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Conference overview:
Climate change and Transatlantic cooperation have been key issues since the first event in 2002. This year the conference looked ahead to the International Polar Year (IPY) and therefore seeked to emphasize the arctic dimension of global climate change as well as in ecosystem challenges and the importance of international research cooperation.
The focus of the 2006 conference was:
• The Arctic as a key observation post for global climate change
• Natural resources, ecosystems and environmental challenges in the Arctic
• Research as a basis for policy and governance
• Transatlantic collaboration in research, innovation and education
Monday, October 2:
Plenary Session: Transatlantic Collaboration
Chair: Rolf L. Larsen, Dep. Director General, Ministry of Education and Research
• Grethe S. Bratlie, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Education and research: “Reforging the Ties – Elements of a National Strategy for Cooperation in Higher Education”
• Knut Brautaset, Chair, Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Higer Education (SIU): “Overview and Views on Student Mobility Norway – USA”
• Knut Hove, Rector, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB): “Building transatlantic research teams: Institutional Approach and Examples of Dream Teams"
• Kari Kveseth, International Director, The Research Council of Norway: “Summing Up – Connections Between Education and Research”
LUNCHEON
Speaker: Tom Hinton, Senior Research Scientist, University of Georgia: "Multiple Stressors: When 1 + 1 Can Equal 3"
Plenary Session: Arctic Meltdown – Global Effects
• Chris Field, Director, Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution: “Arctic Tipping Points”
• Bo N. Andersen, Director, Norwegian Space Centre: “Information from Space – Basic Science to Geopolitics”
• John Calder, Director, Arctic Research, NOAA: “International Approach to an Arctic Observing System”
Workshop A: Arctic Meltdown – Global Effects
Chairs: Chris Field, Director, Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution
Eystein Jansen, Director, Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research
Workshop B: Environmental Risks of Multiple Stressors
Chairs: Tom Hinton, Senior Research Scientist, University of Georgia
Brit Salbu, Professor, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
Tuesday, October 3:
Plenary Session: Arctic Life, Science and Technology
• William Fitzhugh, Director, Arctic Studies Centre, Smithsonian Institute: “Culture and Subsistence of Arctic People”
• David Newman, D.Phil, Natural Products Branch, NIH: “Biodiscovery in Marine Areas”
Workshop C: Arctic Dimensions in Space Research
Chairs: Bo Andersen, Director, Norwegian Space Centre
Roger Smith, Director, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Workshop D: Resources and Technology and Governance
Chairs: David Newman, D.Phil, Natural Products Branch, NIH/NCI
Gunnar Sand, Director, The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)
LUNCHEON
Speaker: Andrew Revkin, NY Times: “The North Pole Was Here”
Round Table: Climate Change - Arctic and Global Scenarios
Chair: John Calder, Director, Arctic Research, NOAA
Introductory remarks by speakers and panel members:
1. “Arctic Scenarios”
2. “Cracking the Climate Codes”
3. “Positive Action for Our Future”
Panel Discussion With the Following Members:
• Igor Krupnik, Curator, Arctic Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
• Gunnar Sand, Director, The University Centre in Svalbard
• Michael MacCracken, Chief Scientist, Climate Institute
• Olav Orheim, Research Council of Norway
• Keith Dixon, NOAA, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
• Neil Swanberg, Program Director, Arctic System Science, National Science Foundation
• Jay S Fein, Program Director, Climate and Large Scale Dynamics, National Science Foundation
• David Hik, Executive Director, Canada IPY Secretariat
Wednesday, October 4:
Arctic Exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Lectures and tour: Igor Krupnik, Curator, Arctic Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution
LUNCHEON at the Carnegie Institution
Speaker: Fred Ivar Utsi Klemetsen, Photojournalist: ”Life and Culture of the Saami Reindeer People of Norway”. His award-winning photographs of indigenous arctic life and culture are part of the Visual exhibition (see Additional program below)
Transatlantic Collaboration and the Way Ahead
Keynote speaker: Debra W. Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
Panel Discussion and Summing Up: “How strategies for Higher Education and for Fesearch and Technology must Work Together to Increase Transatlantic Exchange.”
Chair: Kari Kveseth, International Director, The Research Council of Norway
Panel Members:
• Debra Stewart , President, Council of Graduate Schools (CGS)
• E. Stephen Hunt - Senior International Affairs Specialist, Manager, USNEI U.S. Department of Education
• Arvid Hallén, Director, The Research Council of Norway
• Rolf L Larsen , Dep. Director General, Ministry of Education and Research, Norway
• Jozef Pacyna, Director, Center for Ecological Economics at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research (NILU). Current resident at Yale.
• Tor Egil Eide, Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (NSELF)