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Misum Forum 2022 program

The Forum took place in-person on 5 October 2022, starting at 9:00 CEST (Stockholm time). See below the event schedule including session timings and speakers.

08:30 to 09:00

Registration and coffee

 

MORNING SESSION

09:00 to 09:15

Welcome and introductions  

 

Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Misum Executive Director and Associate Professor in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics (SSE)

Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics

09:15 to 09:30

Opening remarks

 

HRH Prince Daniel of Sweden

Introduced by Ingrid Eelde Koivisto, Secretary General at Pratham Sweden

09:30 to 10:00

Fireside conversation

 

Carl Bennet, CEO of Carl Bennet AB and principal owner of Getinge, Arjo, Lifco and Elanders

Marcus Wallenberg, Chair of Wallenberg Investments AB, FAM AB, Patricia Industries, SEB, Saab and Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). Vice Chair of Investor AB, EQT and The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Board member of Astra Zeneca

Moderated by Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Misum Executive Director and Associate Professor in Economics, SSE and Ingrid Eelde Koivisto, Secretary General at Pratham Sweden

10:00 to 10:45

Academic address

 

Prof. Abhijit Banerjee, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and recipient of the 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel

“The science of fighting poverty: learnings from the Jameel Poverty Action Lab”

10:45 to 11:00

Break

11:00 to 12:00

Industry panel

 

Eva Axelsson, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Group Sustainability, Saab

Andreas Gyllenhammar, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sweco

Heather Johnson, Vice President for Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson

Johanna Raynal, Director of ESG and Impact, Swedfund

Sofia Svingby, Vice President Sustainability, Atlas Copco

Moderated by Viveka Hirdman-Ryrberg, Head of Corporate Communication & Sustainability and member of the Executive Team at Investor AB and Chair of the Misum Board

12:00 to 13:00

Lunch

 

ACADEMIC AFTERNOON

13.00 to 13.50

Prof. Adnan Khan

 

Chief Economist and Director for Economics and Evaluation Directorate in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and Professor in the School of Public Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

 

"Pro-poor policies and economic preferences"

13.50 to 14.40

Prof. Oriana Bandiera

 

Sir Anthony Atkinson Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

 

"The Jobs of the Poor"

14.40 to 15.10

Break

15.10 to 16.00

Prof. Minna Halme

 

Professor of Sustainability Management at Aalto University School of Business

 

“Co-creating frugal and reverse innovations for poverty alleviation”

16.00 to 16.50

Prof. Frank Schilbach

 

Gary Loveman Career Development Associate Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 

"Do financial concerns make workers less productive?"

17:00

Event ends