A full day on environment and public health!

Time: July 5 8:30-18:00
Location: Donners Plats 3, Visby

After two summers without any Almedalen Week in place, it feels great to come to Visby and showcase ourselves. Ephi has been around for just over a year but now it's starting to take off. 

On Tuesday, we have a packed program starting with a breakfast discussion with Lena Andersson about what to eat really? Further during the day, we do deep dives into everything from how we get sufficient electricity grids for Sweden's electrification transition to China's role in climate change. Of course, we end the day with a real Almedal mingle where we get the chance to meet new contacts in a lighter form and as best we can solve the world's challenges in the meantime. If you want to participate in the mingle, we would like to receive your registration.

We are in the middle of the action at Donners Plats 3, which could be called the EPHI center of Almedalen Week, right?

The full program can be found below but changes may be made so please check ephi.se for updated program.

A warm welcome to you!

/ Christofer, Marie, Jonas and Tobias

Program on Tuesday 5 July

08:30 - 08:55
Breakfast discussion with author Lena Andersson on the Ephi essay "To eat or not to eat? On dietary advice for real people".
Participants: Lena Andersson.
Moderator: Marie Söderqvist.

09:00 - 09:45
Seminar - How to get everyone moving (at least one hour a day)?
Participants: PM Nilsson political editor Dagens Industri and author of the Ephi-essay Exercise obligation, Per Nilsson rector Idrottshögskolan and chairman of the committee to promote physical activity, Staffan Movin chairman of the board of En Svensk Klassiker.
Moderator: Marie Söderqvist.

10:15 - 10:45
Seminar - Cash for clunkers - The plastic bag tax is now two years old. Is it a success or a deterrent?
Participants: Sofia Höglund report author, Johanna Ragnartz CEO Keep Sweden Tidy, Lena Lundberg responsible for plastic raw material issues IKEM.
Moderator: Christofer Fjellner.

10:45 - 11:30
Seminar - How do we get electricity grids for the future? The lack of electricity grids is the most pressing threat to electrification. But how do we solve it?
Participants: Mats Nilsson, report author and associate professor at Södertörn University, Johan Lindehag, CEO of Ellevio, Carl-Oskar Bohlin, energy policy spokesperson for the Moderate Party, representative from SSAB.
Moderator: Christofer Fjellner.

11:45 - 12:30
Lunch seminar - After tobacco. Sweden can lead the way, not just to a smoke-free society, but a tobacco-free one. How is policy responding to this development? What does it mean for public health?
Participants: Per Hörnsten Demoskop, Professor Fredrik Nyström, Stefan Mathisson vejpkollen, Jesper Skalberg Regional Council Gotland.
Moderator: Marie Söderqvist.

13:30 - 14:15
Seminar - Administrative reform for the climate. Is new environmental legislation enough to solve the permit chaos or does it also require a revolution in Swedish public administration?
Participants: Mats Svegfors, former county governor and chairman of the liability inquiry, Nicklas Skår, responsible for environmental legislation issues, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Karin Comstedt Webb, deputy CEO of Cementa.
Moderator: Christofer Fjellner.

14:30 - 15:15
Seminar - China and the Climate. What everyone should know about China's role in climate change.
Participants: Jojje Olsson, journalist, Jesper Gyberg - Climate Manager Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Gustav Lind - Secretary General WWF
Moderator: Christofer Fjellner.

15:15 - 16:00
Seminar - How to tackle the public health challenges of diet, alcohol, physical activity and tobacco?
Participants: Lena Andersson who wrote the EPHI essay "To eat or not to eat? Professor Fredrik Nyström, PM Nilsson who wrote the EPHI essay "Duty to exercise?". 
Moderator: Marie Söderqvist

16:00 - 18:00
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103 63 Stockholm

info@ephi.se

Org. number: 559342-4947

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