[OANNES Foro] The Age of the Arctic / preliminary programme / january 2009

[Víctor Aramayo]

Draft policy conference programme
All titles are working titles 
The Age of the Arctic
Sustainable Management of the Arctic Seas
Sunday evening 18 January (Polar Environmental Centre)
19:00 to 21:00 at Polar Environmental Centre, downtown 

Paul Dahlø, Chairman of Troms County Government: Welcome to Troms and Norway. 
Steinar Pedersen, Principal of the Sami University College: Indigenous people in the Age of the Arctic. 
Riddu riddu: Cultural presentation and music – Sara Marielle (Sami musician from Norway). 
21:00 to 23:00 POLART art exhibition at Tromsø Kunstforening, 



Monday 19 January (University of Tromsø)
09:00 Jarle Aarbakke, Rector of University of Tromsø & Salve Dahle, Chairman of Steering committee: Opening of Arctic Frontiers 
09:05 Egil Olli, President of Sami Parliament: Address to Arctic Frontiers 
New opportunities and challenges
Chaired by Hans Corell, Former Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and the Legal Counsel of the United Nations, and Siri Kalvig, founder of Storm Weather. 
09:10 Jonas Gahr Støre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway: Priorities for the Arctic. 
09:50 Joe Borg, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission: The Arctic strategy of the European Union. 
10:20 Stanislav Ananyev (invited, t.b.c.), Deputy Minister for Natural Resources, Russian Federation : Development of resources in the Russian Arctic. 
10:50 coffee break 
11:10 James A. Slutz, Assistant Secretary, Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy: US focus on energy in the Arctic. 
11:40 Per Berthelsen, Minister for Finance andForeign Affairs, Greenland Home Rule: Living off nature. 
12:10 Danielle Labonté, Director General, Strategic Policy (Northern Affairs) , Indian and Northern Affairs. Canada: Canada's northern strategy and Arctic Research Initiative. 
12:40 Summary by Chair, questions and general discussion. 
13:00 Lunch 
13:50 Oran Young, professor Bren School of Environmental Management, University of California Santa Barbara, USA: The age of the Arctic. 
14:20 Hariharan Pakshi Rajan, Principal Law of the Sea /Ocean affairs Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law the Sea, UN: The Arctic and the UNCLOS. 
14:50 Cecilie Mauritzen, Norwegian Meteorological Institute: What have we learned from the International Polar Year? 
15:20 Trond Grytting, Rear Admiral, Norway: From the cold war to the hot Arctic. 
15:50 Summary by Chair, questions and general discussion 
16:10 Buses to coastal liner ‘Hurtigruta’ 
17:00 Cruise & conference dinner onboard MS ‘Finnmarken’ 
21:00 Return to Tromsø and winding up at pub ‘Ølhallen’ 



Tuesday 20 January (University of Tromsø) 
Licence to operate – Management of the Arctic seas
Chair: Åslaug Haga, Representative in Norwegian Parliament, and Ole Lindefjeld, Research Director ConocoPhillips Norway 
09:00 Salve Dahle, Chairman of Steering committee: Opening day 2 
Trude Sundset, Vice President Environment and Climate, StatoilHydro, Norway: How to earn a licence to operate in the Arctic. 
Anatoly Ledovskikh (invited, t.b.c.), CEO Rosnedra, Russian Federation: Licensing strategy in the Russian North. 
Carlos Berrozpe Garcia, Leader for marine team, Unit for water protection and marine environment, DG Environment, European Commission: Ecosystem approach to the management of the arctic seas. 
10:32 coffee break 
Einar Svendsen, Research Director at Institute of Marine Research, Norway: Fisheries of the arctic seas in an era of climate changes 
Alexander Selin (invited, t.b.c.), Director, Sevmorneftegaz LLC, Murmansk branch, Russia: Development of Shtockman gas field. 
Jan G. Winther, Director Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway: Legacy of IPY. 
12:30 lunch 
Tatiana Saksina, Arctic Governance Officer at WWF International: Arctic governance. 
Heidi Sørensen, State Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Norway: How to achieve sustainable management of the arctic seas, future challenges. 
Summary by chair, questions and general discussion. 
  
Young science in the North: Panel discussion.

15:00 International Polar Year, ARCTOS, Russian Academy of Science, The Sami University College, Arctic Net, young politician, etc. 
Closing and summing up 
 
 
 
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