Arctic Six Extended: Forum on Arctic security

Date: 28 April, 2025

Location: UiT in Tromsø

Language: English

The Arctic Six invites you to join the Arctic Six Extended to a seminar, called “Forum on Arctic security: total defence in the Nordic Arctic – perspectives from Sweden, Norway, and Finland”.

The forum aims to encourage dialogue between academia and stakeholders to strengthen cooperation and co-create solutions to ensure the safety, resilience, and prosperity of the Arctic for future generations. Together, we will explore current research and issues, and find ways to cooperate.

Program

Key topics include Arctic security and geopolitics, cyber security and communication in the Arctic, critical infrastructures: energy, transport, and logistics across borders.

NB: A list of panel participants will be published at a later date.

Preliminary program

10:00 Coffee

10:30 Welcome

10:40 Total defence in the new geopolitical situation in the Arctic

Keynotes on total defence in the Nordic Arctic: what does it include?

11:20 Panel: military defence and civil society

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Cyber security and communication in the Arctic

14:00 Critical infrastructures: energy, transport, and logistics across borders

15:00 Concluding remarks

15:30 Formal transfer of leadership to UiT, of the Arctic Six Directorate

The Arctic Six is a partnership between Luleå University of Technology, Umeå University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Nord University, the University of Lapland, and the University of Oulu, and together we aim to lead the way on Arctic issues.

Through this alliance we advance and share knowledge, develop education, undertake research, and create innovations for the development of our region and a sustainable Arctic.

Arctic Six Extended is a framework designed to go beyond academia in order to strengthen collaboration with regional actors and stakeholders in northern Sweden, Norway and Finland, such as state authorities, companies and local communities.