26. 01 2023 - 14:00-18:00

Festa January Conference 2023 – Let's Look Inside

@Hilton Nordica


Let's look inside.



Join us for the largest annual sustainability event in Iceland, now in its tenth year. This is an event that has sold out in recent years – secure your tickets!

💥 Friðrik R. Jónsson

A unique opportunity to meet a remarkable entrepreneur and pioneer.

Friðrik is an engineer, inventor and thinker who works on solutions that solve some of the biggest challenges of our time, such as plastic pollution, desertification and global warming. He is the co-founder of Carbon Recycling International (CRI), a global leader in the production of green chemicals and methanol from CO2. CRI recently opened the largest factory of its kind in the world in China today.

At the conference, Friðrik will tell us about the genesis of CRI and his company, which turns desertification into a thriving ecosystem and produces, among other things, environmentally friendly bottles for the world's largest soda producers, nature-friendly coffins and urns.

Friðrik hefur sameinað sérfræðinga á ýmsum sviðum undir nýsköpunarverkefnum sem ná langt út fyrir landsteinana. Friðrik hugsar um lausnir á einstakan hátt og mun því eflaust veita gestum innblástur. Um er að ræða einstakt tækifæri til að kynnast þessum merkilega brautryðjanda.

💥 Nýtt frá ráðherra nýsköpunar, niðurstöður úr glænýrri könnun, forseti Ungra umhverfissinna og Dóra Jóhanns

Brot úr einstaklega þéttri og áhugaverðri dagskrá í ár:

  • Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, president of Young Environmentalists, sets the tone at the beginning of the program.


  • Hugvitið virkjað í þágu sjálfbærni – heyrum frá nýjum sjálfbærni-áherslum frá Áslaugu Örnu Sigurbjörnsdóttur, ráðherra nýsköpunar.


  • Let's take a look at the results of a brand new survey conducted by Deloitte among the managers of Festa's member companies.


  • Dóra Jóhannsdóttir, director and co-creator of this year's New Year's Eve party and founder of Improv Iceland, warms us up for the discussion rooms by introducing us to the rules of improvisation, which help ideas grow and thrive and help us work together in a fun and efficient way.


  • Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir, CEO of Festa, will chair the meeting.


  • At the end of the conference, DJ Sigrún Skafta will keep the party going.




Discussion room facilitators Margrét Ormslev, Aðalheiður Snæbjarnardóttir and Tómas N. Möller



💥 Practical discussion forums led by influential figures in the world of sustainability in Iceland


We are committed to ensuring that our guests take away practical and solid knowledge of the big changes ahead and the hugely exciting opportunities in the field of sustainability and circularity. We offer three breakout rooms where we discuss what is happening in the following areas:

  • The first focuses on sustainable innovation that contributes to the circular economy and ecosystem restoration. The discussion will be moderated by Margrét Ormslev, Chief Operating Officer at the climate company Transition labs and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Technology Center. Participants in the discussion room:


  • Secondly, we present the main things that companies of all sizes need to prepare for when it comes to the comprehensive legislative changes ahead. The discussion will be moderated by Tómas N. Möller, Chairman of Festa and Chief Legal Officer at the Commercial Employees' Pension Fund. Participants in the discussion room:


  • Third, we will map recent changes in sustainability reporting requirements for companies of all sizes. The discussion will be moderated by Aðalheiður Snæbjarnardóttir, Head of Sustainability at Landsbankinn and Vice Chair of Festa. Participants in the discussion room:


Í hverri umræðustofu verður 4 manna panell sem setur tóninn fyrir umræðuna út frá ólíkum sjónarhornum áður en gjöfular og frjóar umræður taka við í herberginu. Með miðakaupunum fylgir hlekkur þar sem gestir velja sér umræðustofu til þess að taka þátt í. 

After the formal program, we will have a happy hour and offer refreshments provided by the conference sponsors.

✨ Program starts at 1:00 PM


Fundarstjóri: Hrund Gunnsteinsdóttir

  • Tómas N. Möller, formaður Festu
  • Tinna Hallgrímsdóttir, President of Young Environmentalists
  • Friðrik R. Jónsson
  • Contemporary music – innovation that changes the world
  • Dora Johannsdottir
  • Upphitun fyrir umræðustofur – Leiðin að góðu samstarfi
  • Umræðustofur – veldu eina
  • Nýsköpun og hringrás
  • Hvað þurfum við að vita um komandi lagabreytingar?
  • Mapping sustainability information
  • Results from the management survey by Deloitte and Festa
  • Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, Minister of Innovation
  • Panel discussions – so what?
  • With the conference participants
  • Chat, laughter and joy
  • DJ Sigrún Skafta keeps the fun going after the conference



Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir is the artist behind the drawings used in promotional materials for the January Conference.

This year we will hear about ideas that will change the world. ✨


We get a clear picture of upcoming changes to laws and requirements for sustainability disclosure for companies of all sizes, ambitious actions in the pipeline by the Minister of Innovation, and deepen our knowledge of the big steps ahead in the world of sustainability.




  • Here you can access a roadmap of laws and regulations, a starting point for sustainability reporting, and the results of a survey by Festa and Deloitte, material that was published at the January conference.


  • 26. janúar kl. 13:00 – húsið opnar 12:40


  • Hilton Nordica

 

  • We encourage guests to use eco-friendly transportation and point out that Hilton is easily accessible by bus.


  • Gott aðgengi er fyrir þau sem nota hjólastóla