PROGRAMME
November 23 2020
FUTURE GREENLAND, 18-19 May - Katuaq - Nuuk
Preliminary programme – May be subject to change
www.futuregreenland.gl
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Timetable:
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Day 1: Tuesday 18 May 2021
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07.30 - 08.30
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Registration
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Registration, distribution of programme / name badges
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08.30 - 08.45
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Welcome
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Welcome and background to the conference
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Christian Keldsen, Director, Greenland Business Association
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Comperes: Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
- Programme, presentation
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08:45 - 09:00
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Opening
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Greenland after the corona crisis: How do we set a new growth policy agenda?
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Kim Kielsen, Prime Minister of Greenland
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09.00 - 09.15
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Presentation
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Greenland as an independent country – the Constitutional Commission
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Vittus Qujaukitsoq, Minister of Finance
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09.15 - 09.30
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Presentation
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Greenland’s foreign policy possibilities: A Greenlandic agenda in a business policy perspective
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Steen Lynge, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Energy
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09.30 - 09:45
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Presentation
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Greenland’s place in the Danish Commonwealth and the international community
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Tillie Martinussen, Acting Chair of Samarbejdspartiet
(The Cooperation Party)
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09.45 - 10:10
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Presentation
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Greenland in a new world order – threat or opportunity for Greenland and the Commonwealth?
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Lars Løkke Rasmussen, former Danish Prime Minister, Member of the Danish Parliament for Venstre (Liberal Party of Denmark)
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10.10 - 10.30
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Intermission
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Coffee break
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10.30 - 10:45
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Presentation
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The significance of the Danish Commonwealth to Denmark
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Martin Lidegaard, former Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Member of the Danish Parliament for Radikale Venstre (Danish Social Liberal Party)
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10.45 - 11:00
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Presentation
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A new global security policy agenda: Where do Greenland and the Arctic fit in?
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Carl Bildt, former Swedish Prime Minister and Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, UN Observer
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11.00 - 11:15
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Presentation
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Sustainable growth through partnerships
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Lars Sandahl Sørensen, Managing Director, Confederation of Danish Industries (DI)
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11.15 - 11.45
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Presentation
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Youth Panel - Prize Paper - Call for papers
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11.45 - 12:15
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Presentation
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Panel debate – speakers and youth panel – open to questions from the hall
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Moderators: Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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12.15 - 13.00
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Lunch
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Lunch buffet
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Side events, day 1:
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 1
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Challenges and opportunities in the Arctic – Denmark’s Arctic Strategy
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Presenters: Thomas Winkler, Arctic Ambassador
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Facilitator:
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 2
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Greenland as an independent country with its own constitution – The Danish Commonwealth: Development or dissolution – what about the companies?
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Presenters: Ineqi Kielsen, Chair of the Constitutional Commission, nn, nn, Youth Panel
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Facilitator:
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 3
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The recommendations of the Fisheries Commission, and what happens now?
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Presenters: Jens Paulsen, Chair of the Fisheries Commission, Peder Andersen, vice chairman
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Facilitator:
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15.00 - 15.30
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Intermission
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15.30 - 16.00
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Debate
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Political Round Table – Eight sharp questions from side events and questions from the hall
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Party leaders: Kim Kielsen (S), Múte B. Egede Formand (IA), Jens-Frederik Nielsen (Demokraterne), Aqqaluk Jerimiassen (A) TBC Vittus Qujaukitsoq (Nunatta Qitornai), Hans Enoksen TBC, (Parti Naleraq), acting chair Tillie Martinussen (Samarbejdspartiet)
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Moderator: Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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16.00 - 16.10
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Prize award
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Bank of Greenland Business Fund: Award of Entrepreneur of the Year prize 2021
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Moderator: Kristian Lennert, Chair of the Bank of Greenland Business Fund, tbc
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16.10 - 16.20
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Rounding-off
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Rounding-off – see you again tomorrow – Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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18.00 - 19.30
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Reception
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Networking reception at Hotel Hans Egede
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Day 2: Wednesday 19 May 2021
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08.30 - 08.45
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Welcome
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Welcome, summary of Day 1 and review of programme for Day 2
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Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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08.45 - 09.00
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Presentation
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Greenland’s business policy ambitions and goals: How do we create the political framework for new investment and growth?
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Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Minister of Industry and Business and Mineral Resources
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09.00 - 09.15
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Presentation
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Greenland’s economy in the wake of the corona crisis and major infrastructure investments
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Prof. Torben M. Andersen, Aarhus University,
Chair of the Economic Council
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09.15 - 09.30
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Presentation
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Greenland Perspective
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Prof. Minik Rosing, Geologist, University of Copenhagen,
Board Chairman of the University of Greenland
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09.30 - 09:45
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Presentation
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What is an entrepreneurial gene – does it exist?
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Tommy Ahlers (TBC), former Minister of Education and Research, Member of the Danish Parliament
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09:45 - 10:00
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Presentation
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Mineral resources – What will it take to make Greenland
attractive in the competition for investments?
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Ole Christiansen, Geologist, Mining Consultant,
Kujalleq Municipality
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10.00 - 10.15
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Presentation
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New runways: How will Greenland be connected in the future? Jacob Nitter Sørensen, CEO, Air Greenland
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10.15 - 10.30
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Intermission
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Coffee break
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10.30 - 10.45
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Presentation
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The tourism strategy and sustainability
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Julia Pars, CEO, Visit Greenland
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10.45 - 11.15
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Presentation
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The new tourism service providers – Who are they and how do we educate ourselves to offer the right products?
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Guðrið Højgaard, CEO, Visit Faeroe Islands TBC;
Ólafur Árnason, Director of Innovation and Planning,
National Planning Agency, Iceland TBC
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11.15 - 11.30
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Presentation
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Primary school – What makes a good school?
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Birthe Møller Therkildsen, Chair of IMAK, the teachers’ trade union in Greenland
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12.00 - 12:15
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Debate
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Panel debate – speakers – questions from the hall
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Moderators: Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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12.15 - 13:00
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Lunch
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Lunch buffet
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Side events, day 2:
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 1
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The school and the vocational training programmes:
How can they support the new industries?
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Presenters:
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Facilitator: Sivso Dorph
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 2
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Infrastructure – new runways: Expectations towards logistics, service and follow-on investments in the towns
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Air Greenland, Kalaalit Airports,
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13.30 - 15.00
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Side event 3
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Industry seminar in Nuuk on Danish and US military capacity plans in Greenland
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Presenters: Lars Sandahl Sørensen (TBC) Kim Jesper Jørgensen (TBC) Kasper Høeg-Jensen (TBC) U.S. Embassy Defense and Navy Attaché, Captain Michael E. Biery, DET1 Commander, OSD, EUCOM Military representatives (TBC)
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13:30 - 15:00
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Side event 4
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Who is counting on receiving and servicing the tourists? Do we have the right products? Are they in accord with the strategies?
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Presenters: Jørgen Nielsen, CEO, World of Greenland,
AECO, Anders La Cour Vahl, others
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Facilitator: Erik Bjerregaard, former managing director,
Hotel Arctic
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15.00 - 15.30
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Intermission
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15.30 - 16:15
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Debate
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Political Round Table – Eight sharp questions from the
workshops and questions from the hall
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The mayors of the Greenlandic municipalities:
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Kiista P. Isaksen (Kujalleq Municipality), Charlotte Ludvigsen
(Sermersooq Municipality), Ane Hansen (Qeqertalik Municipality), Palle Jerimiassen (Avannaata Municipality)
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Moderator: Martin Breum and Ulla Lynge
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16:15 - 16:30
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(Presentation of prize paper)
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16.45 - 18.30
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Reception
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Closing reception in the lobby of Katuaq
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