Halden, Norway | 26-29 May 2026

AI+ 2023: Highlights from Day 1

Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no

Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning.

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Anja Lillerud
  • Dina Billington and her band played during the conference dinner. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Dina Billington and her band played during the conference dinner. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • The Halden mayor Anne-Kari Holm (Sp) gave e a warm welcome in the conference dinner opening speech. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • The Halden mayor Anne-Kari Holm (Sp) gave e a warm welcome in the conference dinner opening speech. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • The manager for Cluster for Applied AI, Tore Lie, was Toastmaster at the dinner.
  • Tore Lie is the Cluster for Applied AI manager at Smart Innovation Norway. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Tore Lie is the Cluster for Applied AI manager at Smart Innovation Norway. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • AI+ 2023, Conference dinner
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  • The chair of the Smart Innovation Norway board Ole Andreas Schärer (in the middle) was attending AI+ 2023. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • CEO at Smart Innovation Norway, Kjell Reidar Mydske, and AI+ hostess Ruth Astrid Sæter (right) talking to one of the participants. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Project manager for AI+, Mari Kristine Buckholm, talking to the chair of Smart Innovation Norway's board, Ole Andreas Schärer. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Eirik Andreassen (left) from Digital Norway, Kjell Reidar Mydske from Smart Innovation Norway and Petter Kvalvik from the Institute of Energy Technology. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • During Demos & Talks Wednesday afternoon, Per Baumann and Per Gunnar Auran, talked about dataflow at sea. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning.
  • Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning.
  • Bjørn Dimmen from DigiKat and ÅKP talked about the potential in the Katapult system. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Alexander Haneng is SVP Innovation Partnerships at Posten and Bring. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Some of the conference participants used the opportunity for a historical city tour guided by members from Fredrikshalds Borgervæpning. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup (right) in the panel debate.
  • Trym Holter from Silo AI. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Trym Holter from Silo AI (left) and Jon Jahren from Microsoft Norway. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Trym Holter from Silo AI (left) and Jon Jahren from Microsoft Norway. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Entertainment from the electronic music project Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Rebecca Wiborg Seyfarth is VP Machine Learning at Völur. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Byparken. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Byparken. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Haldens Klub. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Byparken. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Haldens Klub. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Byparken. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Haldens Klub. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Byparken. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Lunch at Haldens Klub. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nicolaus Henke from McKinsey & Company. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Rebecca Wiborg Seyfarth from Völur. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • David Skålid Amundsen is Lead Data Scientist Consultant at Computas and talked about how Ruter uses AI to predict the numbers of passengers on busses. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • David Skålid Amundsen from Computas. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Nicolaus Henke from McKinsey & Company. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • David Skålid Amundsen, Computas. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • The AI+ Communication Team interviewed the speakers. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • AI+ is arranged by seven partners from the tech and IT community in Halden. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Smart Innovation Norway is one of the AI+ partners and had many attendees on the conference. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Rebecca Wiborg Seyfarth from Völur. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Hostess Ruth Astrid Sæter. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nicolaus Henke from McKinsey & Company. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nicolaus Henke from McKinsey & Company. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • From left: Trym Holter (Silo AI), Jon Jahren (Microsoft Norway), Tara Zeyned Baris (HUB Ocean), Sina Nek Akhtar (Google) og Nikolai Astrup (Conservative Party), PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Trym Holter from Silo AI. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Sina Nek Akhtar from Google (left) and Nikolai Astrup from Conservative Party. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Jon Jahren from Microsoft. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • AI+ is held in Brygga kultursal in Halden. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.noA
  • Jon Jahren from Microsoft Norway. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • 270 people found their way to Halden May 3-4. 130 people attended digitally. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Petter Kvalvik from IFE (right) represent one of the seven partners behind AI+.PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup from the Conservative Party opened AI+ 2023. He enjoyed the sunny weather together with Kjell Reidar Mydske from Smart Innovation Norway (left) and Per Baumann from Precise Prediction. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Sina Nek Akhtar from Google. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Sina Nek Akhtar from Google. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Tara Zeynep Baris from HUB Ocean. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup on stage. After finishing his opening speech, he admitted ChatGPT wrote it. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Tara Zeynep Baris from HUB Ocean. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Jonas Aamodt Moræus from the AI+ partner Institute of Energy Technology (IFE) explained the purpose of the + in AI+. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup and hostess Ruth Astrid Sæter. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup and hostess Ruth Astrid Sæter. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • 270 attendees on-site. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Nikolai Astrup. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Registration of AI+ participants. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Jonas Aamodt Moræus from the AI+ partner Institute of Energy Technology talking to hostess Ruth Astrid Sæter. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
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  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no
  • Ugress from Bergen. PHOTO: Stein Johnsen, Contentvideo.no

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