
Event: ARCTIC CONNECTIONS – The great challenge of the Arctic: perspectives and changes for a peaceful cooperation
SOCIETÀ ITALIANA PER L’ORGANIZZAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE – SIOI
REALE AMBASCIATA DI NORVEGIA IN ITALIA
HIGH NORTH CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND GOVERNANCE – NORD UNIVERSITY DI BODØ (NORVEGIA)
UIT – THE ARCTIC UNIVERSITY OF NORWAY
Rome, October 18-19, 2022
INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
ARCTIC CONNECTIONS
The Great Challenge of the Arctic:
Perspectives and Changes for a Peaceful Cooperation
Hybrid format
Tuesday, October 18
3:00 PM – 3:45 PM
Institutional Speeches
Franco FRATTINI, President of SIOI
Johan VIBE, Ambassador of Norway to Italy
Enrico GIOVANNINI, Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility (tbc)
Benedetto DELLA VEDOVA, Undersecretary of State – Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Maria Chiara CARROZZA, President, National Council of Research
Frode MELLEMVIK, Director of the High North Center, Nord University Business School
First Panel
3.45 pm – 5.15 pm
The Arctic dilemma: regional dynamics of a security in transition
Claudio GRAZIANO, President, Fincantieri
Morten HØGLUND, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Aldo PIGOLI, Professor, International Relations, University Cattolica of Milan
Andreas ØSTHAGEN, Senior Advisor, High North Center, Nord University Business School, Bodø,
Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Moderator: Arne O. HOLM, Editor in Chief, High North News
Wednesday, October 19
Second Panel
9:30 am – 11.15 am
New emerging leadership in the Arctic
Carmine ROBUSTELLI, Special Envoy for the Arctic, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
The big picture
Bjørn OLSEN, Professor at the High North Center, Nord University Business School
Down to the earth: What characterizes leadership under Arctic conditions?
Ida Kristine JAKOBSEN, Managing director at Clarion Hotel the Edge, Tromsø.
The case: How do I run a large international company in the Arctic?
Gunn-Britt RETTER, Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit, Saami Council
What kind of leadership is required in global climate and nature crises. Are there lessons to be learned from Arctic Indigneous Peoples.
Moderator: Bård Borch MICHALSEN, Associate professor, The Arctic University of Norway, Harstad
Third Panel
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Europe’s energy crisis and the need of cooperation
Lapo PISTELLI, Director of Public Affairs, ENI
Knut Vidar LARSEN, Exploration and Production Director for the Barents Sea, Equinor
Petter NORE, Professor, Nord University
Tommaso PARRINELLO, Aeolus and Cryosat Mission Manager · European Space Agency – ESA
Paolo SELLARI, Professor, Geopolitics of transport, University of Rome La Sapienza
Rolf LAUPSTAD, Mayor, Berlevåg
Kjell RICHARDSEN, Business developer, Berlevåg
Moderator: Frediano FINUCCI, Chief editor of economics, TG La7
Conclusions: Carmine ROBUSTELLI, Special Envoy for the Arctic, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
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