Call for Applications: Baltic Sea Youth Dialogue, 20-26 Nov 2017, Helsinki and St Petersburg

Baltic Sea Youth Dialogue Is this you? Studying to be a teacher. Between 20-30 years old. Interested in history and regional cooperation in the Baltic Sea. Ready to learn, discuss topics linked to the history & current affairs in the Baltic Sea Region and meet new people with similar interests. Come from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway,Poland, …

NPE symposium 2017: Political Arctic/Arctic Political, Finland

Date: 26-27 September 2017Venue: Loma-Vietonen (Ylitornio), Finland The 7th symposium will address this year political aspects of life in the Arctic as well as the Arctic life as an object of politics, even in the academia. Life in the Arctic has become politicized in many ways due to the effects and challenges posed by climate change, industrialization, urbanization and globalization …

Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit 2017, Oulu Finland

2nd Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit 2017 14th and 15th June 2017 Oulu, Finland The 2nd Arctic Economic Council (AEC) Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit will convene representatives of business, technology, science and decision-makers to discuss the role of connectivity in developing a safe, competent and interconnected Arctic. This year’s Summit follows the inaugural Top of …

‘A sustainable Arctic – innovative approaches’ in Oulu, Finland

The European Commission, together with European External Action Service and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, will co-host the high-level event “A sustainable Arctic – innovative approaches”, to take place in Oulu (Finland) on 15-16 June 2017 (starting on 15 June afternoon and finishing on 16 June afternoon). Following the publication of the Joint Communication on an integrated European Union …

CfP: Political Arctic/Arctic Political

NORTHERN POLITICAL ECONOMY SYMPOSIUM 2017 Loma-Vietonen, Ylitornio, 26-27 September, 2017 First call for papers 11.4.2017 Political Arctic/Arctic Political The 7th symposium will address this year political aspects of life in the Arctic as well as the Arctic life as an object of politics, even in the academia. Life in the Arctic has become politicized in many ways due to the …

Arctic Business Forum in Kemi, Finland

The 8th Arctic Business Forum will be organized 17. – 18.5.2017 at Kemi Finland, the capital of Arctic Industry. The theme for this year’s forum is Industry, Innovations & Investments in the Arctic region. While embracing the economic cooperation between the Arctic countries, the forum offers also valuable information about the possibilities and future investment potential of the Arctic region …

Porokello project aims to reduce reindeer accidents in half by 2020

Coordinated by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment in Lapland, Finland, Porokello project is launching a new service for road users to reduce reindeer accidents. Finland’s designated reindeer herding area covers 36% of the country’s total landscape and sees as many as 4000 accidents occurring on Finland’s roads and railways occur per year. A variety of actions …

Nordic welfare research: Inequalities in health and public health policy

The Nordic Welfare Centre is an institution under the Nordic Council of Ministers. Its mission is to enhance social policy work in the Nordic countries through education, public information, research and development, networking and international co-operation. The institution has now published its first issue of a research magazine “Nordisk välfärdsforskning”. The magazine site is in Norwegian but following English articles can be …

Slush Music brings music industry and tech together

Along with the Slush community of tech-heads and investors, Slush Music will help the music industry entrepreneurs forward more extensively than ever. The two day program will feature keynotes, fireside chats, roundtable discussions, fierce duels, and networking. Read more on the Slush Music website. Slush startup and tech event is the largest in Nordics and takes place on Nov 20th-Dec …