Pita Aatami
President, Makivik Corporation
Speakers
Speakers who will take part in the 2025 symposium include:
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Anatoli Bourmistrov
Professor, Nord University Business School
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Patti Bruns
Secretary-General, Arctic Mayors Forum
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Antonio Calò
University Lecturer, Water Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu
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Marie-Anne Coninsx
Former EU Ambassador at Large for the Arctic; IPF Board Member; Senior Fellow, Egmont Institute
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Henrik Sand Dagfinrud
Programme Manager, Bodø2024
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Mads Qvist Frederiksen
Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council
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Alain Hubert
Founder and President, International Polar Foundation
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Kenneth Høegh
Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials of the Arctic Council 2025-27, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Greenland
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Mikael Janson
Director, North Sweden European Office
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Costas Kadis
Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans (2024-2029), European Commission (DG MARE)
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Anna Krook-Riekkola
Associate Professor, Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology
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Sofia Lagerlöf Määttä
Cultural Strategist, Kiruna 2029
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Marit Magelssen Vambheim
Cluster Manager, Energi i Nord
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Maria Martisiute
Policy Analyst on Europe in the World, European Policy Centre (EPC)
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Bjørn Olav Megard
Head of Unit for Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities at the Ministry of Regional and Municipal Policy of Norway
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Andrey Mineev
Researcher, Nord University Business School
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Vivian Motzfeldt
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Business and Trade, Greenland; Chair of the Arctic Council
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Dag Rune Olsen
Rector, UiT - the Arctic University of Norway
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Sara Olsvig
Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council
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Monica Paulsen
Cluster Manager, Arctic Cluster Team (ACT)
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Piia Rantala-Korhonen
CEO, Oulu Culture Foundation
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Andreas Raspotnik
Director, High North Center, Nord University; Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
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Carina Sammeli
Mayor of Luleå, Sweden
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Andres Sanabria
Coordinator, OECD Mining Regions and Cities Initiative, OECD
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Charlotta Söderberg
Associate Professor, Political Science, Luleå University of Technology
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Piet Steel
Vice-President, Belgian Polar Secretariat; Director, IPF Board; Former Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam
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Maria Svonni
Artistic Leader, Konstfrämjandet Norrbotten and Verdde
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Erika Tizya-Tramm
Manager of Community Partnerships with Northern Energy Innovation, Yukon University; Vuntut Gwitch'in First Nation
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Nicolas Van Hoecke
Managing Director, International Polar Foundation
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Claude Véron-Réville
Head of Division for Western Europe and Special Envoy for Arctic Matters; EEAS