From the left: Magnus Bolstad Holm, Kristoffer Wickstrøm, Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Karianne Tung and Robert Jenssen during the panel discussion at Arendalsuka
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Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence

From the left: Magnus Bolstad Holm, Kristoffer Wickstrøm, Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Karianne Tung and Robert Jenssen during the panel discussion at Arendalsuka

Visual Intelligence well represented at Arendalsuka 2026

Visual Intelligence gathered experts from Norwegian politics, research council, industry, the public sector, and academia to discuss the value of Norwegian AI competence and Norwegian-developed models.

Visual Intelligence well represented at Arendalsuka 2026

Visual Intelligence gathered experts from Norwegian politics, research council, industry, the public sector, and academia to discuss the value of Norwegian AI competence and Norwegian-developed models.

By Petter Bjørklund, Communications Officer at SFI Visual Intelligence

The event showed what opportunities this could provide for increased innovation, value creation and digital sovereignty in Norway.

These invited guests came to KI-teltet to share their knowledge on this topic:

  • Karianne Tung, Minister of Digitalization and Public Governance, Ministry of Digitalization and Public Governance
  • Dag Rune Olsen, Rector, UiT- The Arctic University of Norway
  • Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director for Innovation in Industry and The Public Sector, Norges forskningsråd
  • Magnus Bolstad Holm, Director for Division ICT, Statens vegvesen - Norwegian Public Roads Administration
  • Line Eikvil, Co-Director / Research Director, SFI Visual Intelligence / Norsk Regnesentral STI
  • Cathrine Tegnander, Digital Subsurface Manager, Aker BP ASA
  • Kristoffer Wickstrøm, Associate Professor, SFI Visual Intelligence / UiT
  • Robert Jenssen, Centre Director, SFI Visual Intelligence

A special thank you to Dag Rune Olsen and Karianne Tung for giving two insightful speeches.

The panelists at the Arendalsuka event. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
Karianne Tung giving an opening speech at Visual Intelligence's event at Arendalsuka. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
UiT Rector Dag Rune Olsen introducing the Arendalsuka event. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
Co-Director Line Eikvil presenting the NCS model: A Norwegian-developed foundation model for seismic tasks and applications. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
From the right: Centre Director Robert Jenssen introducing the panelists at the Arendalsuka event. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.
Kristoffer Wickstrøm sharing his views during the panel discussion. Photo: Petter Bjørklund / SFI Visual Intelligence.

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