CONFERENCE PROGRAM

«Indigenous Barents 2050»

Impacts of our footprints

February 4^th
07.45 16.45	Bus transport from Radisson Blu to Campus Bus returns to Radisson Blu
	Congress and banquet dinner at 18.30 at Radisson Blu. See separate program. We celebrate 20 years of indigenous cooperation in Barents. An indigenous concert will take place later that evening organized by the Sámi week.
February 5^th
08.00	Bus transport from Radisson Blu to Campus
Conference about languages and extractive industries Arctic University of Norway, Campus Tromsø Auditorium 2
Session 1: Indigenous languages
Status quo for indigenous languages in the Barents region towards 2050
08.00 – 08.30	Registration
08.30 – 08.40	Opening by Aili Keskitalo, President, Sámi Parliament, Norway
08.40 – 08.50	Opening Cathrine Theodorsen, Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway
08.50 – 09.10	«Possibilities of language revitalization » Jussi Ylikoski, Professor and Barents Chair in indigenous languages, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.
09.10 – 09.30	«How to revitalize the language and make it live?» Larisa Chirkova, vepsian journalist
09.30 – 09.50	«Sámi University College and its role as a preserver of Sámi languages" Jelena Porsanger, Rector, Sámi University College
09.50 – 10.20	Questions from the audience
10.20 – 10.40	Coffee break
10.40 – 12.00	Panel debate: «What can we do to prevent the languages from dying? »
	Elisabeth Scheller, linguist, Arctic University of Norway Olga Egorova, student, Sámi University College Mikael Vinka, Associate Professor, University of Umeå Vladislav Vyucheysky, Leader of the Association of Reindeer Husbandry, Nenets Autonomous Okrug Moderators: Mona Solbakk, Director, center for Northern Peoples/Simon Pavall, former Sámi Pathfinder
12.00 - 13.00	Lunch
Session 2: Extractive industries
Status quo for extractive industries in the Barents region towards 2050
13.00 – 13.15	Opening by Mr. G. Ledkov, President of RAIPON (TBC)
13.15 – 13.35	From Protests to Partnerships: The Changing Futures of Indigenous Communities in Extractive Industries Greg Poelzer, associate professor,University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and adjunct professor,Centre for Sami Studies, Arctic University of Norway
13.35 – 13.55	Consequences of extractive industries in reindeer areas Paulina Feodoroff, Sámi activist, Finland
13.55 – 14.15	Can ethical guidelines be the key? Sven Roald Nystø, special adviser, Arran Lule Sámi Centre, Norway
14.15 – 14.30	Coffee break

14.30 – 14.50	Can indigenous peoples be stakeholders in the industry? Gary Merasty, Canada
14.50 - 16.00	Panel debate: Is coexistence possible?
	Josefina Skerk, Sámi Parliament, Sweden Anders Eira, Foundation Protect Sápmi, Norway Pavel Sulyandziga, UN Working Group on human rights and business enterprises Hanne Markussen Eek, Chair of Norwegian Mineral Industry Moderator: Liv Inger Somby, Journalist
16.15	Bus returns to Radisson Blu

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

«Indigenous Barents 2050»

Session 1: Indigenous languages

Session 2: Extractive industries