High North Series: Business in the Arctic

Friday October 19th, 2018

This session at the Arctic Circle Conference will explore and examine the business potential in the Arctic. This include industries such as fisheries, oil and gas, shipping, as well as social and political preconditions for growth in Arctic nations.

The panel aims to discuss opportunities for growth in different industries, across Arctic regions and states. Panelists will come from both academia and industry, with different approaches to the same questions. These questions include: What are current trends in the different industries and what are barriers to growth? How do we regulate, govern and secure our use of the resources in the Arctic, as activity patterns and climate change? And, what role do governance and business hold going forward?

List of speakers and speaker topics:

Moderator: Arne O. Holm, Editor in Chief, High North News
Speakers:
- Erlend Bullvåg, Dean, Nord University Business School, Norway: “Business Index North: Potential for Arctic Growth”
- Sherry Campbell, President and CEO, The Gordon Foundation, Canada: “Northern Policy Hackathon: Developing policy recommendations to support the growth of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) both locally and internationally”
- Natalia Andreassen, High North Center, Nord University Business School, Norway: “Emergency Response to a Growing Maritime Sector”
- Timur Makhmutov, Russian International Affairs Council, Deputy Program Director, Russia“Industries in the Arctic Region: International Cooperation”