Cultural Tourism and Food Culture in the North

In cooperation with the Northern Dimension Partnership

on Culture and the Russian, Swedish and Finnish Embas-

sies.

There will be a program on May 17th for guests who want

to participate in the celebration of the Norwegian

National Day in Oslo.

CONFERENCE AT VOKSENÅSEN, OSLO,

MAY 18-19, 2011

Wednesday, May 18th

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Opening of the conference

Vyacheslav Pavlovskiy, ambassador, Embassy of the Russian Federation,

tbc

13.15 NDPC - a presentation

Bendik Rugaas, Senior adviser, Ministry of Culture

13.30 NDI – a presentation

Katja Lahikainen, Coordinator, Northern Dimension Institute

13.50 Cooperation in the North

Rune Rafaelsen, Secr..gen., The Norwegian Barents Secretariat

14.10 Northwest Russia – new and exciting destinations like beads on a string....

Repr. from Russian Tourist organisation

14.40 Coffee Break

15.15 Maimo Henriksson, ambassador, Embassy of Finland,

Finland´s initiative for the Nordic Dimension

15.30 New Nordic Food – and new success stories

Magnus Grøntoft, Nordic Council of ministers

15.45 A taste of Russia – the Russian cuisine as a significant part of the Russian

culture....

Darra Goldstein, Editor in Chief, Gastronomica

16.30 Break

17.00 The (midnight) sun and the Northern light – for a happy marriage

Pål Brekke, Norwegian Space

Center

18.00 Break

19.00 Appetizer – with Russian music

Thursday, May 19th 09.00 Storytelling – development of destinations

Lena Mossberg, Professor at BI

09.30 How can we attract more visitors to destinations in the North?

Arne Trengereid,, CEO Nord-norsk Reiseliv

10.00 Swedish northern destinations with distinctions

Thomas Johansson, Visit Sweden

Urban Gelfgren, Västerbottens Museum

10.30 A Finnish distinct destination – where Xmas fairytails come true...

Repr. from Rovaniemi

11.00 Coffee break

11.20 Can we do something great together?

Luba Kuzovnikova, Pikene på Broen

Discussion

12.30 Lunch – with New Nordic Food

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Registration: program@voksenaasen.no

Kindly write name, title, organisation/company and billing address

Conference fee : NOK 500:- day one, NOK 500:- day two NOK 800 for

both days

For all questions contact Mikael Klingberg +47 907 47 314

Guest performance from the Chef of the Russian Embassy in Oslo

Wednesday May 18th, 2011

Menu:

Salad ”Vinaigrette Russian”

**

Bortsj

served with pirozjki

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”Kievs” chops

baked root vegetables, rice, gravy sauce

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Sweet blini

honey, whipped sour cream

Voksenåsen - Norway´s national gift to Sweden given as a token of gratitude for Swedish aid during and right after WWI - celebrated it´s 50th anniversary last year. Voksenåsen, owned by the Swedish state through the Ministry of Culture, is a great place for Nordic meetings – with modern hotel and conference facilities at 500 meter altitude, 20 minutes from the center of Oslo – with Sweden´s best view!