This year's edition is built around the desire to increase preparedness and resilience for emerging threats. Register today!
The Societal Security Conference at UiT The Arctic University of Norway has become an annual event organized by the Risk, Crisis and Societal Security Research Group. Since 2016, leading scholars in the field, external project partners and participants, staff members and students come together in order to promote and benefit from knowledge sharing and cooperation. The 7th edition is scheduled for November 5, 2024.
Registration, which you can find here, is compulsory for this event.
The conference is built around the desire to increase preparedness and resilience for emerging threats. The increasing convergence of seemingly unrelated fields is accelerating the emergence of new dangers that our societies did not have to face in the past. Our conference provides analysis and insights to enhance situational awareness and widen the aperture of threat awareness to high-consequence systems on a national scale. We examine the dynamic challenges at the nexus of law, policy, economics, trade, and technology to lead high-impact programs and drive meaningful change.
Program
8:30 – 9:00 Meet and greet.
9:00 – 9:15: Welcome and presentation of UiT/ITS.
9:15 – 10:15: New trends in terrorism and organised violence.
Panel discussion & a Q&A session.
This panel will explore emerging trends in political terrorism and organized violence, examining the shifting dynamics and innovative strategies that shape today's security challenges.
Moderator: Dr Monika Gabriela Bartoszewicz
Panelists: Dr Kacper Rękawek (ICCT, The Hague), Dr Anthony, F. Lemieux (Georgia State University),
TBC (Tromso Police)
10:15 – 10:45: Coffee break with light refreshments
10:45 – 11:45: War in the City: Civilian preparedness
Panel discussion & a Q&A session.
The panel will explore the topic of urban resilience, focusing on how civilians can prepare for and respond to conflicts in city environments, strategies and insights on enhancing civilian safety and preparedness in the face of urban warfare and discuss safeguarding our cities and their inhabitants.
Moderator: Dr Karina Larsen
Panelists: Pasi Raatikainen (Helsinki City Rescue Department, Finland), Ole Gunnar Håland (Tromsø kommune)
11:45 – 12:15: Coffee break with light refreshments
12:15 – 13:45: Navigating the Fog: Disinformation and Hybrid Threats
Panel discussion with a Q&A session.
In an era marked by complex and multi-vectoral security challenges, this panel investigates the pervasive issues of disinformation, misinformation, subversion, and hybrid threats. We will explore the mechanisms and impacts of these covert tactics, discussing innovative strategies to detect, counter, and mitigate their effects.
Moderator: Ingeborg Skjelmo
Participants: Dr Miriam Matejova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic/Carleton University, Canada), Thomas Nilsen (The Barents Observer)
13:45 – 14:00: Summary and closure
Unofficial discussions.
Don’t miss out on critical insights that could redefine safety and response measures in our increasingly interconnected world.