Upcoming Events

Creating Opportunities in a Changing Industry

Benedicte Bjorøy shares insights from  20 years in the maritime and oil & gas industry, focusing on career development, future-ready competencies, and the growing importance of personal branding.

• How can opportunities be created rather than waited for?
• What does it take to stay relevant in an evolving industry?
• Which competencies matter most – and why is personal branding becoming a key career tool?

Program:

• 17:15 – 17:30 | Registration, Grieg Maritime Group, C. Sundts gate 17-19, Bergen
  (Please note that doors will open at 17:15, not at 17:00 as initially stated on the webpage.)
• 17:30 – 17:40 | WISTA Norway Status Update
• 17:40 – 18:10 | Presentation by Benedicte Bjorøy, VP HR Operations, Odfjell Drilling
• From 18:10 | After‑work gathering at Den Svarte Hane Wine Bar, Strandgaten 71

About the Speaker

Benedicte Bjorøy
VP HR Operations, MODU Odfjell Drilling

Benedicte Bjørøy is a strategic HR leader with 20 years of experience in complex, international organisations across the energy, maritime, and offshore sectors. She holds an MBA in Strategic Leadership from NHH Norwegian School of Economics and has held several senior HR and organisational leadership roles, with a strong track record in organisational development, culture building, and change leadership.

Throughout her career, she has led transformation and integration initiatives, driving people-centric growth and sustainable results through strong teams, clear strategy execution, and purpose-driven leadership.

WISTA Norway invites CEOs of organizations that have signed the 40 by 30 Pledge to an exclusive CEO Dinner — an evening for top leaders in the shipping industry to connect, learn and drive concrete action on gender balance in leadership.

The maritime industry faces rapid change and increasing complexity. To stay competitive we must use all available talent — including more women in decision-making roles. This CEO Dinner brings together industry frontrunners to share practical insights, real-life examples and open discussion on how senior leaders can use their influence to expand opportunities for women and strengthen their organizations. This will be an an evening of shared insights, powerful stories and collective commitment to making leadership more inclusive.

Organizers: Gard, the Norwegian Maritime Authority, and WISTA Norway

WISTA Norway invites all signatories of the “40 by 30” pledge to the 40 by 30 Strategy Workshop — a focused, one-day session to advance gender balance and leadership development in the maritime sector.

Co-hosts: Skuld, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, and WISTA Norway

This workshop is a practical opportunity to share progress, exchange tools and approaches from the “40 by 30” Starter Kit, and strengthen leadership pipelines across generations.

Please note this event is reserved for signatories of the 40 by 30 pledge.

Join us in celebrating International Women’s Day – Sign up now!

This is a collaboration event for the shipping community of Bergen. Although WISTA Norway is the event organizer, the event will be open to all, and you do not have to be a member of WISTA Norway to attend.   See detailed programme below.

There is a limited number of participants to this event, we will revert to you if we have achieved the max number of participants and you are in the waiting list.

WISTA & Wilhelmsen Ships Service – International Women’s Day Lunch Event

Date:

Thursday 5^th of March

Venue & Schedule:

Wilhelmsen, Strandveien 20, 1366 Lysaker

Doors opening at: 09:45

Auditorium session: 10:00 – 11:00

Lunch: 11:00 – 12:30

Capacity:

60 participants

Agenda for the auditorium session:

10:00 – 10:10: WISTA – Introduction of WISTA and the event.

10:10 – 10:35: Interview with Benedicte Teigen Gude: Being a female leader in a global industry

10:35 – 11:00: Career Story by Michele Legernes: ‘My journey in the shipping industry’

Event speakers:

Benedicte Teigen Gude.

Chief of Staff – WWH – Wilh.Wilhelmsen Holding,

Interviewed by Anne-Julie Jøssang – ESG Director, Wilhelmsen Ships Service.

Michele Legernes.

Project Manager at Kongsberg Maritime,

Regional Vise President of Western Europe – International Propeller Club

Treasurer – International Propeller Club of Norway.

Lunch buffet in the Bistro

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*There is a limited number of participants to this event, we will revert to you if we have achieved the max number of participants and you are in the waiting list.

This event is in Norwegian.

Sett av morgenen onsdag 4. februar når Sjøfartsdirektoratet og Norges Rederiforbund  inviterer til Flaggfrokost i Oslo.

Velkommen til flaggfrokost! I dag samles vi for å drøfte rammevilkårene for norsk skipsfart og betydningen av det norske flagget for næringen vår. Med et stadig mer krevende internasjonalt marked, er det avgjørende å sikre gode vilkår for norske skip og sjøfolk. Gjennom faglige innlegg og diskusjoner ønsker vi å belyse utfordringer og muligheter, og sammen skape et sterkt grunnlag for fremtidens sjøfartsnasjon.

Du møter:

Alf Tore Sørheim, sjøfartsdirektør, Sjøfartsdirektoratet
Fride Solbakken, leder, Maritimt Forum

Andreas Enger, CEO, Höegh Autoliners

Politisk diskusjon:

Ruth Marian Hop, (Ap)
Bård Ludvig Thorheim, (H)
Knut Arild Hareide, adm. direktør, Norges Rederiforbund
mfl.

Det blir en lett frokost og mingling fra klokken 08:00,
etterfulgt av innlegg og panelsamtaler.