Representing the Arctic: Realities and Perceptions – Challenges to Society and the Media and How They Can Be Overcome

Organized by the Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, Sermitsiaq.AG and the Arctic PR Network 17. October 2015

Speakers:

  • Kristinn Schram, Assistant Professor of Ethnology/Director at Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland
  • Katla Kjartansdóttir, Researcher, University of Iceland
  • Sumarliði Ísleifsson, Researcher, Centre for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Iceland
  • Robert Wheelersburg, Fulbright Scholar, Centre for Arctic Policy Studies and Professor of Anthropology, Elizabethtown College

Panel:

  • Sigríður Hagalín Björnsdóttir, Anchor, Icelandic TV News
  • Kevin McGwin, Journalist, Arctic Journal & Sermitsiaq, Greenland
  • Martin Breum, Journalist, Commentator & Author

Chair:

  • Jan Boman, Managing Partner, Arctic PR Network and Boman Qujan