Federal Foreign Office of Germany Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Max Planck Institute Adelphi Research

PROGRAMME

 

 

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
   
18.45 h Registration
   
19.30 h

Opening: Setting the Scene

 

Mr. Gunter Gloser, Minister of State for Europe, Federal Foreign Office, Germany
Welcome Address:

The Arctic: A strategic challenge for the 21st Century

 

Dr. Joe Borg, Commissioner, European Union, Keynote address:

Opportunities and responsibilities in the Arctic Region: The European Union's perspective

 

Mr. Aqqaluk Lynge, President ICC-Greenland Vice Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC),

Nuuk (Greenland/Denmark): An Inuits’ perspective

 

Mr. Arved Fuchs, Polar Explorer, Germany: An explorers’ perspective
   
ca. 21.00 h Opening of the exhibition: "An Arctic Expedition - Research for the Future in the Far North", followed by a vin d’honneur
   
Thursday, March 12, 2009
   
8.30 h Registration (cont.)
   
9.00 h

Plenary Segment 1

Dr. Georg Witschel (Chair, Introduction)
Director General for Legal Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin (Germany)

 

Kick-off presentations followed by Q&A

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum
Judge at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg (Germany)

"Arctic in the Context of International Law"
   
10.30 h Coffee Break
   
11.00 h

Plenary Segment 1 (cont.)

Mrs. Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig
Director General, Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Oslo (Norway)

Dr. Erling Olsen
Former Speaker of the Danish Parliament; Board of Governors of the University of the Arctic, Copenhagen (Denmark)
   
12.30 h Lunch
   
14.00 h

Start of Fora I - III

 

 

Forum I: Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Challenges for Environment, Societies and Research
Dr. Rasmus Ole Rasmussen
Senior Research Associate, Nordic Center for Spatial Development, Stockholm (Sweden) [Abstract]
Mr. Brooks B. Yeager
Vice President Clean Air--Cool Planet and Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment and Development, Washington, D.C. (USA)
Dr. Reinhard Priebe
European Commission, Director Atlantic, Outermost Regions and Arctic in the Directorate General for Maritme Affairs and Fisheries, Brussels [Abstract]

 

Moderator: Dr. Erling Olsen

 

 

Forum II: Arctic in change: New Prospects for Resource Exploitation and Maritime Traffic
Prof. Dr. em. Franklyn Griffiths
University of Toronto; Consultant on Canadian and circumpolar Arctic Affairs (Canada) [Abstract]

Captain Vladimir Mikhailichenko

Executive Director, Noncommercial Partnership of the Coordination of Northern Sea Route Usages, Moscow (Russian Federation) [Abstract]

Baron Ruediger von Fritsch
Director General for Economic Affairs and Sustainable Development, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin (Germany)

 

Moderator: Mrs. Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig

 

 

Forum III: An International Governance Framework for the Arctic: Challenges for International Public Law

Peter Taksøe-Jensen

Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy to the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, United Nations Legal Counsel, New York [Abstract]
Mr. Tomas H. Heidar
Legal Adviser, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Iceland, Director, Law of the Sea Institute of Iceland, Reykjavik (Iceland)
Mr. Thomas Winkler
Ambassador; Head of the Legal Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen (Denmark)

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum
 


16.00 h Coffee Break
   
16.30 h "Arctic Science Highlights" and "Aurora Borealis": Film presentations by the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven (Germany) with moderators (end: 17.30 h; see separate programme for details)
   
17.45 h (Optional): Architectural and Historical treasures of the Berlin Boulevard "Unter den Linden": Guided tour (approx. 90 min.) along Unter den Linden, starting at Federal Foreign Office and ending directly at the restaurant.
   
20.00 h Dinner at "Tucher" close to the Brandenburger Tor
   
Friday, March 13, 2009
   
09.00 h

Fora I – III (cont.)

 

 

Forum I Sustainable Development in the Arctic: Challenges for Environment, Societies and Research
Dr. Paula Kankaanpää
Arctic Center, University of Lapland (Finland) [Abstract]
Dr. Hanne K. Petersen
Policy Adviser, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, Copenhagen (Denmark) [Abstract]
Prof. Dr. Karin Lochte
President, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Maritime Research, Bremerhaven (Germany) [Abstract]

 

Moderator: Dr. Erling Olsen

 


Forum II Arctic in change: New Prospects for Resource Exploitation and Maritime Traffic
Prof. Dr. Paul Berkman
Head of the Arctic Ocean Geopolitics Programme, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (UK)
Prof. Dr. Louwrens Hacquebord
Arctic Center, University Groningen (Netherlands) [Abstract]
Mr. Ole Anders Lindseth
Director General, Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Oslo (Norway)


Moderator: Mrs. Kirsten Ullbæk Selvig

 


Forum III: An International Governance Framework for the Arctic: Challenges for International Public Law
Prof. Dr. Alexander Vylegzhanin
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (Russian Federation) [Abstract]
Mr. Rolf Fife
Director General, Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo (Norway) [Abstract]
Dr. Marie Jacobsson
Legal Adviser on International Law to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm (Sweden) [Abstract]

 

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rüdiger Wolfrum

11.00 h

Coffee Break
   

11.30 h

 Plenary Segment 2
Reports from the forum moderators
   
12.30h Presentation of preliminary conclusions / concluding remarks by the Chair
   
13.00 h End of Conference / Light Luncheon