Two AEC plenaries at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2023
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20 | 17:20 – 18:10 PLENARY
HISTORIC PROTECTION OF OUR OCEANS
THE CENTRAL ARCTIC OCEAN FISHERIES AGREEMENT
SPEAKERS:
● DAVID A. BALTON, Ambassador; Arctic Executive Steering Committee, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, USA
● GAO FENG, Special Representative for Arctic Affairs, China ● GUÐMUNDUR KRISTJÁNSSON, Brim
● HERB NAKIMAYAK, Inuit Circumpolar Council ● PARK CHONG-SUK, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Korea
● ROLF RØDVEN, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program (AMAP)
● HYOUNG CHUL SHIN, Korea Polar Research Institute of Marine Research (KOPRI)
● VICKI LEE WALLGREN, World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
MODERATOR ● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
LOCATION Silfurberg Hall, Harpa Second Level
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 | 18:10 – 19:15
THE CLOSING PLENARY. THE CLOSING PLENARY. THE SHOW
COMPANIES: Flatlight ● 66 North ● Kerecis ● True North Productions ● Blue Lagon ● GOBMI ● BIOSIS
ORGANISATIONS: Orkney Islands Council ● Saami Council ● Oulu 2026 ● Bodø 2024
ARTISTS: Kristin Sevaldsen ● Najattaajaraq Joelsen ● Sarah Bernard ● Eskhi
LOCATION Silfurberg Hall, Harpa Second Level
Sessions
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
11:20 – 12:15 | EU POLICIES IN THE ARCTIC
ORGANISED BY: The European Union
SPEAKERS:
● PATTI BRUNS, Arctic Mayors’ Forum
● PÄIVI EKDAHL, Regional Council of Lapland, Finland
● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
● ÁSLAT HOLMBERG, Saami Council
MODERATOR: CLARA GANSLANDT, European External Action Service
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
20:30 – 22:00 | ARCTIC PUB QUIZ
ORGANIZED BY: Arctic Economic Council, Arctic Mayors’ Forum, Arctic Encounter
LOCATION: outside La Primavera Restaurant, top floor of Harpa
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19
18:15 – 19:10 | ARCTIC GREEN ENERGY SECURITY. COMMUNITY- AND INDIGENOUS-LED RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS
ORGANIZED BY: ●Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN);
●U.S. Department of Energy’s Arctic Energy Office;
●The National Renewable Energy Lab’s Alaska Center, USA
SPEAKERS:
● AARON COOKE, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Alaska, USA
● CARINA SAMMELI, Mayor of Luleå, Sweden
● DEVLIN FERNANDES, Gwich’in Council International
● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
● ROMAN SIDORTSOV, Michigan Technological University, USA, Sussex Energy Group, United Kingdom.
MODERATOR: EMBLA EIR ODDSDÓTTIR, Director, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network (IACN)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
11:20 – 12:15 | THE LIKE-MINDED, THE WILLING, THE CAPABLE… THE BELGIANS
ORGANIZED BY: EGMONT – Royal Institute for International Relations, Belgium; Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
SPEAKERS:
● JAN BAYART, Ambassador to Norway and Iceland
● POL DE WITTE, Director General, Egmont
● PATRICK ROOSE, Royal Institute for Natural Sciences
● NICOLAS VAN HOECKE, International Polar Foundation, Belgium
● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
MODERATOR: MARIE-ANNE CONINSX, Egmont
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20
15:00 – 15:55 | GENDER EQUALITY IN THE ARCTIC A CLOSER LOOK
ORGANIZED BY: The European Union
SPEAKERS:
● EMBLA EIR ODDSDÓTTIR, Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network
● INGA NYHAMAR, Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), Arctic Council
● TONJE JOHANSEN, Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami Council – Sámiráđđi
● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
● HJALTI ÓMAR ÁGÚSTSSON, Directorate of Equality, Iceland
MODERATOR: CLARA GANSLANDT, EU Special Envoy for Arctic Matters and Head of Division Western Europe/Arctic/Regional, European External Action Service
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
10:10 – 11:05 | STRENGTHENING NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC BUSINESS COOPERATION
ORGANIZED BY: Arctic360, Canada
SPEAKERS ● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
● KENNETH HOEGH, Head of Representation to Canada and the U.S, Government of Greenland
● DAVID OMILGOITOK, Kitikmeot Corporation, Canada
● MADELEINE REDFERN, CanArctic Inuit Networks; Arctic360, Canada
● PAUL BARRETT, Davie Shipbuilding, Canada
MODERATORS ● JESSICA SHADIAN, Arctic360, Canada ● HELENE SCHERLING OLSEN, Danish Consulate, Canada
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21
17:00 – 17:55 | A BLUE ECONOMY AGENDA FOR THE ARCTIC? PERSPECTIVES ON JUSTICE, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
ORGANIZED BY:●High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University, Norway
● UArctic Thematic Network for a Blue Economy and the Arctic
● Project Blue, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
SPEAKERS
● ANDREAS RASPOTNIK, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway; High North Center for Business and Governance, Norway; The Arctic Institute, USA
● C. PATRICK HEIDKAMP, Southern Connecticut State University, USA
● MADS QVIST FREDERIKSEN, Arctic Economic Council
● MATTHIAS KOKORSCH, University Centre of the Westfjords, Iceland
● ELENA SÆTHER, High North Center for Business and Governance, Norway