HOW DOES TECHNOLOGY IMPACT LEADERSHIP TODAY?
Thanks to technology, things that once took hours can be done instantly today. Advancements in technology have boosted industries and societies by the evolution of newer and faster modes of transportation, production, and information processing. These improvements have undoubtedly played a crucial role in enabling vast welfare progress among the general public. However, the advancements also put great pressure on organisations in terms of incorporating the flexibility that technology requires of them.
It is commonly known how disruptive technologies not only have had a positive impact, but also shattered countless industries. Therefore, the evolution of technology comes with amazing opportunities as well as fierce challenges for organisations and societies.
At Aarhus Symposium 2015, we have invited speakers with great expertise within a variety of areas to inspire and challenge the leaders of tomorrow. They have devoted a day to contribute with personal as well as professional perspectives on global challenges in the intersection of “Leadership and Technology”.
AARHUS SYMPOSIUM 2015
LEADERSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
SPEAKERS AT AARHUS SYMPOSIUM 2015
christian stadil
ceo, thornico
LARS F. PETERSEN
Director General, Danish Agency for Digitisation
CHRISTIAN CLAUSEN
President and CEO, Nordea
eva berneke
ceo, kmd
DANIEL DABOCZY & ARNO SMIT
Co-Founders, FundedByMe
ANDREAS ROEPSTORFF
Professor and Director, Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University
robert uggla
ceo, svitzer
LARS REBIEN SØRENSEN
President & CEO, Novo Nordisk
SIMON GILES
Global Cities Lead, Accenture
mads nipper
ceo, grundfos
JENS-PETER SAUL
Group CEO, Ramboll
CONNIE HEDEGAARD
Chairman of the Board, KR foundation
BATTLE OF THE ECONOMISTS 2015
GO GREEN, NOW?
In 2015 the theme was “Go Green, Now?”. The Theme aimed to discuss whether Denmark should go green now, or wait for further development of the technology.
During the personal presentations from the speakers, it was very clear that Denmark should Go green now. The debate focused on how Denmark should go green, and closed with a final poll, on what the students saw as the key driver of Denmark’s green transition. The result clearly showed that the students believe it is the government’s obligation to create incentives for companies to go green.
SPEAKERS AT BATTLE OF THE ECONOMISTS 2015
ditlev engel
chairman of the Board, Big Future 2025
THOMAS DALSGAARD
Executive Vice President, DONG Energy Thermal Power
MICHAEL SVARER
Professor at the Department of Economics and Management, Aarhus University
MODERATOR: THOMAS BERNT HENRIKSEN
Economics editor, Børsen
AARHUS SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGE 2015
The three speakers participating in Aarhus Symposium Challenge 2015 were Connie Hedegaard, Chairman of the Board at KR Foundation; Christian Stadil, CEO at Thornico; and Robert Uggla, CEO at Svitzer. Each of them proposed a challenge for students all over Denmark to take on by writing an essay.
Christian Stadil: Ensuring the success of the startup
Connie Hedegaard: Initiatives securing our future
Robert Uggla: Leadership in the digital age
The winner of the 2015 Aarhus Symposium Award was Oskar Harmsen, MSc student in Economics at University of Copenhagen. He contributed with the overall best essay.
By taking on the challenge proposed by Christian Stadil on how to Ensure the Success of a Startup. To learn more about Oskar’s participation in the Aarhus Symposium Challenge competition you can read his inspiring essay.
“It is a forum with no boundaries. I was excited rather than nervous, because it is not a place where you have to perform. It is a place where you sit down with another person, without a large asymmetry or distance between you and the leader.”
– Oskar Harmsen, winner of Aarhus Symposium Challenge 2015
SPEAKERS PARTICIPATING AT AARHUS SYMPOSIUM CHALLENGE 2015
christian stadil
ceo, thornico
CONNIE HEDEGAARD
Chairman of the Board, KR foundation
robert uggla
ceo, svitzer
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PARTNERS WHO HELPED US MAKE
AARHUS SYMPOSIUM 2015 POSSIBLE
MEET THE ORGANISERS OF AARHUS SYMPOSIUM 2015
STEERING COMMITTEE
Alexander Mørch Valsted
Ann Christina Pedersen
Rune Lysdahl
BUSINESS RELATIONS
Camilla Sommer Thomsen
(Head of Group)
Christian Elmkjær Andersen
Jacob Saugstrup Andersen
Kristian Asbjørn Iversen
Nikolaj Krog Knudsen
FINANCE
Johan Stax Jakobsen
(Head of Group)
Kristoffer Lundquist
Lars Hansen
PROGRAMME
Ebbe Faurschou
(Co-Head of Group)
Johanne Ørndrup
(Co-Head of Group)
Tulle Mouridsen
Nikolaj Hedelund
Rasmus Østergaard
Sara Poulsgaard
Thorbjørn Martensen
UNIVERSITY ALLIANCES
Stefanie K. Krüger Petersen
ESSENTIALS
Line Møgelvang Villadsen
(Co-Head of Group)
Mathias Barløse
(Co-Head of Group)
Anders Laden Thomsen
Camilla Taulbæk
Julie Krieger Fregerselv Anresen
IT
Moma Vujisic
Mathias Frederik Von Appen Schrøder
Simon Thunø