This year Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit Conference will take place 16-17 November.

Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit is Finland’s main regular
international Arctic conference, organized biannually since 2013. The event is being
planned as a hybrid-event, with both on-site and virtual attendees and
speakers. 

A special feature of this year’s event is that
the public launch of the Finnish chairmanship of the Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC) will
take place at our event. As we aim to be a dedicated event on Arctic issues we are
delighted to host the festivities. In collaboration with the Finnish ministry for
Foreign Affairs of Finland, Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit aims to offer
this year’s participants an opportunity to learn more about the work done by BEAC
and discuss the perspectives of Arctic regional, people-to people level
co-operation. We hope to welcome representatives from all regions active in the
Barents Regional Council (BRC) to this year’s event. 
 
Under the theme “A common Arctic or contested spaces? Focus on European
Arctic” this year’s conference will explore subjects such as regional co-operation,
Arctic security, European Union in the Arctic and land use from several
perspectives. 

The discussions on Arctic
security will be hosted by our collaborator FIIA, and the Arctic Society of
Finland will host a session on EU Arctic policies and Finland’s new Arctic strategy.
The University of the Arctic (UArctic) will also be collaborating with us on
bringing in speakers on Arctic issues. 

This
year’s event will have a significant input from the Horizon2020-funded research
projects ArcticHubs, CHARTER and JustNorth. These collaborators will facilitate
discussion on contested spaces in the North, as we will be exploring land use from
the perspectives of just transition and climate change. The session includes
presentations from both researchers and stakeholders. 
 
For more news on Rovaniemi Arctic Spirit check out the
website and social media accounts 

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More information: www.rovaniemiarcticspirit.fi