8.30 – 9.00 Registration

Setting the stage

9.00 - 9.25 Arctic on the threshold of change

Danish Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2010:

Ms Karen Ellemann, Minister for Nordic Cooperation and Environment, Denmark

Ms Maliina Abelsen, Minister for Social Affairs, Greenland

Mr Jørgen Niclasen, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Nordic Cooperation, Faroe Islands

9.25 – 9.35 An Arctic state’s view of development and cooperation in the Arctic

Ms Sheila Riordon, Senior Arctic Official of the Arctic Council, Canada

9.35 – 10.00 Break

Panel 1: Local and global governance in the Arctic

10.00 - 10.10 Introduction: How should we govern the Arctic?

Ms Sinikka Bohlin, Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council and Member of The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, Sweden

10.10 – 10.30 Panellist 1: Is the Ilulissat declaration adequate?

Mr Anton Vasiliev, Senior Arctic Official of the Arctic Council, Russian Federation

10.30 – 10.50 Panellist 2: International cooperation in the Arctic

Mr Eddy Hartog, Head of Unit, DG Maritime Affairs & Fisheries, EU Commission

10.50 – 11.10 Panellist 3: Differences in local governance

Ms Jessica Shadian, Ph.d., senior researcher, High North Center for Business and Governance, Bodø, Norway

11.10 – 11.30 Panellist 4: Visions for governance in the Arctic?

Dr. Robert Corell, Arctic Governance Project, USA

11.30 –12.00 Q&A (moderated by journalist Martin Breum)

12.00 – 13.00 Buffet lunch

Panel 2: Resources in the Arctic

13.00 – 13.10 Introduction: A new Arctic business environment

Ms Katrín Jakobsdottír, Minister for Nordic Cooperation, Iceland

13.10 – 13.30 Panelist 1: Traditional resources in a globalised context

Mr Karsten Klepsvik, Senior Arctic Official of the Arctic Council, Norway

13.30 – 13.50 Panellist 2: Strategies for oil and gas development in the Arctic

Ms Hege Marie Norheim, Senior vice president, Corporative Initiative Northern Areas, Statoil, Norway

13.50 – 14.10 Panellist 3: Large scale activities and small scale communities

Mr Hjalti Jóhannesson, Assistant director and researcher, University of Akureyri Research Centre, Iceland

14.10-14.30 Panellist 4: New approaches to management of Arctic living resources

Dr Tatiana Saksina, Arctic Governance Officer, WWF Arctic Program, Norway

14.30 – 15.00 Q&A (moderated by journalist Martin Breum)

15.00 – 15.15 Break

Panel 3: Living in the Arctic

15.15 – 15.25 Introduction: Merging tradition and change

Mr Johan Tiedemann, State Secretary for Nordic Cooperation, Sweden

15.25 – 15.45 Panellist 1: A threatened culture in new times

Ms Gunn-Britt Retter, Head of Arctic- and Environmental Unit , Saami Council

15.45 – 16.05 Panellist 2: Demographic change – urbanisation and new industries

Mr Birger Poppel, international project director, Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic (SLiCA), Greenland

16.05 – 16.25 Panellist 3: Coping with social challenges in the high north

Ms Vappu Sunnari, University Lecturer in Gender Studies, University of Oulu; Professor in Pedagogy, Luleå Technical University

16.25 – 16.45 Panellist 4: Facilitating capacity building in the Arctic

Mr Hans Hinrichsen, responsible inspector for mining-entrepreneur capacity building courses, Building & Construction Centre, Greenland

16.45 – 17.15 Q&A (moderated by journalist Martin Breum)

Concluding remarks

17.15 - 17.30

Preserving and developing the Arctic

Mr Kim Luotonen, Nordic Committee for Cooperation, Finland

Finnish incoming Presidency of the Nordic Council of Ministers 2011

The Nordic involvement in the Arctic – now and in the future

Mr Halldór Ásgrímsson, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers