Plenary VI - High-level session: Acting with Courage and Compassion in Leadership. Heart-to-heart with her Excellency Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland

Speakers:

• Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland

• ​Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honourary President/Global Ambassador, the Club of Rome & Executive Chair of Earth4All

• Dr. Jude Currivan, Cosmologist, Author and Co-founder, WholeWorld-View

Reflections and Guided Meditation with Sister Jayanti, Additional Administrative Head, Brahma Kumaris

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Reflections from Youth Participants:

• Silvia Grothe Riera, Background in European Public Health and Social Policy and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member

• Hyppolite Ntigurirwa, Artist, Peacebuilder, Founder, Be the Peace 

• Luke Addison, Peace Advocate, Youth Leadership Facilitator, and Educator

Wellbeing Awards with Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland

WELLBEING BREAK, Social Connections and Networking.

Plenary VII - Boosting connectedness and reducing loneliness for individual, community and societal well-being

Chair: Romina Boarini, Director of the Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) at the OECD

Panel:

• Katarina Ivanković Knežević, Director for Social Rights and Inclusion at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion

• Gabriela Ramos, Candidate of Mexico for UNESCO Director-General

• Lourdes Márquez, Director for Partnerships and International Relations, ONCE Foundation, Spain (State Observatory of Loneliness)

• Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Digital Transformations for Health LAB at the University of Geneva and co-chair of the Council of the World Health Summit

• Lucia Rodriguez-Borlado, Public Health Medical Resident and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member

Plenary VIII - Future-Proofing Business: Harnessing the Synergy of Wellbeing & Sustainability

Chair: Elva Rakel Jónsdóttir, Managing Director for Festa - Center for Sustainability

Keynotes:

• Ketill Berg Magnússon, Regional Director HR JBT Marel, North Europe

• Andri Guðmundsson, Co-Founder and CFO for Vaxa

 
Panel #1 - Moderated by Ísabella Ósk Másdóttir, Communications Director at Festa - Center for Sustainability & Mustafa Kamala, MD and Public Health Master's Student and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member​

• Andri Guðmundsson, Co-Founder and CFO for Vaxa

• Ketill Berg Magnússon, Regional Director HR JBT Marel, North Europe

Panel #2 - Moderated by Elva Rakel Jónsdóttir, Managing Director for Festa - Center for Sustainability

• Bénédicte Peillon-Russo, Regenerative Evolution Guide & International Catalyst @ NATIVA

• Sigyn Jónsdóttir, CTO & Co-Founder at Alda

WELLBEING LUNCH, Social Connections and Networking.

Yoga - Soft Stretches and Breathing in Silfurberg

Join this relaxing moment led by María Dalberg, Yoga Teacher and a Public Health Professional

Marketplace Presentations in front of Silfurberg
 
​​Lisa Hough Stewart, Implementation Lead, Wellbeing Economy Alliance

• How to design wellbeing economy policies

 
​Laura Kestilä, Associate Professor in Demography and Lead Researcher at the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

• Monitoring Health Inequalities: Data Insights for Wellbeing Economy

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Ásdís Birna Gylfadóttir, Visual artist and master´s student in Arts and Wellbeing at Iceland University of the Arts
Maríanna E. Dúfa Sævarsdóttir, Visual artist and master´s student in Arts and Wellbeing at Iceland University of the Arts
Silja Þórðardóttir, M.S. in Pharmacy, certified yoga instructor, postgraduate diploma in Positive Psychology, and master´s student in Arts and Wellbeing at Iceland University of the Arts
Vigdís Skagfjörð Sigurlínudóttir, Social Worker and master´s student in Arts and Wellbeing at Iceland University of the Arts

• Arts and Wellbeing: MA and Diploma Programs at the Iceland University of the Arts

 
Sofia Bergqvist, Human Geography Master's Student from Finland/Switzerland and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member

• Youth Involvement and Sustainability. The future of public health.

Plenary IX - From Global to Local: Resilient Cities in Times of Pemacrisis

Chair: Kira Fortune, Regional Advisor Healthy Cities, Health Promotion and Well-being, WHO Europe

Virtual Keynote: Robb Butler, Director of the the Division of Communicable Diseases, Environment and Health, WHO Europe
 
Panel #1 - Moderated by Dagur B. Eggertsson, Member of Parliament and former Mayor of Reykjavik

• Eyjólfur Ármannsson, Minister of Infrastructure

• Ilona Kickbusch, Director of the Digital Transformations for Health LAB at the University of Geneva and co-chair of the Council of the World Health Summit

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Speakers:​

• Betina Bergmann Madsen, Team lead of the Strategic Procurement and Food, Children and Youth Department, Municipality of Copenhagen

• Sigríður Haralds. Elínardóttir, Head of Division of Health Information and Research at the Directorate of Health in Iceland

• Jóhanna Lilja Birgisdóttir, CEO of Human Services for the Grindavík Committee in Iceland

• Anna Hulda Ólafsdóttir, Director of Climate Services and Adaptation, Met Office

 
Panel #2 - Moderated by Kira Fortune, Regional Advisor Healthy Cities, Health Promotion and Well-being, WHO Europe

• Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, Mayor of Reykjavik

• Katja Čič, Project Associate at the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health​

WELLBEING BREAK, Social Connections and Networking.

Plenary X - Education for Wellbeing: Breaking Silos, Building Futures.

Chair: Mojca Gabrijelčič Blenkuš, Senior Adviser at the Slovenian National Institute of Public Health

Keynote: Ragnhildur Helgadóttir, Rector of Reykjavík University.
 
Panel:

• Lorenzo Fioramonti, Academic Director of NATIVA Campus and Senior Advisor to Ingenium Education

• Scherto Gill, Professor of Research and Director of the Global Humanity for Peace Institute.

• Alina Garofil, Nurse and Higher Education Practitioner from Romania and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member

Plenary XI - Closing Reflections: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead for the Wellbeing Economy

Chair: ​Sandrine Dixson-Declève, Honourary President/Global Ambassador, the Club of Rome & Executive Chair of Earth4All

Panel:

• ​Dóra Guðmundsdóttir, Director of Public Health, Directorate of Health Iceland & Chair and Founder of the Wellbeing Economy Forum

• Gabriela Ramos, Candidate of Mexico for UNESCO Director-General

• Romina Boarini, Director of the Centre on Well-being, Inclusion, Sustainability and Equal Opportunity (WISE) at the OECD

• Gary Gillespie, Director and Scottish Government Chief Economic Adviser

• Rada Dimitrova, Medical Student from Bulgaria and JA PreventNCD Youth Advisory Group member

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Wellbeing Walk and Wellness Bath. Wellbeing walk through downtown Reykjavík to Reykjavík Swimming Pool. Meeting point in front of Harpa. Registration required when signing up for the Forum.