Event

 Programme 

Conference Chair: Pia Hansson, Director, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland 

Rapporteurs: Sasha Tiaglei, Cooper Roy, and Liou Van Tichelen, Political Studies, University of Manitoba 

08:30 Registration and coffee 

Welcome 

Pia Hansson, Director, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland 

09:00 Opening Remarks 

Martin Eyjólfsson, Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

09:20 Opening Session 

Fireside chat with Heather Richardson, Director General of Cyber Resilience, Communication Security Establishment Canada 

Moderated by Guðmundur Arnar Sigmundsson, Director of CERT-IS (Computer Emergency Response Team – MFA) 

10:00 Panel 1: Geopolitics in the Arctic 

Andrea Charron, Professor and Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba 

James Fergusson, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba 

Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History, University of Iceland 

Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir, Professor of International Affairs and newly elected Rector of the University of Iceland 

Moderator: Pia Hansson, Director, Institute of International Affairs, University of Iceland 

11:15 8-Minute Update: NORAD Modernization 

Col. Chris Morrison, RCAF, Visiting Defence Fellow, University of Manitoba 

11:30 Lunch hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

12:30 Panel 2: Search & Rescue and Maritime Law Enforcement 

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, Trent University 

Viggó M. Sigurðsson, Project Manager, The Icelandic Coast Guard 

Garðar Forberg, Defence Attaché to the U.S. and Canada, Embassy of Iceland in Washington DC 

Sgt. Jackie Jacobson, Canadian Ranger, Tuktoyaktuk Patrol/NAADSN Fellow 

Moderator: Cmdr. Ásgrímur L. Ásgrímsson, Chief of Operations, The Icelandic Coast Guard 

13:45 Building Resilience in the Canadian Arctic and North: The Canadian Rangers as an Unconventional Defence Capability 

Sgt. Jackie Jacobson, Canadian Ranger, Tuktoyaktuk Patrol 

Sgt. Jenny Jacobson, Canadian Ranger, Tuktoyaktuk Patrol 

Sgt. Jim Welsh, Canadian Ranger, Whitehorse Patrol 

Moderator: P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, Trent University 

14:10 Coffee 

14:30 Panel 3: Canada’s and Iceland’s Arctic Strategies 

P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North, Trent University 

Andrea Charron, Professor and Director, Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba 

Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

Tom Barry, Dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Akureyri 

Moderator: Þorlákur Einarsson, Advisor, Directorate for International Affairs and Policy, Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

15:45 Overview of Interests and Perspectives 

Nicholas Glesby, Administrator, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN) and Ph.D student, Trent University 

16:00 Closing Remarks 

Ambassador Jenny Hill, Embassy of Canada in Reykjavík 

Ambassador Hlynur Guðjónsson, Embassy of Iceland in Ottawa 

Thanks to generous support from: MINDS; Centre for Defence and Security Studies; North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network; Embassy of Canada in Reykjavík; Department of Icelandic Language and Literature, University of Manitoba; Global Affairs Canada; Government of Iceland, Ministry for Foreign Affairs; Institute of International Affairs (University of Iceland)