| Time | October 12th – Workshops |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Project Green Light – Communicating Green Growth. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Smart Grid, Smart Growth. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Welfare and Green Growth |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Bio Business is Big Business. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Sustainable Living in Buildings. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | The Power of Wind. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Solutions for Sustainable Cities – Copenhagen. Read more… |
| 09:00 – 16:00 | Green Growth Indicators – OECD |
| Time | October 13th – Conference Copenhagen City Hall |
| 09:00 – 12:00 | Site Visits to Green Solutions in Copenhagen for Workshop Participants |
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Closed High Level Roundtables |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Take Lead Conference opening Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen Erik Rasmussen, CEO, Monday Morning |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | When Business Take Lead Simon Willis, Vice President, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco |
| 13:15 – 13:30 | The Evidence of Green GrowthThe launch of a comprehensive study by The Pathways Project at UC Berkeley – the first to investigate the evidence behind of green growth and displays how seven different countries have pursued green growth. John Zysman, Professor, UC Berkeley |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | When a Billion Chinese Jump Jonathan Watts, Asia Correspondent, The Guardian and award-winning author |
| 14:00 – 14:45 | Green Growth LeadersThe Green Growth Leaders is a global alliance that documents, demonstrates and communicates the benefits of green growth. This session offers perspectives on how businesses, cities and civil society organizations can help build prosperous, green economies and communities. Q&A with Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen; Flemming Borreskov, CEO, Realdania; Michael K. Rasmussen, CMO, VELUX Group; Morten Albæk, Senior Vice President, Group Marketing and Customer Insight, Vestas Wind Systems and Anders Eldrup, CEO, DONG Energy |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Break |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | The good lifeTo make the transition to a green economy, we need examples of how sustainable thinking, sustainable design and sustainable living can actually increase the quality of life so that sustainable life becomes more fun than normal life. Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG and awarded one of the most creative people in 2010 |
| 15:45 – 16:30 | Re-taking the leadUntil 2009, conventional wisdom was that governments and intergovernmental institutions were the political powers responsible for tackling global climate change. Since then, however, the wheel of history has turned, and it seems that cities and businesses are now the ones looking after our planet. How can governments re-take lead in advancing green growth?Connie Hedegaard, EU Commissioner for Climate ActionYvo de Boer, Special Global Advisor, KPMG and Fmr. Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| 16:30 – 17:15 | The Great Reset Richard Florida, Thought Leader and author of the global best-seller The Rise of the Creative Class |
| 17:15 – 17:30 | The Greatest Story Never Told The Copenhagen Charter for Sustainable Growth |
| 17:30 – 20:00 | Reception in the Ceremonial Hall at Copenhagen City Hall |
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