11:00 - 13:00 Registration

13:00 - 14:00 Opening Session

• Introduction: Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Minister for Industry, Labour, Trade and Foreign Affairs, Government of Greenland

• H.E. Kim Kielsen, Premier of Greenland

• H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
• Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council

14:00 - 15:30 Economic Development for the Peoples of the Arctic

Panel

• Randi V. Evaldsen, Minister for Finance and Mineral Resources, Government of Greenland
• Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sami Parliament of Norway
• Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Deputy Premier, Minister of Economic Development & Transportation, Minister of Energy, Minister responsible for Mines, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Business Credit Corporation, Minister responsible for the Nunavut Development Corporation, Government of Nunavut
• Geoffrey Kelley, Minister responsible for Native Affairs, Government of Québec
• Patricia Kemuksigak, Minister of Education and Economic Development, Nunatsiavut Government, Canada
• Unnur Brá Konráðsdóttir, MP, Parliament of Iceland & Vice President of the West Nordic Council

15:30 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 17:00 The Empowerment of the Indigenous Peoples Across the Arctic

Panel

• Nivi Olsen, Minister for Education, Culture, Research and Church, Government of Greenland
• Aile Javo, President of the Saami Council
• Lars Emil Johansen, President of the Parliament of Greenland
• Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Evon Peter, Vice Chancellor for Rural Community and Native Education, University of Alaska Fairbanks

17:00 - 18:30 The Future of Arctic Business: Living Resources

Panel

• Karl-Kristian Kruse, Minister for Fisheries, Hunting and Agriculture, Government of Greenland
• Adamie Delisle Alaku, Vice-President responsible for Renewable Resources, Makivik Corporation
• Anders Oskal, Executive Director, International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry
• Mikael Thinghuus, CEO, Royal Greenland
• Aaju Peter, Inuit Sila
• Cathy Towtongie, President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated
• Tønnes Berthelsen, Deputy Manager, Greenland Fishers and Hunters Association
• Guðni Bragason, Senior Advisor, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

18:30 - 20:00 Welcome Reception 

08:15 - 08:45 Registration

08:45 - 10:00 The Future of Arctic Business: Tourism

Panel

• Jørn Skov Nielsen, Deputy Minister for Industry, Labour and Trade, Government of Greenland
• Lisa Kelley, Expedition Leader, Lindblad Expeditions
• Halldór Benjamin Þorbergsson, Senior Vice President, Icelandair Group
• Aaju Peter, Inuit Sila
• Jørn Henriksen, Product Manager Explorer, Hurtigruten
• Sean Lyall, Minister of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, Nunatsiavut Government
• Anders Stenbakken, CEO, Visit Greenland

10:00 - 11:00 The Future of Arctic Business: Transport Part I - Air Transport

Panel

• Knud Kristiansen, Vice Premier and Minister for Housing, Building and Infrastructure, Government of Greenland
• Árni Gunnarsson, Managing Director, Air Iceland
• Jacob Nitter Sørensen, Director of Flight Operations, Air Greenland
• Pita Aatami, President, Air Inuit
• Pele Broberg, CEO, Aluu Airlines

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 - 12:15 The Future of Arctic Business: Transport Part II - Shipping

Panel

• Knud Kristiansen, Vice Premier and Minister for Housing, Building and Infrastructure, Government of Greenland
• Gylfi Sigfússon, CEO, Eimskip
• Verner Hammeken, CEO, Royal Arctic Line
• Thomas Vestergaard, Managing Director, Tschudi Project Transports AS
• Patrick Arnold, Director of Operations and Business Development, Maine Port Authority

12:15 - 13:00 Networking Lunch

13:00 - 14:25 The Future of Arctic Business: Natural Resources - Industries

Panel

• Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Minister for Industry, Labour, Trade and Foreign Affairs, Government of Greenland
• Claus Møller, Head of Energy Division, Siemens A/S
• John Mair, Managing Director, Greenland Minerals and Energy
• Heiðar Guðjónsson, Chairman Eykon Energy
• Nils Andreas Masvie, Vice President, Russia, Kazakhstan, Eurasia, DNV GL Group
• Rachael Lorna Johnstone, Professor, University of Akureyri and Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland
• Alexander Shestakov, Director, WWF Global Arctic Programme
• Jón Pálmason, Engineer, Verkís

14:25 - 15:20 Involvement of the Local Communities - Securing Benefits to Communities from New Industrial Activities

Panel

• Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Minister for Industry, Labour, Trade and Foreign Affairs, Government of Greenland
• Jørgen Wæver Johansen, Mayor of Kommune Kujalleq, South Greenland
• Anders Blom, Chairman, Protect Sápmi
• Bent Olsvig Jensen, Managing Director Greenland, True North Gems
• Hafsteinn Helgason, Chief Representative of Icelandic-German Finnafjörður Harbour Project, Director of Business Development, EFLA Consulting Engineers

15:20-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45 - 16:45 Looking at the Arctic from the Outside - Prospects And Opportunities

Panel

• Sam Tan Chin Siong, Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office and Ministry of Manpower, Singapore
• Martin Günthner, Senator of Economic Affairs, Labour and Ports of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
• Chinsoo Lim, Vice President, Korea Maritime Institute
• Paul Arthur Berkman, Professor of Practice in Science Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University; Coordinator of Arctic Options
• Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Alaska Dispatch News

16:45 - 18:00 Arctic Investment Opportunities

Panel

• Jørn Skov Nielsen, Deputy Minister for Industry, Labour and Trade, Government of Greenland
• Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners
• Thomas Timme, Deputy Advisor, Northern Europe Operations, European Investment Bank
• Fanglu Wang, Senior Managing Director, CITIC Capital
• Svend Hardenberg, Chairman of Greenland Invest
• Nils Arne Johnsen, Arctic Director, Ramboll Group

18:00-19:00 Cocktail

Location: Katuaq Cultural Centre

09:00 - 10:00 Health and Mental Well-Being in the Arctic

Panel

• Doris Jacobsen, Minister for Health and Nordic Cooperation, Government of Greenland
• Gert Mulvad, MD, Board Member of Circumpolar Health Research Network
• Monica Ell-Kanayuk, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, Minister responsible for Suicide Prevention, Government of Nunavut
• Páll Matthíasson, MD, CEO, The National University Hospital of Iceland (Landspítali), Iceland

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 - 10:45 Report: The Arctic Circle Task Force on Shipping and Ports

• Mead Treadwell, President, Pt Capital; Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska

10:45 - 11:45 Looking Ahead

• Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Minister of Industry, Labour, Trade and Foreign Affairs, Government of Greenland
• H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland
• Okalik Eegeesiak, Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council

11:45 - 12:45 Networking Lunch

12:45 - 13:15 Moving to the University of Greenland, Ilimmarfik

Location: University of Greenland, Ilimmarfik

13:15-17:30 Side Event: Research and Innovation, by and for the People of the Arctic

Organized by the University of Greenland and Greenland Business

Poster In the Footsteps of Rockwell Kent: an American photographer in 1930s Greenland

Poster BUFFI Center for Children, Youth and Family Research

13:15-14:15 Preconditions for Innovation in the Arctic I

Speakers

• Christian Wennecke, Special Advisor, Greenland Business A/S
• Richard Hawking, Professor, Department Of Communication, Media And Film, University Of Calgary

Moderator

• Christian Wennecke, Special Advisor, Greenland Business A/S

14:15-14:45 Coffee Break

14:45-15:45 Preconditions for Innovation in the Arctic II

Speakers

• Gunnar Haraldsson, Founder, Intellecon
• Heiðar Guðjónsson, Chairman of the Board, Eykon Energy

15:45-16:45 Arctic Universities’ Role in a Developing Region

Speakers

• Wenche Jakobsen, Vice Rector, University of Tromsø
• Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector, University of Akureyri
• Pauline Knudsen, Member of the Greenland Research Council

Moderator

• Tine Pars, Rector, University of Greenland

16:45-17:30 Reception at Ilimmarfik