DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 27th FEBRUARY: 11:00 Lunch / Registration 13:00 Official opening 13:05 DAY 1: WEDNESDAY 27th FEBRUARY: 16:40 16:43 17:02 13:15 The current geopolitical Barents Region 13:15 Opening Address: Ine Eriksen-Søreide 17:21 Elena Kudrjashova Rector of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Arkhangelsk (Russia) 17:40 Margot Wallstrom (video greeting) Chair of the Barents Euro-Arctic Council, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sweden) Attractive Jobs in the North: What needs to happen? Anu Fredrikson Matti Anttonen Director, Arctic Economic Council Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland) 14:10 Aleksey Tyukavin First Deputy Governor Murmansk Region Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) 13:50 Anne Karin Olli Teymuraz Ramishvili Anne Karin Olli Tonje Nermark Ine Eriksen-Søreide Director of Communications, Mo Industripark Ambassador of the Russian Federation Geir Myrflot 14:30 Special Adviser for the High North, Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions 15:00 The Barents Cooperation - Is it as we thought? 18:00 Summing up Anatolij Smirnov 19:00 Aperitiff Mingling President, National Institute for Research of Global Security (Russia) Thon Hotel Terminal B Timo Rautajoki We serve aperitifs and finger food - you only need to bring good conversation. President, Chamber of Commerce in Lapland Sverre Jervell Former diplomat for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ragnhild Nystad Former Vice President of the Sami Parliament (Norway) 15:30 The Thorvald Stoltenberg Prize Presentation by Lars Georg Fordal, Head of Barents Secretariat, and Mathias Stoltenberg 15:55 The Future Barents - The young voices Aleksandra Seljeseth Tim Andersson Deputy Leader, Workers Youth League Tromsø (Norway) Chair, Barents Regional Youth Council and Barents Press (Sweden) Elle Márjá Eira Anna Rybalova Political and poetic artist (Sápmi) Director, Barents Ecology Film Festival (Russia) Julius Oförsagd Producer and designer (Finland) 16:20 State Secretary of the Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation (Norway) Mayor s welcome Rune Rafaelsen, Mayor of Sør-Varanger 13:40 Social Challenges in the North Pikene på Broen invites to mingling at TERMINAL B (Dr. Wessels Street 14). We serve aperitifs, conversation and a short presentation of Barents Spektakel 2019 The Worlds Northernmost Chinatown. Aleksey Tyukavin Matti Anttonen 20:30 Conference dinner with Elle Márjá Eira and Arne Hjeltnes Thon Hotel, local gourmet food and entertainment Multi-artist Elle Márjá Eira performs, presents and shows her short film during this year s conference dinner. The multi-talented Eira tells stories from her family background as reindeer hearders through her music. A music that is classified as urban pop. We are sure this will create a magical setting around the conference dinner on Wednesday night. Eira s art is diverse, and she is also a renowned film director. At TIFF this year, her short film premiered. She will tell about this and show it during dinner. Elle Márjá Eira
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DAY 2: THURSDAY 28th FEBRUARY: 09:00 Industry and Infrastructure for Growth Opening film: Kirkenes Charter 09:05 DAY 2: 14:03 Russel Davies 14:25 The Arctic silk routes as a gamechanger 09:35 Henry Tillman 14:40 Kåre Tannvik Ilkka Länkinen Arctic Treehouse Hotel Rovaniemi and Santapark Mikko Niini Senior Adviser, Team Arctic Finland Founder, FinEst Bay Area Development Bente Holm Tourism entrepreneur, Kirkenes Snowhotel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Grisons Peak Peter Vesterbacka 15:00 15:20 The Blue Economy 15:25 Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen 15:45 Executive Adviser, Cinia Høgni Hoydal Minister of Fisheries (Faroe Islands) Debate: Railway - a reality? 16:10 Felix Leinemann Head of Unit responsible for Blue Economy Sectors, Aquaculture and Maritime Spatial Planning, European Commission President of the Sami Parliament (Finland) 16:30 Esko Lotvonen Stig Nilsen Executive Vice President Farming, Lerøy Mayor of Rovaniemi Rune Rafaelsen 17:00 Mayor of Sør-Varanger Peter Vesterbacka Capital or jobs - How should we live in the North? 11:15 11:45 Industry 4.0: Technology and the Environment Nergård AS 11:47 Dmitry Grigoriev Stine Akselsen Director, Norilsk Nickel Mayor of Lebesby Stein Olav Drange Arne Hjeltnes Research Director, Equinor Norwegian Fish Company Mehamn Evy Glørstad-Clark Svein Ruud SVP Exploration, AkerBP CEO, Norway King Crab Trygve Rønningen Feel good - Summing up by Arne Hjeltnes 12:30 Chief Operating Officer, Cognite 13:00 Lunch Bente Holm Secretary of State, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries (Norway) Jukka-Pekka Joensuu 12:07 Director of Tourism, Innovation Norway Ragnhild Vassvik 09:35 10:50 Travel North Discover the World County Mayor of Finnmark 09:55 14:00 President of the Sami Parliament (Finland) 09:20 THURSDAY 28th FEBRUARY: Dmitry Grigoriev Tommy Torvanger 17:30 Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen Mingling dinner featuring local seafood delicacies Bus to the airport Høgni Hoydal
PHOTO: Matti Anttonen - Turun yliopisto University of Turku Anne Karin Olli - Torbjørn Tandberg Aleksey Tyukavin - Shutterstock / ID1974 - Samediggi Peter Vesterbacka - Mikko Saari Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen - Inviso / Knut Neerland Høgni Hoydal - Magnus Fröderberg / Nordic Council Kirkenes - Torben Kuhle Bente Holm - Astrid Waller Elle Márjá Eira - Sandra Skillingsås THE KIRKENES CONFERENCE 2019