Venue: Thon Hotel Kirkenes
11:00 - Registration
12:00 - Lunch
13:00 - Opening by artist Ingvild Austgulen
13:05 - Opening speach Magnus Mæland • Mayor Sør-Varanger
13:15 - Opening session – The New North
Jonas Gahr Støre • Prime Minister of Norway
Tobias Billström • Minster Foreign Affairs, Sweden (Video presentation)
Elina Valtonen • Minster Foreign Affairs, Finland (Video presentation)
Hans-Jacob Bønå • County Mayor, Finnmark
Christina Henriksen • Saami Council
13:55 - Northern perspectives
Jonas Gahr Støre • Prime Minister of Norway
in dialog with moderator Siri LiIl Mannes
14:15 - Theme 1: New cross border relations
From soft security to high tension
Nancy Porsanger Anti • State Secretary, Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development
Hans-Jacob Bønå • County Mayor, Finnmark
Kristina Torbergsen • County Mayor, Troms
Marja Joenusva • Barents Ambassador Finland
14.45 - Break
15.15 - New relations in the Arctic
Jamal Al-Mussawi, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, US Embassy to Norway
Dr. Detlef Wächter • German Ambassador to Norway
Jan Thompson CMG OBE • British Ambassador to Norway
Nicolas de La Grandville • EU Ambassador to Norway
Eivind Vad Petersson • State Secretary • MFA, Norway
15:50 - Re-visiting and re-understanding the euro-russian border
Eivind Vad Petersson • State Secretary • MFA, Norway
Ilkka Liikanen • Research Director, Karelian Institute
Andreas Østhagen • Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansens Institutt
16:20 - New neighbouring relations
Satu Sikanen • Regional Mayor of South Karelia
Matias Hilden • Mayor Imatra Finland
Magnus Mæland • Mayor Sør-Varanger Municipality
16.40 - Break
17:00 - Theme 2 - New demands for the environment
Jan Gunnar Winther • Pro-rector - research and development, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Marianne Sivertsen Næss • Member of Parliament, Norway
Elise Åsnes • Leader Spire
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen • Saami artist and activist
Sebastian Bringsvær • Aker Offshore Wind
18.00 - End of first day
19:00 - Social gathering, Thon Hotel Kirkenes
20:00 - Conference dinner
Music by Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
09:00 - Theme 3 - New Attractive Communities
Cecilie Myrseth • Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy
Erna Solberg • Head of Conservative party, Norway
Marie Sneve Martinussen • Head of Red party
Kirsti Bergstø • Head of Socialist Left Party
Terje Hansen • First deputy leader, Finnmark Progress party (FRP)
Bård Gamnes • Managing director Barel Electronics
Nina Greiner Iversen • Project manager Sør-Varanger Utvikling
10.15 Break
10.45 New business challenges
Erlend Bullvåg • CEO, Kunnskapsparken Bodø
Svein Eggesvik • County Mayor, Nordland
Øyvind Haga • Head, Innovation Norway Arctic
Ole Øvretveit • Head, Norwegian coast development centre
11.15 University cooperation in the north
Dag Rune Olsen • Rector, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Liv Inger Somby • Rector, Sámi University of Applied Sciences
Hanne Elenora Solheim Hansen • Rector, Nord University
12:00 Lunch
Theme 4: New Energy Demands
13.00 The green shift – Are we ready?
Jens Berge • CEO Norwegian Hydrogen
Christer Lindqvist • CEO Grangex (Owner Sydvaranger Mine)
Sæbjørn Tanghus Dale • Financial manager, Sør-Varanger Municipality
13.30 The green shift – Have we found the right pace?
Rune Storvold • Research director, NORCE
Maret Laila Anti • Leader Lágesduottar Reindeer Herders District.
Jens Betsi • Head of Barents Nett AS
13:50 Absent Media on northern issues
Helge Nitteberg • Editor in chief Nordlys
Kjetil Wiedswang • Commentator Dagens Næringsliv
Niels Røine • Head of Kirkenes Næringsforening
Anki Gerhardsen • Editor Lytring and commentator Aftenposten
14:20 Closing remarks
Einar Sneve Martinussen • Associate Prof., Oslo School of Archits. and Design
14.30 End of conference
