Vinnova runs active foresight work, where we establish tools and processes to get better at visualizing a possible future. The global challenges are great, at the same time that societal development is accelerating. To be able to make the courageous decisions required - tools are needed that can help us understand what lies ahead. By visualizing and steering towards a specific future, we can find completely new solutions to problems that are otherwise difficult to see when we only start from where we are today.
Participating
Moderator
- Joakim Skog is area leader for Emerging innovationsteam, which at Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova explores and develops new ways of leading from the future, to find new paths to radical innovation that address the major societal challenges.
Scout
- Aurore Belfrage is a tech investor, geopolitical advisor, sustainability strategist and writer. She spends her time at the intersection of AI, the energy transformation and geopolitics. Aurore is, among other things, a co-founder of the sustainability platform SusTechable, sits on several boards and was a former investor in EQT Ventures.
- Niklas Laninge is one of Sweden's foremost behavioral experts. For almost ten years, he has helped organizations create large-scale behavioral change. He has written three books and in 2020 had to develop a strategy for how the EU can work to reduce the use of single-use plastics. Today he works as CEO of Nordic Behaviour Group.
- Lars Friberg is Vinnova's climate strategist and works both strategically and operationally to support Vinnova's various areas in the climate transition. He has worked with climate and sustainability issues for over 20 years in a number of different sectors and countries. He has worked as a diplomat, researcher, authority expert and in politics.