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PROGRAMME FUTURE GREENLAND, 9-10 May - Katuaq - Nuuk
Day 1, Tuesday 9 May 2017 Registration Registration, distribution of programme / name badges
Welcome Welcome and background to the conference Brian Buus Pedersen, managing director, Greenland Business Association Programme - presentation Martin Breum, compere
Presentation The visions - the reforms Kim Kielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
Presentation In the political ‘engine room’: How is a business policy agenda created and implemented? Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner
Presentation Growth and welfare: How do we create a political balance? Randi Vestergaard Evaldsen, chair, the Democrats
Break Coffee break
Presentation We win when we wake – the art of remaining a wealthy society Anders Krab-Johansen, editor and managing director, Børsen
Presentation The requirements of investors and capital towards Greenland Angelina Metha, The Sentient Group
Debate Panel debate – speakers – questions from the hall Moderator: Martin Breum
Lunch Lunch buffet
Workshops, day 1: Workshop 1 Power in Greenland – who sets the political agenda? Andreas Møller Jørgensen, MSc in Information Technology and Philosophy, Aarhus University, PhD student: E-democracy: Democracy via digital information and communication technologies: Julie Rademacher, student: Who runs Greenland? Christian Schultz-Lorentzen, editor-in-chief of AG, managing director of media outlet Sermitsiaq.AG: Digitalisation of the media in Greenland: The significance for democratic participation and opinion formation
Workshop 2 Urbanisation in Greenland – how do we handle it? PhD Anna Karlsdóttir, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio, Stockholm; Sermersooq Municipality: The Capital Strategy – a response to the migration to Nuuk. Klaus Georg Hansen, Projektleder Finansdepartementet; Federica Scarpa, Communications Manager, M.S. Social Anthropology, MA Polar Law; Tina Kûitse studerende Ilisimatusarfik
Workshop 3 Organisation of the public sector – challenges and solutions in an organisational and managerial perspective Workshop 4 Is Greenland ready for capital – is capital is ready for Greenland? Christian Jervelund, partner, Copenhagen Economics, managing director Karsten Høy, Greenland Holding, Angelina Mehta, The Sentient Group, Aaja Chemitz Larsen, member of parliament (IA) Christina Bruun Geertsen, Partner, Kromann Reumert
Break Coffee break
Debate Political Round Table – eight sharp questions from the workshops and questions from the hall Party Leaders: Kim Kielsen (S), Sara Olsvig (IA), Randi Vestergaard Evaldsen (The Democrats), Sievert K. Heilmann (A) (tbc), Hans Enoksen (tbc) (PN) Moderator: Martin Breum
Rounding-off Rounding-off – see you again tomorrow Martin Breum
Reception Networking reception at Hotel Hans Egede Informal welcome / networking reception
Day 2, Wednesday 10 May 2017
Welcome Welcome, summary of Day 1 and review of programme for Day 2 Martin Breum
Presentation The Economic Council - On the national economic challenges Professor Torben M. Andersen, Aarhus University, chair of the Economic Council
Presentation Greenland Perspective – can Greenland create new businesses that contribute to global solutions? Professor Minik Rosing, geologist, University of Copenhagen
Presentation The mining industry’s encounter with Greenland – Are we competitive? Kuupik Kleist, consultant
Presentation Value creation in the construction sector – the biggest challenges right now Lars Storr-Hansen, managing director, Danish Construction Association
Break Coffee break
Presentation Primary schools astray and teacher training in crisis – what can be done? Doris Jakobsen, Minister for Education, Culture, Research and the Church
Presentation How do we strengthen the vocational schools and recruitment to the manual trades? Helene Høj, consultant, Danish Construction Association, dept. of Regional Policy, Labour Market and Training
Presentation The requirements of investors and capital towards Greenland Torben Möger Pedersen, adm.dir. PensionDanmark
Debate Panel debate – speakers – questions from the hall Moderator: Martin Breum
Lunch Lunch buffet
Event Pitching Event: Start Up Export Sermersooq Business Council
Workshops, day 2: Workshop 1 Construction planning in Greenland. Recommendations and implementation of the construction conference Carsten Dahl, Managing Director, Siemens Greenland (tbc), Deloitte (tbc), Dept. of Housing and Infrastructure (tbc), Henrik Rafn, managing director. INI A/S Henrik Fenger Jeppesen, Adm. dir Rambøll Grønland
Workshop 2 Primary schools, teacher training and vocational training – a national plan of action Palle Lennert, Jimmy Hymøller, training consultant, Nuigi (tbc), Helene Berthelsen, director, dept. of social and educational administration, Sermersooq Municipality , Mikael Enggaard, rector , GUX Nuuk Lotte Frank Kirkegaard, sekretariatschef, CSR Greenland ; Benedikte Brincker,Ph.D. Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School
Workshop 3 The mining industry’s encounter with Greenland – what can be improved? Peter Schriver, NUNA Law
Workshop 4 A business policy strategy – Recommendations from Future Greenland 2017 Ministry of Industry and the Labour Market (tbc); Christian Vintergaard PhD, managing director, Foundation for Entrepreneurship Jeremy Wilkinson , ICE-ARC program, TBC det Grønlandske hus i København, Sana, AAU
Break Coffee break
Debate Political Round Table – eight sharp questions from the workshops and questions from the hall Doris Jakobsen, Minister for Education, Culture, Research and the Church, National Parliamentary Committee for Education (tbc), Mayors (tbc) Moderator: Martin Breum
Event Announcement of pitch winner / Start Up Export Sermersooq Business Council
Reception Closing reception in the lobby of Katuaq
Alterations may occur in the programme.