Transatlantic Forum 2016

Transatlantic Forum 2016 October 24-25, 2016 The University of Chicago

Big Challenges – Human Solutions

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Dear Participants, Welcome to the 15th Transatlantic Forum. The theme “Big Challenges – Human Solutions” will focus on issues that have an impact on our societies on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond; issues that call for international cooperation and unusual collaborations across disciplines. I believe that both the humanities and the social sciences must play a central role if we are going to overcome some of the great challenges of our time. Take climate change as an example: The natural sciences must help us find ways to counter the changes in global temperatures; the humanities and social sciences must help us as societies to find ways of adapting to the changes taking place. The Transatlantic Forum is a major event that over time has shaped the collaboration between North-America and Norway. The conference has been held in different U.S. and Canadian cities, and in collaboration with various high-ranking universities. This year, is no exception. The University of Chicago has through its academic excellence and generosity been an invaluable partner in developing the program and creating new stepping stones for transatlantic collaborations. The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research thanks the many chairs and speakers of the Transatlantic Forum 2016 who have enabled such a diverse and interesting program. Torbjørn Røe Isaksen Minister, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research Dear Colleagues, Welcome to the University of Chicago! I am grateful to the Government of Norway, the Research Council of Norway, the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce, and all our academic colleagues from Norway, Canada, and across the United States, for choosing the University of Chicago as a partner for the 2016 Transatlantic Forum. For more than 125 years, University of Chicago faculty and students have engaged with scholars from around the world. With hundreds of programs, initiatives, and partnerships in over 40 nations and on every continent, the University is committed to global inquiry and impact. I wish you all the best for a productive conference that strengthens our ties, builds new connections, and catalyzes new projects. Daniel Diermeier Provost and Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and the College The University of Chicago Dear Participants, I am pleased to welcome you all to the 15th annual Transatlantic Forum, with the University of Chicago as a gracious host. I extend my heartfelt thanks for the hospitality, and also for the commitment of our friends here for securing an interesting program and a successful outcome. It is indeed highly valued. Also in Norway, several institutions have worked hard to make sure that the Forum maintains its high standards. The Forum is an arena where policymakers and providers of knowledge from both sides of the Atlantic can meet and discuss new ways of working together. Mutually beneficial cooperation, in science as well as other areas, is key to strengthening the relationships between our countries. I feel confident that the Transatlantic Forum contributes to new partnerships and good working-relationships between scholars, policymakers, students and government representatives. This year humanities and social sciences are at center of the agenda. The title – Big Challenges, Human Solutions – is an ambitious one. It is up to all of us to make sure that the outcome will live up to our shared expectations. Welcome to Transatlantic Forum 2016. Kåre R. Aas Ambassador to the United States of America TF2016 page 2

The purpose of Norway’s Transatlantic Forum (TF, formerly TSW) in North America is to promote enhanced cooperation between American, Canadian, and Norwegian research, education and innovation. It is a forum where policymakers and knowledge producers meet to forge and develop long-term partnerships, and to discover cross-disciplinary and groundbreaking new ideas. The forum was established in 2002 by Norway’s embassies in Washington and Ottawa to promote science, technology and Innovation cooperation. It has since then developed into an important annual transatlantic conference. In 2016, humanities and social sciences - and societal challenges - are at the core of the program. The sciences, innovation and business are included in this cross-disciplinary program. The 2016 Forum mission statement aligns with the vision of the University of Chicago’s Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, and is expressed as: “Fostering interdisciplinary research and education through global collaboration Fostering unusual collaborations to create jobs and quality of life for the future” – and thus: “Finding human solutions to societal challenges” We greatly appreciate the welcoming involvement from the University of Chicago and in particular the Humanities Division, the Social Sciences Division and the Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society. The engagement of the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) is essential to deepen and expand transatlantic innovation, business and new jobs. The 2016 Forum in Chicago aims to deepen Norway’s extensive collaborations with universities, research institutions and businesses in the US Midwest and Canada’s Toronto area. A number of partners are involved in making the TF2016 a success. Funding opportunities for collaboration will be addressed. The output workshops will give examples of successful partnerships, and address new opportunities for collaborative activities and funding.

A forum for transatlantic and multilateral cooperation In 2001 the Norwegian Government decided to strengthen the bonds across the Atlantic through a new strategy for Norway’s relations with the United States and Canada. The Royal Norwegian Embassies in Washington, D.C. and Ottawa were charged with establishing Research and Technology Forums. The longterm Strategy for Scientific and Technological Cooperation with North-America released in 2005 was an important milestone. A bilateral agreement for cooperation in science and technology between Norway and the United States was signed in 2005. The Forum evolved into an annual trilateral event. We want to create a transatlantic arena to showcase and promote Norwegian research and innovation as well as collaborative activities. We encourage dialogue between policy makers, innovators, educators, researchers and other participants.

A collaboratory – a meeting place with spin-off effects When researchers, innovators, students, business people and government policy makers meet, the Forum becomes a laboratory where collaboration is created – a collaboratory. Activities happen back to back and in parallel. Partners and participants create spin-off ideas. Everyone who promotes transatlantic cooperation in science, innovation and higher education is welcome. The Forum events have annually brought together more than 200 participants from both sides of the Atlantic, from ministers and high profiled scientists to young students. Welcome to an exciting forum – TF2016!

Index Program Overview Maps, Addresses, Contacts Program October 23 and 24 Program October 25 Post Conference Event Oct. 26 List of Speakers TF2016 page 3

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Program overview Sunday October 23

Monday October 24

Tuesday October 25

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University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall All sessions on 1st floor Lunch on 3rd floor Registration and Welcome Coffee Opening plenary: BIG CHALLENGES HUMAN SOLUTIONS Welcome and keynotes: Humanities and Social Sciences are Essential room CC*

University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall All sessions on 1st floor Lunch and receptions on 3rd floor

Time 08:00 08:30 09:00 09:30 10:00

Registration and Welcome Coffee Plenary Day 2: RESPONDING TO CHALLENGES Economics and Human Development: Frontiers in the use of micro data for social science room CC

10 minute break Parallel 1: Climate and energy transformation: Parallel 2: Unusual the pivotal role of social Cross Discipline sciences and the Collaborations CC humanities LL

Networking Lunch Parallel 3: Global Challenges – Nordic Solutions? CC

3rd floor Parallel 4: Sensational Design: Space, Media and the Senses LL

Networking break

10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00 13:30 14:00 14:30

Parallel 7: International law, courts and democracy in a time of extremism CC

Parallel 8: Smart Cities – Smart Technologies – Ethics Smart Societies LL

Networking Lunch Parallel 9: The Role of Education in Migration and Crisis Management .

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3rd floor Parallel 10: Best Practices for Dealing with State Fragility LL

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Networking break

15:30 16:00 16:30

Parallel 11: Outcomes Workshop Partnerships for Student Exchange LL

Networking and refreshments

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CLOSING Remarks

Busses to Downtown

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CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION 3rd floor Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus 3rd floor

Parallel 5: Commercial Innovation - Building Collaborative Partnerships CC

Parallel 6: Multilingualism in the Globalized Reality LL

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Get-together

The Omni NETWORKING DINNER RECEPTION, Hotel, Downtown Mid-America Club, Downtown Chicago Chicago

18:30 19:00 19:30 20:00 20:30

Parallel 12: Outcomes Workshop Strategic Funding Mechanisms CC

Busses to Omni Hotel

*Room names for each session are marked in this overview and in the program pages: On first floor: Library Lounge =LL and Cloister Club = CC

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Maps, addresses, contacts Sunday night get-together at the conference hotel: Omni Chicago Hotel: 676 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/chicago/meetings/transatlantic-forum-2016

Conference venue: University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall https://maps.uchicago.edu/ Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Monday night dinner reception - downtown Chicago The Mid-America Club: 200 East Randolph Drive, 80th Floor, Chicago, IL 60601 Kindly hosted by NACC Chicago and Nixon Peabody LLP http://www.clubcorp.com/Clubs/Mid-America-Club

Contacts: Bjarte Håvik, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC, [email protected] Berit Johne, Research Council of Norway (RCN), Oslo, [email protected] Laila Linde Lossius, Norwegian Centre for Int'l Cooperation in Education (SIU), Bergen, [email protected] Susan Meyer, Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC), Chicago, [email protected] Urd Milbury, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC, [email protected] Audun Rogne, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Ottawa, [email protected] Eirik Jerven Berger, NACC, Chicago [email protected]

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Program: SUNDAY October 23 . 18:00-20:00 Pre-conference Get-Together at the Omni Hotel, Downtown Chicago A get-together opportunity to welcome participants before the conference Light refreshments provided

MONDAY October 24 University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall 7:15 Bus transportation from the Omni Hotel to the University Campus 8:00 Registration. Coffee, Fruit and Pastries 8:30 Opening Plenary Day 1 Transatlantic Forum 2016: BIG CHALLENGES - HUMAN SOLUTIONS

Room: Cloister Club (CC)

Chair: Ambassador Kåre Aas Opening and welcome:  Daniel Diermeier, Provost and Emmett Dedmon Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy and the College, University of Chicago  Kåre Aas, Norway's Ambassador to the United States Keynote: Torbjørn Røe Isaksen, Minister of Education and Research, Norway Moderated dialogues: Humanities and Social Sciences are Essential for Finding Solutions Moderator: John Boyer, Professor, Dean of the College, Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of History and the College, University of Chicago      

Ted Hewitt, President, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway Anne Walters Robertson, Interim Dean, Division of the Humanities, and Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Music, University of Chicago David Nirenberg, Dean, Division of the Social Sciences and the Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor of Medieval History and Social Thought, University of Chicago Edvard Hviding, Professor, Social Anthropology, University of Bergen Ellen Rees, Professor, Vice Dean for Research, Humanities, University of Oslo

Remarks by: Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector, University of Oslo

We thank our colleagues at University of Chicago for welcoming the Forum. The Wigeland Endowment in the Humanities between University of Chicago and University of Oslo was an important point of departure for the conference. There are close ties between Norway and institutions in the US and Canadian Mid-West. Participants are reminded of the Forum objectives: tangible transatlantic collaborative results beyond the conference. In the Output Workshops on day 2 we hope to see active discussions with transatlantic outcomes.

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10:15 – 10:30 COFFEE BREAK 10:30 Parallel Session 1: Climate and Energy Transformation: the Pivotal Role of Social Sciences and the Humanities Room: Library Lounge (LL) As the scientific knowledge and real-life experiences of climate change become more accurate and unquestionable, we face a shift in the current climate research topics towards society's restructuring processes. It is becoming increasingly urgent to understand political, economic, cultural and social conditions of climate and energy transformation. Research on climate and energy transformation requires a multidisciplinary approach, and with their expertise in social organization and change, social sciences and the humanities are adequately equipped to lead the way. In this session we explore new knowledge dialogues and multidisciplinary collaborations required to meet the transitional challenges posed by climate change across scale. How can social sciences and the humanities contribute to sustainable practices on a local level, and how can we understand and analyze the relationship between national and global policy-making and implementation?

Chairs: Knut Helland, Dean, Social Sciences, University of Bergen and Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Professor of Economics and the College, Director, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, Director, Energy & Environment Lab, University of Chicago Speakers:  Keynote by Richard L. Sandor, Professor, Aaron Director Lecturer in Law and Economics, University of Chicago: "Financial Innovation: The Convergence of the Environment and Finance"  Keynote by Mark Nuttall, Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology, University of Alberta: "Climate Change, Extractive Industries and Sustainable Livelihoods: multidisciplinary dialogue and community-based monitoring"  Kjersti Fløttum, Professor Dept. of foreign languages, University of Bergen: "From thinking about climate change to willingness of action"  Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Professor of Economics and the College , Director, Energy Policy Institute at Chicago, Director, Energy & Environment Lab, University of Chicago: "The Urgent Need for a Reliable Estimate of the Social Cost of Carbon"  Berit Kristoffersen, Associate Professor and Anniken Førde, Associate Professor, UiT the Arctic University of Tromsø: "Post-petroleum trajectories and dialogues"  Tarje Wanvik University of Bergen: "REALITE: On the value of living lab experiments and coproduction of knowledge in climate and energy transformation research" 10:30 Parallel Session 2: Unusual Cross Discipline Collaborations


This session will examine the importance of humanistic research in cross-disciplinary approaches to major challenges of our day -- in particular, climate change and human migration. Panelists will present research projects under way and discuss both the value of humanistic research and also the special challenges that arise when the inquiry is multidisciplinary, multi-institutional, and multi-national. The session will be introduced by comments and reflections on the possibilities of unusual cross discipline collaborations as seen from an organizational and strategic perspective including the connections between research and teaching.

Chairs: Arne Bugge Amundsen, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, and Professor of Cultural History, University of Oslo, and Jonathan Lear, Roman Family Director, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society; John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the Committee on Social Thought and in the Department of Philosophy, University of Chicago Speakers:  Julie Y. Chu, Associate Professor, Anthropology, University of Chicago  Mette Halskov Hansen, Professor of China Studies, University of Oslo and Centre for Advanced Study, Norway  Christine M Jacobsen, Professor, Social Anthropology; Director, Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, University of Bergen  Benjamin Morgan, Assistant Professor, English; Neubauer Collegium Fellow, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago

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12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH 13:30 Parallel Session 3: Global Challenges – Nordic Solutions?

Room; Cloister Club (CC)

The Nordic countries have often been praised for their ability to combine efficiency and equality. In view of recent multiple crises – economically, politically, socially, and demographically – the session aims at: 1) Reviewing how the Nordic and other societies have coped with these challenges, and 2) discuss whether it any longer makes sense to speak of distinct social and institutional models, like ”the Nordic” 3) To what extent is it possible to transfer experiences and ideas from such models into other contexts and how does research cooperation across boundaries contribute? 4) What can be learnt from comparative studies of social models like the Nordic?

Chairs: Haldor Byrkjeflot, Professor, Sociology and human geography, Academic director of UiO Nordic, University of Oslo, and Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology and the College, University of Chicago Speakers:  Haldor Byrkjeflot, Professor, University of Oslo: "Global challenges – Nordic (and other) experiences; introducing some topics for discussion"  Jane Jenson, Senior Fellow , Dept. of Political Science, University of Montreal: " Successful societies – between resilience and innovation"  Gary Herrigel, Paul Klapper Professor of Political Science and the College, the University of Chicago: " Models and their limits: Comparing changing social arrangements"  Elisabeth Clemens, William Rainey Harper Professor of Sociology and the College, University of Chicago: "Social models: historical and comparative perspectives"  Ulla Eriksson-Zetterquist, Professor GRI Gothenburg and SCANCOR, Harvard University: "Research cooperation across boundaries: a view from a Nordic research center at Harvard and Stanford" 13:30 Parallel Session 4: Sensational Design: Space, Media and the Senses

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This session aims to interrogate how the human sensorium is shaped by both spatial and technological mediations. Thinking historically, practically, and conceptually, we mean to ask how design – from the design of artistic experiments to the design of the urban environment – can change human experience at the individual and collective levels.

Chairs: Bill Brown, Karla Scherer Distinguished Service Professor in American Culture, Departments of English Language and Literature and Visual Arts, and Deputy Provost for the Arts, University of Chicago, and Øyvind Brandtsegg, Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and Technology Speakers:  Tormod W. Anundsen, Associate Coordinator, Master Arts, University of Agder, and Jennie Gubner, Visiting Lecturer of Ethnomusicology, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University, Bloomington: "Sensory Ethnography"  Niall Atkinson, Neubauer Family Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, University of Chicago: "Mobile Topographies"  Ina Blom, Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo, Wigeland Visiting Professor, Department of Art History, University of Chicago: "Beyond Human Expression: Early Video Art and Technical Agency"  Øyvind Brandtsegg, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Nicolas Collins, Professor, Sound, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Trond Engum, Associate Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Sigurd Saue, Associate Professor, Department of Music, Norwegian University of Science and Technology: "Crossadaptive processing as musical intervention"

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15:00 – 15:30 NETWORKING BREAK 15:30 Parallel Session 5: Commercial Innovation - Building Collaborative Organizations and Partnerships Room: Cloister Club (CC) Learn about new models for commercializing good ideas. Innovation sparks in creative spaces – what makes one model more successful than another? Increasingly, innovation is occurring where industry meets academic research. In a digital age where we have access to more knowledge than ever, breakthrough innovations can happen when organizations facilitate efficient internal knowledge flows and porously connect to diverse industry and academic ecosystems. Public and private partnerships are another source of creative funding and innovation. What can government entities bring to the table? Join us for a spirited discussion of internal and external models for commercializing innovation. Hear about the frameworks that are realized and what is only possible. Discuss what is succeeding in driving innovation on both sides of the Atlantic. What can we gain from transatlantic partnerships?

Chairs; John Flavin, Associate Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago, and Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway Speakers:  John Flavin, Associate Vice President of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Chicago  Arvid Hallén, Director General, Research Council of Norway  Svein Berg, Regional Director Americas, Innovation Norway  Susan Meyer, President, Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce - Chicago Chapter, and Counsel at Nixon Peabody, LLP  Tiago Campos Rodrigues, AbbVie, Chicago  Ole Kristian Hjelstuen, Professor, CEO of Inven2, Oslo  Kathrine Myhre, Oslo Medtech, Norway  Leif Ove Larsen, University of Bergen and Media City Bergen  Palmyre Pierroux, Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Oslo Discussion moderator: Susan Meyer, President, Norwegian-American Chamber of Commerce - Chicago Chapter, and Counsel at Nixon Peabody, LLP 15:30 Parallel Session 6: Multilingualism in the Globalized Reality

Room: Library Lounge (LL)

As a result of globalization, an increasing number of people move to different areas and countries. This means that they will acquire new languages at different ages, which is often a considerable challenge. Furthermore, this may have consequences for the languages they already know (attrition) due to reduced input and use. This session will present research from Norway and the US related to multilingualism, language acquisition and language attrition. The focus will be on two different topics: i) the language of children and adults living in a community where the majority language is different from their native language, so-called heritage speakers, and ii) consequences of multilingualism for cognition, language and the brain. Research on multilingual individuals contributes important knowledge about language development. This knowledge will feed into important societal challenges related to migration, language maintenance, language education/pedagogy, and even health, e.g. evidence feeding into (mis)diagnosis and intervention for language disorders.

Chairs: Terje Lohndal, Deputy Head of Research, Department of Language and Literature, Humanities, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Marit Westergaard, Professor, Language and Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Presentations:  Viorica Marian, Professor, Northwestern University: "Consequences of Multilingualism for Cognition, Language, and the Brain"  Jason Rothman, Professor, (University of Reading & UiT), Marit Westergaard (UiT & NTNU) & Terje Lohndal (NTNU & UiT): "Adult and child heritage speakers in Norway and the USA" Panel discussion with open Q&A:  Jennifer Cabrelli Amaro, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UiC), Terje Lohndal, Viorica Marian, Northwestern University, Jason Rothman and Marit Westergaard  Anastasia Giannakidou, Professor, Department of Linguistics, and Humanities Collegiate Division, University of Chicago Moderator: Curt Rice, Rector, HIOA-Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

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17:00 – 17:30 NETWORKING BREAK 17:45 Bus transportation to Dinner Reception 19:00 – 21:00 TF2016 DINNER RECEPTION

Registration required

For Forum Participants and Invited Guests from Business Networks, Academic Alumni and more Mid-America Club, Downtown Chicago

cosponsors: NACC, Nixon Peabody and Ministries

TUESDAY October 25 University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus, Ida Noyes Hall 7:15 Bus transportation from the Omni Hotel to the University Campus 8:00 Registration. Coffee, Fruit and Pastries 8:30 Opening Plenary day 2 Transatlantic Forum 2016: Responding to Challenges: Economics and Human Development


Opening and welcome:  Eric Isaacs, Executive Vice President for Research, Innovation and National Laboratories, and the Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor in Physics, University of Chicago  Sunniva Whittaker, Pro-Rector, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics  Helge Klungland, Pro-Rector, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Session topic: “Frontiers in the use of micro data for social science” Chairs/moderators: Kjell G. Salvanes, Professor, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics and Magne Mogstad, Professor of Economics and the College, University of Chicago Keynote: James Heckman, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago: "Microdata for Denmark and USA looking at education and labour in a Nordic Welfare state" Speakers/Panelists:  Ariel Kalil, Professor, University of Chicago, Harris School: "Early education aspects"  Kjell G. Salvanes, Professor, NHH: "Frontiers in the use of micro data in education research"  Magne Mogstad, Professor of Economics and the College, University of Chicago: "Opportunities and Challenges of Using Administrative Data in Empirical Research" 10:30 Parallel Session 7: International Law, Courts and Democracy in a Time of Extremism

CC Round table discussion about how threats from extremism challenge international law, democracy and courts.

Chairs: Geir Ulfstein, Professor, Dept. of Public and International Law, University of Oslo and Siri Gloppen, Professor, Director, Centre on Law & Social Transformation; University of Bergen Speakers and roundtable discussions:  Karen Alter, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Northwestern University  Tom Ginsburg, Leo Spitz Professor of International Law, Ludwig and Hilde Wolf Research Scholar, and Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago  Robert Pape, Professor of Political Science and the College, Director of the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism, University of Chicago  Elisabeth Ivarsflaten, Professor, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen  Siri Gloppen, Professor, University of Bergen  Geir Ulfstein, Professor, University of Oslo

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10:30 Parallel Session 8: Smart Cities – Smart Technologies – Ethics

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This workshop aims at in depth discussions on partnerships as a key factor for smart cities and identifies new collaborative arenas and potential projects. Local partnerships in Stavanger and Chicago describe their smart city activities from the city, industry and knowledge perspective, and highlight the role of these local partnerships for successful long term collaboration in smart city projects and programs. The session contrasts the Norwegian and United States approach to Smart Cites, but also frames it in the wider perspective of European and United States policies and partnerships, such as the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities which focuses on energy efficiency and clean mobility in the built environment, and the announcement of the Obama Administration on a New “Smart Cities” Initiative to Help Communities Tackle Local Challenges and Improve City Services.

Chairs: Charlie Catlett, Director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, Senior Computer Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, Senior Fellow, Computation Institute, University of Chicago, and Judith Borsboom van Beurden, Head of Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and leader of the initiative From Planning to Implementation in the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities Speakers:  Brenna Berman, Commissioner and Chief Information Officer, City of Chicago, Department of Information and Technology  Gerd Seehuus, Architect, Local Coordinator Lighthouse City Stavanger, Stavanger  Dagfinn Wåge, Head of Innovation Department, LYSE AS, Stavanger  Eirik Gundegjerde, Director, Business Development, LYSE AS, Stavanger  Stephanie Ormston, AT&T, Smart Cities and IoT Solutions, Chicago: "AT&T Smart Cities"  Charlie Catlett, Director, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab. (see above)  Chunming Rong, Professor, Head of CIPSI Institute, University of Stavanger  Judith Borsboom- van Beurden, Head of Dept. of Urban Design and Planning, NTNU Panel:  Kathleen Cagney, Professor of Sociology and the College, Director, Population Research Center, NORC & University of Chicago and Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, Associate Professor, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, Faculty of Humanities, NTNU Moderator: David Collins, PhD Fellow, Dept. of Architectural Design and Management, NTNU Dialogue: "A Broader Look at Smart Societies and Smart Futures"  Peter K. B. St. Jean, Professor, North Park University, Chicago  Knut H. Sørensen, Professor of Science and Technology Studies, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture, NTNU 12:30 – 13:30 LUNCH 13:30 Parallel Session 9: The Role of Education in Migration and Crisis Management

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The world is currently witnessing the largest and most rapid escalation ever in the number of people forcibly displaced as a result of conflicts, violence, human rights violations and natural disasters. Millions of people are forced to leave their homes in order to flee from unbearable living situations, persecution and threat. There is an urgent need for more knowledge on how migrants are met and integrated into receiving countries, and in this session we focus on formal education systems in such integration processes. Through the session we will be learning from scholars’ experiences when it comes to delivering higher education to refugees in diverse settings, on how universities work to prepare students for careers in refugee resettlement and asylum, and we will also hear about the experiences in North Norway when small communities all of a sudden were faced with an unexpected and rapid escalation of refugees..

Chair: Kristinn Hegna, Associate Professor, Department of Educational, University of Oslo Introduction:  Ole Petter Ottersen, Rector, Univ. of Oslo: “Academic dugnad: joining forces for inclusion” Presenters:  Don Dippo, Professor, Faculty of Education and Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Canada: “The Promise of Higher Education without Borders”  Shailja Sharma, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of LAS, Department of International Studies, DePaul University, Chicago: “How to Prepare Students for Working with Refugees”  Gry Paulgaard, Professor, Department of Education and Marianne Neerland Soleim, Head of The Barents Institute, UiT - Arctic University of Norway: “The Arctic Refugee Track”

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13:30 Parallel Session 10: Best Practices for Dealing with State Fragility

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Leading development donors are increasingly shifting their focus towards supporting fragile states in an effort to prevent collapse, promote security and political stability, and ultimately lay the basis for peace and economic prosperity. Norway and the US are at the forefront of this shift. In fragile states the developmental challenge is compounded by the fact that they are suffering from weak institutional capacities while still experiencing conflicts or their after-effects. The panel is based on a project, currently considered for funding at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, involving the Humphrey School (HS) and the University of Minnesota, Stimson Center in Washington, DC, and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). The project is designed to foster exchange between academics, policymakers and practitioners, from Norway and the US, with a view to inform the evolving menu for development interventions in fragile states.

Chairs: Eric Schwartz, Dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Professor, University of Minnesota and Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Panelists:  Ragui Assaad, Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota  Yun Sun, Senior Associate, The East Asia Program, Stimson Centre  Scott Gates, Research Professor, PRIO; Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Oslo 15:00 – 15:30 NETWORKING BREAK

15:30 Parallel Session 11: Outcomes Workshop - Partnerships for Student Exchange

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This outcome workshop aims at presenting opportunities for student exchange between USA, Canada and Norway. Through presentations of experiences from student exchange, both in form of numbers, trends and funding mechanisms, and the presentation of project examples, the workshop aims at inspiring further developments within this field. We will discuss questions such as “How can we make student exchange between our countries work? What/where are the bottlenecks?” We will present a project example “Global conversations with Entrepreneurs” with Cornell University, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics and the Norwegian Cluster organization, NCE Seafood, and also the Norwegian Artistic Research program and internationalization of students within this program. Contact: Laila Linde Lossius, [email protected]

Chairs: Harald Nybølet, Director, SIU-Norwegian Centre for Internationalization in Education and Jacquelyn Hoult, Director of Communications, CBIE-Canadian Bureau of International Education Speakers:  Sunniva Whittaker, Deputy Rector, NHH-Norwegian School of Economics: A student exchange project example: “Global Conversations with Entrepreneurs”, a cooperation between Cornell University, Norwegian School of Economics and the Norwegian Cluster of Expertise, NCE Seafood Innovation Cluster.  Cecilie Brock Knudsen, Chair, Norwegian Artistic Research Program: "Artistic Research, Studies and International Experience" Panel: "How to Make Student Exchange Between Our Countries Work? Where are the Bottlenecks?"  Thomas Christensen, Avalon Foundation Professor and Chair, Department of Music, former Master of the Humanities Collegiate Division, University of Chicago  Catherine Baumann, Director, Chicago Language Center, and Senior Lecturer, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Chicago  Jacquelyn Hoult, Director of Communications, CBIE-Canadian Bureau of International Education  Anne Kristine Børresen, Dean, Faculty of the Humanities, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)  Curt Rice, Rector, HIOA-Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

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15:30 Parallel Session 12: Outcomes Workshop – Strategic Funding Mechanisms

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We want to identify outcomes of the TF2016 and collaborative items to follow up. Funding opportunities and collaborative models will be presented and discussed. In dialogues engaging panelists and the audience we want to address questions such as: How can funding agencies work together to create mechanisms for collaboration? What are the needs and the perspectives of universities and research institutions and their leadership? How do the researchers – the producers of knowledge – see the optimal way of creating international institutional partnerships? Public private funding partnerships can be discussed. Is there one optimal model or many? Some answers may seem obvious. We want concrete and creative ideas for transatlantic collaborations - to be followed up between partners after TF2016. Contact: Berit Johne, [email protected]

Chairs: Jesper W. Simonsen, Division Director, Research Council of Norway and Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Brief introductions of collaborative models:  Mari Sundli Tveit, Rector, - Norwegian University of Life Science (NMBU) and Ragnhild Solheim, Director, Department of Research and Innovation, NMBU: "How to develop partnerships, - introducing Norwegian Centennial Chair program between University of Minnesota, NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Science and University of Oslo"  Arne Bugge-Amundsen, Dean of Humanities, University of Oslo: "Wigeland Chair & Wigeland Endowment - a cooperation between the Division of Humanities at the University of Chicago and the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo"  Bjørn Tore Kjellemo, Director, Department of Cooperation and Development Research, Research Council of Norway: "Peder Sather Center at UC Berkeley – a Norway-Berkley model of institutional partnerships"  Berit Johne, Special Adviser, Research Council of Norway: " INTPART – a funding scheme for international partnerships and a portfolio of diverse institutional collaborations"  Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada: "Opportunities in Humanities and Social Sciences between Canada and Norway" Panel discussion: "Ideas for Transatlantic Collaborations - to be followed up after TF2016" Moderator: Ursula Gobel, Associate Vice-President, Future Challenges, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canada Panelists:  Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway  Ka Yee Lee, Senior Associate Vice President for Research and Professor in Chemistry, the James Franck Institute, Institute for Biophysical Dynamics and the College, University of Chicago  Anne Lise Fimreite, Pro-Rector, University of Bergen  Margareth Hagen, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Bergen  Scott Rettberg, Associate Professor of Digital Culture, Department of Linguistic, Literary, and Aesthetic Studies, University of Bergen Voices in the audience:  University Presidents, Rectors and institutional leaders from Norway, US and Canada  Funding agency representatives, and private sector funders from USA, Canada, Norway 17:00 – 17:30 CLOSING REMARKS


Chairs/introductions: Bjarte Håvik, Counselor for Science, Technology and Education, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC and Elspeth Carruthers, Executive Director, Neubauer Collegium for Culture and Society, University of Chicago Closing remarks:  Dag Rune Olsen, Rector, University of Bergen  Melina Hale, Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives and William Rainey Harper Professor in the College and the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago 17:30 – 19:00 CLOSING NETWORKING RECEPTION rd 3 floor Ida Noyes Hall, University of Chicago, Hyde Park Campus

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WEDNESDAY October 26 .

Post-conference event Site visit to the University of Illinois at Chicago: Performance in CAVE2 at Electronic Visualization Lab, Chicago Participants to TF2016 are welcome to an exciting visit to the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) https://www.evl.uic.edu/ Registration for the event and information about the tours and performance program: http://bit.ly/2dLTPMz (12:00-13:30) and http://bit.ly/2d8fkGi (14:00-15:30). Participation is on a first-come first-serve basis. Registration is required.

The tour program will include an introduction to the EVL, demos of scientific and artistic research projects developed in the CAVE2, and a performance of Hearts and Minds: The Interrogations Project. The program will last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. Tours will take place at 12:00 noon and 14:00, and will be limited to 20 visitors per tour, available on a first-come first-serve basis. Registration is required. Shuttle bus transportation will be provided to the EVL from the Omni Hotel and back, for attendees of the Transatlantic Forum. The shuttles will leave from the Omni Hotel at 11:20 and 13:20.

Funding opportunities for international collaboration: Collaborative opportunities will be discussed throughout the forum. Funding opportunities on both sides of the Atlantic will be addressed in particular in parallel sessions 11 and 12 (see page 12-13). Funding agencies have dedicated programs and also international initiatives across calls. Special centers are established to facilitate collaborations.

Partners and sponsors: Royal Norwegian Embassies in Washington DC and Ottawa Ministry of Education and Research, Norway Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway The Research Council of Norway (RCN) Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU) Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) The University of Chicago Nixon Peabody LLP, Chicago

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List of Speakers (Speaker Biographies are provided in a separate insert to the program) (page of appearance in the program is noted after the speaker name) Aas, Kåre – page 6 Alter, Karen – p10 Amaro, Jennifer Cabrelli p9 Amundsen, Arne Bugge p7,13 Anundsen, Tormod W p8 Assaad, Ragui p12 Atkinson, Niall p8 Baumann, Catherine p12 Berg, Svein p9 Bermann, Brenna p11 vanBeurden, Judith B p11 Blom, Ina p8 Boyer, John p6 Brandtsegg, Øyvind p8 Brown, Bill p8 Byrkjeflot, Haldor p8 Børresen, Anne Kristine p12 Cagney, Kathleen p11 Carruthers, Elspeth p13 Catlett, Charlie p11 Christensen, Thomas p12 Chu, Julie Y p7 Clemens, Elisabeth p8 Collins, David p11 Collins, Nicolas p8 Diermeier, Daniel p6 Dippo, Don p11 Engum, Trond p8 Eriksson-Zetterquist, Ulla p8 Fimreite, Anne Lise p13 Flavin, John p9 Fløttum, Kjersti p7 Førde, Anniken p7 Gates, Scott p12 Giannakidou, Anastasia p9 Ginsburg, Tom p10 Gloppen, Siri p10 Gobel, Ursula p 13

Greenstone, Michael p7 Gubner, Jennie p8 Gundegjerde, Eirik p11 Håvik, Bjarte p13 Hagen, Margareth p13 Hale, Melina p13 Hallén, Arvid p6, 9 Hansen, Mette Halskov p7 Harpviken, Kristian Berg p12 Heckman, James p10 Hegna, Kristinn p11 Helland, Knut p7 Herrigel, Gary p8 Hewitt, Ted p6 Hjelstuen, Ole Kristian p9 Hoult, Jacquelyn p12 Husebekk, Anne p13 Hviding, Edvard p6 Isaacs, Eric D. 10 Isaksen, Torbjørn Røe p6 Ivarsflaten, Elisabeth p10 Jacobsen, Christine M p7 Jenson, Jane p8 Johne, Berit p13 Kalil, Ariel p10 Kjellemo, Bjørn Tore p13 Klungland, Helge p10 Knudsen, Cecilie Broch p12 Kristoffersen, Berit p7 Larsen, Leif Ove p9 Lear, Jonathan p7 Lee, Ka Yee p13 Lohndal, Terje p9 Lossius, Laila p12 Marian, Viorica p9 Meyer, Susan p9 Mogstad, Magne p10 Morgan, Benjamin p7

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Myhre, Kathrine p9 Nirenberg, David p6 Nuttall, Mark p7 Nybølet, Harald p12 Olsen, Dag Rune p13 Ormston, Stephanie p11 Ottersen, Ole Petter p6,11 Pape, Robert p10 Paulgaard, Gry p11 Pierroux, Palmyre p9 Rees, Ellen p6 Rettberg, Scott p13 Rice, Curt p9,12 Robertson, Anne Walters p6 Rodrigues, Tiago Campos p9 Rong, Chunming p 11 Rothman, Jason p9 Salvanes, Kjell G p10 Sandor, Richard L p7 Saue, Sigurd p8 Schwarz, Eric p11 Seehuus, Gerd p11 Sharma, Shailja p11 Simonsen, Jesper W p12 Skjølsvold, Thomas Moe p10 Soleim, Marianne N p11 Solheim, Ragnhild p13 Sørensen, Knut H. p11 St. Jean, Peter K. B. p11 Sun, Yun p12 Tveit, Mari Sundli p13 Ulfstein, Geir p10 Wåge, Dagfinn p 11 Wanvik, Tarje p7 Westergaard, Marit p9 Whittaker, Sunniva p10,12

Front page picture: "Cloud Gate" in the Millenium Park, Chicago, is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect Chicago’s famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirrorlike surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives. Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high.( http://www.cityofchicago.org/) Photo: B.Johne

"We argue that the sheer size and shape of this piece of art placed in a modern city landscape and surrounded by curious individuals – may also in a symbolic way represent the TF2016 theme; Big Challenges – Human Solutions"

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