About High North Dialogue

This annual conference brings together major stakeholders concerned with Arctic development. The purpose of the event is to encourage and facilitate dialogue between stakeholders to promote sustainable development in the Arctic, as well as information sharing and discussion of best practices.

Program Committee

• Bjørg Helene Jenssen – Head of Department – Innovation Norway Nordland
• Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen – Regional Director – NHO Nordland
• Grete Ellingsen – CEO – Nordområd AS
• Jan-Gunnar Winther – Director – Centre for the Ocean and the Arctic
• Jørgen Bikset – Advisor – Nordland County
• Knut Harald Nygård – Project leader – Equinor
• Rita Lekang – Regional leader – LO
• Tord Apalvik – Advisor – Bodø Municipality

Internal Committee

• Anatoli Bourmistrov – Professor – Nord University Business School
• Andreas Raspotnik – Researcher – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School/The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
• Andreas Østhagen – Researcher – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School/The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
• Andrey Kazakov – Advisor – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Arne O. Holm – Editor-in-Chief – High North News
• Astri Dankertsen – Researcher – Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University
• Benedikte Kosmo Underland – Advisor – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Bård Borch Michalsen – Associate Professor – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School/UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
• Elena Dybtsyna – Associate Professor – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Elena Zhurova Sæther – Researcher – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Frode Mellemvik – Director – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Grete Kaare Hovelsrud – Professor – Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University
• Hogne Bø Pettersen – Communication advisor – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Petter Nore – Professor emeritus – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School