2025 Programme

Tuesday March 18

  • An introduction to strategic philanthropy (an optional workshop) | Jo Ensor

Wednesday March 19 - Thursday March 20 - Keynote speeches and workshops

Climate change: a call to action for Nordic philanthropists

  • Planetary boundaries: Guiding Human Development on a Stable Planet with Healthy Oceans | Johan Rockström 

  • Holding power to account in climate decision-making | Mike Davis and Mable van Oranje 

  • Managing our planetary boundaries: a call to action for the Nordics | Johan Rockström

  • Philanthropy: a catalyst for scaling carbon removal and tackling the climate | Jens Ulltveit-Moe, Stig Arff and Sylvain Delerce

  • Climate's impact on migration in Europe: philanthropic solutions for migrant communities | Per Heggenes and Marcus Bleasdale

  • A case study in protecting the ocean | Nina Jensen

Peace, democracy, human rights & changing narratives: philanthropy’s role in 2025

  • Peace, democracy, and the state of the world in 2025: what you need to know (that you won’t read in the papers) and what we can do about it | Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein

  • Campaigning to fight abuses of human rights: the case of abnormal normality in Ukraine | Veronika Velch

  • Arts for Humanity: a community arts initiative re-connecting divides and encouraging hope, healing and truth | Sagal Ali and Werner Bachstein 

  • Strengthening civil society for peace: facilitating Nobel Peace Prize laureates unlock potential | Helena Boyden Lamb and Ingvill Bryn Rambøl

Tools and approaches to increase impact: Nordic case studies

  • How to inspire leaders to take responsibility: philanthropic models to drive change  | Johan H. Andresen 

  • Aligning financial & social return: how families progress from profit only to systemic impact and profit  | Tharald Nustad and Edward Brenninkmeijer 

  •  Nordic philanthropy- seeking sustainable funding and systems change | Anne Berner

  • Achieving systems change with your philanthropy | Henrik Skovby and Christina Ørnstrand

  • The business case for nonprofits: why philanthropists should invest in nonprofit leadership | Nick Grono

  • Aligning values and purpose for collective action in the Nordics | Maria Ahlström-Bondestam

  • How to combine effective giving and personal fulfilment in your philanthropic strategy | Eirik Mofoss and Kari Kjørholt

  • Lærdal´s 2030 Goal: Helping save one million lives - status and lessons learned | Ingrid Lærdal and Gudleik Njå 

  • Leading with courage and purpose - lessons for transformational philanthropy  | Mabel van Oranje

Summit Dinner on 19th March