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Sunday 20 January

Offi

cial opening session followed food, drink, perspective and

dance performance by Intuit D

ance Com

pany – 1/10

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19:00 – 21:00 at Polaria

PolA

rt reception21:00 – 23:30 at Trom

sø Art G

allery

Monday 21 January

Conference banquet

19:30 - 22:30 at Radisson Blu Hotel

Tuesday 22 January

Arctic G

ames

18:30 - 21:30 at the FRAM

Centre

Wednesday 23 January

Welcom

e reception18:00 – 19:00 M

ayor of Tromsø invites A

rctic Frontiers participants to a pre-dinner recep-tion at the Verdensteatret including a “Trip to the M

oon”

Bacalao dinner

19:00 - 20:30 Bacalao at DRIV

Concert at A

rctic Cathedral

21:00 – 22:00

Thursday 24 January

Science section banquet

19:30 – 22:30 at Rica Ishavshotel

Thursday 24 JanuarySydspissen - U

niversity (via Rica Ishavshotell): 07:30Rica Ishavshotell – U

niversity: 07:45 and 08:15U

niversity - Rica Ishavshotell: 18:00 and 18:30

Friday 25 JanuarySydspissen - U

niversity (via Rica Ishavshotell): 07:30Rica Ishavshotell - U

niversity: 07:45 and 08:15U

niversity - Rica Ishavshotell: 14:10 and 15:15†U

niversity - airport: 13:10 and 14:00

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ill be served in the cantina one level up from conference area.

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e will also be hosting a live radio debate. D

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Arctic Frontiers N

æringspolitisk Forum

| Næ

ringskraft i nord (in N

orwegian)

Tuesday 22 January, 09:00 – 16:00 Venue: U

niversity of Tromsø

Contact: V

ibeke Tannvik, vibeke@akvaplan.niva.no

Economic D

evelopment in the Indigenous N

orthW

ednesday 23 January 2013, 09:00 - 12:15Venue: U

niversity of Tromsø, Teorifagbygget, Auditorium

3. C

ontact: Anja K

ristine Salo, anja@barents.no

Arctic Issues O

n-line: Social m

edia, Research,

Netw

orking and Branding

Wednesday 23 January 2013, 12:00 - 13:00

Venue: Nordnorsk vitensenter

Contact: Tom

Fries, tom.fries@

thearcticinstitute.org

Contested Landscapes - lost ecologies. C

ritical perspectives on landscapes of extractionTh

ursday 24 January 2013, 09:00 - 17:00Venue: U

niversity of Tromsø, Teorifagsbygget, Room

UB 132 (110)

Contact: Janike K

ampevold Larsen, Janike.Larsen@

aho.no

Arctic U

rban Sustainability in the H

igh North - A

RC

SU

STh

ursday 24 January 2013, 09:00 - 17:00Venue: U

niversity of Tromsø, Teorifagsbygget, Room

H1 1.343 (50)

Contact: A

ileen Espiritu, aileen.a.espiritu@uit.no

Arctic S

hipping and LawFriday 25 January 2013, 09:00 - 12:30 Venue: U

niversity of Tromsø, Teorifagsbygget, Room

4.213 (60)C

ontact: Christin Skjervold, christin.skjervold@

uit.no

Conference Access

Information and registration desks

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ation and registration desk will be located at Trom

sø airport on Sunday 20 January betw

een 13:30 and 22:00. An inform

ation and registration desk will be

located in the conference area where the staff w

ill be happy to assist with any queries.

The desk opens 1 hour prior to the first session in the m

orning and will stay open until

thirty minutes after the last session. Telephone: + 47 4128 8735.

Conference venue

All sessions are at the U

niversity of Tromsø – “Teorifagbygget” A

ddress: Breivika, 9037 Trom

sø

Transportation by busA

rctic Frontiers buses are marked w

ith our logo; tickets are included in the conference fee.

Sunday 20 January

Buses are available from the airport to city centre hotel corresponding w

ith the flights below.

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rrivalFlight no.

Arrival

SK441613:35

SK441815:45

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Y38216:05

SK442418:10

DY384

19:05

SK443220:25

SK443421:40

DY388

23:35and

SK443823:50

Buses will also be available after the “get together” from

Tromsø A

rt Gallery to C

ity centre hotels ca 22:15 and 22:30

Monday 21 January

Sydspissen - University (via Rica Ishavshotell): 07:00

Rica Ishavshotell - University: 07:15 and 07:30

University – Sydspissen (via Rica Ishavshotell): 17:30

University - Rica Ishavshotell: 17:30 and 18:00

Tuesday 22 JanuarySydspissen - U

niversity (via Rica Ishavshotell): 07:30Rica Ishavshotell - U

niversity: 07:45 and 08:15U

niversity – Sydspissen (via Rica Ishavshotell): 16:30U

niversity - Rica Ishavshotell: 16:30U

niversity - airport: 16:30Rica Ishavshotell – Fram

Centre: 18:00, return ca. 21:15

Wednesday 23 January

Sydspissen - University (via Rica Ishavshotell): 07:30

Rica Ishavshotell - University: 07:45 and 08:15

University – Sydspissen (via Rica Ishavshotell): 17:00

University – Rica Ishavshotell: 17:00 and 17:30

DRIV

– Arctic cathedral: 20:30

Arctic cathedral – Rica Ishavshotell: 22:00

General inform

ationSide events

Evening program

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Date

January 2012

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FrontiersEvening events

Side events

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20Em

erging Leaders workshopO

pening of Arctic Frontiers -PolariaR

eception PolArt -Tromsø Art G

allery

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n 21

Policy section

Ministerial session

Panel debate (live on nR

K radio)Keynote speakers

Banquet dinner - Radisson BLu

TuES 22

Fisheries Ministers

Keynote speakersArctic Frontiers Em

erging Leadersn

æringspolitisk Forum

- næ

ringskraft i nord

Arctic Gam

es - Fram Centre

WEd

23 Science sectionKeynote speakersParallel sessions

Reception with M

ayor of Tromsø & silent

movie from

TIFF -VerdensteatretBacalao d

inner - dR

IVConcert -Arctic Cathedral

Economic d

evelopment in the Indigenous n

orthArctic Issues O

n-line: Social media, R

esearch, networking and

Branding

Thu

RS 24

Keynote speakersParallel sessionsPoster session

Science section banquet including an-nouncem

ent of poster awards - Rica

Ishavhotel

Contested landscapes - lost ecologies. Critical perspectives on landscapes of extractionArctic u

rban Sustainability in the high n

orth - ARCSu

S

FRI 25

Parallel sessionsAPECS discussion panel

Arctic Shipping and Law

Wednesday 23 JanuaryUniversity of Tromsø, Store Auditorium, Teorifagbygget/Main Auditorium, Theoretical Disciplines BuildingChairs: Kristine Offerdal, Jan Sundet & Jørgen Berge09:00 Introduction and welcome by Christina M. Abildgaard, Director of the Department for Bioresources and Environmental Research, Research Council of Norway09:15 Keynote talk: - Sven G. Holtsmark: Cooperation and conflict in the High North. A historical perspective09:55 Keynote talk: - David Fluharty: Arctic Fisheries – A North Pacific Perspective10:35 Keynote talk: - Jean-Eric Tremblay & Marcel Babin : How productive can marine Arctic waters be? Lessons learned from the Global Ocean11:15 Plenary debate and closing words by chairs11:30 LunchTime Part I: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic: Arctic

Security in a global context. Auditorium 1Part II: Marine harvest in the ArcticAuditorium 3

Part III: Marine Production – Keynote sessionAuditorium 2

Chairs Andreas Maurer & Kathrin Keil Tore Haug & Christian Wexels Riser Jørgen Berge12:30 Introduction – Kristine Offerdal Introduction - Jan H. Sundet Introduction - Jørgen Berge12:40 Invited talk: Paal S. Hilde - Arctic Geopolitics in a Global

Perspective: From cold periphery to global hotspot?Invited talk: Jørgen Schou Christiansen - Marine Fishes at Stake in Arctic Klondike

Invited talk: Geir Johnsen - Use of underwater robots and sensors to map, monitor and estimate biomass/production in marine plankton, macro algae and benthos in the Arctic

13:00 Stephen Flanagan - U.S. Security and Defense Policy in Northern Europe: Prospects for a Northern Pirouette

13:10 Aleksandr Sergunin - Is Russia a Revisionist Power in the Arctic?

Sigurd Tjelmeland - Climate change in the Barents Sea: a challenge for management of the capelin

Invited talk: Kit M. Kovacs - Production in the Barents Sea and the marine mammal community

13:20 Steffen Weber - Analysing EU Arctic Policy Process: Ac-tors, Interests and Coherence

13:30 Alex Calvo - Japan and the Arctic: Energy Security, Naval Normalization, and Relations With Russia

Marianne Falardeau - Larval polar cod (Boreogadus saida) and sandlance (Ammodytes sp.) trophodynamics in the warming Beaufort Sea

13:40 Discussion Invited talk: Patricia Matrai - Integrated primary and community production in the Arctic Ocean: In situ and remotely sensed estimates

13:50 Maxime Geoffroy - An answer to the mystery of the miss-ing polar cod (Boreogadus saida)?

14:10 CoffeeChairs Michael Bravo Tore Haug & Christian Wexels Riser Susanne Kortsch & Angelina Kraft

14:30 Petra Dolata - Arctic (Geo)Politics: An Emerging Re-search Agenda

Margaret McBride - Krill, Climate, and Contrasting Future Scenarios for Arctic and Antarctic Fisheries

Invited talk: Paul E. Renaud - Benthic productivity: a pan-Arctic view of local processes

15:00 Duncan Depledge - The Arctic on the UK›s doorstep: Prevention, precaution and preparedness

Kristin Heggland - Habitat for 0-group coastal cod (Ga-dus morhua) in Balsfjorden and Porsangerfjorden

Invited talk: Gerald Darnis - Dynamics and reproduction of the arctic copepod Calanus hyperboreus during a year of record low ice cover in the southeastern Beaufort Sea

15:10 Valur Ingimundarson - The Politics of Representation in the Arctic Council: Mediating Internal Interests and External Desires

15:20 Katrin Keil - An Arctic Security Community? Jennifer Lam - Impact of the expanded distribution of marine and land species in Canada›s Western Arctic: An Inuvialuit Perspective

15:30 To be announced

15:40 Discussion Garry Stenson - Direct and Indirect Impacts of Ice on Harp Seals, Pagophilus groenladicus, in the Northwest Atlantic

Else Nøst Hegseth - Ice algal biomass in the sediments - a food source in the mid-winter ecosystem in high Arctic shelf areas

16:00 Gísli Víkingsson - Recent changes in the diet composition and abundance of common minke whales (Balaenoptera acuto-rostrata) in Icelandic waters. - A response to climate change?

Eva Leu - Arctic spring awakening - a pan-Arctic view on processes controlling bottom ice algae blooms

16:10 Kristofer Bergh - What role for the military in a chang-ing Arctic?

16:20 Stefan Steinicke.- Emergency Response Management in the Arctic - Driver for Cooperation?

Hikari Maeda - Utility of the transition phase in earplugs for the common minke whales, to improve their stock managements

Philipp Assmy - Floating ice-algal aggregates below melt-ing Arctic sea ice: hotspots of biological activity and an important food source for the ice-associated fauna

16:30 Nils Andreas Masvie - Risks and Responsible Manage-ment of Arctic Resources

16:40 Discussion Tore Haug - Has ice retreat and ecosystem changes left Barents Sea harp seals starving?

Clare Webster - Fate of the Arctic spring bloom: Impacts of micro- and meso-zooplankton and diel vertical migration

17:00 Buses to hotels

Thursday 24 January

Time Part I: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic: new stakeholders and Arctic governance. Auditorium 1

Part II: Marine harvesting in the ArcticAuditorium 3

Part III: Arctic Marine Productivity: Spatial patternsAuditorium 2

Chairs Jo Inge Bekkevold Jan H. Sundet & Arve Lynghammar Miriam Marquardt & Eike Stübner

09:00 Invited Talk: Arild Moe - The geopolitics of Asia’s growing interest in Arctic affairs: rationale, intensity, implications

Invited Talk: Sara Bailey - Current and future risk of aquatic invasive species introductions to the Canadian Arctic

Extended Talk: Per Fauchald - Seasonal changes in the spatial organization of the Barents Sea ecosystem

09:20 Njord Wegge - China›s great power ambitions and the Arctic

09:30 Egill Thor Nielsson - China’s Arctic research and its wider implications

Knut Eirik Jørstad - Circumpolar biodiversity: results of climate fluctuations and intermingling of Atlantic and Pacific species?

Sünnje Basedow - Production and advection at the Bar-ents Sea polar front in June 2011

09:40 Tom Røseth - The Russia-China relationship - possible consequences for the Arctic

09:50 Discussion Chris Ware - The potential for high-latitude species inva-sions via an Arctic shipping network

Marianne Nilsen - Spatial distribution of secondary benthic invertebrate production in a north Norwegian fjord system

10:10 Andrea Sneekes - First experiences with tools for monitoring and prediction of non-indigenous species (NIS) in the Arctic

Anne Helene S. Tandberg - Spatial distribution of macro-zoobenthic production on the northern Norwegian shelf

10:30 CoffeePart I: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic: new stakeholders and Arctic governance (cont.)

Part II: Marine harvesting in the Arctic (cont.) Part III: Arctic Marine Productivity: Climate

Chairs Lev Voronkov Jan H. Sundet Jordan Grigor & Daniela Freese

10:45 Shinji Hyodo - The New Arctic Reality and the Strategic Environment in Northeast Asia: From Japanese Perspective

Kristin Windsland - Dispersal rate of the introduced red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in Norwegian waters

Marcel Nicolaus - Changes in Arctic Sea Ice Result in Increasing Light Transmission

10:55 Fujio Ohnishi - The Emerging Arctic Strategy of Japan

11:05 Vijay Sakhuja - India and the Changing Arctic Mona Maria Fuhrmann - Role of the invasive red king crab in the benthic food web: Integrating stomach analysis and stable isotopes

Michael Carroll - Reading Between the Lines: Bivalve Growth Rate and Isotopic Variability Across the Barents Sea Polar Front

11:15 Mia Bennett - The Maritime Tiger: Exploring South Korea´s Interests and Role in the Arctic

11:25 Discussion Jan H. Sundet - Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) - stock status of the new invasive crab species in the Barents Sea

Andrey Dolgov - Formation of plankton communities structure under oceanographic condition impact in the arctic Barents and Kara Seas in 2006-2011

11:45 Geir Dahle - Genetic analysis of snow crab (Chionocetes opilio) in the Barents Sea - where are we?

Susanne Kortsch - Climate-driven regime shifts in Arctic marine benthos

12:05 LunchPart I: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic: new stakeholders and Arctic governance (cont.)

Part II: Marine harvesting in the Arctic (cont.) Part III: Arctic Marine Productivity: Winter

Chairs Oran Young Torill Johansen & Magnus Wiedmann Jordan Grigor & Daniela Freese

13:05 Olav Schram Stokke - Asian Stakes and Arctic Governance Invited talk: Jennifer L. Nielsen - Marine Biology in a Warming Arctic - Who Will Be Winners?

Ksenia Kosobokova - Zooplankton communities are awake in winter: evidence from the three Arctic seas

13:15 Piotr Graczyk - The role and potential of the Arctic Council in Arctic marine shipping governance

13:25 David VanderZwaag - Governance of the Arctic Ocean Beyond National Jurisdiction: Cooperative Currents, Restless Sea

13:35 Ingvild Jakobsen - The adequacy of the law of the sea and international environmental law to the Arctic Ocean

Martine van den Heuvel-Greve - Marine indicators for environmental impact assessment in the Arctic

Angelina Kraft - From polar night to midnight sun: Lipid composition and feeding strategies of Arctic pelagic amphipods

13:45 Helga Haftendorn - Arctic Security in a Global Context

13:55 Gudni Jóhannesson - The Jan Mayen dispute between Iceland and Norway, 1979-1981. A study in successful diplomacy.

Randi Ingvaldsen - Elements of prospective future har-vest of marine biological resources in the Arctic

Øystein Varpe - The diet of a polar-night fish community: feeding in darkness?

14:05 Discussion

14:15 Andrey Semushin - Long-term dynamics of marine fish populations’ diversity in the coastalwaters of the South-Eastern part of the Barents Sea

Malin Daase - Polar night ecology and oceanography: findings from the January cruise at 82oN

14:35 Elena Anufriieva - Biological resources in changing Arc-tic: Aquaculture as element of their sustainable use

Daniela Freese - Effects of food and light on the physiology of Calanus glacialis during different seasons in the Arctic

14:55 CoffeePresentation of research projects and various programmesChair: Ole Øvretveit, Arctic Frontiers

15:15 Per Wilhelm Nieuwejaar - Scientific capabilities of the new ice going Norwegian Research Vessel15:25 Paul Wassmann - Developing a Norwegian research program for central and northern Barents Sea and adjacent regions: the Nansen Heritage initiative.15:35 Tom Fries - Social media and arctic issues: Risks, benefits and case studies15:45 Ellen Østeth - MOSJ: An ecosystem based monitoring system for the region of Svalbard and Jan Mayen15:55 Bjørn Gunnarsson - The Launch of the ARCTIS (Arctic Resources & Transportation Information System) Online Database16:05 Poster presentation sessions. Sommerlyst Skole exhibit posters from a school project on arctic ecology and climate

Friday 25 January

Time Part I: Geopolitics in a Changing Arctic: Arctic Energy in a global pictureAuditorium 1

Part II: Marine harvesting in the ArcticAuditorium 3

Part III: Arctic Marine Productivity: Lower trophic levelsAuditorium 2

Chairs Dag Harald Claes Michaela Aschan & Margrethe Aanesen Clare Webster & Lena Seuthe09:00 Sigurd Jakupsstov - Faroe Islands: Hydrocarbon Explora-

tion and its impact on the Faroese SocietyInvited talk: Grete K. Hovelsrud «Traditional» marine harvests no more: What are the climate change chal-lenges?

Lena Seuthe - Trophic state alone does not explain biomass partitioning in marine planktonic communities: The importance of zooplankton life-span and advection in Arctic marine ecosystems

09:20 Heather Conley - The Benefits and ‹Costs of Cold: The United States and Arctic Economics in the 21st Century

09:30 Andreas Østhagen - Developing North American Arctic offshore oil and gas

Oleg Titov - Bioprospecting in the Russian part of the Arctic seas. Is it a future resource supply?

Lara S Garcia-Corral - Arctic plankton metabolism: rates and drivers

09:40 Marc-André Dubois - Canadian Offshore Drilling Policy: a Study of the Arctic Council›s Soft Power

09:50 Julia S. P. Loe - Russia’s Arctic oil and gas: Petroleum extraction and geopolitical implications

Jesper Boje - Greenland halibut - a fishing resource vul-nerable to changes in the arctic

Haakon Hop - Seasonal transition in water masses and plankton from Rijpfjorden in Svalbard to the Arctic Ocean

10:00 Discussion10:10 Andries Richter - Using Economic Information to Antici-

pate Collapses in Social-Ecological SystemsJanne E. Søreide - Trophic structures and carbon flows in Arctic and Atlantic waters around Svalbard revealed by stable isotopic and fatty acid tracers

10:30 CoffeeChairs Heather Conley & Julia Loe Michaela Aschan Clare Webster & Lena Seuthe10:50 Arild Moe - The delimitation agreement in the Barents

Sea: The role of energy, law and foreign policySebastian Gerland - Collaboration within two Nor-wegian-Chinese research projects on Arctic climate processes: Examples and future perspectives

Tove M. Gabrielsen - The influence of advection on the marine ecosystem of Arctic fjords: The 2009-2011 seasons of the Billefjorden model system, western Spitsbergen

11:00 Filimonova Nadezhda - Assessing Soviet/Russian state and business interests in the marine border negotiations with Norway

11:10 Jonas Grätz - Rosneft and the Russian Arctic shelf: Cor-porate power vs. development

Richard Merrick - Integrated Arctic Management in the U.S. High Arctic

Eduard Bauerfeind - Variability of vertical particle flux at the long-term observatory HAUSGARTEN in Eastern Fram Strait since the year 2000. Are we witnessing a change in epipelagic community structure?

11:20 Morten Anker - Gas in the Barents Sea - how can we make it commercial?

11:30 Discussion Svetlana A. Murzina - Differentiation of the White Sea herring (Clupea pallasi marisalbi Berg) by the lipid status - one of a mechanism of intrapopulation heterogeneity

Thomas Juul-Pedersen - Pelagic primary production in a freshwater influenced sub-Arctic fjord system - with a view to the past

11:50 JoLynn Carroll - SYMBIOSES: an integrated modeling framework for decision support in marine ecosystem based management

Jordan Grigor - The annual routine of a predatory Arctic zooplankter in a highly seasonal environment

12:10 Victoria Gofman - Capturing Coupling of Socio-eco-nomic and Environmental Changes in the Bering Sea Sub Network (BSSN): A Distributed Human Sensor Array to Detect Arctic Environmental Change

Jasmine Nahrgang - Gender-specific reproductive strate-gies in polar cod (Boreogadus saida)

12:30 Closing words by Rolf Tamnes Jesper Boje - Potential fishing resources in East Greenland waters in a changing Arctic

Kirsten J. Redmond - The effect of Arctic produced water on the fitness of Mytilus edulis: the potential for the use of growth and particle retention efficiency as real-time monitoring endpoints

12:50 Closing words by Jan Sundet Closing words by Paul Wassmann13:00 Lunch14:00 APEC panel debate

Monday 21 January, 08:30 to 17:30University of Tromsø, Store Auditorium, Teorifagbygget/ Main Auditorium, Theoretical Disciplines BuildingChairs: Mayor of Tromsø, Jens Johan Hjort & Mayor of Stavanger Christine Sagen Helgø

Session I: State of the Arctic 2012 in the context of the global energy outlook.

Opening of Arctic Frontiers 2013:08:30 Salve Dahle, Chairman of Steering committee of Arctic Frontiers, Announcements.08:35 Jarle Aarbakke, Rector of University of Tromsø.08:45 Egil Olli, President of Norwegian Sami Parliament: Address to Arctic Frontiers.Ministerial session08:55 Espen Barth Eide, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Norway : The Arctic – The New

Crossroads.09:05 Carl Bildt, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Chair of The Arctic Council, Sweden.09:15 Leona Aglukkaq - Minister of Health and the Canadian Northern Economic Develop-

ment Agency, Canada.09:30 Maria Damanaki, Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European

Commission: The European Union and the Arctic.09:45 Coffee break10:00 Panel debate: State of the Arctic 2013, moderated by Norwegian Broadcasting NRK

and transmitted live on Channel 2.10:45 Coffee break11:00 Rolf Tamnes, Professor, Program leader for GeoPolitics in the High North: Geo-

politics in the High North.11:25 Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Vice Admiral and Chief of Norwegian Joint Headquar-

ters: The role of the armed forces in a changing Arctic.11:25 Lunch

Session II: Geopolitics in a changing Arctic13:00 Yevgeny Lukyanov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia.13:25 Steinar Vaage, President ConocoPhillips Europe and Chair of Norwegian Oil and

Gas Association: License to Operate in Harsh Climate - The Arctic.13:50 Helge Lund, President and CEO of Statoil ASA: Arctic Perspectives.14:15 Coffee break14:30 Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway - The Future of the Arctic – Our

Responsibility.15:00 Coffee break15:15 Zhao Jun, Ambassador to Norway for the People’s Republic of China: China and

the High North.15:40 Byong Hyun Lee, Ambassador to Norway for the Republic of Korea: 16:05 Igor A. Orlov, Governor of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.16:30 Marina Kovtun, Governor of Murmansk Oblast, Russia (tbc)16:55 Mead Treadwell, Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, USA 17:20 Summary by chair and plenary comments17:30 Buses to downtown Tromsø19:30 Conference banquet dinner at Radisson Blu

Tuesday 22 January, 09:00 to 17:00University of Tromsø, Store Auditorium, Teorifagbygget/ Main Auditorium, Theoretical Disciplines BuildingChairs: Kari-Anne Opsal, Executive Councillor of Troms County, Ole Lindefjeld, Research Director of ConocoPhillips Norway

Session II: Marine production in a changing Arctic09:00 Salve Dahle, Chairman of Steering Committee09:05 Lisbeth Berg Hansen, Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Norway: High at-

tention - low tension in Arctic marine production09:30 Steingrímur J. Sigfússon, Minister of Industries and Innovation, Iceland: The

Friendly Arctic» - Icelandic reflections09:55 Harald Loeng, Research Director Institute of Marine Research, Leader of European

Polar Board, Norway: Will there be commercial fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean?10:20 Coffee break

Policy section

Science section

Time Session II: Marine production in a changing Arctic (continued)Auditorium 1

Chairs Ole Lindefjeld & Kari Østervold Toft, Head of Communication at Institute of Marine Research

10:50 Sara Olsvig, Member of the Danish Parliament - Inuit Ataqatigiit, Green-land. Geopolitics and the changing Arctic as homeland

11:15 Geir Ulfstein, Professor, Department of Public and International Law, Uni-versity of Oslo, Norway. Petroleum activities in the disputed areas around Svalbard?

11:40 Maren Esmark, Secretary General for Friends of the Earth, Norway: Fish for the future - petroleum for the past

12:05 Lunch13:00 Paul Wassmann, Professor, Univer-

sity of Tromsø: Productivity in the Arctic Ocean of the future: why care?

13:25 Galina Platova, On behalf of the Working Group of Indigenous Peoples in the Barents Euro Arctic Region: The peoples in the twilight zone. Challenges for Indigenous peoples in the Arctic

13:40 Richard L. Merrick, Chief Science Advisor and Director of Scientific Programs NOAA Fisheries, USA: The U.S. Approach to Integrated Arctic Management

14:00 Coffee break

14:15 Barry B. White, Ambassador of the United States of America to Norway: Introduction to Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders

14:30 Arctic Frontiers Emerging Leaders

14:50 Gennady Matishov – Academician & Director MMBI KSC RAS, Russia: The Arctic: Climate, Life, Current Goals and Challenges

15:15 Summary by chair and plenary com-ments

15:30 Closing by Salve Dahle, Chairman of Steering committee of AFT

16:00 Buses to downtown Tromsø

18:30 Arctic Games, mingling and food at Fram centre

Time næringskraft i nord – Fiskeri og havbruk (in norwegian)Auditorium 2

Edel O. Elvevoll

11:00 Velkommen ved vertskap - Kari-Anne Opsal, fylkesråd for Plan og Næring, Troms

11:05 Helga Pedersen, nestleder Arbei-derpartiet, Marin verdiskaping langs kysten

11:20 Olav Holst-Dyrnes, konsernsjef Aker Seafoods ASA, Strategier for lønnsomhet i nord

11:35 Arne Pedersen, leder Kystfiskarlaget, Verdiskaping, rammebetingelser og aktører

11:50 Magnar Pedersen, direktør for divisjon fiskeri, industri og marked NOFIMA, Marin verdiskaping – politikk, forvalt-ning, marked og produksjon

12:20 Lunch13:20 Reidar Nielsen, Leder i Norges

Fiskarlag

13:35 Rita Karlsen, daglig leder Brødrene Karlsen, Sjømatregion Senja – samla konkurransekraft i en global næring

13:50 Laila Davidsen, ordfører Alta kom-mune, Næringsutvikling i Alta kom-mune, hvor står akvakultur?

13:45 Ivar Prestbakmo, ordfører Salangen kommune, Lokal verdiskaping og vekst i nordnorske lokalsamfunn eller?

14:00 Tarald Sivertsen, visekonsernsjef Mainstream A/S, Framtidig oppdrett. Vekst eller økt vrdiskapning, eller ja takk begge deler?

14:35 Coffee break

15:00 Paneldebatt, ledet av dekan Edel O. Elvevoll

15:45 Oppsummering ved Kari-Anne Op-sal, fylkesråd plan og næring Troms

16:00 Buses to downtown Tromsø