Historical studies offer an alternative way to understand how society develops, complementing those offered by economists and other social scientists. Major issues of growth and crises are studied from below and from within, and based on records created in past times by the actors and institutions that make up the economy.
Historical insight gives perspective on contemporary social challenges, helps to explain how they have risen, and can in some cases also define lessons learned and suggest elements in future solutions.
Knowledge and understanding of the near and distant past are impossible to achieve if relevant archives are not preserved. Especially during periods of restructuring, it is important that source material is safeguarded. Understanding the present and making predictions about the future will be very difficult without knowledge of the past.
Program:
10.00 – 10.10: Welcome and opening remarks
Torkel Thime, project manager The Norwegian Oil and Gas Archives
10.10-10.45: The Norwegian Petroleum History and Archives- Policies, Technology and Transition
Arve Johnsen, lawyer and former ceo of Statoil
10.45-11.05: Industry, transition and new possibilities – an example from the Norwegian shipping industry
Espen Ekberg, researcher at the Norwegian Business School (BI – Oslo)
11.05-11.25: The remaking of Norwegian concrete technology for the offshore business
Jan Moksnes, former ceo of Norwegian Contractors.
11.25-11.40: Coffee break
11.40-12.00: From North Sea to Space
Brage Johansen, ceo of Zaptec
12.00-12.20: 50 years of petroleum industry, a story about the past and the next 50?
Stig Kvendseth, Manager, Communication and Government Affairs, ConocoPhillips Norway
12.20-12.30: Closing remarks
Finn Harald Sandberg, curator at the Norwegian Oil Museum.
12.30-13.00: Light lunch
