Program conference

Barents Indigenous +50»

- Impacts of our footprints

Conference program:

 

February 3rd

 
 

Reception in Ardna with yoik performance

February 4th

 
 

Congress and banquet dinner. See own program
We celebrate 20 years of indigenous cooperation in Barents. 

An indigenous concert will take place later that evening organized by the Sami week.

February 5th :

  

Conference about «Languages» and «Extractive industries»

Session 1:  Indigenous languages

Status quo for indigenous languages in the Barents region +50

08.30 – 08.40 

Opening
by Aili Keskitalo, President of the Sámi Parliament.

08.40-09.00 

«Revitalizing indigenous languages and language rights»
by Jussi Ylikoski, professor and Barents Chair in indigenous languages, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.

09.00 – 09.20

«How to revitalize the language and make it live? »
by Larisa Chirkova, vepsian journalist

 09.20 - 09.40

«Sámi University College and its role as a preserver of Sámi languages"
by Jelena Porsanger, Director, Sámi University College. 

09.40 - 10.10

Questions from the audience

10.10 – 10.30 

Coffee break 

10.30 – 12.00

Panel debate:
«What can we do to prevent the languages from dying? »
 

Elizabeth Scheller, language researcher at The Arctic University of Norway.

Olga Egorova, Student at the Sámi University College in Kautokeino.)

Mikael Vinka, Associate professor, University of Umeå about their revitalization project on the South Sámi language

Vladislav Vyucheysky, Leader of the reindeer association in Nenets Autonomous Okrug – how are the future perspectives for the Nenets language as youth move from tundra to city?

Moderators: Mona Solbakk/Simon Paval

Session 2: Extractive industries

Status quo for extractive industries in the Barents region +50

13.00 -13.15 

Opening
by Mr. G. Ledkov (TBC), President of RAIPON

13.15-13.35

Keynote speech
by Greg Poelzer, associate professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and adjunct professor, Centre for Sami Studies, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

13.35 - 13.55 

Can indigenous peoples be stakeholders in the industry?
Gary Moraste (TBC), Canada

13.55 – 14.15 

Consequences of extractive industries in reindeer areas 
Paulina Feodoroff, Saami activist from Finland
(Snow change)

14.15 – 14.30 

Coffee break
   

14.30 – 14.50 

Can ethical guidelines be the key?
Sven Roald Nystø about the results from the Arran research project on this issue

14.50- 16.00 

Panel debate:
Is coexistence possible?
 

Josefina Skerk, Saami politician, Sweden
Anders Eira (Protect), reindeer herder, Norway
Representative from the Russian oil and gas industry present in Nenets (TBC)
Representative from SWEMIN Sweden. (TBC)

Moderator: Journalist Liv Inger Somby