2019 PROGRAM ÍK • ICE AV LA KJ N Y D E R 2019 3 OC -1 TOBER 10 Picture by RAX Cover photo by RAX FIRST FLOOR 1. Registration / Info desk SECOND FLOOR 2. Stemma - Meeting Rooms 10 9 1. Silfurberg - Main Hall - Plenary Sessions 3. Vísa - Meeting Rooms A. Silfurberg A - Sessions 4. Kaldalón - Sessions 14 8 9 B. Silfurberg B - Sessions 5. Ríma A - Sessions 2 2. Exhibition: Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit 6. Ríma B - Sessions 5 4 3. Catering Area and Media Desk 7. Flói - Networking Meeting Booths 3 A Exhibition: Yamalo-Nenets Nomadic Tradition Business Centre 6 4. Norðurljós - Sessions & Receptions 8. Hafnarstræti: I am Inuit Exhibition 4 7 Arctic Circle Café 9. Norðurbryggja - Reception Area 1 HARPA 5. Harpa Corner 10. Elevator to Háaloft (8th Floor) SÆBJÖRG 5a. Exhibition: Arctic Innovations 11. Elevators to Sessions & B 8 5b. Exhibition: Chinese Arctic Research Expeditions Arctic Circle Bar: 3 13 6. Catering Area Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) 7. Elevators to Sessions & Arctic Circle Bar MINISTRY Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) 12 OF INDUSTRIES Björtuloft & Esja (5th Floor) &INNOVATION Akrafjall (4th Floor) 1 Arctic Circle Bar (4th Floor) Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) 11 2 Akrafjall (4th Floor) CULTURE Expo Pavilion Session (K2 Level) 15 7 Skarðsheiði (3rd Floor) HOUSE 12. Hafnarkot - Sessions Expo Pavilion Sessions (K2 Level) 13. Flói Sessions 5a 5b 6 8. Viðey - Sessions 14. Exhibition: #Earth #Art 9. Speakers Ready Room 5 r 15: Harpa Main Entrance u g n Exhibition: Arctic Trucks a g a n Exhibition: ICEBERG! t n í m 5 F r í k i r kju v egu r 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 5 r 15: Harpa Main Entrance u g n Exhibition: Arctic Trucks a g a n Exhibition: ICEBERG! t n í m 5 F r í k i r kju v egu r THE ARCTIC CIRCLE APP! Download the Arctic Circle App and enjoy its many features: • View the entire Program • Customize your own schedule • Locate sessions and exhibitions • Get to know the speakers Available for download via GooglePlay and the App Store SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS #ArcticCircle2019 Picture by RAX WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9 – PRE-EVENTS 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