Leadership & Workplace
Workplace Resilience
DEI, democracy, and political resistance?
Monday 23 November 2026 Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, Oslo 08:45 – 17:00
Programme
Repair. Reimagine. Recreate.
The day at a glance
08:45 – 12:50 · Plenary
01 Repair
Naming where we are. Keynote, perspectives, fireside.
12:50
Lunch
13:40 – 15:45 · Breakouts
02 Reimagine
Two rounds, four tracks. Pick one per round.
Break
16:00 – 17:00 · Plenary
03 Recreate
Synthesis and closing.
Breakout tracks
Leadership & Workplace
Public Health
Climate
AI & Technology
Round One
13:55 – 14:40
Workplace Resilience
The Individualisation of Structurally Produced Illness
Paper Straws and Burning Houses
The Gradual Outsourcing of Human Judgement
Round Two
15:00 – 15:45
Resilience or Dysfunction?
Women’s Health and the Politics of Holistic Care
Environment and Social Responsibility
An Agentic Future & Cybersecurity
↘ 08:45 – 12:50
Morning plenary
MOVEMENT ONE
REPAIR — Naming where we are
↘ 08:50 – 09:15
Welcome address and opening keynote: Finding Clarity in a World Designed to Distract You
On Responsibility: what must be repaired, reimagined & recreated.
↘ 09:20 – 09:30
A city perspective
↘ 09:30 – 09:50
Walking on Thin Ice
A climate perspective — case studies from the Nordics.
↘ 09:55 – 10:05
Grounding in Place · Stretch
↘ 10:10 – 10:55
Now What?
A cross-sector conversation on the state of the world and the work ahead.
↘ 11:00 – 11:15
On Technology & AI
What will artificial intelligence do to the distribution of power, opportunity and wealth?
↘ 11:20 – 11:50
Fireside: Nordic Denial
↘ 11:55 – 12:05
Break
↘ 12:10 – 12:40
Are You The Bottleneck?
A new measure for leadership.
↘ 12:45 – 12:50
Framing the Afternoon
Brief orientation to the breakout structure and themes.
↘ 12:50 – 13:40
Lunch
↘ 13:40 – 15:45
Breakout sessions
MOVEMENT TWO
REIMAGINE — What we build differently
Four tracks run in parallel. Pick one session per round. All sessions are open to every participant.
↘ 13:40 – 13:50
Get to breakout sessions
↘ 13:55 – 14:40
Round One
Public Health
The Individualisation of Structurally Produced Illness
When does “take care of yourself” become a way of making individuals responsible for the conditions making them unwell? And what does it actually take to be well?
Climate
Paper Straws and Burning Houses
Will personal solutions cure structural problems? What must we build differently at the workplace, country and global level?
AI & Technology
The Gradual Outsourcing of Human Judgement
At what point does a tool that expands our capability begin to weaken our capacity?
↘ 14:45 – 14:55
Changeover & break
↘ 15:00 – 15:45
Round Two
Leadership & Workplace
Resilience or Dysfunction?
Have we confused resilience with an unlimited capacity to absorb dysfunction? Burnout, expectations, and what responsible leadership owes its people — including its leaders.
Public Health
Women’s Health and the Politics of Holistic Care
Climate
Environment and Social Responsibility
What multiplies inequality, and where is the bridge?
AI & Technology
An Agentic Future & Cybersecurity
What risks and opportunities will agentic AI create for the way we work? When the stakes are high, who is accountable?
↘ 15:50 – 16:00
Changeover & break
↘ 16:00 – 17:00
Afternoon plenary
MOVEMENT THREE
RECREATE — What we do now
↘ 16:00 – 16:05
Grounding in Place
↘ 16:10 – 16:45
Synthesis: Bringing the Threads Together with Audience Contributions
From clarity to action — what do we do now, and who does it?
↘ 16:45 – 17:00
Reflection, Centering & Closing
Full-day ticket
Keynotes, panels and breakout session. Incl. VAT · Pay by invoice or card.
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Venue
Sentralen, Øvre Slottsgate 3, 0157 Oslo. Doors and registration from 08:15.
Accessibility
Sentralen is universally designed. For lifts, toilets, hearing loops and how to get there, see Sentralen’s accessibility information. Need something specific? Contact us before the day.
Changes
Speakers and rooms are confirmed through October and November. This page is always the latest version; ticket holders get updates by email.