Tech Talks


Welcome to Horten Tech Talks 2025

  • 14. October
  • Thon Hotel Horten
Tech Talks 2025

Horten Tech Talks is back, and this year's theme is nothing less than crucial to the future: “Regional value creation and security.”

How can technology ensure growth and security in our region? How can we strengthen local initiatives to create a sustainable and robust future?

Join when the region's sharpest heads, Leading businesses and technology enthusiasts gather for an inspiring day packed with:

Groundbreaking lecturesEngaging panel debatesNetworking opportunities with the best of the industry
14. October 2025

Conferences

This year's conferences are the award -winning and dynamic Berit Svendsen, who will solve us through the day with insight and energy. Berit has been a key player in technology and leadership, and her perspectives give an extra dimension to the discussions.

Berit Svendsen
  • Berit Svendsen
  • Special Advisor Special Advisor within Strategy, Digitization and cybersecurity in Advansia, Tild.Telenor, Tilt

Berit is a special advisor within strategy, Digitization and cybersecurity in Advansia.

She started as a researcher in the Televerket's Research Institute in the 80s and work 30 years in Telenor. She had a number of roles in the group, including as head of Telenor Norway and from March 2017 for September 2018 was she in charge of all Telenor's business in Scandinavia. Berit is engaged in several areas of Norwegian business through board positions, Among other things as chairman of Vy and board member of NTE. She was named Chairman of the Year in 2023.

She is of the heart a tech enthusiast and curious about innovation and development. I 2016 Berit was named one of Europe's fifty most inspiring women in the technology world of inspiration Fifty, And in 2017 and 2018 was she named the most powerful woman in Norwegian business of capital. Berit has also been the leader of international efforts in VIPPS and has been the Adjunct Executive in Residence at BI at the Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship. I i 2019/2020 she led the Svendsen Committee for the Minister of Defense to assess changed competence needs in the Armed Forces based on a changed threat image.

14. October 2025

Speakers

Berit Svendsen
Advansia, tild. Telenor, Tilt

Berit Svendsen

Defense Research Institute(FFI)

Eskil Grendahl Sivertsen

Executive Vice President Led AS

Øivind Askvik

Subject manager, Mr norway

Sven the cheek Iversen

Manager, National Center for Science Recruitment

Guro Rørvik

Principal and Dalig leader, Gokstad Academy

Atle Bjurstedt

The University of Southeast Norway

Thomas Øyvang

13. – 17. October 2025

Our sponsors

DNB
Ide house of brands
Horten Business Forum
Horten municipality
13. – 17. October 2025

Our partners

University of the southeast- Norway
Electronic Coast
AGS IT-partner
Kongsberg Group
Koben
GRAPE
14. October 2025

Prices and information

Attend the Horten Tech Festival 2025

  • Tuesday 14. October
  • 09.00-15.00
  • Thon Hotel Horten
  • From Kr 1250,-

Registration deadline

Tuesday 07. October

Book Stand at the Horten Tech Festival 2025

  • Thursday 16. October
  • 09.00-14.00
  • University of Southeast Norway – Campus Vestfold
  • From Kr 5000,-

Registration deadline

Wednesday 15. October

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