Norwegian Business Delegation
to Myanmar
on the occasion of the planned
State Visit by
Their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja of Norway
1-3 December 2014
Organised by
TRANSFERS/BUS SERVICE
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30 November 08.00 from Chatrium Hotel to Yangon Airport/Nay Pyi Taw flight
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30 November 11.30 in from Nay Pyi Taw Airport to Park Royal
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30 November 14.00 from Park Royal to Paung Laung
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1 December 16.55 from Park Royal to Nay Pyi Taw Airport
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1 December 19.30 from Yangon Airport to Chatrium Hotel
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2 December 08.00 from Chatrium Hotel to Sedona Hotel.
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2 December 12.00 Chatrium to L’Opera
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3 December 08.00 from Chatrium Hotel to UMFCCI
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3 December 17.00 from Chatrium Hotel to Yangon Airport
Important contacts:
Overall coordination at Innovation Norway:
Innovation Norway’s Office in Myanmar:
Ms Hedvig Marie Braarud Poulsen
Director Delegations and Trade Fairs
hepou@innovasjonnorge.no
Mobile +47 400 08 012
Mr. Axel Blom
Country Representative Thailand and Myanmar
axel.blom@innovationnorway.no
Mobile +95 94 0372 1201
Mobile +66 81823 1010
Sector Programmes will be developed by:
Renewable energy:
Ms. Line Amlund Hagen
Managing Director INTPOW
line@intpow.no
Mobile: +47 976 50 334
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Oil & Gas:
Mr. Kenneth Burhol
Administration Manager, INTSOK
Kenneth.burhol@intsok.com
Mobile: +47 412 56 112
Sunday, 30 November 2014
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
10.30
Chartered Flight Yangon - Nay Pyi Taw
14.00
Study trip to the hydropower plant Paung Laung
20.00
“Get together cocktail” for the business delegation
Venue: Park Royal Hotel Nay Pyi Taw
Monday, 1 December 2014
Renewable Energy
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
All day
Workshop on water management – by invitation only
Venue: Park Royal Hotel Nay Pyi Taw
18.30
Chartered flight to Yangon with Their Majesties
20.30
Get together cocktail for the Norwegian business
delegation. Monica Mæland will attend
Venue: Chatrium Hotel
Oil & Gas
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
10.00 – 16.30
Seminar on oil & gas
Venue: Park Royal Hotel Nay Pyi Taw
Moderator: Sjur Bratland, INTSOK
18.30
Chartered flight to Yangon with Their Majesties
20.30
Get together cocktail for the Norwegian business
delegation. Monica Mæland will attend
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Sign-up for flights in advance needed
Tuesday, 2 December 2014
Renewable Energy
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
09.00 – 12.00
Seminar on Energy Supply in Myanmar
Venue: Sedona Hotel
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Session 1 Electrification and large scale
infrastructure
Session 2: Micro and mesogrids, alternative
off-grid solutions
Session 3: Tunnelling and sub terrain
technologies relevant for hydropower
development
Session 4: Financing
13.15
Official lunch
Venue: L’Opera Restaurant
15.00 – 16.00
Opening of/introduction to the joint mesogrid
renewable energy project established between
Green Energy Green Growth Myanmar (GEGG)
and Norwegian companies in the renewable
energy business.
Venue: GEGG Myanmar,
Myanmar Scientific Technology Research Dept.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, opposite Marina
Residence.
Possibilities to meet up with stakeholders’
renewable energy sector.
20.00
State reception
Venue: Chatrium Hotel
Oil & Gas
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
09.00
Oil & Gas Seminar:
Venue: Chatrium Hotel
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Session 1 Exploration
Session 2: Subsea
Session 3: Financing
13.15
Official lunch
Venue: L’Opera Restaurant
20.00
State reception
Venue: Chatrium Hotel
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Wednesday, 3 December 2014
Time
Programme
Venue and additional information
09.00
Practical experience setting up a company in
Myanmar and dealing with an inexperienced labour
force. The seminar aims at giving Norwegian
businesses interested in setting up in Myanmar a
realistic picture of how to do business in Myanmar
Venue: UMFCCI
10.00 – 11.30
Panel discussion on education. Opening speeches
by Norways’s Minister of Trade and Industry and
Myanmar’s Minister of Education.
A common theme for many of the Norwegian
companies which are considering to enter
Myanmar is the lack of access to a skilled local
workforce. Focus on training and skills
development of employees is an important part of
the Norwegian business model.
11.30 – 12.00
Official opening of the joint NTNU-Yangon Institute
of Economics Executive Master of Management
(MM) degree programme
12.00 – 14.00
Standing mingling lunch with UMFCCI members.
Short speech by Minister of Trade Monica Mæland
with a counter speech by UMFCCI President Win
Aung
Delegation ends
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