Silicon Vikings together with Seed Forum International Foundation are very pleased to invite you to attend a session in Palo Alto (see details below) to hear the presentations of some very exciting technology companies from Norway that are here in connection with Norway’s Science Week events at UC Berkeley and Stanford.

The event is FREE, BUT YOU NEED TO SIGN UP, thanks to Innovation Forum Norway and Seed Forum. Drinks and buffet dinner will be provided after the presentations.

The agenda for the meeting is the following:

• Registration and Coffee
• Very brief “Power Pitches” by the 8 companies (see below)
• Opening Remarks: HE Wegger Chr. Strommen, Ambassador of Norway to the US
• Brief welcome and remarks by Richard Allen Horning, President of Silicon Vikings
• Brief remarks by Truls Berg, President of Movation and Chairman of Innovation Forum Norway
• Brief remarks by Steinar Korsmo, President and CEO of Seed Forum International
• Presentations by 8 Norwegian companies—7 minutes each

The 8 companies from Norway presenting are:

·         Itemesee – www.itsmesee.com -- avatar technology for sales of clothes on the internet (webpage will be open shortly)

·         Hrafn – technology concept for product origin, sourcing and value chain information www.hrafn.com

·         Blogg – Blogging platform www.blogg.no (will shortly have its English version)

·         Snowcastle– Gaming company http://blog.snowcastleco.com

·         WhatIf – Uses company information to create “what if scenarios” for value creation and risk reduction www.whatif.as

·         Induct – Technology platform for open innovation community www.induct.no

·         Comperiosearch– Company is developing and implementing enterprise search technology  www.comperiosearch.com

·         Intrapoint– Provides incident, business continuity and crisis management solutions www.intrapoint.no