Aftenposten is Norway´s largest daily newspaper, covering the changes in society – culture, values, power, leadership, politics and technology. Our editorial conferences are built up to support the main topics in the newsroom. Our on stage/live journalism establishes interesting meeting places between the readers, leaders, business partners and the newsroom. Our weekly magazine, A-Magasinet, will make a Special Report on the topic for this conference. 

The Financial Times (FT), the worlds leading global business publication, is headquartered in London. It has a special emphasis on business and economic news. As Media Partner, FT will offer advertising space to promote the conference. An editorial team will edit and publish a Special Report on the topic for the conference (subject to advertising revenue becoming available), distributed world-wide with the newspaper and digitally on FT.com. FT’s editorial staff will take part in the program committee and as moderators on stage.

FutureBoards is an independent global network of corporate governance experts and practitioners. We provide a platform to exchange experience, knowledge and fresh perspectives on HOW and by WHOM companies should be governed in the future.

We invite investors, board directors, top managers, politicians and academics to join as members or partners to ensure long-term value creation for all.

We also offer corporate governance training sessions, board evaluations, board recruitment and study-tours.

The Storebrand Group is a leading player in the Nordic market for long-term savings and insurance. The group's head office is at Lysaker near Oslo. The company has also established life insurance, asset management and health insurance activities in Sweden. By the end of 2015 there were 2298 employees.

Storebrand operates a total of 1.9 million customers in Norway and Sweden. We make it possible for customers to take the best financial choices adapted to their different needs and situation.

Storebrand's history dates back to 1767. The company has provided occupational pensions to Norwegian employees since 1917, 50 years before social security was established.

World-leading 

Each day, you will find us at work with over 100,000 customers, in more than 100 countries, building the invisible infrastructure of trust. We are the leading provider of risk management and quality assurance services to the maritime, oil and gas, and power and renewables industries. We are also global leaders in certifying management systems of companies across all types of industries, including healthcare, food and beverage, automotive and aerospace. 

Our purpose 

Since 1864, our purpose has been to safeguard life, property and the environment.  

Expertise 

We are passionate about safety, quality and integrity. Companies turn to us to make complex decisions with confidence. We help them manage their most critical risks and demonstrate compliance with regulations and standards. From structural defects at a molecular level, to an anomaly in terabytes of data, no detail is too small for our world-class technical experts. But it is our ability to also see the bigger picture that sets us apart: from advising on tomorrow’s energy infrastructure to creating technical standards for the safety of the world’s shipping fleet, or assessing the sustainability of a food value chain.

Good power deals, at home and at work

Fjordkraft is a national power supplier that supplies electricity every day to the thousands of homes and to large and small workplaces in the private and public sectors. With us there is no down payment, and whether you order electricity as a private or corporate customer, you always get a satisfied guarantee with the purchase.

For us, it is important that our customers get more for their money. That's why we also offer cheap and good mobile subscriptions, extra cheap for anyone with electricity from Fjordkraft.

Fjordkraft is a listed company, with over 2000 owners. The largest owners are BKK and Skagerak Energi. You will find our head office in Bergen, but we also have branches in Sandefjord, Trondheim, Oslo and Stavanger. Read our annual report if you want to know more about the company's structure, results and ownership.

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:

Scandinavian Executive Institute is Scandinavia’s leading provider of international management training. We collaborate with two of Europe’s leading business schools, INSEAD in France and IMD in Switzerland.

Since 2007, we have been providing training to top executives and board members throughout Scandinavia, and today we offer three intensive programs for multi-level executives and at board level.

Sustainability Hub Norway (S-HUB) is a non-profit association, founded March 1st, 2017. Our ambition is to be the leading corporate knowledge network for sustainable business in Norway. Our aim is to inspire, guide and connect ambitious companies and their leaders towards sustainability transformations and increased value creation, focusing on strategy and functional implementation of sustainability. 

S-HUB has corporate and organizational members like Statkraft, Scatec Solar, ATEA, Sbanken, Tryg, EY, Lerøy, KPMG, Deloitte, BKK, Leidar, Sparebanken Vest, Regnskap Norge, Samfunnsviterne and more.  

In addition to building the Norwegian ecosystem for sustainable business and spreading knowledge and insight, S-HUB provide a range of events and seminars, expert committees and closed roundtable conversations (circles) on 4 core topics: 

#1) Sustainability strategy 
#2) Sustainable branding and innovation  
#3) Sustainability reporting  
#4) Organizing sustainability

S-HUB is behind the annual State of Sustainability Norway-report, and is currently launching sub-networks like Sustainable Food Norway and CFO Sustainability Network, in collaboration with a wide range of corporate partners. 

Later in 2020, S-HUB will be launching a "Strategic Ambition" certification tool and a  sustainability mapping workshop for companies looking for help in navigating sustainability strategy and -transformation. 

About Mission
Mission is a team of strategists, designers, thinkers and doers with a passion for
solving our clients’ problems. Since 2001, we have been designing successful brands for companies throughout Norway and Scandinavia. We believe all businesses must have a clear purpose. Without a clear and meaningful purpose, you are not able to engage employees or customers.

Our purpose
We design successful brands by gathering investors, employees and customers around a meaningful purpose.

Skift is a business driven climate initiative in Norway. The goal of the organization is to make sure that Norwegian businesses help reach the emission targets for 2030 and beyond, by finding homegrown solutions to the global climate crisis. Skift aims to represent these businesses in the public debate as advocates of drastic change.

Mester Grønn AS has had a focus on environmental and sustainable solutions in the flower industry since 1983, and we’re going to continue doing so.
Eco-lighthouse award winner 2019.