Arctic Challenges: The Importance of Trans-Arctic Collaboration 2024

Á málþinginu, sem var hliðarviðburður við hið árlega Hringborð norðurslóða (Arctic Circle Assembly), komu saman innlendir og erlendir fræðimenn og sérfræðingar og ræddu m.a. stöðugleika, frið og þróun á norðurslóðum, rannsóknasamstarf á svæðinu og öryggi á hafsvæðum.

Meðal annars var leitast við að svara eftirfarandi spurningum: Hvernig væri hægt að vinna að bættu vísindasamstarfi á norðurslóðum í ljósi vaxandi spennu milli ríkja og aðkallandi loftslagsvanda? Hvaða áskoranir fylgdu nýjum siglingaleiðum á norðurslóðum og auknu aðgengi að auðlindum svæðisins? Hvaða innviðir voru til staðar til þess að takast á við þessar breytingar?

Málþingið fór fram á ensku.

Dagskrá

13:00 Welcome Remarks Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector and President of the University of Iceland

13:05 Opening remarks Lars Kullerud, President of the University of the Arctic, UArctic

13:20 Arctic Governance: The Problems of Accelerating Climate Change and a Dysfunctional Governance System

Panel discussion Ambassador Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, Iceland's Senior Arctic Official, Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Head of Greenland’s Mission to the EU, Ambassador Morten Høglund, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials

Moderated by Pia Hansson, Director, Institute of International Affairs at the University of Iceland

14:15 Keynote address Melody Brown Burkins, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth and UArctic Chair in Science Diplomacy and Inclusion

14:25 Science Diplomacy in the Arctic

Panel discussion Guðbjörg Ríkey Th. Hauksdóttir, PhD Candidate, University of Iceland; Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard's Arctic Initiative, Gunn-Britt Retter, Head, Arctic & Environmental Unit, Saami Council, Melody Brown Burkins, Director, Institute of Arctic Studies at Dartmouth and UArctic Chair in Science Diplomacy and Inclusion, Oran Young, Professor Emeritus at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California in Santa Barbara

Moderated by Kristinn Schram, Associate Professor, University of Iceland and Vice-lead for the UArctic Thematic Network Circumpolar Archives, Folklore and Ethnography (CAFE)

15:15 Coffee break

15:30 Keynote address Viggó Sigurðsson, Coordinator of the Operational Department of the Icelandic Coast Guard

15:45: Maritime Safety in the Arctic

Panel discussion Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir, Rector, University of Akureyri, Kjell Stokvik, Director, Centre for High North Logistics/ Nord University, Lára Jóhannsdóttir, Professor in Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Sustainability, University of Iceland, Soffía Guðmundsdóttir, Executive Director, PAME, Viggó Sigurðsson, Coordinator, Operational Department, Icelandic Coast Guard

Moderated by Gunnar Stefánsson, Vice-President of Research, UArctic; Professor, University of Iceland and University of Chalmers

16:40 Introducing the Polar Dialogue

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland 2017-2024