Founders and Organisers

Norwegian educational institutions, the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry, regional authorities in northern Norway, together with an advisory board of distinguished international experts, are organising an international conference and communication festival in Tromsø, Norway, in June 2006.

Advisory Board

José Mariano Gago, Professor. Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Government of Portugal. President Initiative for Science in Europe, and President International Risk Governance Council, Lisboa and Geneva   Ole D. Mjøs, Professor, University of Tromsø, Tromsø and Head of Nobel Peace Prize Committee   Shirley Malcom, Head, Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington DC,   Ivar Giæver, Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Nobel Laureate in Physics 1973.   Walter Staveloz, Executive Director European Collaborative for Science, Industry & Technology Exhibitions (ECSITE), Brussels   Vladimir de Semir, Professor, Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, President of the international network of Public Communication of Science and Technology   Carl Johan Sundberg, Assoc. Professor, Karolinska Institutet, and Project Director EuroScience2004 Stockholm   Ragnhild Sohlberg, Vice President, Norsk Hydro ASA, Oslo   Bjørn Solheim (Secretary), Project Director, Tromsø

Steering Committee

Bjørn Solheim (Chair), University of Tromsø, Tromsø and Project director CST   Sylvia Labugt, University of Tromsø, Tromsø and Project leader CST   Ronald Rindestu, County Council Chairman, Tromsø   Liv Cecilie Evenstad, Tromsø University College, Tromsø   Ann Kristin Edvardsen, Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO), Tromsø   Odd Lauritzen, National Centre for Contact with Working Life for the Promotion of the Natural Sciences and Technology (RENATE)   Eduardo da Silva, International Advicer, University of Tromsø

Programme Committee

Svein Sjøberg (Chair), Profesor in Science Education, University of Oslo, Oslo   Michaël Renvillard, Territory Manager, Europe East and Latin America, LEGO Education, Denmark   Per-Wiggo Richardsen, Information Manager, Norwegian Veritas (DNV), Oslo   Hein Johnson, Executive Director, Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences, Trondheim   Marit Stykket, President, The Norwegian Society of Engineers, Oslo

International Jury Committee

Vladimir de Semir, Barcelona, Spain, Chairman   Kathrine Skretting, Trondheim, Norway   Janet Sumner, London, UK

Organisers
	University of Tromsø
	University College of Tromsø
	Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
	Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (NTVA)
	RENATE National Centre for Contact with Working Life for the Promotion of the Natural Sciences and Technology
	Troms County Council
	City of Tromsø