| 08:30 |
RUSI opens for Registration |
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| 09:00 |
James Gray MP introduces Frederik Paulsen |
| 09:15 |
Mark Simmonds MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office |
The UK Government's approach to the Arctic and Antarctic |
| 09:45 |
His Excellency Olafur Grimsson, President of Iceland |
The new global playing field |
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| Session 1: Can we do business at the Poles? Chair: James Gray MP |
| 10:15 |
Professor Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway |
The Antarctic |
| 10:45 |
Professor Terry Callaghan, Lead Author, IPCC Assessment of the Polar Regions |
The Arctic |
| 10:55 |
Professor Jane Francis, Director, British Antarctic Survey |
Polar Science |
| 11:05 |
Questions and Contributions from the floor |
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| Session 2: Polar-friendly Business? Chair: Henrik Normann, President & CEO, Nordic Investment Bank |
| 11:35 |
Sturla Henriksen, Director General, Norwegian Shipowners' Association |
Bulk Shipping through the Arctic |
| 11:45 |
Rod McIllree, CEO Greenland Minerals & Energy |
An Arctic success story |
| 11:55 |
Robert Blaauw, Senior Adviser, Global Arctic Theme, Shell |
Energy |
| 12:05 |
Felix Tschudi, Tschudi Ship Management AS |
Shipping |
| 12:15 |
Tom Paddon, President and CEO, Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation |
Resource extraction and indigenous peoples |
| 12:25 |
Questions and Contributions from the floor |
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| 13:05 |
Buffet Lunch in the Library and the Reading Room |
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Inforrmal talk from David Hempleman-Adams, Polar Explorer |
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| Session 3: The Polar Environment Chair: Dr Morten Rasch, Leader of Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring |
| 14:15 |
Professor Roger Scruton, Philosopher |
Green Philosophy: How to think seriously about the planet |
| 14:45 |
Rear Admiral Tom Karsten, UK Hydrographic Office
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Undersea mapping |
| 14:55 |
Professor Tony Martin, University of Dundee |
| South Georgia: A case study |
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| 15:05 |
Stanley Johnson, Former MEP and Vice Chairman of the European Parliament's Environment Committee |
Wildlife |
| 15:30 |
Questions and Contributions from the floor |
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| Session 4: Governance of the Poles Chair: Neil Carmichael MP |
| 16:00 |
HE Michel Rocard, French Ambassador to the Polar Regions |
Antarctic Governance |
| 16:30 |
Rt Hon Dr Liam Fox MP, former UK Defence Secretary |
The Arctic: Military risks / potentials |
| 17:00 |
Dr Heike Deggim, International Maritime Organisation |
The IMO and the Polar Code |
| 17:15 |
Steffen Weber, Secretary General, EU Arctic Forum |
Arctic business and its importance for Europe and the UK |
| 17:30 |
HE Alan Kessel, Canadian Deputy High Commissioner |
The Arctic Council |
| 17:45 |
Questions and Contributions from the floor |
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| 18:15 |
Closing Remarks - James Gray MP. Followed by Drinks in the Library for all. |
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| 19:00 |
Ends |
