NHH Symposium

The NHH Symposium
Established 1983
Main office Helleveien 30, 5045 Bergen
Leader Jørgen Færevaag
Employees 300
Partners Accenture
Experis
Orkla Group
Storebrand
Visma
Microsoft
Homepage www.symposiet.no

The NHH Symposium is Europe's second largest business conference entirely arranged by students.[1] The conference, which is hosted by approximately 300 students at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH), is held biennially in Bergen, Norway. The NHH Symposium was first held in 1983 with Asbjørn Reinkind as founder and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2013. Since then, many famous guests and speakers have visited. The conference lasts for two days and consists of lectures, workshops and other activities.

Among the speakers that have visited the NHH Symposium are former British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, the United States Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, GATT director Arthur Dunkel, the first Vice President of World Trade Organization (WTO) Peter Sutherland, founder of The Body Shop Anita Roddick and CEO of Scandinavian Airlines Jan Carlzon. Also academics such as Henry Mintzberg, Michael Porter, Jeffrey D. Sachs, Peter Lorange, Stéphane Garelli and Jay B. Barney have visited the conference. The Norwegian King Harald V attended in 1995 and the Crown Prince of Norway Haakon attended in 2007. He returned two years later and opened the conference.

The NHH Symposium 2015

This years conference will take place March 18 and 19 2015 at the Norwegian School of Economics. Subject will be productivity[2]

Speaker Position Organization
Erna Solberg Prime Minister Norway
Micael Dahlén Professor and author Stockholm School of Economics
Jonas Gahr Støre Leader Labour Party (Norway)
Kristin Skogen Lund Managing Director Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
Idar Kreutzer Managing Director Finance Norway
Frederic Hauge President Bellona Foundation
Jørn Rattsø Professor Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Tom Colbjørnsen Professor BI Norwegian Business School
Jonas Eriksson Football referee FIFA
Victor D. Norman Professor Norwegian School of Economics

Earlier NHH Symposiums

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