Seminar on Innovation Management

How can we strengthen innovation in a systematic way and build structures based on international best practices?

At the seminar, participants from business, the public sector, academia, and innovation communities will come together to share knowledge, experiences, and perspectives on how innovation management can be put into practice. The seminar will be relevant both for those already working with innovation management and for those who wish to learn more.

Why should you attend?

The seminar will provide insight on three ISO standards that organizations worldwide use to organize and manage their innovation activities:

• ISO 56000: Fundamentals and vocabulary
• ISO 56001: Innovation management system (requirements standard and basis for certification)
• ISO 56002: Guidance on innovation management

You will learn how international best practices can be applied to great advantage and hear examples from organizations that already work systematically with innovation, achieving results that make an impact both nationally and internationally.

Programme

• Opening speech: Welcome
  Jacob Mehus, Managing Director, Standard Norway
• Introduction to the conference
  Tobias Studer Andersson, Head of National Committee on Innovation (Norway)
• State of Innovation Management – Reflections and Progress
  Johan Claire, Chair, ISO Committee on Innovation (France)
• State of Innovation Management – Reflections and Progress
  Magnus Hakvåg, Convenor, Working Group on Terminology (Norway)
• Norway in the Spotlight – Trust-Based Society vs. Burning Platform
  Anne Kjersti Fahlvik, Executive Director, Innovation in Industry and the Public Sector, The Research Council of Norway
• Research-Based Innovation
  Håvard Wibe, Senior Advisor, Research, Innovation and External Relations Division, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Innovation within the framwork of Innovation Norway
  Øyvind Haga, Manager, Growth and Internationalization, Innovation Norway
• Norwegian cases and experiences
  Companies to be announced
• Break
• Why are innovations few and far between?
  Tor Wallin Andreassen, Professor Emeritus of Innovation, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
• Introduction of Ecosystem Innovation – The Standard ISO 56012
  Dr Annika Steiber, Project Leader ISO 56012, ANSI (USA)
• Data is the new oil - Partnership between the finance industry and the public sector in Norway
  Petra N. Andersen, Director, Strategic Innovation & Business Development, Norwegian Digitalisation Agency (Norway)
• The Future of Innovation Management – Competencies & Capabilities Needed?
  Anne Cathrin Haueng, Sopra Steria, and Professor, Norwegian School of Economics (Norway)
• Questions
• Closing remarks
  Tobias Studer Andersson and Johan Claire (Norway and France)

Please note that the programme is subject to change.

Practical information

Date: 16 October 2025
Venue: Momentum, 26th floor, Posthuset, Sopra Steria’s offices, Biskop Gunnerus gate 14, Oslo
Time: 13:30–16:30 (registration from 13:00) 
It is also possible to attend digitally.

Registration

The seminar is free of charge, but registration is required. A link will be sent the day before the event to all participants wishing to join online.

Register to the seminar

Questions?

Please feel free to contact Communications Coordinator Tove Grønseth at Standards Norway if you would like further information.

The seminar is organized in connection with the international standardization meeting in Oslo

In October, Norway will host the meeting of ISO/TC 279 Innovation Management, with experts from more than 40 countries in attendance. The seminar is arranged as part of this meeting, and as a participant, you are warmly invited to join. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage in the global dialogue on the future of innovation management.