Industrial AI for Safety-Critical Systems Seminar

23 June 2025, DNV Headquarters, Veritasveien 1, Høvik, Norway (Venue: Store Møtesal)

Join us for an insightful seminar on Industrial AI for Safety-Critical Systems, where industry leaders and experts will share the latest advancements, real-world experiences, and key challenges in applying AI in safety-critical domains.

The seminar will feature speakers from organizations including DNV, NASA, Equinor, Kongsberg Maritime, and The Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority (Havtil), alongside academic partners from the University of Oslo and the University of York. 

Topics will include the integration of AI into safety-critical operations across a variety of industries and applications, strategies for enhancing system reliability and risk management, and approaches to building trustworthy and transparent AI solutions. The event will also highlight collaborative efforts between industry and academia that are shaping the future of safe and responsible AI deployment. 

PROGRAMME:

09:00–09:10 Welcome (Astrid Rusås Kristoffersen, Group Director Research and Development, DNV)

Part 1: Industry

09:10–09:25 Trustworthy Industrial AI: Why and how? (Vegard Flovik, Principal AI Researcher, DNV)

09:25–09:40 AI for Assurance and Assurance of AI (Carla Ferreira, Team Leader  Risk and Modelling Technologies, DNV)

09:40–09:50 Break

09:50–10:20 NASA Langley experiences on modeling and managing uncertainty (Luis Crespo, NASA Langley Research Center)

10:20–10:50 Hands-on risk assessment for generative AI in drilling and well intervention (Elisabeth Arndt, Human Factors Engineer, Equinor)

10:50–11:00 Break

11:00–11:30 Applications of AI in autonomous marine operations, Aleksander Veksler, Lead Engineer, Navigation, Positioning and Maneuvering (Kongsberg Maritime)

11:30–12:00 Artificial Intelligence: Safety and responsibility (Linn Iren Vestly Bergh, Senior Advisor Process Integrity, The Norwegian Oceans Industry Authority)

12:00–13:00 Lunch

Part 2: Research

13:00–13:30 Bayesian surrogate modeling and optimization of extreme response calculation (Amandine Kaiser, Research Trainee, and Sebastian Winter, AI Researcher, DNV)

13:30–14:00 Risk-aware Data-driven Decision Making under Uncertainty (Luis Crespo, NASA Langley Research Center)

14:00–14:10 Break

14:10–14:20 TRUST – The Norwegian Center for Trustworthy AI (Morten Dæhlen, Professor, University of Oslo)

14:20–14:40 Title TBD (Speaker TDB, University of Oslo)

14:40–15:10 The BIG Argument for AI Safety Cases (Ibrahim Habli, Professor, University of York, Center for Assuring Autonomy)

15:10 Closing remarks, DNV 

The seminar will be live-streamed here [a streaming link will soon be added]. If you plan to attend in person, please register by completing the form below. Seats are limited and will be allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis until the venue reaches capacity.

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