How to Develop and Improve Industry-Academia Relations

摘要

Both energy industry and academia are moving fast forward.But do they move the same direction?The universities may have a wider approach to the subjects and may create new solutions.But newsolutions need the industry to be brought into life.The development of teaching programs and petroleum research are depending on industry input,as wellas the development of energy industry is depending on new work forces,with a new approach to the technicalchallenges.This paper will show experiences from how new technology development,designed by an oil companytogether with a service company,was implemented into a university program.It shows how the offspringmoved on to several companies and universities.We will as well present studies of how technology science is planning to meet the future need ofcompetence,and how energy industry is adapting to meet future technical challenges by sending signalsback to the next generation of engineers.The daily reminder of climate change,the green shift,and development of renewable energy have givenseveral oil companies reasons to redefine themselves as energy companies.This fact opens doors into new rooms where technology,competence and research will be focusingseveral energy sources.The best combination of technology and competence for multi-energy sources maybe developed in a good collaboration between academia and energy industry.Several universities in Norway have redefined their education program in order to cover multi-energysources.This paper shows how good experiences from industry-academia collaboration may be forwardedinto new projects with a win win win effect for academia,industry and society.