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About the symposium

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Photo: Inger Lise Næss / Norsk Polarinnstitutt

The Symposium is organized by Kings Bay AS in cooperation with the Ministry of Education and Research, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Justice and the Police, and the Research Council of Norway. Statkraft AS is a co-organizer and sponsor of the Symposium.

The purpose of the Symposium is to help:

  • Disseminate knowledge and create awareness and understanding of Svalbard and the Norwegian polar interests specifically, and the High North issues and global environmental issues in general
  • Promote Ny-Ã…lesund and Kings Bay as an international environmental research and monitoring station, and on Svalbard as a research platform.
  • Create an arena that Norwegian politicians can use to create awareness and interest in the High North issues, both nationally and internationally.
  • Linking knowledge of the northern areas of global knowledge.
  • Build networks.

The members of the Steering Committee are:

Kings Bay Knut Ore, Chairman
Ministry of Trade and Industry Reier Søberg / Omar Saleemi 
Ministry of Education and Research Karen Nossum Bie
Ministry of the Environment Fredrik Juell Theisen
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Karsten Klepsvik
Ministry of Justice and the Police Kjerstin Askholt
Research Council of Norway Kirsten Broch Mathisen / Karin Refsnes
Statkraft AS Ragnvald Nærø
Cicero PÃ¥l Prestrud / Knut H. Alfsen