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CEO, Museum for the United Nations - UN Live
Katja Iversen
Katja Iversen is the CEO of the Museum for the United Nations – UN Live - a UN affiliated organization,
unleashing the power of popular culture and conversations to include, inspire and engage people
everywhere towards positive action, UN values and a sense of global belonging.
Ms. Iversen holds various board and executive advisory roles, and is a sought moderator and keynote
speaker, including on global health, wellbeing economy, the power of popular culture and sustainable
development.
Ms. Iversen has a background as a leader in civil society, the United Nations, and as a cross-cultural
leadership trainer for Fortune 500 executives. She has been a member of Prime Minister Trudeau’s and
President Macron’s G7 Gender Equality Councils, the President of Women Deliver, an advisor to the
World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Initiative and MIT Solve Challenge among many other things.
In many of her roles, Katja has worked with popular culture to further the agenda and build broader
support to various SDG issues. She has been an adviser to several artists regarding driving social impact
through arts.
Katja holds a Master’s Degree in Communications from Denmark, and a Leadership Degree from
Columbia University in the US. In 2022 she was awarded an honorary doctorate in philosophy for her
“iconic and outstanding contribution towards furthering cross cultural connections”. She was
named Dane of the Year in 2018 and given a Woman of the Decade award in 2022 by Women Economic
Forum.
Senior Vice President, Gallagher & Associates (G&A)
Gretchen Coss
Gretchen is a visionary leader, educator, and designer with over thirty-five years of experience in brand management, experience design, and placemaking. Prior to Gallagher & Associates, Gretchen was Vice President/Director of Graphics for Gensler LA and had her own successful business for over a decade. She has been instrumental in building G&A as an international design firm by bringing both an entrepreneurial spirit and unparalleled relationship-building to the firm. She is a passionate educator and active industry leader, serving on the board of the Society for Experiential Graphic Design for six years, where she was a past president. She is also an Adjunct Professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design and sits on the National Board for the Fashion Institute of Technology.
Co-head of strategy & deputy general manager of Publicis Luxe
Deborah Marino
Deborah, with 25 years of experience in communication, currently serves as the co-head of strategy and deputy general manager at Publicis Luxe, working with prestigious clients like Cartier, Audemars Piguet, and L’Oréal Luxe. Deborah is a natural strategist who champions the synergy between strong strategic positioning and cultural commitments. Her fascination with the unseen patterns that influence behavior and generate powerful insights has driven her to expand her research as an associate professor in humanities (semiotics, psycho-sociology) and strategy at Celsa (Sorbonne Paris IV), Sciences Po Paris, and Sorbonne Abu Dhabi.
Commercial Director, Royal Opera House
Christina Østerby
With passion for Arts, Culture, and People Christina Østerby works to achieve an integrated commercial success by leadership and by using marketing, data and brand skills combined with technical knowledge.
After more than 20 years of experience working as Executive in Danish Cultural Organisations Christina joined the Royal Ballet and Opera in London March 2022 to help launch a Rename and Transformation Programme working to diversify and increase audiences, unify data, and streamline processes. All to increase frequency, generate more revenue and allow for innovation.
Christina is also an independent consultant in own company C the Culture and Chair of Board at Scenit who operates a nationwide organization with the purpose to promote sales, visibility, accessibility, and documentation of professional performing arts in Denmark through digital and partnership-based solutions.
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Director Policy & EU Affairs Orchestrator
Lisa Lang
Lisa Lang is the Director for EU Affairs & Policy Orchestrator for EIT Climate KIC and the Chair person for the Cultural & Creative Taskforce for UNFCCC United Nations Global Innovation Hub (UGIH).
Climate-KIC is a knowledge and innovation community established and funded by the EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology in 2010.
Their purpose is to tackle climate change through innovation. They are Europe’s largest public-private partnership with this purpose – a growing pan-European community of diverse organisations united by a commitment to direct the power of creativity and human ingenuity at the climate change challenge.
Lisa Lang has gained international recognition on Forbes Europe’s Top 50 Women in Tech, Sustainable Thought Leader by Vogue Business and has been listed as one of the 50 most important women for innovation & startups in the EU.
She founded highly recognized companies like ElektroCouture, ThePowerHouse and FNDMT who are dedicated to push innovation within the creative and innovative industry eco systems. Lisa Lang is a direct adviser for creative industries, digitalisation and entrepreneurship for the European Commission on several high-level advisory boards, including Pact for Skills, Industrial Forum and the US/EU Trade & Technology Council.
Lisa Lang is on the advisory board to the Zurich University of Arts as well as a policy advisor for Fashion Innovation Centre Sweden. She has been given guest lectures at TEDx Athens, KryptoLabs Abu Dhabi and Oxford Saiid Entrepreneurship Forum.
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Director of Exhibitions and Collection, Munchmuseet
Kasper Teglgaard Koch
Kasper Teglgaard Koch is the director of exhibitions and collections at MUNCH. With a background in public administration in both Norway and Denmark, Kasper has been at the museum since 2019, and has overall responsibility for ensuring that MUNCH has a strong and relevant exhibition program that builds on the artistic profile. The department will ensure that MUNCH is a leader in innovation and research into Edvard Munch's artistry, and continuously creates new experiences, products and services for the public.
Director of Strategy, Wright & Wright
Colleen Ritzau Leth
Colleen is a culture sector strategist specializing in placemaking, masterplanning, and the future of museums. Her experience spans government, tourism, and the arts and is guided by a commitment to visitor experience and community engagement. As Director of Strategy at Wright & Wright, she helps steward capital projects for clients including the British Museum, Lambeth Palace, the British Academy, and several Oxford colleges. She previously held senior roles at Sotheby’s, the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where she oversaw International Affairs. Colleen holds advanced degrees in Art History & Architecture from Columbia University and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University, as well as an MBA from the University of Oxford where she was Chair of the Art & Business Network. She serves as an Independent Board Director of the Château de Versailles, Vice Chair of the American Friends of Statens Museum for Kunst, and Board Director of several private foundations and family office practices investing in the culture sector.
Designer, Halogen
Kristian Singstad Pålshaugen
Kristian Singstad Pålshaugen is a design specialist at Halogen, a Norwegian design agency that works with complex societal issues. Halogen has collaborated with, among others, the Munch Museum, the National Museum and the 22 July Center within the cultural sector. They have also worked with the reception of minor asylum seekers, the overall preparedness in Norway and measures to reduce sickness absence in overburdened health institutions.
Partner, Business Development & Places Director, Urgent.Agency
Michaela Pihl Olsen
Michaela Pihl Olsen leads complex projects with a strong focus on process and client needs. As an expert in wayfinding, she has spearheaded all wayfinding projects at Urgent Agency, translating site-specific qualities into creative and value-driven solutions. Her work explores the relationship between users, spaces, and social interaction. Michaela has also founded a wayfinding network group and is a sought-after speaker in the fields of wayfinding and universal design.
She has extensive experience with complex mapping and wayfinding tasks for clients such as Copenhagen Airport, Aarhus Light Rail, Norlys Charging Stations, NCC behavior project, Postbyen, Danske Bank, and more. Michaela also drives business development, strategically leading initiatives and identifying new business opportunities, particularly within the physical environment. Her unique ability to create cohesive and engaging environments is evident in her approach.
In addition to her professional role, Michaela teaches wayfinding courses at the Royal Danish Academy and is a recognized external examiner for the arts under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Her previous industry experience includes positions at Rosan Bosch Studio, ArhiMed, Duncan McCauley in Berlin, and Kontrapunkt.
Michaela holds a Mini MBA from Aros Business Academy with a focus on innovative processes, disruption, and change management, and a Master’s degree in Architecture with a specialization in Signage & Wayfinding from the Royal Danish Academy.
Lars Bertolt Winther is head of Tourism, Culture & Experiences in Danish Industry. As part of Denmark's largest employer and business organisation, Lars and his team work to strengthen framework conditions, political influence and visibility across the profession - as well as to provide new knowledge and insights that can contribute to the further development of the profession. Lars has worked in cultural life all his life. With a background as a jazz musician and record label owner, he has over time turned his focus towards topics such as business development, management, strategy and policy development in the experience sector, and has a background from leading roles in a number of cultural institutions, as customer and analysis manager, independent consultant and an extensive board CV on a broad foundation of insights and experiences across cultural life.
Head of Tourism, Dansk Industri
Lars Bertolt Winther
Director, Home of Carlsberg
Tine Kastrup-Misir
Tine Kastrup-Misir is managing director of Home of Carlsberg. As CEO, Tine Kastrup-Misir has overall responsibility for Home of Carlsberg with more than 100 employees. The responsibility includes i.a. development and implementation of the business strategy for Home of Carlsberg and the collaboration with Carlsberg and the rest of the Carlsberg family consisting of, among other things The Carlsberg Foundation, the Glyptoteket and Frederiksborg Castle.
Tine Kastrup-Misir previously worked as communications and marketing director at Wonderful Copenhagen for six years and has thus gained extensive experience in work with place banding and tourism in the capital. Before Wonderful Copenhagen, Tine was communications and marketing manager for the Development Company Carlsberg Byen and has previous experience from political interest organisations. Over the years, Tine has built up extensive experience in management, strategy, communication, marketing and public affairs.
Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr. George Musgrave
For over a decade Dr. George Musgrave been researching musicians' psychosocial working lives with a focus on mental health & wellbeing in the music industry. An interdisciplinary sociologist of music, his specialism concerns the psychological experiences & working conditions of creative careers. He has collaboratively undertaken two major funded research projects - 'Can Music Make You Sick?' (UK) and ‘When Music Speaks’ (Denmark) - on mental health & the music industry. The book of the former was an Amazon Number 1 Best Seller in the Sociology of Work. His research has been published in world-leading journals including The Lancet, The Lancet Psychiatry, Poetics, Cultural Trends, Musicae Scientiae, & Psychology of Music.
He is also a musician and has signed both major recording & publishing deals with EMI/Sony/ATV. His music has earned support from the likes of Mike Skinner, Plan B, Ellie Goulding & Ed Sheeran, and he was labelled 'Middle England's Poet Laureate' by BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra DJ MistaJam. Prior to signing to his record deal, he was the first ever unsigned artist to win a place on the MTV 'Brand New' list alongside Lana Del Rey & Charli XCX, & has performed at festivals including Reading, Leeds, Wireless and BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend.
Director, Kulturens Analyseinstitut
Esben Danielsen
Esben Danielsen is director of Kulturens Analyseinstitut. With a strong background in cultural management and project development, he has been a central figure in Danish cultural life. Previously, he was director of Lokale og Anlægsfonden, where he worked with the development of cultural and sports facilities, and he has been professional director of Culture in the Municipality of Copenhagen, and spokesperson and development director for Roskilde Festival. Esben is known for his ability to combine strategic thinking with a deep understanding of the role of culture in society, which has made him a sought-after leader and advisor in the cultural field.
Associate Professor in Literacy Research at the National Centre for School Research (NCS) and Aarhus University, DPU. National research leader for the international reading survey PIRLS
Simon Skov Fougt
Simon Skov Fougt is the national research leader for the international reading survey PIRLS, which examines the reading abilities of 4th-grade students. His research focuses on integrating the external environment into teaching through scenario-based didactics, with a particular interest in IT and technology, multimodality, and teacher competence development.
Simon is originally trained as a primary school teacher with specializations in French and Music (1998) and later Danish (2001). He holds a Master’s degree in Danish Didactics (2009) and a Ph.D. in teacher competence development, scenario didactics, and IT (2015). He has worked as a primary school teacher from 1998 to 2010 and as an adjunct, part-time teacher, and associate professor in teacher education (2010-2012 and 2016-2019). Additionally, he is an author and consultant for various educational materials, both analog and digital, primarily in Danish for the primary school level. More information can be found at www.simon-skov-fougt.dk.
Simon collaborates extensively with both Danish and international universities on topics related to reading and scenario didactics. He is currently working with Rudersdal Municipality on a study focused on fostering a love of reading in primary schools.
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Senior consultant, creative director, Danish Red Cross
Morten Schwarz Lausten
Morten has been employed by the Danish Red Cross since 2013 and today, as creative director, develops the Red Cross' communication work in Denmark, i.a. through the establishment of strategic partnerships with companies, foundations and creative professions such as theatres, game developers and film producers to reach more, in new ways and with new methods. Including, and not least, numerous, popular teaching courses for primary school and secondary education. The strategy has two legs: on the one hand, partnerships with creative industries strengthen the Red Cross' brand and inspire the creation of unique communication products, on the other hand creative productions can help put humanitarian issues on the agenda, and they help - with the artistic language - to communicating otherwise difficult and heavy subjects, which is the work of the Red Cross: war, disasters in the world, and the increasing loneliness in Denmark. In 2024, the Red Cross has, among other things, released the award-winning interactive film / game 'If War Comes To You' and the collaboration with Den Jyske Opera on the performance 'The Greek Passion'. Morten Schwarz Lausten has worked for 25 years with strategic communication for both public and private organisations.
Projektleder, SMK Connect, SMK
Camilla Mosekjær Christensen
Camilla Mosekjær Christensen (b. 1991) holds a Master’s degree in Art History from the University of Copenhagen. She works at SMK – The National Gallery of Denmark and has since 2022 taken on the role of project manager for SMK Connect – a new educational platform aimed at making SMK’s digital art collection and educational practices accessible throughout Denmark. In her work, she is driven by art’s ability to shape and challenge perspectives, and she is dedicated to highlighting the formative potential of art and its crucial role as a societal actor, with a particular focus on education, civic engagement, and bridging sectors.
Research Professor, Telemark Research Institute
Bård Kleppe is a research professor at Telemarksforsking in Norway, where he has researched cultural life and cultural policy for over 15 years.
In 2010, Kleppe developed the Norwegian Culture Index, an overview and analysis of cultural life in Norwegian municipalities based on a number of different data sources. Today, a number of municipalities and counties use the Norwegian Culture Index as an important tool in their planning work in the area of culture.
Engagement Manager for Partnerships, Læringsbureauet Forstå
Christian Engel Brund
Christian er engagementchef i læringsbureauet Forstå med over 15 års erfaring med udvikling og forankring af partnerskaber, skoletjenester, kampagner og undervisningsforløb.
I Forstå står Christian for partnerskabsdannelse, rådgivning, strategiudvikling for organisationer, kulturinstitutioner m.fl. Kunderne hos Forstå tæller bl.a. Røde Kors, Det Kgl. Teater og LEGO. Før tiden i Forstå, har Christian bl.a. været uddannelseschef i Red Barnet, redaktør i Rådet for Sikker Trafik, pædagogisk forsker på DPU, Aarhus Universitet og ekstern lektor på Roskilde Universitet og Aalborg Universitet. Gennemgående for Christians arbejde nu og i tidligere jobs, er udvikling af strategier, partnerskabsdannelse, bl.a. på tværs af brancher, konceptualisering og forankring af disse – særligt i relation til grundskolen og ungdomsuddannelser.
Associate Professor of Library and Information Science, University of Borås
Jenny Johannisson
Jenny Johannisson is a Dr. associate professor of Library and Information Science with a primary research focus on local and regional cultural policy in the context of globalization. Through several research projects, she has explored how local and regional public administrations manage increased political autonomy in the field of cultural policy. Her teaching primarily covers cultural policy, along with research methods.
Since joining the University of Borås in 1995, Jenny has been dedicated to contributing to the development of a cultural policy research infrastructure, both nationally and internationally. This commitment has led to the establishment of two scholarly open access journals in the research field and serving as the chair of The International Conference of Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR) Scientific Committee from 2012 to 2020. The ICCPR is a biannual research conference organized in collaboration with The International Journal of Cultural Policy Research (Routledge). Jenny's interest in cultural policy also placed her as an analyst and deputy director to the Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis (www.kulturanalys.se) between 2018 and 2024. Over the next three years, her research will primarily focus on the Horizon 2020 project "Acting on the Margins – Art as Social Sculpture" (AMASS).
Head of Schools and Partnerships, The Royal Danish Theatre
Gunna Winterberg
Gunna Winterberg has a Master's degree. mag. in theater science and dance science from the University of Copenhagen and since 2012 has focused on classical performing arts for children. She heads the Royal Theatre's department for performances, learning courses and teaching material for children and their adults and is currently particularly focused on transforming the old Stærekassen theater into the Children's Royal Theatre. Not as a functioning theatre, but more like a children's universe or a theater playground where children can play in the world of art. Here the imagination, the urge to create and play are at the center. Gunna is driven by the fact that all children should have art in their lives, and is thus both interested in the structures and systems that make it possible, as well as in children's culture and artistic processes.
UNESCO Chair in Futures Capabilities, Senior Advisor, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Nicklas Larsen
Nicklas Larsen is Senior Advisor in the field of culture and UNESCO Co-Chair in Futures Capabilities at the Institute for Futures Research.
He also teaches at Parsons School of Design in Paris and heads Teach the Future in Denmark.
His work crosses disciplinary boundaries within education, politics, philanthropy and cultural and intergovernmental institutions and ranges from lectures to innovative educational programs and publications – always focusing on the essential role of art and culture in nurturing the imagination.
Chair, KODA
Loui Törnqvist
Loui Törnqvist is the Managing Director at Edition Wilhelm Hansen, where he oversees the daily management of all aspects of music publishing. This includes the exploitation and protection of copyrights, such as synchronization, orchestral performances, promoting composers' works, and managing editorial productions. Edition Wilhelm Hansen is part of the global music publishing company, Music Sales Group.
In addition to his role at Edition Wilhelm Hansen, Loui chairs on the board of KODA, Denmark’s music collection society, and the Danish Music Publishers' Association (MPA).
With a strong background in the business of publishing, corporate communication, and management, Loui holds a Master of Arts degree in Communication and Business.
Founder, Where Music is Going
Rob Abelow
As the founder of Where Music’s Going, Rob Abelow helps artists and builders grow more sustainable audiences through strategic insights, business development, and partnerships. Where Music’s Going converts industry dynamics and tech trends into bite-sized insights through its newsletter, providing a clear roadmap for strategic thinking and execution.
With over 15 years of experience at Roll Call Records & Management, Rob has operationalized creative visions for artists, guiding them to perform at iconic venues like Red Rocks and Radio City Music Hall, as well as major festivals such as Lollapalooza and Glastonbury. Under Rob’s guidance, these artists have achieved billions of streams and Billboard Top 40 albums, forging meaningful connections with their audiences.
Currently, Rob engages in discussions on sustainable audience growth, the transition from Music 2.0 to 3.0, the role of AI in music, and the future adaptations of the music business in response to technological advancements. Rob’s insights have been shared on platforms like BBC News, Rolling Stone, SXSW, and The Grammys.
In all ventures, Rob is driven by a clear mission: to drive innovation in the music industry and inspire artists to navigate their journeys with the right tools and mindset