Festa 2025 January Conference Agenda

Fundarstjóri verður Elva Rakel Jónsdóttir, framkvæmdastýra Festu


The value chain

  • Sævar Helgi Bragason, science communicator, program maker and writer
  • What is the value chain?
  • Tómas N. Möller, formaður Festu
  • Guiding opportunities in value chains
  • Adam Roy Gordon, stofnandi og forstjóri GlacialEdge Advisory, lektor við Columbia University Climate School og fyrrverandi framkvæmdastjóri UN Global Compact í Bandaríkjunum 
  • Can Icelandic business become a leader in sustainability?
  • Throne #1
  • Vigdís Hafliðadóttir, singer, actress and stand-up comedian and Freyr Eyjólfsson, project manager for education and promotions at Sorpa

The big picture

  • Mikael Allan Mikaelsson, sérfræðingur á sviði loftslagsstefnumótunar hjá Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) 
  • The interplay of sustainability and resilience in supply chains
  • Olivia Lazard, alþjóðlegur friðarráðgjafi og rannsakandi um samspil stjórnmála, landafræði og loftslagsbreytinga hjá Carnegie Europe 
  • Loftslagsmál og óstöðugleiki á alþjóðavettvangi
     

Ecosystems, cycles and human rights

  • Þóra Jónsdóttir, forstöðumaður sjálfbærni hjá Advania 
  • The technology value chain: don't do nothing
  • Stefanía María Kristinsdóttir, verkefnastjóri í framleiðslu hjá Nóa Siríus
  • Challenges and opportunities in the confectionery manufacturer's value chain
  • Throne #2
  • Sigríður Margrét Oddsdóttir, CEO of the Confederation of Icelandic Employers and Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister of the Environment, Energy and Climate

 

Capital driving force

  • Kamil Zabielski, Head of Sustainable Investments at Storebrand
  • Sjálfbærar fjárfestingar
  • Throne #3
  • Hrefna Sigfinnsdóttir, Managing Director of Creditinfo and Jón Guðni Ómarsson, CEO of Íslandsbanki

The people in the foreground

  • Krishna Shah, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact in Nepal and Sumitra Basnet, activist against child slavery
  • It takes a village
  • Reynslusaga frá IKEA um áskoranir og ábyrgð í virðiskeðjunni
  • Sara Dögg Svanhildardóttir, specialist at the Directorate of Labour and Arnar Sveinn Harðarson, lawyer and project manager at Arion Bank
  • Nýr vegvísir um félagslega sjálfbærni kynntur
  • Throne #4
  • Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, professor at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland and chair of the Red Cross, and Stefán Jón Hafstein, Stefán Jón Hafstein, freelance writer, consultant and representative of Aldin

 

Looking ahead

  • Safa Jemai, software engineer, entrepreneur and CEO of Víkonnekt
  • Artificial intelligence: an energy-intensive problem or the key to a sustainable value chain?
  • Arent Orri J. Claessen, President of the Student Council of the University of Iceland, Ísabella Ósk Másdóttir, Communications Manager at Festa, and Guðni Þór Þórsson, Sustainability Consulting Specialist at Deloitte.
  • Young people and sustainability - a survey by Deloitte, Festa and SHÍ
  • Throne #5
  • Sæunn Kjartansdóttir, psychoanalyst and Finnur Ricart Andrason, environmental expert at the Association of Icelandic Rural Communities

 

*Trúnó er liður ráðstefnunnar þar sem tveir áhugaverðir aðilar úr ólíkum áttum ræða stuttlega saman um áskoranir sem tengjast hverju og einu þema. 


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