Arctic Six Extended: Forum on Arctic security
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The Arctic Six invites you to join the Arctic Six Extended, called “Forum on Arctic security: total defence in the Fennoscandian Arctic – perspectives from Sweden, Norway, and Finland”. The forum aims to encourage dialogue between academia and stakeholders to strengthen cooperation and co-create solutions to ensure the safety, resilience, and prosperity of the Arctic for future generations. Together, we will explore current research and issues, and find ways to cooperate.
Program
Key topics include Arctic security and geopolitics, cyber security and communication in the Arctic, critical infrastructures: energy, transport, and logistics across borders.
Registration
A form for registration till be out soon.
Preliminary program
10:00 Coffee
10:30 Welcome
10:40 Total defence in the new geopolitical situation in the Arctic
Keynotes on total defence in the Fennoscandian Arctic: what does it include?
11:20 Panel: military defence and civil society
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Cyber security and communication in the Arctic
14:00 Critical infrastructures: energy, transport, and logistics across borders
15:00 Concluding remarks
15:30 Formal transfer of the Arctic Six Directorate
The Arctic Six is a partnership between Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Nord University, the University of Lapland, and the University of Oulu, and together we aim to lead the way on Arctic issues. Through this alliance we advance and share knowledge, develop education, undertake research, and create innovations for the development of our region and a sustainable Arctic.
Arctic Six Extended is a framework designed to go beyond academia in order to strengthen collaboration with regional actors and stakeholders in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland, such as state authorities, companies and local communities.
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