By looking at some examples, topics of this session shall encompass key issues, recent trends and prospects of development of collaboration in the North/the North Atlantic, policies, migration and multi-ethnic relations, resources and existing challenges of development.

Speakers:

• Rune Rafaelsen, Senior Fellow, Barents Secretariat, Kirkenes, Norway: Barents Cooperation: The Regional Perspective.
• Birita i Dali, Candidate of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands and Nuuk, Greenland: Faroese-Russian Relations: Opportunities and Challenges.

• H.E.Anton Vasiliev, Ambassador of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Iceland: Russia’s Policy in the Arctic and Cooperation with Iceland.
• Konstantin Zaikov, Director, Arctic Center for Strategic Studies, Northern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk, Russia: Multi-ethnic Relations in the Russian Arctic: Prospects of Development.

Chair:

• Natalia Loukacheva, Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Governance and Law / Associate Professor, University of Northern British Columbia