Program
Day 1
Moderator: Rebecca Tapper, APECS Sweden
11:00 Welcome and opening remarks
Remarks from the APECS Board, The Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Arctic Center in Umeå and Swedish Centre for the Arctic and Antarctic
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Panel Discussion: What is a Sustainable Arctic
Five keynote speeches elaborating on “The Sustainable Arctic” from their respective research fields, and a panel discussion on the translational and transformational research in a sustainable Arctic.
Moderators
Rebecca Tapper, APECS Sweden
Paul Schmidt, APECS Sweden
Panelists
Anastasia Emelyanova, Postdoctoral Researcher in Arctic Health, University of Oulu
Gesche Blume- Werry, Ecosystem Ecologist, Umeå University
Johan Cederqvist, PhD Candidate in History, Luleå University of Technology
Luisa Ickes, Associate Professor in Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Chalmers University of Technology
14:30 Fika
15:00 Interactive Workshop: Sustainable Development – Challenges and Opportunities
A workshop where you get to interact in a game that focuses on the Agenda 2030. Based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG:s) you get to start project and make important decisions in terms of sustainability. See how the world unfolds based on your decisions! Learn more about the game below.
Facilitators
Emma Vogel
Alexandra Abrahams
Day 2
Moderator: Rebecca Tapper, APECS Sweden
09:00 Excursion
More information will come
10:00 Fika
10:30 Panel Discussion: A Sustainably Changing Arctic? – Indigenous Perspectives
Keynote speeches elaborating on “The Sustainable Arctic” from their respective research fields, and a panel discussion on indigenous perspectives on the sustainability of past, present and future changes, with a focus on changes in Sapmi.
Moderators
Freja Fagerholm, APECS Sweden
Anngelica Kristoferqvist, APECS Sweden
Panelists
Janne Sirniö, Independent Researcher in Arctic Sustainability
Johan Sandström, Professor of Business Administration, Luleå University of Technology
Lena Maria Nilsson, Doctor of Public Health, Umeå University
Åsa Andersson, Indigenous Sámi and Tornedalian artist and researcher
12:00 Lunch and end of conference
The afternoon will consist of the APECS Sweden annual meeting for members.