Programme

Venue: Arktikum, Rovaniemi, Finland (Pohjoisranta 4)

Tuesday, 12 March 2019
12:00-15:00 Registration
15:00-18.00 Pre-conference trip to a reindeer farm

Wednesday, 13 March 2019
08:00 - Registration

09:00 - 09:30 Opening
09:30 - 10:30 Keynote speeches

10:30 - 11:30 Session 1. What´s up in Arctic agriculture?
11:30 - 12:30 Group photo and lunch

12:30 - 13:30 Keynote speeches

13:35 - 15:15
Session 2. Local agriculture in the Arctic – challenges and opportunities
Session 3. Looking to the past for future: Northern native breeds of domesticated animal species
Session 4. Best practices and applications in local food system 

15:15-16:15 Poster session and coffee

16:15-18:00
Session 5. Climate change and land use – implications for Arctic agriculture 
Session 6. Reindeer herding as a means of livelihood - preconditions and applications 

19:30 - 20:30 Get-together, Evening reception hosted by the City of Rovaniemi

Side-event: 8:00 - 18:00 Arctic Deli Market

Thursday, 14 March 2019
08:00 - Registration

09:00 - 10:00 Keynote speeches
10:00 - 11:40 Session 7. Arctic foods, their profitability and business opportunities

11:40 - 12:30 Lunch

12:30 - 13:20 Keynote Speeches

13:20 - 15:00
Session 8: Arctic food security and sustainability
Session 9: Arctic bioeconomy and technical innovations

15:00 - 16:00 Poster session and coffee

16:00 - 17:15 Final panel discussion. Arctic Foods: Voices and experiences getting together

17:15 - 17:30 Closing and refreshments

17:30 - 18:00 General Assembly of the CAA

19:30 - 20:00 Exhibitions: Place of Origin - Contemporary Alaska Native Art, Con Amore - With Love from Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection etc. See more. Free entrance. Rovaniemi Art Museum, Korundi. Lapinkävijäntie 4. 

20:00 Conference Dinner in Korundi. Lapinkävijäntie 4.


Friday, 15 March 2019
07:30 -  Post-conference excursion in North-East Lapland (whole day)

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