In just one month, on 10-12 October, the biggest sustainability festival in the Baltic and Nordic countries, Impact Day, will take place. The festival will feature performers from 13 different countries. This year’s theme is “Less is more!”.
Now in its third year, Impact Day brings together people who care about a better tomorrow, who want to make a positive impact on the world and who want to take steps towards a brighter future. In terms of numbers, the event will attract more than 3000 participants, with nearly 100 sessions on four different stages and eight pre-events.
“We want to be as diverse as possible with the Impact Day programme and the choice of speakers. There is a lot of polarization in the sustainability field, so we want to bring different views together in one place and open up different sides. It is not the kind of conference where you just listen and sit and everything is very dry. We want it to be a real festival,” says Merili Ginter, Impact Day’s Head Organizer.
Some of the more renowned speakers you will meet at the festival:
- Jeremy Schwartz (Former CEO & MD of Coca-Cola, L’Oreal, Pandora and The Body Shop)
- Mohammed Qahtani (World Champion of Public Speaking 2015)
- Martin Villig (Co-founder of Bolt)
- Jos de Blok (Founder and CEO of Buurtzorg)
- Clover Hogan (Climate activist and founder of Force of Nature)
- Anete Garoza (Highly regarded international climate lawyer and Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient)
- Minna Kröger (Elisa, Head of Sustainability)
- Mihkel Nestor (SEB, Chief Economist)
- Jaan Aru (Neuroscientist, University of Tartu)
- Annika Arras (Miltton New Nordics, CEO)
Here are some examples of the topics the experts will be talking about:
- “When Business Meets the Doughnut”‘
- “From A.S.S. to P.A.S.S: Communicating Business Sustainability”
- “What’s Cooking? Changing Food Habits”
- “How to Miss Your Competitive Edge with Sustainable Branding”
- “Renewable Energy: Crucial Knowledge for Your Future Grandchildren?”
- “Profitable Sustainability: Myth-Busting and Strategy Building”
- “What If Every Customer Ditched Their Single-Use Coffee Cup?”
- “After This Seminar You Will Be a Better Leader”
- “Acceptance Matters – Building an Inclusive and Sustainable Future”
- “Is AI Killing Creativity?”
- “Beyond the Bin: How Recycling Curbs Carbon Emissions”
The festival programme will broaden the horizon and knowledge on a wide range of topics: impact measurement, energy, sustainability in management, transportation, reducing personal and corporate footprints, impact investing and much more. The event will focus on a variety of exciting presentations, discussions and panels. There will also be a large EXPO area to explore on site.
All speakers and the programme of the event can be found here.
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Impact Day is brought to you with an ultimately strong impact community, just look at this list:
CO-ORGANIZERS
SEB Estonia • Social Enterprise Estonia • Lindström • Elisa Eesti • TalTech • Lidl • Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies
SUPPORTED BY
City of Tallinn • Visit Estonia • Swedish Institute • The European Social Innovation Alliance • Social Innovation Initiative • European Union • KredEx and Enterprise Estonia • National Foundation of Civil Society
PARTNERS
Delfi • Helmes • Schneider Electric • Orkla Estonia • Enefit • KredEx and Enterprise Estonia • Bureau Veritas • Sunfly • Devoteam • Estonian University of Life Sciences • KWOTA • Sunly • OCELL • Taggr • WasteLocker • Swedbank Estonia • Rimi • Neste • Moller Baltic • Ülemiste Centre • RASK • Combat Ready • Linna Ekraanid • Tallink
