Programme

The two-day forum programme was divided in two parts. The first day focuses on the regional Arctic strategies and approaches from the perspective of Russian Arctic regions and local communities, the indigenous, most notably in Russian Arctic border region – the Republic of Karelia. The second day of the programme focuses on the global level and relevant issues on the Arctic security, governance, and international collaborations, including Arctic and non-Arctic stakeholders.

Day 1:

05/22/2024 — Plenary session

05/22/2024 — Karelian Arctic.
Moderator: Dr. Valery SHLYAMIN, Advisor to the Rectorat, Scientific Director of the Institute for Northern European and Arctic Studies of the Petrozavodsk State University, Petrozavodsk, Russia.

Day 2:

05/23/2024 — Non-Arctic stakeholders in the Arctic (extended BRICS and other partnering states of Russia).
Moderator: Dr. Alexander SERGUNIN, Professor at School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia.

05/23/2024 — Potential geopolitical scenarios in Northern Europe.
Moderator: Prof. Dmitry DANILOV, PhD in Economics, Head of the Department of European Security Studies, Institute of Europe, Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor at MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia.

Day 3:

05/24/2024 — Arctic Youth School

05/24/2024 — Indigenous peoples of the North in new geopolitical reality.
Moderator: Antonina GORBUNOVA, Executive director of the interregional public organization “The Union of Indigenous Peoples “SOYUZ” (KMNSOYUZ).