Christmas Russia Breakfast with Mr Iver B. Neumann and Mrs Kristin Høiby - 6 December 2017

On December 6, Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce (NRCC) and Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO) had a pleasure to invite their members to Christmas Russia breakfast with Mr Iver B. Neumann, Research Professor at NUPI, and Mrs Kristin Høiby, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Research Council and Program Coordinator for the NORRUSS programme since 2014.  The meeting took place at the NHO facilities.

Mr Jarle Forbord, NRCC Managing Director, welcomed all the participants and introduced the following speakers to the audience. 

Mr Iver B. Neumann, Research Professor at NUPI, gave a presentation about new developments in Russia. 

Mr Iver B. Neumann, Research Professor at NUPI

Kristin Høiby, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Research Council and Program Coordinator for the NORRUSS programme gave a broad introduction to the new programme 2018-2023 and their main activities.

Mrs Kristin Høiby, Senior Adviser at the Norwegian Research Council and Programme Coordinator for NORRUSS Program

The topics of the presentations are relevant today, and the speakers and the audience had an interactive communication after their presentations.   

Later, Mrs Liv Monica Liv Monica Stubholt, the Chair of the NRCC Board, thanked the speakers and the audience for presentations and discussions were made around the topics. She updated the audience regarding new NRCC members in 2017 and upcoming events in 2018.

Mrs Liv Monica Liv Monica Stubholt, the Chair of the NRCC Board

At the end of the Christmas Russia Breakfast, Mr Erik Gulbrandsen, CEO, Norwegian Management Solutions AS, former Vice President, Kvaerner, was awarded for his outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of Norwegian-Russian business cooperation and support to the NRCC.  

Mr Erik Gulbrandsen, CEO, Norwegian Management Solutions AS