The summit will explore four complementary arenas of innovation:
1) science and technology;
2) culture, education and religion;
3) governance and regulation
4) entrepreneurship, business- and technology.
The idea is to highlight creative processes in each sphere, and explore how they can interplay and work together towards a sustainable future. One of the aims of the Summit is to inspire rethinking of creative processes in the 21st century arts, scientific research, industry, and cultural practices across diverse cultural and political contexts ranging from the rich North, poor South, to the rapidly developing East.
In 2009, the Oslo Sustainability Summit is an integral activity of the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment in cooperation with the CERES 21 Project. Both projects are based at the Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM) at the University of Oslo. The Oslo Sustainability Summit is co-organized by SUM and the Centre for Corporate Responsibility at BI Norwegian School of Management.
Documentation:
Documentation from the seminar is available as presentations and film. Film from day 2 is available here, or go to the speaker in the program below and click on film.
Day 1: Arne Naess Symposium 31 August 2009 University of Oslo
Greetings : Inga Bostad, Pro-Rector, University of Oslo
Morning 09:30-12:30 Challenges to Science in the Age of Crises
09:40 Introduction: Nina Witoszek, Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM)
09:50 Keynote address Prof. Stephen Schneider, Stanford University, Chairholder of the Arne Naess Chair 2009 Annual Lecture of the Arne Naess Chair in Global Justice and the Environment
10:35 Implications for Research Arvid Hallén, Director General,Research Council of Norway
11:00-12:00 Panel debate Shereen el Feki (Chair) American University Cairo Calestos Juma Harvard University, Vikram Kumar Dimagi Inc and Jason Pontin Technology Review, MIT
12:00-12:30 Open discussion
13:30-16:00 Reimagining Culture for Sustainable Future
In what way can culture be an instrument of innovation for sustainability? How can we prevent it from being a conservative force which inspires resurgence of fundamentalism, nationalism and xenophobia? This session will discuss the way in which culture can contribute to or jeopardize the prospect of sustainable future.
13:30 Nina Witoszek, SUM, UiO (Chair)
13:40 Presentation, Benjamin Barber Demos
14:10 Presentation, Greg Urban University of Pennsylvania
14:40 Young Challengers: Cultural innovation for sustainability, students from China, Ghana and Norway
15:00 Comments from the panel: Thomas Hylland Eriksen, Karen O’Brien and Mahmood-Amiry-Moghaddam
15:30-16:00 Open discussion
Day 2: Forum for Sustainable Business and Governance September 1 BI Norwegian School of Management
09:30-12:00 Governance for a world in crisis
What kind of governace alternatives are there to address the current political, environmental and financial crisis? how can we forge collective action to address the multiple challenges of the globalised world? This session will discuss governance innovation that would renew our models of democracy, inspire social and environmental responsibility, and bridge the gap between the poor and the rich.
09:30 Welcome, Jørgen Randers BI
09:40 Introduction, Nils Morten Udgaard, (chair)
09:50 Reforming Environmental Governance, Robyn Eckersley University of Melbourne. Film
10:20 Sustainable politics in a multipolar world, Chantal Mouffe University of Westminster. Film
10:50 The Most Important Number in the World, Bill McKibben 350.org. Film
11:20 Young Challengers: Reinventing the United Nations, students from China, Ghana and Norway. Film
11:35-12:00 Open discussion
13:30 Al Nore: the Undeniable Truth. Film
13:30-16:00 Sustainable Business for the 21st Century
What are the business models that can support a sustainable economy? How do we need to recharter the corporation, and how do we reconstitute markets for the 21st century? This session will explore novel thinking in business and new concepts of growth.
13:30 Introduction, Atle Midttun, (Chair) Film
13:40 The Promises and Precincts of Corporate Social Responsibility, Joel Bakan University of British Columbia. Film
14:05 The Phoenix Economy: Laying the Foundations for a New Market Paradigm, John Elkington SustainAbility. Film
14:30 Young Challengers: Business models for sustainability, students from China, Ghana and Norway. Film
14:45 Comments by keynote speakers
15:00-16:00 Comments by business leaders and open discussion Panel: Per Otto Dyb (Siemens), Jan Muehlfeit (Microsoft Europe), Elin Myrmel Johansen (Storebrand) and Hilde Vanvik (Body Shop). Film