4th NRF Open Meeting Draft Program and Schedule
The main structure of the 4th NRF Open Meeting is planned as follows:
Pre-conference day in Oulu: Cultural evening, Opening of the Photographic Exhibition, Dance Performance and Northern Travelling Film Festival.
1st day in Oulu: Opening Session, 1st Plenary Session, 1st Square Hour and Northern Travelling Film Festival.
2nd day in Oulu: Project Day Sessions, 2nd Square Hour, a Town Hall Meeting on the findings of the AHDR and ACIA and Northern Travelling Film Festival.
3rd day: Travelling to Tornio and Haparanda, and further to Luleå; School Days Session, 2nd Plenary Session and 3rd Square Hour in “Hapatornio”.
4th day in Luleå: 3rd Plenary Session, 4th Square Hour, Summary Session and Northern Travelling Film Festival.
Pre-Conference day: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 in Oulu
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10:30 - 15:00 |
NRF Steering Committee meeting |
15:00 - 16:00
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Sight-seeing in downtown Oulu: a guided bus tour leaves from Hotel Arina at 14:50 and from Holiday Inn at 15:00 |
15:30 - 16:30 |
Meeting of NRF Young Researchers and NRF Secretariat and Steering Committee Chair |
17:00 - 21:00
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Get-together: Cultural Evening in the Oulu Youth and Cultural Centre, Nuku.
- 16:30 A guided walk from the hotels to Nuku
- 17:00 Opening of the photographic exhibition “What’s up North?” (Nuku)
- 18:00 Dance performance "Deadly after dark" (Nuku)
- 19:00 Northern Traveling Film Festival. Venue: Studio (Nuku)
THE SAMI by Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui and Liisa Holmberg. Documentary. English subtitles. 82 min. (35 mm)
Attendance: Filmmakers Markku Lehmuskallio and Anastasia Lapsui, hosted by Andrei Golovnev
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1st day: Thursday, October 5, 2006 in Oulu
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08:00
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Transportation from the hotels to Linnanmaa, the main campus of the University of Oulu. See detailed bus schedule in your conference folder.
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08:30 - |
Registration (Linnanmaa Campus, main building)
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09:00 - 10:15 |
OPENING SESSION AND PLENARY SESSION I: ‘Tech-knowledgy’ and its Application to the Economies, Energy Policies and Cultures in the North
Venue: Saalasti Hall
Speakers:
- Governor Eino Siuruainen, Provincial Government of Oulu, Finland
- Mrs. Tarja Halonen, President of Finland
- Dr. Lassi Heininen, Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee, Finland
- Dr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, President of Iceland
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10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee break
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10:30 - 12:30 |
PLENARY SESSION I (continued)
Venue: Saalasti Hall
Chair: Rector Lauri Lajunen, University of Oulu, Finland
Speakers:
- Mr. Alexey Arteyev, Vice-Governor, Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Russia
- Dr. Elina Helander-Renvall, Senior Scientist, University of Lapland, Finland
- DI. Senior Adviser Antti Hietala, Finland
- Mr. Mead Treadwell, Chair, US Arctic Research Commission, and Senior Fellow, Institute of the North, Alaska, USA
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12:30 - 14:00 |
Lunch at Restaurant Kastari
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14:00 - 17:30 |
PLENARY SESSION I (continued): Coffee break is included in the session.
Venue: Saalasti Hall
1st SQUARE HOUR: presentations by young researchers
Venue: Saalasti Hall
- Elena Iliachenko, PhD Candidate, Division of Industrial Marketing and E-Commerce, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden: Customer Requirements for E-service Quality (E-SQ): Towards Scale Development for Assessing E-SQ of Tourism Websites
- Arthur Mason, PhD, Lecturer, Energy & Resources Group, University of California at Berkeley, USA: Traffic in Quasi-Experimental goals on an Arctic energy transmission program
- Sherri L. Wall, PhD Candidate, NSF Integrated Graduate Educational Research Traineeship Fellow, Economics Faculty, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA: Near Extinction of Alaska’s North Slope Winter Oil Exploration from Ad Hoc Management in Response to Climate Change
SPECIAL ADDRESS: Mr. Karl Petersen, Mayor of the City of Luleå and Vice-Chair of the 4th NRF Host Planning Committee, Sweden
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17:30 |
Transportation back to the hotels
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19:00 - 21:00
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Reception in The Oulu City Theatre hosted by the City of Oulu. A guided walk from the hotels to City Theatre at 18:30. |
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2nd day: Friday, October 6, 2006 in Oulu
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09:00 |
Transportation from the hotels to Linnanmaa, the main campus of the University of Oulu. See detailed bus schedule in your conference folder.
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09:00 - |
Registration (Linnanmaa Campus, main building)
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09:30 - 12:30 |
DAY OF PROJECT SESSIONS: The following Project-Day Sessions are simultaneously conducted at different locations, each of them focusing on a particular topic, ongoing project or new initiative. Open for participants of the NRF Open Meeting. Coffee will be served during the sessions.
Venue: Lecture halls at Linnanmaa Campus
- Legal challenges in the Arctic
Organizer: Dr. Natalia Loukacheva, Visiting Fellow, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
- Gender and Human Security
Organizers: Embla Eir Oddsdottir, Researcher, Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland, and Postgraduate Student, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada; and Dr. Gunhild Hoogensen, Researcher, Human Security Program, Department of Political Science, University of Tromsø, Norway
- Northern Economy: Results and follow-up from the NRF workshop Economies in the North (Oulu 2005) and the ICARPII report on Arctic Economies and Sustainable Development
Organizers: Dr. Lee Huskey, Professor, Department of Economics, College of Business and Public Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA; and Dr. Joan Nymand Larsen, Senior Scientist, Stefansson Arctic Institute, and Assistant Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland
- Northern Eurasian Geopolitics
Organizers: Dr. Bjorn Gunnarsson, Professor, University of Akureyri, Iceland
- Community Based Research
Organizer: Amy Wiita, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
- Arctic ICT Assessment (including environmental aspects). Room IT327
Organizer: Mr. Kari Liukkunen, University of Oulu, Finland
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12:30 – 13:30 |
Lunch at Restaurant Kastari
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13:30 – 14:30 |
2nd SQUARE HOUR: presentations by young researchers
Venue: Saalasti Hall
- Scott Forrest, PhD Candidate, Arctic Centre, and Academic Coordinator, Arctic Studies Program, University of Lapland, Finland: Perceptions of Identity and Rights in Lapland
- Olga Povoroznyuk, PhD, Researcher, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia: Borders and Land: Ideal Perceptions and Real Practices of Evenk Hunters and Herders
- Dessislav Sabev, Postdoctoral Researcher, Northern Studies Program, Department of Geography, McGill University, Canada: Global Discourses, Local Praxis: Economics of Reindeer-Herding Knowledge on the Kola Peninsula
- Clayton Tinsley, PhD Candidate, Doctoral Program in Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, USA: Households on the Margin: Smallholder Resilience in Northern Highland/Island Scotland
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14:30 - 17:00
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SPECIAL SESSION: Town Hall Meeting focusing on the findings and issues raised by the Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR, 2004) and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA, 2004-05). The results from earlier Town Hall Meetings (in Inari, Finland, May 2005, and in Anchorage, USA, February 2006) will be introduced.
Coffee break is included in the session.
Venue: Saalasti Hall
Chair: Mrs. Patricia A. L. Cochran, Executive Director, Alaska Native Science Commission and Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council Alaska, USA; Dr. Lassi Heininen, Senior Scientist, University of Lapland, Finland.
Speakers:
- Dr. Pirkko Heikinheimo, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland
- Dr. Elena S. Kotyrlo, Assistant Professor, Syktyvkar State University, Komi Republic, Russia (NRF Young Researcher)
- Dr. Lars Kullerud, President, University of the Arctic, Norway
- Dr. Kari Laine, Director, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland
- Dr. Joan Nymand Larsen, Senior Scientist, Stefansson Arctic Institute, Iceland
- Mrs. Gunn-Britt Retter, MA, Senior Advisor, Sámi Council, Norway
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17:00 |
Transportation back to the hotels
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19:00 - 21:00
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Northern Traveling Film Festival
Venue: Pakkala Hall, Oulu City Library (Kaarlenväylä 3)
- HUNTERS OF COLD SHORES by Alexei Vakhrushev (RUS). Documentary. English voice-over and subtitles. 30 min. Ethno-Online Company. 2005.
- YAPTIK-HASSE by Edgar Bartenev (RUS). Documentary. English subtitles. 31 min. Saint-Petersburg documentary studio. 2006.
- THE LAST FARM by Runar Runarsson (IS). Documentary. English subtitles. 13 min
Open to the general public. |
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3rd day: Saturday, October 7, 2006 in Tornio/Haparanda
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Note: The schedule is following the local time. In Sweden the time is one hour behind the Finnish local time.
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08:30 - 10:30
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Transportation from the hotels in Oulu to Tornio-Haparanda. See detailed bus schedule in your conference folder.
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10:30 - 11:30 |
Guided bus-tour through Tornio Works of Outokumpu Stainless Oy
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Welcoming Addresses on the border (på gränsen)
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch at the House of Joentalo
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13:00 - 17:00 |
PLENARY SESSION II: Borders, Barriers, Interactive Cultures and Borderlands – Is the North Becoming a Common Borderless Space? (Coffee will served)
Venue: The House of Joentalo, Tornio
Chair: Susan A. Crate, Assistant Professor, George Mason University, USA
Speakers:
- Dr. Angayuqaq Oscar Kawagley, Professor (retired) University of Alaska, USA
- Dr. Esko Riepula, Professor and former Rector, University of Lapland, Finland
- Dr. Margareta Strömbäck, Högskoleförbundet Östra Norrbotten, Sweden
- Dr. Håkan Ylinenpää, Professor, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
- Ph.Lic. Dennis Zalamans, Professor, University of Stockholm, Sweden
3rd SQUARE HOUR: presentations by young researchers
- Ylva Jannok Nutti , PhD Candidate, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden: Mathematical Thoughts within the Sámi Culture
- Tarmo Pikner, MSc, Researcher, Geography Department, University of Oulu, Finland: Moving Imaginations in Development Networks: A Case Study about the Cross-Border Town Planning
- Pavel Prokhorov, PhD, Expert with the Baltic Research Centre in St. Petersburg, and Journalist with the “Expert of the North-West” business magazine, Russia: How do we divide the Barents Sea?
- Elana T. Wilson, PhD, Researcher, Centre for Russian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Oslo, Norway: Borders, Barriers and Bridges: Knowledge Transfer in the Circumpolar North
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Transportation from Tornio-Haparanda to Luleå (arrival at local time)
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18:00 - 18:45 |
Guided promenade in Old Town (Gammelstad) of Luleå
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18:45 - 19:45 |
Transportation to the Best Western Arctic Hotel and checking in
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19:45 - 20:00 |
Transportation to the dinner
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20:00 - 22:00 |
Dinner at the Nordkalotten Restaurant – hosted by the City of Luleå and Provincial Government of Norrbotten |
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4th day: Sunday, October 8, 2006 in Luleå
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09:00 |
Transportation to the main campus of the Luleå University of Technology
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09:00 |
Registration
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09:30 - 12:30 |
PLENARY SESSION III: Societal Impacts of Flows of Globalization and Climate Change in the North – The Influences of Northern Dimensions, Policies, Strategies and Programmes
Venue: Centre house B. Lecture room B 192
Chair: Steven Bigras, Executive Director, Canadian Polar Commission, Canada
Speakers:
- Dr. Lassi Heininen, Senior Scientist, University of Lapland, Finland
- Director Maimo Henriksson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Dr. Tom C. Hutchinson, Professor, Trent University, Canada
- Mr. Thordur Palsson, Managing Director of Business Development,
Kaupthing Bank, Iceland
- Mr. Kent Ögren, Chairman of the Board of the County Council of Norbotten, Sweden
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12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch in the Conference Building
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13:30 - 15:00 |
PLENARY SESSION III (continued) and
4th SQUARE HOUR: presentations by young researchers
Venue: Centre house B. Lecture room B 192
- Mika Flöjt, IR Researcher and PhD Candidate, Arctic Centre, Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland, Finland: Global Changes and Human Security in the North: Are we Able to Adapt or is Wording “Adaptation” even Misleading us?
- Tristan D. Pearce, MA, Research Associate, Global Environmental Change Group, Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Canada: Vulnerability of Trail Infrastructure in Ulukhaktok, Canada to Climate Change and Implications for Harvesting Activities
- Vladimir Puzenko, Post-Graduate and Teacher, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia: Border Local Community under Influence of Globalization – the case of Kostomuksha
- Gleb Yarovoy, Post-Graduate Student, International Relations, Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University, Republic of Karelia, Russia: Does History Work? - Euregio “Karelia” on the EU-Russian Border
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15:00 - 16:30 |
SUMMARY SESSION
Venue: Centre house B. Lecture room B 192
The Summary Session includes oral reports by young researchers who have served as session reporters and a general discussion among participants about the outcomes of the meeting. The location, time and hosts of the 5th NRF Open Meeting will be announced. All participants will be asked to respond in a questionnaire whereby they evaluate the outcomes of the 4th NRF Open Meeting in writing.
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16:30 - 17:00 |
Farewell coffee in the Conference Building |
17:00 - 22:30 |
Transportation by bus from Luleå to Oulu |
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