High North Dialogue 2021
Business in the Arctic – Perspectives of the young
When: April 20 – 22, 2021
Where: Online and Stormen Library, Bodø, Norway
Why: To discuss and develop ideas for the economic development of the Arctic region, with an emphasis on future scenarios, development cross sectors and governance needed in order to ensure sustainable growth.
How: Three-day conference with breakout sessions, and Master and PhD courses for the whole HND week
Participants: Students, businesses, academics, policy-makers, politicians and other stakeholders come together to increase their knowledge and to discuss the future of the Arctic.
Conference host: Andreas Raspotnik, Research Fellow, High North Center
Signup: Register for the conference!
Program
Overview of the program
Tuesday April 20 - Norwegian High North Whitepapers |
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Time | Panel |
17:00-17:10 | Welcome to High North Dialogue |
17:10-18:05 | Opening Discussion |
18:10-19:20 | Norwegian Strategies for Arctic Development |
Wednesday April 21 - Norway in the High North |
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10:00-10:10 | Opening |
10:10-10:50 | Local and Global Perspectives |
11:10-12:10 | Coexistence of Ocean Industries in the Arctic - Cooperation or Conflict |
13:10-14:10 | Living in the Arctic - Is the Arctic Successful? What Does it Mean? |
14:40-15:40 | Hydrogen - The Northern Examples |
16:00-16:30 | High North Young Entrepreneurs |
Thursday April 22 - The Global High North |
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08:30-09:30 | The Geoeconomics of Arctic Development |
10:00-10:30 | Business Index North - Arctic Demographic Index |
10:35-11:00 | High North Scenarios |
12:00-13:15 | The Role of Arctic Cooperation - Icelandic, Russian and Norwegian |
13:45-15:00 | Ambassador’s Panel |
15:30-16:00 | High North Hero 2020 |
16:00-16:10 | Summary and HND 2022 |
Detailed program
This year’s topic is “Business in the Arctic – The Perspectives of the Young”. Our focus is on what happens in business and societies in the Arctic and what this means, especially for young people. During the conference, we will engage stakeholders in a dialogue around the Norwegian and international perspectives on Arctic issues and development.
Tuesday April 20 – Norwegian High North Whitepapers
Venue: Online and Stormen Library, Bodø
Main host of the day: Andreas Raspotnik, Research Fellow, High North Center
15:30-16:45: Registration
17:00-17:15: Welcome to High North Dialogue
Hanne Solheim Hansen, Rector, Nord university
Frode Mellemvik, Director, High North Center Nord university
17:15-18:05: Opening Discussion
The panel debate will be introduced by a moderated talk between The Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, the Leader of the Opposition Labour Party Leader Jonas Gahr Støre, and two members of the Youth Panel on the Norwegian White Paper on the High North. The moderator will be Editor in Chief of High North News Arne O. Holm.
Panel:
- Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of Norway
- Jonas Gahr Støre, Leader of the Labour Party
- Nicole Natalie Furnes, Member of the Governmental High North Whitepaper Youth Panel
- Øyvind Johan Olsen, Member of the Governmental High North Whitepaper Youth Panel
18:05-18:10: Digital break
18:10-19:20: Norwegian Strategies for Arctic Development
Moderator: Andreas Raspotnik, Research Fellow, High North Center, Nord University
Panel:
- Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sami Parliament
- Tomas Norvoll, President of the Nordland County Council
- Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, Regional Director, Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
- Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor, Peace and Conflict Studies/International Relations and Security StudiesCentre for Peace Studies (CPS), The Arctic University of Norway (UiT)
- Fan Gao “Alice”, Student, Partnership program with Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), East China Normal University (ECNU) and Nord University
Wednesday April 21 – Norway in the High North
Venue: Online and Stormen Library, Bodø
Main host of the day: Andreas Raspotnik, Research Fellow, High North Center, Nord University
09:00-09:45: Registration
10:00-10:05: Opening
10:05-10:50: Local and Global Perspectives
Moderator: June Borge Doornich, Vice Dean, Nord University Business School
Panel:
- Gry Alsos, Dean, Nord University Business School
- Sergey Vasiliev, Director of MGIMO’s Odintsovo campus, Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
- Zhang Xin, Deputy Director, School of Advanced International and Area Studies of East China Normal University.
- Laurence Smith, Professor, Brown University
10:50-11:10: Break
11:10-12:10: Coexistence of Ocean Industries in the Arctic – Cooperation or Conflict
Introduction: The New Ocean Narrative
Moderator: Jan-Gunnar Winther, Director, Center for the Ocean and the Arctic
Panel:
- Bilal Saab, Fisheries guide, Big Fish Adventure
- Hannah Mary Goodlad, Area Development Manager, Renewables, Equinor
- Jan Roger Lerbukt, General Manager, Hermes AS
- Anette Davidsen, Communications Manager, NovaSea
12:10-13:10: Lunch
13:10-14:10: Living in the Arctic – Is the Arctic Successful? What Does it Mean?
Introduction: Linda Hofstad Helleland, Norwegian Minister of Districts and Digitalization
Introduction : Freyr – Batteries in the High North
Moderator: Stein Vidar Loftås, Chief Communications Officer, Sparebank 1 Nord-Norge
Panel:
- Ingelin Noresjø, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Transport
- Tom Jensen, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder, Freyr
- Odd-Roger Enoksen, Chief Executive Officer & President, Andøya Space Center
Video: Bodø/Glimt – Winners of the national football championship 2020
- Frode Thomassen, Managing Director, Bodø/Glimt football team
- Aino Olaisen, Chair of the Board, Nova Sea
- Filip Shulha, Student, Partnership program with Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv and Nord University
14:10-14:40: Break
14:40-15:40: Hydrogen – The Northern Perspectives
Introduction: Zero Emission Energy Distribution at Sea (ZEEDS)
Moderator: Petter Nore, Professor, High North Center and Nord University Business School
Panel:
- Lars Andreas Lunde, State Secretary, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries
- Heidi Wolden, Chief Executive Officer, Norled
- Frida Eklöf Monstad, Senior Advisor, Low Carbon Solutions, Equinor
- Ulf Eriksen, Vice President Hydrogen, Statkraft
- Stein Mathisen, Communications Director, Varanger Kraft
- Aleksandra Seljeseth, Member of the Governmental High North Whitepaper Youth Panel
15:40-16:00: Break
16:00-16:30: High North Young Entrepreneurs
Introduction: The videos of the three finalists
Moderator: Bjørg Helene Jenssen, Department Manager, Innovation Norway
Thursday April 22 – The Global High North
Venue: Online and Stormen Library, Bodø
07:30-08:15: Registration
08:30-09:30: The Geoeconomics of Arctic Development
Introduction: Arctic Economic Council (TBC)
Moderator: Andreas Raspotnik, Research Fellow, High North Center.
Panel:
- Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum
- Irina Gayda, Managing Director, Energy Center Moscow Business School Skolkovo
- Felix Tschudi, Chairman and owner, Tschudi Group
- Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Director, Arctic Economic Council
- Filip Lešťan, Student, Partnership program with MGIMO, ECNU and Nord
09:30-10:00: Break
10:00-10:30: Business Index North – Arctic Recilience
Introduction: Business Index North
Moderators:
- Bjørn Olsen, Professor, Nord University Business School
- Erlend Bullvåg, Associate Professor, Nord University Business School
- Andrei Mineev, Researcher, High North Center, Nord University Business School
Panel:
- Mari Sundli Tveit, Chief executive for the Research Council of Norway
- Eirik Sivertsen, Member of the Norwegian parliament, and Head of The Delegation for Arctic Cooperation
- Anders Oskal, The Secretary General at the Association of World Reindeer Herders, and the Executive Director of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry
- Merete Nordheim, CEO Bodø Næringsforum
What is hidden behind the numbers?
10:30-10:35: Break
10:35-11:05: High North Scenarios
Moderators:
- Elena Dybtsyna, Associate Professor, Business School & High North Center, Nord University
- Anatoli Bourmistrov, Professor, Nord University Business School
Performance from the student group with the best scenario
The Award is handed over by Leonid M. Surguchev, Managing Director, LUKOIL Overseas North Shelf
11:05-12:00: Lunch
12:00-13:00: The role of Arctic Cooperation – Icelandic, Russian and Norwegian Perspectives
Introduction:
- Video from Arctic Council
- Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, Norwegian Minister of Foreign Affairs (video)
- Gudlaugur Thór Thórdarson, Icelandic Minister of Foreign Affairs (video)
Moderator: Elana W. Rowe, Research professor, The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs/ Professor, High North Center, Nord University
Panel
- Nikolay Korchunov, Ambassador at Large and Senior Arctic Official, Russian Federation
- Ida Maria Pinnerød, Mayor of Bodø Municipality and Arctic Mayors forum
- Olga Nikolaeva, RAIPON’s youth council
- Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director, Arctic Frontiers
- Kseniia Onufrienko, Student, Partnership program with MGIMO, ECNU and Nord
13:00-13:45: Break
13:45-15:00: Ambassadors’ Panel
Moderator: Arne O. Holm, Editor in Chief, High North News
- Audun Halvorsen, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Michael Mann, Ambassador at Large for the Arctic, European Union
- Mikael Antell, Finnish Ambassador to Norway
- Teimuraz Ramishvili, Russian Ambassador to Norway
- Cecilia Björner, Swedish Ambassador to Norway
- Jim DeHart, U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region
- Patrick Parisot, Canadian Ambassador to Norway
- Ingibjörg Davíðsdóttir, Icelandic Ambassador to Norway
- Jarl Frijs-Madsen, Danish Ambassador to Norway
15:00-15:30: Break
15:30-16:00: High North Hero 2020
Introduction: Previous High North Heroes
Moderator: Anu Fredrikson, Executive Director, Arctic Frontiers
We are proud to announce the High North Hero of 2020
16:00-16:10: Summary and HND 2022
Presenter: Laurence Smith, Professor, Brown University
16:10-16:15: Goodbye
Side events
In addition to the conference program, a number of side events will take place in Bodø in conjunction with High North Dialogue
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