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| 11:00 | Registration | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Opening | |
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| 13:10 | Welcome to Kirkenes | |
| Lena Bergeng, Mayor Sør-Varanger Municipality. | |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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| 14:15 | Olga Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region | Digital participation |
| Bjørn Inge Mo, Governor Troms and Finnmark county | |
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| 14:30 | Coffe break | |
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| 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 | |
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| 15:30 | The value of open borders | |
| Kai Eide, former Norwegian ambassador to NATO | Digital |
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| Arne O. Holm, Editor High North News | |
| Lars Peder Nordbakken, Civita | |
| Mikko Kärnä, Finnish Arctic Parlamentarians | |
| Michael Mann, EU Ambassador to the Arctic. | |
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| 16:10 | Dag Rune Olsen, Rector UIT - Arctic University of Norway | |
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| 16:20 | Ellen Øseth, Assistant Director Norwegian Polar Institute | |
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| 16:30 | Coffe break | |
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| 16:50 | Business development in challenging times | |
| Olga Kuznetsova, Deputy Governor of the Murmansk Region | (Digital) |
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| Hans Christian Dall Nygård, Kirkenes Fondsforvaltning | |
| Felix Tschudi, Tschudi Shipping Company | |
| Atle Berge, CEO Ølen Betong | |
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| Tiina Jortikka-Laitinen, Ambassador Arctic Investments Opportunities | |
| Timo Rautajoki, Lapland Chamber of Commerce | |
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| 17:40 | Thorvald Stoltenberg's Award 2022 | |
| Presented by Emil Stoltenberg, Thorvald’s grandson | |
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| 18:30 | Opening Barents Spektakel | |
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| 19:00 | Social gathering at Thon | |
| 20:00 | Conference dinner at Thon Hotel Kirkenes | |
| Celebration of 10 years with local border traffic permit. | |
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