Day 1 - Conference day

October 1

Programme of the day

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

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

10:30 – 12:10 | 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, and Bjarni Thorolfsson, CEO, Búseti

  • New realities, new agendas: NBO's work on crisis preparedness
    Cecilie Gøtterup Hansen, economist, BL – Danish Federation of Non-Profit Housing

12:10 – 13:10 | Lunch

13:10 – 14:45 | 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

14:45 – 15:10 | afternoon break

15:10 – 15:40

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

15:40 - 16:00

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


16:05 | end of day 1

18:00 | conference Dinner at Fiskebaren

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