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Coffee & Chips: Gathering the microchip and sensor environment over morning coffee
Published: 26 August 2026
Text: Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke
Photo: Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke
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On one Friday each month, Forskningsparken and CC-NorChip invite you to inspiring, informal talks by leading players in semiconductor and sensor technology.
The goal of this series is to create a meeting place for everyone interested in advanced microchip and sensor technology in Norway. Coffee and Chips gives companies the opportunity to promote their work, while researchers can share insights into the latest developments in their fields.
Program fall 2026:
14.08: Sindre Mikkelsen, Sony – "Image sensors for automotive applications"
11.09: Robin Hoel, Texas Instuments: "Low Power WMCU Design – The hairy edge: striking a balance between low-power, performance and cost"
16.10: Charlotte Boccara and Enrique Escobedo-Cousin: UiO-project "BrainChip"
11.12: SINTEF, foredrag om Brokerage event (TBC)
CC-NorChip collaborates with a number of Norwegian and European communities to strengthen the region's position in advanced technologies.
"If we're going to succeed with that, it's also important for us to have various meeting places where we can listen to what needs exist," Vegard Standeren Olsen, researcher at SINTEF Digital and head of CC-NorChip.
For Olsen and the team, "Coffee & Chips" is as much about relationships as it is about research.
"The idea is to meet at sunrise over a cup of coffee, to be inspired by different speakers and discuss how we can best help various players," he says.
For Forskningsparken, "Coffee & Chips" is an example of how good frameworks and informal meeting points can help build bridges between research and industry. The event takes place at Parken Bakeri — right in the heart of the park — and invites conversations that often become the start of new collaborations.
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Previous speakers:
Lasse Vines, DSQS
Jon Olav Grepstad, Tunable
Marius Mæhlum Halvorsen, Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital
Anna Stray Rongve, Marketing Manager, sensiBel
Philipp Häfliger, Professor at the University of Oslo, Research Group for Nanoelectronic systems
Thomas Ramberg, Dory and Tobias Dahl, SINTEF
Linn Fagerberg, managing director at Electronic Coast in Horten
Vegard Standeren Olsen og Ralph Bernstein, CC-NorChip
Ingelin Clausen, CEO InVivo Binonics
Lasse Irvam og Preben Storås, grunnleggere Optronics Technology
Elizaveta Vereshchagina, seniorforsker ved SINTEF, BreathSense
Henrik Hovde Sønsteby, førsteamanuensis ved UiO, CONCEPT
Do you have questions or suggestions for speakers?
Contact Mariann Carlsen Frøland, PhD candidate at the Centre for Materials Science and Nanotechnology at the University of Oslo, by email: mariancf@student.matnat.uio.no
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