Arctic Circle: Blue Growth in the Arctic - High North series
Ríma B, Ground Level, Harpa, Reykjavik
How can we balance economic growth, social development and environmental concerns in the High North? Andreas Østhagen, panel participant from the FNI, will help answer this and other questions at a debate on blue growth in the Arctic, arranged by the High North Center, the Arctic Institute and the Institute of the North.
SPEAKERS
- Odd Jarl Borch, Professor, Nord University Business School: Safety challenges and emergency preparedness gaps in the High North
- Elana Wilson Rowe, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI): Maritime Growth: Politics or Business or Both
- Nils Andreassen, Executive Director, Institute of the North: The Alaskan State of the Arctic
- Ida Pinnerød, Mayor, Bodø Municipality: Smart cities in the Arctic: the Case of Bodø
- Felix Tschudi, Chairman and Owner Tschudi Group and chairman of Centre of High North Logistics: Arctic Shipping
- Alexandra Middleton, Assistant Professor, University of Oulu: Business Index North - How to Measure Growth
- Frode Mellemvik, High North Center, Nord University: Barriers to and Opportunities for Arctic Growth
- Andreas Østhagen, Doctoral Research Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway & PhD-candidate, University of British Columbia, Canada: Cooperation Across Borders: the Maritime Dimension
Chair: Arne O. Holm, Editor in Chief, High North News