Event

This year's conference takes a closer look at different aspects of Norway's Russia policy, including trade and commerce, resource management, cooperation on environmental issues and human rights. The topics will be presented through a number of case studies.

Coffee and registration (8.30-9.00)

Program (9.00-15.30)

Part 1 (9.00-12.30)

• WelcomeUlf Sverdrup, director, NUPI
• Opening lectureØyvind Nordsletten, General Consul in Murmansk, former ambassador to Moscow
• Norway's Russia policy in a wider perspectiveHalvard Leira, NUPI

 Three case-studies

• Business policyLars Petter Lunden, Signa Group
• Military cooperationSteve Olsen, Norwegian Joint Headquarters
• FisheryAnn Kristin Jørgensen, FNI
• Moderator: Heidi Kjærnet, NUPI

Coffee break (11.05-11.15)

Three case-studies

• The Arctic CouncilElana Wilson Rowe, NUPI
• SvalbardJørgen Holten Jørgensen, Directorate for Cultural Heritage
• EnergyIndra Øverland, NUPI
• Moderator: Tor Bukkvoll, FFI

Lunch (12.30-13.15)

Part 2 (13.15-15.30)

Three case-studies

• Environmental cooperationLars Rowe, FNI and IFS
• Civil society supportKirsti Stuvøy, Lillehammer University College
• Human rightsAage Borchgrevink, The Norwegian Helsinki Committee
• Moderator: Anja Kristine Salo, The Norwegian Barents Secretariat

Panel debate 

• Torgeir Larsen, AP, State Secretary at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ane Tusvik Bonde, Human Rights House Oslo
• Morten Høglund, FrP, member of the Norwegian Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
• Morten Jentoft, NRK
• Kristian Krohg-Sørensen, NRK