Name: Join us for Norway Days at EXPO 2025 in Japan!
Start: 2025-06-01T09:00:00Z
End: 2025-06-03T11:30:00Z
Location: Osaka

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Event has ended

1 June 2025 - 3 June 2025

Location: Osaka, Tokyo

Exhibition

Event information Programme

Norway Day at EXPO 2025 in Osaka is bringing together key government and business representatives from Japan and Norway, to celebrate the long-term partnership in a range of areas.

Programme elements

For full programme, please see programme tab or attachments below.

Full programme

This also coincides with celebrations of 120 years of diplomatic relations. Under the theme “Pioneering a sustainable future – together”, events will feature seminars and networking sessions both at the Nordic pavilion at EXPO in Osaka as well as in Tokyo. Business dialogue will cover seafood supply, renewable energy developments, securing critical infrastructure at sea as well as diversity and equality in society and business. The delegation is lead by Espen Barth Eide, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs travelling together with Ragnhild Sjoner Syrstad, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.

Norway Day in Osaka will take place at the EXPO area. The official ceremony will mark the opening of Norway day, with flag-raising og Norway and Japan and greetings by high-level representatives of both countries, while the business dialogue event and reception will be at the Nordic pavilion. Sessions at the pavilion will be consecutive in the same venue and with simultaneous interpretation.

Transportation from Osaka to Tokyo:
Train Osaka-Tokyo, Shinkansen, approx. 2hrs 30 min

Norway Day in Tokyo will take place at Hotel Gajoen in Meguro, a central part of the city. Sessions will be taking place in parallel, all with simultaneous interpretation. All sessions will gather for a joint seafood reception.

Practical information

The following hotels are recommended in Tokyo, near the event venue Hotel Gajoen:

Shinagawa Prince Hotel Right across the street from Shinagawa Station, with direct access to the Shinkansen and Haneda Airport
JR-EAST HOTEL METS PREMIER GOTANDA Located at Gotanda station, which is between Shinagawa and Meguro station.
Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo directly connected to Tokyo Station.

Practical information will follow later.

Ann Elin Hattrem

Special Advisor

Oslo

Contact via email

Partners

DNV AS

Website

EQUINOR ASA

Website

General Electric

Website

KONGSBERG GRUPPEN ASA

Website

NORWEGIAN SEAFOOD COUNCIL

Website

RYSTAD ENERGY AS

Website

STATKRAFT AS

Website

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Important conditions

Companies must adhere to standards for responsible business conduct, including Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria.

Participants are expected to operate in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct. This entails conducting business responsibly, respecting human rights, ensuring decent working conditions, safeguarding environmental considerations, and actively preventing corruption.

Companies must carry out their own due diligence assessments (risk assessments) to identify, prevent, and mitigate potential adverse impacts.

Join us for Norway Days at EXPO 2025 in Japan!

Programme elements

Practical information

Sun. 1 June 2025

Get together in Osaka at Canopy by Hilton

Mon. 2 June 2025

EXPO Osaka: Official opening, cultural event, pavilion visits, business dialogue and panels

EXPO Osaka: Networking Reception at the Nordic Pavilion

Tue. 3 June 2025

Tokyo Session 2: "Renewable Energy"

Tokyo Session 3: "From Deep Ocean to Space"

Networking Seafood Reception

Partners

Important conditions