DRAFT PROGRAM Agder Delegation to Houston OTC 2015,

DRAFT PROGRAM
Agder Delegation to Houston OTC 2015,
Pre-OTC program: April 30 to May 3, 2015
OTC week; May 4th – 7th
Agder Delegation’s Pre-OTC Program in Houston
30. April - 3. May, 2015
Draft pr. April 11th, 2015
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Please refer to the practical information at the end of this program, thank you.
Thursday April 30, 2015:
Arrival in Houston and check-in at the Hotel Westin Galleria, 5060 West Alabama Street
8pm-10pm:
Informal dinner at Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House, Wine Cellar Room,
5061 Westheimer Rd., Houston. Hosted by City of Arendal and Port of Arendal
Friday May 1, 2015
Venue: Norway House, 3410 W. Dallas St, Houston, TX 77012
8:15am:
Bus departs from the Westin Hotel, Main Entrance, for Norway House, 3410 W.
Dallas St., Houston http://www.norway.org/News_and_events/CG-Houston
8:30-10am:
Breakfast meeting hosted by Norwegian Consul General: Program includes:
8:45:
Welcome to Norway House by Norwegian Consul General Jostein Mykletun
(confirmed)
9:00:
Presentation of Kristiansand/Agder and Delegation participants by Mayor of
Kristiansand Arvid Grundekjon (confirmed)
9.15:
Houston Technology Forum, President and CEO Walter Ulrich (confirmed)
http://houstontech.org/about-houston-technology-center/
 Named by Forbes as one of "Ten Technology Incubators Changing the World”
10am:
Coffee break
10:15am:
Economic Development Strategies, City of Houston, City of Austin and City
of Kristiansand
Small business development: a comparison of programs and measures in Cities of
Houston and Austin. A Norwegian example; Kristiansand and Agder
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 Moderator: Prof. Michael O. Emerson, Professor of Sociology, Academic
Director, Kinder Institute for Urban Research, Rice University (confirmed)
https://kinder.rice.edu/
 Ben Ramirez, International Economic Development Manager, City of Austin
(confirmed), http://www.austintexas.gov/department/economic-development
 Carlecia D. Wrights, Director, Office of Business Opportunity, City of Houston
(confirmed), http://www.houstontx.gov/obo
 County Mayor Terje Damman (Vest Agder) and presentations by Øyvind
Lyngen Laderud, Kenneth Andresen and others from the Kristiansand and
Agder regon (confirmed)
12:00pm:
Lunch at Norway House. Networking opportunities with city officials
Luncheon keynote speaker: Representative from Pumps and Pipes Program
Stephen R. Igo, Director, Entrepreneurial Institute, Executive Director, Pumps &
Pipes Program, Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center (confirmed)
www.pumpsandpipes.com
A unique Houston based initiative, since 2007: Innovation through Collaboration
amongst Houston’s Energy, Medicine and Aerospace Industries
1:15pm
“E&P Opportunities in Mexico” by Dr. Helge Hove Haldorsen, Director
General Statoil Mexico (confirmed)
2-4:30pm:
Introduction to Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship, Jan
Ødegaard, Executive Director, Ken Kennedy Institute for Information
Technology, Rice University (confirmed) and Managing Director, Rice Alliance,
Brad Burk, Rice University (confirmed)
http://alliance.rice.edu/
“On top of the world again: Rice Alliance named No. 1 university business
incubator, 2014!” UBI Index
Presentation of “Southwest Alliance for Entrepreneurial Innovation Node”
commercializing new ideas between the three largest Texan universities, Brad
Burk, Rice University (confirmed)
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2014/08/26/nsf-i-corps-node/
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Presentation of GCE NODE (Norwegian Offshore and Drilling Engineering),
CEO Anne-Grete Ellingsen, NODE (confirmed)
http://gcenode.no/om-node
Return to Westin Galleria Hotel by bus
6:45pm:
Depart by bus to the Norwegian Consul General’s Residence, (by invitation only)
7-9:00pm:
BBQ or Buffet Dinner at Norwegian Consul General’s Residence, 1024 Rocky
River Rd. with invited U.S. guests. Good networking possibilities, 80-100
participants. Hosted by the Norwegian Consul General (confirmed). By
invitation only. Return by bus to the Westin Hotel after reception
Saturday May 2, 2015
IMPORTANT: Please carry your official Passport with you for registration on
the Boat Trip and at NASA. Without this, one cannot participate on these events.
At NASA, all participants must have fully enclosed flat or low heeled shoes and
slacks during the tour.
8:30am:
Depart by bus from the Westin Hotel, Main Entrance, for Rice University, 6100
Main St., either Brockman Hall 103 or Herman Brown Hall 227.
9-10:00am:
“Space Technology co-development strategies in Houston”, Dr. David Alexander,
Director, Rice Space Institute, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy,
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Herman Brown Hall
227 (confirmed)
http://rsi.rice.edu/
10:00am:
Depart by bus for Battleship Texas near the Houston Ship Channel, 3523
Independence Parkway, Texas Hwy 134, La Porte, TX 77571
11.15am:
Registration for Boat Trip by the Port of Houston Authority at Battleship Texas
12-1.30pm:
Sam Houston Boat Trip on Houston Ship Channel (confirmed)
On board will be representatives from:
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Representative from The Port Authority
Houston (www.portofhouston.com) (confirmed)
·
Economic Alliance Houston Port Region (www.allianceportregion.com),
Marie McDermott, Vice President of Business Development, (confirmed)
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·
The Wilhelmsen Ship Services (www.wilhelmsen.com) , Simon
Hutt, Vice President (confirmed)
 City of Pasadena (www.ci.pasadena.tx.us) , Paul Davis, Director of
Economic Development, and his wife (confirmed)
 Meador Staffing, Kristi Claypool, Account Manager (confirmed)
 San Jacinto College, Sallie Kay Janes, VP Continuing and Professional
Development (confirmed)
 Frank Mohn Houston Inc. , Bendt Nilsen (confirmed)
Lunch on board `Sam Houston` sponsored by Port of Houston Authority
2.30-5pm:
VIP Tour of NASA, Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway,
Houston TX 77058 (confirmed)
www.visithoustontexas.com/Space-Center
Regular Tour of NASA, Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway
Return to hotel by bus; walk to dinner venue for dinner
7:30pm:
Dinner at The Capital Grille, the Wine Room, 5365 Westheimer Rd, 77056
Houston. Hosted by the Port of Kristiansand. By invitation only. Limited
number of guests due to space limitations.
Sunday May 3, 2015:
10am:
(optional) Depart by bus outside the Westin Galleria for the Norwegian Seaman’s
Church, 4309 Young Street, Pasadena
11am:
Church service followed by lunch until 1:00pm
1:00pm:
Return by bus to the Westin Hotel
2:45pm:
Bus from the Westin Hotel to the Wynden Hotel, 1025 South Post Oak Lane,
Houston http://www.thewynden.com/ for INTSOK seminar attendees
3:00-3:45
Bus from the Westin Hotel to the
INTSOK- Seminar with GCE NODE
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Latest updates on Brasil and Mexico. Per Hagen and Sergio Rivas Farias,
INTSOK
3:40pm:
Bus transportation from Westin Galleria Hotel to the Wynden Hotel, 1025 South
Post Oak Lane, Houston http://www.thewynden.com/ for those attending the
networking reception
4pm:
3rd Agder/Kristiansand OTC- networking reception at the Wynden, Houston
By invitation from the Mayor of Kristiansand. Hosted by the Agder Region
http://www.thewynden.com/
7pm:
Bus from the Wynden Hotel to Westin Galleria Hotel
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OTC week from May 4th – May 7th, NRG Park/Reliant, Houston
Monday May 4 - 7, 2015: OTC Program attendants with Greater Stavanger.
Please study the draft program at Greater Stavanger web site
GCE NODE will host a stand at OTC 2015,
Please visit the stand located at the Norwegian pavilion, Innovation Norway.
Tuesday May 5th
Option 1 organized by GCE NODE:
08:30 am:
Depart by bus to the University of Houston
09:00 am
Meeting with and presentation of the University of Houston’s Wolff Center for
Entrepreneurship, one of America’s leading entrepreneurship programs. GCE
NODE
http://www.bauer.uh.edu/centers/wce/
Presentation of the University of Houston’s newly awarded National Offshore
Energy Research Center.
https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/201501/uh-selected-lead-offshore-energy-researchcenter
11:00 am
Depart by bus for ONS Reliant Center, OTC exhibition
Option 2:
Greater Stavanger program, http://www.greaterstavanger.com/Events/OTC-2015
Thursday May 7th, 2015
9:00-2:00
Offshore Data Community Workshop, organized by GCE NODE in cooperation
with the University of Agder. Hosted by the Royal Norwegian Consulate
General, Norway House, 3410 W. Dallas St. Houston. The workshop is aimed at
strengthening the capabilities of companies in the oil & gas sector especially in
relation to BigData. The detailed program and registration to the workshop is
available at kristiansand.kommune.no/otc2015.
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Royal Norwegian Consulate General
3410 West Dallas Street
Houston, Texas 77019
Phone: 713-620-4200
Email: [email protected]
www.norway.org/houston
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