Preliminary Summit Programme

DAY 1 – Thursday, July 1 – PLENARY SESSION

08:00 Registration and Morning Coffee

08:45 Opening words and Award Ceremony

09:15 Honorary Key-note speaker, Dr Johan Rockström - Planetary Boundaries and Global Impact Award Acceptance Speech
Professor in Natural Resource Management at Stockholm University and director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre and the Stockholm Environment Institute, Winner of the World Ecological Forum Global Impact Award for Environmental Research

09:45 Balance Between Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability
Dr Wang Yi, Institute of Policy and Management, Chinese Academy of Sciences

10:15 Climate Change Negotiations - Past and Future
Dr Lars-Erik Liljelund, Negotiator for Sweden at Cop 15, Swedish Prime Minister’s Office

10:40 Social Innovation for Global Export Baltic Sea Action Group
Dr Ilkka Herlin, Chairman of the Board, Baltic Sea Action Group and Cargotec Corporation

11:00 Intergovernmental Co-operation for a Healthy Marine Ecosystem
Dr Samuli Korpinen, Project Manager, Helsinki Commission

11:30 Panel Discussion: A Safe Operating Space for Humanity - Anthropogenic Climate Change
Panellists: Dr Johan Rockström; Dr Wang Yi; Mr Pasi Rutanen, Columnist and the former Finnish Ambassador to P.R. China and to the OECD; Dr Lars-Erik Liljelund; Mr Alec Arho Havrén, Founder, World Ecological Forum; Dr Niclas Ihrén, Sustainability Expert, Advisor to Tällberg Foundation, Global Utmaning and the World Ecological Forum; Bishop Lennart Koskinen, Lutheran Church of Sweden and Professor Markku Wilenius, Senior Vice President, Allianz

12:30 Lunch

13:30 - 17:00 Seminars and Workshops


DAY 1 – Thursday, July 1 – SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS
DAY 2 – Friday, July 2 – PLENARY SESSION
DAY 2 – Friday, July 2 – SEMINARS & WORKSHOPS


Information about the congress hall: http://www.wisbystrand.se/eng
Information about Gotland Ring: www.gotlandring.com
Individual meetings (June 30 through July 4):
Bookings for various suitable facilities in Visby through info@worldecologicalforum.com