17:30-17:40

Welcome – Introduction

Knut M. Ore, Chairman of the Board of Kings Bay and Chairman of the Ny-Ålesund Symposium Board

17:40-17:55

Opening Speech

Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway

17:55-18.05

Remarks by invited minister:

Seen From an Asian Perspective

Cho, Tae-yul, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea

18:05-18:45

Status and Drivers of Arctic Change – an Overview

James Astill, Political Editor, The Economist, UK

18:45-19:00

Q & A, Discussion

20:00-

Dinner

07:30-08:30

Breakfast in the service building

08:30 – 08:50

Keynote - Shipping:
International Shipping Routes in the Arctic

Valentin Davydyants, Captain, “FSUE” Atomflot, Russia

08:50 – 09:00

09:00 – 09:10

09:10– 09:20

Short Presentations – Shipping:
High North – High Stakes: Maritime Opportunities in the Arctic

Korea’s Arctic Approaches and the Prospects for Shipping

Singapore & the Arctic – Toward a Sustainable Maritime Future and manuscript

Sturla Henriksen, Director General, Norwegian Shipowners’ Association, Norway

Jong-Deog Kim, Division Director, Korea Maritime Institute, Republic of Korea

Choo Chiau Beng, Chief Executive Officer, Keppel Corporation Limited, Singapore

09:30 – 09:50

Keynote - Petroleum:
Future Prospects for Petroleum Development in the Arctic

Rúni M. Hansen, Vice President/Head of Arctic Unit, Statoil ASA, Norway

09:55 – 10:10

Short Presentation – Petroleum

The New Arctic: A View From New Dehli

Narendra Taneja, President of the World Energy Policy Summit, India

10:10 – 10.35

Coffee & tea

10:35-12:00

Discussion

12:00-13:00

Lunch break

13:00-13:20

Challenges to the Arctic Environment and Biodiversity

Rolf Anker Ims, Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway

13:20 – 13:30

13:30  - 13:40

13:40 – 13:50

Short Presentations – Challenges to Local Peoples and Societies.

Use of Traditional Knowledge in Local Communities

Perspectives from Inuit Society

How will Climate Change Affect Indigenous Peoples and our Communities?

Henry Huntington, Science Director, Pew Environment Group, Alaska, USA.

Udloriak Hanson, Senior Advisor, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Laila Susanne Vars, Former Vice President, Sami Parliament, Norway

13:55 – 14:05

14:05 – 14:15

Short Presentations – Satellites in Communication and Environmental Monitoring

Marine Situational Awareness and Environmental Monitoring using Satellites

The Role of International Coordination in Advancing Space-Based Observations and Modeling of Climate

Rolf Skatteboe, President, Kongsberg Satellite Services, Norway

Alan Belward, Head of Unit, Land Resource Management, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy

14:20 – 14:40

Coffee & tea

14:40 – 16:00

Discussion

16:00 – 16:15

Official Symposium picture to be taken outside

17:00 – 19:00

Boat trip on Kongsfjorden. Illustration of Climate Change.

19:30 -

Dinner at Mellageret

07:15-08:00

Breakfast in the service building

07:45-08:00

Coffee & tea

08:00 – 08:20

Geopolitical and Security Consequences of a Changing Arctic

Jay Gulledge, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA

08:20 – 08:40

Consequences of the Changing Arctic for Global Environmental Change

Peter Gilruth, Director of the Division of Early Warning and Assessment, UNEP, Kenya

08:40 – 09:00

Global Climate Change and Focusing on the Arctic Region

Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, India

09:00 – 10:00

Discussions

10:00 – 10:30

Closing remarks

Espen Barth Eide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway

10:30, 11:00,
12:00, 12:30

Departure to Longyearbyen – Lunch Packages provided for the two first departures.

11:30-12:30

Lunch

14:45

Departure from Longyearbyen to Oslo

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