2025 Agenda

Tuesday • March 18

14:00-17:00 An optional “Introduction to Strategic Philanthropy Workshop” with Jo Ensor

19:30 Private dinner at the home of Marianne Andresen, hosted by Johan Andresen

Wednesday • March 19

8:30 Welcome and coffee

9:00 Plenary speakers and a choice of interactive workshops

  • Philanthropic capital for systems change

  • Leadership in philanthropy

  • Aligning your investments towards change: blended finance approaches, outcomes funding and impact investing

  • Tools and approaches to increase your impact

  • Policy based approaches and community strengthening

19:00 Small private dinners for all participants, hosted by Oslo-based philanthropists.

Thursday • March 20

9:00 Plenary speakers and a choice of interactive workshops

  • Climate change and planetary boundaries: innovation, leadership, decarbonising and food systems

  • Collective impact, philanthropic collaboration and movement building

  • Democracy, defending human rights and working with the media to change the narrative

  • Personal philanthropy journeys: lessons on successes and failures, shared by Nordic peers

17:00 Action learning & closing remarks