Open member meeting on Framework Conditions and Arctic Surveillance Program (ASP)
📍 Oslo/Skøyen, June 17th & 18th, 2025
NIFRO in collaboration with the Norwegian Space Agency and the Norwegian Space Cluster invites you to two member events on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th of June
On Tuesday 17th of June (tentatively 1230-1600), we will present the main findings from a member survey sent out last year, provide information about relevant support schemes and hold a workshop on the theme "barriers on financing and growth".
12:30-12:40 Introduction and welcome
12:40-12:55 Presentation of participants
12:55-13:10 Findings from survey
13:10-13:25 NATO Innovation Fund (Karl-Christian Agerup)
13:25-13:40 Break
13:40-13:55 How to create a VC hackable startup (Kremena Toshev)
13:55-14:10 Innovation Norway support schemes (Simon Flack)
14:10-14:25 Norwegian Space Agency support schemes
14:25-14:35 KSAT
14:35-14:45 EIDEL
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-16:00 Workshop
The following day, Wednesday the 18th (0900-1200), we are arranging an event on the Arctic Surveillance Programme (ASP) with information about opportunities for Norwegian companies. Here, we will highlight various elements of ASP, including AOS, MicroSAR and N3X. We also aim to highlight instruments for the development and qualification of Norwegian companies for deliveries to Norwegian capacities
09:00 - 09:05 Welcome by Nifro and NOSA
09:05 - 09:35 AOS (Arctic Ocean Surveillance)
Project status (NOSA)
Status of industrial projects (Eidel and KDA)
Experiences with ESA as a developer of the prime contractor and system integrator role for Norwegian industry (Eidel and KDA)
09:35 - 10:05 Status of ASP and ASP Preliminary Project (NOSA)
10:05 - 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 - 11:00 Other initiatives
Space Norway on MikroSAR
KDA on N3X
11:00 - 11:30 Instruments for development and qualification of Norwegian companies for deliveries to Norwegian capacities (NOSA)
11:30 - 12:00 Questions, dialogue, rounding off
We invite you to attend and participate at both meetings, which will take place at the Norwegian Space Agency’s premises (Meeting room "Titan") at Skøyen in Oslo. The events will also be streamed for those who are unable to come to Skøyen.
Registration by email to gunnar@nifro.no or by phone +47 488 92 340. Let us know if you will be attending physically or digitally. And of course, it is possible to attend only one of the events if it is not convenient to attend both. Participation is free of charge.