Symposium attendees will engage in three days and three evenings of intimate conversations, insightful presentations and robust panel discussions. Participants will discuss global sustainability issues and seek global solutions that can be applied within a local context.
The Agenda for the 2013 SLOW LIFE Symposium is:
Friday 8th November
Innovation Through Collaboration
Session 1: 09.30-10.45
What Exactly Are We Doing Here?
Sonu Shivdisani, Chairman and CEO, Soneva Group: Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future; Karena Albers, Co-Founder, WHOLE WORLD Water
Session 2: 11.15-13.00
Scaling Up
Jochen Zeitz, Director and Chairman of the Board’s Sustainable Development Committee, Kering; Co-Founder and Co-Chair, The B Team
Session 3: 14.30 – 16.30
New Thinking For A Connected World
Laura Turner, Chairperson, Captain Planet Foundation; Kelly Clark, Director, Tellus Mater Foundation; Martha Lane Fox, UK Digital Champion; Cross-Bench Peer, UK House of Lords
Session 4: 19.30 – 20.15
Rethinking The System
Johan Rockström, Executive Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre; Professor, Environmental Science, Stockholm University
Saturday 9th November
Innovating Within Natural Limits
Session 5: 09.00-11.00
Reflections and expectations: Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future; Jakob von Uexkull, Founder, World Future Council Foundation
Asking More Of The Corporation
Pavan Sukhdev, Founder and CEO, GIST Advisory; Founder and Director, Corporation 2020 and Tim Smit, Chief Executive, Development and Co-Founder, The Eden Project
Session 6: 11.30–13.30
Ocean Dimensions
David de Rothschild, Founder, Sculpt The Future Foundation; Daryl Hannah, Actor and Environmental Activist; Lida Pet-Soede, Lead, WWF Coral Triangle Program
Responses from Chris Gorell-Barnes, Co-Founder, BLUE Marine Foundation and Jon Bowermaster, Writer, Filmmaker and Adventurer
Activities, Adventures, Immersions : 14.30-18.30
Sunday 10th November
Making It Happen
Session 7: 09.00-10.45
Reflections and Expectations: Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future and Leo Johnson, Visiting Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and Environment, University of Oxford, Author, Turnaround Challenge
Innovation Bazaar(I)
Bruce Bromley, Chief Financial Officer, Soneva Group; Jessica Sweidan, Co-Founding Trustee, Synchronicity Earth; Jenifer Willig, Co-Founder, WHOLE WORLD Water
Session 8: 11.15-12.30
Innovation Bazaar (II)
Peggy Liu, Chairperson, JUCCCE
Session 9: 13.30-16.00
Next Steps?
Group discussion; walk and talk; final plenary; closing comments.
Click on the links below to the full agenda of the 2011 and 2010 SLOW LIFE Symposium. The 2013 agenda will be published here in the weeks prior to the event.
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