Arctic Youth Forum discusses how to make the Arctic region, especially Finnish Lapland, a lively and interesting place to live and stay for the young generation. The Arctic Youth Forum is a side event of the Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit conference. It is organized by young innovative students from the InnoBarentsLab of the Lapland University of Applied Sciences. The forum will be held on the 13th of November 2017 at 6 pm in Hostel Café Koti, and it is open for everyone.

– Our main idea is to give a platform for young people
to express their opinions and ideas concerning the future of the Arctic while
connecting them with influencers and decision makers. We aim to do this, because we
want our Arctic to be lively and buzzing even in 20 years from now. We need young
people to stay in the Arctic for this to be possible, so it is time to give a chance
for them to have a word, says Nikolett Plesér, who is one of the student organizers
from the Lapland University of Applied Sciences.

The format of
the Arctic Youth Forum will be an interactive Q&A panel. The panel will be
hosted by Mikaa Mered, who is Professor in the Free Institute of International
Relations Studies in Paris and Anzelika Krastina, the Director of International
Relations in School of Business and Culture of the Lapland UAS. The panellists
include René Söderman from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Anna Reetta
Rönkä from the University of Oulu, Eija Lange of Rovaniemi Development Ltd, Veikko
Kärnä of the Lapland University of Applied Sciences and Teppo Säkkinen who is a
student at the University of Lapland.

– Our panellists have
versatile expertise to provide you with different perspectives on topics such as
economic and business development or well-being in the Arctic, says
Plesér.

For further information, visit the official website of
Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference: www.rovanimiarcticspirit.fi.

Arctic Youth Forum
Hostel Café Koti (Valtakatu 21,
Rovaniemi)
Monday November 13, 2017 at 18
www.rovaniemiarcticspirit.fi/EN/Program/Youth-Forum
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Further information:
innobarentslab(at)gmail.com
Nikolett Plesér, 040 043 9792,
nikolett.pleser@edu.lapinamk.fi