The leaders of AFINO work packages and of the AFINO affiliated projects will meet in Bergen on the 19th of May to reflect on achievements, challenges and the way forward.


The event in an internal one, open only to invited speakers.

Venue: The Radisson Blu Royal hotel in Bergen

Time: Thursday, the 19th of May 2022, from 10:00 to 13:00

The programme:

10:00   Welcome and introduction (Siri Granum Carson)

10:20   AFINO’s journey: a look back and a look forward (Giovanni De Grandis)

10:40   AFINO’s affiliated projects: what is the added value of the network? (Arnt Fløysand)

11:00   Break

11:15   Guest speaker (professor Tsjalling Swierstra, Maastricht University)  

An external appraisal of AFINO

              Responsible Innovation and business reality

12:00   Futurecasting AFINO  

12:45   Setting AFINO’s strategic priorities 2022-2024

Featured photocollage: Some visual highlights from the activity in AFINO since its establishment in the fall 2019. Photo and collage: Eva Hilde Murvold.

Giovanni De Grandis
Researcher and centre coordinator for AFINO at NTNU

Giovanni De Grandis has a PhD in Philosophy. In the last ten years he has worked in several transdisciplinary projects and initiatives in the areas of health, new technologies, innovation and public policy. He is the coordinator of the AFINO project and leads Work Package 2.