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PROGRAMME - PART II
Wednesday, 27 January Print

08:30 Opening of the science conference - Welcome: Kirsten Broch Mathisen, Director, Department for Climate and the Environment, The Research Council of Norway 

08:40 Introduction to Science conference: Salve Dahle, Head of the Arctic Frontiers Steering Committee 

Plenary Part II Sustainable communities in the High North

Auditorium 2 (Chairs: Eirik Mikkelsen and Brynhild Granås)

09:00 Introduction to Part II: Eirik Mikelsen

09:10 Invited speaker Rasmus Ole Rasmusen, Nordregio, Sweden: Sustainable communities in the High North. Challenges and options

 

Youth in the High North

Oil and gas development and self-governance

Arctic local economies

 

Auditorium 2 (Chairs: Inger Njølstad and Camilla Brattland)

Room 1.343 (Chairs: Jelena Porsanger and Mette R. Midtgard)

Room 1.425 (Chairs: Joan Nymand Larsen and Mikko Moilainen)

09:50 Invited speaker Unn-Doris Karlsen Bæck & G. Paulgaard, Norut, Norway: Barents youth – possibilities and challenges Invited speaker Peter Sinclair, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada: Oil and Gas Developments - Curse or Blessing for Community Sustainability? The Relationship between Regional Authorities and the Oil and Gas Industry

 

Invited speaker Iulia Aslaksen, Statistics Norway, Norway: Arctic local economies: Drivers for change, and available policies
10:20 Discussion Discussion Discussion

 10:30 Break

 

Wellbeing

(Chair: Cassell/Moilanen)

Governance

(Chairs: Riseth/Wilson)

Industrial development

(Chair: Eldby/Espíritu)

10:50 M. Moilanen. No place like home? A study on the returns to staying among young adults. Gary Wilson, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada: The Principles and Practices of Inuit Governance.

 

Aileen A. Espíritu, The Barents Institute, Norway: What’s the tradeoff?: social economy and sustainable development in the Barents High North.
11:15 Elizabeth Cassell, University of Essex, UK: No Justice on Stolen Land – The Effect of Thirty Years of Fruitless Land Claims Negotiation on the Health, Wellbeing and Identity of a Northern Quebec Community

 

J.Å. Riseth. A Future for Kautokeino: From Homeland to Frontier and Back Again? Jørn Eldby et. al., SINTEF Nord AS, Norway: Sustainable Industrial development in the High North
11:40 Discussion Discussion Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Part II, plenary: Traditional knowledge

Auditorium 2, (Chairs: Nils Aarsaether and Mette R. Midtgard)

13:00  Invited speaker Jelena Porsanger, Sámi University College, Norway: Traditional knowledge for sustainable resource management

13:30 Break 

 

Wellbeing/Health

(Chair: Hopstock/Stammler )

Indigenous rights and area management

(Chair: Neumann/Fenge)



13:40 F. Stammler. Beyond Sustainability? Community Viability in northern extractive industry settlements of Russia. Terry Fenge & U. Hanson, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Canada: Sustainable Development in Arctic Canada: the Case of Nunavut and Implementation of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement

 

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14:05 L.A. Hopstock et al. Seasonal variation in incidence of acute myocardial infarction in a subarctic population. The Tromsø Study 1974-2004 Antje Neumann, University of Akureyri, Iceland: The recognition of indigenous peoples rights in the context of area protection and management in the Arctic  -

14:30 Break

 

Wellbeing /Health
(Chair: Jenssen /Petrenya)


Economy and ecosystems /biodiversity
(Chair: Huettmann/Armstrong)

14:50 Natalia Petrenya et al., Fisheries and Aquaculture Research (Nofima), Norway: Socio-economic status and fish consumption among residents of Arkhangelsk city and rural Nenets autonomous area - Claire Armstrong et al., University of Tromsø, Norway: Towards integrating total economic value (TEV) analysis into policy making. Insights from monetizing the value of one of Norway’s most pristine marine ecosystems (the Lofoten and Vesteraalen islands)

 

15:15 P.D. Jenssen et al. Environmental and social benefits of improved handling and disposal of black wastewater in Greenland. - Falk Huettmann, University of Alaska, USA: What’s wrong with economic growth in the Arctic and Teeb? The 2010 targets of the convention on biodiversity (CBD) will not be reached

 

15:50 Discussion Discussion Discussion

16:00 Poster session with bar service

18:00 End poster session
 
Thursday, 28 January Print

Part II, plenary: Local adaptation to climate change

Auditorium 2, Chairs: Inger Njølstad and Brynhild Granås)

09:00 Invited speaker VII: G.K. Hovelsrud. Community adaptation to climate change

  

Gender and mobility and labour market

Auditorium 2, (Chair: Gerrard/Aure)

Planning/governance and economic development

Room 1.343, (Chair: Fugmann/Isaksen)

Traditional and scientific knowledge

Room 1.435, (Chair: tbc)

09:40

Marit Aure & T. Fossland, University of Tromsø, Norway: Sustainable Labour Markets: High Skilled Migrants and Gender in the Arctic.

John R. Isaksen & E. Mikkelsen, Nofima Market, Norway: Does ‘value-creation’ matter in municipal coastal zone planning in the Norwegian Arctic? Can value creation be emphasised in the municipality with today’s availability of economic data?

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10:05 Siri Gerrard, University of Tromsø, Norway: Mobile Practices and Gendered Challenges – Examples from the High North

 

Gerlis Fugmann, University Giessen, Germany: Changes in Economic Development in Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador): Impact on the Community of Nain -

 10:30 Break

 

Neighbours and migrants

(Chair: Olsen/Ringholm)

Health risks in the North

(Chair: Jenssen/Skandfer)

Governance between the local and over-local level

(Chair: Konstantinov/Baker)

10:50 Toril Ringholm & N. Aarsæther, Norut, Norway: The Role of the Municipality in Northern Local Community Development Morten Skandfer et al., University Hospital North Norway, Norway: Occupational disease in North Norway and Murmansk region

Betsy Baker, Vermont Law School/Dartmouth College, USA: The Beaufort Sea: Comparing Inuvialuit and Inupiat Participation in Marine Management Decisions

11:15 Sonni Olsen & M. Bjerkeng, University of Tromsø, Norway: How neighbours communicate: The role of language in border relations Marthe Jenssen et al., Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Norway: Mercury exposure and links to human health in a community in Tromsø, Arctic Norway

 

Yulian Konstantinov, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria: Sustainability from the grass roots: A vernacular strategy in a multiethnic community of the Russian High North (Kola Peninsula)
11:40 Discussion Discussion Discussion

12:00 Lunch

Part II, plenary:: Health care in rural areas in the North

Auditorium 2, Chairs: Inger Njølstad and Laila Hopstock

13:00  Invited speaker VII: R. Strasser. Sustainable Health Care in Rural and Remote Communities

13:30 Break 

 

Responding to threats and damages to environment and communities

(Chair: Minayeva/Midtgard)

”New” industries in the North

(Chair: Brattland/Ellingsen)

Rural health services

(Chair: Hilpüsch/Brandstorp)

13:40 M.R. Midtgard. The vulnerable north"; a fishing community’s thoughts about their vulnerability, sustainability and resilience. May-Britt Ellingsen et al., Norut, Norway: The clustering of marine biotechnology firms and entrepreneurial traditions in the High North

 

Helen Brandstorp & A.L. Kirkengen, University of Tromsø, Norway: Training local emergency teams - to improve safety for all
14:05 Tatiana Minayeva & T. Bobrovitskaya, Wetlands International, The Netherlands: Arctic tundra restoration partnership project between Shell and Wetlands International C. Brattland. Mapping Rights in Coastal Sami Seascapes Frank Hilpüsch et al., General practitioner, Norway: Nursing personnel: A resource in the treatment of out of hospital emergency incidents in a small rural community - Experiences from our interprofessional emergency team the “Bjarkøy model”

14:30 Break

Part II, plenary: Social Indicators, Social research, and Climate change in the North

Auditorium 2, Chairs: Nils Aarsaether and Camilla Brattland)

14:50 Invited speaker Joan Nymand Larsen et al., Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland: Arctic Social Indicators and long-term monitoring: considerations for regional and community sustainability

15:20 Invited speaker Alexander Pelyasov, Center of the Arctic and Northern economies under the Council for Research for the Study of Productive Forces, Russia: The shortcomings of Arctic Social Research - A challenge for the sustainability of Arctic communities in the new creative age

15:50 J.Ø. Odland. Climate Change, Environment, Human Health and Human Adaptation in Circumpolar Regions. A strategy for sustainable development and policy development

16:20 End
 
Friday, 29 January Print

Part II, plenary: Cooperation in Education and Research in the North

Auditorium 2, (Chairs: Ivar Aaraas and Mikko Moilanen)

09:00 Invited speaker XI: A. Bourmistrov. Education and research cooperation on sustainable management – importance for value creation and local sustainability

 

Wellbeing

Auditorium 2, (Chair: Blangy/Vlasova)

Arctic health policies

Room 1.343,  (Chair: Gaski/Dale)


09:40 T. Vlasova. Construction of the Arctic Socially oriented Observation Networks: results from the Russian North.

 

B. Dale & K. Stuvøy. Arctic Health Security.  
10.05 S. Blangy. Aboriginal ecotourism, environmental and economic changes, livelihood and traditional knowledge; a comparative analysis between the caribou Inuit of Baker Lake in Nunavut and the Sami reinder herders of Övre Soppero in Northern Sweden.

 

M. Gaski & L. Olson. The dimensions of successful recruitment and retention for rural indigenous physicians.  

10:30 Break

Part II, plenary

Auditorium 2, Chairs: Nils Arrsæther, Eirik Mikkelsen and Camilla Brattland)

10:50 Part II Report Theme sum up and final discussion

Plenary:  Auditorium 1

12:15 Lessons learnt - concluding Arctic Frontiers 2010

13:00 Lunch

14:00 End
 
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