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2019 PROGRAM ÍK • ICE AV LA KJ N Y D E R 2019 3 OC -1 TOBER 10 Picture by RAX Cover photo by RAX FIRST FLOOR 1. Registration / Info desk SECOND FLOOR 2. Stemma - Meeting Rooms 10 9 1. Silfurberg - Main Hall - Plenary Sessions 3. Vísa - Meeting Rooms A. Silfurberg A - Sessions 4. Kaldalón - Sessions 14 8 9 B. Silfurberg B - Sessions 5. Ríma A - Sessions 2 2. Exhibition: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit 6. Ríma B - Sessions 5 4 3. Catering Area and Media Desk 7. Flói - Networking Meeting Booths 3 A Exhibition: Yamalo-Nenets Nomadic Tradition Business Centre 6 4. Norðurljós - Sessions & Receptions ÞÓR 8. Hafnarstræti: I am Inuit Exhibition 4 7 Arctic Circle Café 9. Norðurbryggja - Reception Area 1 HARPA 5. Harpa Corner 10. Elevator to Háaloft (8th Floor) SÆBJÖRG 5a. Exhibition: Arctic Innovations 11. Elevators to Sessions & B 8 5b. Exhibition: Chinese Arctic Research Expeditions Arctic Circle Bar: 3 13 6. Catering Area Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) 7. Elevators to Sessions & Arctic Circle Bar MINISTRY Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) 12 OF INDUSTRIES Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) &INNOVATION Akrafjall (4th Floor) 1 Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) 11 2 Akrafjall (4th Floor) CULTURE Expo Pavilion Session (K2 Level) 15 7 Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) HOUSE 12. Hafnarkot - Sessions Expo Pavilion Sessions (K2 Level) 13. Flói Sessions 5a 5b 6 8. Viðey - Sessions 14. Exhibition: #Earth #Art 9. Speakers Ready Room 5 r 15: Harpa Main Entrance u g n Exhibition: Arctic Trucks a g a n Exhibition: ICEBERG! t n í m 5 F r í k i r kju v egu r THE ARCTIC CIRCLE APP! Download the Arctic Circle App and enjoy its many features: • View the entire Program • Customize your own schedule • Locate sessions and exhibitions • Get to know the speakers Available for download via GooglePlay and the App Store SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS #ArcticCircle2019 Picture by RAX WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 – PRE-EVENTS 2019 STEFANSSON 14:00 – 19:00 REGISTRATION Closed meeting – by invitation only Peter Fischer-Møller, Bishop at Roskilde, Denmark MEMORIAL LECTURE Location: Harpa Conference Centre and Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Concert Hall of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir, Bishop of Iceland, 20:30-21:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH National Church of Iceland 12:00 – 15:00 LEIF ERIKSSON DAY: CELEBRATING 09:00 – 16:00 FROM NATIONAL STRATEGIES TO AMERICAN - ICELANDIC ENTERPRISE 15:00 – 18:00 ARCTIC CIRCLE ADVISORY BOARD An Arctic without End: Visions for our MEETING SHARED SOLUTIONS: Location: Hús Atvinnulífsins, Borgartún 35 Location: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Planet in an Age of the Anthropocene BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE Organized by the American - Icelandic Chamber Centre, Reykjavík DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC of Commerce Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Closed meeting – by invitation only Closed meeting – by invitation only Location: Hof, Akureyri, North Iceland Delivered by: Organized by the Northern Research Forum at EXHIBITION OPENING: LITTLE 14:00 – 15:30 THE FAITH FOR EARTH INITIATIVE 18:00 – 20:00 the University of Akureyri and the Greenland THINGNESS OF GREENLAND Dr. Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Representation in Reykjavík Location: Skálholt Cathedral, Southern Open to all Assembly participants. Iceland TITARTAKKAT MIKISUT KALAALLIT Institute, Cambridge University Organized by the Evangelical Lutheran NUNAANNEERSUT: SPEAKERS Church of Iceland, the Soil Conservation ARCTIC SKETCHBOOKS BY BÉNÉDICTE Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri, Iceland Service of Iceland, the Institute for Religion and Reconciliation, and the United Nations KLÈNE ORGANIZED BY: H.E. Ane Lone Bagger, Minister for Education, Association of Iceland Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, Greenland Location: Alliance Française of Reykjavík, Open to all Assembly participants Tryggvagata 8 The Stefansson Arctic Institute and the Dickey H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Center for International Understanding‘s Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Iceland SPEAKERS Organized by the Embassy of France in Iceland Supported by the Institut Français (Paris), Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College. 09:00 – 17:15 SENIOR ARCTIC OFFICIALS – ARCTIC H.E. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Rennes Metropole and the cities of Rennes, Supported by the Evelyn Stefansson Nef ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland Saint-Grégoire, and Vezin-le-Coquet Iyad Abumoghli, Principal Coordinator, Strategic Endowment Location: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Engagement with Faith-based Organizations, Faith Open to all Assembly participants Centre, Reykjavík for Earth Beatrice Dossah, environmental activist, Ghana Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY,THURSDAY OCTOBER, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:0010 – SESSIONS BREAKOUT 9:00 - 10:00 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies. 07:30-17:00 REGISTRATION Nick Wilson, Royal Military College of Canada and Government Christoph Humrich, Assistant Professor, Centre for International of Canada Relations Research/Arctic Centre, University of Groningen, The 09:00 – 10:00 ANALYSIS OF ARCTIC POLICIES, Tero Vauraste, CEO and President, Arctia Ltd., Finnish Location: Harpa Conference Centre and Netherlands: The Multi-level Politics of Arctic Marine Environmental Concert Hall representative, House of Lapland Ambassador, Chairman, Finnish Arctic Justin Barnes, Canada Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, Governance and the EU STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS Society: Canada Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, Importance and Relevance of Arctic Politics and Strategies for 09:00 – 10:00 THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC: NEW Moderator: Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing 09:00 – 10:00 GREENLAND'S EMERGING FOREIGN Arctic Futures Inititaive, International Institute for Applied Business TRENDS IN REGIONAL SECURITY Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, UK POLICY QUESTIONS Systems Analysis (IIASA) 09:00 – 10:00 DEVELOPING OIL AND GAS RESOURCES Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI); Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level 09:00 – 10:00 THE EU AND THE POLITICS OF ARCTIC Organized by Centre for Arctic Studies, University of Iceland; University College; Trent University; Arctic Domain Awareness Political Science, UiT the Arctic University of Norway IN THE ARCTIC: Center, University of Alaska SECURITY AND MARINE SUSTAINABLE SPEAKERS TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level DEVELOPMENT Trends in Arctic Policies and Strategies – The Arctic Organized by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil SPEAKERS States SPEAKERS Organized by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Nordic Countries Energy Project Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Assistant Professor, Department of • Karen Everett, Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Université of Laval, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Social Science, Economics & Journalism Ilisimatusarfik (University of Québec, Canada Representation, Greenland Representation in Washington, DC Greenland): Punching Above its (De Jure) Weight: The Evolution of Para- SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Diplomacy in Greenland from the Early 1970s to Today • Barbora Padrtova, Assistant Professor, University of Masaryk, Major-General Randy 'Church' Kee, USAF (retd), Director, Czech Republic Shawn Bennett, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oil and Natural Gas, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Benjamin Schaller, PhD candidate/Research Fellow, Centre for Mikkel Møller Schøler, Political Advisor, Co-owner, Sikki US Department of Energy Peace Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Consultants, Greenland: Belle of the Ball – The Greenlandic Power Trends in Arctic Policies and Strategies – The Mead Treadwell, President, Treadwell Development; Former Vacuum and Great Power Courting Walter Guidroz, Program Coordinator, Energy Resources Program, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Chairman, Arctic Circle Task Force on The Perils and Prospects of an Active Role of the EU, NATO and the Observers of the Arctic Council US Geological Survey OSCE in Arctic Security Shipping and Ports; Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission 2006- Mingming Shi, Icelandic Times, University of Iceland: The Role of • Karen Everett, Postdoctoral Fellow, Université of Laval, 2010; Co-Chair, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative Extractive Industries in the Shaping of Greenland's Foreign Policy Corri Feige, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, Cécile Pelaudeix, Associate Researcher, PACTE Sciences Po, Québec, Canada Alaska Shaleen Woodward, Deputy Secretary, Indigenous and France: Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor, Political Science (China, East EU Foreign POLICY AND HYBRID THREATS: Assessing Policy • Barbora Padrtova, Assistant Professor, University of Masaryk, John Guy, Deputy Executive Director, National Petroleum Council: Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, Canada Asia, Polar Region), UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Czech Republic Challenges in the Arctic A Cold Arena: The Widening of Greenland's Foreign Policy Space and National Petroleum Council Arctic Research Heather Nicol, Director, Canadian Studies, Trent University Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for Possible Responses Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Whitney Lackenbauer,