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
VIDEOABSTRACT

Olli Kangas: The Finnish Basic Income Experiments
PAPERPOWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Sjir Hoeijmakers: Municipal Basic Income-Related Experiments in the Netherlands: How they started, what they entail, and their current status.
POWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Debate 1 (Guy Standing, Olli Kangas, Sjir Hoeijmakers)
VIDEO

Bjarke Friborg: Usefulness of Trade Unions for the Precarious Workers
VIDEOABSTRACT

Anne Marie Frederiksen: Long-term Unemployed taking the Lead – an Experiment with Self-Management
POWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Debate 2 (Bjarke Friborg, Anne Marie Frederiksen)
VIDEO

Torsten Gejl:
Future Society calls for Innovative Solutions
VIDEOABSTRACT

Nicole Teke: The Steady Evolution of Basic Income Experiments in France
PAPERVIDEOABSTRACT

Debate 3 (Nicole Teke)
VIDEO

Karl Widerquist: Possibilities and Pitfalls of Basic Income Experiments
VIDEOABSTRACT

Niels I. Meyer: The Danish UBI from 1978 and its Relation to Present UBIs
PAPERVIDEOABSTRACT

Debate

The Society Think Tank: UBInow (movie)
VIDEO 1VIDEO 2ABSTRACT

 

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
POWERPOINTVIDEO

Nanna Kildal: The Nordic Welfare Model and Basic Income
POWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Thomas Boje: Basic Income as a Condition for Equal Democratic Participation?
POWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Torsten Gejl: The Alternative’s Policy of Sustainability and the Nordic Model
VIDEOABSTRACT

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?
POWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Finn Sørensen: The Danish Red-Green Alliance on Basic Income
PAPERVIDEOABSTRACT

Debate (Annika Lillemets, Finn Sørensen)
VIDEO

Panel Debate (Finn Sørensen, Torsten Gejl, Guy Standing)
VIDEO

Louise Haagh: Basic Income Debate and the Nordic Model
VIDEOABSTRACT

Christian Engström: A Basic Income Model for Sweden
PAPERPOWERPOINTVIDEOABSTRACT

Martin Jordö: A Feminist and Intersectional Take on Basic Income – What Is Feministiskt Initiativ in Sweden Proposing?
VIDEOABSTRACT

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
POWERPOINTVIDEO (The Nordic Groups)