IEF 12th Conference programme

 

THURSDAY 18 SEPTEMBER

20:00    Interviewing the presenters & getting to know who is here

 

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FRIDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? GETTING THE FACTS RIGHT

09:00    Devotional and Opening of the Conference
               Victoria Thoresen and Wendi Momen

09:15    THE GROUNDING KEYNOTE
              Sylvia Karlsson

10:00    THREE ANGLES TO SUSTAINABILITY
               Moderator: Shoghi Emerson
Rebecca Mesbah - the social challenge - local and global sustainability through gender balance
Shervin Setareh - achieving sustainability through cross-sector consultation and collaboration
Yves Garenne - measuring un-sustainability reporting and the risks of un-sustainability

11:20 - 11:45 Break

11:45    THE SUSTAINABILITY ISLANDS
A World Café dynamic where working groups will address in more intimate conversations, sitting with the conference presenters, some of the issues connected with the conference theme.

12:45    Introducing THE PROJECTS ROOM

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00    TWO POINTS OF VIEW
Two presenters followed by lively questions and answers offering new perspectives in the broader concept of true prosperity:
Stephen Karnik - The human perspective: defining true prosperity, spiritual development
John Patterson - The business perspective: what are the necessary principles or strategies for "favouring the future" in society offering new ideas of how we should shape the current and future world economic order.

16:30 - 16:45    Break

16:45    WALK THE TALK
An outdoor activity to allow you to enjoy the forest and the people around you: walking, talking, learning in a more "natural" environment

18:00 - 19:30    Dinner

20:00    EVENING ENTERTAINMENT

20:45    EVENING GALA CONCERT
A musical programme to delight both the ears and the spirits: Concert by renowned pianist Nancy Lee Harper and a unique opportunity to hear the music and sounds from Finland to the Altai mountains offered by Janne Lemettinen and Aram Aflatuni

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SATURDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

OFFERING SOLUTIONS, NEW APPROACHES TO SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS

09:00    Devotional period

09:10    INTRODUCING SOLUTIONS KEYNOTE
              Arthur Dahl (powerpoint presentation 2.5 mb)
Reflecting the current status, browsing through the new perspectives and then offering ways forward to reach true prosperity

10:00    THREE PATHS TO THE SUSTAINABLE WORLD
Moderator: Mahmud Samandari
Three talks that bring out the diversity of views and opinions of how to make the world a more sustainable place. Short presentations focusing on getting practical coming from three different backgrounds:
Tannaz Grant - The individual perspective: detachment, what is enough and what does it mean
Doug Henck - The business perspective: selling less or creating a sustainable growth model, introducing the principle of trustworthiness
Gordon Naylor - The community perspective: the oneness of humankind, for the love of the future humankind

11:10 - 11:30    Break

11:30    1st set of Workshops and breakout sessions

Arthur Dahl - Introducing EBBF/IEF Indicators of Sustainability for companies
Steve Hall - Introducing "Green Projects" in the construction industry
Gordon Naylor - Implementing a Moral and Ethical Framework in your business
Rebecca Mesbah - Gender balance at work
Diana Cartwright - Growth and profits in a world of extremes: what's a company to do?

13:00 - 15:00 Lunch

15:00    2nd set of Workshops and breakout sessions

Alain Gauthier - Developing generative change leaders across sectors: an exploration of integral approaches
Lawrence Staudt - Renewable energy and energy sustainability
Jean Pierre Méan - Sharing experiences, case studies and suggesting approaches to bring about sustainability by using new approaches fighting corruption
Aram Aflatuni - Spreading values making the best possible use of the media: a powerful means to influence
Mirjami Malleus & Janne Lemettinen - What do we really want? - a workshop where the participants have an opportunity to stop for a moment to check their lives and careers.
Victoria Thoresen - Sustainable consumption

17:00 - 17:15    Break

17:15 - 18:30    EBBF Annual General Meeting

18:45 - 20:00    IEF Annual General Assembly

18:15 - 20:00    Dinner

20:00    THE "WORLD TALK" ROUNDTABLE
Live debate hosted by Wendi Momen with the participation of: Augusto Lopez-Claros, Victoria Thoresen, John Patterson, Steve Karnik, Rebecca Mesbah, Emanuel Gavert

21:00    SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WITH AUGUSTO LOPEZ-CLAROS
The former Chief Economist of the World Economic Forum offers his keynote titled:
The Future World Economy; The Shape of Things to Come

 

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SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, IMPLEMENTING THOSE SOLUTIONS

9:00    Devotional period

09:10    LOOKING AT THE FUTURE
Looking at the future from an AIESEC perspective - Lucy Symons and Emanuel Gavert, AIESEC

09:40    FINDING OUR WAY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
The future scenarios of Sustainability from the CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative, Ernst Ligteringen

10:45 - 11:00    Break

11:00    COMMITMENTS THAT LEAD TO CHANGE
Keynote by Victoria Thoresen
How the initiatives of individuals, businesses and governments link together to help us have more responsible, sustainable lifestyles

12:00    VISIONARY CLOSE
Reflecting the journey of these last three days, highlighting its key messages by Arthur Dahl

12:30    Lunch and goodbyes

 

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