FULLY BOOKED! NDI Member's Meeting, Oslo

Join us in Oslo as we kick off of the Nordic Datacenter Week with an in-person member's meeting on 22. September.

This will be an eventful meeting where we sum up the result of the Parliament election, discuss the recently published data center strategy, and talk about the many ongoing datacenter projects in Norway and the long term impact on power consumption.

Program (subject to changes):

11:30 - 12:00: Coffee, mingle and registration

12:00 - 12:30: Welcome address by Reynir Johannesson, MD, Norwegian Datacenter Industry:

• Update on the revised national datacenter strategy.
• Results from the parliament election - do we have a new government or not? Discussing the outcomes of the election and how it may or may not affect our industry.

12:30 - 13:00: Panel Talk - Maturity Considerations.

A conversation with Christine Kaaløy, Fornybar Norge (Renewable Norway) on best practice criteria for qualifying a mature data center project for the TSO/DSOs. Moderated ny Anders Hilt, partner at DLA Piper Law.

13:00 - 13:30: Heat recovery projects - impact on land-use and sustainability. Master's thesis presentation by Øistein Foss Mathisen, Business Development, Lyse Neo.

13:30 - 14:00: Break and Mingle

14:00 - 14:30: Net Zero Innovation Hub:

Stategic Partnership Announcement - how we are driving the Norwegian data center industry towards net zero.

Thomas Volder, Alberto Ravagni, NZIH.

14:30 - 15:00: Long-term power consumption development for data centers in Norway. Linnéa Filippa Bjørnstad, Project Lead, Thema Consulting

15:00 - 15:30: Networks Centre: Streamlining supply chains - The role of channel partners to data centre projects.

15:30 - 16:00: Føyen Law: The NIS2 Directive and the Norwegian National Security Plan for Digital Infrastructure - how does this affect our industry? Lars Giske, partner and attorney at Føyen Law.

16:00 - 16:15: A word from our kind sponsors, Føyen, BW Velora and five nines.ai.

Wrap-up and closing remarks

16:15 - 17:00: Let's admire the beautiful views from Føyen's offices coupled with light refreshments.

17:00 and onwards: Informal get-together at Peppes Pizza, Stortingsgata 8, Oslo (next to the Parliament building). Don't forget to register!

See you all in Oslo!