4 oslo innovation magazine
oslo innovation
magazine
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Published by Oslo Teknopol www.oslo.teknopol.no editor-in-chief Fredrik Winther fw@oslo.teknopol.no Editorial concept and production by Oslo Business Memo AS post@oslobusinessmemo.no Design concept and production
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SEARCHING FOR CAPITAL Though Oslo is home base for the Norwegian Oil Fund of NOK 4 600 billion, the money doesn’t come easy to startup entrepreneurs.
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TENSION AND INNOVATION Tension and differences are more important than comfort and agreement in Amela Koluder-Døvre’s world of innovation.
by Awchat & Olsen Design
CAMPUS2BUSINESS The University of Oslo has a record number of commercialisations and patents, says rector Ole Petter Ottersen. He shatters a myth. Stian Berger Røsland, governing mayor of Oslo, doesn’t believe in trolls as a selling point.
cathrine@awchatolsen.co Photo Editor Gorm K. Gaare gorm.gaare@oslobusinessmemo.no Editorial contributors Per Gjørvad Magne Otterdal Tellef Øgrim Ingrid Schiefloe Linda Sannum Dag Yngland Ogne Øyehaug Terry Macalister Rob Young Sondre Sommerfelt Market & Sales Finn Eirik Larsen Gro Fosheim Jonathan Varcoe Printed by RK Grafisk www.rkg.no
Oslo Innovation Week is owned by City of Oslo, Innovation Norway, Akershus County and The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. Oslo Teknopol is the project manager.
CAPITAL OF INDIVIDUALISM While the Swedes can agree on a common platform, Norwegians go in ten different directions, according to branding expert Julian Stubbs. GIVE IT TIME People need trust in order to take the chances that unique innovation requires, says Lars Petter Hagen, director of the contemporary music festival Ultima. 14 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 42 44 45 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 60
A fund that stirs debate A jam session for everyone The sound of Oslo according to intercultural talents Money and art, an uneven match? The future of old grooves Corruption and crime in Oslo A night at Oslo International Club Three correspondents’ views on Oslo The new food revolution Salmon fed on spruce – food shortage reduced Bio & marine innovation Keeping it healthy Barry B White sums up before leaving Oslo Bright future for Oslo design New products and innovative solutions Bigger and stronger together in Ocean Industries The blue-green city Green innovation, from Oslo to the desert Eight pages of Oslo Innovation Week Special!