Inauguration and welcome speech by. Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, UN appointed SDG Advocate

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1 Preliminary program, Baltic Sea Future Stockholm March 6-7 Moderators: Johan Kuylenstierna, Professor, Stockholm University and Executive Director, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Gun Rudqvist, Advocacy and Analysis officer, Baltic Eye, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre Monday March Registration and coffee Inauguration and welcome speech by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, UN appointed SDG Advocate Inauguration with representatives from the founding organizations Karin Wanngård, Mayor, City of Stockholm Astrid Söderbergh Widding, Vice-Chancellor, Stockholm University Lena Ek, Senior advisor, Sustainable Seas Foundation A common vision and understanding of the challenges faced in the Baltic Sea region Keynote speaches Keynotes The vision of a sustainable Baltic Sea region -, -, Swedish Government (tbc) -, -, EU COM (tbc) Achieving Agenda2030 and the SDGs in a Baltic Sea context. Johan Rockström, Professor, Stockholm University and Director of Stockholm Resilience Centre For a fact based worldview UN Millennium Development Goals & UN Sustainable Development Goals Olof Granström and Mikael Arvevius, Gapminder Foundation Lunch, exhibition and mingle Connecting the dots between local to regional and global

2 Keynotes How can municipalities contribute to global and regional commitments? -, -; What does the UN Agenda2030 mean for municipalities in the Baltic Sea region? -, -, Various policies, one goal: clean Baltic waters Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary, HELCOM, Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in the Baltic Sea Region - Cooperation between local and regional management Krista Kampus, Head of Baltic 2030 Unit, EUSBSR HA Climate coordinator, Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat Coffee, exhibition and mingle Vision of a sustainable Baltic Sea Ambitious implementation cases, part 1 Examples from around the Baltic Sea region from municipalities, academia and the business sector. For each session, the moderator gives a smorgasbord with examples representing the Baltic Sea region, followed by in depth discussions and on some concrete examples. What is the leadership and innovations leading to their success? Eutrophication - innovations and measures for counteracting the negative effects of excessive nutrients leaching to the Baltic Sea Gun Lindberg, Dennis Wiström, Municipality of Västervik Conrad Stralka, Linda Kumblad & Emil Rydin, Baltic Sea 2020 Foundation Göran Andersson, Svealands Kustvattenvårdsförbund -, -, WWF, World Wildlife Fund -, - EVIEM Coffee, exhibition and mingle Innovation and leadership to reduce the impact of hazardous substances and litter, incl. pharmaceuticals and microplastics. Cities of Baltic Sea Countries - innovative strategies for decreasing emissions of hazardous substances through upstream measures. Tonie Wickman, PhD, Coordinator of the EU flagship project NonHazCity, Environment and Health Administration, Environment Analysis, City of Stockholm BLASTIC-project Reducing plastic waste and, thereby, the inflow of hazardous substances into the Baltic Sea. Pekka Salminen, Environment Protection Planner, City of Turku -,-, Linköping s Tekniska Verk -,-, GE Water

3 Keynote and Keynote and Marine habitats, protected areas and biodiversity How can municipalities, regional authorities and the business sector sustainably manage these key resources? Sofia Wikström, PhD, Baltic Eye, Stockholm University Baltic Sea Centre -, - BALEX, Åbo Academy University Municipalities: key actors for implementing international and EU law for the Baltic Sea environment Jonas Ebbesson, Professor, Faculty of Law, Stockholm University -, - BALEX, Åbo Academy University From source to sea Measures and innovations to e.g. safeguard access to clean water and safe drinking water -,-, UBC Union of the Baltic Cities -,- Municipality of Gotland -,-, Stockholm Environment Institute -,- Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management Dinner and mingle at Stockholmsmässan Tuesday March Good morning & coffee Leadership Environmental psychology including nudging Climate psychology: what creates change, motivation and innovation? Per Espen Stoknes, PhD, BI Center for Climate strategy, Director of Centre for Green Growth at the Norwegian Business School. -,- Fazer Session, Coffee, exhibition, mingle The importance of innovative and visionary leadership "Transnational cooperation to reach Agenda From a practical point of view Bo Andersson, Secretary General, The Nordic Association in Sweden The vision of Europe s greenest city, Leadership & innovation by Växjö municipality for reaching SDGs and Agenda2030 goals Bo Frank, Mayor, Municipality of Växjö Transnational cooperation to reach Agenda From a practical

4 point of view -,- Swedish Institute -,-, Union of the Baltic Cities Economy Session Keynote How can municipalities and companies find financing for sustainable project helping them reach Agenda2030? Klas Eklund, Senior Economist Sustainability, SEB Thomas Wrangdahl, First Vice President, Nordic Investment Bank -,- KommunInvest Lunch, exhibition, mingle Towards a Sustainable and Circular Blue Economy -,- WWF - World Wildlife Fund -,- Municipality X Innovation - Innovations of thoughts, leadership, techniques and products Keynote Examples on how different sectors in the Baltic Sea region contribute to sustainable development Zennström (tbc) Saeid Esmaeilzadeh, Professor, Stockholm University and CEO Serendipity Group Angela Wulff, Professor, Gothenburg University and CEO, Swedish Algae Factory -, - Swedish Government (tbc) -,- EU COM/JRC (tbc) Coffee, exhibition, mingle Vision of a sustainable Baltic Sea Ambitious implementation cases, part 2 Examples from around the Baltic Sea region from municipalities, academia and the business sector. For each session, the moderator gives a smorgasbord with examples representing the Baltic Sea region, followed by in depth discussions and on some concrete examples. What is the leadership and innovations leading to their success? Keynotes, s Sustainable urban planning - how can urban planning contribute to Agenda2030? Urbanization, climate change, digitalization, etc. - Threats and

5 opportunities for sustainable and resilient urban development with ecosystem services and natural base. -, - Swedish Government (tbc) -,- C/O City -,-, ARTS-project -, - Union of the Baltic Cities Fishing & aquaculture Sustainable and innovative use and production of aquatic resources for consumption Bengt Larsson, Fishermen, FiskOnline -,- Stockholm University -, - HELCOM (tbc -,- ICES (tbc) -,- MSC (tbc) Shipping How does the shipping industry contribute to a sustainable Baltic Sea region? -,-, SWESHIP -,- Stockholms hamnar -, - WWF / HELCOM -, - MarinePaq Food strategies at different levels in the Baltic Sea region. How are they coupled to each other and how can we produce healthy and sustainable food while achieving the Sustainable Development Goals? -,-, Swedish Environment Institute -,-, Swedish Institute -,-, Municipality of Gotland -,-, Municipality of Gotland -,- CBSS Tourism industry How is the tourism industry contributing to sustainable tourism - a prerequisite for its own future?,-,- WWF -,- Municipality Governance How can multi-level governance connect initiatives at different levels within a region to those at an international scale? -,- Stockholm University -, - Swedish Institute -,-,Municipalities across the region -,-,Union of the Baltic Cities / BALEX -,-,Stockholm Business Region Development END OF DAY TWO AND BALTIC SEA FUTURE 2017

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