Securing the Blue North: Ocean Industries in a Shifting Security Landscape

While the conference highlights geopolitical risk and defence strategies, this session brings in the perspective of those who keep society running day-to-day – shipping, fisheries, ports, and critical maritime infrastructure - thereby linking the debates of the main conference on Arctic security with the realities of ocean-based industries operating in the north.

Tentative program

15:00–15:05 | Welcome

Andreas Raspotnik, High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University

15:05–15:20 | Scene-setter

Jan-Gunnar Winther, Senter for hav og Arktis in conversation with Marianne Sivertsen Næss (tbc), Minister of Fisheries and Ocean Policy, Norway

15:20–16:00 | Panel Discussion: Are Ocean-Based Industries Prepared for the New Security Environment?

Aim: Bring together voices from different ocean-based sectors to explore preparedness, government support, and daily impact in a shifting security landscape.

Panelists:

Morten Albertsen, Båtsfjord havn

Aud Nistov, Offshore Norway

Hanna Bakke-Jensen, Norwegian Fishermen’s Association

Arve Dimmen, Norwegian Coastal Administration

16:00–16:10 | Closing & Forward Look