Wednesday February 23rd
| 11.00 | Registration opens |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Welcome to the Kirkenes Conference Mayor Sør-Varanger Municipality, Lena Bergeng |
| The Geopolitical Barents | |
| Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway Matti Anttonen, State Secretary Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister Ann Linde, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden | |
| Border cooperation for the future | |
| Anniken Huitfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway Matti Anttonen, State Secretary, Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Andrey Chibis, Governor of Murmansk Oblast | |
| Break | |
| 15.00 | Border residents’ certificate 10 years – experiences and opportunities further |
| The value of open borders | |
| Marit Arnstad, parliamentary leader SP Lars Peder Nordbakk, Civita Arne O. Holm, editor of High North News | |
| Barents cooperation – an example to follow | |
| Dag Rune Olsen, Rector UIT -The Arctic University of Norway Karin Eriksen, Troms and Finnmark County Municipality Daria Makhotina, chair of the Barents Regional Youth Council | |
| Business development in challenging times | |
| Andrey Chibis, Governor, Murmansk Oddgeir Danielsen, Norwegian Russian Chamber of Commerce Atle Berge, Ølen Betong Felix Tschudi, Tschudi Logistics Bjørn Gundersen, Novatek | |
| 17.40 | Awarding of Thorvald Stoltenberg’s Prize 2022 |
| Emil Stoltenberg | |
| 18.30 | Opening Show The Barents Spektakle |
| 19.00 | Mingling Thon Hotel |
| 20.00 | Conference Dinner, Thon Hotel Celebration of 10 years with a border resident certificate |
Thursday February 24th
| 08.30 | Green Pathways |
| Strategies for the green shift | |
| Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister (TBC) Emma Kari, Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Finland Michael Mann, EU Ambassador to the Arctic Nikolai Korchunov, Russian Arctic Ambassador Silje Karine Muotka, President the Sami Parliament, Norway | |
| Pause | |
| Energy sources of the future | |
| Amund Vik, State Secretary for Petroleum and Energy (TBC) Terje Skansen, CEO of Varanger Kraft Vadim Ulanov, Regional Manager Enel Russia Kari Lahti, Fortum, Finland (TBC) | |
| 12.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 | Svalbard and Berlevåg: two Arctic pilots |
| Arild Olsen, local administration Svalbard archipelago The Zeeds Initiative | |
| Mineral needs in green industrial development | |
| Øystein Rushfeldt, CEO Nussir Torstein Dale Sjøtveit , Chairman of Board, Freyr Batteries | |
| How is this related? | |
| Frederic Hauge, Bellona | |
| Area conflicts and environmental consequences of the green shift | |
| Eirik Larsen, political adviser Norwegian Sami Parliament Frederic Hauge, Bellona Gina Gylver, Head of Nature and Youth Øystein Rushfeldt, Adm dir Nussir Terje Skansen, Group of Varanger Kraft | |
| 15.00 | Norwegian-Russian Environmental Commission 30 years The Polar Institute and the Fram Center |
| Concluding Remarks Einar Sneve Martinussen, Associate Professor AHO | |
| 16.00 | End of Conference |
