Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Meet some of the speakers at the UArctic Congress 2026 and the Ocean Connectivity Conference.

Jorid Hammersland
Deputy Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Swedens Chairship Arctic Council 2027-2029
Christine Creyke
Gwich’in Council International, Permanent Participant of the Arctic Council
Chief Bill Erasmus
Council Member of the Arctic Athabaskan Council
Sylvia Moore
Dean & Associate Professor, UArctic Chair in Indigenous and Northern Education and Vice Chair Verdde Indigenous Education Thematic Network
Sara Olsvig
Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council (2022–2026)
Parnuna Egede Dahl
PhD, Special Advisor, Oceans North Kalaallit Nunaat
Hjálmar Hátún
Senior Researcher at Faroe Marine Research Institute (FAMRI)
Jennifer Spence
Director of the Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Philippe Archambault
Director of the International Research Lab Takuvik, Scientific director of Arctic Net,Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Bogi Eliasen
CEO of Movement Health Foundation
Pál Weihe
Affiliated Professor in Public Health at the University of the Faroe Islands
Katrín Jakobsdóttir
Chair of the Arctic Circle Polar Dialogue, Senior Emissary of Arctic Circle, Prime Minister of Iceland 2017-2024
Costas Kadis
European Commissioner for Oceans and Fisheries