SPEAKERS
Koli Forum 2009 will bring together acknowledged speakers representing business, research and development, policy and decision-making.
Martti Ahtisaari
Former President of Finland (1994-2000), Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and a long-term diplomat noted for his international peace work. Read more >>
Stefan Bringezu
Director, Material Flows and Resource Management, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy. Read more >>
Antonis Constantinou
Director for Rural Development Programmes II, EC DG Agriculture and Rural Development. Read more >>
Philipp Freiherr zu Guttenberg
Member of the Board of the Confederation of European Forest Owners (CEPF) and Chairman of the Land&Forst Betriebe Steiermark, Association of Styrian Forest Owners. Read more >>
Lars Gädda
Research Director, Forest Cluster Ltd. Read more >>
Pekka Hallberg
President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, Chairman of the Koli Forum Advisory Board. Read more >>
Satu Helynen
Technology Director, Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT. Read more >>
Pentti Hyttinen
Region Mayor of North Karelia, Chairman of the Koli Forum Steering Group. Read more >>
Jorma Ollila
Chairman (1999-) and former CEO of the Nokia Corporation (1992-2006), Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell (2006-). Read more >>
Tamas Marghescu
Former Regional Director of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Read more >>
Jan McAlpine
Director of the United Nations Division on Forests and head of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) Secretariat. Read more >>
Karl-Göran Mäler
Professor emeritus, Researcher, former Director, The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics. Read more >>
Gert-Jan Nabuurs
Assistant Director, European Forest Institute. Read more >>
Göran Persson
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sveaskog, Former Prime Minister of Sweden. Read more >>
Kit Prins
Former Chief, ECE/FAO Timber Section. Read more >>
Martin Siecker
Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, Dutch trade Union FNV. Read more >>
Arne Ivar Sletnes
Head, Liaison Unit Oslo, Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe. Read more >>
Jeremy Wall
Expert, EU Institution
Berry Wiersum
CEO, Sappi Fine Paper Europe. Read more >>