Royal Danish Library's Business Forum
The business forum gives you inspiration and space for reflection through networking and meetings with the world's leading experts in areas such as economics, politics, philosophy and management.
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Royal Danish Library's business forum prioritises knowledge and education for leaders. We present new perspectives from a selection of the world's leading experts in their fields - at the intersection of economics, politics, philosophy and management.
We create a forum for new knowledge and new perspectives with room to grow. Here you can find inspiration, reflect and give yourself the opportunity to think a little bigger than what is often possible on a daily basis. The programme addresses the state of the world as well as philosophical and educational questions in relation to leading and developing in a broad sense.
The business forum also provides unique access to other experiences at The Black Diamond, exhibitions, concerts and author presentations, which can create value for employees and networks.
Membership
- Members are invited at least three times a year to learning and networking events with a selection of the world's leading experts.
- Member companies can request up to eight tickets per event.
- Exclusive events only for members with the opportunity to network and debate directly with the presenters after the performance.
- Member companies can book meeting facilities in The Black Diamond with a 15% discount .
- Special discounts at concerts and the International Authors' Scene .
- Price DKK 25,000 excluding VAT per company annually (you subscribe to an annual membership).
Thought Leadership Stage
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Jeremy Rifkin (US) on Planet Aqua
Tuesday, 13 May, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. in the Queen's Hall, The Black Diamond, Copenhagen.
Hear one of the world's leading sustainability experts focus on water as one of the most important environmental issues of the future, and give us his advice on how we learn to re-adapt to our blue planet.
Economist and social theorist Jeremy Rifkin is one of the world's leading social thinkers, and one of those whom political leaders in the US and Europe as well as China call when they want a qualified opinion on how we solve problems for a better future.
Crises start a revolution for the better
Jeremy Rifkin is the author of a wide range of books and theories about the scientific and technological changes in the economy, labour, society and the environment, and has helped shape global conversations about sustainability with his groundbreaking insights.
According to Rifkin, the last 250 years of the industrial era are now over, as our relationship with communication, energy, water and mobility has radically changed in a short time. In his 2022 book, The Age of Resilience – Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth, Rifkin argues for how the climate crisis, AI, water scarcity, refugee flows and biodiversity crisis can create a revolution for the better – and what that future might look like.
From Earth to Planet Aqua
In his latest book, Planet Aqua (2024), Rifkin focuses on our blue planet and encourages us to rethink our place in the universe. The hydrosphere, which sustains life on Earth, is under severe pressure due to global warming, and is responding with floods, heat waves, and hurricanes that are impacting our ecosystems. Instead of seeing the globe as a single Earth globe, he urges us to redefine our approach to the globe, highlighting the planet's water as the driving force.
On 13 May, you can hear Rifkin's visionary thoughts about a changing world in The Black Diamond, and get his take on how humanity can learn to readapt to Planet Aqua.
Participants
Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy Rifkin has been a trusted advisor to the EU's top leadership since 2000, and is described in The European Energy Review as one of the leading thinkers and influencers on EU climate and energy policy. Jeremy Rifkin is also in The WorldPost/The Huffington Post's top ten most influential economic thinkers in the world (2015).
More about Royal Danish Library's business forum
Royal Danish Library's business forum is a business network; a leadership network and forum for management and knowledge. Here you have the opportunity to expand your horizons with contributions from some of the world's leading experts.
The network holds a minimum of three events annually. After the public appearance in the Queen's Hall, there will be an exclusive event for members, where there will be an opportunity to meet the presenters and get a copy of the latest book for inspiration.
Previous speakers include Nobel laureate in economics Joseph Stiglitz (US), German Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck (DE), chairman of the UN climate panel IPCC Jim Skea, entrepreneur John Elkington (UK), former CEO of Unilever Paul Polman (NL), entrepreneur Petter Stordalen (NO) and more.
Previous events
Thought Leadership Stage: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury (US)
If the goal is to be in the black in the long run, companies must act with people at the centre - even when it comes to technology.
Thought Leadership Stage: Angela Merkel (DE) in conversation with Marc-Christoph Wagner
Waiting list - Germany's former Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel visits The Black Diamond on the occasion of the memoir Freedom.
Thought Leadership Stage: Alison Taylor (US)
From short-term profit hunting to sustainable responsibility. Meet New York University professor Alison Taylor for a conversation about ethics as crucial to the success of companies in the global markets…