NTVA Review 2015

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On 28 April NTVA - in cooperation with the Norwegian
Academy of Science and Letters and the Research
Council of Norway - arranged a symposium in the DNVA
building in Oslo focusing on . Natural Disasters and
Societal Safety, Natural Hazards and Public Safety.
His Majesty King Harald and more than 120 others took
part in the arrangement.
FROM THE PROGRAM WE WILL MENTION;
– Natural Hazards and Public Safety,
Hans J. Røsjorde, Deputy Minister,
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security
– Natural Hazards in the Norwegian National Risk Analysis
Erik Thomassen, Head of Division, Directorate for
Civil Protection and Emergency
– Climate Change Impact and Adaptation in Norway –
Strengthening the Knowledge Base
Audun Rosland, Division Director, Climate Division,
Environment Agency
– Interdepartemental Research Programme on Natural
Hazards: Infrastructure, Floods and Slides (NIFS)
Bjørn Kristoffer Dolva, Project Manager, Norwegian
Public Roads Administration
– Large Rockslides in Norway: Risk and Monitoring
Lars Harald Blikra, Section Head, Norwegian Water
Resources and Energy Directorate
– The Large Fire in Lærdal, January 2014: How did the
Fire Spread and what Restricted the Fire Damage?
Anne Steen-Hansen, Research Manager,
SP Fire Research AS
– Climate Change Adaptation in Copenhagen
Jan Rasmussen, Project Director, Copenhagen Climate
Change Adaptation Plan
– Natural Disasters and Societal Safety:
How to Prepare for an Uncertain Future
Sissel Haugdal Jore, Director SEROS Centre,
University of Stavanger
– Discussion
Eivind Hiis Hauge, professor,
NTNU and president, NTVA
There were made a report in English on basis of the
speeches at the symposium. You will find it at the
Academy’s website:
Natural Disasters and Societal Safety,
Natural Hazards and Public Safety
HMS King Harald took part in the symposium, Photo Eirik Furu Baardsen