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  • Arctic Circle to be held again in Reykjavik

    Arctic Circle to be held again in Reykjavik

    The audience at Arctic Circle

    Second Annual Arctic Circle Assembly to be held September 5-7, 2014, in Reykjavík, Iceland

    On behalf of President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson of Iceland, Parliament of Greenland Member Kuupik Kleist, Alaska Dispatch Publisher Alice Rogoff and distinguished partners, the Arctic Circle Team would like to thank everyone for participating in the inaugural Arctic Circle assembly.

    This new open assembly drew more than 1,200 participants from over 40 nations, bringing together both individuals and organizations for a series of meetings and presentations addressing the challenges and opportunities of the changing Arctic.
    The Arctic Circle will reconvene September 5-7, 2014, in Reykjavík, Iceland, and will move to Anchorage, Alaska, in the fall of 2015.

    The Arctic Circle is non-profit and nonpartisan. Organizations, forums, think tanks, corporations and public associations around the world are invited to hold meetings within the Arctic Circle platform to advance their own missions and the broader goal of increasing collaborative decision-making without surrendering their institutional independence.

    The Arctic Circle is designed to increase participation in Arctic dialogue and strengthen the international focus on the future of the Arctic. Participating organizations will maintain their full institutional independence, identity and decision-making abilities.

    To this end, the Arctic Circle aims to create opportunities for everyone to attend different meetings, conduct their own networking and engage in one-on-one informal discussions. Organizations will be able to decide their own agendas and convene their own meetings.

  • Iceland focused on Arctic research

    Iceland focused on Arctic research

    Halldór Jóhannsson gives overview on IASC.

    Representatives from Icelandic – Arctic organizations, academic institutions and businesses, gathered today at the Icelandic Marine Institute for one day of introduction on Icelandic – Arctic research.

    The event promotes environmental, international research, political, legal and economic cooperation between Iceland and the Arctic nations.

    The event also creates the platform for the discussion about problems and prospects of current development of the Arctic Region.

    Alongside lectures and panel discussions, the Day of the Arctic opens a large scale platform for Arctic related commercial companies to present their northern operations.

    The Day of the Arctic will is organized jointly by the Icelandic – Arctic Cooperation Network, Stefansson Arctic Institute and RANNIS.

    More information about the event is available in Icelandic on the webpage. For any specific inquiries, please contact Thorsteinn Gunnarsson on e – mail or tel: 00354 515 5800.

  • President of Iceland opens the Summit

    President of Iceland opens the Summit

    President of Iceland, Ólafur R. Grimsson at the Arctic Energy Summit

    Participants of the Arctic Energy Summit have arrived in Akureyri to participate in the long expected Arctic Energy Summit.

    President of Iceland, Mr Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson has honored the event with his presence and the excellent speech.

    Mr Grimsson highlighted the need for international cooperation and development of green energy policy in the Arctic states.

    President of Iceland invited participants to join the annual Polar Law Symposium that starts on Friday at the University of Akureyri and the Arctic Circle, where conclusions from Arctic Energy Summit will be presented at the opening session.

    The Arctic Energy Summit is being live streamed from the conference venue.

  • From Alaska to Iceland: six years later

    From Alaska to Iceland: six years later

    HOF - Culture House in Akureyri and the conference venue

    Once again, after highly successful 2007 Arctic Energy Summit and Technology Conference, The Institute of the North, together with its Icelandic partner – the Arctic Portal, is organizing The 2013 Arctic Energy Summit.

    The event will take place 8th – 10th October in Akureyri, northern Iceland and relate to thematic areas such as richness, resilience and responsibility. More information about the conference and its topics is available here.

    Foe those, who do not remember, the first Arctic Energy Summit was held in 2007 in Anchorage, Alaska and gathered close to 300 representatives from 13 different countries.
    The technology conference provided a forum for the presentation of international, interdisciplinary technical research papers on the Arctic as an emerging province.

    Presentations covered fields of extractive energy, rural power and sustainability of energy in the Arctic. To read more about topics covered by Arctic Energy Summit 2007, please visit the IoN Website.

    This year´s speakers will include David J.Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior in the United States, David Garman, the former Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy, and Aqqaluk Lynge, the former President of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) and its current international Chair.

  • Arctic Week in Iceland coming soon

    Arctic Week in Iceland coming soon

    Arctic Week in Iceland

    October of 2013 presents an excellent opportunity to visit Iceland and attend two exciting Arctic conferences, held back to back in one of Europe’s hottest travel destinations.

    Visitors will have the chance to travel around the country as the Arctic Energy Summit (8-10 October) is held in the town of Akureyri in the north of Iceland, while the Arctic Circle assembly (12-14 October) will take place in the southern capital, Reykjavík.

    This provides the perfect opportunity to discover Iceland while attending two high-level international Arctic conferences – engaging in an important dialogue on the future of the Arctic – all in one trip.

    Several opportunities around the conferences give visitors an opportunity to experience Iceland, including familiar hotspots such as the Blue Lagoon or the Golden Circle, as well as the Lonely Planet’s top destination of 2013, Northern Iceland, with its boiling mud pools, erupting geysers, waterfalls and unique landscapes. The welcoming hospitality of Icelanders allows visitors to have a relaxing but exciting time wherever they go.

    The imagination is the only limitation of an Icelandic experience!

    Click here for more information about the conference.

    SOURCES

    Arctic Energy Summit 2013

    See also:

    Arctic Portal Library

    Arctic Portal Mapping System

  • The Day of the Arctic to be held in Iceland

    The Day of the Arctic to be held in Iceland

    Icelandic landscape

    The Day of the Arctic will be held by the Icelandic – Arctic organizations on 14th of November 2013. The event will promote environmental, international research, political, legal and economic cooperation between Iceland and the Arctic nations.

    The event will also create the platform for the discussion about problems and prospects of current development of the Arctic Region.

    Alongside lectures and panel discussions, the Day of the Arctic will open a large scale platform for Arctic related commercial companies to present their northern operations.

    The Day of the Arctic will be organized jointly by the Icelandic – Arctic Cooperation Network,Stefansson Arctic Institute and RANNIS.

    Those to wish to contribute to the panel discussion or the poster session are requested to sumbit their abstracts until 12th of July 2013 to Embla Eir Oddsottir.

    More information about the event is available in Icelandic on the webpage. For any specific inquiries, please contact Thorsteinn Gunnarsson on e – mail or tel: 00354 515 5800.

    Source

    Icelandic Arctic Cooperation Network

  • Cod quota rise for Iceland

    Cod quota rise for Iceland

    Fish caught in a net

    The Marine Research Institute has released its annual report which suggests Iceland should receive a 10 per cent rise in its cod quota.

    The report, the State of Marine Stocks in Icelandic Waters 2012/2013 and Prospects for the Quota Year 2013/2014, published figures that indicate the North Atlantic nation should be allocated a significant increase in the amount of cod it is permitted to catch.

    Based on the assessment, there should be a 10 percent increase in the total amount of cod the country is permitted to catch in the next fishing year, rising to 215,000 tons. According to the MRI’s figures, the spawning stock and reference stock of cod has increased rapidly over recent years.

    In March this year, ICES evaluated the haddock harvest control rule to be “precautionary” and conform with the MSY. The Icelandic government adopted the rule in April which, based on the harvest control rule, would see the country stick to the MRI’s recommendation of a total allowable catch of 38,000 tons of haddock during the 2013/2014 fishing year.

    The MRI report states that many of the country’s commercial stocks remain in balance and are only exploited moderately. Due to this, changes in quota recommendations and stock sizes are usually affected by changes in recruitment patterns.

    Source

    Ice News

  • Finland´s visit to Iceland starts today

    Finland´s visit to Iceland starts today

    Icelandic nature

    Today, 28th of May 2013, the President of Finland, Sauli Niinistö will pay an official visit to Iceland, together with his wife and various Arctic experts.

    During his visit in Iceland, President Niinistö will attend a conference on the Arctic that will be held at the University of Iceland.

    The President will also officially visit Reykjavik University and learn about IT (information technology) and innovation in high tech industries at a special introductory meeting.

    The Finnish president will also visit the geothermal area in Svartsengi and learn about the use and utilization of green energy there as everywhere in Iceland.

    The Finnish President will depart on May 29th after two days visit.

    Source

    News of Iceland

  • Arctic Seminar: Iceland & the Arctic

    Arctic Seminar: Iceland & the Arctic

    Polar bear on ice

    Tomorrow, 24th of May 2013 at the University of Iceland, Icelandic – Arctic scholars will gather again to give presentations about most up to date Arctic related issues. The seminar will start at 12.00. It will take place in the University´s building – Lögbergi 101.

    Auður Ingólfsdóttir will give an opening speech about legal regimes for the Arctic waters and governance of Arctic fishing resources.

    Margaret Cela, who has recently been appointed as the Project Manager for The Center for Arctic Policy Studies, will talk about the position of small states in the Arctic Region.

    The seminar will bring together representatives from Iceland´s capital region and northern part of the country. Embla Eir Oddsdóttir, who has recently been appointed as a director of new Icelandic – Arctic Cooperation Network with the headquarters in Akureyri, will present the organization´s main goals.

    The meeting in organized by the Center for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS), which is a forum for interdisciplinary collaboration in the field of Arctic research with emphasis on the role and policies of states and institutions, non – state and corporate actors, and broader aspects of governance, culture and society in the High North.

    CAPS organizes conferences, seminars and lectures on Arctic issues as well as supporting learning in this important field of study.

    The center also publishes books and papers and introduces new research activities in the interdisciplinary field of Arctic studies.

    CAPS hosts post-doctoral research and participates in various research projects with both Icelandic and foreign academics.

    CAPS also carries out service projects for the private and public sectors with an aim to increase collaboration between these sectors and the academic community. Through its knowledge production the center seeks to inform and impact societal, cultural and environmental development as well as transnational communication in the High North.

    The Centre for Arctic Policy Studies (CAPS) is run under the auspices of the Institute of International Affairs (IIA) at the University of Iceland along with The Centre for Small State Studies (CSSS).

    Source

    CAPS

  • Climate Change in Northern Territories

    Climate Change in Northern Territories

    Mountain landscape in the arctic

    The Conference: “Climate Change in Northern Territories will take place in Akureyri, northern Iceland 22nd – 23rd of August 2013.

    The registration to the ESPON/ENECON and NRF event is now available. Early registration fee will be available until the 10th of July 2013.

    Bookings for accommodation are done through the registration form and information on the hotels can be found on the registration web page. Please note that accommodation can only be guaranteed through registration until the 10th of July. After this conference guests might have to make reservations on their own.

    In questions regarding travel and accommodation please contact Akureyri Travel at aktravel@aktravel.is or call +354 4600 600.

    Practical information on registration and travelling in Iceland can be found here.

    Click here to download the program of the conference “Climate Change in Northern Territories”.

    Source

    NRF