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MARCH 7-8 2025

 

 

Friday, March 7: Conference day

The program is preliminary and subject to ongoing updates.

Below are some overarching questions the day aims to address:

  • How is the planet doing?
  • How does winter sports impact and get impacted?
  • What legal responsibilities do politicians and companies have?
  • How should we eat, travel, and do business within the planet’s boundaries?
  • How can financing and innovations help us?
  • What role can athletes, ski resorts, events, and companies play?

Holiday Club

08.00 Check in and coffee
08.30 Introduction; Snow passion as a catalyst

Block 1: Climate and transition, 08.40-10.00

  • Transition for white winters. Keynote: Per Olsson, Stockholm Resilience Center
  • Climate and the research landscape globally, in the Alps, and in the Nordics
  • Biodiversity: How can we help nature regulate temperature?
    Panel with researchers, athletes, and business leaders

10:00 Coffee break + discussions

Block 2: Transport, events, and food, 10.30-12.00 (in English) 

  • Sport as a catalyst (in English). Keynote: Susanna Sieff, Sustainability Director, FIS
  • Transport: How should we travel? Mobility of the future. Keynote: Mattias Goldmann, 2030-secretariat
    Panel with experts, winter sports enthusiasts, and business leaders
  • Food for the planet, white winters, and victories. Keynote: Line Gordon, Stockholm Resilience Center

12:00 Lunch

Block 3: Law, financing, and innovation, 13.00-14.30

  • How should we do business for white winters? Keynote: Beatrice Crona, Stockholm Resilience Center
  • Regulations and legal responsibility for politics and business. Introduction: Anna Berntorp, DLA Piper
  • Where is the politics?
    Panel: Politicians, business leaders, experts
  • Innovations and financing for white winters. Keynote: Annika Ramsköld, Vattenfall
    Panel and moderator: Sara Göthlin

14.30 Coffee break and discussions

15:00 Block 4: Leadership and communication

  • Courageous winter athletes and leaders – Will you take the lead?
    Keynote: Lisen Schultz, Stockholm Resilience Center
    – From the training arena to the boardroom: “Trial and Error”
    – Do I, as an athlete or business leader, need to take a stand?
    – Goal conflicts and value-based leadership
    Panel: Athletes, researchers, business leaders, and politicians
  • The possibilities of AI
    Keynote: Sara Öhrvall
  • Day 1 Summary

Music and Networking
19:00 Group Dinner

 

Saturday, March 8

07:00 Exclusive morning skiing with alpine stars, lift pass included. Cable car up.

08:30 Breakfast with presentations in the VIP Area/Sustainability Lounge, National Arena

  • The future of ski resorts
    Keynote: Stefan Sjöstrand/Fanny Sjödin, Skistar

09:10 Summary, follow-up, and possible handover

09:30 First Run of the Alpine World Cup, National Arena

Skiing

12:30 Second run of the Alpine World Cup, National Arena

Skiing

Climate Après-Ski

15:00-17:00 Climate Après-Ski at Holiday Club in collaboration with Greentopia

Discussions featuring athletes, researchers, musicians, climate advocates, and business leaders, interspersed with music.