ROSE-ROTH 054 SEM 11 E rev. 6 Original: English NATO Parliamentary Assembly 77th ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR Changes in the High North: Implications for NATO and Beyond Tromsø, Norway 22-24 June 2011 IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE NORWEGIAN STORTING DRAFT PROGRAMME Updated 16 June 2011 WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE International Secretariat Place du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels – Belgium Tel: (32) 2 513 28 65 | Fax: (32) 2 514 18 47 http:// www.nato-pa.int 054 SEM 11 E rev. 6 1 TUESDAY 21 JUNE 2011 ARRIVAL OF PARTICIPANTS No organized transfers to the hotel Accommodation Radisson BLU Sjøgatan, 7 - P.O. Box 928 N-9259 Tromsø - Norway Phone: +47 7760 0000 NOK 1, 445 (breakfast included) Contact:
[email protected] Seminar venue Radisson BLU Evening Free WEDNESDAY 22 JUNE 2011 8:00 Registration desk opens 8:45 Seating of participants OPENING SESSION Moderator: Erna SOLBERG, Head of the Norwegian Delegation to the NATO PA 9:00-9:15 Welcome address by Erna SOLBERG, Head of the Norwegian delegation to the NATO PA 9:15-9:30 Introductory remarks by Dr Karl A. LAMERS, NATO PA President 9:30-10:15 Presentation by Jan-Gunnar WINTHER, Director, Norwegian Polar Institute on Characteristics of the High North 10:15-10:30 Presentation by Svein LUDVIGSEN, Tromsø County Governor, on Local Implications of a Changing Climate 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break SESSION I EVOLVING ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC TRENDS IN THE HIGH NORTH Moderator Dr Karl A. LAMERS, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly 10:45-11:00 Presentation by Paul BERKMAN, Head of the Arctic Ocean Geopolitics Programme through the Scott Polar Research Institute and Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, on The receding ice cap and the impact of newly navigable waters 054 SEM 11 E rev.