BUILDING BRIDGES 2021 ARCTIC FRONTIERS - TROMSØ NORWAY 1-4 FEBRUARY
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2021 ARCTIC FRONTIERS
BUILDING
BRIDGES PROGRAM
T R O M S Ø N O R WAY 1 - 4 F E B R U A R Y
11 - 4 February 2021
BUILDING BRIDGES
Arctic family and friends will meet from February 1-4 2021 for the
15th edition of our annual Arctic Frontiers conference. Registration
is now open and we are looking forward to welcoming active
participation from around the globe.
This year under the banner of Building Key to making this year a success is you,
Bridges we have created four thematic our friends and participants, who we trust
days that bridge both plenary and science will engage with us on social media and
topics: via questions during our sessions. Our dig-
ital platform will also facilitate networking
Monday 1 Feb: between participants.
Wellbeing and Societal Health
Tuesday 2 Feb:
The pricing this year is easy. Through our
Building the Future conference platform you get access to
the full program and networking tools all
Wednesday 3 Feb: four days.
Ocean meets Coast
Thursday 4 Feb: See the updated program here
Business Solutions myonvent.com/event/arctic-frontiers
With Tromsø as our backdrop we will invite
a small number of guests to participate
live in our Arctic Frontiers studio at UiT
The Arctic University of Norway and Buy your access pass here
welcome other speakers from around the
world on our digital conference platform. Regular participant
The Arctic Frontiers 2021 Plenary program 1000 NOK (ex VAT)
starts 1 February at 12:00 CET and The
Arctic Frontiers 2021 Science program Students, PhD students and postdocs
starts 1 February at 11:00 CET. 400 NOK (ex VAT)
2 3MONDAY 1 FEB 2021
WELLBEING AND
The Arctic is a diverse and vibrant region of people who have lived there since time im-
memorial and also those who have chosen this beautiful region as home. Healthy Arctic
societies are threatened by worrying levels of contamination, disruptions of food webs,
SOCIETAL HEALTH
mental illness and suicide. The COVID-19 pandemic poses additional obstacles for Arctic
communities and businesses. Solutions are complex due to a myriad of challenges left by
the vestiges of colonialism, including access to health care services and equipment, the
need for reckoning over racial injustice, southern migration of young people and the mas-
PLENARY culine character of Arctic communities. This session seeks to shed light on the stories and
Moderator Eva Bratholm strategies required to build bridges to healthier Arctic populations.
Key note Johannes Labba, Reindeer herder, Saarivuoma cearru/reindeer herding district. Sweden.
Kristen Tanche, Regional Health and Wellness Coordinator, Decho First Nation. Canada.
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
ARCTIC RESPONSES TO ADDRESSING ADDICTION AND MENTAL BUILDING BRIDGES
COVID-19 HEALTH CHALLENGES IN ARCTIC COMMUNITIES 16:30 – 18:00 CET
12:00 – 13:45 CET 14:30 – 15:45 CET
Our high-level session on wellbeing and societal
Who could have known that 2020 would Resilient Arctic communities are at the heart health will build bridges between cultural
be defined by a global pandemic? The of the northern and Arctic Strategies being perspectives and international borders.
Arctic has not escaped the impacts of released by the Arctic States. And many What are the biggest challenges in addressing
COVID-19 which has underscored existing strive towards a real reckoning of past societal health in northern and Arctic
vulnerabilities such as remoteness, access policies with current realities when it comes communities? Are the strategies in place
to health services and ushered in eco- to addressing mental and physical wellbeing adequately funded to affect real change
nomic slowdown. How have Arctic com- in Arctic communities. This session seeks to for the people most in need? Are resilience
munities and decision makers responded to explore the approaches that are empowering practices in Arctic communities an “export”
COVID-19? And what does the Arctic have indigenous peoples and northern inhabitants that should be shared with the rest of the world?
to share with the rest of the world in terms to address societal health challenges in cul-
of resilience, recovery and re-opening? turally appropriate and innovative ways. Speakers
Mary Simon, FFellow Arctic Institute of North
Speakers Speakers America. Canada.
Urmas Reinsalu, Foreign Minister of Estonia. Kristen Tanche, Regional Health and Wellness Jenny Gilruth, Minister for Europe and
Estonia. Coordinator, Decho First Nation. Canada. International Development, Scottish Government.
Kirsti Mijnhijmer, Head of Secretariat Dr. Jóna Margrét Ólafsdóttir, Adjunct Lecturer, Scotland.
Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme. Faculty of Social Work, University of Iceland. Lisa Murkowski, Senator for Alaska,
Denmark. Iceland. United States Government. USA.
Dr. Liza Mack, Director, Aleut International
Association. USA. Brief Outlook Brief Outlook
Sunna Nousuniemi, Filmmaker. Finland. Mikhail Pogodaev, Deputy Minister,
Brief Outlook Development of the Arctic and the Peoples
Dr. Kathrine Kristoffersen, Municipal Chief of the North of the Republic of Sakha. Russia.
Physician, Tromsø Municipality. Norway.
4 5MONDAY 1 FEB 2021
WELLBEING AND
SOCIETAL HEALTH
SCIENCE PARALLEL 1 SCIENCE PARALLEL 2 YOUNG YOUNG
SESSION 1 SESSION 5 EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP: CLEAR MINDS; CLEAR VISION
ARCTIC HEALTH AND THE COUPLED ARCTIC SYSTEM: BRIDGES AMONG RESEARCHERS: 14:30 – 16:00 CET
SOCIAL INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING STRENGTHENING THE NETWORK OF
FROM RECENT INTERNATIONAL ARCTIC BIOMARKERS SCIENTISTS Good Health and Wellbeing feature as one
11:00 – 12:00 CET CAMPAIGNS 09:00 - 11:00 CET the Sustainable Development Goals (3).
Welcome & keynote presentations As the saying goes, health is wealth; it has
11:00 – 12:00 CET Arctic biogeochemistry is a rapidly develo- become increasingly important to pay at-
13:30 – 14:30 CET Welcome & keynote presentations ping field, spurred by ongoing climate change, tention to different aspects of our health,
Block of short presentations and its ecological applicability in studying especially during this COVID-19 pandemic.
13:30 – 14:30 CET ecosystem dynamics, ecotoxicology and How are young people coping with stress?
15:30 – 16:30 CET Block of short presentations movement ecology shows great promises. Anxiety, depression and self-harm, have
Block of short presentations become the ‘trilogy’ affecting many young
15:30 – 16:30 CET Such momentum, along with typical chal- people due to a myriad of reasons. This
18:00 – 19:00 CET Block of short presentations lenges inherent to interdisciplinary re- session examines some of the practical
Panel discussion search and the increasing need for digital ways of combating stress, loneliness and
operability, calls for a strong and resilient anxiety among young people. What col-
Detailed description international collaboration network in lective action is needed at the global and
Detailed description
which knowledge sharing in an open and local level to give mental health issues
reproducible science framework is pivotal. among young people much prominence?
This workshop therefore aims to bring to- Speakers
gether Arctic biomarkers scientists, from Ragnhild Dybdahl, Associate Professor of
all kinds of specialty and career stage, to Psychology, Oslo Metropolitan University
seek out the collective opinion and knowl- Amy Rasmussen Waluk, Director,
edge to strengthen the network of Arctic Four Directions Center for Social Health
biomarkers scientists.
Speakers
Paul Renaud, Senior Researcher,
Akvaplan-niva
Clare Eayrs, Research scientist, Association of
Polar Early Career Scientists
6 7TUESDAY 2 FEB 2021
BUILDING
This year Arctic Frontiers will host a panel of young Arctic leaders alongside
seasoned Arctic influencers who will dive deeper into the opportunities and
obstacles northern youth face now and in the future. Framed in the context of the UN’s
THE FUTURE
Sustainable Development Goals, speakers are invited to discuss the pressing issues they
stand to inherit such as climate change, societal pressure, migration of young people
to the south and the question of whether the Arctic is facing its own cultural revolution.
Today’s session seeks to build bridges between generations, borders and disciplines to find
PLENARY the best solutions for a resilient Arctic.
Moderator Eva Bratholm
Key note Joel Clement, Arctic Initiative Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for
Science and International Affairs. USA.
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
CLIMATE COLLABORATION STAYING NORTH – CHALLENGES OF BUILDING BRIDGES
FOR THE FUTURE OUT-MIGRATION 16:30 – 18:00 CET
12:00 – 13:45 CET 14:30 – 15:45 CET
How are young people influencing policy
Climate change is top of mind for young Growing up in Arctic communities comes at the highest level and what we can
people living in the Arctic as they experi- with its own set of unique opportunities expect in the future? This session will host
ence the impacts on a daily basis. Climate and challenges. Access to education, a panel of young Arctic leaders along-
change threatens to completely reshape health services, counselling, and early side seasoned Arctic influencers who will
the Arctic environment and economic career opportunities can be difficult. Our dive deeper into the opportunities and
landscape. This session will bridge perspec- panelists will address these challenges, obstacles northern youth face now and in
tives from academia and indigenous com- but also provide examples of how commu- the future.
munities with national decision makers. nities, business and political leaders are
working together to meet these obstacles Key note
Speakers head-on. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative
Henrik Asheim, Minister of Research and of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and
Higher Education, The Norwegian Government. Speakers Security Policy / Vice-President of the Europe-
Norway. David Korgak, Manager of Individual an Commission. EU/Spain.
Dr. Mia Bennett, Assistant Professor, Advocacy Services, Representative for
Hong Kong University. USA. Children and Youth. Canada. Speakers
Inga Anne Karen Sara, Sámi Reindeer Herder, Johannes Lundvoll, Youth Leader, Troms and Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign
Reindeer grazing district 22 Fiettar. Norway. Finnmark County Council. Norway. Affairs, Norway. Norway.
Mia Chemnitz, Entrepreneur, Qiviut AS. Green- James DeHart, U.S. Arctic Coordinator,
Brief Outlook land. United States. USA.
Anna Ziya Geerling, Student, UiT The Arctic Semen Yaptune, Chair of RAIPON Youth Sam Schimmel, Student, Stanford University.
University of Norway. Holland. Council. Russia. Canada.
Ingvild Brox Kielland, Advisor, SpareBank 1
Nord-Norge. Norway. Brief Outlook
Daniela Toma, Student, UiT The Arctic
University of Norway. Greece.
8 9TUESDAY 2 FEB 2021
BUILDING
THE FUTURE
SCIENCE PARALLEL 1 SCIENCE PARALLEL 2 YOUNG
SESSION 1 SESSION 5 EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP:
ARCTIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL THE COUPLED ARCTIC SYSTEM: BRIDGES TO THE COMMUNITY: EXPLOR-
INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING FROM RE- ING MULTIPLE OUTREACH CHANNELS
CENT INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS AND RESPONDING TO A TARGETED
11:00 – 12:00 CET AUDIENCE
Welcome & keynote presentations 11:00 – 12:00 CET 09:00 - 11:00 CET
Welcome & keynote presentations
13:30 – 14:30 CET This session is the opportunity to develop,
Block of short presentations 13:30 – 14:30 CET fine-tune and practice your science com-
Block of short presentations munication skills with the support of a
15:30 – 16:30 CET professional science communicator. In
Block of short presentations 15:30 – 16:30 CET this session, we will have presentations
Block of short presentations and exercises on science communication,
18:00 – 19:00 CET particularly in written formats, culminating
Panel discussion 18:00 – 19:00 CET in the production of a short piece regarding
Panel discussion your field of expertise. You will then have
Detailed description the opportunity work with local school
students with regards to your written
Detailed description
piece and gain feedback from a young
audience, gaining key insight into what is
needed to best communicate your work.
Speakers
Matthew Davidson, Consultant, Flow Con-
cepts Norway
Hanna Kauko, Post-doctoral researcher,
Norwegian Polar Institute
10 11WEDNESDAY 3 FEB 2021
OCEAN MEETS
For centuries Arctic communities have turned to the seas to provide food, safe hav-
en, transportation, natural resources and energy not just to survive, but to thrive. Once
considered secondary, traditional activities are now the centrepiece of national policies
COAST
and business since it is no secret that we need our oceans to meet growing demands for
food, resources, transportation and energy. This reality is balanced by the urgent need to
sustain healthy oceans to ensure a healthy planet. This session seeks to discuss the op-
portunities and challenges created by the rapid growth of ocean-based industry and the
PLENARY societies on the front lines, through the lens of cooperation and innovation.
Moderator Liv Monica Stubholt
Key note Ambassador David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans
and Fisheries in the Department of State, Wilson Center. USA.
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
THE PARADOXES OF THE ARCTIC COUNCIL – BUILDING BRIDGES
CO-EXISTENCE 25 YEARS OF PEACE AND COOPERATION 16:30 – 18:00 CET
12:00 – 13:45 CET 14:30- 15:45 CET
This session will bring together views on
This session will shed light on the need Over the past 25 years, the Arctic Council how ocean activities are impacting com-
to balance growing ocean economies has brought together Arctic States and munities around the circumpolar region.
with the commitment by Arctic states to Indigenous peoples at one table to chart How are conflicts and the paradoxes
ensure sustainability and healthy coastal a path forward for the region. Today, the of sustainable economic growth and
communities. Voices of research, Indige- Council is regarded as the preeminent environmental protection being resolved?
nous knowledge and business will address forum for addressing Arctic issues, for What are the biggest threats as identified
how these challenges are being met maintaining peace in the region, foster- by government, communities and Indige-
head-on. ing exceptional cooperation and contrib- nous peoples?
uting to the well-being of people across
Speakers the Arctic. To mark its anniversary, the Speakers
Sissel Rogne, Director, Institute of Marine Arctic Frontiers and the Arctic Council will The Honourable Daniel Vandal,
Research, Norway. host a high-level dialogue on the Council’s Minister of Northern Affairs, Canada
John Goodlad, Chairman, Fisheries Innovation formation accomplishments, institutional Thor Sigfusson, Founder and CEO, Iceland
Scotland. changes and challenges Ocean Cluster. Iceland.
– a conversation that will serve as an
Brief Outlook invitation to reflect on the Council’s next
Dr. Minsu Kim, Director / Northern & Polar 25 years.
Regions Research Department, Korea Maritime
Institute. South Korea.
12 13WEDNESDAY 3 FEB 2021
OCEAN MEETS
COAST
SCIENCE PARALLEL 1 SCIENCE PARALLEL 2 YOUNG YOUNG
SESSION 3 SESSION 6 EARLY CAREER WORKSHOP: SCIENCE DIPLOMACY IN A
VALUING THE DIGITAL OCEAN ADVANCED PREDICTION CAPABILITIES BRIDGES TO THE INDUSTRY: ARCTIC SEA- POST-COVID WORLD
FOR THE ARCTIC AND BEYOND WEED FARMING AS A CASE STUDY FOR 14:30 – 16:00 CET
11:00 – 12:00 CET STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION AND
Welcome & keynote presentations 11:00 – 12:00 CET PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT This session is a lecture on the topic
Welcome & keynote presentations 09:00 - 11:00 CET of Science Diplomacy. Scientific and
13:30 – 14:30 CET technological advancement speaks to
Block of short presentations 13:30 – 14:30 CET Seaweed farming has the potential to the potency of knowledge in our daily
Block of short presentations become a major industry in Norway for lives. This session aims to present the key
15:30 – 16:30 CET sustainable feed and food production. ingredients of the concept of Science Di-
Block of short presentations 15:30 – 16:30 CET Such potential is currently limited by a plomacy, both in theory and practice. The
Block of short presentations low level of processing automation and a session will engage questions of why it is
limited demand for seaweed food products. necessary to build bridges of cooperation
Detailed description
18:00 – 19:00 CET The development of innovative products in the production and use of scientific
Panel discussion containing bioactive seaweed ingredients knowledge by states.
can help to counteract future challenges
related to the lack of an efficient system Speakers
Detailed description
for large-scale biomass production. Bård Ivar Svendsen, Ambassador at the
In this session, participants will hear differ- Royal Norwegian Embassy in the Haag
ent perspectives about the stakeholders Professor Rasmus Gedssø Bertelsen,
and challenges involved in developing and Professor of Northern Studies, Barents Chair in
marketing such products. Politics, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Ambassador Marie-Anne Coninsx,
Speakers Former EU Ambassador for the Arctic
Mari Bjordal, Adviser, Bellona
Pierrick Stévant, Researcher, Møreforskning
14 15THURSDAY 4 FEB 2021
BUSINESS
Today’s thematic sessions seeks to look at specific solutions to challenges facing Arc-
tic businesses at the heart of northern communities. Unique competence and expertise
remain challenged by capacity issues, under-capitalization and infrastructure challenges
SOLUTIONS
that limits commercialization and scaling for Arctic products and services. Arctic Frontiers
2021 will draw to a close with our final Building Bridges session hosted by Norwegian Prime
Minister Erna Solberg. Leaders will discuss how the global economic downturn due to the
COVID-19 pandemic has also been felt in the Arctic and provide insights into what recov-
PLENARY ery will look like for businesses that operate in the region. The second half of the discus-
Moderator Liv Monica Stubholt sion will focus on shifting approaches to geopolitics North of 60.
Key note B. Scott Minerd, Chairman of Guggenheim Investments and Global Chief Investment Officer. USA.
SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3
CIRCULAR ECONOMY CARBON CAPTURE AND MEETING BUILDING BRIDGES
ADVANCES IN THE ARCTIC FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS 16:30 – 18:00 CET
12:00 – 13:45 CET 14:30 – 15:45 CET
The last panel of the 2021 Arctic Frontiers
As the EU and Arctic states step up efforts The growing need for energy and the brings together political leaders from the
to become carbon neutral, circular desire to become carbon neutral offer Nordic Arctic. Discussion will be split into
industries and policies will need to take a unique paradox that require innovation two topics - COVID recovery and Shifts
centre stage. This session will discuss from our business leaders. What are the in the geo-political Arctic. Our Speakers
different approaches, challenges and opportunities for hydrogen as future will pull on green recovery strategies and
success stories important for the Arctic source of energy? Are new technologies a recently released Arctic Strategies during
green transition. real option for the Arctic? this final Building Bridges panel.
Speakers Speakers Speakers
Virginijus Sinkevi ius, European Commisioner Steinar Eikaas, VP-Low Carbon Solutions, Erna Solberg, Prime Minister, Norway.
for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Europe- Equinor. Norway. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister, Sweden.
an Union. EU/Lithuania. Heidar Gudjonsson, Chairman, Sanna Marin, Prime Minister, Finland.
Justin Sternberg, Program Director, Alaska Arctic Economic Council. Iceland.
Ocean Cluster. USA. Yuri Vasiliev, Executive Director of the Institute Brief Outlook
Tonje Nermark, Vice-President, Strategic of Arctic Technologies, Moscow Institute of Dr. Peter Winsor, Director,
Communications and Public Affairs, Physics and Technology. Russia. WWF Arctic Programme. USA.
Mo Industrial Park, Norway.
Brief Outlook
Brief Outlook Jannicke Gerner Bjerkås, Director CSS,
Marianne Kroglund, AMAP Vice Chair and Fortum Oslo Varme. Norway.
Arctic Senior Advisor, Norwegian Environment
Agency. Norway.
16 17THURSDAY 4 FEB 2021
BUSINESS
SOLUTIONS
SCIENCE PARALLEL 1 SCIENCE PARALLEL 2 YOUNG
SESSION 4 SESSION 2 GROWING TOGETHER –
SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED WHO GETS TO TELL YOUNG PEOPLE INSPIRE EACH OTHER
ENTERPRISES (SMEs) THE ARCTIC STORIES? 12:30 – 14:00 CET
STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL
SUSTAINABILITY IN 11:00 – 12:00 CET Over the years, Arctic Frontiers has served
THE HIGH-NORTH Welcome & keynote presentations as the platform where professionals, politi-
cians and promising young leaders meet to
11:00 – 12:00 CET 13:30 – 14:30 CET exchange ideas on the sustainability of the
Welcome & keynote presentations Block of short presentations Arctic. While we appreciate that creat-
ing the opportunity for an inter-general
13:30 – 14:30 CET 15:30 – 16:30 CET dialogue is indispensable, we also recognize
Block of short presentations Block of short presentations the importance of building bridges among
participants of our various young programs.
15:30 – 16:30 CET
Detailed description As the participants of Student Forum are in
Block of short presentations transition; looking to move further into aca-
demia, industry or governance, connecting
with other young people who are already
Detailed description
walking their intended future paths to share
ideas and stories is most valuable. This ses-
sion brings young leaders who are alumni of
our Emerging Leaders program to engage
with bachelor and master students.
Speakers
Maria Høegh Berdahl, Advisor, Science and
Earth Observation, Norwegian Space Agency
Svetlana Konopleva, Coordinator, Economic
and Business Cooperation, Royal Norwegian
Consulate General in Murmansk
Dr. Alexandra Cherkasheva, Assistant
Professor, Department of Geophysics, St.
Petersburg State University
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