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
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