Sveinung Nygaard
Sveinung Nygaard is from Norway and works as a professional composer, with MA in Audio Production from University of Westminster. He has composed music for world handball championship in Qatar, the TV series Freej in Dubai and has his own musical project called FLYT which explores how music can unite a mosaic of cultures. Sveinung believes in telling stories with music and connecting people.
Žofie Kašparová
Žofie Kašparová is a professional flute player, working in folk and jazz settings across Europe and with her band the Žofie Kašparová & The Peacock Tree. She's also an ashtanga yoga practitioner and a Buddhist in the Thai Forest Tradition. She studied in Prague, at the Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and at Charles University. From her teenage years she has had a passion for jazz and has explored many different music styles, including Irish and Balkan folk, gospel and improvisation.
Lisa Yasko CDES 2020
Lisa (Yelyzaveta) Yasko is a member of the Ukrainian Parliament, representing the Servant of the People Party. She is the Head of the Ukrainian delegation at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. She is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Interparliamentary Cooperation.
She was the first Ukrainian to graduate from Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and has more than 10 years of experience of advocating Ukraine through public diplomacy projects abroad.
Cecilia de Pedro
Cecilia de Pedro heads Sustainability at Apotek Hjärtat and led the work behind the "A Hard Pill to Swallow" campaign aimed at transforming the pharmaceutical industry.
P. Niroop Reddy
P Niroop Reddy is a former member of India’s parliament. A renowned environmental lawyer, he fought the Patancheru Pharmaceutical pollution case against the state for 20 years and won it in 2018.
Bengt Mattson
Bengt Mattson started out at Pfizer in 1994 as a research scientist in packaging development in Stockholm, Sweden. He became Manager of Environment and Risk Management in 1995. He was named Director of ESH (Environment, Safety and Health) and EMU (Engineering, Maintenance and Utilities) in 2000. Until April 2020, he was head of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Affairs for Pfizer’s operations in Sweden.
Nicolai Schaaf
Nicolai Schaaf trained as a marine ecologist and has 15 years’ experience in facilitating stakeholder dialogues and advising on policy related to climate, energy, biodiversity and water resources. Since 2013, he has led the work of the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) on water and pharmaceuticals, including research into antibiotic resistance from a water perspective.

Emerging Leaders Programme - Programme
programme
Thursday, 02 July
Workshop 1: Sustainability risks in the Pharmaceutical Industry in the context of COVID 19
This workshop will dive into the challenges and opportunities for sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry, in the context of COVID 19. We will draw on diverse perspectives from industry and civil society on the sustainable production and consumption of medicines. The dialogue will highlight antibiotic resistance as one of the most pressing challenges facing the world. Lastly we will touch upon technical, political and legal solutions and explore how we can use the current crisis to transform the sector by building a more transparent supply chain.
With:
- P Niroop Reddy, environmental lawyer, Advisor to EnvirohealthMatters
- Cecilia De Pedro, Environment Head, Apotek Hjärtat
- Bengt Mattson, Policy Manager, Swedish Association of Pharmaceutical Industry
- Nicolai Shaaf, Programme Manager, Swedish Water House, SIWI (Stockholm International Water Institute)
Moderator:
- Rishabh Khanna, ILLP, Co-founder EnvirohealthMatters
Tuesday, 07 July
Workshop 2: Enterpreneurship and Innovation: building the world you want to live in
Build your future world and retrocast back to today – a method for designing your life, business or community. This process will help you create and take action on a strategy for developing regenerative ecosystems. With others, you’ll frame a challenge to identify current barriers, project into the future, build your ideal world and work backwards from that future to create a plan for getting there. Create a vision for your future, a plan for getting there, an inspired sense of direction and a new tool for your innovation toolbox.
With:
- Robert Suarez, Chief Solutions Officer at Planet Home
- Dr Lauren Fletcher, Co-founder BetaEarth
- Greg FitzGerald, Principal at Venture Stem
Moderator:
- Dr. Irina Fedorenko, ILLP, Co-founder BetaEarth
Workshop 3: TBC: Bringing capital to ecosystem restoration: Rethink. Reconnect. Restore.
Our future is inextricably linked to the health of our soil, forests and oceans. Taking without giving back is over. Regen Future Capital’s conscious investment model provides the funding and infrastructure to scale projects that reconnect humanity with nature, regenerating and enhancing the Earth’s natural capital for everyone’s benefit.
With:
- Regen Future Capital Team
Moderator:
- Dr Bremley Lyngdoh, ILLP, Founder and CEO Worldview Impact
Please note that this programme is subject to change. For technical reasons the Caux Forum Online will be held mainly in English with some sessions in French. No interpretation will be offered. Thank you for your understanding.