FEBRUARY 4 – DAY 1
10:00–11:45
• Workshop: Water-Safe Municipalities
• Research Forum on Drowning Prevention
10:00–12:00
• Course: Sea Survival (RS Noatun)
12:00–13:00
• Lunch, networking, exhibitors
13:00–13:10
• Welcome – Mia Bergmann
13:10–13:25
• Opening address – Government representative
13:25–13:55
• Global strategy for drowning prevention – Roger Sweeney
13:55–14:15
• Recognizing a drowning incident – John Mogensen
14:15–14:30
• Follow-up of first responders – Anne Moe Øvstebø
14:30–15:00
• Break, exhibitors
15:00–15:15
• Outdoor swimming in primary school – Petter Andreas Rabben
15:15–15:30
• Water Competence app – Egil G. Gjølme & Borgar Næss
15:30–15:45
• Safe aquatic instruction – Tor Solbakken et al.
15:45–16:00
• Outdoor aquatic learning – Mailen Strøm
16:00–16:15
• Educator or expert? Aquatic education in higher education – Trine Thoresen
16:15–16:30
• Q&A
16:30–17:00
• Break, food and exhibitors
16:45–17:00
• Eg ve te Bergen – Tanita Gulbrandsen & Gry Stenersen
17:00–17:15
• Little feet – big steps toward water safety – Marta Skandsen
17:15–17:40
• Launch: Water-Safe Municipalities (national framework) – Jannicke Øiaas
17:40–17:45
• Closing and practical info – Mia Bergmann
19:15–00:00
• Memorial ceremony, gala dinner, awards and rescue diplomas
FEBRUARY 5 – DAY 2
09:00–10:30
• Workshop: Transfer of learning from pool to open water – Jon Sundan
• Workshop: How to promote drowning prevention – Roger Sweeney
10:30–11:00
• Break / transition
11:00–11:20
• The role of volunteer organisations in swimming education – John Mogensen
11:20–11:35
• From cooperation to coordination in schools – Ann-Helen Odberg
11:35–11:50
• The Oslo School Model for open-water lifesaving – Nicklas Storm Fronth
11:50–12:05
• Children’s water competence in Norway – ALFAC project (NIH), Bjørn Harald Olstad
12:05–12:15
• Q&A
12:15–13:00
• Lunch and exhibitors (Crofthallen)
13:00–13:20
• Recreational boating accidents in Norway – Petter Søreng
13:20–13:40
• Norway’s most dangerous profession – accidents in the fishing fleet – Trine Thorvaldsen
13:40–13:55
• Lifejacket nudging – risk behaviour in men – Martin Wagner
13:55–14:15
• Losing a son in a boating accident – and demanding change – Kjetil Swendsen
14:15–14:40
• Panel discussion: Safety culture in boating
14:40–15:00
• Break
15:00–15:15
• A digital drowning-alert network – Troels Bruun Pedersen
15:15–15:30
• Regional/national diver preparedness – Øyvind Haugerund-Eckhardt
15:30–15:45
• Together Against Drowning – Flyte 2026 / Welcome to 2027 – Mia Bergmann