Bus transport for hotel guests from hotels to venue (from 7.50. Please find specific information at your hotel)

Registration

Welcome by Rector Brian Bech Nielsen (Aarhus University) and Michael Böss (Aarhus University)

Professor Michael Byers (University of British Columbia): ”Present inadequacies and the need for an Arctic rule of law”

Michael Byers in conversation with Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen (Danish Arctic ambassador), Professor Steven Miller (Harvard University), Sara Olsvig (member of Inatsisartut, Parliament of Greenland, and chair of the Inuit Agaqatigiit) and Professor Stephane Roussel (École nationale d'administration publique).
Moderator: Martin Breum.

10:15

Refreshments

Address by the Danish Minister for Higher Education and Science Esben Lunde Larsen

Conversation and debate on the tensions and contradictions between environmental and human security and the need for social and economic development.

Panel: Professor Minik Rosing (University of Copenhagen), Professor Ellen Margrethe Basse (Aarhus University) and professor Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv (The Arctic University of Norway).
Moderator: Martin Breum.

Lunch

Pitches by Professor Rob Huebert (University of Calgary) and Rear Admiral, Commandor Nils Wang (Royal Danish Defence College) followed by debate: ”The Arctic in real terms: Security and sovereignty in the Arctic region after Ukraine”.

Panel: Professor Rob Huebert, Rear Admiral, Commandor Nils Wang, Professor Alexander Sergunin (St. Petersburg State University), Research Coordinator Kristine Offerdal (Norwegian College of Defence Studies) and Foreign Editor Anna Libak.
Moderator: Martin Breum.

Coffee and tea

Address by the Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs Kristian Jensen: A Safe and Secure Arctic through Cooperation

The Nordic countries and the Arctic

Professor Lassi Heininen (University of Lapland): ”Why do the Nordic countries not take joint action?”

Debate: ”Is an extended Nordic and North Atlantic cooperation on security policy and foreign policy required?”

Panel: MP Rasmus Jarlov (chair of the Danish Parliament’s defence committee), MP Sjurdur Skaale (chair of the Arctic task force in the Danish Parliament), MP Aaja Chemnitz Larsen (Inuit Ataqatigiit, member of Folketinget, and member of The Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region), MP Henrik Dam Kristensen (chair of the Nordic Council of Ministers delegation), Margunn Ebbesen (member of the Norwegian Parliament (Conservative Party) and member of the Delegation for Arctic Parliamentary Cooperation), Aleqa Hammond (Siumut) and Senior Researcher Hans Mouritzen (DIIS)

End of programme in the Main Hall

Buses depart for Aarhus Concert Hall

Reception hosted by the City of Aarhus (at Aarhus Concert Hall). Welcome by Mayor Jacob Bundsgaard

Public lecture by Professor John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago: ”The Role of the West in the Present Global Insecurity” (at Aarhus Concert Hall)

Debate on the security in the Arctic with former foreign ministers Per Stig Møller, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Holger K. Nielsen and journalist and security policy commentator at the Danish Broadcasting Company DR Tage Baumann (at Aarhus Concert Hall)

Short break with a glass of vine - courtesy of the Canadian Embassy

Introduction to artist and singer Mari Boine and concert with Mari Boine trio

Dinner at Restaurant johan r at Aarhus Concert Hall