Programme

Day 1

08:00-08:45 Registration and Breakfast (Clara Hall)

08:45-09:00 Welcome by Moderator Pernilla Glaser, Process-Designer and Facilitator, CEO Boiler and by the Återhus Steering Group (English, Concert Hall)

09:00-12:00 SESSION 1: Innovate towards a Sustainable Future 

Resources in a Global Context (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Malin Löfsjögård, CEO Swedish Concrete Federation

Social Responsibility is Corporate Sustainability (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Maria Magdalena Holmgren, Lead Innovation & Sustianability Advisor, tietoevry Create LTD

Missons Based System Innovation (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Maria Johansson, Head of Unit, Social Development, Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation Agency

Återhus System Innovation (English, Concert Hall)

Nadine Aschenbach, Architect Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

Jelena Mijanovic, Architect Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

10:15 10:45   BREAK (Sponsor Level 2 and Clara Hall)

Workshop on Systems Thinking (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Workshop Leader: Åsa Lindgren, Sustainability Manager, Ramboll Building

12:00-13:00 Lunch (Clara Hall)

13:00-15:00 SESSION 2: Transition to Circular Economy and Circular Building (Concert Hall)

Session Moderator: Josefina Sallén, Leader of Focus Area and Coach for Transition to Circular Economy, RISE

The Basics of Circular Economy in the Built Environment (English, Concert Hall)

Olivia Finch, Portfolio Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, England

A talk about the Transition of the Construction and Real Estate Sector to Circular Economy (English, Concert Hall)

Panel:

Erlend Seilskjaer, Architect, Future Built, Norway

Olivia Finch, Portfolio Manager, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, England

Örjan Lönngren, Senior Advisor, Energy and Climate, the City of Stockholm, Sweden

A talk about Återhus Contribution to a Circular Business Model (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Återhus Steering Group Representatives:

Fredrik Gränne, Head of Unit, Building Physics Specialist, NCC Technique and Sustainability

Stefan Åström, Group Leader Resource Economy, Anthesis

Jelena Mijanovic, Architect Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

Nadine Aschenbach, Architect Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

Återhus Stakeholders:

Ruben Strömholm, Senior Project Manager, Zengun Construction

Carl-Johan Appelberg, Marketing Manager, Contiga

Saga Jernberg, Sustainability Manager, Atrium Ljungberg Property Development

14:45 15:15 – BREAK (Sponsor Level 2 and Clara Hall)

15:15-17:20 SESSION 3: Pilots and Prototyping in Real Life Building Projects (Concert Hall)

Session Moderator: Louise Wall, Sustainability Manager, HSB

A talk about how we Build from Buildings in Återhus Pilots, Sweden (Swedish, Concert Hall)

Återhus Pilot Representatives:

Maria Jansson, Senior Project Manager, Fabege Property Development

Emil Junelind, Business Manager, NCC Building

Jonas Wahlström, Business Area Manager, Vasakronan Property Development

Emilie Larsson, Senior Project Manager, Fabege Property Development

Återhus Steering Group Representatives:

Katarina Malaga, Research and Business Development, RISE

Staffan Virke, Senior Architect, Codesign

Ian Lund Rockliffe, Specialist Manager, Ramboll

Anna-Clara Ackebo, Unit Manager Sustainability, NCC Building

Experiences with Circular Pilots in Norway (English, Concert Hall)

Erlend Seilskjaer, Architect, Future Built, Norway

A talk about how our Neighbouring Countries, Norway, Denmark and Finland Build from Buildings (English, Concert Hall)

Nordic Specialists within Circular Construction:

Satu Huuhka, Scientific Leader ReCreate, Associate Professor Tampere University, Finland

Katja Udbye Christensen, Business Manager/Project Manager (P)RECAST, DTI, Denmark

Erlend Seilskjaer, Architect, Future Built, Norway

17:15-17:20 Conference Take-aways (Concert Hall)

Exhibition in collaboration with KTH Master students (Studio: Housing; Teachers: Erik Stenberg and Jelena Mijanovic)

17:20-21:00 Mingle with snacks, drinks and live music (separate ticket/booking, Clara Hall)

Day 2

Site visits to pilot projects in Solna (Early bird offer)

Moderators:

Photo: Elisabeth Ohlson

Pernilla Glaser is a process-designer and facilitator operating in the intersection between art and urban development. She has a background in theatre and storytelling and has worked as an educator and facilitator in multiple contexts, among others at RISE Research Institute of Sweden, focusing on urban development and design. Pernilla has also been a recurring teacher at various universities like Umeå Institute of Design and Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm.

Photo: Joakim Kröger, NCC

Louise Wall is the head of sustainability at HSB National association with a background in environmental science. She has worked for 12 years involved in a broad range of projects, always with the aim to initiate change for sustainability and to deliver value. Her passion lies within creating a more sustainable society within the limits of our planet’s resources.  

Key-Speakers:

Olivia Finch is a portfolio manager for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, responsible for the overall strategy and management of a portfolio of philanthropically funded research projects. Olivia leads the Foundation’s work on the built environment, working with the Foundation’s partners to help accelerate implementation of circular economy across the real estate, buildings and construction sector. Olivia is currently supporting EMF’s Partner, Arup, on a multi-year project to explore the value and process of implementing circular economy principles in the built environment.

Photo: Torbjørn Tandberg

Erlend Seilskjær works for FutureBuilt, based in Oslo. FutureBuilt is an innovation programme that develops and displays climate friendly urban areas with high quality architecture through built pilots. Seilskjær studied at Oslo School of Architecture and did his thesis in South Sudan. After ten years of building design and building transformation in Kima arkitektur, Seilskjær joined FutureBuilt in 2019. Seilskjær holds a special interest in circular buildings and reuse of building materials.

Photo: Rosie Alm

Malin Löfsjögård is the CEO of Svensk Betong (Swedish Concrete Federation). She holds an adjunct professor position at the Royal Institute of Technology, KTH. Svensk Betong focuses on questions of sustainability and lowering the climate impact from concrete. This includes optimizing concrete composition, using alternative binders, resource effective constructions as well as reuse and recycling of concrete.

Åsa Lindgren is the sustainability manager at Ramboll Building. Åsa has been working with questions of sustainability for many years with a focus on social aspects, assuring the norm critical perspective in urban development assignments. Today Åsa works with circular economy within Ramboll project development.

Maria Johansson, MSc in Civil Engineering, is head of the Department of Societal development at Vinnova, Sweden’s Innovation agency.  She is responsible for Vinnova’s strategic area Sustainable Built Environment, both in terms of portfolio and strategic direction.

Speakers and Panelists:

Satu Huuhka is the scientific leader at ReCreate and associate professor for sustainable renovation at Tampere University, Finland. Satu leads the Renovation and Circular Economy Transition research group ReCET. ReCET do research on all aspects of circular construction, but focus particularly on reusing existing assets – whole buildings and their components and materials. Their mission is to catalyse the circularity transition in the construction sector!

Katja Udbye Christensen is the business manager/ project manager at (P)RECAST at the Danish Technological Institute. Katja works with research and development within the field of concrete technology. The focus in her work is to create scalable solutions in collaboration with the industry to help reduce the environmental footprint of concrete.

Återhus steering group, stakeholders and pilot project representatives:

Anna-Clara Ackebo, Unit Manager Sustainability, NCC Building

Carl-Johan Appelberg, Marketing Manager, Contiga

Nadine Aschenbach, Architect SAR/ MSA, Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

Ian Lund Rockliffe, Specialist Manager, Ramboll

Fredrik Gränne, Head of Unit, Building Physics Specialist, NCC Engineering and Sustainability

Erik Gråd, Economist, Specialist Sustainability and Behavioural Economics. Anthesis

Maria Magdalena Holmgren, Lead Innovation & Sustainability Strategy Advisor at Tietoevry Create Ltd

Jonathan Hummelman, Project Manager Circular Construction, Environment & Health Administration, The City of Stockholm, Sweden

Maria Jansson, Senior Project Manager, Fabege Property Development

Saga Jernberg, Sustainability Manager, Atrium Ljungberg Property Development

Emil Junelind, Business Manager, NCC Building

Emilie Larsson, Senior Project Manager, Fabege Property Development

Katarina Malaga, Head of Research and Business Development, RISE Infrastructure and Concrete Technology

Jelena Mijanovic, Architect SAR/ MSA, Codesign, Project Manager Återhus

Ruben Strömholm, Senior Project Manager, Zengun Construction

Staffan Virke, Senior Architect SAR/MSA, Codesign

Jonas Wahlström, Business Area Manager, Vasakronan Property Development