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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