About the symposium
Ny-Ålesund with Zeppelin mountain in the back
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-Ålesund 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 Board are:
Kings Bay
Knut Ore, Chairman
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Karsten Klepsvik
Ministry of Education and Research
Karen Nossum Bie
Ministry of the Environment
Fredrik Juell Theisen
Ministry of Trade and Industry
Ole Andreas Lindemann
Ministry of Justice and the Police
Kjerstin Askholt
Research Council of Norway
Kirsten Broch Mathisen / Karin Refsnes
Statkraft AS
Ragnvald Nærø
Cicero
Pål Prestrud / Knut H. Alfsen
