SDG Conference Bergen 2025: Sustainable health in turbulent times 

• Full programme for Day Zero

• Margareth Hagen, Rector, University of Bergen 
• Kaja Ingdal Hovdenak, President, National Union of Students in Norway 

Artistic contribution:

• Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Professor, University of Bergen 

Sustainable health in turbulent times - The complex interconnections between health, people and planet 

Setting the premise for the rest of the conference, the first session will provide a broad overview of the complex interconnections between health, people and planet today. Among other issues, this will include how climate change, biodiversity loss, and large-scale environmental degradation impede efforts to achieve health and wellbeing for all, perspectives on the sociocultural drivers and determinants of good health and environmental integrity, and the role of politics in this complex landscape. 

• Joyeeta Gupta, Professor, Environment and Development in the Global South, University of Amsterdam 
• Britt Kramvig, Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway 
• Kamran Abbasi, Professor, Editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal 

An opportunity to catch up with other conference participants.

How do we move from knowledge to action? 

During the second session, we will explore the transition from knowledge to action for sustainable health. Prompted by provocations from speakers with diverse perspectives, conference attendees will explore the tensions and ambiguities that arise between ethics, the need for decision-making, and the imperative to transform our understanding and practice of health and care.   

• Eivind Engebretsen, Professor of Health Science, University of Oslo 
• Dr Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Head of the Climate Change and Health unit, World Health Organization  

“The Road Ahead” by Professor Ashley Booth and Assistant Professor Bente Irminger, University of Bergen 

Collaboration and learning across sectors and countries to advance health 

Starting out from the comparison of international and Norwegian initiatives for sustainable health, session three will focus on the critical role of international and cross-sectoral collaboration and learning. Here, both mutual support and critique will be considered essential tools in collaboration and learning as participants explore dilemmas and essential levers to be turned if we are to improve the health of people and the planet.  

• Dr Eduardo Samo Gudo, Director General, National Institute of Health, Mozambique
• Guri Rørtveit, Director General, Norwegian Institute of Public Health
• Mariann Hornnes, Acting Director General of Health, as of 11 January 2025

An opportunity to catch up with other conference participants.

Kartlegging av veien videre: Utfordringer og muligheter for Norge 

I den siste sesjonen av konferansen vil vi rette fokus mot Norge for å avdekke spesifikke utfordringer og muligheter i vår nasjonale kontekst, og prøve lage en visjon for veien videre. Diskusjonen i panelet vil ta for seg hvordan ansvar både deles og fordeles i samfunnet og hvordan det å ta ansvar danner grunnlaget for å oppnå bærekraftig helse i den turbulente tiden vi lever i i dag.

Norge i verden

• Usman Ahmad Mushtaq, Statssekretær, Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet
• Hanne Lossius, anestesilege M.D, PhD, og journalist
• Kaja Ingdal Hovdenak, President, Norsk studentorganisasjon
• Erling Moxnes, Professor systemdynamikk, Universitetet i Bergen

Verden i Norge

• Common Ground Project, Presentasjon av Åsil Bøthun, Professor, Fakultet for kunst, musikk og design, Universitetet i Bergen
• Marius Omland, Ungdomsrådet Helse Bergen
• Matilla Berger, Legenes klimaaksjon

• Inna Marja Amundsen, Student, Universitetet i Stavanger 
• Rikke Gürgens Gjærum, Viserektor, UiT Norges arktiske universitet