Day 1 - Conference day

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October 1

Programme of the day

9:00 - 10:00 | Arrival and registration

10:00 – 10:30 | Welcome and opening keynote

  • Housing, leadership and the Nordic welfare society
    Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, former Danish prime minister, former member of the European Parliament, and founder and patron of Headspace Denmark

10:30 – 12:15 | Housing in times of uncertainty

  • Geopolitics, power and a changing world
    Mikkel Vedby Rasmussen, professor of political science, University of Copenhagen

break

  • A changing climate – what lies ahead for the Nordic region?
    Mark Payne, climate scientist, DMI

  • Navigating uncertainty – perspectives from Nordic housing leaders
    Panel discussion with housing leaders Jens Elmelund, CEO, KAB, Bjarni Thorolfsson, CEO, Búseti, and Johanna Frelin, CEO, Riksbyggen

  • From cold war infrastructure to comptemporary preparedness (NBO research collaboration)
    Cecilie Gøtterup Hansen, economist, BL – Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing

12:15 – 13:10 | Lunch

13:10 – 14:40 | Housing for Longer Lives

  • The orca thesis – why we need older people more than ever
    Henrik Hvenegaard Mikkelsen, author and director, Museum Southeast Denmark

  • Designing for different ways of ageing
    Morten Rask Gregersen, architect and partner, NORD Architects

  • Nordic housing showcases

    • Showcase: Finland
      Sanna Mäkinen, executive director, Lahti Foundation

    • Showcase: Sweden
      Kjell-Ove Sethsson, CEO, Fristadbostäder AB, and Magnus Almung, architect SAR/MSA, Tengbom

  • Nordic exchange – what can we learn from each other?
    Conversation with showcase representatives

14:40 – 15:00 | afternoon break

15:00 – 16:15

  • The what and where of contemporary crime and prevention
    David Sausdal, associate professor, Department of Sociology, Lund University

  • Leadership in times of uncertainty – reflections and closing remarks
    Bent Madsen, CEO of BL – Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing, and chair of NBO


16:15 | end of day 1

18:00 | conference Dinner at Fiskebaren

Fiskebaren – Private Dining Rooms
Flæsketorvet 10, 1st floor (stairs at the back of the building)
1711 Copenhagen V