Ok, bye is not your normal startup conference but rather a unique climate performance, where talks and discussions will be intertwined with artistic happenings, music, and visual approaches.

not your normal conference //

OK, BYE! // 🗑️🌍💚

not your normal conference // OK, BYE! // 🗑️🌍💚

Every year, “Ok, bye” chooses a different theme to dig deeper into.

The theme 2024 was:

Waste

Tackling waste is important. It impacts our daily lives in various ways, influencing both individual well-being and the broader environment. Improperly managed waste leads to pollution of air, water and soil, deeply affecting the quality of the environment we live in. It can disrupt ecosystems and harm wildlife, not to mention the depletion of resources, costs and emissions. Waste has far-reaching implications and affects nearly every sector of society.

That is why we must address these topics and act quickly to accelerate climate action.

We invite you to travel to an Icelandic wasteland characterised by glass, plastic, metal, textile, electronics, construction and organic waste. In these discarded fragments, founders, investors, thought leaders and artists will share their vision on the future of waste and how we can drive a positive change. Topics will include: disruptive waste management, circular economy, innovative materials and packaging, policy and advocacy for sustainable waste practices, future of food and more. Ok, bye is a part of Iceland Innovation Week.

We work closely with our main partners David Helgason and Transition Labs which partner's with the highest impact climate projects from around the world. The aim is to establish Iceland as the centre of discussion on climate change and innovation. The name 'Ok, bye' refers to the first Icelandic glacier lost to climate change, Ok-jökull. The former glacier once covered 16sq km but has melted to a fraction, and is no longer considered a glacier, but just another boring mountain.

Thanks, global warming.

— Speakers 2024

  • Bodil Sidén

    General Partner at Kost Kapital

  • Troels Prahl

    CEO at Swan Neck Bio

  • Katrín Jakobsdóttir

    Former Prime Minister of Iceland & Presidential Candidate

  • José Ramos

    Corporate Innovation

  • Berndsen

    Icelandic Pop Artist

  • Kjartan Ólafsson

    CEO of Transition Labs

  • Karen Björk Eyþórsdóttir

    Project Lead at Transition Labs

  • Freyr Eyjólfsson

    Circular economy manager at Sorpa

  • FWD Youth Company

    A dance company based in Iceland

  • Finn Erik Solvang

    Founder & CEO at Rockpore

  • Sara Sande

    Partner & Head of Green Transition Team at EIFO

  • Guðmundur Felixsson

    Actor and director

  • Michael Hendrix

    Founder, creative director, professor and author

  • Peter Godart

    Co-founder and CEO of Found Energy

  • Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas

    CEO and Co-Founder of Atacama Biomaterials

  • Hermigervill

    A multi-instrumentalist, producer, composer, and DJ

  • Dr. Michelle Thaller

    Science Communicator at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Ásta Fjeldsted

    CEO at Festi

Ok,bye 2024

Theme 2024: Trash

Ok,bye 2023

Theme 2023: Ocean