Most welcome to Baltic Sea Future, a two-day congress in Stockholm held on the 6-7 March 2017.
 
Baltic Sea Future will address the challenges in the Baltic Sea region, focusing on the key role of municipalities. The Baltic Sea is loved, needed and polluted, and municipalities are the hubs who can coordinate interests, engage local citizens, turn scientific results into action, and handle the challenges to create a sustainable future for the Baltic Sea.
 
A healthy Baltic Sea means different things to different people. For some, it means a thriving tourist industry leading to new jobs. For others, it means ensuring continued fishing possibilities. For others yet, it means providing your grandchildren with the same opportunities for sea life experiences as your grandparents had. For municipality mayors, a healthy Baltic Sea is a prerequisite to reach the UN Agenda 2030 and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
 
We have the technology, we have the knowledge. What we need now is an innovative, visionary and multidisciplinary leadership!
 
At Baltic Sea Future key stakeholders from the Baltic Sea countries will gather to share knowledge, motivation, best practices and tools. They will be inspired by municipalities that have succeeded, scientists who know what is needed, companies providing innovations and techniques that can do it, and agencies that can help them reach their vision.

Inauguration and welcome speech by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, UN appointed Sustainable Development Goals Advocate.
 
We hope that also you would like to take part in the Baltic Sea Future, and hereby cordially invite you to register as a delegate to the conference.

Selected parts of the agenda 

• Inauguration and welcome speech by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Victoria, UN appointed SDG Advocate

• The vision of a sustainable Baltic Sea region

• Achieving Agenda2030 and the SDGs in a Baltic Sea context

• For a fact based worldview

• How can municipalities contribute to global and regional commitments?

• What does the UN Agenda2030 mean for municipalities in the Baltic Sea region?

• Various policies, one goal: clean Baltic waters

• Implementing Sustainable Development Goals in the Baltic Sea Region

• Eutrophication - innovations and measures for counteracting the negative effects of excessive nutrients leaching to the Baltic Sea

• Cities of Baltic Sea Countries - innovative strategies for decreasing emissions of hazardous substances through upstream measures

• BLASTIC-project – Reducing plastic waste and, thereby, the inflow of hazardous substances into the Baltic Sea

• Marine habitats, protected areas and biodiversity

• Municipalities: Key actors for implementing international and EU law for the Baltic Sea environment

• Climate psychology: what creates change, motivation and innovation?

• The vision of Europe’s greenest city, Leadership & innovation by Växjö municipality for reaching SDGs and Agenda2030 goals

• Transnational cooperation to reach Agenda2030 - From a practical point of view

• How can municipalities and companies find financing for sustainable project helping them reach Agenda2030?

• Examples on how different sectors in the Baltic Sea region contribute to sustainable development

Selection of confirmed speakers

Accommodation
Participants at the Baltic Sea Future congress will benefit from a special price at selected Scandic Hotels during the congress dates. You will receive the special booking code in your confirmation letter after having registered to the congress.