Andreas Olaus Harstad

The Norwegian Geological Society has several local branches (in the main Norwegian City´s). As President for the Oslo branch I was, together with the rest of the board in Oslo, responsible for planning and arranging the traditional lecture series for the Society's members. This monthly lecture aims at providing our members with up-to-date topics in the broad width of geological disciplines covered by the professional members. Occasional geology field trips were also arranged. All work for the… Vis mer

The Norwegian Geological Society has several local branches (in the main Norwegian City´s). As President for the Oslo branch I was, together with the rest of the board in Oslo, responsible for planning and arranging the traditional lecture series for the Society's members. This monthly lecture aims at providing our members with up-to-date topics in the broad width of geological disciplines covered by the professional members. Occasional geology field trips were also arranged. All work for the Norwegian Geological Society is voluntary, unpaid work. Vis mindre

The biannual Nordic Geological Winter Meeting was held in Oslo, Norway, 11-13 January 2010. As Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), I was responsible for establishing and managing the SPC and it's 13 members. The work of the SPC included defining the scientific framework and sessions for the conference. Further, the work included contacting and appointing conveners and key note speakers for various sessions amog our nordic colleagues. Designing the final conference programme… Vis mer

The biannual Nordic Geological Winter Meeting was held in Oslo, Norway, 11-13 January 2010. As Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), I was responsible for establishing and managing the SPC and it's 13 members. The work of the SPC included defining the scientific framework and sessions for the conference. Further, the work included contacting and appointing conveners and key note speakers for various sessions amog our nordic colleagues. Designing the final conference programme layout was a key task for my role as the Chairman of the SPC. Finally, I was also one of three Editors for the 380 page conference abstract volume.

The conference was a great success with more than 400 scientfic contributions submitted for the event (320 talks and 90 posters). More than 470 delegates attended the three day conference. The conference was held at the SAS Radisson BLU Scandinavia with 6-7 scientific sessions running in parallel each day of the conference.

This experience has provided me with significant experience in manging and organising a major scientific event. Moreover, working with such a diverse group of people and the complex nature of the arrangement has significantly developed my managing skills. Vis mindre