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Strengthened defence capability and health preparedness

Teknologi og innovasjon for styrket forsvarsevne og helseberedskap
Health2B, Forskningsparken, Oslo
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About the event

How can we leverage Norway’s strengths in health technology and preparedness to build a more robust total defence? And what concrete opportunities exist at the intersection of healthcare, technology and the Armed Forces? These are the questions we will explore in this workshop.

Description

The first workshop in the pre-project Health – Preparedness – Defence brings together key stakeholders from three sectors that rarely meet in the same room:
hospitals and municipalities, operational personnel and procurement representatives from the Armed Forces and the preparedness sector, as well as technology companies with solutions that can serve both civilian and military needs.

This is a unique opportunity to explore new partnerships, share experiences, and identify dual-use opportunities that can strengthen both health preparedness and the Armed Forces’ operational capability.

The workshop is free of charge and open to participants from across the ecosystem. However, to ensure high-quality discussions and broad representation, participation is limited to 40 attendees, with a balanced distribution across sectors.

We look forward to welcoming you to an engaging and forward-looking gathering where we will jointly explore how innovation and new models of collaboration can strengthen Norway’s total preparedness.

If this sounds interesting and you represent one of the target groups, please register HERE.

Program

08:15–08:30 Registration & coffee

08:30–09:40 Part 1

  • Introduction, by Trine Radmann, Project Manager, Norway Health Tech
  • Cross-sector civil–military collaboration, by Håkon Lund, Chief Medical Officer, Norwegian Home Guard
  • Civil–military collaboration on health preparedness coverage, by Morten Line Anderssen, Brigadier, Deputy Commander/Chief of Staff, Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation

09:40–10:00 Break & coffee

10:00–11:35 Part 2

  • How Bærum Municipality works with preparedness, by Grete Danielsen, Special Adviser for Preparedness, Bærum Municipality
  • Preparedness efforts at Akershus University Hospital, by Ruth Ann Gullbekk, Special Adviser / Preparedness Coordinator, Office of the Medical Director
  • Well-functioning public–private collaboration in healthcare is good preparedness, by Aleksander Hausmann, CIO, DIFFIA
  • Experience sharing: engaging with the Armed Forces from the health industry perspective

11:35–12:00 Lunch & networking

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Håkon Lund, sjefslege i Heimevernet, deltar i Norway Health Tech sitt prosjekt på helseberedskap

Chief Medical Officer and Head of Medical Services in the Norwegian Home Guard.

Håkon Lund

Håkon Lund is a physician and Lieutenant Colonel in the Norwegian Armed Forces. He currently serves as Chief Medical Officer and Head of Medical Services in the Norwegian Home Guard. Lund has clinical experience from Lillehammer, Akershus University Hospital (Ahus) and Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, as well as from primary healthcare services in Skjervøy and Lom. He has also worked as a consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in Oslo, Stockholm and Dallas. From August 2026, he will assume the position of Chief Medical Officer at the Norwegian Joint Headquarters. 📸 Sagat

Brigader Morten Line Anderssen er nestkommanderende og stabssjef i Forsvarets logistikkorganisasjon

Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, Norwegian Defense Logistics Organisation

Morten Line Anderssen

Brigadier Morten Line Anderssen is Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, Norwegian Defense Logistics Organisation (NDLO), a position he has held since 2024. As Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff, NDLO, brigadier Anderssen oversees joint logistics strategies and activities on behalf of the Commander, NDLO, and manages the general joint logistics staff. 📸High North News

Grete Danielsen er spesialrådgiver for beredskap i Bærum Kommune

Special Adviser for Emergency Preparedness in Bærum Municipality

Grete Danielsen

Since 2022, Grete has served as Special Adviser for Emergency Preparedness in Bærum Municipality, where she works with comprehensive risk and vulnerability management, the development of the municipality’s crisis management capacity, and cross-sector collaboration within public safety and emergency preparedness. With more than 25 years of experience in national preparedness work, including from the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB), she has a broad and varied background spanning operational response management (nationally and internationally), contingency planning, as well as the development, facilitation and implementation of exercises and capacity-building initiatives.

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