News : Oslo

Innovation generates the new services and workplaces that will sustain us in the future. The annual Oslo Innovation Week showcases the Norwegian capital’s innovative potential, and this year the big guns roll into town.
International innovation stars are headed for Oslo, lead by Henry Cheesbrough, the godfather of open innovation. Also making the trip are Ryan Blair, currently on Amazon’s bestseller list, and...

Naomi Phillips, British Humanist Association. 

Talk for the World Humanist Congress, Oslo.Saturday 13 August, 2011.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) is the national charity working on behalf of non-religious people who seek to live ethical and fulfilling lives on the basis of reason and humanity. Founded in 1896, the BHA is trusted by over 28,000 members and supporters and over 90 local and special...

Terrorist attacks add new significance to topic of peace
Despite damage from the recent bombing in Norway, secular activists from more than 50 countries will meet in Oslo, August 12 to 14, to discuss how to build a more peaceful world. The International Humanist and Ethical Union’s (IHEU) Eighteenth World Congress, on the theme of “Humanism and Peace” (www.human.no/oslo2011), will...

NCC Construction Norway has been commissioned to construct a hotel at Østbanebygget, by Oslo’s Central Station. The client is Rom Eiendom AS and the project is valued at approximately SEK 210 million. The order will be registered in the fourth quarter of 2010.
The hotel will comprise approximately 170 rooms. The project is a combination of the refurbishment of three existing buildings plus one newly constructed...