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Day 2 - Friday September 13 10:00 - 11:35 Arctic Operations: The defense and security perspective Chair: Kate Hansen Bundt, Secretary General, The Norwegian Atlantic Committee Political perspective: • Anne Marie Aanerud, State Secretary, Norwegian Ministery of Defence • Iris Ferguson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Arctic and Global Resilience, U.S. Department of Defence Operational perspective: • Megan Dean, Commander, 17th Coast Guard District (Alaska), U.S. Coast Guard • Daniel Riviere, Commander Joint Task Force North, Yellowknife • Caroline Hoefsmit, Lead Officer Arctic Hub, NATO Maritime Command • Sami Nurmi, Deputy Chief of Staff - Strategy, Finish Defence Forces • Gjert Lage Dyndal, Chief of Operations, Norwegian Defence Staff 11:40 - 12:40 Polar Opposites: North American and European Arctic security Chair: Gabriella Gricius, PhD Candidate, Colorado State University • Kari Aga Myklebost, Professor, UiT: Arctic University of Norway • Lise Wiederholt Christensen, PhD candidate, University of Copenhagen • Kristin Haugevik, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs • Matthew J. Hickey, Associate Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies • Lin A. Mortensgaard, PhD candidate, Danish Institute for International Studies 12:40 - 13.30 Lunch 13:30 - 14.30 Local Arctic (in)security, Geopolitical Consequences Chair: Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Professor, UiT: Arctic University of Norway • Silja Bara Omarsdottir, Professor, University of Iceland • Anthony Russell, Director, Center for Arctic Study and Policy, US Coast Guard Academy • Kelsey Frazier, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies • Serafima Andreeva, Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute • Abhijit Singh, Senior Fellow and Head, Maritime Policy Initiative, Observer Research Foundation 14:40- 15.45 Does Arctic Geopolitics Matter for the World? Chair: Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute & Associate Professor, Nord University • Angelina Eichhorst, Managing Director for Europe, European External Action Service • Iver B. Neumann, Director, Fridtjof Nansen Institute • Randy ‘Church’ Kee, Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies • Uttam Sinha, Senior Fellow, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses • Yang Jian, Professor, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Organisers: • Fridtjof Nansen Institute (lead) • UiT The Arctic University of Norway • Nord University; High North Center for Business and Governance • The Norwegian Atlantic Committee • Norwegian Centre for Geopolitics • North American and Arctic Defence Security Network- NAADSN • Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies • US Coast Guard’s Center for Arctic Study and Policy The event also receives support from the Research Council of Norway, Institut Français de Norvège, and is part of several projects at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.