April 24 (Thursday)

09:00-09:10    Opening Remarks

YANG Jian, Vice President, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS)

 Leiv Lunde, Director, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI)

 09:10-10:30 Session One: The Arctic Governance: mission and evolution (1)

Chair: Leiv Lunde

Speakers:

Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara

Adaptive Governance for a Changing Arctic   

YANG Jian, SIIS

The Arctic Governance and the Interactions between Arctic and Non-Arctic Countries

Olav Schram Stokke, FNI 

Asian Stakeholders, Arctic Governance

Discussion

10:45-12:00 Session Two: The Arctic Governance: mission and evolution (2)    

Chair: Oran Young  

Speakers: ｛12 minutes for each presentation｝

Lassi Heininen, the Arctic Centre, Lappland, Finland

New Dynamics of the Globalized Arctic and its Global Implications

Leiv Lunde, FNI

Asia’s role in Arctic affairs towards 2030 – opportunities and challenges for Arctic governance

HE Jianfeng, PRIC 

The Role of PAG under IASC and Asian Forum of Polar Science

Nam Seung-Il, Korea Polar Research Institute, Seoul,

KOPRI Research Program in the Western Arctic Ocean Using  ‘ibrv araon’

Discussion

13:30-15:00 Session Three: The Development of the Arctic Natural Resources and Infrastructures and Asian Interests (1)

Chair: YANG Jian, SIIS

Speakers: ｛12 minutes for each presentation｝

Arild Moe, FNI 

Shipping in the Arctic – opportunities and challenges for Asia

SHOU Jianmin, Shanghai Maritime University and ZHANG Xia, PRIC

The Logistics Data Analysis and Prediction of the Arctic Shipping

Kim Jong-Deog, Korea Maritime Institute 

Findings and Challenges of North Pacific Arctic Conference

ZOU Leilei, Shanghai Ocean University 

A Comparative Study of Russian and Canadian shipping Policies

Discussion

15:15-17:00  Session Four: The Development of the Arctic Natural Resources and

Infrastructures and Asian Interests (2)

Chair: YANG Jian, SIIS

Speakers:

ZHA Daojiong, Peking University   

An Sketch of China’s Natural Gas Industry Dynamics

Dmitiry Sergeevich Tulupov, School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University

Russia’s Arctic Cooperation with China, Japan and Korea

CHEN Gang, East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore

Asian Economic Interests in the Arctic – perspective from Singapore

Egill Thor Nielsson, Visiting Scholar at the Polar Research Institute of China and Executive Secretary of the China-Nordic Arctic Research Center  

Iceland-China FTA and Their Cooperation in the Arctic

DENG Beixi, PRIC  

A Briefing of China-Nordic Arctic Research Center (CNARC)

Discussion讨论

April 25 (Friday)

09:00-10:30 Session Five: Geopolitics of the Arctic: Perspectives of Asian and Arctic states (1)

Chair: Arild Moe, FNI 

Speakers: ｛12 minutes for each presentation｝

Fujio Ohnishi, College of International Relations, Nihon University, Japan

Japan's Arctic Policy Development: from engagement to a strategy

ZHANG Pei, SIIS 

The Arctic States Attitudes towards Asian Involvement

Iselin Stensdal, FNI 

Mining the Arctic: Asian interests and opportunities

Njord Wegge, FNI 

Governance and ownership of the Arctic Ocean - the living resources and the continental shelf

Discussion

10:45-11:45 Session Six:  Geopolitics of the Arctic: Perspectives of Asian and Arctic states (2)

Chair: Arild Moe, FNI  

Speakers: ｛12 minutes for each presentation｝

Christopher Weidacher Hsiung, Centre on Asian Security, Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies   

High North: High Politics or Low Tension?  An Assessment of Cooperation and Conflict in the Arctic

Uttam Sinha,  Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis, New Dehli

India’s Arctic Attention

CHENG Baozhi, SIIS

The Arctic Governance Networks among Nordic and European Countries: some lessons for the Arctic cooperation among Asian nations

GONG Keyu, SIIS

South Korea’s National Policy and Activities Related to the Arctic

Discussion

11:45-12:00        Conclusion 

Leiv Lunde, FNI

YANG Jian, SIIS