13.30 - 16.00 Tuesday October 23th
Location: Louis De Geer Grand Hall
13.30. Opening and welcome address
Moderator: Åsa Sjöström, Executive Manager Swedish National Knowledge Center for Climate Change Adaptation, SMHI
Roger Klinth, Deputy Vice-Chancellor at Linköping University
Karin Jonsson, councillor, Norrköping Municipality
Rolf Brennerfelt, director general, SMHI
Per Ängquist, Secretary of State
13.45. Introductory talk: “The challenges of climate change in the Nordic region”
Erik Kjellström, Professor in Climatology at SMHI
Four short presentations:
“State of play on the EU strategy on adaptation – how do the Nordic countries compare?”
Elena Višnar Malinovská, Head of the Adaptation to Climate Change Unit, DG Climate Action
“Adapting the Icelandic power sector to a changing climate”
Óli Grétar Blöndal Sveinsson, Head of Research and Developement at Landsvirkjun, Iceland
“A strategic approach with a local perspective”
Karin Thomasson, Fourth vice-Chairman of the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SKL).
“From adaptation to transformation: Evaluating the state of adaptation science”
Karen O’Brien, Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway
Discussion and questions from the audience
16.00 Close