Science conference (23 – 25 January)

Oil and Gas Activities in the Arctic, the scientific frontier - programme

Wednesday January 23 

• 0800 – 0830 Registration
• 0830 – 1200 Oil and gas in the Arctic – past, present and future activities.
• Keynote by Dennis Thurston, Minerals Management Service, USA
• 1300 – 1630 Social economic aspects of Arctic oil and gas development, and indigenous peoples perspective.
• Keynote by Michael Baffry, United States Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, USA
• 1630 – 1800 Poster presentations

Thursday January 24 

• 0830 – 1030 Sources, inputs, concentrations and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons and PAHs in the Arctic environment.
• Keynote by David Thomas, Axys Group Ltd., Canada
• 1045 – 1700 Ecosystems; status, vulnerability, regulations and measures. 
• Keynote by Hein Rune Skjoldal, Institute of Marine Research, Norway
• 1700 -1745 Poster presentations – young scientists

Friday January 25 

• 0815 – 1200 Effects of Petroleum Hydrocarbons on Biota and Humans.
• Keynotes by Colin Macdonald, Northern Environmental Consulting, Canada , Lyle Lockhart North/South Consultants Inc., Canada and Andy Gilman Sustainable Solutions International, Canada
• 1300 – 1500 Arctic Environmental Oil and Gas Technology.
• Keynote by Tor Petter Johnsen, The Research Council of Norway
• 1430 – 1500 Summary comments