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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, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: Indigenous Peoples Approach to Arctic Policies – The Permanent 10:00 – 10:15 NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK Arctic Blue Economy and the European Union Moderator: Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Participants of the Arctic Council Study of the Canadian North and Professor in the School for the Study Studies, University of Iceland of Canada, Trent University Canada NEW PHOTOS INSTANTLY! 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10:15 – 11:45 FROM THE SECOND ARCTIC SCIENCE 10:15 – 11:45 INCREASING ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN Ivalu Barlach Christensen, Greenlandic Master's Student in Moderator: Robert Lynch, Principal Investigator, Head of Tero Mustonen, Professor, Department of Geographical and 10:15 – 11:45 STORIES ABOUT THE ARCTIC: Astrophysics, Lund University; Intern, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Learning Development Research Group, Cork Institute of Technology; Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland: Snow Change MINISTERIAL TO THE THIRD THE GREENLAND AND U.S. RESEARCH Smithsonian/Greenland Telescope Project: From Myth to Science National Maritime College of Ireland Cooperative – Exchanging knowledge: Community Based Monitoring NARRATING THE CIRCUMPOLAR NORTH ARCTIC SCIENCE MINISTERIAL COMMUNITIES – BRIDGING THE GAP and Exchanges of Indigenous-Local Knowledge on Early Detection of Organized by The Arctic Institute and Scott Polar Research Natuk Lund Olsen, PhD student, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Changes and Cultural Responses to Environmental and Climate Change Organized by European Commission Organized by Greenland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nunatsinni Greenland 10:15 – 11:45 NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ARCTIC Institute Ilisimatusarnermik Siunnersuisoqatigiit (The Greenland COOPERATION PROGRAM: ENHANCING Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive Secretary, Protection of Arctic Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Moderator: Rebecca Lynge, First Secretary, Greenland Research Council), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE ARCTIC Marine Environment (PAME) SPEAKERS Representation in Washington, DC SPEAKERS Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Organized by Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordregio, Ministry Inspiring Arctic Voices through Youth: Arctic Victoria Hermann, American University; President and Managing H.E. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for Education, Science and 10:15 – 11:45 EMERGING SAFETY THREATS WITHIN THE for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Biodiversity Youth Summit Culture, Iceland: Iceland and International Scientific Cooperation in SPEAKERS Director, The Arctic Institute ARCTIC OCEAN – HOW ARE WE COPING? Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level • Kári Fannar Lárusson, Programme Manager, Conservation the Arctic Sten Lund, International Research Coordinator, Greenland Ministry Michael Bravo, Acting Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, of Industry, Energy and Research: Organized by SEDNA Project Consortium & ARCSAR – Arctic of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Volker Rieke, Director General, Federal Ministry of Education and SPEAKERS Council Cambridge University Research, Germany: The Second Arctic Science Ministerial 2018: Co- Greenland's Contribution to International Research and North-Atlantic Emergency Preparedness Network Ágúst Bogason, Junior Research Fellow, Nordregio Mia Bennett, Assitant Professor, Geography Department and Operation in Arctic Science – Challenges and Joint Actions Josephine Nymand, PhD, Chair, Greenland Research Council; Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Level Four • Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Association (Ungir umhverfissinnar) School of Modern Languages & Cultures (China Studies Programme), Patrik Child, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Head of Dept. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: SPEAKERS Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers University of Hong Kong Greenland Challenges of Simultaneously Being Small and Big • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Network Research and Innovation, European Commission: Greg Sharp, PhD candidate, University of British Columbia, Editor-in- One Year from the Second Arctic Science Ministerial: Follow-up Bent-Ove Jamtli, H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jennifer Mercer, PhD, Program Manager, Arctic Sciences & Arctic Director of Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre Iceland Summary and Q&A Chief, The Arctic Institute Actions and Broad Implications Research Support & Logistics, Office of Polar Programs, National Northern Norway (JRCC NN): ARCSAR Network Overview Anna Karlsdóttir, Val Muzik, PhD student, University of British Columbia, Research Science Foundation: Envisioning a Future of Bi-lateral Collaboration Ståle Jamtli, Chief Operations at JRCC South-Norway: Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio, Nordic • Ágúst Bogason, Reseach Fellow, Nordregio Paavo-Petri Ahonen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Between the Greenland and US Research Communities Council of Ministers: The Contribution of the Arctic Cooperation Associate, The Arctic Institute Education and Culture, Finland: Viking Sky Rescue Case Study Programme • Vaida Ražaityté, Nordregio ASM2 Coordination with the Arctic Council and the Engagement with Lauren E. Culler, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Moderator: Lillian Hussong, PhD candidate, Rutgers University; Giles Thomas, Professor, University College London: Dag Avango, Research Intern, The Arctic Institute the Arctic Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Environmental Studies, Science Outreach Coordinator, Institute of SEDNA Project Overview KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden: Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College: Building Successful Partnerships for Sustainable Communities and the Legacies of Mining in the Nordic Toshihide Fukui, Director, Ocean and Earth Division, Ministry of Research and Education in Greenland Robert Lynch, Principal Investigator, Head of Learning Development Arctic Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan: Ellen Martin, Research Group, Cork Institute of Technology; National Maritime Lassi Heininen, The Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Japan Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Ireland: Safe Arctic Navigation Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: University of Florida; Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute: Challenges The Global Arctic Handbook: Positioning the Arctic within a Broad and Benefits of Collaborations Between US and Greenlandic Nicolas Fournier, Science Manager, UK MET Office: Global Context Researchers Arctic Weather and Sea Ice Forecasting Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY,THURSDAY OCTOBER, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:0010 – SESSIONS BREAKOUT 10:15 - 11:45 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

10:15 – 11:45 BUILDING STRENGTH-BASED YOUTH Þorbjörg Helga Vigfúsdóttir, Founder and CEO, Kara Connect, 10:15 – 11:45 SAINT PETERSBURG AS A CENTER OF Liv Monica Stubholt, Partner Law Firm Selmer and Chairman Anders Oskal, Secretary General, Association of World Reindeer Reykjavik, Iceland: Can Digital Tools Build the Village to Raise a Child? NRCC: Arctic ocean and ocean industries- how responsible businesses Herders: Reindeer Herders and Food Innovation Leadership MOMENTUM IN THE ARCTIC – TRAUMA- ARCTIC COMPETENCES: INTERNATIONAL bring sustainability into industry collaboration and lateral networks INFORMED PROJECTS AND PRACTICES Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland: COOPERATION AS A DRIVER OF H.E. Mikhail Pogodaev, Vice Minister, Ministry for Arctic Help Seeking, Healing and Post-traumatic Growth Denis Moskalenko, Department of European Cooperation, Development and Indigenous Peoples Affairs of Sakha Republic: Follow the Arctic Organized by University of Akureyri, Iceland with support from REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Financial Northern Sea Route - A Perspective from Republic of Sakha Yakutia the U.S. Embassy in Iceland • Co-Authors: Hulda Sædís Bryngeirsdóttir, PhD student and Organized by Committee for External Relations of Saint instruments for cooperation in the Arctic Erlend Bullvåg, Dean, Nord University Business School: Karen Birna Þorvaldsdóttir, PhD student Circle on Social Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Petersburg, Government of Saint Petersburg, Russia Igor Kuprienko, Head of Center for Project Development and Importance of Innovation in the Development of the Arctic Moderator: Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir, Dean and Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Fundraising ITMO: Good practices and prospects of ITMO participation Ravdna B.E. Sara: SPEAKERS Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, in Arctic Agenda based on Kolarctic CBC experience Reindeer Meat Quality Media! SPEAKERS Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir, Dean and Associate Professor, Kia K Hanssen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: PRESERVING THE BIODIVERSITY – Oksana Poletimova, Director of the International Arctic Forum: 6th School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland: 10:15 – 11:45 German Shirokov, Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee for International Arctic Forum The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue Traditional Knowledge and Smoking of Reindeer Meat Introduction to the Session and Reflection on Three Important EXPLORING NEW CONSERVATION Arctic Affairs, Government of the City of St. Petersburg: The role of St. Petersburg as a center of Arctic competences Moderator: Anton Vasiliev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Concepts in Strength Based Care: Containment, Reciprocity and PLANNING MODELS Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iceland 11:45 – 12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH Behavioural Management Andrey Kashin, Organized by the Government of Québec (Société du Plan Nord, Head of the Department of infrastructural OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS /ArcticCircle.org Rhonda M. Johnson, Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage; Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie) technologies and integrated systems development, Committee on IT 10:15 – 11:45 NORTHERN SEA ROUTES: ECONOMIC and Communications: St. Petersburg Best Digital Practices for Arctic Hosted by Brim Fulbright NSF Arctic Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland: Innovative and Institut Nordique du Québec OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIGENOUS Alaskan Approaches to Promoting Youth Well-Being and Resilience Region Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level REINDEER HERDING SOCIETIES FOR Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Associate Professor, Graduate Program, Sergey Tsybukov, member of the Council for Professional School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland: SPEAKERS Expertise and Nanotech Industry; Chairman of the Supervisory SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Board, St. Petersburg State Autonomous Institution “Saint Petersburg @_Arctic_Circle The Establishment of Bergið Headspace and How Trauma- Jean Lemire, Envoy for Climate Change and Northern and Arctic Employment Agency”: Staffing Delivery Models for projects Organized by UArctic EÁLAT Institute and Centre for High North Informed Care Can Positively Affect Youth Well-Being and Health Affairs, Government of Québec, Canada implementation in the Arctic Region Logistics in Iceland Brandon Laforest, Senior Specialist, Arctic Species and Yan Tsybukov, Clinic of Applied Research of St. Petersburg State Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level The Yellow Tulip Project Ecosystem, WWF-Canada University: How soft skills effects on interaction between engineering SPEAKERS team members /TheArcticCircle Jason Allaire, Director, Shared Services Nunavut, Agnico Eagle Felix Tschudi, Owner, Tschudi Group, Chair, Centre for High North • Suzanne Fox, Executive Director, The Yellow Tulip Project, The Logistics: University of New England, School of Social Work Tero Vauraste, Finnish representative, House of Lapland Jean-Philippe L. Messier, Founder & General, UNESCO Ambassador, Chairman, Finnish Arctic Society: Finnish innovations for Northern Sea Routes as an Economic Opportunity for Indigenous • Julia Hansen, Founder, The Yellow Tulip Project Biosphere Reserve of Manicouagan-Uapishka, Québec Arctic, nowadays and prospects for international business cooperation Reindeer Herding Societies for Sustainable Development Moderator: Robert Sauvé, former CEO, Société du Plan Nord LUNCH EAT YOUR PLATE! 11:45-12:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH Hosted by Brim For the first time in Iceland - 100% edible plates

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12:30 – 15:00 OPENING SESSION VII. SPEECH: THE NEW GOVERNMENT 15:15 – 15:40 ASIA AND THE ARCTIC 16:20 – 16:40 UNITED STATES ARCTIC SCIENCE 17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK OF THE FAROE ISLANDS SPEAKERS LEADERSHIP: A DIALOGUE WITH THE I.WELCOME Electric ships in the Arctic H.E. Jenis av Rana, Minister of Foreign Affairs DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman Arctic H.E. Gao Feng, Special Representative for Arctic Presentation by Agnes Árnadóttir, CEO Circle; President of Iceland 1996-2016 and Education, Faroe Islands Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s FOUNDATION (USA)INTRODUCTION Republic of China Brim Explorer II.ADDRESSES – DIALOGUE VIII.SPEECH: A VISION OF FRANCE H.E. Jeffrey Ross Gunter, Ambassador of the H.E. Kwon Sei-Joong, Ambassador for Arctic United States of America to Iceland Location: Outside Silfurberg, Harpa Second H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of H.E. Ségolène Royal, Ambassador for the Affairs, Republic of Korea Level Iceland Arctic and Antarctic Poles; former Minister of the KEYNOTE SPEECH Environment, Republic of France CHAIR H.E. Antti Rinne, Prime Minister of Finland Dr. France A. Córdova, Director of the National Questions and answers IX.SPEECH: SINGAPORE AND THE Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson, CEO, Arctic Circle Science Foundation ARCTIC Questions and answers III.SPEECH 15:40 – 16:20 GREENLAND: “OPEN FOR BUSINESS” H.E. Sam Tan Chin Siong, Minister of State, CHAIR H.R.H. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social and Organized in cooperation with the Government Family Development, Singapore of Greenland Dr. Larry Hinzman, President, International Arctic IV.SPEECH – DIALOGUE Science Committee; Vice Chancellor for Research, SPEAKERS H.E. Kim Kielsen, Premier of Greenland X.SPEECHES University of Alaska Fairbanks Questions and answers Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair of the Inuit H.E. Ane Lone Bagger, Minister of Education, Circumpolar Council Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, Government of 16:40 – 17:00 ANNOUNCING THE THIRD ARCTIC V.KEYNOTE – THE UNITED STATES Greenland H.E. Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic SCIENCE MINISTERIAL MEETING ARCTIC ENERGY VISION Council of Ministers Verner Hammeken, CEO, Royal Arctic line CO-HOSTED BY ICELAND AND JAPAN: H.E. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States Karsten Høy, CEO, Greenland Holding TOKYO, NOVEMBER 2020 of America 15:00 – 15:15 COFFEE BREAK Questions and answers Questions and answers SPEECHES EXHIBITION OPENING: ARCTIC INNOVATION CHAIR VI.SPEECH – DIALOGUE: RUSSIA’S H.E. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Organized by the Embassy of Denmark, Inga Dóra Markussen, Head of Education and Education, Science and Culture, Iceland PRIMARY ENERGY REGION Reykjavik Training, Royal Greenland H.E. Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador in charge of H.E. Dmitry Artyukhov, Governor of Yamalo- Location: Harpa Corner, Third Level Arctic affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Nenets Autonomous Okrug Questions and answers Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 17:15 BREAKOUT - 18:15 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:15 – 18:15 GREENLAND MOVING TOWARDS Hugh Patkotak Sr., Chief Executive Officer, Olgoonik Corporation: 17:15 – 18:15 GOVERNING EMERGING CLIMATE 17:15 – 18:15 CROSSROADS: ACTION NOW – ARCTIC Davíð Thomas, R&D and Quality Manager, Codland: 17:15 – 18:15 THE FINNAFJORD PORT PROJECT: NEW INDEPENDENCE: POLITICAL AND GLOBAL Listening to our Elders: TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ARCTIC ECONOMY SUSTAINABLY ADD VALUE OR Arctic Economy – the Business Perspective OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE Iñupiaq Wisdom in Corporate Leadership SECURITY POLICY CHALLENGES Organized by Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G), as FALL BEHIND Moderator: Ari Kristinn Jónsson, PhD, Rector, Reykjavik DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC Aluki Kotierk, President, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated: University Organized by Inatsisartut, Parliament of Greenland Inukitut – A Human Right affiliated with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine Organized by EFLA Consulting Engineers & bremenports GmbH Affairs North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; Reykjavik & Co. KG Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Vera Metcalf, Executive Director, Eskimo Walrus Commission and 17:15 – 18:15 NEAR-FUTURE CHANGES IN THE NORTH ICC Executive Council Member Alaska Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level University; New England Ocean Cluster; Memorial University; Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Aleqa Hammond, Chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy University of Iceland ATLANTIC ARCTIC Committee of the Greenlandic Parliament SPEAKERS Organized by Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, SPEAKERS 17:15 – 18:15 INDIA'S SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS IN THE Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Mimi Karlsen, Vice Chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy Sir David King, Affiliate Partner, SYSTEMIQ Limited; Senior Strategy Norway ARCTIC: THE PAST DECADE Hafsteinn Helgasson, Director, EFLA Consulting Engineers: Green Committee of the Greenlandic Parliament Adviser to the President of Rwanda; Former UK Special Envoy for SPEAKERS Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map is a Necessity – Opportunities for Greenfield Projects in the Arctic Climate Change AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Glenn Cummings, PhD, President, University of Southern Maine, 17:15 – 18:15 INUIT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: SPEAKERS Robert Howe, Managing Director, bremenports GmbH & Co. KG: Organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences National Centre for Jason Box, Professor in Glaciology, The Geologic Survey of Denmark US: Greenports as Green Gateways for Green Shipping NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US Polar and Ocean Research, Government of India and Greenland Martin Miles, PhD Research Scientist, NORCE Norwegian Research Regulations in the Arctic: A Barrier or a Necessity for Center and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway: Capt. (N) Auðunn F. Kristinsson, Deputy Chief of Operation and Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Shawna Larson, Regional Director of Native Movement, Director of ICG maritime Operation, ICG Maritime Operation: Anchorage, Alaska Sustainable Development? Climate, Sea Ice and The Marine Environment Company LLC Maritime Traffic and Safety SPEAKERS Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Patrick Arnold, CEO, New England Ocean Cluster: Engaging Yajie Liu, Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Elías Pétursson, Director of the Local Council, Municipality of K.P.Krishnan, Association Corporate CEOs with Universities; Bridging the Gap Between Senior Scientist, Centre for Economic Research, Norwegian University Group Director (Arctic Operations), National Centre for Academic Knowledge and Private Sector Practices of Science and Technology (NTNU): The Melting Snowball Effect: How Langanesbyggð: Reverse the Course – Strengthening Employment SPEAKERS Polar and Ocean Research, India: Indian Arctic Program: Moderator: Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie The Warming Climate has Cascading Effects on Ecosystem Services Diversity with New Industries The Past Decade and Future Perspectives Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) Sheila Downer, Strategic Northern Liaison, Office of Public Edna Ahgeak MacLean, PhD, Iñupiaq Language Reseacher/ Engagement, Memorial University; Vice President, Finance, and International Governance Regimes Moderator: Lars Stemmler, Director of International Projects, Consultant, North Slope Borough Iñupiaq History, Language, and Thamban Meloth, Group Director (Polar Sciences), National Centre Development and Engagement, UArctic: The Sustainable Northern and bremenports GmbH & Co. KG Culture Commission, Current Member: Joan Nymand Larsen, Professor, University of Akureyri and for Polar and Ocean Research: Coastal Communities Initiative; Engaging Students, Faculty, Public and Stefansson Arctic Institute: Overview and Current Status of the Iñupiaq Language of Northern Cryospheric Changes in Svalbard and Himalaya – Indian Perspectives Private Sector Entities into Sustainable Economic Models Alaska Socio-Economic and Policy Implications for Coastal Communities M.Arul Muthiah, Scientist-E, National Institute of Ocean Lára Jóhannsdóttir PhD, Professor, University of Iceland, Fulbright Kattie Egede Motzfeldt, School Leader, Nuussuup Atuarfia, Technology, India: Indian Moored Observatory in the Arctic for Long- Arctic Initiative Scholar: Risky business: The Importance of Taking Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland: Term in Situ Data Collection Scales of Risks into Account in an Arctic Economic Context Language of Instruction That Reflect Our Values, Culture and Languages A.A. Mohamed Hatha, Professor, Cochin University of Science Rasmus Gjeddsø Bertelsen, Professor and Barents chair, UiT – and Technology, India: The Arctic University of Norway: Human Capital and Natural Resources Changes in the microbial diversity in the Arctic environment for Sustainable Development in the Arctic Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 17:15 BREAKOUT - 18:15 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:15 – 18:15 RESEARCH, SOCIETAL NEEDS AND 17:15 – 18:15 RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR THE ARCTIC: Enzo A. J. Diependaal, Arctic Energy Systems Engineer, Segon Ambassador Bård Ivar Svendsen, Senior Arctic Official, Per Axelsson, Associate Professor, Umeå University, Sweden: Moderator: Andreas Nøhr Vestergaard, Deputy Head of POLICY FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY NEW PERSPECTIVES B.V.: Modelling of Longyearbyen's Energy System Towards 2050 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway Planning for Haldi – A Survey of Health and Living Conditions in Sápmi, Mission at the Royal Danish Embassy in Iceland Sweden Moderator: Fran Ulmer, Chair, United States Arctic Research AND INSTRUMENTATION IN THE ARCTIC Organized by Anvivo Polar Research (Anvivo.org) Gisele M. Arruda, Principal Researcher Circumpolar Studies, Energy Arctic and Climate Change, Anvivo.org, Coventry University Commission 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC GEO-ECONOMICS: DEVELOPMENT Organized by Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map London: 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE & GOVERNANCE Committee on Iceland and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Towards a Sustainable Energy System through Smart Grids in the Arctic SPEAKERS 17:15 – 18:15 PUBLIC HEALTH AMONG INDIGENOUS PRESENT, WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security Prime Minister's Office of Iceland, the Administrative Center for and Arctic Resource Development – A Sustainable Prosperity Project of PEOPLES OF GREENLAND AND SÁPMI PAST FOR AN UNKNOWN FUTURE China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), MOST of China, and Sustaining A Low Carbon Arctic Energy System? Challenges, Co-Management and The Arctic Yearbook Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) Opportunities and Trends Sarah Sternbergh, Professional Engineer, Government of Yukon: Organized by Centre for Public Health in Greenland, National Organized by The Royal Danish Embassy in Iceland, Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Energy and Arctic Investment Institute of Health, University of Southern Denmark Representation of Greenland in Iceland and The Royal Danish Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level • Gisele M. Arruda, Professor, Principal Researcher Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) SPEAKERS Nic Craig, Fellow, Energy and Climate Change, Polar Research Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS Circumpolar Studies, Energy Arctic and Climate Change, Anvivo. Heather Exner-Pirot, L'observatoire de la politique et la sécurité org, Coventry University London and Policy Initiative: The Case for Increased UK - Nordic Electricity Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Interconnection and the Implications of Brexit SPEAKERS de l'Arctique (OPSA), CIRRICQ: Sun Hong, Chief Engineer of the Administrative Center for China's SPEAKERS The Arctic Economic Development Paradigm and its Failures Agenda 21: • Tom Marsik, Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy, Youth Perspectives on Well-Being Among Inuit Youth Strengthening S&T Innovation and Deepening Polar Research University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Rural and Community 17:15 – 18:15 SEEKING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE from Greenland David Garcia, Associate Professor, The Royal Danish Academy of Mário Rodrigues Pontes, Universidade de Lisboa, Institute of Development, Bristol Bay Campus Fine Arts' School of Architecture (KADK): Social and Political Sciences, Centre for Public Administration and Huginn Þorsteinsson, Chair, Committee on Iceland and the ARCTIC COUNCIL Public Policies-FCT: The Growing Importance of Geo-Economics in the Fourth Industrial Revolution: What to Expect from the Fourth Industrial • Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, Challenges and opportunities for architecture in the Arctic. What is it, • Nathan Wiltse, Policy Program Manager, Primary Economist, how can it be Developed and how do we Teach it? Security of the Arctic Region Revolution? Technological Advancement and Disruption Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska Organized by the Wilson Center and Harvard's Belfer Center National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University of Greenland Heather Nicol, Director, Canadian Studies, Trent University: Huigen Yang, Director General, Polar Research Institute of Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Martin Kotol, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark: Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives Sustainable Arctic Buildings for Better Health and Energy Efficiency Relevance of Security Aspect in Regional Development China (PRIC): A Practice in Developing Novel Technologies and SPEAKERS • Ivalu Katajavaara Sørensen, Scientific Assistant, National Instrumentation for Polar Science Frontiers Exploration • Gisele M. Arruda, Principal Researcher Circumpolar Studies, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & Peter Oluf Meyer, building consultant and owner at POMEYER Ilya Stepanov, Higher School of Economics, Russia: Energy Arctic and Climate Change, Anvivo.org, Coventry University Ambassador David Balton, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of University of Greenland Building Consult in Nuuk, Greenland: The Evolution of the Greenlandic Russian Arctic and Far East Policy: Potential for Conjunction of Northern Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State; Fellow, the Wilson Center: for Research (RANNÍS), Chair, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks London Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Research Professor, Centre for Sami Building Industry from a Personal Perspective and Eastern Regions' Development Some Recommendations for Creating an Arctic Council Strategic Plan (SAON): Designing a Pan-Arctic Observing System for Sustainable Health Research, UiT the Arctic University of Norway:Health Among the Bilo Høegh Stigsen, Head of Urban Planning at Sermersooq Sandra Maria Rodrigues Balão, Associate Professor, • Julianna Hogenson, Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech Sami in Northern Norway Based on the SAMINOR Study Development in the Arctic Canada Inc. Magnus Johannesson, former Director of the Arctic Council Municipality, Greenland: Universidade de Lisboa, ISCSP, Centre for Public Administration and Secretariat Peter Bjerregaard, Professor, National Institute of Public Health, Development of Nuuk: How to Create a Sustainable Arctic Capital Public Policies-FCT Julianna Hogenson, Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech Canada University of Southern Denmark and University of Greenland: Inc.: Geothermal Energy Development in the Arctic Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University of Saskatchewan Thomas Winkler, Senior Arctic Official of the Kingdom of Denmark: Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at & The Arctic Yearbook Social Transition and Health Among the Inuit in Greenland Social and Business Development in the Arctic and the Role of Business University of Helsinki Finance THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – SESSIONS 17:15 - 18:15 ELECTRIC SHIP IN THE

17:15 – 18:15 LANGUAGE, MOBILITY, AND CHANGE – 17:15 – 18:15 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONS 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC SECURITY – A GLOBAL ARCTIC NORTHERN RESEARCH FORUM EARLY IN THE ARCTIC: CHALLENGE? CAREER SESSION REGIONAL COOPERATION Organized by the University of Southern Denmark and ICELANDIC - NORWEGIAN INITIATIVE Organized by The Northern Research Forum (NRF) at the Organized by the Northern Forum Loughborough University Launched in Tromsø this October; University of Akureyri & Rannís (Icelandic Centre for Research), Location: Ministry of Industry and Innovations - see map Location: Þór Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel – see map with Support from the US Embassy in Iceland sailing in Svalbard next summer Caroline Kennedy-Pipe, Professor, Loughborough University Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS James Rogers, University of Southern Denmark and Yale University Alexander Tsybulskiy, Governor, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, SPEAKERS Russian Federation; Chair, Northern Forum Patrick Ratier, Attaché de défense, Embassy of France in Iceland Learn more in the coffee break outside Eyri, Lara Hoffmann, PhD candidate in Social Studies, University of Mika Riipi, Governor of Lapland, Finland Devin Stewart, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Group Foundation, Carnegie Harpa Second Floor Akureyri: Council Icelandic Language Learning Amongst Immigrants in Iceland Nikolai Korchunov, Ambassador at Large Ministry of Foreign Jessica Kantarovich, PhD candidate in Linguistics, University Affairs; Senior Arctic Official, Russian Federation of Chicago: Thursday, October 10th 17:00 - 17:15 The Effects of Language Shift and Social Change on Chukchi Narrative Aleksander Pilyasov, General Director, Institute of Regional and Morphosyntax Consulting Presentation: Agnes Árnadóttir, Hilary McMahan, PhD candidate, Linguistics, University of Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki Chicago: Halldór Jóhannson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal, Iceland CEO Brim Explorer Language and Environment in a Changing Arctic: A Case Study of Language Contact and Cultural Shift in Greenland Timo Rautajoki, President and CEO, Lapland Chamber of Moderator: Pamela Innes, Associate Professor, University of Commerce, Finland Wyoming

Towards a CO2-free Arctic! ARCTIC INNOVATIONS ICEBERG! Exhibition Sermersooq – Great Vastness of Ice Opening: 15:15, Thursday, October 10th Touch the ice! Walk among the ice! Location: Harpa Corner, 3rd Floor Use photos as a message! For the past five years, the Master in Architecture program EXHIBITION “ARCHITECURE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS” has Location: Outside Harpa Main Entrance engaged with innovation strategies to inform future practitioners of alternative and sustainable solutions about Sermersooq Municipality is the largest municipality in the building industry. the world. The Greenlandic Icecap – a great vastness of ice, divides the municipality´s towns and settlements on Through a site-specific approach, it aims to respond to the west coast from the east coast. present and future global challenges through research by design, fine-tuned site-specific strategies and active Nature has played an important role in shaping the way expeditions to remote world locations where 1:1 architectural of life in Greenland. prototypes are tested. Sermersooq Municipality would like to celebrate nature, The exhibition presents project from fieldwork in Iceland, by offering you the chance to walk among the icebergs! Greenland, Svalbard and Alaska. ORGANIZED BY: ORGANIZED BY: Sermersooq Municipality Embassy of Denmark, Reykjavik KOMMUNEQARFIK SERMERSOOQ, EMBASSY GREENLAND The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, OF DENMARK Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation Reykjavik Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 18:30 BREAKOUT - 19:30 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 CHANGES OF GLACIERS AND • Joe Gendall, MSc, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Location: Þór Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel – see map SPEAKERS Kaviq Kaluraq, Nunavut Arctic College and Acting Chairperson, 18:30 – 19:30 BLUE BUSINESS: A COMPREHENSIVE Nunavut Impact Review Board THEIR FOREFIELDS ON SVALBARD: • Piotr Weckwerth, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University SPEAKERS Sara Olsvig, Head of Programme, UNICEF Denmark APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE Robert Young, Senior Science Advisor, Freshwater Institute, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE in Toruń; Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Bob McCoy, Director Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska: Valerie Nurr'araaluk Davidson (Yup'ik), Former Lieutenant DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC Poland Fisheries and Oceans Canada HIGH ARCTIC A Natural Laboratory to Study the Ionosphere and Ways to Mitigate Governor of Alaska: Reclaiming Resilience through Culture Organized by High North Center for Business and Governance, • Ireneusz Sobota, Ionospheric Effects Organized by Polish Polar Consortium, Poland & Nicolaus Vice-President of Polish Polar Consortium; Aviâja Egede Lynge, National Children's Rights Spokesperson, 18:30 – 19:30 SAVING THE ARCTIC: ETHICS, VALUES Nord University, Bodø, Norway Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Earth MIO (National Child Rights Institution of Greenland): Copernicus University in Toruń, Polar Research Center, Poland Shelley A Johnson, Chief Engineer and Arctic Experimentation Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Lead, The MITRE Corporation: The Challenges of Arctic The Face of Reality: The Needs of Inuit Youth and Children and What AND THE NEXT GENERATION Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map Vegetation Succession and Soil Development in Communications; Leveraging Innovation and Experimentation Support They Need Organized by Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G), as SPEAKERS affiliated with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International SPEAKERS Forelands of Svalbard Glaciers Jennifer Forsyth, Group Leader for Waveform Design and Analysis, Pangaanga Pangawyi, Wellness Program Director, Kawerak, Inc.: Frode Mellemvik, Director, High North Center The MITRE Corporation: High Frequency Communications in the Arctic: Holding Space: Affairs Evgenii Aleksandrov, Post Doc, High North Center for Business Changes of Kaffiøyra Region Glaciers and their • Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, MSc, Professor Z. Czeppe Challenges & Opportunities Multigenerational Healing and Community Empowerment Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Forefields, Svalbard – 20 Years of Research Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Institute of and Governance, Nord University Business School: Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University Eric Robinson, Senior Antenna & Electromagnetics Engineer, The Smart Cities for Sustainable High North? Current Developments in MITRE Corporation: Design, Modelling, and Prototyping Antennas for 18:30 – 19:30 A NEW ARCTIC REGION FOR THE SPEAKERS • Ireneusz Sobota, Vice-President of Polish Polar Consortium, Finland, North America, Norway and Russia • Michał Węgrzyn, PhD Jagiellonian University, Professor Arctic Geosynchronous SATCOM DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND Sir David King, Affiliate Partner, SYSTEMIQ Limited; Senior Strategy Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Earth Natalia Andreassen, Associate Professor, High North Center for Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Z. Czeppe Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Thomas Sharkey, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Adviser to the President of Rwanda; Former UK Special Envoy for Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland OCEANS AND THE CANADIAN COAST Climate Change Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: Institute: Emergency Management Challenges and Competence Development • Piotr Weckwerth, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University Marek Kasprzak, Assistant Professor, University of Wroclaw, The Role of Communications in Emergency Response in the Arctic and GUARD in Toruń, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Maria Krabbe Hammershøy, Secretary General of Caritas Needs in the Arctic Poland: the Benefits it Brings Remote Arctic Communities Organized by Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Canadian Coast Denmark; Board Member of Justice and Peace Europe Poland Erlend Bullvåg, Dean, Nord University Business School: Impact of Liquid Water on Permafrost in Coastal, Paraglacial Guard Ilona Mettiäinen, Wiesław Ziaja, Professor, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Environment: Geophysical and Geomorphological Approach SUPPORTING INUIT YOUTH AND Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland Business Index North 18:30 – 19:30 Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Geography and Spatial Management, Krakow, Poland: Award lottery with Polar Gifts CHILDREN Ashley Komangaapik Rose Cummings, Indigenous rights Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for New Landscape of Areas Abandoned by Glaciers in SE Spitsbergen SPEAKERS activist for Inuit communities in Canada; Member of Canadian Prime Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: after 1900 Moderator: Ireneusz Sobota, Vice-President of Polish Polar Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa Minister's Youth Council AlaskaNor – Opportunities for Blue Growth in Alaska and North Norway Consortium, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Company LLC Neil O'Rourke, Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Detecting Geomorphological Change in High Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Coast Guard Moderator: Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Moderator: Trine Jonassen, Communications Advisor, High Resolution: Applying UAV and Structure-from-Motion Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business Beverly Foster, Manager, Indigenous Relations and Partnerships, School Technology to the Aavatsmarkbreen Forefield, 18:30 – 19:30 COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ARCTIC Coast Guard Arctic Region Spitsbergen Organized by The MITRE Corp, University of Alaska Fairbanks Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of Iqaluit, Canada Geophysical Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 18:30 BREAKOUT - 19:30 SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 KNOWLEDGE AND PROSPERITY: • Gregory E. Hitzhusen, Assistant Professor of Professional Olga Safonova, Chairperson of the Committee of Natural Resources 18:30 – 19:30 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARCTIC 18:30 – 19:30 STRONGER TOGETHER: INCLUSIVE, 18:30 – 19:30 SHAPING ECOTOURISM Practice, The Ohio State University, US and Ecology of the Chukotka autonomous region, Committee of BUILDING BRIDGES TO EMPOWER Natural Resources and Ecology of the Chukotka autonomous region: OBSERVING AND NETWORKING RESILIENT AND CONNECTED NORTHERN Organized by Manicouagan – Uapishka UNESCO Biosphere COMMUNITY ACTION • Jame Schaefer, Associate Professor, Theology, Marquette Development System of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the Organized by Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), CITIES Reserve and the SHAPE international project University, US Chukotka Autonomous Region for the Conservation of Biodiversity Organized by United Nations University Land Restoration Committee on Iceland and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Organized by Anchorage Museum Location: Ministry of Industries and Innovation – see map Training Programme, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Moderator: Halldor Thorgeirsson, Former Senior Director, Liubov Taian, Chairperson of Inuit Circumpolar Council, Chukotka: Prime Minister's Office of Iceland, the Administrative Center for United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS Landvernd (Icelandic Environment Association) and Faith and The Development of my Land while Preserving Culture and Nature: China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), MOST of China, and Sustaining Community Views of the Eskimos on the prospects for the Arctic Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) SPEAKERS Jean-Philippe L. Messier, Founder & General Manager, UNESCO 18:30 – 19:30 CRITICAL AND COMMON – Biosphere Reserve of Manicouagan-Uapishka, Québec Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map Egor Vereshchagin, Representative of the Indigenous peoples' Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level David Lubell, Founding Director, Welcoming International CONSERVATION ISSUES IN THE BERINGIA association, Chukotka Commissioner for Indigenous people in the Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir, Snaefellsnes Regional Park, Iceland SPEAKERS Russian-American Polar Bear Commission, Protection and Utilization SPEAKERS Mara Kimmel, Deputy Director of Strategy, Research and SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM Scholarship, Anchorage Museum Rosalind Bryce, SHAPE Project Manager, University of the of the Animal Kingdom Department of the Industrial and Agricultural Halldór Jóhannsson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal: Availability Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Member of the Icelandic Parliament: Organized by WWF-US Arctic Program & WWF-Russia Policy of the Chukotka autonomous region Highlands and Islands, Scotland The Layman's Aid – The Legacy of Citizen Science in Iceland and Presentation of Information and Data for the Benefit of All Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level PANEL Beatrice Dossah, Programme Officer, Environmental Protection Xiao Cheng, Professor and Dean, School of Geospatial Engineering Aaron Leggett, Indigenous Curator of History and Culture, Agency Ghana and United Nations University Land Restoration Training SPEAKERS Olivia Lee, Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research and Science; Vice Dean, Institute of South China Sea, Sun Yat- Anchorage Museum Programme, Iceland: Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Sen University (SYSU): Design and Implementation of Cubesat Delbert Pungowiyi, President, Native Village of Savoonga, Alaska Constellation for Arctic Observation Improving Research Efficiency - Stakeholder Viewpoints Delbert Pungowiyi, President, Native Village of Savoonga, Alaska 18:30 – 19:30 SEEKING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE Derek Akeya, Tribal Council Member, Native Village of Savoonga, Zhuoli Yuan, Assistant Professor, Polar Research Institute of China: Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir, Station Manager, Rif Field ARCTIC COUNCIL Alaska Derek Akeya, Tribal Council Member, Native Village of Savoonga, Unmanned Ice Station Observation System (UNIS) and its Potential Station, Northeast-Iceland: Increasing Environmental Sustainability Alaska Organized by the Wilson Center and Harvard's Belfer Center through Partnered Knowledge Management Olivia Lee, Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center, Roles in the Central Arctic Ocean Observation Network University of Alaska Fairbanks: Technology and Indigenous Knowledge Opik (Marlene) Ahkinga, Mayor of Little Diomede, Alaska, & Zhang Haibin, Professor, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level Pâviâraq Jakobsen, Environmental Consultant, on behalf of Use to Document and Respond to Bering Sea Ecosystem Change Environmental Coordinator for the Native Village of Diomede receivers of the Nordic Environmental Award 2018; Natural Resource Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Private meeting – by invitation only Council of ATTU, West Greenland: Alexander Moiseev, Coordinator of the Environmental Programme, June Walunga, Representative of the Native Village of Gambell Deep-Sea Manned Submersible Shenhaiyongshi: A Powerful Platform Fostering Environmental Governance by Local Empowerment in WWF Russia: for Deep-Sea Observation and its Potential Application in Arctic Ocean Knowledge Management (the Democratization of Knowledge) Shannon Jenkins, Senior Arctic Advisor, the United States Coast Challenges of Increasing Shipping in the Bering Strait Region Guard Linking Science, Religious and Indigenous Communities for Sergey Ettykeu, Deputy Head, Management of Agriculture, Moderator: Victoria Elias, Programme Director, WWF Russia Environmental Care Fisheries and Food of the Department of Agriculture and Food of the Chukotka autonomous region: Importance of Traditional Nutrition in the Diet of Indigenous People Roman Kopin, Governor, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – PLENARY SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 FEELING THE HEAT: WHEN FISH STOCKS 18:30 – 19:30 ARCTIC MELT & THE MEDIA: HUMAN 18:30 – 19:30 CLEAN TRANSPORTATION ENERGY 18:30 – 19:30 SCIENCE TRANSFORMING THE ARCTIC: Priority Inorganic Pollutants and Essential Trace Elements in Fish SPEAKERS Consumed by Indigenous Peoples of The European Russian Arctic MOVE NORTH STORIES OF CLIMATE ADAPTATION & DEVELOPMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES AN EXPERIMENT WITH TECHNOLOGIES Dietrich Becker, Ambassador of Germany to Iceland Andrey Aksenov, Department of biology, ecology and Organized by Arctic Encounter RESILIENCE Organized by the United States Department of Energy AND PARTNERSHIP biotechnology, Northern (Arctic) Federal University: Tayana Arakchaa, Postdoctoral Researcher, KHT Royal Institute Location: Silfurberg B, Harpa Second Level Organized by the Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Organized by Korea Arctic Research Consortium (KoARC) Efficient Combination of Field Work and High-Standard Analytics as Key of Technology: Raising Awareness and Building Capacity for Science- Driver for the Arctic Biomonitoring System Development Based Policy-Making – Workshop Summary SPEAKERS Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level SPEAKERS Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Valerii Chashchin, Senior Research Officer of the Arctic PANEL Mead Treadwell, President, Treadwell Development; Former SPEAKERS Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies, International SPEAKERS Biomonitoring Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University: Gerlis Fugmann, Executive Director, Association of Polar Early Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Chairman, Arctic Circle Task Force on Elizabeth Arnold, Professor, Department of Journalism, University Hyoung Chul Shin, Principal Research Scientist, Korea Arctic Biomarkers of Human Exposure and Susceptibility to Environmental Career Scientists (APECS), Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre Shipping and Ports; Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission 2006- Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Contaminants and Nutrient Deficiencies in the Arctic of Alaska and Former NPR Correspondent: Economy (IPHE) Research Consortium: The Arctic as a Frontier and as a Place for for Polar and Marine Research 2010; Co-Chair, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative: Coexistence; Success Stories from Science The Importance of Stories of Resilience & Adaptation in Media Nikita Sobolev, Junior Research Officer of the Arctic Biomonitoring Volker Rachold, Head, German Arctic Office, Alfred Wegener Why Non-Scientists Need to Push for Better Ecosystem Level Research Coverage of Arctic Climate Change in the Arctic Region • Sunita Satyapal, United States Department of Energy Sten Lund, International Research Coordinator, Greenland Ministry Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University: Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research of Industry, Energy and Research: Analysis of Halogens in Food, Blood and Urine of European Russia Rachel Kallander, Mark Trahant, Editor, Indian Country Today: • Robert Dixon, Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Office of Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre Founder & Executive Director, Arctic Encounter; Greenland International Arctic Hub, an Innovative Initiative for Future Arctic Indigenous Peoples Managing Partner, Kallander & Associates LLC: How Media Cover — or Don't Cover — Arctic Indigenous Peoples International Affairs, United States Department of Energy for Research (RANNÍS), Chair, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks Development of Arctic Research Moderator: Tatiana Sorokina, Head of the Arctic Biomonitoring A Changing Tide: Empowering the Harvesters of the Circumpolar North Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University of Saskatchewan (SAON) • Toshiyuki Shirai, Japan METI Magnus de Witt, PhD student, Reykjavik University: Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Initiative, Woodrow Wilson International & The Arctic Yearbook: Object, Subject, Agent: Indigenous Peoples in Tayana Arakchaa, Postdoctoral Researcher, KHT Royal Institute Arctic Climate Change Narratives • Tim Karlsson, IPHE Secretariat How Science and Technology Actually Benefits Arctic Communities; of Technology Center for Scholars Transition from Black to Green Energy Technologies 18:30 – 19:30 SCIENCE-BASED POLICY-MAKING: Discussant: Alice Rogoff, Publisher & Editorial Director, Arctic H.E. Aleqa Hammond, Member of the Danish Parliament, Former Michael Kass, Oak Ridge National Laboratory: RAISING AWARENESS AND BUILDING Henry Burgess, Head of the UK NERC Arctic Office, UK National Prime Minister of Greenland: Today Biofuel Potentials in Marine Applications Environment Research Council Arctic Office 18:30 – 19:30 ARCTIC BIOMONITORING IN RUSSIA CAPACITY New Species Moving North: New Challenges for Inuit Moderator: Cristine Russell, Science Journalist & Senior Moderator: Michael Wang, Argonne National Laboratory Fran Ulmer, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Environment & Natural Resources Organized by Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after Organized by Arctic Office at Alfred Wegener Institute, Ole Øvretveit, Director, Arctic Frontiers; Project Director, Akvaplan- Program M.V. Lomonosov Moderator: Dietrich Becker, Ambassador of Germany to Iceland niva AS Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Association of Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS), The Icelandic Centre for Ben Kellie, CEO, The Launch Company; Accelerator Lead, Launch Alaska: SPEAKERS Research (RANNÍS) Tech & Innovation: Under, On, and Above Our Changing Oceans Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Tatiana Sorokina, Head of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University: NArFU's biomonitoring initiative Yngvar Thomassen, Leading Scientist of the Arctic Biomonitoring Laboratory, Northern (Arctic) Federal University: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – SESSIONS 20:30 - 21:30 DIALOGUE RECEPTION

19:30 – 20:30 WELCOME RECEPTION Aleksey Tsykarev, UN Independent Expert, UN Expert Mechanism 20:30 – 21:30 FRAM FORUM on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS Active Citizenship through Political Organization and Representation Organized by FRAM – High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment (The Fram Centre) Hosted by Icelandair Moderator: Max Gruenig, President, Ecologic Institute, US ORGANIZATIONS Location: Norðurbryggja Hall, Harpa Ground Level Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level 20:30 – 21:30 OVERCOMING REMOTENESS IN THE 20:30-21:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 20:30 – 21:30 THE STEFANSSON MEMORIAL LECTURE SPEAKERS ARCTIC Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Organized by Stefansson Arctic Institute; Institute of Arctic Chair, Fram Centre Advisory Board Studies at Dartmouth College, supported by the Evelyn Organized by Institute of Regional Consulting, Moscow Stefansson Nef Endowment Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Frode Kjersem, Director, Fram Centre AS Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS 20:30 – 21:30 DIALOGUE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL Hosted by H.E. SPEAKER Alexander Pilyasov, General Director, Institute of Regional LEADERS: RECEPTION HOSTED BY Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Consulting: Michael Bravo, Acting Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, THE ICELANDIC MINISTER OF THE Cambridge University Global Challenges in the Development of Local Transportation Systems Iceland’s Minister for the Environment in the Arctic ENVIRONMENT and Natural Resources 20:30 – 21:30 PERFORMING THE ARCTIC: FORMS AND Networks in the Arctic Cities: Peculiarities and Cycles: Organized by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland EXPRESSIONS OF ARCTIC CITIZENSHIP • Nadezhda Zamyatina, Leading Research Associate, Moscow Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Organized by Ecologic Institute US State University By invitation only Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level • Ruslan Goncharov, Associate Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics SPEAKERS Private reception – by invitation only Valeria Vasilyeva, Research Fellow, European University at Saint Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Consultant, Subarctic Research & Strategy: Petersburg and Tyumen State University: 20:30 – 24:00 ARCTIC CIRCLE BAR OPEN An Identity of Place Grass-roots Transport Infrastructures in the Russian Arctic Location: Outside Kolabrautin, Harpa Fourth Level Brendan O'Donnell, Fellow, Ecologic Institute US: Ksenia Gawrilova, Researcher, European University at Saint Staging Arctic Identificatory Practice Petersburg: Between Access and Isolation: The Case of the Newest Seaport of the Northern Sea Route WELCOME RECEPTION 19:30-20:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH

Open to All Assembly Participants

Hosted by Icelandair

Location: Norðurbryggja Hall, Harpa Ground Level

Performance: Tatiana Lar and Elena Ufimtseva, Indigenous performers of ARCTIC CIRCLE BAR traditional Nenets songs Location: In front of Kolabrautin, 4th Floor

Thursday through Saturday, October 10-12, from 20:30-Midnight Enjoy a drink and good conversation with Arctic Circle participants in front of Kolabrautin 4th Floor of Harpa with an amazing view of Downtown Reykjavík GET YOUR OWN REFUSE, REUSE, Pick up your complimentary bag and pen and purchase a reusable water bottle at the Registration Desk RECYCLE!

All materials used at the Arctic Circle Assembly are either reusable or recyclable

• Refuse single-use containers • Reuse when possible • Recycle at Harpa recycling stations Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 8:00 - 9:00 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

08:00 – 17:00 REGISTRATION 08:00 – 09:00 INSPIRING ARCTIC VOICES THROUGH • Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Association (Ungir Umhverfissinnar) YOUTH Yngve Birkelund, Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of Ingvild Meland, ONS Programme Director 08:00 – 09:00 ARCTIC MIGRATORY BIRDS INITIATIVE Norway: Electrical Airplanes Organized by Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador Liv Monica Stubholt, Partner in law firm Selmer and Board Member (AMBI): A MODEL FOR ARCTIC AND NON- Working Group of the Arctic Council • Youth Exchange Iceland, Finland, Norway and the U.S Matteo Chiesa, Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of World Ocean Council: ARCTIC STATE COOPERATION Norway: Changes in the Arctic – GeopoliticaI Implications and Challenges Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Wind Power • Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Janne Valkonen, Arctic Operations, DNV-GL: Organized by Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Council Working Group of the Arctic Council and the National Institute of SPEAKERS Odin Eikeland, Research Fellow, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of Growing Arctic Shipping - Opportunities and Challenges Norway: Solar Power Ecology (NIE), Republic of Korea Kári Fannar Lárusson, Programme Manager, Conservation of • Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic Moderator: Ingvild Meland, ONS Programme Director Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Council: Youth Council for the SDGs, Prime Minister's Office, Iceland Silje Lundberg, Chair, Friends of the Earth Norway: NGO Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Introduction and Background Discussions • Arctic Youth Network, What Can Happen When You Create 08:00 – 09:00 SETTING THE ARCTIC AGENDA: THE #ArcticCircle SPEAKERS Oscar D. Avila, Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy Reykjavik, Space for Dialog Bjarte Hoff, Associate Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN Iceland: Norway: Electrification of the Fishing Industry H.E. Young-sook Nam, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to • Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Norway and Iceland Youth Exchange in the Arctic: The Value and Importance of Cultural INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Exchange and the Role Youth Plays in a Sustainable Arctic Association (Ungir Umhverfissinnar) Gunn Tove Bjerkan, Marketing Director, Ishavskraft: #ArcticCircle2019 Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Smart Energy Solutions Organized by Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland Youth Exchange Iceland, Finland, Norway and the U.S • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials of Berit Kristoffersen, Associate Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level the Arctic Council: Addressing Common Concerns: International • Sigurður Smári Davíðsson, Biology student, Conservation Moderator: Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of University of Norway: Renewable and Viable Energy Futures @_ Cooperation and the Arctic Council Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat (CAFF) SPEAKERS Arctic_Circle of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Moderator: Michael Bravo, Acting Director, Scott Polar Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Research Institute, University of Cambridge Charlotte Ludvigsen, Mayor of Sermersooq Municipality, Fauna Secretariat (CAFF): • Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir, Biology student, Conservation 08:00 – 09:00 A RENEWABLE ARCTIC: GREEN ENERGY Greenland; Setting the Arctic Agenda from a Greenlandic City The Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative: Working Together to Address of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Perspective* Council TRANSITIONS 08:00 – 09:00 ARCTIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES: Population Decline in Arctic-Breeding Migratory Species Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Organized by Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC), UiT Mayor of Akureyri, Iceland: Sung-Ryong Kang, General Manager, Department of International • Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic IMPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY SUPPLY AND Setting the Arctic Agenda from an Icelandic City Perspective Cooperation, Division of External Relations, National Institute of Youth Council for the SDGs, Prime Minister's Office, Iceland – The Arctic University of Norway, and Scott Polar Research ENERGY SECURITY Ecology, Republic of Korea: Institute, University of Cambridge Kristin Røymo, Mayor of Tromsø, Norway: • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador Organized by ONS Foundation Setting the Arctic Agenda from a Norwegian City Perspective AMBI and The Republic of Korea: A Case Study of Arctic Council Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Observer Country Engagement • Youth Summit Recap and Delivery of Declaration, Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of Iqaluit, Canada: Youth Summit Participants Setting the Arctic Agenda from a Canadian City Perspective Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska: Setting the Arctic Agenda from a U.S. City Perspective Location: Silfurberg, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – PLENARY SESSIONS 9:00 - 11:00 Harpa Second Level

09:00 – 09:30 DIALOGUE WITH REGIONAL LEADERS: 09:50 – 10:10 RESTORING ARCTIC SEA ICE TO MITIGATE 10:20 – 10:40 DIALOGUE WITH THE MAYOR OF USA – RUSSIA GLOBAL CLIMATE DEVASTATION ANCHORAGE SPEAKERS SPEAKER SPEECH Honorable Janet Mills, Governor of Maine, Leslie Field, Founder and CTO, Ice911 Research Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska United States PANEL CHAIR H.E. Roman Kopin, Governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia Peter Wadhams, Emeritus Head of the Polar Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri, Iceland Ocean Physics Group in the Department of Applied H.E. Andrey Chibis, Governor of Murmansk Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of 10:40 – 11:00 THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS STEWARDSHIP Oblast, Russia* Cambridge IN THE ARCTIC CHAIR Stephanie Lapensee, Consultant, Ice911 Research Organized in cooperation with the National Mead Treadwell, former Lieutenant Governor Church of Iceland of Alaska Steve Payne, Governing Board Chair, Ice911 Research SPEECH FRAM FORUM RECEPTION UARCTIC CONGRESS 2020: CELEBRATING MODERN 09:30 – 09:50 PAVING THE POLAR SILK ROAD Bishop Mark Macdonald, National Indigenous COMING TO ICELAND GREENLANDIC CULTURE CHINA – RUSSIA – JAPAN – KOREA 10:10 – 10:20 ANNOUNCING THE 2020 UARCTIC Anglican Bishop, Anglican Church of Canada; World THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 20:30 - 21:30 CONGRESS Council of Churches President for North America SPEECH Organized by FRAM – High North Research Centre FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 20:30-21:30 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 20:30-21:30 SPEAKERS CHAIR Henry Tillman, Founder and Chairman, China for Climate and the Environment (The Fram Centre) Investment Research Lars Kullerud, President, University of the Arctic Rev. Kristján Björnsson, Bishop at Skalholt, Organized by UArctic and Icelandic Organized by Sermersooq Municipality, (UArctic) Iceland; Vice Chairman of the Icelandic Institute on Universities Greenland CHAIR Religion and Reconciliation Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson,CEO, Arctic Circle Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Arctic Today Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Norðurbryggja Hall, Harpa 11:00 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK Ground Level Performances by Nanook and Small Time Giants

Open to All Assembly Participants Music, arts and food tasting Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 11:15 - 12:00 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

11:15 – 12:00 SMART ENERGY ARCTIC: PRACTICAL SPEAKERS PANEL 11:15 – 12:00 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN THE ARCTIC – SPEAKERS 11:15 – 12:00 BUILDING AN ARCTIC INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS FOR LOW-CARBON Mirva Salminen, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Dance Zurovac-Jevtic, Senior Atmospheric Specialist and CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES H.E. Jess Svane, Minister of Industry, Energy and Research, INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE Technical Underwriter, Sirius International Insurance Corporation Government of Greenland TRANSITION Everyday Digital Security in the European High North: The Case of Field Organized by Polar Knowledge Canada DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC Lapland Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chair, Iceland's Climate Council Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir, Director, Promote Iceland Organized by UK Science and Innovation Network, Natural Gerald Zojer, Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), United Environment Research Council (NERC) Arctic Office NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Hulda Ragnheiður Árnadóttir, CEO of the Natural Catastrophe Julia Pars, Director, Visit Greenland Kingdom FLOSS (free/libre open source software) as a Contribution to Digital Insurance of Iceland SPEAKERS Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Security in the Arctic Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level David Scott, President, Polar Knowledge Canada: 11:15 – 12:00 A NEW ARCTIC CIRCLE MISSION Marcin Dymet, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: SPEAKERS 11:15 – 12:00 RENEWABLE ENERGY HYBRID POWER Beyond Fieldwork: Arctic Science as a Diplomatic Tool COUNCIL: THE GLOBALARCTIC SPEAKERS Resilience and Transformation of Arctic Systems. Cases from GENERATION SOLUTIONS FOR REMOTE Natalie Lowery, Practice Manager, Local Area Energy Planning, Speculative Narratives David Hik, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science & Professor, Organized by the GlobalArctic Mission Council of the Arctic Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing Director, Polar Energy Systems Catapult: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University: Research and Policy Initiative, UK Local Energy Asset Representation Joëlle Klein, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Diplomacy for Science: The Essential Ingredients for International Circle Conceptualizing Cyber Security in the Arctic in Light of Human Security Organized by U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Alice Rogoff, Publisher & Editorial Director, Arctic Today Scot Wheeler, Research Collaboration in the Arctic Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Postdoctoral Research Associate, Energy and Power and Climate Change Energy Laboratory Russell Read, CFA, PhD, Senior Advisor, Private Markets and Asset Group, Engineering Science Department, University of Oxford: Lisa Koperqualuk, Vice-President of Inuit Circumpolar Council Moderator: Kamrul Hossain, Research Professor & Director, SPEAKERS Owner Solutions, MSCI; former Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Alaska Project LEO: Maximising Prosperity of Local Energy Systems Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Canada: Permanent Fund, US Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Indigenous Perspectives on Science Diplomacy: Indigenous Miyase Christensen, Professor, Leading Research Environment Gareth Davies, Managing Director, Aquatera: Lapland SPEAKERS Collaborations Across Borders in Global Media Studies and Politics of Mediated Communication, Toby Norfolk-Thompson, Private Investor and Experienced ReFLEX Orkney (Responsive Flexibility) Project - Creating Smart Energy University of Stockholm Corporate Director, UK Island Gail Mosey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Moderator: Bob Paquin, Head, Canadian International Arctic 11:15 – 12:00 THE MELTING OF THE ARCTIC AND THE Centre, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council Hilmar Eggertsson, Debt Capital Markets, MUFG Securities, Moderator: Henry Burgess, Head, NERC Arctic Office, UK Clay Koplin, Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. (RE)INSURANCE INDUSTRY Heather Exner-Pirot, France National Environment Research Council Arctic Office Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Managing Editor, University of Saskatchewan Organized by TM Insurance University of Alaska, Fairbanks 11:15 – 12:00 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM & The Arctic Yearbook – KNOWLEDGE SHARING BETWEEN Yang Jian, 11:15 – 12:00 CYBER SECURITY AND HUMAN SECURITY Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Amy Halloran, Sandia National Laboratories Vice-President, Shanghai Institute for International IN THE DIGITAL ARCTIC GREENLAND AND ICELAND Studies SPEAKERS Moderator: Greg Poelzer, University of Saskatchewan Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greenland and Atsushi Sunami, Ocean Policy Research Institut, The Sasakawa Organized by ECoHuCy Project, Northern Institute for Dance Zurovac-Jevtic, Senior Atmospheric Specialist and Peace Foundation Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) / Arctic Centre / Technical Underwriter, Sirius International Insurance Corporation the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Iceland University of Lapland Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level University of Helsinki Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 11:15 - 12:00 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

11:15 – 12:00 OCEAN FOOD SYSTEMS FROM ACADEMIA Related to The Development of Sustainable Tourism in the Arctic, SPEAKERS Project Ethics When Managing Complex Sustainable Especially in Small Communities TO ENTERPRISE Patrick Arnold, CEO, New England Ocean Cluster: Cost-Based Projects in Highly Demanding Environmental Annika Olsen, Mayor of Torshavn, Faroe Islands: Geographies as Drivers of Arctic Economic Growth and Connectedness Circumstances Organized by University of New England, College of the Atlantic, There are Too Many Tourists Here Anu Fredrikson, Director, Arctic Economic Council: Ocean Rainforest, with support from the U.S. Embassy in • Ægir Jóhannsson, Civil and Environmental Engineer, Project THE ARCTIC Moderator: Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri Growing Arctic Economies through Collaboration Iceland Manager, M.Sc., Verkís Consulting Engineers Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Bala Kamallakharan, Founder, Startup Iceland: Connecting 11:15 – 12:00 CANADA'S NORTH: ECONOMIC Founders and Funders - Keys to Developing Thriving Arctic Businesses • Gísli H. Guðmundsson, Civil Engineer, Head of Building CIRCLE APP! SPEAKERS Department, Lic.Techn., Ístak Ltd, Construction Contractor DEVELOPMENT NOW AND FOR THE Moderator: William Patrowicz, CEO, Kaiser Global Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Executive Director, UNE NORTH, the FUTURE • Karl Andreassen, Civil Engineer, CEO of Ístak Ltd, Download the Arctic Circle App and enjoy Institute for North Atlantic Studies, Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor 11:15 – 12:00 RESPONSIBLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT Construction Contractor of Marine Sciences, University of New England in Maine, US: Ocean Organized by Global Affairs Canada its many features: Food Businesses Connected to Applied Academia in the New North Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE • View the entire Program Jay Friedlander, Sharpe-McNally Chair, Green and Socially SPEAKERS Organized by the Masters of Project Management (MPM) 12:00 – 13:00 DIALOGUE WITH LEADERS IN ARCTIC Responsible Business, College of the Atlantic: program, Reykjavík University David Sproule, Senior Arctic Official and Director General, Arctic SCIENCE: LUNCH HOSTED BY THE Bridging the Skills-Passion Gap to Increase Impact Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level • Customize your own schedule Chair: Barry A. Costa-Pierce, University of New England, Maine, US Eurasian, and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada ICELANDIC MINISTER OF EDUCATION, Brian Burke, Executive Director, Nunavut Fisheries Association SPEAKERS SCIENCE AND CULTURE, H.E. LILJA DÖGG • Locate sessions and exhibitions 11:15 – 12:00 ARCTIC CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE Heather Bourassa, Jane Glassco Northern Fellow, Business Owner Responsible Project Management Beyond the Arctic ALFREÐSDÓTTIR TOURISM • Get to know the speakers Moderator: Jutta Wark, Director, Nordic and Polar Affairs, Global Circle Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Organized by Arctic Mayors, Municipality of Akureyri, Affairs Canada • Helgi Þór Ingason, Professor and Director of the MPM By invitation only Municipality of Torshavn and Sermersooq Municipality Program, Reykjavík University 11:15 – 12:00 LESSONS FROM START-UP AND Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level 12:00-12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH OPEN TO ALL INNOVATION VENTURES IN THE ARCTIC • Haukur Ingi Jónasson, Professor and Director of the MPM SPEAKERS Program, Reykjavík University ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS Organized by Kaiser Global, Arctic Economic Council, New Kristin Røymo, Mayor of Tromsø: Sustainable Tourism in the Arctic • Íris Hrund Þórarinsdóttir MPM, Curator of the MPM Hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland, H.E. Katrín England Ocean Cluster and Startup Iceland Program, Reykjavik University Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir Director, Icelandic Tourism Research Jakobsdóttir Centre: The Development of Tourism in Iceland, Challenges and Issues Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level DIALOGUE RECEPTION LUNCH FOR ARCTIC SCIENCE 12:00-12:45, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 12:15, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir Hosted by H.E. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture By invitation only

P M' O I AM INUIT Exhibition

Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level

I AM INUIT connects the world with Alaskan Inuit and the Arctic through common humanity.

Photographs by: Brian Adams

ORGANIZED BY: Inuit Circumpolar Council

TAKE YOUR PICTURE AT THE PHOTO WALL LOCATION: HARPA, MAIN ENTRANCE #ArcticCircle2019 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – PLENARY SESSIONS 12:45 - 16:45 Location: Silfurberg, Harpa Second Level

12:45 – 13:25 CONNECTING THE ARCTIC: DATA CABLES 13:50 – 14:20 VOICE OF STRENGTH: YOUTH 14:35 – 14:55 THE ICELANDIC CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE 15:20 – 16:00 ARCTIC-GLOBAL INDIGENOUS DIALOGUE 16:25 – 16:45 HOW RENEWABLE ENERGY CAN SAVE AS GAME CHANGERS ENGAGEMENT IN MENTAL WELLNESS ARCTIC COUNCIL Organized in cooperation with Nia Tero THE ARCTIC DIALOGUE WITH THE Organized in cooperation with Arctic Economic EFFORTS IN THE ARCTIC SPEECH SPEAKERS DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF IRENA Council Follow the Arctic Organized in cooperation with the Government H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Kimaren Ole Riamit, Maasai from Kenya, SPEECH SPEAKERS of Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Foreign Affairs, Iceland Executive Director, Indigenous Livelihoods Northern Affairs) Enhancement Partners (ILEPA) Francesco La Camera, Director-General, Circle on Social Frederic Vanoosthuyze, Chief Technology and IT Questions and answers International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Officer, MegaFon, Russia YOUTH PANEL Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of Arctic and CHAIR Environmental Unit, Saami Council CHAIR Media! Dag Kjetil Hansen, CEO, Bredbåndsfylket Ltd., Melody Teddy, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Rukka Sombolinggi, Toraja from Indonesia, Norway* Canada (Inuit/Canada) Magnús Jóhannesson, former Director of the Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Director General, Arctic Council Secretariat; Senior Advisor, Ministry for Secretary General of Indigenous Peoples Alliance of National Energy Authority of Iceland Alexander Vlasov, Director Carrier Services & Simon Coady, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Inuit/ Foreign Affairs of Iceland the Archipelago (AMAN) Roaming, MegaFon Canada) Joe Morrison, Aboriginal Australian, Nia Tero CHAIR Byron Nikolai, Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA (Yup'ik/ 14:55 – 15:20 THE NEW RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF THE CHAIR 16:45 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK USA) /ArcticCircle.org Heiðar Guðjónsson, Chair, Arctic Economic ARCTIC AND THE FAR EAST Peter Seligmann, founding CEO, Nia Tero Council CHAIR SPEAKER Selma Ford, Health Coordinator, Inuit Circumpolar 16:00 – 16:25 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON PACIFIC 13:25 – 13:50 DIALOGUE WITH U.S. SENATOR LISA Council – Canada Yulia Kosareva, Director of the International Department, Ministry for the Development of the FISHERIES MURKOWSKI Russian Far East and Arctic 14:20 – 14:35 COFFEE BREAK Organized in cooperation with Conservation @_Arctic_Circle SPEAKER CHAIR International Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate H.E. Anton Vasiliev, Ambassador of Russia to SPEECHES CHAIR Iceland The Honourable Semi Koroilavesau, Minister of Fisheries, Fiji Össur Skarphéðinsson, former Minister /TheArcticCircle for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Chair of Iceland’s The Honourbale Dalton Tagelagi, Minister for Commission on Greenland Natural Resources, Niue CHAIR Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Special Envoy on Ocean Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:00 – 18:30 THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC: FUTURE Valery L. Mikheev, Rector, Russian State Hydrometeorological Aviaja Geisler Kristensen, Aalborg University Barbara Barzycka, PhD candidate, Centre for Polar Studies, Overview of the KEPLER and ExtremeEarth Projects Atsushi Sunami, Vice-president, National Graduate Institute for University University of Silesia, Poland: Policy Studies, Japan: Japan's Arctic Science and Policy Toward the SCENARIOS Jonathan Kamler, University of Alaska Fairbanks Industry Priorities Support Safe, Responsible, and Effective Melting and Crumbling Arctic – Example of Svalbard's Glaciers Industry Operations in the Arctic Ocean Next Phase Organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences Daniel Barrios Castilla, 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC INNOVATION LAB: 15 IDEAS FOR Reykjavik University René Forsberg, Professor, Geodynamics group, DTU-Space, Uliana A. Vinokurova, Professor, Director of the Centre of Association (IASSA); Russian State Hydrometeorological Denmark: • Mark van der Hulst, Managing Director, Oceanwide Marine Circumpolar Civilization, Arctic State Institute of Art and Culture A BETTER ARCTIC Kevin Dillman, University of Iceland Services University (RSHU); the Northern Forum; Arctic-COAST Current Changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet as seen from Space and (Yakutsk, Russia): Organized by Arctic Innovation Lab in partnership with Harvard Renata Bade Barajas, Reykjavik University Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Airborne Campaigns • Andrew Kendrick, Vice President, Vard Marine Inc, Fincantieri What does Arctic Indigenous people want for non-Arctic countries Kennedy School, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Moderator: Brittany Janis, Arctic Initiative Project Coordinator, Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Professor, University of Iceland: Group, Ottawa, Canada Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Project Associate Professor, National Institute for SPEAKERS Tufts University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Harvard Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center Polar Research (NiPR), Japan: Greenland, University of Iceland and Reykjavík University Mass Balance of Icelandic Glaciers in the Past and Future Projection Bent-Ove Jamtli, Director of Joint Rescue and Coordination Dmitriy A. Artyukhov, Governor, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Centre Northern Norway (JRCC NN): Requirements for Monitoring and Disseminating Information on the Arctic Climate Projection Okrug, Russia 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC GLACIERS AND ICE Moderator: Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, Glaciologist, Icelandic Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Meteorological Office Supporting Search-And-Rescue Operations in the Arctic Natsuhiko Ohtsuka, Arctic Research Center Hokkaido University, Roman Kopin, Governor, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia SPEAKERS CAPS: RECENT MASS LOSS AND Vladimir Vlassov, Associate Professor, Royal Institute of Technology Japan Japan's story for study and business of the Northern Sea Route Aleksandr V. Tsybulsky, Governor, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL SEA-LEVEL 17:00 – 18:30 BREAKING THE ICE: COOPERATION FOR (KTH), Stockholm: Guðbjörg Ríkey Thoroddssen Hauksdóttir, PhD student, Development of Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based Computing to Russia University of Iceland RISE SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE EXPLOITATION Takashi Kikuchi: Marine ecosystem and Fishery Overview of the Russia's Arctic Future Scenarios – 2050 Report Provide Enhanced Arctic Information Products for Copernicus Gauri Gupta, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Organized by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the Icelandic OF ARCTIC SEA ROUTES Yuichiro Fujioka, Lecturer, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Moderator: Peter Hinchliffe OBE, Former Secretary General Studies, Kyushu University: Co-producing of New Knowledge • Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences University Arctic Cooperation Network and the International Arctic Science International Chamber of Shipping, Independent Maritime Consultant Association; Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa Organized by EU Polar Cluster members: ARICE, KEPLER, Clark Yuan, Harvard Kennedy School Committee (IASC) ARCSAR, with ExtremeEarth Daisuke Doi, Deputy Director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan • Marya S. Rozanova, Advisor, Russian State Emily Fry, Harvard Kennedy School Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level 17:00 – 18:30 SCIENCE MEETS SOCIETY: TOWARD THE Hydrometeorological University; Professioral Lecturer, George CO-DESIGNING OF ARCTIC RESEARCH Moderator: Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Associate Professor, National Washington University Alicia Nelson, Harvard School of Public Health SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Institute of Polar Research Organized by the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) Siddarth Shrikanth, Harvard Kennedy School Paul Morin, Director, Polar Geospatial Center, University of DISCUSSANTS Peter Hinchliffe OBE, Former Secretary General International Project, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, JAMSTEC, Minnesota: Chamber of Shipping, Independent Maritime Consultant Lassi Heininen, PhD, Research Director, University of Helsinki Petter Nikolai Rønning, President, The Student Parliament, UiT – ArcticDEM; How the Arctic Leads the Way in Understanding Topographic Hokkaido University The Arctic University of Norway Change Nicole Biebow, Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Mikhail A. Pogodaev, Deputy Minister for the Arctic Development Wegener Institute: and Indigenous Peoples Affairs, Government of the Sakha Republic Kyong Sa Ri, Student, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Martin Sharp, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Alberta, Overview of ARICE and ARICE Project and EU Polar Cluster SPEAKERS MODERATORS Maren Irene Gåre Bakkevoll, Student, UiT – The Arctic Canada: University of Norway Recent Glacier Mass Loss in Arctic Canada and its Drivers Nick Hughes, KEPLER Coordinator, Norwegian Meteorological Masao Fukasawa, Project Director, Arctic Challenge for Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences Institute, Leader of the Norwegian Ice Service: Sustainability (ArCS), Japan Association, Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:00 – 18:30 FULBRIGHT IN THE ARCTIC – MEET THE Josée Lavoie, Professor, University of Manitoba, Director, Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level SPEAKERS Nicola Crook, PhD Researcher, University of Strathclyde Centre Elisabeth Hamdouch, Deputy Head of Unit, Copernicus Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing: Development of Optimal for Environmental Law and Governance: Scotland Paving the Way in Infrastructure Unit, European Commission: Evolution in the EU's SCIENTISTS Models of Contracting in Health in Indigenous Environments SPEAKERS Alessandro Rainoldi, Head of the Territorial Development Unit, Global Island Governance: From Rhetoric to Reality Copernicus Services to Meet Priority User Needs in the Artic Joint Research Centre, Directorate B – Growth and Innovation, Organized by Fulbright Commission Iceland, in cooperation with Katie Cueva, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at Large for the Arctic, European Commission: Smart Specialisation Concept from the EU to Annastina Sarlin, Manager, Nordic Archipelago Cooperation: Jouni Pulliainen, Director of Space and Arctic Research, Finnish the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Anchorage, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar: European Union: Mutations in the Arctic Political Security Landscape – the Arctic Empowering Islands Communities, A Nordic Perspective Meteorological Institute: Affairs and the National Science Foundation Community Health Workers in The Circumpolar North Observations from the EU Perspective on Different Use-Cases in the Arctic Jukka Teräs, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio: Magnus Davidson, Researcher, University of Highlands and Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Gwen Healy Akearok, Co-Founder, Executive and Scientific Ólöf Hrefna Kristjánsdóttir, Director International Operations, Smart Specialisation in Sparsely Populated European Arctic Regions Islands: Michael Kern, Scientist, Advisory Committee for Earth Observation, Defence Directorate, Ministry for Foreign Affairs Director, Quajigiartiit Health Research Center: Health Research Lina Stanionyte, The Role of Academic Campuses in Rural and Islands Areas: The Case European Space Agency: Evolution of the European Earth Observation SPEAKERS Conducted Locally, by Northerners, and with Communities, in a Iceland in the Arctic, Security Challenges and Regional Cooperation Project Officer, Smart Specialisation Platform, of The University of The Highlands and Islands Space Assets to Meet Priority User Needs in the Arctic Supportive, Safe, Culturally Responsive, and Ethical Environment Joint Research Centre, European Commission: Good Practice Cases of Adam Netzer Zimmer, PhD student, University of Massachusetts Vice Admiral (ret) Lutz Feldt, Director, Wise Pen International, Building Linkages in Smart Specialisation in the Arctic Sheila Downer, Strategic Northern Liaison, Office of Public Kimmo Kanto, Head of Space, Business Finland: Amherst, Fulbright-NSF Arctic research fellow, University of Iceland: Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, National Germany: Change of the Military Situation in the Arctic Engagement, Memorial University; Vice President, Finance, Understanding Inequality through Icelandic Anatomical Collections Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University Kristiina Jokelainen, Director of International Relations and S3 A Perspective of the Finnish Presidency of the EU Professor Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair and Implementations for Lapland, Regional Council of Lapland: Development and Engagement, UArctic: Connecting Communities and Nicholas Robinson, PhD student, University of California Davis, of Greenland: Professor, Trent University, Canada: Businesses in Rural and Northern Areas Council on the Space Business Ecosystem Understanding Health Among Indigenous Populations in the Arctic Lapland's Leadership in Transnational S3 Partnerships Fulbright-NSF Arctic research fellow, University of Iceland: An Important International Crossroads: A Canadian Perspective on the Dan-Claudiu Chirondojan, Director of JRC Space, Security and Diversification and Sustainability of Subarctic Agriculture and Food Overview of Fulbright Opportunities in the Arctic Changing Arctic Defence and Security Environment Moderator: Inger Midtkandal, Science and Technology 17:00 – 18:30 EU SPACE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE IN Migration: The Studies Performed by JRC on the Synergies Between Systems MODERATORS Counsellor, Research Council of Norway Different Space Programmes for the Arctic. • Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright Commission THE ARCTIC Greta Wells, PhD candidate, University of Texas Austin, Fulbright- Iceland Commander Andreas Hildenbrand, Program Director 17:00 – 18:30 EMPOWERING RURAL AND ISLANDS Organized by the European Union: the European Commission's Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of the Arctic and Environment Unit, Saami NSF Arctic research fellow, University of Iceland: Reconstructing Council: Glacial Lake Outburst Floods along the Hvítá River and Gullfoss European Security Seminar North, George C. Marshall European Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, • Michael Hawes, Chief Executive Officer, Fulbright Canada Center for Security Studies COMMUNITIES: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN Living in the Arctic – Climate Change and Needs for Information and Waterfall Entrepreneurship (DG GROW), the European External Action Services Moderator: Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright SCOTLAND AND THE ARCTIC Lauren Fields, Foreign Affairs Specialist, NOAA, Fulbright-MFA Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, Service (EEAS) with the support of Finland under their Commission Iceland Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland Organized by the Scottish Government Presidency of the Council of the EU Reinhard Blasi, Project Officer, GSA: Arctic Scholar, University of Akureyri: Fisheries Management: Iceland Overview of Current and Future Market Uptake Activities for EGNSS and the Central Arctic Ocean Agreement Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level 17:00 – 18:30 ENHANCED ARCTIC SECURITY 17:00 – 18:30 SMART SPECIALISATION IN THE ARCTIC Services Lára Jóhannsdóttir, Professor, University of Iceland, Fulbright COOPERATION REGIONS SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Snorre Greil, Project Manager and the National Competent Authority Arctic Initiative Scholar: The Role of Non-Life Insurance Companies in Representative for CleanSeaNet and Copernicus, Icelandic Coast Economic Development in the Arctic Organized by George C. Marshall European Center for Security Organized by European Commission's Joint Research Centre H.E. Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Paul Flament, Head of Unit, Galileo and EGNOS Programme Guard: Studies, Germany and Centre for Arctic Studies, University of Islands, Scottish Government, Arctic Policy Framework and National Management, European Commission: Soili Nysten-Haarala, Professor, University of Lapland, Fulbright Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Ship Routing and Navigation Arctic Initiative Scholar scholar: Iceland Islands Plan: The Scottish Government's Participative Approach at EU Space Programmes, Today and in the Future Empowering Rural Communities Moderator: Kamil Kiljański, Head of Unit, Space Data for Comparing Corporate Social Responsibility and Benefit Sharing Éric Laliberté, Director General, Space Utilization, Canadian Space Societal Challenges and Growth, European Commission Schemes of Resource Extracting Industries in the Arctic Agency, Canadian Space: Initiatives and their Benefits to the Arctic Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:00 – 18:30 POLAR LAW: THE LAW OF INDIGENOUS Julie Decker, Director/CEO, Anchorage Museum Peter Deakin, Innovation Advisor, Chalmers University of Technology Commentator: Kristján Björnsson, Bishop in Skálholt Diocese, 17:00 – 18:30 SMART AND CONNECTED ARCTIC 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC-GLOBAL INDIGENOUS Innovation Office, Representative of SNITTS, Sweden Iceland, Member of the Board of IRR PEOPLES Marek Ranis, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at ENGINEERING – THE KEY TO A BETTER DIALOGUE: INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP, Charlotte, and Curator-at-Large, Anchorage Museum Moderator: Mona Wan, Associate Director, Stanford Office of LIFE IN THE COLD SELF-GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL Organized by the University of Akureyri Technology Licensing, US 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC WETLANDS: HOW CAN Monica Shah, Director of Collections, Anchorage Museum Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level THEY CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE Organized by International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) BIODIVERSITY Bodil Kjelstrup, Curator, Anchorage Museum and Nordnorsk 17:00 – 18:30 FAITH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Location: Þór Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel – see map Organized by Nia Tero and Arctic Circle SPEAKERS Kunstmuseum CHANGE MITIGATION AND HEALTHY FOR SDGS IN THE ARCTIC Tukumminnguaq Nykjær Olsen, M.A. Candidate, Ilisimatusarfik ECOSYSTEMS? SPEAKERS Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Organized by Evangelic Lutheran Church of Iceland; Institute – University of Greenland: Inuit Legal Principles and Living Resource 17:00 – 18:30 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE Organized by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Anne Barker, Arctic Program Leader, National Research Council, Open, consultative meeting Management in Kalaallit Nunaat ARCTIC – MOBILIZING SCIENCE ACROSS on Religion and Reconciliation (IRR); Institute of Theology, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group Government of Canada: University of Iceland; Faith and Community (F&C) Kamrul Hossain, Research Professor & Director, Northern Institute THE NORDICS of the Arctic Council, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Engineering Research for Robust Arctic Community Infrastructure CHAIR for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland: Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map (SEPA), Icelandic Institute of Natural History (NI) and the Tatiana Alekseeva, Peter Seligmann, CEO, Nia Tero Negotiating the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within the Framework of Organized by Auðna – Technology Transfer Office Iceland, Aalto Scientific Researcher, Arctic and Antarctic Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) Research Institute: International Law University, Finland and the Technical University of Denmark SPEAKERS Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Recent Climate Changes of Sea Ice and its Influence on the Arctic Tanja Joona, Senior Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of (DTU) Mark MacDonald, Indigenous Bishop, Anglican Church in Canada; Infrastructure Lapland: Chairman, World Council of Churches in North America Location: Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation SPEAKERS Natsuhiko Otsuka, Professor, Hokkaido University Arctic Research Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in Finland and Sweden – – see map Contemporary Perspectives Peter Fischer-Møller, Bishop of Roskilde; Member, Executive Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Center: SPEAKERS Committee of the Danish Counsel of Churches; Participant, Working Fauna Secretariat (CAFF): Commercial and Navigational Feasibility of the Northern Sea Route Antje Neumann, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University Group on the Green Church in Denmark Brief Intro on Wetlands within Arctic Council/CAFF of Akureyri: Vladislav Isaev, Leading Researcher, Moscow State University: Dag Finne, Head of Marine, VIS Innovasjon, Norway Cassandra Carmichael, Executive Director, National Religious Protecting the Sacred in the Finnish Sápmi: Settings and Challenges Marcus Carson: Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands Arctic Coastal Retreat – Risk for the Indigenous People and Industrial Einar Mäntylä, CEO, Auðna – Technology Transfer Office Iceland Partnership for the Environment, Washington DC, US Projects Borgþór Magnússon, Research Scientist, Icelandic Institute of 17:00 – 18:30 NORTH AT THE CENTER: CREATIVITY & Janne Laine, Vice President of Innovation, Aalto University, Finland Beatrice Dossah, Programme Officer, Environmental Protection Natural History: Wetlands of Iceland: Status and Restoration? Hajime Yamaguchi, Professor, Department of Ocean Technology, Agency Ghana and United Nations University Land Restoration Training Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo: Javier L. Arnaut, Assistant Professor of Economics, Ilisimatusarfik THE FUTURE OF PLACE Programme, Iceland Victoria Rose Buschman, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Outlook on Maritime Transport for Sustainable Arctic – University of Greenland Working Group of the Arctic Council (CAFF); University of Washington: Organized by Anchorage Museum Jim Antal, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the General Minister, Michael André Jonsson, Senior Business Developer, DTU Indigenous Perspectives and Engagement in Wetlands Management MODERATORS Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level President, United Church of Christ Technology Transfer Office, Denmark Eyþór Eðvarðsson, Icelandic Wetland Fund, Restoring Wetlands: Hajime Yamaguchi, Professor, Department of Ocean Technology, Moderator: Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir, Professor, Member of Getting Things Moving Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo, Japan SPEAKERS the Board of the Institute on Religion and Reconciliation Alevtina Evgrafova, PhD candidate, Institute of Geography, Soil Science Group, University of Bern, Switzerland International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis www.iiasa.ac.at

NORTH ATLANTIC STRATEGIC PARTNERS Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 CONNECTING ARCTIC SCIENCE WITH 18:30 – 19:30 NORTHERN NATION BUILDING: FOUR BIG of Akureyri; and Rif Research Station, International Arctic 18:30 – 19:30 ARCTIC (IN)SECURITIES: OLD AND NEW SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Science Committee (IASC) SOCIETY: LESSONS LEARNED AND VISIONS TRANSFORMING CANADA'S Organized by Centre for Arctic Studies, University of Iceland Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir, Professor of Icelandic Linguistics, Ari Kristinn Jónsson, PhD, Rector, Reykjavik University: PROGRESS ARCTIC Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level University of Iceland Engaging Graduate Students in Projects to Meet Immediate Economic Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level and Environmental Challenges Organized by EU-PolarNet and Nunayartuk (Alfred Wegener Organized by Hill+Knowlton Strategies and NORSTRAT SPEAKERS Jóhanna Vigdís Guðmundsdóttir, Director of Almannarómur – SPEAKERS Center for Language Technology Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) Consulting Inc., Ottawa, Canada Jón S. Ólafsson, Senior Scientist, Marine & Freshwater Research Chair, Fram Centre Advisory Board: Sustainability for the Next Institute: State of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Page Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Iceland H.E. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for Education, Science and Location: Silfurberg B, Harpa Second Level Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map Costs, Capabilities and Coordination: NORDEFCO at Ten Culture, Iceland Generation(s) through Research and Education Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir, Station Manager, Rif Field Judy Tupper, DHEd, Director, Population Healthy and Policy Program, SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Station, Northeast-Iceland Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor, International Affairs, PANEL Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland: University of Southern Maine: Advancing Academic Collaboration Attilio Gambarbella, Policy Officer, European Commission: John Higginbotham, Sr. Fellow, Centre for International Jill R. Welter, PhD, Program Coordinator and Instructor, Masters Vivian Motzfeldt, President, the West Nordic Council, Member of Between Arctic and Non-Arctic Institutions: Facilitators and Challenges EC Statement on its Role in Arctic Research for Society Governance Innovation: Canada's New Arctic Policy Framework: Time Iceland's Foreign and Security Policy Program in Climate Change and Global Sustainability, School for Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic Parliament Rafn Helgason, Student, University of Iceland: The Student to Think Big Again International Training, Graduate Institute, University Centre of Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor, Ilisimatusarfik (University of Kirsi Latola, Research coordinator, Thule Institute, University of Oulu: Henrik Old, Member of the Faroese Parliament; Second Vice Perspective: How to Engage This Generation to Save the Next? Catherine MacQuarrie, Deputy Secretary, Federal Engagement, the Westfjords, Iceland: Nutrient Transport and Cycling in Arctic Greenland): The Triangle Drama of Pituffik/Thule? Stakeholder Engagement in Arctic Research – Lessons learned President, West Nordic Council Moderator: Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector, University of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, Freshwaters: Potential Trajectories and Implications for Food Webs Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor, UiT – The Arctic University Joan Nymand Larsen, Professor, University of Akureyri and Akureyri Canada: A Vision for Strengthening Canada's Position in The Arctic Skúli Skúlason, Professor, Hólar University College and the of Norway: The Rule that Disproves the Exception? How the Arctic Guðjón S. Brjánsson, Member of the Icelandic Parliament; First Stefansson Arctic Institute: Science for Socioeconomic Adaptation – Became Securitised Vice President, West Nordic Council An Example from the Arctic Coasts Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of Iqaluit, Canada: Big Visions for Icelandic Museum of Natural History: The Value of Biodiversity in Small Communities Northern Freshwaters: Implications for Society and Ethics of Nature Maria Lagutina, Associate Professor, St Petersburg State Moderator: Sigurður Ólafsson, Secretary General, West Nordic Marie-Noelle Houssais, Research Director, CNRS-LOCEAN, University: Council Chargée de mission, National Institute of Universe Sciences, National Brian Burke, Executive Director, Nunavut Fisheries Association: Þorvarður Árnason, Director, University of Iceland's Research Center for Scientific Research, France: Harnessing Science and Harvesting Fish: Sustainable Fisheries Centre in Hornafjörður: Picturing the Climate Crisis: 3D Visualizations Russia's Arctic Security Policy of Glacier Recession as a Vehicle for Environmental Communication CROSSROADS: ACTION NOW – ENGAGING Co-Developing Research that Benefits Society – Lessons Learned Management by and for the Northerners Moderator: Page Wilson, Associate Professor, University of 18:30 – 19:30 Nicole Biebow, Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred Moderator: Lee Carson, President, NORSTRAT Consulting Inc Victoria Rose Buschman, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Iceland THIS GENERATION TO SAVE THE NEXT – Wegener Institute: Implementing Science for Society – Next Steps Working Group of the Arctic Council (CAFF); University of Washington: ARCTIC EDUCATION Indigenous Connections to Changing Freshwater Resource 18:30 – 19:30 PRESERVING ARCTIC LANGUAGES: A Moderator: Hugues Lantuit, Nunataryuk Project Coordinator, 18:30 – 19:30 CHANGING FRESHWATER RESOURCES: Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine Halldór Björnsson, Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany SOCIAL, ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Climatologist WEST NORDIC PERSPECTIVE North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; Reykjavík Moderator: Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, Glaciologist, Icelandic Organized by the West Nordic Council University; University of Akureyri; University of Iceland IMPLICATIONS Meteorological Office Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Organized by Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; Icelandic Meteorological Office; Marine & Freshwater Institute; University Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT 18:30 – 19:30 SMALL SCALE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY 18:30 – 19:30 RESTORING SEA ICE IN THE ARCTIC Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University Heiðar Guðjónsson, Managing Director, Ursus; Chairman, Arctic 18:30 – 19:30 BRAZIL AND THE SUSTAINABILITY OF of Greenland IN THE ARCTIC IN THE NORTH – BUILDING GLOBAL AND LOCAL Economic Council: The Arctic Investment Protocol THE ARCTIC Ingelise Olesen, Indigenous Research Coordinator, Centre for Anthony Field, WWF-UK Arctic Sustainable Development Manager: Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), United Organized by Cold Regions Research and Engineering COLLABORATIONS Organized by SE2T International, Ltd; & Hellebust International Public Health in Greenland, University of Greenland and University of New Research on Main Business Sectors Operating in the Arctic Kingdom Laboratory (CRREL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Organized by Ice911 Southern Denmark Consulting AS (Norway) Development Center Moderator: Anthony Field, WWF-UK Arctic Sustainable Location: Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Christine Ingemann, Scientific Assistant, Centre for Public Health Development Manager Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level – see map Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level in Greenland, University of Greenland and University of Southern SPEAKERS Denmark SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SPEAKERS 18:30 – 19:30 SUPERCOMPUTING FOR INTERNATIONAL Peter Wadhams, Professor Emeritus, Head of the Polar Ocean Felix Lockhart, Dene Elder, Traditional Advisor and Facilitator; Sergio Trindade, President, SE2T International, Ltd: Sustainability Shaleen Woodward, Deputy Secretary, Indigenous and Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Member of Community of Practice ARCTIC SCIENCE of the Build-Operate-Decommission Cycle: The Context for Brazil in Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge Organized by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory the Arctic Canada Microgrids and Rural Community Power Generation Moderator: Kimberly Fairman, Executive Director, Institute for Nagruk Harcharek, Director, Barrow Operations and Vice Circumpolar Health Research (NREL), Golden, Colorado, US; United States Department of Celma Regina Hellebust, President, Hellebust International Chris Horbel, Associate Professor, Department for Cultural and Robert Yost, President, American Wind Inc; Inventor of the President of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Lands Energy (US DOE) Consulting AS: Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Facilities in High Social Studies, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences; Associate Microcube wind turbine: Compact Wind in the Arctic Stake Environments – The Brazilian Experience Professor, Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Leslie Field, Founder and CEO, ICE911 Research; Lecturer, Stanford 18:30 – 19:30 WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Economics, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Mary Albert, PhD, Professor and Executive Director of the U.S. Ice IN THE ARCTIC AND ARE COMPANIES Leonardo Mattos, Professor, Brazilian Navy War College: Drilling program, Dartmouth: Energy Needs of a Rural Community in Anthony Manzara, Scientist, Ice911 Research SPEAKERS The Brazilian Experience in Antarctica and its Relevance to the Arctic Nathan Reigner, Principal, Recreation & Tourism Science, US PROMOTING IT? the Arctic – Qaanaaq Greenland Moderator: Stephanie Lapensee, Senior Vice President, Steven Hammond, Director, Computational Science Center, Sarah Johnson, CEO, We Are LOTUS, UK Arnór Eiðsson, Árteigur: Micro Hydro in the Arctic Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships, Ice911 Organized by WWF – World Wildlife Fund/World Wide Fund for National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, US Alexa Tonkavich, Consultant, We Are LOTUS, US Nature Ari Kristinn Jónsson, PhD, Rector, Reykjavik University Joachim Karthäuser, CTO & Founder, Climeon: 18:30 – 19:30 COMMUNITY OF PRATICE IN THE ARCTIC: Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, Harvard University; US Lead, Polar Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Robert K. Dixon, Modular Geothermal in the Arctic PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN GREENLAND Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research and Policy Initiative, US SPEAKERS International Affairs, Department of Energy, Washington, DC, US Moderator: Viktoria Gisladottir, PhD, Research Mechanical AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Jonathan Turner, Director, NLA International, UK Engineer, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), David Martin, Manager of Industry Partnerships and Outreach, Valerie Fogleman, Professor of Law; Consultant, Cardiff University Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, US Høgni Reistrup, Advisor to the Mayor, Torshavn Municipality, Faroe U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center Organized by Institute for Circumpolar Health Research School of Law and Politics; Stevens & Bolton LLP: Islands Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Are liability and Financial Security Bob Fletcher, VP Strategy, Verne Global, Massachusetts, US Systems for Harm to Human Health and the Environment Adequate? Nils Arne Johnsen, Director, Regional Business Development, SPEAKERS Moderator: William Patrowicz, CEO, Kaiser Global, New York, Troms County Council, Norway Kirt Ejesiak, Chairman & CEO, Arctic UAV Inc.: US Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, National Moderator: Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing Development in the Arctic: Perspectives from Nunavut Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, UK FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30 RECEPTION 19:30-20:30, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 18:30 – 19:30 A VISION FOR SHIPPING IN THE ARCTIC • Mike Meredith, Oceanographer and Science Leader, British 19:30 – 20:30 RECEPTION Antarctic Survey Organized by Clean Arctic Alliance Geir Ottersen, Senior Research Scientist, Norwegian Institute of OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY ATTENDEES Location: Þór Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel – see map Hosted by H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Marine Research: Hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland H.E. Guðlaugur Rising Temperatures and Melting Ice: Challenges and Possible Þór Þórðarson Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland SPEAKERS Responses to Changes in Arctic Marine Ecosystems and Fisheries Location: Norðurljós Hall, Harpa Second Level Pen Hadow, Arctic Ocean explorer, oceanographer and Niila Inga, former President, Swedish Sami Association: conservationist; Director, 90 North Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Effects of a Changing Climate on Reindeer Husbandry in Sápmi Pam Pearson, Director, International Cryosphere Climate Initiative Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Sian Prior, Lead Advisor, Clean Arctic Alliance Association: Climate Change in the Arctic – the Perspective of Youth Sean P. Thomas, Vice-President, Crowley Maritime Corporation: Gary Kofinas,Professor Emeritus, Natural Resource Policy and Open to all Assembly attendees Innovations in Arctic Logistics Management, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Resilience in a Rapidly Changing Arctic Moderator: Pen Hadow, Arctic Ocean explorer, oceanographer & conservationist; Director, 90 North Moderator: Peter Winsor, Director of WWF Arctic Programme 18:30 – 19:30 CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC: 18:45 – 20:30 ICELAND VS. FRANCE WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? FOOTBALL MATCH SCREENING Organized by WWF Arctic Programme Organized by Embassy of France, Reykjavík Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Location: Ríma B SPEAKERS The IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere: Implications for a Changing Arctic • Martin Sommerkorn, Head of Conservation, WWF Arctic Programme and Coordinating Lead Author of the Polar Regions chapter of the IPCC SROCC FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 20:30 - 21:30 CHINESE ARCTIC 20:30 – 21:30 RECEPTION: MODERN GREENLANDIC Welcome from the Host Organizations, and Overview SPEAKERS RESEARCH CULTURE on the UArctic Congress 2020 Program Karin Berentsen, Founder, ARCT AS: Principal and founder of ARCT Kirsi Latola, AS: ARCT – A Digital Dialogue Tool for Better Public Involvement and Hosted by Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland Research coordinator, Thule Institute, University of Oulu: Mapping how the UN SDGs Affects a Project UArctic Congress 2020 Science Section and Call for Session Proposals EXPEDITIONS Location: Norðurbryggja, Harpa Ground Level Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for EXHIBITION Guests will have the opportunity to taste Greenland's vibrant 20:30 – 21:30 CIRCUMPOLAR EMPOWERMENT: THE Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: AlaskaNor - Opportunities for Blue Growth in Alaska and North Norway culinary traditions, with a modern twist. PAN-ARCTIC VISION OF A UNITED NORTH PERFORMANCES BY NANOOK AND SMALL TIME GIANTS Moderator: Trine Jonassen, Communications Advisor, High Organized by Troms County Council, Arts Council Norway, Arctic North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business Arts Festival and Nordting School Location: Harpa Corner, 2nd Level WELCOME Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level 20:30 – 21:30 A NEW BOARDGAME FOR A CHANGING ORGANIZED BY: Charlotte Ludvigsen, Mayor of Sermersooq Municipality, SPEAKERS ARCTIC Greenland Ministry of Natural Resources of the P. R. China, Ragnheidur Skuladottir, Director, Arctic Arts Festival, Iceland Organized by ArCS (Arctic Challenge for Sustainability), Japan 20:30 – 21:30 UARCTIC CONGRESS 2020: COMING TO Liv Hanne Haugen, Artist, Nordting (The Northern Assembly) Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Embassy of the P. R. China in Iceland Erik Stifjell, ICELAND Artist, Nordting (The Northern Assembly) SPEAKERS Organized by UArctic, University of Akureyri, Bifröst University, Moderator: Amund Sjølie Sveen, Founder – Nordting (The Northern Assembly) Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Project Associate Profesor, National Institute of Sponsored by: Polar Research Institute of China University Centre of the Westfjords, University of Iceland, Polar Research (NiPR), Japan: Reykjavík University, Iceland University of the Arts, Hólar Japan's National Program Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) University College, and the Agricultural University of Iceland 20:30 – 21:30 DIGITALIZING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN Hajime Kimura, Engineer, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level ARCTIC BLUE GROWTH and Technology (JAMSTEC): The Key Concept of the Arctic Board SPEAKERS Organized by High North Center for Business and Governance, Game: Arctic Science and Governance Nord University, Bodø, Norway Tomokazu Fukui, Science Communicator, National Museum of Lars Kullerud, President, UArctic: Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan): Welcome and General Information on UArctic Congress 2020 Changing Arctic and Science Communication: Why the Board Game? Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector, University of Akureyri: A UN SDG sustainability workshop for Blue Economy projects using digitalizing tools SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 8:00 - 9:00 ARCTIC CIRCLE JAPAN 08:00 – 09:00 US HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH CENTER 08:00 – 09:00 MARINE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES FORUM Organized by University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical IN THE ARCTIC Institute Organized by University of Iceland November 2020 Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS SPEAKERS In connection to Nettie La Belle-Hamer, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Lára Jóhannsdóttir, Professor, Environment and Natural Geophysical Institute; Director, Alaska Satellite Facility; Deputy Director, Resources, University of Iceland: the Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting Geophysical Institute Systemic Risk of Maritime-Related Oil Spills in the Arctic Lori Parrott, Manager, Atmospheric Sciences, Sandia National Catherine Chambers, Director, Coastal and Marine Management, Laboratories (SNL) University Centre of the Westfjords: #ArcticCircle Location: Tokyo Good Marine Governance: Social Aspects of Fisheries and Aquaculture 08:00 – 09:00 SECURING SNOW FOR WINTER TOURISM Laura Malinauskaite, PhD candidate, Environment and Natural Organized by EIT Climate-KIC Resources, University of Iceland: #ArcticCircle2019 Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Socio-Cultural Valuation of Ecosystem Services of Whales in Skjálfandi Bay, Iceland SPEAKERS David Cook, Post-doctoral Researcher, Environment and Natural @_Arctic_Circle Ilona Mettiäinen, Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Resources, University of Iceland: Securing Snow for Winter Tourism – How can a Climate Service Help? Evaluating the Marine EBM of Whale Sanctuaries in the Arctic – The Cases of Faxaflói Bay and Ninginganiq Martin Coath, Senior Affiliated Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland; Associate lecturer, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Snowmaking - Presenting Seasonal Forecast in a Meaningful Way for Business Decisions SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – PLENARY SESSIONS 09:00 - 11:15 #EARTH #ART BUT NOT 09:00 – 09:30 NEW ARCTIC POLICIES 09:30 – 10:00 GREENLAND ON THE WORLD STAGE: 10:20 – 10:35 VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL PARK: ONLY… I. SPEECH: SCOTLAND’S FIRST ARCTIC DIALOGUE WITH DIPLOMATS IN A NEW UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE POLICY FRAMEWORK WASHINGTON, BRUSSELS, REYKJAVÍK SPEECH EXHIBITION Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Energy, AND COPENHAGEN H.E. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Connectivity and the Islands, Scottish Government Minister of Environment and Natural Resources, Location: Norðurbryggja, Harpa Ground Level DIALOGUE Iceland Questions and answers Jacob Isbosethsen, Head of Representation, II. SPEECH: SWITZERLAND’S ARCTIC Greenland Representation to Iceland, Reykjavik 10:35 – 11:15 INUIT: THE FUTURE WE WANT POLICY Mininnguaq Kleist, Head of Representation, Organized in cooperation with Inuit Circumpolar Greenland Representation to the E.U., Brussels Images from the Copernicus Earth Ambassador Stefan Estermann, Head of Council the Sectoral Foreign Policies Division, Swiss Federal Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Head of Representation, OPENING Observation Programme Department of Foreign Affairs Greenland Representation to the United States and Canada, Washington, DC H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman Questions and answers Arctic Circle Lida Skifte Lennert, Head of Representation, CHAIR Greenland Representation in Copenhagen, Denmark PANEL Frederik Paulsen, Founding Member, Swiss Polar CHAIR Verner Hammeken, CEO, Royal Arctic Line A/S, ORGANIZED BY: Institute, Lausanne Greenland H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman European Union – Copernicus Arctic Circle Valerie Davidson, former Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska Sara Olsvig, 10:00 – 10:20 CarbFix – TURNING C02 TO STONE Director, UNICEF, Greenland SPEECH Natan Obed, President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, the national Inuit organization of Canada Edda Sif Aradóttir, Project Manager, Orkuveita Reykjavíkur – Reykjavík Energy CHAIR Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council 11:15 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:15 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

11:30 – 12:15 AVIATION IN THE ARCTIC 11:30 – 12:15 ARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND 11:30 – 12:15 REALISING THE POTENTIAL OF “A Alexander Sergunin, Professor, St. Petersburg State University: 11:30 – 12:15 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE Sara Olsvig, Head of Programme, UNICEF Denmark: COMMUNITIES: CLOSING THE GAP PREDICTED OCEAN” – WHAT IS NEEDED? Global Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Arctic ARCTIC: ETHICAL AND COMMUNICATION Empowerment of Children and Youth through Promotion of Children's Organized by Isavia Marine Biodiversity – The Russian Perspective Rights Organized by Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance Organized by Blue-Action, DMI, Technical University of CHALLENGES Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami and Law, UNBC Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), SPEAKERS Role of Societal Security in Arctic Policies – From a Global Perspective Organized by University of New England, Harvard University, Council Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level DNV GL - Oil & Gas, Conservation International Verrill LLP Ásgeir Pálsson, Director of Air Navigation Division, Isavia June Borge Doornich, NORD University Eva Maria-Svensson, Deputy Head, Department of Law, SPEAKERS Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Gothenburg University Sigrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Director of Regional Airports, Isavia THE POLAR SILK ROAD: PAN-ARCTIC Issát Turi, Saami Reindeer Herder, Kautokeino, Norway Halldór Jóhannsson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal, Iceland: SPEAKERS 11:30 – 12:15 SPEAKERS Þórdís Sigurðardóttir, Manager, Isavia COOPERATION: IMPLEMENTATION AND Business Infrastructure in the Arctic – The Arctic Business Directive Mark Payne, Senior Researcher, Technical University of Denmark, Benjamin Ford, Partner, Verrill, LLP Anastasia Ulturgasheva, Researcher, Icelandic Arctic and Communities National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) IMPACT Cooperation Network, Stefansson Arctic Institute 11:30 – 12:15 A SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE Holly Parker, Assistant Provost, Strategic Initiatives, University of Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences Øivin Aarnes, Principal Specialist, Environmental Risk and Organized by Science Diplomacy Center, Fletcher School of Law New England Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor of International CHANGE, CLIMATE JUSTICE & HUMAN Association, Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa: Preparedness, DNV GL – Oil & Gas Affairs, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland and Diplomacy, Tufts University Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, Harvard RIGHTS Tundra Tracks: Understanding Informal Multipurpose Pathway Moderator: Stefán Skjaldarson, Chair, Sustainable Infrastructure in the Arctic Johann Bell, Senior Director - Pacific Tuna Fisheries, Conservation Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level University; US Lead Polar Research and Policy Initiative Organized by the Scottish Parliament International Development Working Group, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland Natalia Loukacheva, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level SPEAKERS 11:30 – 12:15 LEADERSHIP, ARCTIC GENDER EQUALITY Governance and Law, University of Northern British Columbia, 11:30 – 12:15 GLOBALARCTIC: FROM A THEORETICAL 11:30 – 12:15 EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Canada: Communications Infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic and Mia Bennett, Assistant Professor, Geography Department and AND DIVERSITY SPEAKERS Communities: Closing the Gap CONCEPT TO A GOVERNANCE School of Modern Languages & Cultures (China Studies Programme), Organized by China Investment Research Gillian Martin MSP, University of Hong Kong Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; the Convener, Environment, Climate Change and MODERATORS INSTRUMENT Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Land Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament Marc Lantigne, Associate Professor, Political Science (China, East Nordic Council of Ministers; the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Organized by GlobalArctic Project in collaboration with Network; Icelandic Directorate of Equality; Centre for Arctic Elisa Morgera, Professor, Global Environmental Law and Co- Natalia Loukacheva, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Asia, Polar Region), UiT the Arctic University of Norway SPEAKERS Governance and Law, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security; PEEX program/ Studies, University of Iceland; University of Akureyri Director, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, Thematic Network – Arctic Boreal Hub Qingchao Xu, PhD, Visiting scholar of the Science Diplomacy Center, Henry Tillman, Founder and Chairman, China Investment Research University of Strathclyde Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Violetta Gassiy, Professor, Kuban State University, Russian Fletcher School of Tufts University, US: Zhang Pei, Research Fellow, Shanghai Institutes for International Federation Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Finlay Carson MSP, Deputy Convener, Environment, Climate The Polar Silk Road and China's Arctic Policy Goals SPEAKERS Studies Change and Land Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament SPEAKERS Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson, Project Coordinator, Icelandic Arctic Additional speakers to be announced Charlotte Hartley, Member of the Just Transition Commission and Hanna K. Lappalainen Research coordinator, INAR & PEEX, Cooperation Network Board Trustee at 2050 Climate Group (via Skype) University of Helsinki: Global Relevance of Observation and Modelling of Arctic-Boreal Domain SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:15 LUNCH 12:15-13:00, Saturday, October 12th 11:30 – 12:15 WORLD HERITAGE AND LARGE-SCALE Eystein Jansen/Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen: PROTECTED AREAS IN THE ARCTIC How Vulnerable is the Greenland Ice Sheet? BREATHING CITIES Organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Hosted by Arctic Green Energy Resources, Iceland 12:15 – 13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH Corporation Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS Snorri Baldursson, Dean, Agricultural University of Iceland Hosted by Arctic Green Energy Óli Halldórsson, Chair, Central Highlands National Park Founding Open to All Assembly Participants Committee Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat (CAFF) Moderator: Sigríður Víðis Jónsdóttir, political advisor to the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources. 11:30 – 12:15 THE ARCTIC HAS ENTERED A NEW PHASE OF ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE Organized by University of Bergen, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research & Academia Europaea Bergen Knowledge hub Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level SPEAKERS Eystein Jansen, Professor, University of Bergen/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research: Are Ongoing Climate Change in the Arctic Abrupt in the Perspective of Past Abrupt Changes? Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen, Professor, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen: What are the Expected Future Changes in Arctic and Greenland Climates in the Future Due to Continued Manmade Climate Forcing SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – PLENARY SESSIONS 13:00 - 16:15 INUIT QAUJIMAJATUQANGIT:

13:00 – 13:30 TOWARDS A NEW ARCTIC STRATEGY 14:00 – 14:20 SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: CRYOSPHERE Antje Boetius, Professor, Director of the Alfred ART, ARCHITECTURE AND FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION CHANGES AND THEIR IMPACTS ON THE Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany THIRD POLE Halldór Björnsson, Leader of Atmospheric SPEAKERS Research, Icelandic Met Office TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Senator Jean Bizet, President of the European SPEECH Affairs Committee, Senate of France CHAIR Exhibition Yao Tandong, Professor, Honorary Director, Institute Ambassador Jari Vilen, Senior Adviser for Arctic of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy Brynhildur Davíðsdóttir, Professor, Head of Policy, European Political Strategy Centre (EPSC) of Sciences; Member of the Chinese Academy of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Iceland Questions and answers Sciences Location: Himnastiginn CHAIR CHAIR 15:15 – 15:30 ARCTIC CIRCLE PRIZE CEREMONY H.E. Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at large Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson,CEO, Arctic Circle A first of its kind in Canadian art history, for Arctic Affairs, European External Action Service 15:30 – 16:15 KEYNOTE BY THE HONORABLE JOHN traditional Inuit knowledge has been integrated 14:20 – 14:35 BRINGING ANIMALS BACK TO THE KERRY, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF into the architecture of the new Canadian High 13:30 – 13:40 THE GLOBALARCTIC MISSION COUNCIL OF ARCTIC: A NEW WAY TO FIGHT CLIMATE STATE ARCTIC CIRCLE: STATEMENT BY THE Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Ikaluktutiak, CHANGE SPEECH CHAIR, PROFESSOR LASSI HEININEN Nunavut. Artists from across Inuit Nunangat SPEAKER Hon. John Kerry, former United States Secretary SPEAKER Nikita Zimov, Director, Pleistocene Park of State territories created works illustrating the Lassi Heininen, Research Director, Institute for Questions and answers contribution of the ingenuity and inventiveness Atmospheric and Earth Research, University of 14:35 – 15:15 ARCTIC TIPPING POINTS Helsinki CHAIR of past and present Inuit peoples to the Organized in cooperation with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman development of science and technology. 13:40 – 14:00 SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: LIVE LINK TO THE Arctic Circle MOSAiC EXPEDITION SPEAKERS ORGANIZED BY: EVOQ Architecture 16:15 – 16:30 COFFEE BREAK INTRODUCTION Stefan Rahmstorf, Professor, Head of Earth System Analysis, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Anja Sommerfeld, MOSAiC Project Manager, Research, Germany Alfred Wegener Institute CURATED BY: Isabelle Laurier DIALOGUE WITH SCIENTISTS ON BOARD Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 16:30 - 17:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

16:30 – 17:30 RESTORING SEA ICE IN THE ARCTIC Nadine Kleemann, Research Assistant, Greenland Perspective: Moderator: Larry Hinzman, Vice Chancellor Research, Lars Otto Reiersen, Senior Advisor, UiT – The Arctic University 16:30 – 17:30 THE WEST NORDIC REGION AND ARCTIC 16:30 – 17:30 CLIMATE JUSTICE AND OUR RIGHT TO BE – IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC AND Video Fieldnotes from the Nationally Representative Greenlandic University of Alaska Fairbanks of Norway GOVERNANCE: CELEBRATING THE WEST COLD Perspectives Survey (GPS) ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS NORDIC STUDIES PROGRAMME Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa Kelton Minor, PhD student, Social and Behavioral Data Science, 16:30 – 17:30 DEFINING A ROADMAP FOR ARCTIC 16:30 – 17:30 CROSSROADS: ACTION NOW – ARCTIC Organized by Ice911 University of Copenhagen and Kraks Fond Institute for Urban OBSERVING POLITICS: DEALING WITH THE URGENCY Organized by University of Akureyri Company LLC. Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Research: Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Mapping Public Opinion about Environmental Change and Adaptation Organized by Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) OF CHANGE SPEAKERS Across Greenland Location: Þór Icelandic Coast Guard Vessel – see map Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine SPEAKERS SPEAKERS North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; University Peter Wadhams, Professor Emeritus, Head of the Polar Ocean SPEAKERS Astri Dankertsen, Associate Professor in Sociology, Nord Esau Sinnok, Senior at University of Alaska Fairbanks studying Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and 16:30 – 17:30 LESSONS FROM ALASKA: PARTNERING of Iceland; Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs University, Norway: Arctic Studies and Indigenous Perspectives at Alaska Native Studies: How Climate Change Has Affected My Home and State Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge FOR A RESILIENT AND SECURE ARCTIC Sandy Starkweather, Vice-Chair, SAON, NOAA, USA Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Nord University: Some Reflections on How to Include Indigenous Advancing SAON's Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems Perspectives in University Programmes Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Climate – NATIONAL LABS AND UNIVERSITY OF Nagruk Harcharek, Director, Barrow Operations and Vice SPEAKERS President of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Lands Governance Initiative (C2G) ALASKA FAIRBANKS Andrea Tilche, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Studies, University The Path Towards an Integrated Arctic Observing System: A New Push Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor, International Affairs, of Iceland: Arctic Issues– Emerging Opportunities and New Concerns? Candice Pedersen, Enforcement Office, Government of Nunavut: Leslie Field, Founder and CEO, ICE911 Research; Lecturer, Stanford U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, from the Arctic Science Ministerials Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland: Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor in Political Science, How Nunavut Inuit are Adapting to a Changing Climate using Anthony Manzara, Scientist, ICE911 Research Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Árni Snorrason, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Global Cryosphere The Importance of Gender and Equality in Forming the Arctic Future Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland): Regional Cooperation in the Technology (Siku) Moderator: Steve Payne, Governing Board Member, Ice911 Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks Watch (GCW): Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor, Critical Peace and Conflict North Atlantic: The Case of the West-Nordic Council Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level The Contribution of WMO and the Arctic National Hydrological and Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Hallbera West, Programme Director, West Nordic Studies, University Meteorological Services towards Arctic Observations Adapt or Resist – Resilience in Times of Change 16:30 – 17:30 GREENLANDIC PERSPECTIVES ON SPEAKERS of the Faroe Islands: Political Control of the Development in the Arctic ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE – VISUAL Raychelle Daniel, Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts: Beate Steinveg, PhD student: region: The Case of the Faroe Islands Lori Parrott, Manager, Arctic Science and Security, Sandia National Arctic Indigenous Peoples Food Security Perspective on Enhancing an Arctic conferences: Do They Have an Impact? Ragnheiður Elfa Þorsteinsdóttir, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, INSIGHTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY Laboratories (SNL) Arctic Observing Framework Charles Norchi, Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law Director, University of Akureyri, Iceland: Organized by Greenland Perspective, Ilisimatusarfik (University Nettie LaBelle Hamer, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Hajo Eicken, Director, Professor of Geophysics, University of Alaska, Center for Oceans and Coastal Law, University of Maine School of Natural Resource Governance and Review of the Icelandic Constitution of Greenland) and University of Copenhagen Geophysical Institute; Director, Alaska Satellite Facility; Deputy Fairbanks, USA: Building a Community of Practice around Sustained Law: Director, Geophysical Institute Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Arctic Observations Scholars of the Arctic: The Urgency of Actionable Research Matthew Heavner, Global Security, Intelligence, and Emerging MODERATORS Moderator: Glenn Cummings, PhD, President, University of SPEAKERS Threats, Los Alamos National Laboratory Southern Maine, US Sandy Starkweather, Executive Director - US Arctic Observing Minik Rosing, Professor, University of Copenhagen: Jill Brandenberger, Operational Readiness and Assurance, Pacific Network, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Introducing the Greenland Perspective Initiative Northwest National Laboratory Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 16:30 - 17:30 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

16:30 – 17:30 ARCTIC INTERESTS OF THE WEST Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Duncan Phillips, Vice-President Strategic Markets, Mitacs: Kamilla Nørtoft, Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen: Simon Coady, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Inuit/ Canada) John Hirst, Co-Lead Artist, 8Boxes Project: How the 8Boxes Project NORDIC STATES Mitacs's Role as Facilitator in Indigenous Engagement, Research Food, Family and Older People's Social Networks in Greenland Byron Nikolai, Provides a Pan-Arctic Opportunity to Connect Northern Artists with the SPEAKERS Funding and Arctic Innovation Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA (Yup'ik/USA) Work of the Arctic Council and its Sub-Bodies to Enhance its Mission Organized by the West Nordic Council Selma Ford, Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor in Political Science, Tasha Carruthers, Business Development and Northern Relations, 16:30 – 17:30 NARRATIVES REIMAGINED – EXPLORING Moderator: Health Coordinator, Inuit Circumpolar Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) Council, Canada Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level CARPA 3D Construction Corporation: OUTLETS FOR CHANGE WITH THE ARCTIC 16:30 – 17:30 THE CRYOSPHERE CHANGE OVER THE Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor, UiT – The Arctic A Revolutionary Canadian Innovation in 3-D printing for Arctic housing THIRD POLE AND ARCTIC SPEAKERS University of Norway YOUTH NETWORK 16:30 – 17:30 ART & THE CREATIVE SECTOR: Gloria Song, Senior Policy Analyst and Manager of International Organized by Third Pole Environment, Institute of Tibetan Organized by Arctic Youth Network AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF THE ARCTIC Vivian Motzfeldt, President, the West Nordic Council, Member of Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre Engagement at Polar Knowledge Canada: The Role of the Canadian Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic Parliament for Research (RANNÍS), Chair, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) Campus in Arctic Research Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level COUNCIL H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, (SAON) Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level Moderator: Duncan Phillips, Vice-President Strategic Markets, SPEAKERS Organized by Anchorage Museum Iceland Zhang Pei, Deputy Director, Centre for Maritime and Polar Region Mitacs Tandong Yao, Third Pole Environment, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Studies, University Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Megan Dicker, AYN Storyteller, Arctic Youth Network Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences: of Iceland Egill Thor Nielsson, Doctoral Candidate, University of Lapland and 16:30 – 17:30 AGEING AND SOCIAL RELATIONS Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic Youth SPEAKERS Yang Daqing, TPE, China: Arctic and Third Pole Large River Hydrological Regimes and Changes PANEL University of Iceland; Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre for Research Organized by Ageing in the Arctic (AgeArc) Council for the SDGs, Prime Minister's Office, Iceland Bruce Farnsworth, Founding member of Track & Field, Co-Lead (RANNÍS) Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Anna-Katri Kulmala, Entrepreneur, Helsinki Think Company Artist, 8Boxes Project: A Global Overview of Important Examples Jing Gao, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy Vivian Motzfeldt, President, Greenlandic Parliament; President, of Partnerships Between Artists and a Variety of International of Sciences, China: The Comparable Observation of Water Stable West Nordic Council Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki SPEAKERS Moderator: Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Network Organizations as well as Scientific and Policy Initiatives Isotopes in the Third Pole and Arctic Edva Jacobsen, Member of the West Nordic Council Arctic Group, Bodil Kjelstrup, Curator, Anchorage Museum and Nordnorsk Árný Erla Sveinbjörnsdóttir, University of Iceland: Member of the Faroese Parliament Peter Bjerregaard, Professor, University of Southern Denmark: 16:30 – 17:30 CREATES: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN 16:30 – 17:30 COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION IN Determinants of Loneliness among Elderly Inuit in Greenland Kunstmuseum: What are we Learning about Art as an Instrument of Control of Shallow Convection on Water Isotopes in the North Atlantic Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, Member of the West Nordic Council CANADA'S ARCTIC MENTAL WELLNESS EFFORTS IN THE Circumpolar Change and Innovation? The Accumulating Experience of Arctic Group; Former President, West Nordic Council; Member of the Lill Sverresdatter Larsen, Associate Professor, UiT – The the SEED Lab Experiment Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, University of Bergen, Norway: ARCTIC Using Water Vapor Isotope Observations to Constrain the Hydrological Icelandic Parliament Organized by Mitacs Arctic University of Norway: Family Caregivers' Experiences with the Shyanne Chulyin Norwegian Caregiver Course Model Regarding Dementia Diseases Organized in cooperation with the Government of Canada Ch'ivaya Beatty, Alaska Native Heritage Center: Cycle in Climate Models Moderator: Steen Løgstrup Nielsen, Advisor, West Nordic Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Art and Culture at the Heart of Pan-Arctic Planning and Engagement Council Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, National (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs) and Inuit Moderator: Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, University of SPEAKERS Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University Circumpolar Council Embla Eir Oddsdottir, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Bergen, Norway of Greenland: Using Intergenerational Camps to Promote Wellness Network: 16:30 – 17:30 DIVERSITY IN UNITY/UNITY IN DIVERSITY Ken Coates, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, Among Youth and Older People in the Arctic Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level The Lessons and Importance of Arctic Cooperation from a Cross-Sector – THE NORDIC MODELS Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation: The Potential of 21st Perspective. Can the Arctic Council Benefit from Broader Perspectives Century Innovations for the far North – Beneficial or Disruptive? Shelley Cohen Konrad, Professor, University of New England: SPEAKERS on Arctic Futures? Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, in Training in Aging Diversity: An Academic/Community Model for Melody Teddy, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada (Inuit/ cooperation with CNARC Gerontological Education Canada) Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 17:30 - 19:00 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:30 – 19:00 TRAINING ARCTIC INDIGENOUS YOUTH 17:30 – 19:00 LIGHTNING TALKS FROM THE WINNERS Lisa Zoé Auclert, PhD student, Microbiology, Université Laval, 17:30 – 19:00 HIGH-TECH PREVENTION AND Emissions During Summer 2017 as Seen at the Thule High Arctic 17:30 – 19:00 CAPACITY PLANNING FOR TOURISM IN Atmospheric Observatory FOR ARCTIC CHANGE 2019 OF THE MON PROJET NORDIQUE/MY Québec, Canada: Virus Hunting in the Canadian North PREPAREDNESS IN CRITICAL THE ARCTIC – BALANCING ECONOMIC, Marta Moreno Ibàñez, PhD student, Earth and Atmospheric Andrew Kendrick, Vice President, Vard Marine Inc, Fincantieri Organized by UArctic EÁLAT Institute & University of the Arctic NORTHERN PROJECT COMPETITION: Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada: Small ENVIRONMENTS Group, Ottawa, Canada: Determining Safe Speeds for Operating in SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL Institute for Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry PHD STUDENTS FROM QUÉBEC AND THE but Full of Energy: Polar Lows are Anything but a Storm in a Teacup! Organized by Italian Embassy in Oslo & Italian Ministry of Ice Conditions: Design, Technology and Operational Issues Associated PRIORITIES with Navigating Safely and Efficiently in All Ice Conditions Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level NORDICS Imran Riaz Chohan, PhD student, Education, University of Foreign Affairs Organised by EFLA Consulting Engineers and Icelandic Tourism Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Do we Provide what the Changing Research Center SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED Organized by Institut nordique du Québec, Fonds de recherche World of Work Necessitates? A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study on Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level 17:30 – 19:00 GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN THE du Québec, UArctic Facilitating University Graduate Employability in the Arctic SPEAKERS WEST NORDIC COUNTRIES – THE WAY Location: Silfurberg B, Harpa Second Level 17:30 – 19:00 WAITING FOR RESCUE: ENHANCING Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Laurent Ferrier, PhD student, Engineering, Université du SPEAKERS Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada: Design of a Stand-Alone Carmine Robustelli, Special Envoy for the Arctic, Ministry of FORWARD SURVIVABILITY IN THE ARCTIC Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation SPEAKERS Telecommunications Station in an Isolated and Constrained Organized by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Greenland, Oskar Johannesson, Director, Icelandic Tourism Task Force Organized by National Research Council of Canada and Introduction Environment Antonello Provenzale, Research director, Institute of Geoscience Iceland and the Faroe Islands Julia Pars, Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Canadian Coast Guard and Earth Resources, CNR: Managing Director, Visit Greenland Marcus Przybyl, PhD student, Northern Cultures and Natural Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Mr. Jean-Éric Tremblay, Institut nordique de Québec Resource Politics, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Studies Wildfires and Climate: Hints from Mediterranean Europe Høgni Reistrup, Advisor to the Mayor, Torshavn Municipality, Faroe Islands Pirkko Pulkkanen, UArctic on Sámi Shamanism – With Special Attention to the Phenomenon of Roberta Ivaldi, Associate Professor, Italian Hydrographic Institute SPEAKERS PANEL Unity in Diversity and its Relationship to Natural Cycles Tracy Michaud, Thomas Pacoureau, PhD student, Earth Sciences, INRS-ETE, - Italian Navy: Arnacosky in the High North: A Support to a Safety H.E. Jess Svane, Minister of Industry, Energy and Research, Assistant Professor and Chair, Tourism & Hospitality Anne Barker, Arctic Program Leader, National Research Council, Québec, Canada: How Does the Nature of Organic Matter Influences Anaïs Remili, PhD student, Natural Resource Sciences, McGill Navigation in Critical Environments Government of Greenland Program, University of Southern Maine; Lecturer, Masters Of Business University, Québec, Canada: Dual Approach to Understanding Killer Tourism Concentration, Reykjavik University Government of Canada: its Biomineralisation in Arctic Ponds Melania Buffagni, Environmental Manager, Eni Upstream : Panel Introduction and Life-Saving Appliances Use in the Arctic Whale Feeding Ecology in the North Atlantic Ocean H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ray Salter, Marina Titova, PhD student, Cultural Studies, Northern (Arctic) Barents Sea-Norway and North Slope-Alaska: Eni Experience in Oil Spill Iceland Consultant, TRC Tourism Consulting & Chairman, Youth Frigg Jørgensen, Executive Director, AECO – Association of Arctic Cecilia de Bernardi, PhD candidate, Multidimensional Tourism Preparedness and Response Hostel Association NZ, Destination Great Lake Taupo, New Zealand Federal University (NArFU), Archangelsk, Russia: The Idea of the Arctic Institute, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Expedition Cruise Operators as a Means of Cultural Adaptation to the Far North Environment Jenis av Rana, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education, Faroe The Role(s) of Authenticity and Certifications in Sámi Tourism Stefania Amici, Researcher, INGV-Italian Institute for Geo-physics Islands MODERATORS Peter Garapick, Superintendent – Arctic, Arctic Region, Canadian and Volcanology: Scientific Observations and Social Implications of a Élisa Gouin, PhD student, Architecture, Université Laval, Québec, Round table discussion with the participants and vote Olafur Arnason, Environmental Planning Program Director, EFLA Coast Guard Canada: Community-Academic Partnership in an Indigenous Context: more Fire-Prone Arctic Circle Michael Pedersen, Director, Nukissiorfiiit - National Supplier of Energy in Greenland Consulting Engineers Kaviq Kaluraq, Nunavut Arctic College and Acting Chairperson, Does it Really Work? for the People's Choice Award Ingrid Hunstad, Researcher, INGV-Italian Institute for Geo-physics Nathan Reigner, Principal & Consulting Social Scientist, Recreation Nunavut Impact Review Board Martin Mohr Olsen, PhD student, Management Engineering, and Volcanology: The European Consortium PECASUS: International Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Professor, PhD, Director General, • Jean-Éric Tremblay, Professor, Biological Oceanography, Space Weather Monitoring in Support of Arctic Air Navigation Orkustofnun/The Icelandic National Energy Authority Tourism Science & Research Affiliate, Icelandic Tourism Research Moderator: Anne Barker, Arctic Program Leader, National University of the Faroe Islands and the Technical University of Laval University Québec, Canada Center Research Council of Canada Denmark: Alcide Di Sarra, Research Scientist, ENEA-National Agency for New Helma Maria Tróndheim, Industrial PhD student, The Power Developing Operational Frameworks Suited for Small Arctic Universities • Pirkko Pulkkanen, Manager, International Projects, UArctic Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development: Company SEV, Aalborg University and the University of the Faroe Wishing to Tackle Issues of Sustainability International Secretariat, Rovaniemi, Finland Properties and Impacts of Canadian and Greenlandic Forest Fire Islands Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 17:30 - 19:00 governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

17:30 – 19:00 SAFETY AT SEA IN THE ARCTIC 17:30 – 19:00 VISITATIONS: POLAR BEARS OUT OF SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Yuri Sychev, Director Russia State Oceanographic Institute and SPEAKERS Polar Foundation Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland and the PLACE Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Sigrid Ina Simonsen, Councillor Culture and Industry Business, Fran Ulmer, Chair, United States Arctic Research Commission: Troms County Council: Key Numbers on Demography and Workforce in Yuji Kodama, Executive Director, Office of Japan Consortium for Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network Organized by Iceland University of the Arts Military Presence in the Arctic – Cold War Legacy, Great Power Rivalry The Arctic Science Agreement: History, Process and Moving Forward or for National Defense – What about Disarmament? Arctic and Cold Coast Regions of the North Atlantic Arctic Environmental Research, Arctic Environmental Research Center Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level (NIPR) Hans Müller Pedersen, Director for the Danish Agency for Benjamin Schaller, PhD candidate/Research Fellow, Centre for Kirsti Methi, Project Manager, City of Tromsø: Tromsø, Norway: Science and Higher Education: SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Peace Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: 2,000 New Private Sector Jobs in Five Years Þorsteinn Gunnarsson, Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre The Greenlandic research hub: A New Platform for International for Research (RANNÍS), Chair, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks Sverrir Konráðsson, Maritime Specialist – Legal Coordination and Trust and Distrust – Defence and Security Relations in a Changing Timo Rautajoki, Collaboration Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir, PhD, Artist & Professor in Fine Art, Arctic Security Environment President and CEO, Lapland Chamber of (SAON) Translations, Coordination and Facilitation Division, Icelandic Transport Iceland University of the Arts Commerce, Finland: Lapland, Finland: Growth in Tourism and Marianne Thyrring, Director, the Danish Meteorological Institute: Authority: Sandra Maria Rodrigues Balão, Associate Professor, Institute Mining, How to Keep the Immigrants? How to Avoid Fly-in-Fly-out Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Cross Cutting Collaboration in International Organisations Enhancing Maritime Safety in the Arctic to Save Lives Mark Wilson, PhD, Artist and Professor in Fine Art, University of of Social and Political Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa: Communities? Chair, Fram Centre Advisory Board Cumbria PANEL CDRE Ásgrímur L. Ásgrímsson, Chief of Operations, Icelandic Security Challenges from the North – A Critical Reading of US policies Hallfríður Þórarinsdóttir, CEO, Mirra SLF, Iceland: Jan Rene Larsen, AMAP, SAON Secretariat Craig Perham, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Interior Bureau for the Arctic Region Marianne Thyrring, Director, the Danish Meteorological Institute Coast Guard: Foreign Workforce in Icelandic Tourism Industry Sandy Starkweather, Executive Director - US Arctic Observing Icelandic Coast Guard and Safety at Sea in the Entrance to the Arctic of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska Steven Lamy, Professor, University of Southern California: Jon Nass, CEO, Maine Port Authority: Transportation Matters – Network, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences Lil Rastad Bjørst, Associate Professor, Department of Culture and Jens Peter Holst-Andersen, Chair Emergency Prevention, Aaron Leggett, Indigenous Curator of History & Culture, Anchorage Trump Administration's Arctic Policy: Make the Arctic Ours Again Successfully Promoting Careers in Logistics, Maine Port Authority MODERATORS Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark: Museum: Scientific Cooperation and the Many Academic Disciplines, Cultures Preparedness and Response (EPPR), Arctic Council, Danish Ministry Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor, UiT – The Arctic Lars Otto Reiersen, Senior Advisor, UiT – The Arctic University of Defence: The Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in the North Atlantic Morven Cameron, Head of Universities, Education and Skills, and Needs in Arctic Research University of Norway: Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scotland: International Workforce, of Norway Emergencies – Prevention, Preparedness and Response Kristinn Schram, PhD, Associate Professor in Folklore, University Space, Polar Regions and International Security: The Arctic in Global Solution or Challenge for Northern Sparsely Populated Areas? Lars Kullerud, President, UArctic of Iceland Socio-Technical Systems Andrea Tilche, Senior Advisor and Ajunct Professor, UiT – The Arctic Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive Secretary, Protection of Arctic Moderator: Nils Arne Johnsen, Director Regional Business University of Norway Marine Environment (PAME) Moderator: Julie Decker, PhD, Director, Anchorage Museum Moderator: Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University Development, Troms County Council Eydís Líndal Finnbogadóttir, Acting Director General National of Saskatchewan & The Arctic Yearbook 17:30 – 19:00 TOOLS AND TASKS FOR THE ARCTIC Land Survey of Iceland: 17:30 – 19:00 MILITARY SECURITY AND THE ARCTIC 17:30 – 19:00 ARCTIC SCIENCE AND POLITICAL WILL: 17:30 – 19:00 WE NEED YOUR WORKFORCE! SCIENCE AGREEMENT: INTERNATIONAL Enabling Access to Arctic Spatial Data - Arctic SDI Cooperation COUNCIL FROM BERLIN TO ACTION Moderator: Þórunn J. Hafstein, Secretary General of the Organized by High North Atlantic Business Alliance and Troms PERSPECTIVES National Security Council, Iceland, Prime Minister's Office Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security County Council Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Denmark SPEAKERS Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs, European Union SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SPECIAL EVENTS INUIT NIGHT 19:00-20:30, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH 19:00 – 20:30 INUIT NIGHT Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the RECEPTION Study of the Canadian North and Professor in the School for the Study RECEPTION FOR ALL ASSEMBLY of Canada, Trent University Canada ATTENDEES Hosted by the Inuit Circumpolar Council Hosted by Inuit Circumpolar Council 20:00 – 24:00 ARCTIC CIRCLE BAR OPEN Location: Norðurljós Hall, Harpa Second Level Location: Norðurljós Hall, Harpa Second Level Location: Outside Kolabrautin, Harpa Fourth Level Open to All Assembly Participants PERFORMANCES Simon Lynge, musician, Kalaalliit Nunaat WELCOME: Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council Iva and Tooma Laisa, Canada Olga Letykai Atsynga and Alissa Csonka, Chukotka Inunnguaq Hegelund, Chef, Kalalliit Nunaat REMARKS: Byron Nicholai, I Sing, You Dance, Yup’ik, Alaska Experience the culture of original inhabitants of the Arctic - INUIT NUNAAT. Taste Inuit foods from Kalalliit Nunaat 20:00 – 21:30 ARCTIC FILM SERIES CANADA C3: COAST TO COAST TO COAST PERFORMANCES: Organized by the Students on Ice Foundation • Simon Lynge, Musician, Kalalliit Nunaat Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Floor • Iva and Tooma Laisa, Canada INTRODUCTION AND Q&A • Olga Letykai Atsynga and daughter, Alissa Emma Arsenault, Polar Knowledge Canada and SOI alumna Csonka, Chukotka Geoff Green, Founder of Students on Ice Foundation Ivalu Barlach Christensen, Greenlandic Master's Student in • Byron Nicholai, I Sing, You Dance, Yup’ik, Alaska Astrophysics, Lund University; Intern, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian/Greenland Telescope Project

Photo by Jacki Cleveland ARCTIC FILM SERIES Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level YAMALO-NENETS Follow the Arctic Circle NOMADIC TRADITION on Social Media! Exhibition, Workshop and Chum Location: Eyri, Harpa Second Floor

ORGANIZED BY: The Government of Yamalo-Nenets /ArcticCircle.org Autonomous Okrug, Russia

• Wood and bone carving workshop by Inna and Viktor Iadne @_Arctic_Circle • Performance of traditional Nenets songs during selected CANADA C3 coffee breaks by Tatiana Lar and Elena Ufimtseva. An epic documentary of breathtaking footage and inspiring stories Saturday, October 12th /TheArcticCircle 20:00 - 21:30 Open to all Assembly participants ARCTIC CIRCLE TOURS: I - V THEMATIC EXCURSIONS AT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ASSEMBLY

The Arctic Circle is now offering Arctic Circle Tours on Sunday, October 13th to locations that provide new insight into fundamental During the Tours, participants will be able to interact with Icelandic scientists, experts and business leaders, while enjoying challenges for the Arctic and our Planet. Iceland, its expertise, and achievements serve as the foundation for each tour. extraordinary experiences that shed light on of global and Arctic issues. Some of the Tours are organized in collaboration with selected Strategic Partners of the Arctic Circle. Arctic Circle Tours will provide opportunities to learn about the sustainable use of ocean resources through new technologies, clean energy transformations, the science of retreating glaciers retreating glaciers - climate change, extreme-weather infrastructure, as well The Tours will start in the morning and participants who wish to arrive at Keflavík International Airport in the early afternoon will be as some of the most famous tourist sites in Iceland, such as the Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon. able to do so for most of the tours.

For more information and to register, go to: www.arcticcircle.org Participants must register specially for the Tours on the Arctic Circle registration site. Some excursion elements are subject to minor changes, which will be announced beforehand. Tours may be cancelled if they do not reach a minimum participation threshold. TOUR I: Sunday, October 13th Sunday, October 13th 09:00 – 17:00 TOUR II: 08:30 – 17:00 21ST-CENTURY SUSTAINABLE Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport Harpa Main Entrance FISHERIES AND OCEAN Pickup Location: – HOW TO FIGHT CLIMATE Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance TECHNOLOGIES: EXCURSION ELEMENTS CHANGE BIOTECH – IT – 100% USE • Presentations from leading Icelandic–global companies EXCURSION ELEMENTS at the cutting edge of modern ocean and fish • Visit to Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant, operated processing technologies: by ON Power, a world leader in the utilization of - Kerecis geothermal energy - Genís • Presentation: CarbFix, the innovative international carbon capture cooperation - Codland • Presentation: Arctic Green Energy, the cooperation - BRIM between Iceland and China in urban geothermal - Marel heating; Breathing Cities • Presentation by Verkís; a leading geothermal and Location: Sjávarklasinn, the Icelandic Ocean Cluster House, power consulting and engineering company Reykjavík, Marel headquarters and Brim headquarters • Drive through unique scenery to the Blue Lagoon; voted by National Geographic as one of 25 Wonders of • Visit to the fishing town of Grindavík, including the the World Saltfish Museum • Three-course lunch at the Blue Lagoon • Scenic drive through Reykjanes Geopark, a UNESCO • Bathing at the Blue Lagoon Global Geopark TOUR III: Sunday, October 13th TOUR IV: Sunday, October 13th GLACIERS AND CLIMATE 08:30 – 18:30 INFRASTRUCTURE IN A WORLD 09:00 – 17:00 Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance CHANGE OF EXTREME WEATHER Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Drive through the Southwest EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Visit to the thermal spring Deildartunguhver • Visit to the headquarters of Verkís, a leading • Visit to Reykholt, an important site in Iceland’s saga engineering company. Presentations on avalanche literature heritage protection and infrastructural challenges in the Arctic, • Visit to the base of the former glacier Ok with a focus on Greenland - Presentation on the Memorial for the glacier Ok. • Drive to the glacial base Húsafell • Visit to EFLA Consulting Engineers. Presentation on - Presentation on Iceland’s disappearing glaciers Arctic infrastructure projects - Presentation on Langjökull glacier • Drive to the fishing town Sandgerði and lunch • Lunch in Húsafell • Behind-the-scenes tour of Keflavík International • Transport to Langjökull glacier in special mountain Airport, hosted by ISAVIA, the Icelandic Airport trucks Authority • Entering the tunnel in Langjökull glacier • Presentations from leading glaciology researchers • Showcase of aircraft testing facilities for extreme inside Langjökull glacier weather conditions • Scenic drive through Reykjanes Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark Participants are provided with overshoes, raincoats and insulated overalls TOUR V: Sunday, October 13th GOLDEN CIRCLE AND 08:30 – 18:00 FRIÐHEIMAR Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance

EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Drive to Þingvellir National Park, the medieval birthplace of Icelandic democracy; where the American and Eurasian tectonic plates meet • Visit to the Friðheimar, an award-winning geothermal greenhouse tomato farm • Presentation about geothermal heating in Icelandic horticulture • Lunch inside the greenhouse at Friðheimar farm • Visit to Gullfoss waterfall, the most powerful waterfall in Europe • Visit to the world-famous Geysir hot spring area SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS #ArcticCircle2019 Picture by RAX Save the dates 2020 Assembly October 8 - October 11 2021 Assembly October 14 - October 17 2022 Assembly October 13 - October 16 In Harpa, Reykjavik