Monday June 21

Day 1: Introduction - Recent advances in knowledge
about Arctic Climate Change
Chair: Gro Harlem Brundtland

17:00-17:15	Greetings to the Symposium	H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway Patron of The Ny-Ålesund Symposium.
17:15-17:35	Welcome and Background	Tora Aasland, Minister of Research and Higher Education, Norway Knut Ore, Chairman Kings Bay and Chairman of The Ny-Ålesund Symposium.
17:35-18:00	Climate Change and the Role of International Research Cooperation	Tora Aasland, Minister of Research and Higher Education, Norway
18:00-18:30	Global Climate Change since the last IPCC report	Katherine Richardson, Professor in Biological Oceanography at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark
18:30-19:15	Questions, comments and discussions
20:00-	Dinner	All participants, accompanying persons and press

Tuesday June 22
Day 2
Chair: Gro Harlem Brundtland
Session 1: Arctic Climate Change

07:30-08:30	Breakfast in the service building	All participants, accompanying persons and press
08:15-08:30	Coffee & tea
08:30-09:00	Arctic Climate Change and its Global Consequences	Bob Corell, The Climate Action Initiative, Chair, USA
09:00-09:20	What is the contribution of black Carbon and methane to Arctic Climate Change?	Gunnar Myhre, Senior Research Fellow at CICERO, Norway
09:20-09:40	Short Lived Forcers:  A Response to a Warming Arctic	Rafe Pomerance, Senior Fellow Clean Air Cool Planet, USA
09:40-10:30	Questions, comments and discussions
10:30-11:00	Coffee & tea break

Session 2: The Technology Solution to Global Climate Change

11:00-11.30	What are the main technologies needed to solve the global climate challenge?	Fridtjof Unander, The Research Council of Norway
11:30-12:00	Political measures needed to develop and implement new technologies to reduce emissions by 80-95% by 2050 in Europe	Tom Brookes, Head of Energy Strategy Center (ESC), the communications unit of European Climate Foundation.
12:00-12:30	Questions, comments and discussions
12:30-13:30	Lunch break	All participants, accompanying persons and press.
13:30-13:50	Towards a low carbon economy - India's leadership role	S. Ramadorei, Tata, India
13:50-14:10	How fast can solar energy (power and heat) take over use of fossil energy?	Anne Jorun Aas, Scatec, Norway
14:10-14:30	CCS status and prospects - will it deliver in time?	Nils Anders Røkke, Vice President CCT Sintef, Norway
14:30-16:00	Questions, comments and discussions
17:00-19:00	Boat-trip on the fjord Kings Bay with practical illustration of climate change in nature.
19:30 -	Dinner at Mellageret	All participants, accompanying persons and press.

Wednesday June 23

Day 3: Beyond Copenhagen – the Way Forward

Chair: Gro Harlem Brundtland

07:15-08:30	Breakfast in the service building	All participants, accompanying persons and press
07:45-08:00	Coffee & tea
08:00-08.30	Is it possible to save the climate by a top-down process as the UNFCCC negotiations?	Lars-Erik Liljelund, Special Envoy on Climate Change to the Swedish Prime Minister
08:30-09:00	How Can the UN Contribute to International Cooperation on Climate Change	Maria Otero US State Department, USA
09:00-09:20	Questions, comments and discussions
09:20-10:20	Wrap up and statements.	Ministers, chairman, discussion
10:20-10:30	Coffee & tea
10.30 -	Departure. Planes will leave at 10:30, 11:00 and 12:00	Lunch boxes will be provided.
12:00	Lunch	For remaining participants, accompanying persons and press.
12:00-12:30	Departure continues with last the flight at 12:30.