This year’s Symposium featured an exciting lineup of speakers and panelists. SPS was thrilled to bring together intelligent and dynamic leaders from the philanthropic, nonprofit, and academic sectors to share and discuss their ideas, perspectives, and experiences.

Rebecca Riccio
(Presiding Moderator)
Founding Director, The Social Impact
Lab at Northeastern University

Jan Larsson
(Moderator)
Partner Brunswick Group

Maria Rankka
(Moderator)
CEO, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

David Bonbright
(Moderator)
Chief Executive at Keystone and formerly with the Aga Khan Foundation

Melinda Gates
Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Gunhild Stordalen
Founding Member and the Chair of the Board of the Stordalen Foundation

Hans Rosling
Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute, Director Gapminder Foundation

Dr. Jane Goodall
Founder of Goodall Institute, world-renowned primatologist, conservationist, and activist

Annika Söder
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, formerly Executive Director, Dag Hammarskjöld

Dr. Jason Franklin W.K.
Kellogg Community Philanthropy Chair at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

Elizabeth McKeon
Program Director IKEA Foundation

Barbara Newhouse
President and CEO of the ALS Association

Burcu Mirza
Director of the Board and Executive Committee Turkish Philanthropy Funds. Member of Leadership Council MIT Public Service Center

Ingrid Stange
Founder & CEO, Partnership for Change, a Norwegian NGO

Gunilla von Platen
Founder and Chairman Xzakt

Laurent “Larry” Leksell
Founder and Chairman Elekta and Leksell Social Ventures. Chairman, Stockholm City Mission

Anne Holm Rannaleet
Executive Director IKARE Ltd and Board Member EVPA

Julio Garrido Mirapeix
Head of KPMG IDAS, Nairobi

Lisen Schultz
PhD, Stockholm Resilience Center and Founder, Pontus Schultz Foundation

Per Josefsson
Co-founder Brummer & Partners

Ola Johannesson
Chief Wealth Advisor Philanthropy, Nordea Private Banking

Helena Mueller
Sustainability Specialist, KPMG

Daniel Dellham
Chef Sustainability Consulting, KPMG

Björn Wittmark
CEO Giertz Vinimport and Chairman of the Mosaik Foundation (Mosaikteatern)