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Sunday 10 June
17:00 – 19:00 Ice-breaker Party, Alaruokanen House (Valtakatu 8)
Monday 11 June
09:00 – 10:00 Registration and Welcome coffee/tea
10:00 - 10:05 Opening of the conference
Vice-rector, Professor Kaarina Määttä, University of Lapland
10:05 – 11:00 Keynote: Growing challenges in the Arctic: what can Finland as the chair of the Arctic Council do?
Research professor, Director Timo Koivurova, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/tea
11:30 – 12:30 Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Restaurant Felli
13:30 – 15:00 Presentations
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee/tea
15:30 – 16:00 Poster session
16:00 - 17:00 Presentations and Presentation of LUC Library and Arctic Centre
Library Director Susanna Parikka and Information Specialist Liisa Hallikainen, Lapland University Library
19:00 – 20:00 Rovaniemi City Reception, City Hall (Hallituskatu 7)
Tuesday 12 June
09:00 – 10:00 Keynote: Sustainable Art with the Arctic
Professor Timo Jokela, University of Lapland
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote: The Sacred Arctic: Safeguarding the Sacred Natural Sites of Indigenous Peoples’ as their Cultural Heritage
Senior researcher Leena Heinämäki, University of Lapland and Associate professor Thora Herrmann, University of Montreal, Canada
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee/tea
11:30 – 12:30 Presentations
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch, Restaurant Felli
13:30 – 14:00 Arctic journalism
Head of science communications Markku Heikkilä, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland
14:00 - 15:00 Bus transfer to Arktikum and coffee/tea at Arktikum
15:00 – 16:00 Guided visit to the Arctic Centre exhibition
Marjo Laukkanen, Science Journalist, Arctic Centre
16:00 - 18:00 Get to know both Arktikum exhibitions (the Arctic
Centre and the Provincial Museum of Lapland) on your own (free of
charge)
18:00 – 20:00 Steering Committee Meeting