Ráðstefna um framtíð byggðaþróunar á Norðurlöndum - 12. september 2019

FRAMTÍÐ BYGGÐAÞRÓUNAR Á NORÐURLÖNDUM / OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR FUTURE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ráðstefna í Háskólanum á Akureyri, 12. september 2019 / Seminar in Akureyri, September 12

Dagskrá og glærur / Program and presentations (PDF)

09:00-09:10

Opening Address Rector

Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector at the University of Akureyri

09:10-09.25

Introduction: Nordic Cooperation on Regional Policy – What topics have been prioritized in the past and what’s in the pipeline for the future?

Kjell Nilsson, Director of Nordregio and Affiliated Professor at University of Copenhagen

09:25-09:45

Opportunities and challenges for regional development in the North Atlantic Region

Snorri Björn Sigurðsson, Head of Department, Byggðastofnun, Icelandic Regional Development Institute

09:45-10:20

What have been the key successes – and shortcomings – of regional development policy over the past 20 years, and what are the key lessons to be drawn?

José Enrique Garcilazo, Head of Regional and Rural Unit, OECD

10:20-10:40

Coffee break

 

10:40-11:00

The Nordic Welfare State at the crossroads

Joakim Palme, Professor of Political Science, Uppsala University (SE)

11:00-11:30

Discussants:
Gerd Slinning & Katarina Fellman


11:30-11:50

The sustainable Nordic city of tomorrow

Ellen Braae & Henriette Steiner, Professor and Ass. Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Copenhagen (DK)

11:50-12:30

Discussant:
Kjell Nilsson


12:30-13:30

Lunch

 

13:30-13:50

Opportunities and challenges for future rural development policies in the Nordic Region

Gro Marit Grimsrud, Senior Researcher, NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS (NO)

13:50-14:30

Discussants:
Hanna-Maria Urjankangas, Eydun Christiansen  & Isabella Palomba Rydén


14:30-14:50

Green transition for resilient Nordic regions

Markku Sotarauta, Professor of Regional Development Studies, University of Tampere (FI)

14:50-15:20

Discussants:
Sara Aasted Paarup & Bjørn Barvik


15:20-15:50

Coffee break

 

15:50-16:10

Future opportunities and challenges for the Nordic Arctic Region 

Astrid Ogilvie, Senior Scientist, Stefansson Arctic Institute (IS), and former holder of the Nansen Professorship at University of Akureyri

16:10-16:40

Discussants:
Thomas Gaarde Madsen & Halla Nolsøe Poulsen


16:40-17:00

Concluding remarks towards a new Nordic Cooperation Programme for Regional Policy

Ragnhildur Hjaltadottir, Permanent Secretary and Hermann Sæmundsson, Director, Ministry of Transport and Local Government (IS)

17:00-19:00

Reception at Akureyri Art Museum