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The Program 2010

Reworkshops, Seminars, Rethinking sessions and Base camp activities

Program components

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Invited and confirmed participants include:


Confirmed participants include:

  • Rushanara Ali, Associate Director, The Young Foundation, United Kingdom
  • Ola Alterå, State Secretary, Ministry for Enterprise, Energy and Communications, Sweden
  • Percy Barnevik, Chairman, Hand in Hand International, United Kingdom
  • Dipal C. Barua, Founder, Bright Green Energy Foundation, Bangladesh
  • Matthew Barzun, Ambassador of the United States of America to Sweden
  • Elaben Bhatt, Founder, Self Employed Women’s Association, India
  • Ane Brun, Singer and Songwriter, Sweden
  • Gunilla Carlsson, Minister for International Development Cooperation, Sweden
  • Majora Carter, President, Majora Carter Group, LLC
  • Jennifer Corriero, Co-Founder and Executive Director, TakingITGlobal, Canada
  • Prince Cedza Dlamini, Founder and CEO, The Ubuntu Institute, South Africa
  • Nathalie Cely, Coordinating Minister of Production, Competitiveness and Commercialisation, Ecuador
  • Angela Cropper, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi
  • Jan Eliasson, Former Special UN Envoy for Darfur, former President of the UN General Assembly, Sweden
  • Minou Fuglesang, Executive Director, FEMINA HIP Multimedia Initiative, Tanzania
  • Nicky Gavron, Former Deputy Mayor of London, London Assembly Member, United Kingdom
  • Jakob Granit, Project Director, Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden
  • Deepa Gupta, Co-founder of India Youth Climate Network, India
  • Ulla Hamilton, City Commissioner, City of Stockholm, Sweden
  • Dongfang Han, Advocate and Founder, China Labour Bulletin, Hong Kong, China
  • Carin Jämtin, Oppositional Vice Mayor of Stockholm, Sweden
  • Adam Kahane, Partner, Reos Partners, USA and South Africa
  • Niclas Kjellström-Matseke, CEO, The Swedish Postcode Lottery, Sweden
  • Tomas Kåberger, Director General, Swedish Energy Agency, Sweden
  • Sven Otto Littorin, Minister for Employment, Ministry of Employment, Sweden
  • John D. Liu, Director, Environmental Education Media Project (EEMP) Rothamsted International Fellow, United Kingdom
  • Christine Loh, Founder and CEO, Civic Exchange, Hong Kong
  • Sarah McPhee, CEO, SPP, Sweden
  • Herman Mulder, SD Advisor/Board Member and Former Head Group Risk, ABN AMRO, The Netherlands
  • Geoff Mulgan, Director of The Young Foundation, United Kingdom
  • Reema Nanavaty, Director, Economic and Rural Development, Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), India
  • Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, India
  • Emmanuel Dennis Ngongo, Country Coordinator, Youth Employment Summit (YES), Kenya
  • Peter Norman, CEO, Seventh Swedish Pension Fund, Sweden
  • Birgitta Ohlsson, Minister for EU-Affairs, Sweden
  • Maud Olofsson, Minister for Enterprise and Energy and Deputy Prime Minister, Sweden
  • Elinor Ostrom, Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, USA
  • Humphrey Polepole, Director, Tanzania Youth Coalition, Tanzania
  • Mary Robinson, Former president of Ireland, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative, USA
  • Johan Rockström, Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden
  • Hans Rosling, Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet and Director, Gapminder Foundation, Sweden
  • Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandria, Egypt
  • Lars H. Thunell, Executive Vice President, International Finance Corporation, The World Bank, USA
  • Kimmie L. Weeks, Youth Action International, Liberia
  • Maria Wetterstrand, Spokesperson, Green party, Sweden
  • Anders Wijkman, Former member of European Parliament, Sweden
  • Seher Yilmaz, Chairperson, The National Council of Swedish Youth Organisations - LSU, Sweden
  • Thomas Östros, Member of the Swedish Parliament, Social Democratic Party