Norwegian-Dutch Arctic research and its relevance for climate change.
|1315||Welcome by Director of UNIS, Odd Arve Misund|
|1320 - 1330||Welcome from Maarten Loonen, SEES project leader|
(Setting the scene, Significance of SEES, Why Spitsbergen)
|1330 - 1340||Contribution from Kim Holmen, International Director, Norwegian Polar Institute
|1340 – 1345||Minister Koenders|
|1345 - 1415||Panel discussion hosted by Ambassador ten Tusscher (2 Norwegian, 2 Dutch) incl. questions to panel from the floor|
|1415||Break, minister and delegation leave|
|1430 - 1515||Contributions of Norwegian scientists, about links between their science and Dutch research|
Thor Larsen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences,
Norway's former polar bear researcher, who stimulated the Dutch 1968 wintering, about the effect of climate change on polar bears
Susan Bar, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage and president of the International Arctic Science Committee IASC, about polar cultural heritage and archeology.
Geir Wing Gabrielsen, Norwegian Polar Institute about bird studies on pollution
|1515 - 1600||1 minute presentations from scientists in the SEES expedition about their project during the expedition.|
|1600 - 1700||Reception in the Svalbard Museum hosted by the Netherlands Embassy in Oslo|