Arctic Six Extended: Forum on Arctic security

Registration deadline: 25 April 2025

The Arctic Six invites you to join the Arctic Six Extended to a seminar, called “Forum on Arctic security: total defence in the Nordic 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.

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• Go directly to the registration form External link.

Programme

10.00: Coffee

10.30: Welcome

Dag Rune Olsen, rector UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Introduction of The Arctic Six

by Dag Avango, Director of The Arctic Six

Introduction to the programme

by Jan-Gunnar Winther, Prorector Research UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Total defense in the new geopolitical situation in the Arctic

10.40: Perspectives on new security realities in the North

Deputy Minister Eivind Vad Petersson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

10.50: Total Defense in the Arctic Regions of Finland, Sweden and Norway

• Niklas Eklund, Professor Umeå University
• Gunhild Hoogensen, Professor UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• Laura Junka-Aikio, Professor University of Lapland

11.20: Panel: Military and defence plans and the civil society

Moderator: Niklas Eklund/Gunhild Hoogensen/Laura Junka-Aikio Chief of the Norwegian Army, Lars Lervik Decision makers Finland/Sweden TBC Martin Rimpi, Árran, the Lule Sámi Center

Questions from the audience

12.30: Lunch

Cyber security and communication in the Arctic

13.00: Cybersecurity of everyday and disruptive technologies

Kimmo Halunen, Professor, University of Oulu and National Defense University of Finland

13.15: Keynote: Communication in the Arctic and rural area, Rickard Nilsson (TBC)

13.30: Panel/round table: moderator Kimmo Halunen

• Leader of Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen, UiT the Arctic University of Norway
• Director of Biomimetics and Intelligent Systems Group, professor Juha Röning, University of Oulu, Polar connect
• Katarina Gårdfeldt, Director Swedish Polar Resarch Secretariat
• Representative from Kongsberg satellite systems, TBC

Questions from the audience

Critical infrastructures: Essential functionality and supplies across borders

14.30: When infrastructure become critical

Christine Große, Assosiate Professor Luleå University of Technology

15.00: Panel: Moderator - Christine Große

• Corine Wood-Donnelly, Professor Nord University
• Anna Krook-Riekkola, Associate Professor Luleå University of Technology
• Matthias Lindström or Linda Väre (Kvarken Council)
• Emil Granås (Arctic Youth Network)
• Nils Petter Rusaanes, Platform North

Questions from the audience

Round-up of the panel(s): Christine Große - together with Gunhild Hoogensen

15.30: Concluding remarks

15.30: Formal Transfer of Leading the Arctic Six from Luleå University of Technology to UiT The Arctic University of Norway