The Futures of Sustainable Business

Where is sustainable business headed in the future? How to ensure that business maximize impact and total value across generations? What changes might come, and what can we do today to get us closer to a positive, desired future? Join a collaborative conversation with professionals and peers.

Program

09-9:30 Welcome & Inspiration
w/ speaker reflections and panel debate

09.30-11:10 Breakout session
Positive Cartography) by Hank Kune, Founder & Director Educore
- Founding Partner of the Future Center Alliance

Time horizons:
2030 - 2050 - 2099
7 generations of people, 7 generations of business
A well-seeded conversation, using visual thinking
Intention: to open new perspectives about 2030
- deadline for the 17 SDG’s + Paris Accords

09:30-10:15 Breakout Part 1
10:15 Break
10:20-11:10 Breakout Part 2

11:10-11:30 Wrap-up

Hearing reflections from:

Erik F. Øverland
President of the World Futures Studies Federation

Erik F. Øverland works on multiple foresight projects in Norway, and across Europe. He has a PhD in Futures Studies from the Free University of Berlin. Erik is a Co-Editor-in-Chief for the European Journal for Futures Research.

Erik is a guest researcher at the Institut Futur in Free University of Berlin, Germany, and a policy advisor to the Minister of Education and Research in Norway. He has a background as a guest lecturer at the University in Stavanger on Foresight Management issues, and have served as a key note speaker on conferences in Norway and abroad. In 2012 he was the founder of and become the role as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Futures Research EJFR.

Carsten Hjelde
Impact investor and owner, Acini Capital

Carsten is an entrepreneur and sustainability investor, with a focus on technology. He has extensive experience in management and strategy through his investment company Acini Capital, Coders trust and Katapult Accelerator. He is the co-founder and chairman of 50 to 100, chairman of CodersTrust, 2X Education and Master WiZR.

Hank Kune
Founder & Director Educore - Founding Partner of the Future Center Alliance

A large part of Hank’s work in recent years aims at supporting societal innovation and more specifically, aims at supporting projects to create sustainable futures. Hank has experience in projects supporting renewal in the public sector, in civic and stakeholder engagement, in creative dialogue that leads to action, in prototyping and entrepreneurial discovery, in creating environments that facilitate and enable innovation.

Experience:
• Designing process architecture to support innovation in the public sector (working in ministries, provincial and municipal government)
• Discovering common ground and working with multiple perspectives in complex and sometimes adversarial work situations
• Leading creative processes aimed at supporting and embedding innovation in large, hierarchical knowledge-based organizations, and in the sectors in society in which they operate.

Beate Sjåfjell

Beate Sjåfjell is professor at University of Oslo; Visiting Professor College of Europe; Adjunct Professor, NTNU, Coordinator of Daughters of Themis. She is Head of Research Group Companies, Markets and Sustainability at the University of Oslo, Faculty of Law.

Segment: Leaders, Experts, Change-makers, Global shapers, Sustainability professionals, Policy makers, Specialists
Location: Online Webinar (Zoom)
Language: English
Time: Wednesday 6th of October, 09.00-11.30

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Price: 490 NOK plus VAT*
*Registration is free for S-HUB Corporate Members

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