Program 2019

PROGRAM 2019

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FIRST FLOOR 1. Registration / Info desk SECOND FLOOR 2. Stemma - Meeting Rooms 10 9 1. Silfurberg - Main Hall - Plenary Sessions 3. Vísa - Meeting Rooms A. Silfurberg A - Sessions 4. Kaldalón - Sessions 14 8 9 B. Silfurberg B - Sessions 5. Ríma A - Sessions 2 2. Exhibition: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit 6. Ríma B - Sessions 5 4 3. Catering Area and Media Desk 7. Flói - Networking Meeting Booths 3 A Exhibition: Yamalo-Nenets Nomadic Tradition Business Centre 6 4. Norðurljós - Sessions & Receptions 8. Hafnarstræti: I am Inuit Exhibition 4 7 Arctic Circle Café 9. Norðurbryggja - Reception Area 1 HARPA 5. Harpa Corner 10. Elevator to Háaloft (8th Floor) SÆBJÖRG 5a. Exhibition: Arctic Innovations 11. Elevators to Sessions & B 8 5b. Exhibition: Chinese Arctic Research Expeditions Arctic Circle Bar: 3 13 6. Catering Area Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) 7. Elevators to Sessions & Arctic Circle Bar MINISTRY Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) 12 OF INDUSTRIES Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) &INNOVATION Akrafjall (4th Floor) 1 Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) 11 2 Akrafjall (4th Floor) CULTURE Expo Pavilion Session (K2 Level) 15 7 Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) HOUSE 12. Hafnarkot - Sessions Expo Pavilion Sessions (K2 Level) 13. Flói Sessions 5a 5b 6 8. Viðey - Sessions 14. Exhibition: #Earth #Art 9. Speakers Ready Room

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14:00 – 19:00 REGISTRATION Closed meeting – by invitation only Peter Fischer-Møller, Bishop at Roskilde, Denmark Location: Harpa Conference Centre and Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Concert Hall of Iceland Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir, Bishop of Iceland, 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 MEETING SHARED SOLUTIONS: Location: Hús Atvinnulífsins, Borgartún 35 Location: Harpa Concert Hall and Conference BEST PRACTICES FOR SUSTAINABLE Organized by the American - Icelandic Chamber Centre, Reykjavík DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC of Commerce Closed meeting – by invitation only Location: Hof, Akureyri, North Iceland Closed meeting – by invitation only 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 Representation in Reykjavík Location: Skálholt Cathedral, Southern Open to all Assembly participants. Iceland TITARTAKKAT MIKISUT KALAALLIT 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 H.E. Ane Lone Bagger, Minister for Education, Association of Iceland Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, Greenland Location: Alliance Française of Reykjavík, Tryggvagata 8 H.E. Þórdís Kolbrún Reykfjörð Gylfadóttir, Open to all Assembly participants Minister of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Iceland SPEAKERS Organized by the Embassy of France in Iceland Supported by the Institut Français (Paris), 09:00 – 17:15 SENIOR ARCTIC OFFICIALS – ARCTIC H.E. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Rennes Metropole and the cities of Rennes, ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING Minister for Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland Saint-Grégoire, and Vezin-le-Coquet Iyad Abumoghli, Principal Coordinator, Strategic 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 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 – PRE-EVENTS 2019 STEFANSSON MEMORIAL LECTURE 20:30-21:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH

An Arctic without End: Visions for our Planet in an Age of the Anthropocene Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Delivered by: Dr. Michael Bravo, Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge University

ORGANIZED BY: The Stefansson Arctic Institute and the Dickey Center for International Understanding‘s Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College. Supported by the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Endowment FRIDAY,THURSDAY OCTOBER, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:0010 – SESSIONS BREAKOUT 9:00 - 10:00 SESSIONS

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 Location: Harpa Conference Centre and Netherlands: The Multi-level Politics of Arctic Marine Environmental Concert Hall Justin Barnes, Canada Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, Governance and the EU Canada 09:00 – 10:00 THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC: NEW Moderator: Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing 09:00 – 10:00 GREENLAND'S EMERGING FOREIGN TRENDS IN REGIONAL SECURITY Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, UK POLICY QUESTIONS Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI); 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 Center, University of Alaska SECURITY AND MARINE SUSTAINABLE Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level DEVELOPMENT SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Organized by Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Nordic Countries Project Rasmus Leander Nielsen, Assistant Professor, Department of Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Social Science, Economics & Journalism Ilisimatusarfik (University of Representation, Greenland Representation in Washington, DC Greenland): Punching Above its (De Jure) Weight: The Evolution of Para- Diplomacy in Greenland from the Early 1970s to Today Major-General Randy 'Church' Kee, USAF (retd), Director, SPEAKERS Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Benjamin Schaller, PhD candidate/Research Fellow, Centre for Mikkel Møller Schøler, Political Advisor, Co-owner, Sikki Peace Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Consultants, Greenland: Belle of the Ball – The Greenlandic Power Mead Treadwell, President, Treadwell Development; Former Vacuum and Great Power Courting Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Chairman, Arctic Circle Task Force on The Perils and Prospects of an Active Role of the EU, NATO and the Shipping and Ports; Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission 2006- OSCE in Arctic Security Mingming Shi, Icelandic Times, University of Iceland: The Role of 2010; Co-Chair, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative Cécile Pelaudeix, Associate Researcher, PACTE Sciences Po, Extractive Industries in the Shaping of Greenland's Foreign Policy Shaleen Woodward, Deputy Secretary, Indigenous and France: Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor, Political Science (China, East Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, Canada EU Foreign POLICY AND HYBRID THREATS: Assessing Policy Asia, Polar Region), UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Challenges in the Arctic A Cold Arena: The Widening of Greenland's Foreign Policy Space and Heather Nicol, Director, Canadian Studies, Trent University Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for Possible Responses Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: Arctic Blue Economy and the European Union Moderator: Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Study of the Canadian North and Professor in the School for the Study Studies, University of Iceland of Canada, Trent University Canada Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

09:00 – 10:00 ANALYSIS OF ARCTIC POLICIES, Tero Vauraste, CEO and President, Arctia Ltd., Finnish representative, House of Lapland Ambassador, Chairman, Finnish Arctic STRATEGIES AND PROGRAMS Society: Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, Importance and Relevance of Arctic Politics and Strategies for Arctic Futures Inititaive, International Institute for Applied Business Systems Analysis (IIASA) 09:00 – 10:00 DEVELOPING OIL AND GAS RESOURCES Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level IN THE ARCTIC: SPEAKERS TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES Trends in Arctic Policies and Strategies – The Arctic Organized by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil States Energy • Karen Everett, Postdoctoral Fellow, Université of Laval, Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Québec, Canada SPEAKERS • Barbora Padrtova, Assistant Professor, University of Masaryk, Czech Republic Shawn Bennett, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Oil and Natural Gas, US Department of Energy Trends in Arctic Policies and Strategies – The Walter Guidroz, Program Coordinator, Energy Resources Program, Observers of the Arctic Council US Geological Survey • Karen Everett, Postdoctoral Fellow, Université of Laval, Corri Feige, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, Québec, Canada Alaska • Barbora Padrtova, Assistant Professor, University of Masaryk, John Guy, Deputy Executive Director, National Petroleum Council: Czech Republic National Petroleum Council Arctic Research Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Indigenous Peoples Approach to Arctic Policies – The Permanent 10:00 – 10:15 NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK Participants of the Arctic Council Follow the Arctic Circle on Social Media!

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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 Astrophysics, Lund University; Intern, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & MINISTERIAL TO THE THIRD THE GREENLAND AND U.S. RESEARCH Smithsonian/Greenland Telescope Project: From Myth to Science ARCTIC SCIENCE MINISTERIAL COMMUNITIES – BRIDGING THE GAP Natuk Lund Olsen, PhD student, Ilisimatusarfik, University of Organized by European Commission Organized by Greenland Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nunatsinni Greenland Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Ilisimatusarnermik Siunnersuisoqatigiit (The Greenland Research Council), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Moderator: Rebecca Lynge, First Secretary, Greenland Representation in Washington, DC SPEAKERS Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level H.E. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for Education, Science and SPEAKERS 10:15 – 11:45 EMERGING SAFETY THREATS WITHIN THE Culture, Iceland: Iceland and International Scientific Cooperation in ARCTIC OCEAN – HOW ARE WE COPING? the Arctic Sten Lund, International Research Coordinator, Greenland Ministry Organized by SEDNA Project Consortium & ARCSAR – Arctic Volker Rieke, Director General, Federal Ministry of Education and of Industry, Energy and Research: Research, Germany: The Second Arctic Science Ministerial 2018: Co- Greenland's Contribution to International Research and North-Atlantic Emergency Preparedness Network Operation in Arctic Science – Challenges and Joint Actions Josephine Nymand, PhD, Chair, Greenland Research Council; Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Level Four Patrik Child, Deputy Director General, Directorate General for Head of Dept. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources: SPEAKERS Research and Innovation, European Commission: Greenland Challenges of Simultaneously Being Small and Big One Year from the Second Arctic Science Ministerial: Follow-up Jennifer Mercer, PhD, Program Manager, Arctic Sciences & Arctic Bent-Ove Jamtli, Director of Joint Rescue and Coordination Centre Actions and Broad Implications Research Support & Logistics, Office of Polar Programs, National Northern Norway (JRCC NN): ARCSAR Network Overview Science Foundation: Envisioning a Future of Bi-lateral Collaboration Ståle Jamtli, Chief Operations at JRCC South-Norway: Paavo-Petri Ahonen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Between the Greenland and US Research Communities Education and Culture, Finland: Viking Sky Rescue Case Study ASM2 Coordination with the Arctic Council and the Engagement with Lauren E. Culler, PhD, Research Assistant Professor of Giles Thomas, Professor, University College London: the Arctic Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Environmental Studies, Science Outreach Coordinator, Institute of SEDNA Project Overview Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College: Building Successful Partnerships for Toshihide Fukui, Director, Ocean and Earth Division, Ministry of Research and Education in Greenland Robert Lynch, Principal Investigator, Head of Learning Development Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan: Ellen Martin, Research Group, Cork Institute of Technology; National Maritime The Third Arctic Science Ministerial in Japan Professor, Department of Geological Sciences, College of Ireland: Safe Arctic Navigation University of Florida; Co-Director, Florida Climate Institute: Challenges and Benefits of Collaborations Between US and Greenlandic Nicolas Fournier, Science Manager, UK MET Office: Researchers Arctic Weather and Sea Ice Forecasting Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Moderator: Robert Lynch, Principal Investigator, Head of Tero Mustonen, Professor, Department of Geographical and 10:15 – 11:45 STORIES ABOUT THE ARCTIC: Learning Development Research Group, Cork Institute of Technology; Historical Studies, University of Eastern Finland: Snow Change National Maritime College of Ireland Cooperative – Exchanging knowledge: Community Based Monitoring NARRATING THE CIRCUMPOLAR NORTH and Exchanges of Indigenous-Local Knowledge on Early Detection of Organized by The Arctic Institute and Scott Polar Research 10:15 – 11:45 NORDIC COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ARCTIC Changes and Cultural Responses to Environmental and Climate Change Institute COOPERATION PROGRAM: ENHANCING Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive Secretary, Protection of Arctic Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Marine Environment (PAME) SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE ARCTIC SPEAKERS Organized by Nordic Council of Ministers, Nordregio, Ministry Inspiring Arctic Voices through Youth: Arctic Biodiversity Youth Summit Victoria Hermann, American University; President and Managing for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Director, The Arctic Institute Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level • Kári Fannar Lárusson, Programme Manager, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Michael Bravo, Acting Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, SPEAKERS Council Cambridge University Ágúst Bogason, Junior Research Fellow, Nordregio • Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist Mia Bennett, Assitant Professor, Geography Department and Association (Ungir umhverfissinnar) School of Modern Languages & Cultures (China Studies Programme), Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers University of Hong Kong • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Network Bryndís Kjartansdóttir, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry for Foreign Greg Sharp, PhD candidate, University of British Columbia, Editor-in- Affairs, Iceland Summary and Q&A Chief, The Arctic Institute Anna Karlsdóttir, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio, Nordic • Ágúst Bogason, Reseach Fellow, Nordregio Val Muzik, PhD student, University of British Columbia, Research Council of Ministers: The Contribution of the Arctic Cooperation Associate, The Arctic Institute Programme • Vaida Ražaityté, Nordregio Moderator: Lillian Hussong, PhD candidate, Rutgers University; Dag Avango, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden: Research Intern, The Arctic Institute Sustainable Communities and the Legacies of Mining in the Nordic Arctic Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: The Global Arctic Handbook: Positioning the Arctic within a Broad Global Context FRIDAY,THURSDAY OCTOBER, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:0010 – SESSIONS BREAKOUT 10:15 - 11:45 SESSIONS

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 MOMENTUM IN THE ARCTIC – TRAUMA- Reykjavik, Iceland: Can Digital Tools Build the Village to Raise a Child? ARCTIC COMPETENCES: INTERNATIONAL INFORMED PROJECTS AND PRACTICES Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland: COOPERATION AS A DRIVER OF Help Seeking, Healing and Post-traumatic Growth Organized by University of Akureyri, Iceland with support from REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT the U.S. Embassy in Iceland • Co-Authors: Hulda Sædís Bryngeirsdóttir, PhD student and Organized by Committee for External Relations of Saint Karen Birna Þorvaldsdóttir, PhD student Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Petersburg, Government of Saint Petersburg, Russia Moderator: Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir, Dean and Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Eydís Kristín Sveinbjarnardóttir, Dean and Associate Professor, SPEAKERS PRESERVING THE BIODIVERSITY – School of Health Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland: 10:15 – 11:45 German Shirokov, Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee for 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. Concepts in Strength Based Care: Containment, Reciprocity and PLANNING MODELS Petersburg as a center of Arctic competences Behavioural Management Organized by the Government of Québec (Société du Plan Nord, Andrey Kashin, Head of the Department of infrastructural Rhonda M. Johnson, Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage; Ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie) technologies and integrated systems development, Committee on IT and Communications: St. Petersburg Best Digital Practices for Arctic Fulbright NSF Arctic Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland: Innovative and Institut Nordique du Québec Alaskan Approaches to Promoting Youth Well-Being and Resilience Region Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level 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 Board, St. Petersburg State Autonomous Institution “Saint Petersburg 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 Informed Care Can Positively Affect Youth Well-Being and Health Affairs, Government of Québec, Canada implementation in the Arctic Region in Iceland Brandon Laforest, Senior Specialist, Arctic Species and Yan Tsybukov, Clinic of Applied Research of St. Petersburg State The Yellow Tulip Project Ecosystem, WWF-Canada University: How soft skills effects on interaction between engineering team members • Suzanne Fox, Executive Director, The Yellow Tulip Project, The Jason Allaire, Director, Shared Services Nunavut, Agnico Eagle 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 • Julia Hansen, Founder, The Yellow Tulip Project Biosphere Reserve of Manicouagan-Uapishka, Québec Arctic, nowadays and prospects for international business cooperation Moderator: Robert Sauvé, former CEO, Société du Plan Nord Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Liv Monica Stubholt, Partner Law Firm Selmer and Chairman Anders Oskal, Secretary General, Association of World Reindeer NRCC: Arctic ocean and ocean industries- how responsible businesses Herders: Reindeer Herders and Food Innovation Leadership bring sustainability into industry collaboration and lateral networks H.E. Mikhail Pogodaev, Vice Minister, Ministry for Arctic Denis Moskalenko, Department of European Cooperation, Development and Indigenous Peoples Affairs of Sakha Republic: Follow the Arctic the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Financial Northern Sea Route - A Perspective from Republic of Sakha Yakutia instruments for cooperation in the Arctic Erlend Bullvåg, Dean, Nord University Business School: Circle on Social Igor Kuprienko, Head of Center for Project Development and Importance of Innovation in the Development of the Arctic Fundraising ITMO: Good practices and prospects of ITMO participation Ravdna B.E. Sara: in Arctic Agenda based on Kolarctic CBC experience Reindeer Meat Quality Media! Oksana Poletimova, Director of the International Arctic Forum: 6th Kia K Hanssen, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: International Arctic Forum The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue Traditional Knowledge and Smoking of Reindeer Meat Moderator: Anton Vasiliev, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Iceland 11:45 – 12:30 NETWORKING LUNCH OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS /ArcticCircle.org 10:15 – 11:45 NORTHERN SEA ROUTES: ECONOMIC Hosted by Brim OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIGENOUS REINDEER HERDING SOCIETIES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT @_Arctic_Circle Organized by UArctic EÁLAT Institute and Centre for High North Logistics Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS /TheArcticCircle Felix Tschudi, Owner, Tschudi Group, Chair, Centre for High North Logistics: Northern Sea Routes as an Economic Opportunity for Indigenous Reindeer Herding Societies for Sustainable Development EAT YOUR PLATE!

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Visit www.arcticcircle.org THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 PLENARY SESSIONS BREAKOUT 12:30 SESSIONS - 17:00

12:30 – 15:00 OPENING SESSION VII. SPEECH: THE NEW GOVERNMENT 15:15 – 15:40 ASIA AND THE ARCTIC I.WELCOME OF THE FAROE ISLANDS SPEAKERS H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman Arctic H.E. Jenis av Rana, Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Gao Feng, Special Representative for Arctic Circle; President of Iceland 1996-2016 and Education, Faroe Islands Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s VIII.SPEECH: A VISION OF FRANCE Republic of China II.ADDRESSES – DIALOGUE H.E. Kwon Sei-Joong, Ambassador for Arctic H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of H.E. Ségolène Royal, Ambassador for the Affairs, Republic of Korea Iceland Arctic and Antarctic Poles; former Minister of the Environment, Republic of France CHAIR H.E. Antti Rinne, Prime Minister of Finland Questions and answers IX.SPEECH: SINGAPORE AND THE Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson, CEO, Arctic Circle ARCTIC III.SPEECH 15:40 – 16:20 GREENLAND: “OPEN FOR BUSINESS” H.E. Sam Tan Chin Siong, Minister of State, H.R.H. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Social and Organized in cooperation with the Government of Greenland IV.SPEECH – DIALOGUE Family Development, Singapore SPEAKERS H.E. Kim Kielsen, Premier of Greenland X.SPEECHES 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 V.KEYNOTE – THE UNITED STATES Greenland H.E. Paula Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic ARCTIC ENERGY VISION Council of Ministers Verner Hammeken, CEO, Royal Arctic line H.E. Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy, United States H.E. Jeppe Kofod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Karsten Høy, CEO, Greenland Holding of America Denmark Questions and answers Questions and answers CHAIR VI.SPEECH – DIALOGUE: RUSSIA’S 15:00 – 15:15 COFFEE BREAK Inga Dóra Markussen, Head of Education and PRIMARY ENERGY REGION EXHIBITION OPENING: ARCTIC INNOVATION Training, Royal Greenland H.E. Dmitry Artyukhov, Governor of Yamalo- Organized by the Embassy of Denmark, Nenets Autonomous Okrug Reykjavik Questions and answers Location: Harpa Corner, Third Level FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Location: Silfurberg, Harpa Second Level

16:20 – 16:40 UNITED STATES ARCTIC SCIENCE 17:00-17:15 COFFEE BREAK LEADERSHIP: A DIALOGUE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE Electric ships in the Arctic FOUNDATION (USA)INTRODUCTION Presentation by Agnes Árnadóttir, CEO Brim Explorer H.E. Jeffrey Ross Gunter, Ambassador of the United States of America to Iceland Location: Outside Silfurberg, Harpa Second Level KEYNOTE SPEECH Dr. France A. Córdova, Director of the National Science Foundation Questions and answers CHAIR Dr. Larry Hinzman, President, International Arctic Science Committee; Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks 16:40 – 17:00 ANNOUNCING THE THIRD ARCTIC SCIENCE MINISTERIAL MEETING CO-HOSTED BY ICELAND AND JAPAN: TOKYO, NOVEMBER 2020 SPEECHES H.E. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Minister of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland H.E. Mari Miyoshi, Ambassador in charge of Arctic affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 17:15 BREAKOUT - 18:15 SESSIONS

17:15 – 18:15 GREENLAND MOVING TOWARDS Hugh Patkotak Sr., Chief Executive Officer, Olgoonik Corporation: 17:15 – 18:15 GOVERNING EMERGING CLIMATE INDEPENDENCE: POLITICAL AND GLOBAL Listening to our Elders: TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ARCTIC Iñupiaq Wisdom in Corporate Leadership SECURITY POLICY CHALLENGES Organized by Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G), as Aluki Kotierk, President, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated: Organized by Inatsisartut, Parliament of Greenland Inukitut – A Human Right affiliated with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Vera Metcalf, Executive Director, Eskimo Walrus Commission and Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Aleqa Hammond, Chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy ICC Executive Council Member Alaska Committee of the Greenlandic Parliament SPEAKERS 17:15 – 18:15 INDIA'S SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVORS IN THE Mimi Karlsen, Vice Chairman of the Foreign and Security Policy Sir David King, Affiliate Partner, SYSTEMIQ Limited; Senior Strategy Committee of the Greenlandic Parliament ARCTIC: THE PAST DECADE Adviser to the President of Rwanda; Former UK Special Envoy for AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Climate Change 17:15 – 18:15 INUIT LANGUAGE AND CULTURE: Organized by the Ministry of Earth Sciences National Centre for Jason Box, Professor in Glaciology, The Geologic Survey of Denmark NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US Polar and Ocean Research, Government of India and Greenland Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Shawna Larson, Regional Director of Native Movement, Company LLC Anchorage, Alaska SPEAKERS Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist K.P.Krishnan, Group Director (Arctic Operations), National Centre for Association SPEAKERS Polar and Ocean Research, India: Indian Arctic Program: Moderator: Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Edna Ahgeak MacLean, PhD, Iñupiaq Language Reseacher/ The Past Decade and Future Perspectives Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) Consultant, North Slope Borough Iñupiaq History, Language, and Thamban Meloth, Group Director (Polar Sciences), National Centre Culture Commission, Current Member: for Polar and Ocean Research: Overview and Current Status of the Iñupiaq Language of Northern Cryospheric Changes in Svalbard and Himalaya – Indian Perspectives Alaska M.Arul Muthiah, Scientist-E, National Institute of Ocean Kattie Egede Motzfeldt, School Leader, Nuussuup Atuarfia, Technology, India: Indian Moored Observatory in the Arctic for Long- Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland: Term in Situ Data Collection Language of Instruction That Reflect Our Values, Culture and Languages A.A. Mohamed Hatha, Professor, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India: Changes in the microbial diversity in the Arctic environment Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

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 ECONOMY SUSTAINABLY ADD VALUE OR Arctic Economy – the Business Perspective OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE FALL BEHIND Moderator: Ari Kristinn Jónsson, PhD, Rector, Reykjavik DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC University Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine Organized by EFLA Consulting Engineers & bremenports GmbH North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; Reykjavik 17:15 – 18:15 NEAR-FUTURE CHANGES IN THE NORTH & Co. KG University; New England Ocean Cluster; Memorial University; Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level University of Iceland ATLANTIC ARCTIC Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Organized by Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, SPEAKERS Norway Hafsteinn Helgasson, Director, EFLA Consulting Engineers: Green SPEAKERS Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map is a Necessity – Opportunities for Greenfield Projects in the Arctic Glenn Cummings, PhD, President, University of Southern Maine, SPEAKERS Robert Howe, Managing Director, bremenports GmbH & Co. KG: US: Greenports as Green Gateways for Green Shipping 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 Sustainable Development? Climate, Sea Ice and The Marine Environment Director of ICG maritime Operation, ICG Maritime Operation: Maritime Traffic and Safety Patrick Arnold, CEO, New England Ocean Cluster: Engaging Yajie Liu, Associate Professor, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; Corporate CEOs with Universities; Bridging the Gap Between Senior Scientist, Centre for Economic Research, Norwegian University Elías Pétursson, Director of the Local Council, Municipality of Academic Knowledge and Private Sector Practices of Science and Technology (NTNU): The Melting Snowball Effect: How Langanesbyggð: Reverse the Course – Strengthening Employment Diversity with New Industries Sheila Downer, Strategic Northern Liaison, Office of Public The Warming Climate has Cascading Effects on Ecosystem Services Engagement, Memorial University; Vice President, Finance, and International Governance Regimes Moderator: Lars Stemmler, Director of International Projects, Development and Engagement, UArctic: The Sustainable Northern and Joan Nymand Larsen, Professor, University of Akureyri and bremenports GmbH & Co. KG Coastal Communities Initiative; Engaging Students, Faculty, Public and Stefansson Arctic Institute: Private Sector Entities into Sustainable Economic Models Socio-Economic and Policy Implications for Coastal Communities Lára Jóhannsdóttir PhD, Professor, University of Iceland, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar: Risky business: The Importance of Taking Scales of Risks into Account in an Arctic Economic Context Rasmus Gjeddsø Bertelsen, Professor and Barents chair, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Human Capital and Natural Resources for Sustainable Development in the Arctic THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 17:15 BREAKOUT - 18:15 SESSIONS

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 POLICY FOR INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY NEW PERSPECTIVES B.V.: Modelling of Longyearbyen's Energy System Towards 2050 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 Organized by Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map London: Committee on Iceland and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Towards a Sustainable Energy System through Smart Grids in the Arctic Prime Minister's Office of Iceland, the Administrative Center for SPEAKERS and Arctic Resource Development – A Sustainable Prosperity Project of China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), MOST of China, and Sustaining A Low Carbon Arctic Energy System? Challenges, Co-Management Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) Opportunities and Trends Sarah Sternbergh, Professional Engineer, Government of Yukon: Energy and Arctic Investment Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level • Gisele M. Arruda, Professor, Principal Researcher Nic Craig, SPEAKERS Circumpolar Studies, Energy Arctic and Climate Change, Anvivo. Fellow, Energy and Climate Change, Polar Research org, Coventry University London and Policy Initiative: The Case for Increased UK - Nordic Electricity Sun Hong, Chief Engineer of the Administrative Center for China's Interconnection and the Implications of Brexit Agenda 21: • Tom Marsik, Associate Professor of Sustainable Energy, 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 Development, Bristol Bay Campus Huginn Þorsteinsson, Chair, Committee on Iceland and the ARCTIC COUNCIL Fourth Industrial Revolution: What to Expect from the Fourth Industrial • Nathan Wiltse, Policy Program Manager, Primary Economist, Revolution? Technological Advancement and Disruption Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska Organized by the Wilson Center and Harvard's Belfer Center Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Huigen Yang, Director General, Polar Research Institute of Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives China (PRIC): A Practice in Developing Novel Technologies and SPEAKERS Instrumentation for Polar Science Frontiers Exploration • Gisele M. Arruda, Principal Researcher Circumpolar Studies, Energy Arctic and Climate Change, Anvivo.org, Coventry University Ambassador David Balton, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of 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 Some Recommendations for Creating an Arctic Council Strategic Plan (SAON): Designing a Pan-Arctic Observing System for Sustainable • Julianna Hogenson, Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech Development in the Arctic Canada Inc. Magnus Johannesson, former Director of the Arctic Council Secretariat Julianna Hogenson, Environmental Scientist, Tetra Tech Canada Inc.: Geothermal Energy Development in the Arctic Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University of Saskatchewan & The Arctic Yearbook Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Ambassador Bård Ivar Svendsen, Senior Arctic Official, Per Axelsson, Associate Professor, Umeå University, Sweden: Moderator: Andreas Nøhr Vestergaard, Deputy Head of 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 Commission 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC GEO-ECONOMICS: DEVELOPMENT 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC ARCHITECTURE FOR THE & GOVERNANCE 17:15 – 18:15 PUBLIC HEALTH AMONG INDIGENOUS PRESENT, WITH AN AWARENESS OF THE Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security PEOPLES OF GREENLAND AND SÁPMI PAST FOR AN UNKNOWN FUTURE and The Arctic Yearbook Organized by Centre for Public Health in Greenland, National Organized by The Royal Danish Embassy in Iceland, Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Institute of Health, University of Southern Denmark Representation of Greenland in Iceland and The Royal Danish SPEAKERS Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Heather Exner-Pirot, L'observatoire de la politique et la sécurité SPEAKERS de l'Arctique (OPSA), CIRRICQ: SPEAKERS The Arctic Economic Development Paradigm and its Failures Youth Perspectives on Well-Being Among Inuit Youth from Greenland David Garcia, Associate Professor, The Royal Danish Academy of Mário Rodrigues Pontes, Universidade de Lisboa, Institute of Fine Arts' School of Architecture (KADK): Social and Political Sciences, Centre for Public Administration and • Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, Challenges and opportunities for architecture in the Arctic. What is it, Public Policies-FCT: The Growing Importance of Geo-Economics in the National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark how can it be Developed and how do we Teach it? Security of the Arctic Region & University of Greenland Martin Kotol, Assistant Professor, Technical University of Denmark: Heather Nicol, Director, Canadian Studies, Trent University: • Ivalu Katajavaara Sørensen, Scientific Assistant, National Sustainable Arctic Buildings for Better Health and Energy Efficiency Relevance of Security Aspect in Regional Development Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & Peter Oluf Meyer, building consultant and owner at POMEYER Ilya Stepanov, Higher School of Economics, Russia: University of Greenland Building Consult in Nuuk, Greenland: The Evolution of the Greenlandic Russian Arctic and Far East Policy: Potential for Conjunction of Northern Ann Ragnhild Broderstad, Research Professor, Centre for Sami Building Industry from a Personal Perspective and Eastern Regions' Development 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, Sami in Northern Norway Based on the SAMINOR Study Municipality, Greenland: Universidade de Lisboa, ISCSP, Centre for Public Administration and Peter Bjerregaard, Professor, National Institute of Public Health, Development of Nuuk: How to Create a Sustainable Arctic Capital Public Policies-FCT University of Southern Denmark and University of Greenland: Thomas Winkler, Senior Arctic Official of the Kingdom of Denmark: Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at 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

17:15 – 18:15 LANGUAGE, MOBILITY, AND CHANGE – 17:15 – 18:15 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATIONS 17:15 – 18:15 ARCTIC SECURITY – A GLOBAL NORTHERN RESEARCH FORUM EARLY IN THE ARCTIC: CHALLENGE? CAREER SESSION REGIONAL COOPERATION Organized by the University of Southern Denmark and Organized by The Northern Research Forum (NRF) at the Organized by the Northern Forum Loughborough University University of Akureyri & Rannís (Icelandic Centre for Research), Location: Ministry of Industry and Innovations - see map Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map with Support from the US Embassy in Iceland 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 Lara Hoffmann, PhD candidate in Social Studies, University of Mika Riipi, Governor of Lapland, Finland Devin Stewart, Senior Fellow, Eurasia Group Foundation, Carnegie 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: The Effects of Language Shift and Social Change on Chukchi Narrative Aleksander Pilyasov, General Director, Institute of Regional and Morphosyntax Consulting Hilary McMahan, PhD candidate, Linguistics, University of Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki Chicago: Halldór Jóhannson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal, Iceland 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 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – SESSIONS 17:15 - 18:15 ELECTRIC SHIP IN THE ARCTIC ICELANDIC - NORWEGIAN INITIATIVE Launched in Tromsø this October; sailing in Svalbard next summer

Learn more in the coffee break outside Eyri, Harpa Second Floor

Thursday, October 10th 17:00 - 17:15

Presentation: Agnes Árnadóttir, CEO Brim Explorer

Towards a CO2-free Arctic! ARCTIC INNOVATIONS Exhibition Opening: 15:15, Thursday, October 10th Location: Harpa Corner, 3rd Floor

For the past five years, the Master in Architecture program “ARCHITECURE AND EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS” has engaged with innovation strategies to inform future practitioners of alternative and sustainable solutions about the building industry. Through a site-specific approach, it aims to respond to present and future global challenges through research by design, fine-tuned site-specific strategies and active expeditions to remote world locations where 1:1 architectural prototypes are tested. The exhibition presents project from fieldwork in Iceland, Greenland, Svalbard and Alaska. ORGANIZED BY: Embassy of Denmark, Reykjavik EMBASSY The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, OF DENMARK Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation Reykjavik ICEBERG! Sermersooq – Great Vastness of Ice Touch the ice! Walk among the ice! Use photos as a message! EXHIBITION Location: Outside Harpa Main Entrance

Sermersooq Municipality is the largest municipality in the world. The Greenlandic Icecap – a great vastness of ice, divides the municipality´s towns and settlements on the west coast from the east coast. Nature has played an important role in shaping the way of life in Greenland. Sermersooq Municipality would like to celebrate nature, by offering you the chance to walk among the icebergs! ORGANIZED BY: Sermersooq Municipality KOMMUNEQARFIK SERMERSOOQ, GREENLAND THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 18:30 BREAKOUT - 19:30 SESSIONS

18:30 – 19:30 CHANGES OF GLACIERS AND • Joe Gendall, MSc, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map THEIR FOREFIELDS ON SVALBARD: • Piotr Weckwerth, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University SPEAKERS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES IN THE in Toruń; Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Bob McCoy, Director Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska: Poland HIGH ARCTIC A Natural Laboratory to Study the Ionosphere and Ways to Mitigate • Ireneusz Sobota, Vice-President of Polish Polar Consortium; Ionospheric Effects Organized by Polish Polar Consortium, Poland & Nicolaus Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Earth Copernicus University in Toruń, Polar Research Center, Poland Shelley A Johnson, Chief Engineer and Arctic Experimentation Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Lead, The MITRE Corporation: The Challenges of Arctic Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map Vegetation Succession and Soil Development in Communications; Leveraging Innovation and Experimentation SPEAKERS Forelands of Svalbard Glaciers Jennifer Forsyth, Group Leader for Waveform Design and Analysis, The MITRE Corporation: High Frequency Communications in the Arctic: Changes of Kaffiøyra Region Glaciers and their • Paulina Wietrzyk-Pełka, MSc, Professor Z. Czeppe Challenges & Opportunities Forefields, Svalbard – 20 Years of Research Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology, Jagiellonian University Eric Robinson, Senior Antenna & Electromagnetics Engineer, The MITRE Corporation: Design, Modelling, and Prototyping Antennas for • Ireneusz Sobota, Vice-President of Polish Polar Consortium, Arctic Geosynchronous SATCOM Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Faculty of Earth • Michał Węgrzyn, PhD Jagiellonian University, Professor Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Z. Czeppe Department of Polar Research and Documentation, Thomas Sharkey, Associate Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Botany, Krakow, Poland Institute: • Piotr Weckwerth, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University Marek Kasprzak, Assistant Professor, University of Wroclaw, The Role of Communications in Emergency Response in the Arctic and in Toruń, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland: the Benefits it Brings Remote Arctic Communities Poland Impact of Liquid Water on Permafrost in Coastal, Paraglacial Wiesław Ziaja, Professor, Jagiellonian University, Institute of Environment: Geophysical and Geomorphological Approach 18:30 – 19:30 SUPPORTING INUIT YOUTH AND Geography and Spatial Management, Krakow, Poland: Award lottery with Polar Gifts New Landscape of Areas Abandoned by Glaciers in SE Spitsbergen CHILDREN after 1900 Moderator: Ireneusz Sobota, Vice-President of Polish Polar Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa Consortium, Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Company LLC Detecting Geomorphological Change in High Faculty of Earth Sciences, Polar Research Center, Toruń, Poland Resolution: Applying UAV and Structure-from-Motion Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Technology to the Aavatsmarkbreen Forefield, 18:30 – 19:30 COMMUNICATIONS IN THE ARCTIC Spitsbergen Organized by The MITRE Corp, University of Alaska Fairbanks 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.

SPEAKERS Kaviq Kaluraq, Nunavut Arctic College and Acting Chairperson, 18:30 – 19:30 BLUE BUSINESS: A COMPREHENSIVE Nunavut Impact Review Board Sara Olsvig, Head of Programme, UNICEF Denmark APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE Robert Young, Senior Science Advisor, Freshwater Institute, DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC Valerie Nurr'araaluk Davidson (Yup'ik), Former Lieutenant Fisheries and Oceans Canada Governor of Alaska: Reclaiming Resilience through Culture Organized by High North Center for Business and Governance, Aviâja Egede Lynge, National Children's Rights Spokesperson, 18:30 – 19:30 SAVING THE ARCTIC: ETHICS, VALUES Nord University, Bodø, Norway MIO (National Child Rights Institution of Greenland): The Face of Reality: The Needs of Inuit Youth and Children and What AND THE NEXT GENERATION Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Support They Need Organized by Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G), as SPEAKERS affiliated with the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Pangaanga Pangawyi, Wellness Program Director, Kawerak, Inc.: Frode Mellemvik, Director, High North Center Holding Space: Affairs Multigenerational Healing and Community Empowerment Evgenii Aleksandrov, Post Doc, High North Center for Business Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level and Governance, Nord University Business School: A NEW ARCTIC REGION FOR THE SPEAKERS Smart Cities for Sustainable High North? Current Developments in 18:30 – 19:30 Finland, North America, Norway and Russia DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES AND Sir David King, Affiliate Partner, SYSTEMIQ Limited; Senior Strategy Adviser to the President of Rwanda; Former UK Special Envoy for Natalia Andreassen, Associate Professor, High North Center for OCEANS AND THE CANADIAN COAST Climate Change Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: GUARD Emergency Management Challenges and Competence Development Maria Krabbe Hammershøy, Secretary General of Caritas Needs in the Arctic Organized by Fisheries and Oceans Canada / Canadian Coast Denmark; Board Member of Justice and Peace Europe Guard Erlend Bullvåg, Dean, Nord University Business School: Ilona Mettiäinen, Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland Business Index North Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Ashley Komangaapik Rose Cummings, Indigenous rights Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for SPEAKERS activist for Inuit communities in Canada; Member of Canadian Prime Business and Governance, Nord University Business School: Minister's Youth Council AlaskaNor – Opportunities for Blue Growth in Alaska and North Norway Neil O'Rourke, Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard Moderator: Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Moderator: Trine Jonassen, Communications Advisor, High Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business Beverly Foster, Manager, Indigenous Relations and Partnerships, School Coast Guard Arctic Region Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of Iqaluit, Canada THURSDAY,FRIDAY, OCTOBER OCTOBER 31 10 – –17:00-20:00 SESSIONS 18:30 BREAKOUT - 19:30 SESSIONS

18:30 – 19:30 KNOWLEDGE AND PROSPERITY: • Gregory E. Hitzhusen, Assistant Professor of Professional Olga Safonova, Chairperson of the Committee of Natural Resources 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: COMMUNITY ACTION • Jame Schaefer, Associate Professor, Theology, Marquette Development System of Specially Protected Natural Areas in the University, US Chukotka Autonomous Region for the Conservation of Biodiversity Organized by United Nations University Land Restoration Training Programme, Soil Conservation Service of Iceland, Moderator: Halldor Thorgeirsson, Former Senior Director, Liubov Taian, Chairperson of Inuit Circumpolar Council, Chukotka: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Landvernd (Icelandic Environment Association) and Faith and The Development of my Land while Preserving Culture and Nature: Views of the Eskimos on the prospects for the Arctic Community 18:30 – 19:30 CRITICAL AND COMMON – Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map Egor Vereshchagin, Representative of the Indigenous peoples' CONSERVATION ISSUES IN THE BERINGIA association, Chukotka Commissioner for Indigenous people in the SPEAKERS SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM Russian-American Polar Bear Commission, Protection and Utilization of the Animal Kingdom Department of the Industrial and Agricultural Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Member of the Icelandic Parliament: Organized by WWF-US Arctic Program & WWF-Russia Policy of the Chukotka autonomous region The Layman's Aid – The Legacy of Citizen Science in Iceland Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level PANEL Beatrice Dossah, Programme Officer, Environmental Protection Agency Ghana and United Nations University Land Restoration Training SPEAKERS Olivia Lee, Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Programme, Iceland: Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Delbert Pungowiyi, President, Native Village of Savoonga, Alaska Improving Research Efficiency - Stakeholder Viewpoints Delbert Pungowiyi, President, Native Village of Savoonga, Alaska Derek Akeya, Tribal Council Member, Native Village of Savoonga, Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir, Station Manager, Rif Field Alaska Derek Akeya, Tribal Council Member, Native Village of Savoonga, Station, Northeast-Iceland: Increasing Environmental Sustainability Alaska through Partnered Knowledge Management Olivia Lee, Assistant Professor, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Technology and Indigenous Knowledge Opik (Marlene) Ahkinga, Mayor of Little Diomede, Alaska, & 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 Council of ATTU, West Greenland: Alexander Moiseev, Coordinator of the Environmental Programme, June Walunga, Representative of the Native Village of Gambell Fostering Environmental Governance by Local Empowerment in WWF Russia: 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, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 – 17:00-20:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ARCTIC 18:30 – 19:30 STRONGER TOGETHER: INCLUSIVE, 18:30 – 19:30 SHAPING ECOTOURISM OBSERVING AND NETWORKING RESILIENT AND CONNECTED NORTHERN Organized by Manicouagan – Uapishka UNESCO Biosphere Organized by Polar Research Institute of China (PRIC), CITIES Reserve and the SHAPE international project Committee on Iceland and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Organized by Anchorage Museum Location: Ministry of Industries and Innovation – see map Prime Minister's Office of Iceland, the Administrative Center for China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21), MOST of China, and Sustaining Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) SPEAKERS Jean-Philippe L. Messier, Founder & General Manager, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of Manicouagan-Uapishka, Québec Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level David Lubell, Founding Director, Welcoming International Ragnhildur Sigurðardóttir, Snaefellsnes Regional Park, Iceland SPEAKERS Mara Kimmel, Deputy Director of Strategy, Research and Scholarship, Anchorage Museum Rosalind Bryce, SHAPE Project Manager, University of the Halldór Jóhannsson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal: Availability Highlands and Islands, Scotland and Presentation of Information and Data for the Benefit of All Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska Xiao Cheng, Professor and Dean, School of Geospatial Engineering Aaron Leggett, Indigenous Curator of History and Culture, and Science; Vice Dean, Institute of South China Sea, Sun Yat- Anchorage Museum Sen University (SYSU): Design and Implementation of Cubesat Constellation for Arctic Observation 18:30 – 19:30 SEEKING A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE Zhuoli Yuan, Assistant Professor, Polar Research Institute of China: ARCTIC COUNCIL Unmanned Ice Station Observation System (UNIS) and its Potential Roles in the Central Arctic Ocean Observation Network Organized by the Wilson Center and Harvard's Belfer Center Zhang Haibin, Professor, Institute of Deep-sea Science and Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences: Private meeting – by invitation only Deep-Sea Manned Submersible Shenhaiyongshi: A Powerful Platform for Deep-Sea Observation and its Potential Application in Arctic Ocean THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 – PLENARY SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30

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

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: 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 Location: Norðurbryggja Hall, Harpa Ground Level Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level 20:30 – 21:30 OVERCOMING REMOTENESS IN THE 20:30 – 21:30 THE STEFANSSON MEMORIAL LECTURE SPEAKERS ARCTIC Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, 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 SPEAKER Alexander Pilyasov, General Director, Institute of Regional LEADERS: RECEPTION HOSTED BY 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 in the Arctic ENVIRONMENT 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 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 DIALOGUE RECEPTION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 20:30-21:30, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level

Hosted by H.E. Guðmundur Ingi Guðbrandsson, Iceland’s Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources

By invitation only 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 traditional Nenets songs ARCTIC CIRCLE BAR 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 REFUSE, REUSE, 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 GET YOUR OWN Pick up your complimentary bag and pen and purchase a reusable water bottle at the Registration Desk FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 8:00 - 9:00

08:00 – 17:00 REGISTRATION 08:00 – 09:00 INSPIRING ARCTIC VOICES THROUGH • Pétur Halldórsson, Chair, Icelandic Youth Environmentalist YOUTH Association (Ungir Umhverfissinnar) 08:00 – 09:00 ARCTIC MIGRATORY BIRDS INITIATIVE Organized by Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador (AMBI): A MODEL FOR ARCTIC AND NON- Working Group of the Arctic Council • Youth Exchange Iceland, Finland, Norway and the U.S ARCTIC STATE COOPERATION Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level • Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir, Conservation of Arctic Flora and 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 Ecology (NIE), Republic of Korea Kári Fannar Lárusson, Programme Manager, Conservation of • Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic Council: Youth Council for the SDGs, Prime Minister's Office, Iceland Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Introduction and Background • Arctic Youth Network, What Can Happen When You Create SPEAKERS Oscar D. Avila, Public Affairs Officer, US Embassy Reykjavik, Space for Dialog Iceland: 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 Exchange and the Role Youth Plays in a Sustainable Arctic Association (Ungir Umhverfissinnar) Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials of Youth Exchange Iceland, Finland, Norway and the U.S • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador the Arctic Council: Addressing Common Concerns: International • Sigurður Smári Davíðsson, Biology student, Conservation Moderator: Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Cooperation and the Arctic Council of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat (CAFF) Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Secretariat (CAFF): • Kolbrún Þóra Sverrisdóttir, Biology student, Conservation 08:00 – 09:00 A RENEWABLE ARCTIC: GREEN ENERGY of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) Working Group of the Arctic The Arctic Migratory Birds Initiative: Working Together to Address TRANSITIONS Population Decline in Arctic-Breeding Migratory Species Council Organized by Arctic Centre for Sustainable Energy (ARC), UiT Sung-Ryong Kang, General Manager, Department of International • Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic 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 Ecology, Republic of Korea: Institute, University of Cambridge • Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Ambassador 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, Youth Summit Participants Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Yngve Birkelund, Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of Ingvild Meland, ONS Programme Director Norway: Electrical Airplanes Liv Monica Stubholt, Partner in law firm Selmer and Board Member Matteo Chiesa, Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of World Ocean Council: Norway: Changes in the Arctic – GeopoliticaI Implications and Challenges Wind Power Janne Valkonen, Arctic Operations, DNV-GL: Odin Eikeland, Research Fellow, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of Growing Arctic Shipping - Opportunities and Challenges Norway: Solar Power Moderator: Ingvild Meland, ONS Programme Director Silje Lundberg, Chair, Friends of the Earth Norway: NGO Discussions 08:00 – 09:00 SETTING THE ARCTIC AGENDA: THE #ArcticCircle Bjarte Hoff, Associate Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic University of ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN Norway: Electrification of the Fishing Industry INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Gunn Tove Bjerkan, Marketing Director, Ishavskraft: #ArcticCircle2019 Smart Energy Solutions Organized by Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland Berit Kristoffersen, Associate Professor, ARC, UiT – The Arctic Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level University of Norway: Renewable and Viable Energy Futures SPEAKERS @_Arctic_Circle Moderator: Michael Bravo, Acting Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge Charlotte Ludvigsen, Mayor of Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland; Setting the Arctic Agenda from a Greenlandic City Perspective* 08:00 – 09:00 ARCTIC TRANSPORTATION ROUTES: Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri, Iceland: IMPLICATIONS FOR ENERGY SUPPLY AND Setting the Arctic Agenda from an Icelandic City Perspective ENERGY SECURITY Kristin Røymo, Mayor of Tromsø, Norway: Organized by ONS Foundation Setting the Arctic Agenda from a Norwegian City Perspective Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of Iqaluit, Canada: 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 Maria Derunova, Deputy 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 09:30 – 09:50 PAVING THE POLAR SILK ROAD Bishop Mark Macdonald, National Indigenous CHINA – RUSSIA – JAPAN – KOREA 10:10 – 10:20 ANNOUNCING THE 2020 UARCTIC Anglican Bishop, Anglican Church of Canada; World CONGRESS Council of Churches President for North America SPEECH SPEAKERS CHAIR Henry Tillman, Founder and Chairman, China Investment Research Lars Kullerud, President, University of the Arctic Rev. Kristján Björnsson, Bishop at Skalholt, (UArctic) Iceland; Vice Chairman of the Icelandic Institute on CHAIR Religion and Reconciliation Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson,CEO, Arctic Circle Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Arctic Today 11:00 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK FRAM FORUM RECEPTION UARCTIC CONGRESS 2020: CELEBRATING MODERN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10TH 20:30 - 21:30 COMING TO ICELAND GREENLANDIC CULTURE Organized by FRAM – High North Research Centre FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 20:30-21:30 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH 20:30-21:30 for Climate and the Environment (The Fram Centre) Organized by UArctic and Icelandic Organized by Sermersooq Municipality, Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Universities Greenland Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Norðurbryggja Hall, Harpa Ground Level Performances by Nanook and Small Time Giants

Open to All Assembly Participants Music, arts and food tasting FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 11:15 - 12:00

11:15 – 12:00 SMART ENERGY ARCTIC: PRACTICAL SPEAKERS PANEL SOLUTIONS FOR LOW-CARBON Mirva Salminen, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Dance Zurovac-Jevtic, Senior Atmospheric Specialist and TRANSITION Everyday Digital Security in the European High North: The Case of Field Technical Underwriter, Sirius International Insurance Corporation Lapland Halldór Þorgeirsson, Chair, Iceland's Climate Council Organized by UK Science and Innovation Network, Natural Gerald Zojer, Environment Research Council (NERC) Arctic Office NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Hulda Ragnheiður Árnadóttir, CEO of the Natural Catastrophe FLOSS (free/libre open source software) as a Contribution to Digital Insurance of Iceland Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Security in the Arctic SPEAKERS Marcin Dymet, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: 11:15 – 12:00 RENEWABLE ENERGY HYBRID POWER Resilience and Transformation of Arctic Systems. Cases from Natalie Lowery, Practice Manager, Local Area Energy Planning, Speculative Narratives GENERATION SOLUTIONS FOR REMOTE Energy Systems Catapult: ARCTIC COMMUNITIES Local Energy Asset Representation Joëlle Klein, NIEM, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland: Conceptualizing Cyber Security in the Arctic in Light of Human Security Organized by U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Scot Wheeler, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Energy and Power and Climate Change Energy Laboratory Group, Engineering Science Department, University of Oxford: Project LEO: Maximising Prosperity of Local Energy Systems Moderator: Kamrul Hossain, Research Professor & Director, Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Gareth Davies, Managing Director, Aquatera: Lapland SPEAKERS ReFLEX Orkney (Responsive Flexibility) Project - Creating Smart Energy Gail Mosey, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Island 11:15 – 12:00 THE MELTING OF THE ARCTIC AND THE Clay Koplin, Moderator: Henry Burgess, Head, NERC Arctic Office, UK (RE)INSURANCE INDUSTRY Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. National Environment Research Council Arctic Office Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Organized by TM Insurance University of Alaska, Fairbanks 11:15 – 12:00 CYBER SECURITY AND HUMAN SECURITY Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Amy Halloran, Sandia National Laboratories IN THE DIGITAL ARCTIC SPEAKERS Moderator: Greg Poelzer, University of Saskatchewan Organized by ECoHuCy Project, Northern Institute for Dance Zurovac-Jevtic, Senior Atmospheric Specialist and Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) / Arctic Centre / Technical Underwriter, Sirius International Insurance Corporation University of Lapland Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

11:15 – 12:00 SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN THE ARCTIC – SPEAKERS 11:15 – 12:00 BUILDING AN ARCTIC INVESTMENT CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES H.E. Jess Svane, Minister of Industry, Energy and Research, INITIATIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE Government of Greenland Organized by Polar Knowledge Canada DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARCTIC Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir, Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Director, Promote Iceland Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), United Julia Pars, Director, Visit Greenland Kingdom SPEAKERS Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level David Scott, President, Polar Knowledge Canada: 11:15 – 12:00 A NEW ARCTIC CIRCLE MISSION Beyond Fieldwork: Arctic Science as a Diplomatic Tool COUNCIL: THE GLOBALARCTIC SPEAKERS David Hik, Associate Dean, Faculty of Science & Professor, Organized by the GlobalArctic Mission Council of the Arctic Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing Director, Polar Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University: Research and Policy Initiative, UK Circle Diplomacy for Science: The Essential Ingredients for International Alice Rogoff, Publisher & Editorial Director, Arctic Today Research Collaboration in the Arctic Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Russell Read, CFA, PhD, Senior Advisor, Private Markets and Asset Lisa Koperqualuk, Vice-President of Inuit Circumpolar Council SPEAKERS Owner Solutions, MSCI; former Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Alaska Canada: Permanent Fund, US Indigenous Perspectives on Science Diplomacy: Indigenous Miyase Christensen, Professor, Leading Research Environment Collaborations Across Borders in Global Media Studies and Politics of Mediated Communication, Toby Norfolk-Thompson, Private Investor and Experienced University of Stockholm Corporate Director, UK Moderator: Bob Paquin, Head, Canadian International Arctic Centre, Embassy of Canada, Oslo, Norway Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council Hilmar Eggertsson, Debt Capital Markets, MUFG Securities, Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University of Saskatchewan France 11:15 – 12:00 TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM & The Arctic Yearbook – KNOWLEDGE SHARING BETWEEN Yang Jian, Vice-President, Shanghai Institute for International GREENLAND AND ICELAND Studies Organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greenland and Atsushi Sunami, Ocean Policy Research Institut, The Sasakawa Peace Foundation the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Innovation, Iceland Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level University of Helsinki FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 11:15 - 12:00

11:15 – 12:00 OCEAN FOOD SYSTEMS FROM ACADEMIA Related to The Development of Sustainable Tourism in the Arctic, SPEAKERS Especially in Small Communities TO ENTERPRISE Patrick Arnold, CEO, New England Ocean Cluster: Cost-Based Annika Olsen, Mayor of Torshavn, Faroe Islands: Geographies as Drivers of Arctic Economic Growth and Connectedness Organized by University of New England, College of the Atlantic, There are Too Many Tourists Here Ocean Rainforest, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Anu Fredrikson, Director, Arctic Economic Council: Iceland Moderator: Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri Growing Arctic Economies through Collaboration 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 SPEAKERS DEVELOPMENT NOW AND FOR THE Moderator: William Patrowicz, CEO, Kaiser Global Barry A. Costa-Pierce, Executive Director, UNE NORTH, the FUTURE Institute for North Atlantic Studies, Henry L. & Grace Doherty Professor 11:15 – 12:00 RESPONSIBLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT of Marine Sciences, University of New England in Maine, US: Ocean Organized by Global Affairs Canada Food Businesses Connected to Applied Academia in the New North Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE Jay Friedlander, Sharpe-McNally Chair, Green and Socially SPEAKERS Organized by the Masters of Project Management (MPM) Responsible Business, College of the Atlantic: program, Reykjavík University David Sproule, Senior Arctic Official and Director General, Arctic Bridging the Skills-Passion Gap to Increase Impact Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Chair: Barry A. Costa-Pierce, University of New England, Maine, US Eurasian, and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada Brian Burke, Executive Director, Nunavut Fisheries Association SPEAKERS 11:15 – 12:00 ARCTIC CITIES AND SUSTAINABLE Heather Bourassa, Jane Glassco Northern Fellow, Business Owner Responsible Project Management Beyond the Arctic TOURISM Moderator: Jutta Wark, Director, Nordic and Polar Affairs, Global Circle Organized by Arctic Mayors, Municipality of Akureyri, Affairs Canada • Helgi Þór Ingason, Professor and Director of the MPM Municipality of Torshavn and Sermersooq Municipality Program, Reykjavík University Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level 11:15 – 12:00 LESSONS FROM START-UP AND • Haukur Ingi Jónasson, Professor and Director of the MPM SPEAKERS INNOVATION VENTURES IN THE ARCTIC Program, Reykjavík University 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 England Ocean Cluster and Startup Iceland Program, Reykjavik University Guðrún Þóra Gunnarsdóttir Director, Icelandic Tourism Research Centre: The Development of Tourism in Iceland, Challenges and Issues Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Project Ethics When Managing Complex Sustainable Projects in Highly Demanding Environmental Circumstances • Ægir Jóhannsson, Civil and Environmental Engineer, Project THE ARCTIC Manager, M.Sc., Verkís Consulting Engineers • Gísli H. Guðmundsson, Civil Engineer, Head of Building CIRCLE APP! Department, Lic.Techn., Ístak Ltd, Construction Contractor • Karl Andreassen, Civil Engineer, CEO of Ístak Ltd, Download the Arctic Circle App and enjoy Construction Contractor its many features:

12:00 – 13:00 DIALOGUE WITH LEADERS IN ARCTIC • View the entire Program SCIENCE: LUNCH HOSTED BY THE • Customize your own schedule ICELANDIC MINISTER OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE, H.E. LILJA DÖGG • Locate sessions and exhibitions ALFREÐSDÓTTIR • Get to know the speakers Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level By invitation only

12:00-12:45 NETWORKING LUNCH OPEN TO ALL ASSEMBLY PARTICIPANTS Hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland, H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir DIALOGUE RECEPTION FOR ARCTIC SCIENCE 12:15, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level

Hosted by H.E. Lilja Dögg Alfreðsdóttir, Iceland’s Minister of Education, Science and Culture By invitation only LUNCH 12:00-12:45, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

Hosted by the Prime Minister of Iceland H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir

Open to All Assembly Participants 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

12:45 – 12:55 FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH CHAIR 14:35 – 14:55 THE ICELANDIC CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY Össur Skarphéðinsson, former Minister ARCTIC COUNCIL for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; Chair of Iceland’s SPEAKERS Commission on Greenland SPEECH Jørgen Clausen, Chairman of the Board, Danfoss H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for A/S 13:50 – 14:20 VOICE OF STRENGTH: YOUTH Foreign Affairs, Iceland ENGAGEMENT IN MENTAL WELLNESS Questions and answers 12:55 – 13:25 CONNECTING THE ARCTIC: DATA CABLES EFFORTS IN THE ARCTIC CHAIR AS GAME CHANGERS Organized in cooperation with the Government Magnús Jóhannesson, former Director of the Organized in cooperation with Arctic Economic of Canada (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Arctic Council Secretariat; Senior Advisor, Ministry for Council Northern Affairs) Foreign Affairs of Iceland SPEAKERS YOUTH PANEL 14:55 – 15:20 THE NEW RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF THE Dag Kjetil Hansen, CEO, Bredbåndsfylket Ltd., Melody Teddy, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Norway Canada (Inuit/Canada) ARCTIC AND THE FAR EAST Jukka-Pekka Joensuu, Attorney-at-law, Partner, Simon Coady, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Inuit/ SPEAKER Eversheds Sutherland Canada) Yulia Kosareva, Director of the International CHAIR Byron Nikolai, Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA (Yup'ik/ Department, Ministry for the Development of the USA) Russian Far East and Arctic Heiðar Guðjónsson, Chair, Arctic Economic Council CHAIR CHAIR Selma Ford, Health Coordinator, Inuit Circumpolar H.E. Anton Vasiliev, Ambassador of Russia to 13:25 – 13:50 DIALOGUE WITH U.S. SENATOR LISA Council – Canada Iceland MURKOWSKI SPEAKER 14:20 – 14:35 COFFEE BREAK Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate H.E. Ane Lone Bagger, Minister for Education, Culture, Church and Foreign Affairs, Greenland Location: Silfurberg, Harpa Second Level

15:20 – 16:00 ARCTIC-GLOBAL INDIGENOUS DIALOGUE 16:25 – 16:45 HOW RENEWABLE ENERGY CAN SAVE Organized in cooperation with Nia Tero THE ARCTIC DIALOGUE WITH THE SPEAKERS DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF IRENA Follow the Arctic Kimaren Ole Riamit, Maasai from Kenya, SPEECH Executive Director, Indigenous Livelihoods Enhancement Partners (ILEPA) Francesco La Camera, Director-General, Circle on Social International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami Council CHAIR Media! Rukka Sombolinggi, Toraja from Indonesia, Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Director General, Secretary General of Indigenous Peoples Alliance of National Energy Authority of Iceland the Archipelago (AMAN) Joe Morrison, Aboriginal Australian, Nia Tero 16:45 – 17:00 COFFEE BREAK CHAIR /ArcticCircle.org Peter Seligmann, founding CEO, Nia Tero 16:00 – 16:25 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON PACIFIC FISHERIES Organized in cooperation with Conservation @_Arctic_Circle International SPEECHES The Honourable Semi Koroilavesau, Minister of Fisheries, Fiji /TheArcticCircle The Honourbale Dalton Tagelagi, Minister for Natural Resources, Niue CHAIR Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Special Envoy on Ocean Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30

17:00 – 18:30 THE RUSSIAN ARCTIC: FUTURE Valery L. Mikheev, Rector, Russian State Hydrometeorological Aviaja Geisler Kristensen, Aalborg University University SCENARIOS Jonathan Kamler, University of Alaska Fairbanks Organized by the International Arctic Social Sciences 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC INNOVATION LAB: 15 IDEAS FOR Daniel Barrios Castilla, Reykjavik University Association (IASSA); Russian State Hydrometeorological A BETTER ARCTIC Kevin Dillman, University of Iceland University (RSHU); the Northern Forum; Arctic-COAST Organized by Arctic Innovation Lab in partnership with Harvard Renata Bade Barajas, Reykjavik University Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Kennedy School, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Moderator: Brittany Janis, Arctic Initiative Project Coordinator, SPEAKERS Tufts University, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Harvard Kennedy School of Government Belfer Center Dmitriy A. Artyukhov, Governor, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Greenland, University of Iceland and Reykjavík University Okrug, Russia Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC GLACIERS AND ICE Roman Kopin, Governor, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia SPEAKERS CAPS: RECENT MASS LOSS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO GLOBAL SEA-LEVEL Aleksandr V. Tsybulsky, Governor, Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Guðbjörg Ríkey Thoroddssen Hauksdóttir, PhD student, Russia University of Iceland RISE Overview of the Russia's Arctic Future Scenarios – 2050 Report Gauri Gupta, the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts Organized by the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the Icelandic • Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences University Arctic Cooperation Network and the International Arctic Science Association; Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa Clark Yuan, Harvard Kennedy School Committee (IASC) • Marya S. Rozanova, Advisor, Russian State Emily Fry, Harvard Kennedy School Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Hydrometeorological University; Professioral Lecturer, George Washington University Alicia Nelson, Harvard School of Public Health SPEAKERS DISCUSSANTS Siddarth Shrikanth, Harvard Kennedy School Paul Morin, Director, Polar Geospatial Center, University of Minnesota: 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 The Arctic University of Norway Mikhail A. Pogodaev, Deputy Minister for the Arctic Development Change 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, MODERATORS Maren Irene Gåre Bakkevoll, Student, UiT – The Arctic Canada: University of Norway Recent Glacier Mass Loss in Arctic Canada and its Drivers Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences Association, Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Barbara Barzycka, PhD candidate, Centre for Polar Studies, Overview of the KEPLER and ExtremeEarth Projects Atsushi Sunami, Vice-president, National Graduate Institute for University of Silesia, Poland: Industry Priorities Support Safe, Responsible, and Effective Policy Studies, Japan: Japan's Arctic Science and Policy Toward the Melting and Crumbling Arctic – Example of Svalbard's Glaciers Industry Operations in the Arctic Ocean Next Phase René Forsberg, Professor, Geodynamics group, DTU-Space, Uliana A. Vinokurova, Professor, Director of the Centre of Denmark: • Mark van der Hulst, Managing Director, Oceanwide Marine Circumpolar Civilization, Arctic State Institute of Art and Culture Services Current Changes of the Greenland Ice Sheet as seen from Space and (Yakutsk, Russia): Airborne Campaigns • Andrew Kendrick, Vice President, Vard Marine Inc, Fincantieri What does Arctic Indigenous people want for non-Arctic countries Guðfinna Aðalgeirsdóttir, Professor, University of Iceland: Group, Ottawa, Canada Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Project Associate Professor, National Institute for Mass Balance of Icelandic Glaciers in the Past and Future Projection Bent-Ove Jamtli, Director of Joint Rescue and Coordination Polar Research (NiPR), Japan: Disseminating Information on the Arctic Climate Projection Moderator: Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, Glaciologist, Icelandic Centre Northern Norway (JRCC NN): Requirements for Monitoring and Meteorological Office Supporting Search-And-Rescue Operations in the Arctic Natsuhiko Ohtsuka, Arctic Research Center Hokkaido University, Vladimir Vlassov, Associate Professor, Royal Institute of Technology Japan 17:00 – 18:30 BREAKING THE ICE: COOPERATION FOR (KTH), Stockholm: Japan's story for study and business of the Northern Sea Route Development of Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-Based Computing to Takashi Kikuchi: Marine ecosystem and Fishery SAFE AND RESPONSIBLE EXPLOITATION Provide Enhanced Arctic Information Products for Copernicus 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 Organized by EU Polar Cluster members: ARICE, KEPLER, International Chamber of Shipping, Independent Maritime Consultant ARCSAR, with ExtremeEarth Daisuke Doi, Deputy Director, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level 17:00 – 18:30 SCIENCE MEETS SOCIETY: TOWARD THE CO-DESIGNING OF ARCTIC RESEARCH Moderator: Tetsuo Sueyoshi, Associate Professor, National SPEAKERS Institute of Polar Research Organized by the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability (ArCS) Peter Hinchliffe OBE, Former Secretary General International Project, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan, JAMSTEC, Chamber of Shipping, Independent Maritime Consultant Hokkaido University Nicole Biebow, Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Wegener Institute: Overview of ARICE and ARICE Project and EU Polar Cluster SPEAKERS Nick Hughes, KEPLER Coordinator, Norwegian Meteorological Masao Fukasawa, Project Director, Arctic Challenge for Institute, Leader of the Norwegian Ice Service: Sustainability (ArCS), Japan FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30

17:00 – 18:30 FULBRIGHT IN THE ARCTIC – MEET THE Josée Lavoie, Professor, University of Manitoba, Director, Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing: Development of Optimal SCIENTISTS Models of Contracting in Health in Indigenous Environments SPEAKERS 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, the US State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Anchorage, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar: European Union: Mutations in the Arctic Political Security Landscape – Affairs and the National Science Foundation Community Health Workers in The Circumpolar North Observations from the EU Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level Gwen Healy Akearok, Co-Founder, Executive and Scientific Ólöf Hrefna Kristjánsdóttir, Director International Operations, Director, Quajigiartiit Health Research Center: Health Research Defence Directorate, Ministry for Foreign Affairs SPEAKERS Conducted Locally, by Northerners, and with Communities, in a Iceland in the Arctic, Security Challenges and Regional Cooperation Adam Netzer Zimmer, PhD student, University of Massachusetts Supportive, Safe, Culturally Responsive, and Ethical Environment Vice Admiral (ret) Lutz Feldt, Director, Wise Pen International, 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 Understanding Inequality through Icelandic Anatomical Collections Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University Professor Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair and Nicholas Robinson, PhD student, University of California Davis, of Greenland: Professor, Trent University, Canada: Fulbright-NSF Arctic research fellow, University of Iceland: Understanding Health Among Indigenous Populations in the Arctic An Important International Crossroads: A Canadian Perspective on the Diversification and Sustainability of Subarctic Agriculture and Food Overview of Fulbright Opportunities in the Arctic Changing Arctic Defence and Security Environment Systems MODERATORS • Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright Commission Greta Wells, PhD candidate, University of Texas Austin, Fulbright- Iceland NSF Arctic research fellow, University of Iceland: Reconstructing Commander Andreas Hildenbrand, Program Director European Security Seminar North, George C. Marshall European Glacial Lake Outburst Floods along the Hvítá River and Gullfoss • Michael Hawes, Chief Executive Officer, Fulbright Canada Waterfall Center for Security Studies Moderator: Belinda Theriault, Executive Director, Fulbright Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, Lauren Fields, Foreign Affairs Specialist, NOAA, Fulbright-MFA Commission Iceland Arctic Scholar, University of Akureyri: Fisheries Management: Iceland Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland and the Central Arctic Ocean Agreement 17:00 – 18:30 ENHANCED ARCTIC SECURITY 17:00 – 18:30 SMART SPECIALISATION IN THE ARCTIC Lára Jóhannsdóttir, Professor, University of Iceland, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar: The Role of Non-Life Insurance Companies in COOPERATION REGIONS Economic Development in the Arctic Organized by George C. Marshall European Center for Security Organized by European Commission's Joint Research Centre Studies, Germany and Centre for Arctic Studies, University of Soili Nysten-Haarala, Professor, University of Lapland, Fulbright Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Arctic Initiative Scholar scholar: Iceland Comparing Corporate Social Responsibility and Benefit Sharing Schemes of Resource Extracting Industries in the Arctic Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

SPEAKERS Nicola Crook, PhD Researcher, University of Strathclyde Centre Elisabeth Hamdouch, Deputy Head of Unit, Copernicus for Environmental Law and Governance: Scotland Paving the Way in Infrastructure Unit, European Commission: Evolution in the EU's 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, 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 Arctic Empowering Islands Communities, A Nordic Perspective Meteorological Institute: Perspective on Different Use-Cases in the Arctic Jukka Teräs, Senior Research Fellow, Nordregio: Magnus Davidson, Researcher, University of Highlands and Smart Specialisation in Sparsely Populated European Arctic Regions Islands: Michael Kern, Scientist, Advisory Committee for Earth Observation, Lina Stanionyte, The Role of Academic Campuses in Rural and Islands Areas: The Case European Space Agency: Evolution of the European Earth Observation Project Officer, Smart Specialisation Platform, of The University of The Highlands and Islands Space Assets to Meet Priority User Needs in the Arctic Joint Research Centre, European Commission: Good Practice Cases of Building Linkages in Smart Specialisation in the Arctic Sheila Downer, Strategic Northern Liaison, Office of Public Kimmo Kanto, Head of Space, Business Finland: Kristiina Jokelainen, Engagement, Memorial University; Vice President, Finance, A Perspective of the Finnish Presidency of the EU Director of International Relations and S3 Development and Engagement, UArctic: Connecting Communities and Implementations for Lapland, Regional Council of Lapland: Businesses in Rural and Northern Areas Council on the Space Business Ecosystem Lapland's Leadership in Transnational S3 Partnerships Dan-Claudiu Chirondojan, Director of JRC Space, Security and 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 Counsellor, Research Council of Norway THE ARCTIC Different Space Programmes for the Arctic. 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 Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Council: COMMUNITIES: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN Living in the Arctic – Climate Change and Needs for Information and Entrepreneurship (DG GROW), the European External Action Services SCOTLAND AND THE ARCTIC Service (EEAS) with the support of Finland under their Organized by the Scottish Government Presidency of the Council of the EU Reinhard Blasi, Project Officer, GSA: Overview of Current and Future Market Uptake Activities for EGNSS Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Services SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Snorre Greil, Project Manager and the National Competent Authority Representative for CleanSeaNet and Copernicus, Icelandic Coast H.E. Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Paul Flament, Head of Unit, Galileo and EGNOS Programme Guard: Islands, Scottish Government, Arctic Policy Framework and National Management, European Commission: Ship Routing and Navigation 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 Éric Laliberté, Director General, Space Utilization, Canadian Space Societal Challenges and Growth, European Commission Agency, Canadian Space: Initiatives and their Benefits to the Arctic FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 17:00 - 18:30

17:00 – 18:30 POLAR LAW: THE LAW OF INDIGENOUS Julie Decker, Director/CEO, Anchorage Museum Peter Deakin, Innovation Advisor, Chalmers University of Technology Innovation Office, Representative of SNITTS, Sweden PEOPLES Marek Ranis, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Curator-at-Large, Anchorage Museum Moderator: Mona Wan, Associate Director, Stanford Office of Organized by the University of Akureyri Monica Shah, Technology Licensing, US Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level Director of Collections, Anchorage Museum Bodil Kjelstrup, Curator, Anchorage Museum and Nordnorsk 17:00 – 18:30 FAITH AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPEAKERS Kunstmuseum FOR SDGS IN THE ARCTIC Tukumminnguaq Nykjær Olsen, M.A. Candidate, Ilisimatusarfik – University of Greenland: Inuit Legal Principles and Living Resource 17:00 – 18:30 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND THE Organized by Evangelic Lutheran Church of Iceland; Institute Management in Kalaallit Nunaat ARCTIC – MOBILIZING SCIENCE ACROSS on Religion and Reconciliation (IRR); Institute of Theology, University of Iceland; Faith and Community (F&C) Kamrul Hossain, Research Professor & Director, Northern Institute THE NORDICS for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland: Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map Negotiating the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within the Framework of Organized by Auðna – Technology Transfer Office Iceland, Aalto International Law University, Finland and the Technical University of Denmark SPEAKERS Tanja Joona, Senior Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of (DTU) Mark MacDonald, Indigenous Bishop, Anglican Church in Canada; Lapland: Location: Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation Chairman, World Council of Churches in North America Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in Finland and Sweden – – see map Contemporary Perspectives Peter Fischer-Møller, Bishop of Roskilde; Member, Executive Committee of the Danish Counsel of Churches; Participant, Working Antje Neumann, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University SPEAKERS Group on the Green Church in Denmark of Akureyri: Dag Finne, Head of Marine, VIS Innovasjon, Norway Cassandra Carmichael, Executive Director, National Religious Protecting the Sacred in the Finnish Sápmi: Settings and Challenges Einar Mäntylä, CEO, Auðna – Technology Transfer Office Iceland Partnership for the Environment, Washington DC, US 17:00 – 18:30 NORTH AT THE CENTER: CREATIVITY & Janne Laine, Vice President of Innovation, Aalto University, Finland Beatrice Dossah, Programme Officer, Environmental Protection Agency Ghana and United Nations University Land Restoration Training THE FUTURE OF PLACE Javier L. Arnaut, Assistant Professor of Economics, Ilisimatusarfik Programme, Iceland – University of Greenland Organized by Anchorage Museum Jim Antal, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the General Minister, Michael André Jonsson, Senior Business Developer, DTU President, United Church of Christ Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Technology Transfer Office, Denmark Moderator: Arnfríður Guðmundsdóttir, Professor, Member of SPEAKERS the Board of the Institute on Religion and Reconciliation Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Commentator: Kristján Björnsson, Bishop in Skálholt Diocese, 17:00 – 18:30 SMART AND CONNECTED ARCTIC 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC-GLOBAL INDIGENOUS Iceland, Member of the Board of IRR ENGINEERING – THE KEY TO A BETTER DIALOGUE: INDIGENOUS GUARDIANSHIP, 17:00 – 18:30 ARCTIC WETLANDS: HOW CAN LIFE IN THE COLD SELF-GOVERNANCE AND GLOBAL THEY CONTRIBUTE TO CLIMATE Organized by International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) BIODIVERSITY CHANGE MITIGATION AND HEALTHY Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map Organized by Nia Tero and Arctic Circle ECOSYSTEMS? SPEAKERS Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Organized by Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Anne Barker, Arctic Program Leader, National Research Council, Open, consultative meeting Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group Government of Canada: of the Arctic Council, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Engineering Research for Robust Arctic Community Infrastructure CHAIR (SEPA), Icelandic Institute of Natural History (NI) and the Tatiana Alekseeva, Scientific Researcher, Arctic and Antarctic Peter Seligmann, CEO, Nia Tero Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) Research Institute: Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Recent Climate Changes of Sea Ice and its Influence on the Arctic Infrastructure SPEAKERS Natsuhiko Otsuka, Professor, Hokkaido University Arctic Research Tom Barry, Executive Secretary, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Center: Fauna Secretariat (CAFF): Commercial and Navigational Feasibility of the Northern Sea Route Brief Intro on Wetlands within Arctic Council/CAFF Vladislav Isaev, Leading Researcher, Moscow State University: Marcus Carson: Resilience and Management of Arctic Wetlands Arctic Coastal Retreat – Risk for the Indigenous People and Industrial Projects Borgþór Magnússon, Research Scientist, Icelandic Institute of Natural History: Wetlands of Iceland: Status and Restoration? Hajime Yamaguchi, Professor, Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo: Victoria Rose Buschman, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Outlook on Maritime Transport for Sustainable Arctic Working Group of the Arctic Council (CAFF); University of Washington: Indigenous Perspectives and Engagement in Wetlands Management MODERATORS Eyþór Eðvarðsson, Icelandic Wetland Fund, Restoring Wetlands: Hajime Yamaguchi, Professor, Department of Ocean Technology, Getting Things Moving Policy, and Environment, The University of Tokyo, Japan 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 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis www.iiasa.ac.at

NORTH ATLANTIC STRATEGIC PARTNERS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30

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 SOCIETY: LESSONS LEARNED AND VISIONS TRANSFORMING CANADA'S Science Committee (IASC) PROGRESS ARCTIC Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Organized by EU-PolarNet and Nunayartuk (Alfred Wegener Organized by Hill+Knowlton Strategies and NORSTRAT SPEAKERS Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research) Consulting Inc., Ottawa, Canada Jón S. Ólafsson, Senior Scientist, Marine & Freshwater Research Location: Silfurberg B, Harpa Second Level Location: Culture House (Þjóðmenningarhúsið) – see map Institute: State of the Arctic Freshwater Biodiversity Jónína Sigríður Þorláksdóttir, Station Manager, Rif Field SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Station, Northeast-Iceland Attilio Gambarbella, Policy Officer, European Commission: John Higginbotham, Sr. Fellow, Centre for International Jill R. Welter, PhD, Program Coordinator and Instructor, Masters EC Statement on its Role in Arctic Research for Society Governance Innovation: Canada's New Arctic Policy Framework: Time Program in Climate Change and Global Sustainability, School for to Think Big Again Kirsi Latola, Research coordinator, Thule Institute, University of Oulu: International Training, Graduate Institute, University Centre of Stakeholder Engagement in Arctic Research – Lessons learned Catherine MacQuarrie, Deputy Secretary, Federal Engagement, the Westfjords, Iceland: Nutrient Transport and Cycling in Arctic Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, Freshwaters: Potential Trajectories and Implications for Food Webs Joan Nymand Larsen, Professor, University of Akureyri and Canada: A Vision for Strengthening Canada's Position in The Arctic Stefansson Arctic Institute: Science for Socioeconomic Adaptation – Skúli Skúlason, Professor, Hólar University College and the 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 Marie-Noelle Houssais, Research Director, CNRS-LOCEAN, 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 Co-Developing Research that Benefits Society – Lessons Learned Management by and for the Northerners of Glacier Recession as a Vehicle for Environmental Communication Nicole Biebow, Head of International Cooperation Unit, Alfred Moderator: Lee Carson, President, NORSTRAT Consulting Inc Victoria Rose Buschman, Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna Wegener Institute: Implementing Science for Society – Next Steps Working Group of the Arctic Council (CAFF); University of Washington: Indigenous Connections to Changing Freshwater Resource Moderator: Hugues Lantuit, Nunataryuk Project Coordinator, 18:30 – 19:30 CHANGING FRESHWATER RESOURCES: Alfred Wegener Institute, Germany SOCIAL, ETHICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Halldór Björnsson, Climatologist Moderator: Þorsteinn Þorsteinsson, Glaciologist, Icelandic IMPLICATIONS Meteorological Office Organized by Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network; Icelandic Meteorological Office; Marine & Freshwater Institute; University Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

18:30 – 19:30 ARCTIC (IN)SECURITIES: OLD AND NEW SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Organized by Centre for Arctic Studies, University of Iceland Sigríður Sigurjónsdóttir, Professor of Icelandic Linguistics, Ari Kristinn Jónsson, PhD, Rector, Reykjavik University: University of Iceland Engaging Graduate Students in Projects to Meet Immediate Economic Location: Háaloft, Harpa Eighth Level and Environmental Challenges Jóhanna Vigdís Guðmundsdóttir, Director of Almannarómur – SPEAKERS Center for Language Technology Anne Husebekk, Rector, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Page Wilson, Associate Professor, University of Iceland H.E. Lilja Alfreðsdóttir, Minister for Education, Science and Chair, Fram Centre Advisory Board: Sustainability for the Next Costs, Capabilities and Coordination: NORDEFCO at Ten Culture, Iceland Generation(s) through Research and Education Judy Tupper, Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor, International Affairs, PANEL DHEd, Director, Population Healthy and Policy Program, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland: University of Southern Maine: Advancing Academic Collaboration Between Arctic and Non-Arctic Institutions: Facilitators and Challenges Iceland's Foreign and Security Policy Vivian Motzfeldt, President, the West Nordic Council, Member of Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic Parliament Rafn Helgason, Student, University of Iceland: The Student Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor, Ilisimatusarfik (University of Perspective: How to Engage This Generation to Save the Next? Greenland): The Triangle Drama of Pituffik/Thule? Henrik Old, Member of the Faroese Parliament; Second Vice President, West Nordic Council Moderator: Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector, University of Marc Lanteigne, Associate Professor, UiT – The Arctic University Akureyri of Norway: The Rule that Disproves the Exception? How the Arctic Guðjón S. Brjánsson, Member of the Icelandic Parliament; First Became Securitised Vice President, West Nordic Council Maria Lagutina, Associate Professor, St Petersburg State Moderator: Sigurður Ólafsson, Secretary General, West Nordic University: Council Russia's Arctic Security Policy CROSSROADS: ACTION NOW – ENGAGING Moderator: Page Wilson, Associate Professor, University of 18:30 – 19:30 Iceland THIS GENERATION TO SAVE THE NEXT – ARCTIC EDUCATION 18:30 – 19:30 PRESERVING ARCTIC LANGUAGES: A Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine WEST NORDIC PERSPECTIVE North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; Reykjavík Organized by the West Nordic Council University; University of Akureyri; University of Iceland Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30

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 IN THE ARCTIC IN THE NORTH – BUILDING GLOBAL AND LOCAL Organized by Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), United Organized by Cold Regions Research and Engineering COLLABORATIONS Kingdom Laboratory (CRREL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Organized by Ice911 Development Center Location: Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level – see map Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Peter Wadhams, Professor Emeritus, Head of the Polar Ocean Shaleen Woodward, Deputy Secretary, Indigenous and Gwen Holdmann, Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Intergovernmental Affairs, Government of Northwest Territories, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge Canada Microgrids and Rural Community Power Generation Nagruk Harcharek, Director, Barrow Operations and Vice Chris Horbel, Associate Professor, Department for Cultural and Robert Yost, President, American Wind Inc; Inventor of the President of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Lands Social Studies, Norwegian School of Sports Sciences; Associate Microcube wind turbine: Compact Wind in the Arctic Professor, Department of Sociology, Environmental and Business Leslie Field, Founder and CEO, ICE911 Research; Lecturer, Stanford Economics, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) Mary Albert, PhD, Professor and Executive Director of the U.S. Ice Drilling program, Dartmouth: Energy Needs of a Rural Community in Anthony Manzara, Scientist, Ice911 Research Nathan Reigner, Principal, Recreation & Tourism Science, US the Arctic – Qaanaaq Greenland Moderator: Stephanie Lapensee, Senior Vice President, Sarah Johnson, CEO, We Are LOTUS, UK Arnór Eiðsson, Árteigur: Micro Hydro in the Arctic Philanthropy and Strategic Partnerships, Ice911 Alexa Tonkavich, Consultant, We Are LOTUS, US Joachim Karthäuser, CTO & Founder, Climeon: 18:30 – 19:30 COMMUNITY OF PRATICE IN THE ARCTIC: Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, Harvard University; US Lead, Polar Modular Geothermal in the Arctic Research and Policy Initiative, US PATIENT ENGAGEMENT IN GREENLAND Moderator: Viktoria Gisladottir, PhD, Research Mechanical AND THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES Jonathan Turner, Director, NLA International, UK Engineer, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Høgni Reistrup, Advisor to the Mayor, Torshavn Municipality, Faroe U.S. Army Engineer R&D Center Organized by Institute for Circumpolar Health Research Islands Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Nils Arne Johnsen, Director, Regional Business Development, SPEAKERS Troms County Council, Norway Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, National Moderator: Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder & Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative, UK Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

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 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 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 Southern Denmark Consulting AS (Norway) Moderator: Anthony Field, WWF-UK Arctic Sustainable Christine Ingemann, Scientific Assistant, Centre for Public Health Development Manager Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level in Greenland, University of Greenland and University of Southern Denmark SPEAKERS 18:30 – 19:30 SUPERCOMPUTING FOR INTERNATIONAL Felix Lockhart, Dene Elder, Traditional Advisor and Facilitator; Sergio Trindade, President, SE2T International, Ltd: Sustainability Member of Community of Practice ARCTIC SCIENCE of the Build-Operate-Decommission Cycle: The Context for Brazil in the Arctic Moderator: Kimberly Fairman, Executive Director, Institute for Organized by The National Renewable Energy Laboratory Circumpolar Health Research (NREL), Golden, Colorado, US; United States Department of Celma Regina Hellebust, President, Hellebust International Energy (US DOE) Consulting AS: Decommissioning of Oil and Gas Facilities in High Stake Environments – The Brazilian Experience 18:30 – 19:30 WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level IN THE ARCTIC AND ARE COMPANIES Leonardo Mattos, Professor, Brazilian Navy War College: SPEAKERS The Brazilian Experience in Antarctica and its Relevance to the Arctic PROMOTING IT? Steven Hammond, Director, Computational Science Center, Organized by WWF – World Wildlife Fund/World Wide Fund for National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado, US Nature Dr. Gísli Hjálmtýsson, Dear, School of Technology, Reykjavik Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level University Robert K. Dixon, Senior Director for Strategic Initiatives, Office of SPEAKERS International Affairs, Department of Energy, Washington, DC, US Valerie Fogleman, Professor of Law; Consultant, Cardiff University David Martin, Manager of Industry Partnerships and Outreach, School of Law and Politics; Stevens & Bolton LLP: Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois, US Offshore Oil and Gas Operations: Are liability and Financial Security Systems for Harm to Human Health and the Environment Adequate? Bob Fletcher, VP Strategy, Verne Global, Massachusetts, US Kirt Ejesiak, Chairman & CEO, Arctic UAV Inc.: Moderator: William Patrowicz, CEO, Kaiser Global, New York, Development in the Arctic: Perspectives from Nunavut US FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 18:30 - 19:30

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: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map Marine Research: Hosted by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland H.E. Guðlaugur Rising Temperatures and Melting Ice: Challenges and Possible Þór Þórðarson 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 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 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 RECEPTION 19:30-20:30, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH

Hosted by H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland

Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level

Open to All Assembly Participants FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 – SESSIONS 20:30 - 21:30

20:30 – 21:30 RECEPTION: MODERN GREENLANDIC Welcome from the Host Organizations, and Overview SPEAKERS 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 Location: Norðurbryggja, Harpa Ground Level Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for 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 WELCOME Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level 20:30 – 21:30 A NEW BOARDGAME FOR A CHANGING Charlotte Ludvigsen, Mayor of Sermersooq Municipality, SPEAKERS Greenland ARCTIC 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 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 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 CHINESE ARCTIC RESEARCH EXPEDITIONS EXHIBITION

Location: Harpa Corner, 2nd Level

ORGANIZED BY: Ministry of Natural Resources of the P. R. China, Embassy of the P. R. China in Iceland

Sponsored by: Polar Research Institute of China SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 8:00 - 9:00

08:00 – 09:00 US HIGH ARCTIC RESEARCH CENTER 08:00 – 09:00 MARINE SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES Organized by University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical IN THE ARCTIC Institute Organized by University of Iceland Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level SPEAKERS SPEAKERS 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: 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 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 ARCTIC CIRCLE JAPAN FORUM November 2020

In connection to the Arctic Science Ministerial Meeting

Location: Tokyo SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – PLENARY SESSIONS 09:00 - 11:15

09:00 – 09:30 NEW ARCTIC POLICIES 09:30 – 10:00 GREENLAND ON THE WORLD STAGE: 10:20 – 10:35 VATNAJÖKULL NATIONAL PARK: I. SPEECH: SCOTLAND’S FIRST ARCTIC DIALOGUE WITH DIPLOMATS IN A NEW UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE POLICY FRAMEWORK WASHINGTON, BRUSSELS, REYKJAVÍK SPEECH 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, 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 Ambassador Stefan Estermann, Head of Council the Sectoral Foreign Policies Division, Swiss Federal Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Head of Representation, OPENING 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, Institute, Lausanne Greenland H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman 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 #EARTH #ART BUT NOT ONLY…

EXHIBITION Location: Norðurbryggja, Harpa Ground Level

Images from the Copernicus Earth Observation Programme

ORGANIZED BY: European Union – Copernicus SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:15

11:30 – 12:15 AVIATION IN THE ARCTIC 11:30 – 12:15 ARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND 11:30 – 12:15 REALISING THE POTENTIAL OF “A Organized by Isavia COMMUNITIES: CLOSING THE GAP PREDICTED OCEAN” – WHAT IS NEEDED? Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Organized by Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance Organized by Blue-Action, DMI, Technical University of and Law, UNBC Denmark, National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua), SPEAKERS Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level DNV GL - Oil & Gas, Conservation International Ásgeir Pálsson, Director of Air Navigation Division, Isavia SPEAKERS Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level Sigrún Björk Jakobsdóttir, Director of Regional Airports, Isavia Halldór Jóhannsson, Executive Director, Arctic Portal, Iceland: SPEAKERS Þórdís Sigurðardóttir, Manager, Isavia Business Infrastructure in the Arctic – The Arctic Business Directive Mark Payne, Senior Researcher, Technical University of Denmark, and Communities National Institute of Aquatic Resources (DTU Aqua) 11:30 – 12:15 A SCOTTISH PERSPECTIVE ON CLIMATE Andrey Petrov, President, International Arctic Social Sciences Øivin Aarnes, Principal Specialist, Environmental Risk and CHANGE, CLIMATE JUSTICE & HUMAN Association, Director, ARCTICenter, University of Northern Iowa: Preparedness, DNV GL – Oil & Gas RIGHTS Tundra Tracks: Understanding Informal Multipurpose Pathway Infrastructure in the Arctic Johann Bell, Senior Director - Pacific Tuna Fisheries, Conservation Organized by the Scottish Parliament International Natalia Loukacheva, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Governance and Law, University of Northern British Columbia, 11:30 – 12:15 GLOBALARCTIC: FROM A THEORETICAL Canada: Communications Infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic and SPEAKERS Communities: Closing the Gap CONCEPT TO A GOVERNANCE Gillian Martin MSP, Convener, Environment, Climate Change and INSTRUMENT Land Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament MODERATORS Organized by GlobalArctic Project in collaboration with Elisa Morgera, Professor, Global Environmental Law and Co- Natalia Loukacheva, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance and Law, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security; PEEX program/ Director, Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and Governance, Thematic Network – Arctic Boreal Hub University of Strathclyde Violetta Gassiy, Professor, Kuban State University, Russian Finlay Carson MSP, Deputy Convener, Environment, Climate Federation Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Change and Land Reform Committee, Scottish Parliament SPEAKERS Charlotte Hartley, Member of the Just Transition Commission and Hanna K. Lappalainen Research coordinator, INAR & PEEX, Board Trustee at 2050 Climate Group (via Skype) University of Helsinki: Global Relevance of Observation and Modelling of Arctic-Boreal Domain Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

Alexander Sergunin, Professor, St. Petersburg State University: 11:30 – 12:15 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE Sara Olsvig, Head of Programme, UNICEF Denmark: Global Agreement on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Arctic ARCTIC: ETHICAL AND COMMUNICATION Empowerment of Children and Youth through Promotion of Children's Marine Biodiversity – The Russian Perspective Rights CHALLENGES Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami Role of Societal Security in Arctic Policies – From a Global Perspective Organized by University of New England, Harvard University, Council Verrill LLP June Borge Doornich, NORD University Eva Maria-Svensson, Deputy Head, Department of Law, Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Gothenburg University 11:30 – 12:15 THE POLAR SILK ROAD: PAN-ARCTIC SPEAKERS Issát Turi, Saami Reindeer Herder, Kautokeino, Norway COOPERATION: IMPLEMENTATION AND Benjamin Ford, Partner, Verrill, LLP Anastasia Ulturgasheva, Researcher, Icelandic Arctic IMPACT Cooperation Network, Stefansson Arctic Institute Holly Parker, Assistant Provost, Strategic Initiatives, University of Organized by Science Diplomacy Center, Fletcher School of Law New England Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland and Diplomacy, Tufts University Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer and Teaching Fellow, Harvard University; US Lead Polar Research and Policy Initiative Moderator: Stefán Skjaldarson, Chair, Sustainable Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level Development Working Group, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Iceland SPEAKERS 11:30 – 12:15 LEADERSHIP, ARCTIC GENDER EQUALITY 11:30 – 12:15 EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Mia Bennett, Assistant Professor, Geography Department and AND DIVERSITY School of Modern Languages & Cultures (China Studies Programme), Organized by China Investment Research University of Hong Kong Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland; the Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Marc Lantigne, Associate Professor, Political Science (China, East Nordic Council of Ministers; the Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Asia, Polar Region), UiT the Arctic University of Norway Network; Icelandic Directorate of Equality; Centre for Arctic SPEAKERS Studies, University of Iceland; University of Akureyri Qingchao Xu, PhD, Visiting scholar of the Science Diplomacy Center, Henry Tillman, Founder and Chairman, China Investment Research Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Fletcher School of Tufts University, US: Zhang Pei, Research Fellow, Shanghai Institutes for International The Polar Silk Road and China's Arctic Policy Goals SPEAKERS Studies Hjalti Ómar Ágústsson, Project Coordinator, Icelandic Arctic Additional speakers to be announced Cooperation Network SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 11:30 - 12:15

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? Organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources, Iceland 12:15 – 13:00 NETWORKING LUNCH 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 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 LUNCH BREATHING CITIES 12:15-13:00, Saturday, October 12th Hosted by Arctic Green Energy Corporation

Open to All Assembly Participants SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – PLENARY SESSIONS 13:00 - 16:15

13:00 – 13:30 TOWARDS A NEW ARCTIC STRATEGY 14:00 – 14:20 SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: CRYOSPHERE Antje Boetius, Professor, Director of the Alfred 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 Senator Jean Bizet, President of the European SPEECH Affairs Committee, Senate of France CHAIR 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 Questions and answers Sciences Iceland CHAIR CHAIR 15:15 – 15:30 ARCTIC CIRCLE PRIZE CEREMONY H.E. Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at large Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson,CEO, Arctic Circle for Arctic Affairs, European External Action Service 15:30 – 16:15 KEYNOTE BY THE HONORABLE JOHN 14:20 – 14:35 BRINGING ANIMALS BACK TO THE KERRY, FORMER U.S. SECRETARY OF 13:30 – 13:40 THE GLOBALARCTIC MISSION COUNCIL OF ARCTIC: A NEW WAY TO FIGHT CLIMATE STATE ARCTIC CIRCLE: STATEMENT BY THE CHANGE SPEECH CHAIR, PROFESSOR LASSI HEININEN SPEAKER Hon. John Kerry, former United States Secretary SPEAKER Nikita Zimov, Director, Pleistocene Park of State Lassi Heininen, Research Director, Institute for Questions and answers Atmospheric and Earth Research, University of 14:35 – 15:15 ARCTIC TIPPING POINTS Helsinki CHAIR Organized in cooperation with Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman 13:40 – 14:00 SCIENCE SPOTLIGHT: LIVE LINK TO THE Arctic Circle MOSAiC EXPEDITION SPEAKERS 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 DIALOGUE WITH SCIENTISTS ON BOARD INUIT QAUJIMAJATUQANGIT: ART, ARCHITECTURE AND TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE Exhibition

Location: Himnastiginn

A first of its kind in Canadian art history, traditional Inuit knowledge has been integrated into the architecture of the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) in Ikaluktutiak, Nunavut. Artists from across Inuit Nunangat territories created works illustrating the contribution of the ingenuity and inventiveness of past and present Inuit peoples to the development of science and technology. ORGANIZED BY: EVOQ Architecture

CURATED BY: Isabelle Laurier SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 16:30 - 17:30

16:30 – 17:30 RESTORING SEA ICE IN THE ARCTIC Nadine Kleemann, Research Assistant, Greenland Perspective: Moderator: Larry Hinzman, Vice Chancellor Research, – IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC AND Video Fieldnotes from the Nationally Representative Greenlandic University of Alaska Fairbanks Perspectives Survey (GPS) ECOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Kelton Minor, PhD student, Social and Behavioral Data Science, 16:30 – 17:30 DEFINING A ROADMAP FOR ARCTIC Organized by Ice911 University of Copenhagen and Kraks Fond Institute for Urban OBSERVING Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Research: Mapping Public Opinion about Environmental Change and Adaptation Organized by Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) SPEAKERS Across Greenland Location: Expo Pavilion, Harpa Level K2 – see map Peter Wadhams, Professor Emeritus, Head of the Polar Ocean SPEAKERS Physics Group in the Department of Applied Mathematics and 16:30 – 17:30 LESSONS FROM ALASKA: PARTNERING Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge FOR A RESILIENT AND SECURE ARCTIC Sandy Starkweather, Vice-Chair, SAON, NOAA, USA Advancing SAON's Roadmap for Arctic Observing and Data Systems Cynthia Scharf, Senior Strategy Director, Carnegie Climate – NATIONAL LABS AND UNIVERSITY OF Governance Initiative (C2G) ALASKA FAIRBANKS Andrea Tilche, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: The Path Towards an Integrated Arctic Observing System: A New Push Leslie Field, Founder and CEO, ICE911 Research; Lecturer, Stanford U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, from the Arctic Science Ministerials Anthony Manzara, Scientist, ICE911 Research Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Árni Snorrason, Icelandic Meteorological Office, Global Cryosphere Moderator: Steve Payne, Governing Board Member, Ice911 Laboratory, University of Alaska Fairbanks Watch (GCW): Location: Norðurljós, Harpa Second Level The Contribution of WMO and the Arctic National Hydrological and Meteorological Services towards Arctic Observations 16:30 – 17:30 GREENLANDIC PERSPECTIVES ON SPEAKERS ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE – VISUAL Raychelle Daniel, Officer, The Pew Charitable Trusts: Lori Parrott, Manager, Arctic Science and Security, Sandia National Arctic Indigenous Peoples Food Security Perspective on Enhancing an INSIGHTS FROM A NATIONAL SURVEY Laboratories (SNL) Arctic Observing Framework Organized by Greenland Perspective, Ilisimatusarfik (University Nettie LaBelle Hamer, University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF), Hajo Eicken, Director, Professor of Geophysics, University of Alaska, of Greenland) and University of Copenhagen Geophysical Institute; Director, Alaska Satellite Facility; Deputy Fairbanks, USA: Building a Community of Practice around Sustained Director, Geophysical Institute Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Arctic Observations Matthew Heavner, Global Security, Intelligence, and Emerging MODERATORS SPEAKERS Threats, Los Alamos National Laboratory 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, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

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 of Norway GOVERNANCE: CELEBRATING THE WEST COLD 16:30 – 17:30 CROSSROADS: ACTION NOW – ARCTIC NORDIC STUDIES PROGRAMME Organized by Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and ArKtiKa POLITICS: DEALING WITH THE URGENCY Organized by University of Akureyri Company LLC. OF CHANGE Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway; Maine SPEAKERS SPEAKERS North Atlantic Institute, University of Southern Maine; University Astri Dankertsen, Associate Professor in Sociology, Nord Esau Sinnok, Senior at University of Alaska Fairbanks studying 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 Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Nord University: Some Reflections on How to Include Indigenous Perspectives in University Programmes Nagruk Harcharek, Director, Barrow Operations and Vice SPEAKERS Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Studies, University President of Ukpeagvik Inupiat Corporation Lands Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Associate Professor, International Affairs, of Iceland: Arctic Issues– Emerging Opportunities and New Concerns? Candice Pedersen, Enforcement Office, Government of Nunavut: Faculty of Political Science, University of Iceland: Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor in Political Science, How Nunavut Inuit are Adapting to a Changing Climate using The Importance of Gender and Equality in Forming the Arctic Future Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland): Regional Cooperation in the Technology (Siku) Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor, Critical Peace and Conflict North Atlantic: The Case of the West-Nordic Council Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Hallbera West, Programme Director, West Nordic Studies, University Adapt or Resist – Resilience in Times of Change of the Faroe Islands: Political Control of the Development in the Arctic Beate Steinveg, PhD student: region: The Case of the Faroe Islands Arctic conferences: Do They Have an Impact? Ragnheiður Elfa Þorsteinsdóttir, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Charles Norchi, Benjamin Thompson Professor of Law Director, University of Akureyri, Iceland: Center for Oceans and Coastal Law, University of Maine School of Natural Resource Governance and Review of the Icelandic Constitution Law: Scholars of the Arctic: The Urgency of Actionable Research Moderator: Glenn Cummings, PhD, President, University of Southern Maine, US SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 16:30 - 17:30

16:30 – 17:30 ARCTIC INTERESTS OF THE WEST Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Duncan Phillips, Vice-President Strategic Markets, Mitacs: NORDIC STATES Mitacs's Role as Facilitator in Indigenous Engagement, Research SPEAKERS Funding and Arctic Innovation Organized by the West Nordic Council Maria Ackrén, Associate Professor in Political Science, Tasha Carruthers, Business Development and Northern Relations, Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) CARPA 3D Construction Corporation: Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor, UiT – The Arctic A Revolutionary Canadian Innovation in 3-D printing for Arctic housing SPEAKERS University of Norway Gloria Song, Senior Policy Analyst and Manager of International 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 Inatsisartut, the Greenlandic Parliament for Research (RANNÍS), Chair, Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) Campus in Arctic Research (SAON) H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Moderator: Duncan Phillips, Vice-President Strategic Markets, Iceland Zhang Pei, Deputy Director, Centre for Maritime and Polar Region Mitacs Margrét Cela, Project Manager, Centre for Arctic Studies, University Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies of Iceland Egill Thor Nielsson, Doctoral Candidate, University of Lapland and 16:30 – 17:30 AGEING AND SOCIAL RELATIONS PANEL University of Iceland; Senior Adviser, The Icelandic Centre for Research Organized by Ageing in the Arctic (AgeArc) (RANNÍS) Vivian Motzfeldt, President, Greenlandic Parliament; President, Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level West Nordic Council Moderator: Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki SPEAKERS Edva Jacobsen, Member of the West Nordic Council Arctic Group, Member of the Faroese Parliament Peter Bjerregaard, Professor, University of Southern Denmark: 16:30 – 17:30 COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION IN Determinants of Loneliness among Elderly Inuit in Greenland Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, Member of the West Nordic Council CANADA'S ARCTIC Arctic Group; Former President, West Nordic Council; Member of the Lill Sverresdatter Larsen, Associate Professor, UiT – The Icelandic Parliament Organized by Mitacs Arctic University of Norway: Family Caregivers' Experiences with the Norwegian Caregiver Course Model Regarding Dementia Diseases Moderator: Steen Løgstrup Nielsen, Advisor, West Nordic Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level Council Christina Viskum Lytken Larsen, Senior Researcher, National SPEAKERS Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark & University of Greenland: Using Intergenerational Camps to Promote Wellness 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 Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation: The Potential of 21st – THE NORDIC MODELS Century Innovations for the far North – Beneficial or Disruptive? Shelley Cohen Konrad, Professor, University of New England: Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security, in Training in Aging Diversity: An Academic/Community Model for cooperation with CNARC Gerontological Education Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

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 Food, Family and Older People's Social Networks in Greenland Provides a Pan-Arctic Opportunity to Connect Northern Artists with the Byron Nikolai, Toksook Bay, Alaska, USA (Yup'ik/USA) Work of the Arctic Council and its Sub-Bodies to Enhance its Mission 16:30 – 17:30 NARRATIVES REIMAGINED – EXPLORING Moderator: Selma Ford, Health Coordinator, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Canada OUTLETS FOR CHANGE WITH THE ARCTIC 16:30 – 17:30 THE CRYOSPHERE CHANGE OVER THE THIRD POLE AND ARCTIC YOUTH NETWORK 16:30 – 17:30 ART & THE CREATIVE SECTOR: Organized by Third Pole Environment, Institute of Tibetan Organized by Arctic Youth Network AMPLIFYING THE WORK OF THE ARCTIC Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level COUNCIL Location: Stemma, Harpa Ground Level Organized by Anchorage Museum SPEAKERS Yang Daqing, TPE, China: Megan Dicker, AYN Storyteller, Arctic Youth Network Location: Sæbjörg ICE-SAR Training Vessel – see map Arctic and Third Pole Large River Hydrological Regimes and Changes Kristbjörg Mekkín Helgadóttir, Member of the Icelandic Youth SPEAKERS Jing Gao, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy Council for the SDGs, Prime Minister's Office, Iceland of Sciences, China: The Comparable Observation of Water Stable Bruce Farnsworth, Founding member of Track & Field, Co-Lead Isotopes in the Third Pole and Arctic Anna-Katri Kulmala, Entrepreneur, Helsinki Think Company Artist, 8Boxes Project: A Global Overview of Important Examples of Partnerships Between Artists and a Variety of International Árný Erla Sveinbjörnsdóttir, University of Iceland: Moderator: Tasha Elizarde, Vice-Chair, Arctic Youth Network Organizations as well as Scientific and Policy Initiatives Control of Shallow Convection on Water Isotopes in the North Atlantic 16:30 – 17:30 CREATES: YOUTH ENGAGEMENT IN Bodil Kjelstrup, Curator, Anchorage Museum and Nordnorsk Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, University of Bergen, Norway: Kunstmuseum: What are we Learning about Art as an Instrument of Using Water Vapor Isotope Observations to Constrain the Hydrological MENTAL WELLNESS EFFORTS IN THE Circumpolar Change and Innovation? The Accumulating Experience of Cycle in Climate Models the SEED Lab Experiment ARCTIC Moderator: Hans Christian Steen-Larsen, University of Shyanne Chulyin Organized in cooperation with the Government of Canada Ch'ivaya Beatty, Alaska Native Heritage Center: Bergen, Norway Art and Culture at the Heart of Pan-Arctic Planning and Engagement (Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs) and Inuit Circumpolar Council Embla Eir Oddsdottir, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network: Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level The Lessons and Importance of Arctic Cooperation from a Cross-Sector Perspective. Can the Arctic Council Benefit from Broader Perspectives SPEAKERS on Arctic Futures? Melody Teddy, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada (Inuit/ Canada) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 17:30 - 19:00

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, FOR ARCTIC CHANGE 2019 OF THE MON PROJET NORDIQUE/MY Québec, Canada: Virus Hunting in the Canadian North Marta Moreno Ibàñez, PhD student, Earth and Atmospheric Organized by UArctic EÁLAT Institute & University of the Arctic NORTHERN PROJECT COMPETITION: Sciences, Université du Québec à Montréal, Québec, Canada: Small 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! Location: Hafnarkot, Harpa Ground Level NORDICS Imran Riaz Chohan, PhD student, Education, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Do we Provide what the Changing SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED Organized by Institut nordique du Québec, Fonds de recherche World of Work Necessitates? A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study on du Québec, UArctic Facilitating University Graduate Employability in the Arctic 17:30 – 19:00 WAITING FOR RESCUE: ENHANCING Location: Björtuloft, Harpa Fifth Level Laurent Ferrier, PhD student, Engineering, Université du SURVIVABILITY IN THE ARCTIC Québec à Rimouski, Québec, Canada: Design of a Stand-Alone SPEAKERS Telecommunications Station in an Isolated and Constrained Organized by National Research Council of Canada and Introduction Environment Department of Fisheries and Oceans – Canadian Coast Guard Marcus Przybyl, PhD student, Northern Cultures and Natural Location: Flói, Harpa Ground Level Mr. Jean-Éric Tremblay, Institut nordique de Québec Resource Politics, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Studies Pirkko Pulkkanen, UArctic on Sámi Shamanism – With Special Attention to the Phenomenon of PANEL Unity in Diversity and its Relationship to Natural Cycles Thomas Pacoureau, PhD student, Earth Sciences, INRS-ETE, 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 Government of Canada: its Biomineralisation in Arctic Ponds University, Québec, Canada: Dual Approach to Understanding Killer Panel Introduction and Life-Saving Appliances Use in the Arctic Whale Feeding Ecology in the North Atlantic Ocean Marina Titova, PhD student, Cultural Studies, Northern (Arctic) Cecilia de Bernardi, PhD candidate, Multidimensional Tourism Frigg Jørgensen, Executive Director, AECO – Association of Arctic Federal University (NArFU), Archangelsk, Russia: The Idea of the Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators Institute, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: as a Means of Cultural Adaptation to the Far North Environment The Role(s) of Authenticity and Certifications in Sámi Tourism Peter Garapick, Superintendent – Arctic, Arctic Region, Canadian Élisa Gouin, PhD student, Architecture, Université Laval, Québec, Round table discussion with the participants and vote Coast Guard Canada: Community-Academic Partnership in an Indigenous Context: Kaviq Kaluraq, Nunavut Arctic College and Acting Chairperson, Does it Really Work? for the People's Choice Award Nunavut Impact Review Board Martin Mohr Olsen, PhD student, Management Engineering, • Jean-Éric Tremblay, Professor, Biological Oceanography, Moderator: Anne Barker, Arctic Program Leader, National University of the Faroe Islands and the Technical University of Laval University Québec, Canada Research Council of Canada Denmark: Developing Operational Frameworks Suited for Small Arctic Universities • Pirkko Pulkkanen, Manager, International Projects, UArctic Wishing to Tackle Issues of Sustainability International Secretariat, Rovaniemi, Finland Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

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 PREPAREDNESS IN CRITICAL THE ARCTIC – BALANCING ECONOMIC, Andrew Kendrick, Vice President, Vard Marine Inc, Fincantieri ENVIRONMENTS Group, Ottawa, Canada: Determining Safe Speeds for Operating in SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL 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 Foreign Affairs Organised by EFLA Consulting Engineers and Icelandic Tourism Location: Skarðsheiði, Harpa Third Level 17:30 – 19:00 GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN THE Research Center SPEAKERS WEST NORDIC COUNTRIES – THE WAY Location: Silfurberg B, Harpa Second Level Carmine Robustelli, Special Envoy for the Arctic, Ministry of FORWARD SPEAKERS Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Organized by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Greenland, Oskar Johannesson, Director, Icelandic Tourism Task Force Antonello Provenzale, Research director, Institute of Geoscience Iceland and the Faroe Islands Julia Pars, and Earth Resources, CNR: Managing Director, Visit Greenland Wildfires and Climate: Hints from Mediterranean Europe Location: Ríma B, Harpa Ground Level Høgni Reistrup, Advisor to the Mayor, Torshavn Municipality, Faroe Islands Roberta Ivaldi, Associate Professor, Italian Hydrographic Institute SPEAKERS - Italian Navy: Arnacosky in the High North: A Support to a Safety H.E. Jess Svane, Minister of Industry, Energy and Research, Tracy Michaud, Assistant Professor and Chair, Tourism & Hospitality Navigation in Critical Environments Government of Greenland Program, University of Southern Maine; Lecturer, Masters Of Business Tourism Concentration, Reykjavik University Melania Buffagni, Environmental Manager, Eni Upstream : H.E. Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Barents Sea-Norway and North Slope-Alaska: Eni Experience in Oil Spill Iceland Ray Salter, Consultant, TRC Tourism Consulting & Chairman, Youth Preparedness and Response Hostel Association NZ, Destination Great Lake Taupo, New Zealand Jenis av Rana, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Education, Faroe Stefania Amici, Researcher, INGV-Italian Institute for Geo-physics Islands MODERATORS and Volcanology: Scientific Observations and Social Implications of a more Fire-Prone Arctic Circle Michael Pedersen, Director, Nukissiorfiiit - National Supplier of Olafur Arnason, Environmental Planning Program Director, EFLA Energy in Greenland Consulting Engineers Ingrid Hunstad, Researcher, INGV-Italian Institute for Geo-physics and Volcanology: The European Consortium PECASUS: International Guðni A. Jóhannesson, Professor, PhD, Director General, Nathan Reigner, Principal & Consulting Social Scientist, Recreation Space Weather Monitoring in Support of Arctic Air Navigation Orkustofnun/The Icelandic National Energy Authority Tourism Science & Research Affiliate, Icelandic Tourism Research Center Alcide Di Sarra, Research Scientist, ENEA-National Agency for New Helma Maria Tróndheim, Industrial PhD student, The Power Technologies, Energy, and Sustainable Economic Development: Company SEV, Aalborg University and the University of the Faroe Properties and Impacts of Canadian and Greenlandic Forest Fire Islands SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SESSIONS 17:30 - 19:00

17:30 – 19:00 SAFETY AT SEA IN THE ARCTIC 17:30 – 19:00 VISITATIONS: POLAR BEARS OUT OF SPEAKERS Organized by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland and the PLACE Lassi Heininen, Research Director, INAR at University of Helsinki: Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network Organized by Iceland University of the Arts Military Presence in the Arctic – Cold War Legacy, Great Power Rivalry or for National Defense – What about Disarmament? Location: Esja, Harpa Fifth Level Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Benjamin Schaller, PhD candidate/Research Fellow, Centre for SPEAKERS SPEAKERS Peace Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Sverrir Konráðsson, Maritime Specialist – Legal Coordination and Trust and Distrust – Defence and Security Relations in a Changing Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir, PhD, Artist & Professor in Fine Art, Arctic Security Environment Translations, Coordination and Facilitation Division, Icelandic Transport Iceland University of the Arts Authority: Sandra Maria Rodrigues Balão, Associate Professor, Institute 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: Cumbria CDRE Ásgrímur L. Ásgrímsson, Chief of Operations, Icelandic Security Challenges from the North – A Critical Reading of US policies Coast Guard: Craig Perham, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Department of Interior Bureau for the Arctic Region 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: 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 Preparedness and Response (EPPR), Arctic Council, Danish Ministry Museum: Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Professor, UiT – The Arctic of Defence: The Cultural History of Polar Bear Narratives in the North Atlantic University 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 Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive Secretary, Protection of Arctic of Iceland Socio-Technical Systems Marine Environment (PAME) Moderator: Julie Decker, PhD, Director, Anchorage Museum Moderator: Heather Exner-Pirot, Managing Editor, University Eydís Líndal Finnbogadóttir, Acting Director General National of Saskatchewan & The Arctic Yearbook Land Survey of Iceland: 17:30 – 19:00 MILITARY SECURITY AND THE ARCTIC 17:30 – 19:00 WE NEED YOUR WORKFORCE! Enabling Access to Arctic Spatial Data - Arctic SDI Cooperation COUNCIL Moderator: Þórunn J. Hafstein, Secretary General of the Organized by High North Atlantic Business Alliance and Troms National Security Council, Iceland, Prime Minister's Office Organized by Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security County Council Location: Silfurberg A, Harpa Second Level Location: Ríma A, Harpa Ground Level Sessions are organized by partners of the Arctic Circle: associations, institutions, governments, companies, organizations, think tanks, universities, or other bodies.

SPEAKERS Yuri Sychev, Director Russia State Oceanographic Institute and SPEAKERS Polar Foundation 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 The Arctic Science Agreement: History, Process and Moving Forward Arctic and Cold Coast Regions of the North Atlantic Arctic Environmental Research, Arctic Environmental Research Center (NIPR) Hans Müller Pedersen, Director for the Danish Agency for Kirsti Methi, Project Manager, City of Tromsø: Tromsø, Norway: Science and Higher Education: 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 Collaboration Timo Rautajoki, President and CEO, Lapland Chamber of (SAON) Commerce, Finland: Lapland, Finland: Growth in Tourism and Marianne Thyrring, Director, the Danish Meteorological 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 Communities? Chair, Fram Centre Advisory Board PANEL Hallfríður Þórarinsdóttir, CEO, Mirra SLF, Iceland: Jan Rene Larsen, AMAP, SAON Secretariat Marianne Thyrring, Director, the Danish Meteorological Institute Foreign Workforce in Icelandic Tourism Industry Sandy Starkweather, Executive Director - US Arctic Observing 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 Successfully Promoting Careers in Logistics, Maine Port Authority MODERATORS Global Studies, Aalborg University, Denmark: Scientific Cooperation and the Many Academic Disciplines, Cultures Morven Cameron, Head of Universities, Education and Skills, Lars Otto Reiersen, Senior Advisor, UiT – The Arctic University and Needs in Arctic Research Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Scotland: International Workforce, of Norway Lars Kullerud, President, UArctic Solution or Challenge for Northern Sparsely Populated Areas? Andrea Tilche, Senior Advisor and Ajunct Professor, UiT – The Arctic Moderator: Nils Arne Johnsen, Director Regional Business University of Norway Development, Troms County Council 17:30 – 19:00 TOOLS AND TASKS FOR THE ARCTIC 17:30 – 19:00 ARCTIC SCIENCE AND POLITICAL WILL: SCIENCE AGREEMENT: INTERNATIONAL FROM BERLIN TO ACTION PERSPECTIVES Organized by UiT – The Arctic University of Norway Organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Science of Location: Akrafjall, Harpa Fourth Level Denmark SPEAKERS Location: Viðey, Harpa Second Level Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs, European Union INUIT NIGHT 19:00-20:30, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12TH RECEPTION Hosted by the Inuit Circumpolar Council Location: Norðurljós Hall, Harpa Second Level Open to All Assembly Participants

WELCOME: Dalee Sambo Dorough, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council REMARKS: Inunnguaq Hegelund, Chef, Kalalliit Nunaat Experience the culture of original inhabitants of the Arctic - INUIT NUNAAT. Taste Inuit foods from Kalalliit Nunaat PERFORMANCES: • Simon Lynge, Musician, Kalalliit Nunaat • Iva and Tooma Laisa, Canada • Olga Letykai Atsynga and daughter, Alissa Csonka, Chukotka • Byron Nicholai, I Sing, You Dance, Yup’ik, Alaska

Photo by Jacki Cleveland SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 – SPECIAL EVENTS

19:00 – 20:30 INUIT NIGHT Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in the 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 Inuit Circumpolar Council 20:00 – 24:00 ARCTIC CIRCLE BAR OPEN Location: Norðurljós Hall, Harpa Second Level Location: Outside Kolabrautin, Harpa Fourth Level PERFORMANCES Simon Lynge, musician, Kalaalliit Nunaat Iva and Tooma Laisa, Canada Olga Letykai Atsynga and Alissa Csonka, Chukotka Byron Nicholai, I Sing, You Dance, Yup’ik, Alaska 20:00 – 21:30 ARCTIC FILM SERIES CANADA C3: COAST TO COAST TO COAST Organized by the Students on Ice Foundation Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Floor

INTRODUCTION AND Q&A Emma Arsenault, Polar Knowledge Canada and SOI alumna Geoff Green, Founder of Students on Ice Foundation Ivalu Barlach Christensen, Greenlandic Master's Student in Astrophysics, Lund University; Intern, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian/Greenland Telescope Project ARCTIC FILM SERIES Location: Kaldalón, Harpa Ground Level Follow the Arctic Circle on Social Media!

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@_Arctic_Circle CANADA C3 An epic documentary of breathtaking footage and inspiring stories Saturday, October 12th /TheArcticCircle 20:00 - 21:30 Open to all Assembly participants YAMALO-NENETS NOMADIC TRADITION Exhibition, Workshop and Chum

Location: Eyri, Harpa Second Floor

ORGANIZED BY: The Government of Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia

• Wood and bone carving workshop by Inna and Viktor Iadne • Performance of traditional Nenets songs during selected coffee breaks by Tatiana Lar and Elena Ufimtseva. 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 challenges for the Arctic and our Planet. Iceland, its expertise, and achievements serve as the foundation for each tour. 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 as some of the most famous tourist sites in Iceland, such as the Golden Circle and the Blue Lagoon. For more information and to register, go to: www.arcticcircle.org During the Tours, participants will be able to interact with Icelandic scientists, experts and business leaders, while enjoying 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. The Tours will start in the morning and participants who wish to arrive at Keflavík International Airport in the early afternoon will be able to do so for most of the tours.

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 09:00 – 17:00 21ST-CENTURY SUSTAINABLE Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport FISHERIES AND OCEAN Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance TECHNOLOGIES: EXCURSION ELEMENTS BIOTECH – IT – 100% USE • Presentations from leading Icelandic–global companies at the cutting edge of modern ocean and fish processing technologies: - Kerecis - Genís - Codland - BRIM - Marel

Location: Sjávarklasinn, the Icelandic Ocean Cluster House, Reykjavík, Marel headquarters and Brim headquarters

• Visit to the fishing town of Grindavík, including the Saltfish Museum • Scenic drive through Reykjanes Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark Sunday, October 13th TOUR II: 08:30 – 17:00 CLEAN ENERGY REVOLUTION Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport – HOW TO FIGHT CLIMATE Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance CHANGE EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Visit to Hellisheiði Geothermal Power Plant, operated by ON Power, a world leader in the utilization of geothermal energy • Presentation: CarbFix, the innovative international carbon capture cooperation • Presentation: Arctic Green Energy, the cooperation between Iceland and China in urban geothermal heating; Breathing Cities • Presentation by Verkís; a leading geothermal and power consulting and engineering company • Drive through unique scenery to the Blue Lagoon; voted by National Geographic as one of 25 Wonders of the World • Three-course lunch at the Blue Lagoon • Bathing at the Blue Lagoon TOUR III: Sunday, October 13th GLACIERS AND CLIMATE 08:30 – 18:30 Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance CHANGE EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Drive through the Southwest • Visit to the thermal spring Deildartunguhver • Visit to Reykholt, an important site in Iceland’s saga literature heritage • Visit to the base of the former glacier Ok - Presentation on the Memorial for the glacier Ok. • Drive to the glacial base Húsafell - Presentation on Iceland’s disappearing glaciers - Presentation on Langjökull glacier • Lunch in Húsafell • Transport to Langjökull glacier in special mountain trucks • Entering the tunnel in Langjökull glacier • Presentations from leading glaciology researchers inside Langjökull glacier

Participants are provided with overshoes, raincoats and insulated overalls TOUR IV: Sunday, October 13th INFRASTRUCTURE IN A WORLD 09:00 – 17:00 Pickup Location: Harpa Main Entrance OF EXTREME WEATHER Optional 14:00 drop-off at Keflavík International Airport

EXCURSION ELEMENTS • Visit to the headquarters of Verkís, a leading engineering company. Presentations on avalanche protection and infrastructural challenges in the Arctic, with a focus on Greenland • Visit to EFLA Consulting Engineers. Presentation on Arctic infrastructure projects • Drive to the fishing town Sandgerði and lunch • Behind-the-scenes tour of Keflavík International Airport, hosted by ISAVIA, the Icelandic Airport Authority • Showcase of aircraft testing facilities for extreme weather conditions • Scenic drive through Reykjanes Geopark, a UNESCO Global Geopark 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