Opening ceremony
The opening session will be conducted in the presence of H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria will be Sweden's first female Head of State from the Bernadotte Dynasty. In accordance with the 1979 Act of Succession, which entered into force on January 1, 1980, H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria is heir to the Swedish throne.
The Crown Princess represents The King on official state business when The King is unable to fulfil his duties as Head of State, for example if he is on a visit abroad. The Crown Princess takes part in state visits and other official visits, the opening of the Riksdag (Swedish Parliament), celebration of the Swedish National Day, Nobel festivities and official dinners.
The Crown Princess also makes her own representation duties ranging from business to culture and sports.
Welcome
- Hon. Ulrika Karlsson, Member of Parliament, Riksdag, EPF Executive Committee Member and Chair of the Swedish All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
Welcome Speeches
- Hon. Per Westerberg, Speaker of the Riksdag
Video presentation - A Swedish Journey
Keynote addresses – ICPD@20: Why it Matters Beyond 2030
- Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director, UNFPA
- H.E. Hillevi Engström, Minister for International Development Cooperation
- Baroness Jenny Tonge, UK House of Lords, President of EPF, Chair of the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Reproductive Health and Development
Special Guest Statements
Plenary Session: Objective of the Conference
- Ms. Dianne Stewart, Director, Information and External Relations Division (IERD)/ UNFPA
Special Interactive Presentation followed by open discussion on the floor
- Professor Hans Rosling, professor of International Health at Karolinska Institutet, the medical university in Stockholm, and co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation.
Site visits to various programmes and centres in Sweden (hosted by members of the Swedish APPG)
Interactive Exhibition by Swedish NGOs, sexuality education teachers, academics and health care representatives