II Interregional Scientific Forum The Arctic

Forum Goal and Objectives

To produce a comprehensive, up-to-date assessment of the situation in the European part of the Arctic region and to develop recommendations for federal and regional authorities, as well as for the scientific, expert and business communities.

Security and International Cooperation

To identify the key challenges and factors shaping the political, economic and military confrontation between the West and Russia in Northern Europe and the adjacent Western Arctic, and to examine prospects for international Arctic cooperation with interested states.

Science, Technology and Interregional Cooperation

To review the main priorities for scientific and technological development in the Arctic regions of the Northwestern Federal District through 2035, and to propose approaches for their implementation with regional involvement. To identify priority areas and possible forms of interregional economic and scientific-technological cooperation.

The forum will bring together leading Russian and international scientists and experts, representatives of federal and regional authorities, local governments of Arctic municipalities, public organizations, the business community, and the media.

Organizing Committee

Voronin Anatoly Viktorovich

Rector of PetrSU, Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Parfenchikov Artur Olegovich

Head of the Republic of Karelia, Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Shandalovich Ellisan Vladimirovich

Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee

Sergeev Andrey Sergeevich

First Deputy Head of the Republic of Karelia—Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia

Yermolayev Oleg Alexandrovich

Member of the Government of the Republic of Karelia—Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Republic of Karelia for Economic Affairs

Astakhova Svetlana Evgenyevna