Joint Arctic Agenda
Programme
Day 1
Registration from 11:30 (see above)
12:00 - 13:00 Joint lunch
13:00 – 13:15 Welcome - Roland Larsson, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, LTU
- Brief review of the Joint Arctic Agenda, aim and achievements so far
- Goals of the workshop
13:15 – 13:40 Overview of the ‘Arctic Five – a Nordic University Hub’ application - Peter Sköld, UmU
13:40 – 14:40 Guide to funding opportunities – facilitated by LTU:s Grants Office, information from Kolarctic, Interreg Nord, Horizon 2020 and EIT RawMaterials
14:40-15:00 Coffee break (by the workshop rooms)
15:00 – 17:30 Workshops in thematic groups – three established and three new areas
Representatives from the funding bodies will be available to take questions.
Established areas:
Continued development of collaborations within established areas
- Mining, chair Anders Sand (LTU)
- Energy, chair Ulrika Rova (LTU)
- Health, chair Lars Nyberg (LTU)
Novel areas:
Introductions and invited presentations (one per partner institution, 10 mins each), followed by structured group work – identification and development of potential areas of synergetic collaboration
- Education ,chair Johan Hansson & Kirk Sullivan (UmU)
- Regional development, chair Bente Heimtun (UiT)
- Sami/Indigenous issues, chair Sanna Valkonen (ULapland)
15:00 – 17:30 Steering group meeting
Day 2
08:15 - 08:45 Presentation of JAA website – Henrik Sundberg, Webmaster, LTU
Presentation of proposed layout and discussion of operational format
08:45 - 09:00 Coffee break (by the workshop rooms)
Press invited for approximately 09:00 (coffee area)
09:00 – 10:15 Continued workshop – thematic groups
- Mining
- Energy
- Health
- Education
- Regional development
- Sami/Indigenous issues
10:15 - 12:00 Concluding session – convener Erik Höglund, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, LTU
10:15 - 11:45 Summing up from the thematic group (6 x 10 minutes, presented by the chair of each thematic group)
11:45 - 12:00 Wrap-up and conclusions – Erik Höglund
12:00 Lunch