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

• Adrian Traasdahl – Adviser – LO
• Bjørg Helene Jenssen – Head of Department – Innovation Norway Nordland
• Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen – Society and business director – Bodø Municipality
• Jan-Gunnar Winther – Pro-rector for Research and Development – The Arctic University of Norway
• Johanne Hansen Kobberstad – Adviser – Bodø Municipality
• Knut Harald Nygård – Project leader – Equinor
• Zdenek Dvorak – Special Adviser – Nordland County

Internal Committee

• Andreas Raspotnik – Senior Researcher – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School/The Fridtjof Nansen Institute
• Andreas Østhagen – Senior 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
• 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
• Grete Kaare Hovelsrud – Professor – Faculty of Social Sciences, Nord University
• Maja Wolland Blomberg – PhD Student – The High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School
• Markus Johnsen Thonhaugen – Communication Adviser – 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