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Fourth Announcement
(18 Sept.
2008)
The 5th Open Assembly of the Northern
Research Forum, Seeking Balance in a Changing North, will take place
in Anchorage, Alaska, USA on September 24th - 27th 2008.
The event is being organized by the Northern Research Forum,
together with the 5th NRF Host Organizing Committee representing the
Office of the Governor of Alaska, Office of the Mayor of Anchorage,
US Arctic Research Commission, Inuit Circumpolar Council, Institute
of the North, University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska Native Science
Commission, The Northern Forum, Chickaloon Village Traditional
Council, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Cinza Research, and
Anchorage Convention & Visitors Bureau.
Plenary
themes and sub-themes
The future of Northern co-operation
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New Northern policies of the Arctic States
·
The Arctic Council and multilateral co-operation
·
Bilateral relationship
The new Geography of a warming North
·
Climate change:
Facts – Scenarios
·
Threats to
manmade environment
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Human security
e.g. health and wellbeing - education
·
Threats to
sovereignty and local autonomy
·
Human –
environment relationship
The accessible Arctic in the global Economy
·
Oil, gas and
coal
·
Renewable
energy
·
Energy
Security of the Arctic and the world
·
New Sea Routes
– Revolution in Global Shipping and Trade
Leadership in the age of uncertainty
· Impacts of
climate change
· Climate change:
“awakening” and Good governance
· Citizenship
and climate change: Adaptation - implementation
Theme Project
Groups and Coordinators
·
Future of Northern
Cooperation: Legal and Political Issues
- Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, Director, Polar Law Program,
University of Akureyri.
·
Economies in the North
- Dr. Lee Huskey, Department of Economics,
University of Alaska Anchorage and Zaneta Ozolina,
Head of Department of Political Science,
University of Latvia.
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Energy Issues
- Academic Director Dr. Björn Gunnarsson, School of Renewable Energy
Science and Peter G. Johnson, PhD, Arctic Scientist,
Ottawa.
·
Northern Sea Routes
- Ragnar Baldursson, Senior Arctic Official of
Iceland and Steven
Bigras, Executive Director Canadian Polar Commission.
·
Climate Change -
Northern Security/ies
- Dr. Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland and
Susan A. Crate, Assistant Professor, George Mason University,
Fairfax.
Structure
Four plenaries by themes, five round tables on themes, four project
sessions and excursion to Chickaloon and Palmer.
Background material
The Changing Geo-Politics of the North
by Dr. Lassi Heininen, Chairman of the NRF.
Draft Program and Schedule.
Position papers
There will
be approximately 15 position papers about the NRF plenary sessions.
Position papers will be available at the NRF website on the 15th
of August.
Deadlines
Deadline for early-bird registration: August 15, 2008 (registration
form)
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