Wednesday 12th February 2020
Programme
11:00 | Lunch/registration | |
13:00 | Conference opening | |
13:05 | Mayor’s welcome | Pål Gabrielsen, Acting Mayor of Sør-Varanger |
13:10 | The geopolitical Barents | |
Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Norway) | ||
Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sami Parliament (Norway)) | ||
Video greeting: | ||
Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Sweden) | ||
Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Finland) | ||
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Russia) TBC | ||
14:10 | Break | |
14:30 | Perspectives on security policy in the Barents Region | Eirik Kristoffersen, Norwegian Army General |
Julie Wilhelmsen, researcher NUPI (TBC) | ||
Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, researcher UIT | ||
Open borders and people-to-people-cooperation | The documentary “Puckers” | |
Julie Wilhelmsen (TBC) | ||
Bente Andersen | ||
Rune Rafaelsen (TBC) | ||
Guro Brandshaug | ||
15:30 | Break | |
15:45 | Turning crisis into growth | |
New beginning for tourism | Linda Hofstad Helleland, Minister of Districts and Digitalization | |
Mona Saab | ||
Presiden of NHO and CEO of Big Fish Adventure | ||
Dag Norum, Orinor | ||
TBC | ||
16:30 | Blue Innovation in the Arctic | Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, Minister of Fisheries |
TBC | ||
TBC | ||
17:15 | Break | |
17:30 | A green shift | Terje Skansen, CEO Varanger Kraft |
Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sami Parliament (Norway) | ||
18:15 | The Thorvald Stoltenberg Prize | |
TBD: | Opening Barents Spektakel 2021 | |
19:30 | Conference Dinner |