Moderators
 | Alf Rehn Alf Rehn is the Chair of Management and Organization at Åbo Akademi University (Finland) and formerly Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden). His research has dealt with subjects as varied as creativity, project management, popular culture, philosophy, boredom, innovation, and luxury, and has been published in both a series of books and a large number of articles. He is in addition to this a popular public speaker and a consultant in the areas of creativity, innovation, strategy and consumer behaviour. |  | Gunvor Kronman Director of Hanasaari — the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo, Finland Gunvor Kronman is the director of Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Center in Espoo since 2003. Kronman has studied philosophy, literature, economics, and African studies. She started her career as a journalist at the Finnish broadcasting company and worked for the Red Cross both in Finland and abroad from 1986-2003. She has been senior advisor to the Nordic Council in Copenhagen in 1994-99, before she was Director for the Finnish Red Cross for four years, Kronman is a member of several boards in Sweden and Finland. |
Keynote speakers
 | Mari Kiviniemi Prime Minister of Finland |  | Ilmar Reepalu Mayor Malmö, Sweden Ilmar Reepalu is the Lord Mayor of Malmö, Sweden. After a professional career as an architect, specialising in sustainable city planning, he started his political career as a city commissioner in the city of Malmö in 1985. Since 1994 he is the Lord Mayor and chairman of the City Executive Board. Ilmar Reepalu is vice president of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. He is member of the Policy Committee, Council for European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR), substitute member of the Executive Bureau and World Council, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and member of the Committee of the Regions and chairman of its Commission for Environment, Climate and Energy (ENVE). |
Panel
 | Marjatta Bardy Research Professor National Institute for Health and Welfare Finland |  | Jan Vapaavuori Minister of Housing Finland |
 | Veronica Thörnroos Minister of Transport Åland | 
| Ewa Björling Minister for Trade Sweden |
 | Katrin Jakobsdottir Minister of Education, Science and Culture Iceland |  | Palle Christiansen Minister for Finance and Nordic cooperation Greenland Palle Christiansen has been Minister for Finance and Nordic cooperation since 2009. Having a first professional career as a dental practicioner, Christiansen has been involved in politics for many years and was the first time elected as member of the Greenland Home Rule Government in 2002. |
Presenters
 | Aleksi Randell Mayor Turku Finland |  | Halldór Asgrimsson Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers Island Mr. Halldór Ásgrímsson, is the Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers since 2006. He has been a politician for over 30 years, most recently as Prime Minister in Iceland. He has previously been both Minister of Fisheries and Foreign Minister of Icland. |
 | Pirita Lindholm The Covenant of Mayors Office/Climate Alliance Brussels |  | Peter Lund Professor Aalto University, School of Science and Technology Helsinki, Finland Dr. Peter Lund is professor in Engineering Physics/Advanced Energy Systems at Aalto University Helsinki He has worked with energy issues since 1979. His present interests covers future energy solutions and global energy issues including advanced energy technologies, smart energy systems, energy innovations, market transformation and penetration. He has acted in different advisory roles to the European Commission; he has coordinated Finnish R&D activities in new energy technologies, and acted as consultant on energy issues to industry, public agencies, and international bodies. |
 | Mart Jüssi Member of Estonian Parliament Mart Jüssi is Member of the Estonian Parliament since 2007. He holds a master degree in ecology from the University of Tartu. Previously Jüssi has been working as researcher and monitoring expert in the State Nature Conservation Centre, Vilsandi National Park and the Estonian Fund for Nature. | 
| Johnny Åkerholm President and CEO, Nordic Investment Bank |
 | Annika Lindblom Senior Adviser Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development Ministry of the Environment Finland Annika Lindblom works as a senior adviser in the Ministry of the Environment of Finland. Her main duties include designing and coordination of national sustainable development policies, and planning and development of evaluation and monitoring processes for national sustainable development strategies. Lindblom is the deputy secretary general of the Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development and chair of the national sustainable development indicator network. In international cooperation she is a member of the Nordic Council of Ministers' sustainable development expert group and is involved in the United Nations preparatory work for Rio+20 Conference in 2012. She follows also the work on sustainable development of the Arctic Council. |  | Björn Grönholm Head of Secretariat Union of the Baltic Cities Commission on Environment Secretariat Finland Mr Björn Grönholm has been Head of Secretariat for the Commission on Environment and Sustainable Development at the Union of the Baltic Cities since 2006. He holds a master of Political Sciences and International relations from Åbo Akademi University, Turku. Previously, Grönholm has been working both for universities and the private sector within environment and sustainable development issues. |
 | Karl-Hendrik Robèrt Professor The Natural Step Sweden Professor Karl-Henrik Robèrt, MD, PhD, is cancer scientist and the founder of the NGO The Natural Step (TNS). He is a adjunct professor of sustainable product development at the Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), and the chairman of the international research program Real Change. Prof Robèrt is Fellow of the World Business Academy, Advisory Board Member at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, and Doctor of Public Service at the University of Portland, USA. In 1999 Dr. Robèrt won the Green Cross Award for International Leadership, and in 2000 he won the Blue Planet Prize, the ‘Nobel prize’ for ecological sustainability. In 2006 he was included in the publication -100 Visionaries of the 20th Century. |  | Matti Rihko CEO Raisio Ltd Finland Mr. Matti Rihko, M.Sc., M.A has been the Chief Executive Officer of Raisio Plc since November 2006 and also serves as its Managing Director. Mr. Rihko has been the President of Ingredients Division for Raisio Plc since August 1, 2006. He served as Regional Director for Europe at Altadis SA, Paris from 2004 to 2006. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Altadis Finland Oy from 1999 to 2004. Mr. Rihko holds a M.Sc. in Ecoonmics and M.A. in Psychology. |
 | Thorbjörn Kevin Chief-editor Åbo Underrättelser Finland |  | Jarkko Virtanen Vice-mayor Turku Finland |
 | Mikko Jokinen Head of Environment Turku Finland |  | Leena Karessuo Director, Association of Local Authorities of Finland Leena Karessuo is currently the Director for the unit of Urban Planning, Infrastructure and Environment in the Finnish Association of Local and Regional Authorities. The unit is responsible for represent-ing the local and regional authorities interests and support them in the fields of sustainable urban planning, housing, sustainable development, environment, building and urban infrastructure. Kares-suo is responsible for the association’s climate change activities, which is one of the association’s strategic priorities. She is also the executive chairman for the “Carbon neutral municipalities” project, member of the board for the Finnish Housing Fair and member of the advisory board for the Transport Agency. Leena Karessuo has studied holds a licentiate in law. |