ARCTIC CIRCLE KOREA FORUM 2018
| Dec. 7 | 08:30-09:30 | REGISTRATION |
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| 09:30-10:10 | OPENING SESSION SPEAKERS • H.E. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman Arctic Circle; President of Iceland 1996-2016 • H.E. Ban Ki-moon, President and Chair of GGGI Assembly and Council, 8th Secretary General of the United Nation • Yun Kang-hyeon, Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea • Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland • Song Myeong Dal, Director General for Marine Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of the Republic of Korea GROUP PHOTO | |
| 10:10-10:30 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 10:30-12:00 | ARCTIC SCIENCE: SERVING ARCTIC AND GLOBAL NEEDS SPEAKERS • Kim Joo-Hong, Principal Research Scientist, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI): Arctic Changes and the Impacts on the Rest of the Planet • Allen Pope, Executive Secretary, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Secretariat: Arctic Research from the Science Community • Elisabetta Vignati, Head of Air and Climate Unit, Joint Research Center, European Commission: Cost and Benefits of Observing Systems for the Arctic • Volker Rachold, Director, German Arctic Office: Science-based Decision-making – Lessons Learnt from the Second Arctic Science Ministerial • Xu Ren, Deputy Director-General, Polar Research Institute of China: China’s Scientific Efforts to Better Understand Changes in the Arctic: Past, Present and Future •“Challenges in the New Arctic; Science, Conservation and Leadership in the Central Arctic Ocean” o Shin Hyoung Chul, Director, Division of Strategy and Cooperation, Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) o David Balton, Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, United States Department of State Chair : Peter Harrison, Professor Emeritus, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University REMARKS • Representative of the Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) |
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| 12:00-13:30 | NETWORKING LUNCH | |
| 13:30-15:30 | ARCTIC INNOVATION: CONNECTIVITY, ENERGY, SHIPPING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SPEAKERS • Odin Kwon, Executive Vice President, Maritime Research Center, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME): Arctic Shipbuilding and Icebreakers • Kim Jong-deog, Director-General of Korea Maritime Institute: Socio- Environmentally Responsible, Economically Sustainable, Politically Predictable Arctic Technology • Michael Perkinson, Chief of Staff to Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners • Jim Gamble, Research Fellow of the Institute of the North; Former Chair of Aleut International Association: The Role of Arctic Indigenous People and NGOs in Arctic Cooperation and Innovation • Frej Dichmann, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Denmark: International Research Collaboration in the Arctic – Implementing the Arctic Scientific Cooperation Agreement • Yan Zequn, Assistant Director, Eco Foundation Global: Green Infrastructure Innovation from China to the Arctic Chair : Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Arctic Today |
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| 15:30-15:45 | COFFEE BREAK | |
| 15:45 - 16:45 | DIALOGUE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND BUSINESS PANEL • Volker Rachold, Director, German Arctic Office • Allen Pope, Executive Secretary, International Arctic Science Committee • Shin Hyoung Chul, Director, Division of Strategy and Cooperation, Korea Polar Research Institute • Michael Perkinson, Chief of Staff to Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners • Odin Kwon, Executive Vice President, Maritime Research Center, Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) • Kim Jong-deog, Director-General of Korea Maritime Institute • Jim Gamble, Research Fellow of the Institute of the North • Frej Dichmann, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Denmark Chair : Dagfinnur Sveinbjörnsson, CEO, Arctic Circle |
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| Dec. 8 | 08:30-09:00 | REGISTRATION |
| 09:00-10:00 | THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTIC: ASIAN PERSPECTIVES DIALOGUE • Park Heung-kyeong, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea • Gao Feng, Special Representative for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China • Eiji Yamamoto, Ambassador in Charge of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan • Jong-deog Kim, Director-General, Korea Maritime Institute • Li Yangyang, Program Officer, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Natural Resources of China • Takashi Yamanouchi, Project Professor, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Chair : Park Heung-kyeong, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea |
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| 10:00-11:00 | THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTIC: ARCTIC STATES – INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SPEAKERS • Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland • Eero Suominen, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Korea • Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs of the European Union • Piotr Rakowski, Senior Advisor on Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland • Jacob Isbosethsen, Head of Representation, Greenland Representation in Iceland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greenland • Shirley Ong, Senior Policy Advisor, Nordic & Polar Relations, Global Affairs Canada • David Balton, Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, United States Department of State Chair : Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Arctic Today |
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| 11:00-12:00 | THE FUTURE OF THE ARCTIC: A DIALOGUE PANEL • Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland • Eero Suominen, Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Republic of Korea • Park Heung-kyeong, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea • Gao Feng, Special Representative for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China • Eiji Yamamoto, Ambassador in Charge of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan • Marie-Anne Coninsx, Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs of the European Union • Piotr Rakowski, Senior advisor on Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland • Jacob Isbosethsen, Head of Representation, Greenland Representation in Iceland, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greenland • Shirley Ong, Senior Policy Advisor, Nordic & Polar Relations, Global Affairs Canada Chair : Einar Gunnarsson, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Icelan |
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| 12:00-13:00 | NETWORKING LUNCH | |
| 13:10-17:00 | VISIT TO THE KOREA POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE |