Wednesday February 23rd 2022
Program
11:00 | Registration | |
12:00 | Lunch | |
13:00 | Opening | |
13:10 | Welcome to Kirkenes | |
Lena Bergeng, Mayor Sør-Varanger Municipality. | ||
13:15 | The Geopolitical Barents | |
Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway | ||
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Russia. (written) | Lavrov´s speech will be read by Teimuraz O. Ramishvili, Russian Ambassador to Norway | |
Pekka Haavisto, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Finland | Digital | |
Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sweden | Digital | |
13:50 | Border cooperation for the future | |
Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway | ||
Matti Anttonen, State Secretary Finnish MFA | ||
Teimuraz O. Ramishvili, Russian Ambassador to Norway | ||
14:15 | Olga Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region | Digital participation |
Bjørn Inge Mo, Governor Troms and Finnmark county | ||
14:30 | Coffe break | |
15:00 | Local border traffic permit 10 years. | |
Experiences and opportunities for the future. | ||
Lena Bergeng, Mayor Sør-Varanger Municipality | ||
Toni K. Laine, Mayor Inari Municipality | ||
Nikolay Konygin, Russian Consul General to Kirkenes | ||
15:30 | The value of open borders | |
Kai Eide, former Norwegian ambassador to NATO | Digital | |
Arne O. Holm, Editor High North News | ||
Lars Peder Nordbakken, Civita | ||
Mikko Kärnä, Finnish Arctic Parlamentarians | ||
Michael Mann, EU Ambassador to the Arctic. | ||
16:10 | Dag Rune Olsen, Rector UIT - Arctic University of Norway | |
16:20 | Ellen Øseth, Assistant Director Norwegian Polar Institute | |
16:30 | Coffe break | |
16:50 | Business development in challenging times | |
Olga Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region | (Digital) | |
Hans Christian Dall Nygård, Kirkenes Fondsforvaltning | ||
Felix Tschudi, Tschudi Shipping Company | ||
Atle Berge, CEO Ølen Betong | ||
Tiina Jortikka-Laitinen, Ambassador Arctic Investments Opportunities | ||
Timo Rautajoki, Lapland Chamber of Commerce | ||
17:40 | Thorvald Stoltenberg's Award 2022 | |
Presented by Emil Stoltenberg, Thorvald’s grandson | ||
18:30 | Opening Barents Spektakel | |
19:00 | Social gathering at Thon | |
20:00 | Conference dinner at Thon Hotel Kirkenes | |
Celebration of 10 years with local border traffic permit. | ||