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
- Frétt um ráðstefnuna
- Auglýsing/veggspjald (Poster)
- Upptaka frá ráðstefnunni (Seminar recording)
Dagskrá og glærur / Program and presentations (PDF)
| 09:00-09:10 | Opening Address Rector | Eyjólfur Guðmundsson, Rector at the University of Akureyri |
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| 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 | |