Program
Please note that this conference has already been arranged.
09:00
10:00
10:15
Keynote: What happened at COP16 in Cali and what comes next?
Charlotta Sörqvist
Chief Negotiator for the Swedish delegation and Chair of Working group 1 at CBD COP16
10:35
COP16 from a Youth Perspective: Thoughts from the Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network
Villemo Tomasdotter
Member of the Nordic Youth Biodiversity Network
10:55
Climate change’s effect on the Nordic agri-food systems
Jørgen Olesen
Professor and Head of the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University
11:15
Genetic resources as tools for mitigating climate change and promote green transition
Lise Lykke Steffensen
Executive Manager, NordGen
13:30
How to engage the business community in stronger biodiversity
Michael Zöllner
Strategic Advisor in Sustainable Finance and former CEO of The Danish Green Investment Fund
13:50
Novo Nordisk Foundation's perspective on agrobiodiversity and its role in sustainability and resilience of the food systems
Anastassia Khrouchtchova
Scientific Manager, Novo Nordisk Foundation
14:10
The importance of plant breeding in feeding the Nordic population
Kristin Børresen
Managing Director, Graminor
14:30
Using genetic resources to adapt crops to the extreme environment of Iceland
Hrannar Smári Hilmarsson
Director of the Icelandic plant breeding program Vala at the Agricultural University of Iceland
15:20
15:40
New sustainability traits in the breeding program of Norwegian Red dairy cows. How can we use knowledge from our research to select for lower methane emissions and improved feed efficiency?
Karoline Bakke
Researcher, Geno Research
16:00
Solutions from Nature. Crop Wild Relative Conservation for a more Resilient and Climate Adapted Nordic Agriculture
Anna Palmé
Senior Scientist, NordGen
16:20
Decoding the Past to Breed Crops for the Future: Pre-breeding and Genebanks in Crop Innovation
Therese Bengtsson
Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
