoided?  

Programme

Moderator: Vikas Thakur, Head of Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Opening address

Bjørnar Skjæran, Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policies

Internationalization in higher education

Marit Reitan, Pro-Rector for Education, in conversation with 

Knut Vilhelm Høyland, Professor, Department of Civil and environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and 

Hilde Refstie, Associate Professor and Study Programme Leader, Department of Geography, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

Bilal Sheikh, Executive of International Affairs, The Student Parliament NTNU

Internationalization in innovation

Toril A. Nagelhus Hernes, Pro-Rector for Innovation in conversation with

Nuria Espallargas, Professor, Department og Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Engineering,

Niki Gaitani, Associate Professor, Department of Architechture and Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Design

Magnar Bjørås, Professor, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Internationalization in research

Tor Grande, Pro-Rector for Research and Dissemination in conversation with

Trude Helen Flo, Professor and Co-Director of SFF CEMIR, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and

Terje Andreas Eikemo, Professor and Leader of CHAIN, Department of Sociology and Political Science, Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

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Award ceremony:

NTNU’s Internationalization Award 2022

presented by Rector Anne Borg 

Networking, food and drink