Roundtable 2026
Explore how system leadership can drive coordinated action across sectors, institutions and communities to address society’s most complex challenges — from healthcare and education to sustainability and social transformation.
In an increasingly complex world, many of today’s key challenges, including healthcare, education, sustainability and social inequality, require coordinated action across organisations, sectors and levels of society. Systems change is no longer optional; it is essential.
The 2026 Roundtable in Oslo invites participants to explore the shift from leading within organisations to leading across systems. How can we strengthen collaboration between diverse stakeholders? What forms of leadership enable shared understanding, trust and coordinated action?
We welcome contributions from both research and practice that address systems change at any level. Leadership is understood not only as a formal role, but as a collective and relational process that enables change throughout a wider system.
Abstract submissions are due on 12 June 2026. Further information on submission requirements and key dates is available here.
Oslo provides a strong setting for these discussions, with its traditions of collaboration, social trust and relatively low hierarchical distance offering valuable perspectives on systemic leadership and governance.
By joining us in Oslo or virtually, you will engage in a dialogue deeply rooted in the Nordic approach to systemic challenges: