The 9th China-Nordic Arctic Cooperation Symposium will take place from October 13th to 16th, 2024, at the University of Akureyri in Akureyri, Iceland.
This year's theme, "The Arctic: A Region of Opportunities and Challenges & the Importance of Sino-Nordic Cooperation," will explore the multifaceted dynamics of Arctic development and the crucial role of collaboration between China and Nordic countries.
Symposium Registration is handled by the University of Akureyri - Registration for the Symposium
For travel support (including accommodation and bus transfer), please register and pay via the "Hotel & Travel support". These services are managed by co-organizer Arctic Portal.
Please note that the registration deadline is the 27th of September.
Convening Institutions of the Symposium are: University of Akureyri, University of Iceland, Icelandic Centre for Research, Arctic Portal and South China Business College.
Agenda - as of 13th September 2024
Monday, October 14, at the China-Iceland Arctic Observatory (CIAO)
- 13:30 - 15:00 - Assembly of Member Institutes of CNARC (by invitation only)
- 15:00 - 16:00 - CNARC Executive Committee Meeting (by invitation only)
- 16:00 - 17:00 - Introduction and excursion of the CIAO station
- 17:00 - 17:15 - Presentation from IASC
- 17:15 - 18:00 - Panel discussion: International Arctic research cooperation
- 18:00 - 20:00 - Icebreaker Reception / stand-up dinner
Tuesday, October 15, University of Akureyri (UNAK)
- 8:15 - 9:00 - Registration & Coffee
Plenary 1: welcome remarks and opening of the Symposium
- 09:00 - 09:15 - Housekeeping & general information
- 09:15 - 09:30 - HA Rektor Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir
- 09:30 - 09:45 - RANNÍS Director, Ágúst Hjörtur Ingþórsson
- 09:45 - 10:00 - PRIC Deputy Director Dr. Zhang Beichen
- 10:00 - 10:30 - Coffee break
- 10:30 - 10:50 - Keynote presentation Dr. Wan Rong, Rector of Shanghai Ocean University
- 10:50 - 11:10 - Keynote presentation Dr. Gunnar Stefánsson, University of Iceland, University of the Arctic
- 11:10 - 11:30 - Keynote presentation Dr. Romain Chuffart, Nansen Professor, University of Akureyri
- 11:30 - 12:00 - Questions & Answers from the audience
- 12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch and group photo
Parallel sessions - Room 1 - Session 1: International Cooperation and Arctic Governance, Current and Future Perspectives
Moderator: Pei Zhang, Researcher, SIIS
- 13:30 - 13:45 - Towards Sustainable Arctic Governance: Enhancing Adaptability and Synergy, Long Zhao
- 13:45 - 14:00 - Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in the Arctic: A case study on the Ramsar Convention on wetlands, Tom Barry
- 14:00 - 14:15 - Implications of the area-based management tool under the BBNJ Agreement for Arctic Ocean governance, Xidi Chen
- 14:15 - 14:30 - The Role of Science Diplomacy in China-Nordic Arctic Relations, Egill Thor Nielsson
- 14:30 - 14:45 - Utilization of Arctic Biological Resources and international cooperation, Ying Luo
- 14:45 - 15:00 - Rethinking science diplomacy for a fragmented Arctic, Trym Eiterfjord
- 15:00 - 15:15 - New Challenges of Sustainable Development in a Changing Arctic and the Sino-Nordic Cooperation, Yingqin Zheng
- 15:15 - 15:30 - The Western Turn (Arctic-2030 BANHER): Joint Nordic-Canadian/US Arctic Cooperation in Higher Education during Changing Geopolitical Times, Peter Haugseth
- 15:30 - 15:45 - Questions and Answers, Session moderator
- 15:45 - 16:15 - Coffee Break
Session 2
Moderator: Pia Hanssen, Director, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland
- 16:15 - 16:30 - What Arctic can Learn from Negotiations on A New Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution, Leilei Zou
- 16:30 - 16:45 - Chinese Arctic Diplomacy under World Order Change, Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen
- 16:45 - 17:00 - Give Peace a Chance: Arctic Politics in the Planetocene, Liisa Kauppila and Sanna Kopra
- 17:00 - 17:15 - Images of China in Russian and U.S. discourses on the Arctic, Erdem Lamazhapov
- 17:15 - 17:30 - Questions and Answers, Session moderator
Parallel sessions - Room 2 - Session 3: Creating, developing and sharing Social and Environmental Knowledge in the Arctic
Moderator: Deng Beixi, Deputy Director, PRIC
- 13:30 - 13:45 - How is the Co-production model applied in the Arctic?, Marco Volpe
- 13:45 - 14:00 - Effects of climate change on integrated marine Ecosystem Assessment in the Arctic, Steingrímur Jónsson
- 14:00 - 14:15 - Society and Advanced Technology in the Arctic (SATA): Understanding the interplay between Arctic environments and societies for sustainable development, Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen
- 14:15 - 14:30 - Polar Exploration with Different Purposes: Exploring the glaciers, natural species, and night sky conservation of the polar regions, Exodus Chun-Long Sit
- 14:30 - 14:45 - Nordic Space Infrastructures: Sustainability, Security, and the Future, Adam Fishwick
- 14:45 - 15:00 - Application potential of Chinese spaceborne LiDAR for polar cloud-aerosol detection, Lin Zang
- 15:00 - 15:15 - Questions and Answers, Session moderator
- 15:15 - 16:15 - Coffee Break
Session 4: Sustainable development in the Arctic, Arctic Resources, Green Transitions, and Global cooperation
Moderator: Tom Barry, University of Akureyri
- 16:15 - 16:30 - The Northern Sea Route and the role of climate change, Arild Moe
- 16:30 - 16:45 - Assessment of Arctic Shipping Development in the Post conflict Era, Beixi Deng
- 16:45 - 17:00 - Enhancing the use of renewable energies for transportation, Younes Abghoui
- 17:00 - 17:15 - Evolving Dynamics of Sino-Nordic Cooperation in Arctic Clean Energy: Case Studies in Geothermal and Wind Energy, Yue Wang
- 17:15 - 17:30 - Municipal solid waste incineration in the Arctic, Aysan Safavi
- 17:30 - 17:45 - Arctic Living in times of booming global Tourism in the Arctic: The case of Alta an Urban Arctic center in Vest-Finnmark, Northern Norway, Peter Haugseth and Kåre Jakobsen
- 17:45 - 18:00 - Critical Raw Materials in the Era of Planetary Transformations: The Case of the Arctic Region, Florian Vidal
- 18:00 - 18:15 - Reconfiguration of Arctic Energy Security, Yu Cao
- 18:15 - 18:30 - Questions and Answers, Session moderator
Wednesday, October 16
Session 2: Arctic People's, Rights and Policies
Moderator: Jian Yang, Deputy Director, CNARC; Researcher, SIIS
- 08:30 - 08:45 - An Analysis on the Identity and Path of Indigenous Peoples Participation in the Arctic Governance: An Energy Transition Perspective, Guifang (Julia) Xue
- 08:45 - 09:00 - Feminist Standpoint Epistemology and Indigenous Knowledge: A Prolegomenon, Eric M. Rubenstein
- 09:00 - 09:45 - Indigenous engagement in the Arctic Council - Case study of CAFF, Kári Fannar Lárusson
- 09:45 - 10:00 - Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Environmental restorative justice, Sara Fusco
- 10:00 - 10:15 - Questions and Answers, Session moderator
- 10:15 - 10:45 - Coffee Break
Final Plenary Session
- 10:45 - 12:00 - Closing remarks, Names TBC
- 12:00 - Lunch