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Session 6 - LIVING RESOURCES; Chair: Anne Gro Vea Salvanes

Nils Christian Stenseth (Department of Biology, University of Oslo): Adapting to climate change: ecological dynamics, evolutionary changes and management adaptations

Mikko Heino (Department of Biology, University of Bergen/Institute of Marine Research): Fishing as an evolutionary driving force: can we design fish populations?

Session 7 - ENERGY RESOURCES; Chair: Jan Sigurd Vaagen

Bent Sørensen (Roskilde University, Denmark); History of energy – impact of technological innovation
Sven Kullander (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and EASAC): Energy-resources and waste in a northern seas perspective

Session 8 - CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT; Chair: Eystein Jansen

Christoph Heinze (Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen/Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research) : The role of the ocean carbon cycle in climate change
Helga Kleiven (Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen): What may cause the “Gulf Stream” to fail?
Frode Vikebø (Institute of Marine Research): Ocean circulation & fish recruitment – is there a risk of collapse if currents change?

Session 9 - ICE COVER AND CHALLENGES; Chair: Olav Eldholm

Jørn Thiede (Alfred Wegner Institute, Bremerhafen): Marine research in the central Arctic: a multitude of challenges
Bjørn Basberg (Norwegian School of Economics): The economic history of the Antarctic

Session 10 - POLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE NORTH; Chair: Lars Walløe

Jonas Gahr Støre (Minister of Foreign affairs, Norway): Managing the High North
Arve Johnsen (First President and CEO of Statoil 1972-88) : The Norwegian petroleum story - policies, technologies, results and perspectives
Rolf Einar Fife (Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway): A law of the seas applied to high latitude regions
Ragnar Axelsson (Iceland): The face of the north – Are we witnessing the last days of the Arctic? (A video show)

Closing Remarks: Lars Walløe, President of Academia Europaea

Conference dinner at Bergen Maritime Museum: See Bergen and Social Events Report