Tom Szaky, CEO & Founder, TerraCycle Inc
TerraCycle is one of the world’s foremost leaders in eco-capitalism and upcycling. In 2006, Inc. Magazine named TerraCycle, “The Coolest Little Start-Up in America!”, and the s...

New Nordic Growth Game
Enough of boring one-way conferences? Enough of being spoken to - rather than involved? Rebuild21 has always been about interaction, great breakout sessions and social events, as w...

Santiago Gowland, Managing Director, Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike
Meet Nike the World's Most Innovative Company 2013 (awarded by Fast Company). How can we transform our existing systems into new ones that are more sustainable, accessible, ...

Nic Marks, Happy Planet Index and Founder of Happiness Works
Nic Marks will kick-start the Rebuild21 conference on May 22nd, with an alternative view of the Nordic Model. Nic believes that the Nordic Model has delivered high levels of we...

Bill Tolany, Senior Director of Integrated Media, Whole Foods Market
Whole Foods Market has been recognized as an innovator in customer engagement and social media. They have managed to build deep two way communication. "Whole Foods Market, Inc. ...

Anders Eldrup, Chairman, Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster
How can the Nordic region turn global challenges into business opportunities? The prospect of resource scarcity and increasing costs put pressure on how companies manage the...

Thomas Laursen, Founder, Wildfooding
Rebuild21 this year celebrates the New Nordic kitchen with local culinary experiences by Thomas Laursen. Thomas Laursen is known for his innovative and new ideas about what...

Will McInnes, Founder, NixonMcInnes
Will McInnes will kick-off and be the host of Rebuild21: Organising for the Future, May 23. Will is the author of 'Culture Shock', a 21st Century handbook for business and will lea...

Vigga Svensson, CEO, Katvig
There has never been a better time for companies to take responsibility, interact with consumers and grow a full-blown movement. American Whole Foods has kick-started the moveme...

Anders Kragelund, co-founder of Cleardrive
Rebuild Transportation - Speaker at New Nordic Startups. Cleardrive is rebuilding mobility by integrating the electric car in public transport. With a clear goal to reduce hou...

Simon Majdrup Hansen
CEO and owner of Bikway - Speaker at New Nordic Startups. Bikway is an urban mobility start-up with the ambition to improve the quality of life in cities, we're offering a t...

Louise Koch, Programme Manager of Global Partnerships & Communication, Grundfos Lifelink
Louise Koch will share the story and insights from Grundfos Lifelink's mission to provide sustainable access to clean water for millions of people in the developing world throu...

Herbert Dreiseitl, Urban Architect
Herbert will be speaking on the May 22nd about Urban Hydrology, Water Design and Landscape Architecture. Herbert Dreiseitl is an internationally renowned, sculptor, artist and i...

Kristoffer Lawson, Co-founder, Holvi
We are proud to present Kristoffer Lawson, co-founder of Holvi.com. Holvi is a radical new type of bank and was announced startup of the week by Wired Magazine in December 2012. ...

Maria Glæsel, CEO, AIAYU
Established in 2006, AIAYU designs and produces knitwear of the finest llama wool from Bolivia. The concept is to design luxury knitwear that combines Scandinavian design with Boli...

Nordic Blue Ocean
Only 50 litres of water a day is needed to satisfy one person’s basic water needs but it takes 2500 litres to produce the same person’s daily food intake. Water is the prerequi...

Co-Creating Customer Experience, Breakout Session, May 23
Moderator: Bill Tolany, Whole Foods Market "Whole Foods Market, Inc. is the largest natural-foods grocer in the United States. It is also one of the business world's most radical ...

Systems Innovation
This Breakout will be moderated by Santiago Gowland, Managing Director, Sustainable Business & Innovation, Nike aiming at Uniting Builders of the World in innovating and choosi...

Waste as a ressource
We all produce waste, and the problem of how to deal with it affects us all. In 2010, the total generation of waste from economic activities and households in the EU Countries a...

Humanising Global Cities
Urbanisation is a certain global mega-trend. Population growth and rapid urbanisation mean we need to create the equivalent of one new city of one million people every 5 days betwe...

Take-Away Obesity
Industry Mashup: Take-Away Obesity Moderator: Steve Jennings Date: May 22Our lifestyle and eating habits are killing us. Globally, around 12% of adults aged 20+ were obese in 200...

New Nordic Materials, Industry Mashup, May 22, 2013
Moderators: Claus Stig, Head of Sustainability, Novozymes and Jonas Eder-Hansen, Danish Fashion Institute. Peek into the future of fashion when Novozymes and Danish Fashion Instit...

21st Century Urbanisation, Industry Mashup, May 22, 2013
Moderators: Lars Ostenfeld Riemann, Group Market Director, Ramboll & Søren Hvilshøj, International Water Director, Ramboll New patterns in human behaviour forces us to thi...

Leadership Blindspots
What skills should you be able to master 5 years from now, that would make you succeed in the future?In this breakout session Future Navigator will take you through the Zooon model...

Hack Your Organisation
Often corporations are stuck in a matrix system where everything seems to move really slowly. Introducing new simple tools can give employees a sense of permission and agency they ...

New Nordic Startups
We are proud to present this session on Nordic Startups in collaboration with Socialsquare. Some of the most passionate Nordic Entrepreneurs will be joining us on May 23rd to ...

Frugal Innovation
Companies tend to compete by developing new fancy features and ever higher quality. However, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis prices are under pressure and in large ...

Purpose Driven Business
We all need to make money to keep up our living standards but as some businesses only focus on the money-making part, others take a step further and try to rethink their busine...

The New Nordic Way
Wouldn’t it be great if we in the Nordic countries dared to ask our selves the questions: What are we good at? What can we accomplish together? What makes us proud? What if the N...


