Ocean Week 2023
Ocean Week is the annual conference hosted by NTNU Oceans, one of NTNU’s four strategic research areas. The conference is a vital part of NTNU’s effort to contribute to Norway’s role as an ocean nation.
As the signature event of NTNU Oceans, the purpose of Ocean Week is to lay foundations for groundbreaking interdisciplinary ocean research and for collaboration across sectors to solve the sustainability challenges of the Oceans.
The conference is always held in the first week of May.
PROGRAM
We look forward to see you at Ocean Week 2023, save the dates!
Trondheim, May 2-3 2023
Gjøvik, May 4 2023
Ålesund, May 4 2023
More updates will follow.

Clarion Hotel Trondheim
OTHER EVENTS
Program committee Ocean Week
Organized by
A week full of highlights
Ocean Week 2022 - An Ocean of Knowledge - is now history, and has become An Ocean of Gratitude.
Join in for a recap in the video on some of the highlights during the week in May.
Previous Ocean Week Conferences
Since NTNU Ocean's establishment in 2014, Ocean Week has been held seven times.
Previous Ocean Weeks have received visits and contributions from leading scientists, artists, industry and business representatives, diplomats, politicians, activists, and even royals when His Majesty King Harald V of Norway visited the conference in 2019.
In 2022 Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy Bjørnar Selnes Skjæran (Ap) contributed at Ocean Week in Trondheim. In 2021 Prime Minister Erna Solberg (H) attended the conference with a talk on The Ocean Panel and the Ocean Decade.
We are grateful for the opportunity through all these years to create an arena for the big blue talks.
Thank you to everyone who has contributed and who participated in the various events at the conference.
More photos from previous conferences here.
See some of what we have done at Ocean Week in previous years
Ocean Week 2022:
For the first time, we expanded our reach to all three campus cities of NTNU: Trondheim, Ålesund and Gjøvik. Read the story about this at NTNU Nyheter.
Program Ålesund, May 1st and 2nd.
Program Trondheim, May 3rd.
Program Gjøvik, May 4th.
Other Events at Ocean Week 2022:
Evening Workshop - Transitions - Engaging Knowledge, Interest, and Critique.
Vernissage - "SIGNALLING", by artist Amalia Raye Wiatr Lewis.
World premiere: SHARK DRUNK (English version of "Havboka".
Studentevent at TEKSET.
OPPDRAG MJØSA, at Mjøsmuseet.
Ocean Week 2021:
Ocean Week Program 2021 here.
Other events at Ocean Week 2021:
Blue Humanities workshop
AIDingArctic Workshop
Beach Clean Up Events - Trondheim and Ålesund
Ocean Week 2019:
Ocean Week Program 2019 here.
Ocean Week 2018:
Ocean Week Program 2018 here.