Copenhagen 2016 – Nordic Conference on Basic Income Pilots
The Nordic Conference on Basic Income Pilots 2016 took place at Christiansborg, the Danish parliament building in the centre of Copenhagen, on September 22-23, 2016. The conference was hosted by the Danish branch of Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN Denmark) in collaboration with the political party the Alternative and in association with Unconditional Basic Income Europe. See list of Organizers and Contributors.
Day 1 of the conference dealt specifically with basic income experiments or pilots. The purpose of the conference was to discuss the policies for future experiments and to draw experience from previous experiments and studies. See article on Pilots and Policies.
Day 2 of the conference was dedicated to meetings between basic income activists, researchers and politicians from the Nordic countries. The working title of this part of the conference was “Basic Income and the Nordic Model”.
The conference program and documentation is listed below. You may also want to see the list of Invited speakers and Pictures from the conference. A full copy of the website for the ubi-nordic 2016 conference is visible here: ubi-nordic2016.basisindkomst.dk
Day 1
Moderator: Knud Vilby
Uffe Elbæk: Welcome Speech
VIDEO
Guy Standing: Design and Implementation Principles
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Olli Kangas: The Finnish Basic Income Experiments
PAPER – POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Sjir Hoeijmakers: Municipal Basic Income-Related Experiments in the Netherlands: How they started, what they entail, and their current status.
POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate 1 (Guy Standing, Olli Kangas, Sjir Hoeijmakers)
VIDEO
Bjarke Friborg: Usefulness of Trade Unions for the Precarious Workers
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Anne Marie Frederiksen: Long-term Unemployed taking the Lead – an Experiment with Self-Management
POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate 2 (Bjarke Friborg, Anne Marie Frederiksen)
VIDEO
Torsten Gejl:
Future Society calls for Innovative Solutions
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Nicole Teke: The Steady Evolution of Basic Income Experiments in France
PAPER – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate 3 (Nicole Teke)
VIDEO
Karl Widerquist: Possibilities and Pitfalls of Basic Income Experiments
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Niels I. Meyer: The Danish UBI from 1978 and its Relation to Present UBIs
PAPER – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate
The Society Think Tank: UBInow (movie)
VIDEO 1 – VIDEO 2 – ABSTRACT
Evening event, day 1
Dinner at Folkets Madhus and entertainment by Zirkus Orchestra.
Day 2
Moderators: Anja Askeland and Lena Stark
Dorte Kolding: Welcome speech
POWERPOINT – VIDEO
Nanna Kildal: The Nordic Welfare Model and Basic Income
POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Thomas Boje: Basic Income as a Condition for Equal Democratic Participation?
POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Torsten Gejl: The Alternative’s Policy of Sustainability and the Nordic Model
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate: (Nanna Kildal, Thomas Boje, Torsten Gejl)
VIDEO
Annika Lillemets: Unconditional Basic Income in a Nation Obsessed With Labour – How Do We Break the Taboo and Find Ways Forward?
POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Finn Sørensen: The Danish Red-Green Alliance on Basic Income
PAPER – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate (Annika Lillemets, Finn Sørensen)
VIDEO
Panel Debate (Finn Sørensen, Torsten Gejl, Guy Standing)
VIDEO
Louise Haagh: Basic Income Debate and the Nordic Model
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Christian Engström: A Basic Income Model for Sweden
PAPER – POWERPOINT – VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Martin Jordö: A Feminist and Intersectional Take on Basic Income – What Is Feministiskt Initiativ in Sweden Proposing?
VIDEO – ABSTRACT
Debate (Louise Haagh, Christian Engström, Martin Jordö)
VIDEO
Jouko Hemmi: Small and micro entrepreneurs, selfemployed, those on the border
of work as prisoners of the outdated laws.
PAPER – VIDEO
The Nordic Groups: Presentation and Discussion
VIDEO (Albert Sigurdsson, Øyvind Steensen, Martin Jordö, Simo Ruottinen, Dorte Kolding)
Albert Sigurdsson, Iceland: Basic income possibilities – According to an Icelandic Pirate.
POWERPOINT – VIDEO (The Nordic Groups)
Øyvind Steensen, Norway:
POWERPOINT – VIDEO (The Nordic Groups)
Martin Jordö, Sweden:
VIDEO (The Nordic Groups)
Simo Ruottinen, Finland
VIDEO (The Nordic Groups)
Dorte Kolding, Denmark: Challenges
POWERPOINT – VIDEO (The Nordic Groups)