| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| TBD: | Opening Barents Spektakel 2021 | |
| 19:30 | Conference Dinner | |
