Program
The Future is Greenland: Business in the Arctic Decade
Katuaq, Nuuk: 19-20th May 2026
Tuesday May 19th, 2026
| 07:30-08:25 | Registration at Katuaq Cultural Centre | |
| 08:25-08:30 | Animated welcome | |
| 08:30-08:40 | Welcome to the Future Greenland conference Christian Keldsen, CEO, Greenland Business Association | DAN |
| 08:40-09:00 | Greenland one year after the election: Where are we off to? Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Prime Minister, Naalakkersuisut Krissie Berthelsen Winberg, Chair, Greenland Business Association | DAN |
| 09:00-09:20 | Greetings from the future Arctic Action & Youth Participants | DAN |
| 09:20-09:40 | The value of relationships - 40 years of EU-Greenland partnership EU Commissioner [TBC] | ENG |
| 09:40-10:00 | The Arctic Council Kenneth Høegh, Arctic Ambassador | DAN |
| 10:00-10:20 | Networking and coffe break | |
| 10:20-10:45 | Business Development in a new world order Lars Sandahl Sørensen, CEO, Danish Industry (DI) | DAN |
| 10:45-11:10 | The Blue Economy of the Faroe Islands Høgni Høydahl, MP Faroese Parliament (E) | |
| 11:10-11:45 | Business in Greenland with a Danish twist… Naaja Nathanielsen, Minister for Trade, Raw Materials, Energy etc. (IA) Morten Bødskov, Minister for Industry, Business and Financial Affairs (S) | DAN |
| 11:45-12:15 | Panel discussion Panellists from the morning session Moderated by Merete Lindstrøm & Maja Motzfeldt-Haahr | |
| 12:15-13:30 | Lunch & Networking | |
| 13:45-15:15 | Side events, choose 1 out of 4, see descripstions here | |
| 13:45-15:15 | Side Events: 1) Greenland in the Arctic Decade 2) Greenland´s untapped AI potential 3) When companies invest in the community 4) Investing our way to the future | ENG DK DK DK |
| 15:15-15:45 | Networking and coffee break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Political Round table Party leaders: Múte B. Egede (IA) Jens-Frederik Nielsen (D) Aqqalu Jerimiassen (A) Pele Broberg (N) Aleqa Hammond (S) Moderated by Merete Lindstrøm & Maja Motzfeldt-Haahr | KAL |
| 16:30-17:00 | What we need to understand about the US Rufus Gifford, former US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark | ENG |
| 17:00-17:15 | Presentation of the Bank of Greenland´s entrepreneurship prize 2026 [TBA] | KAL DAN |
| 17:15-17:20 | Thank you, Day 1 – See you tomorrow Christian Keldsen, CEO, Greenland Business Association | DAN |
| 18:00-19:30 | Networking Reception @ Hotel Hans Egede |
| 08:30-08:40. | Welcome to Day 2 – What happened yesterday? Christian Keldsen, CEO, Greenland Business Association | DAN |
| 08:40-09:00 | Critical minerals in the world right now Naaja Nathanielsen, Minister for Trade, Raw Materials, Energy etc. (IA) Mira Kleist, Director and Head of Greenland practice, Kaya Partners EU Commissioner [TBC] | ENG |
| 09:00-09:20 | The Greenlandic Settlement structure – what questions should we be asking? Torben M. Andersen, Greenland´s Financial Council Merete Lindstrøm, Journalist | DAN |
| 09:20-09:50 | Political Roundtable – The Mayors – Regional development, investments and urbanisation The mayors from the 5 municipalities | KAL |
| 09:50-10:20 | Networking and coffee break | |
| 10:20-10:40 | Arctic Parliamentarism and business development in the Arctic Aaja Chemnitz, Member of Parliament; Folketinget (IA) [TBA] | ENG |
| 10.40-11:00 | China in the Arctic Camilla Tenna Nørup Sørensen, Danish Defence Academy Alexander Dalziel, MacDonald Laurier Institute, Canada [TBC] | ENG |
| 11:00-11:20 | Greenland at the centre of the Arctic dispute Aqqaluk Lynge, former politician (IA) | ENG |
| 11:20-11:40 | Nothing about Greenland without Google Signe Ravn Højgaard, CEO, Thinktank Digital Infrastructure | DAN |
| 11:40-12:00 | Crypto-mining and possibilities in Greenland Helle Binzer, Consultant | DAN |
| 12:00-13:15 | Networking lunch | |
| 13:20-13:40 | The view from Paris [TBC] | |
| 13:40-14:00 | Hostile state influencing in a turbulent world Janis Sarts, Director of NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence | ENG |
| 14:40-14:30 | The Ambassadors´ Lounge Christophe Parisot, French Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Jens Heinrich [TBA] | ENG |
| 14:30-15:00 | Networking and coffee break | |
| 15:00-16:30 | Side events, choose 1 out of 4, see descripstions here | |
| Side Events: 1) Hybrid Warfare in the Arctic – the threat and how we counter It 2) The Role of the Business Community in the "Rigsfællesskabet" 2.0 3) Trade Barriers across the Inuit Homeland – How do we unlock the opportunities? 4) Regenerative Tourism in the Arctic – From Growth to Regenerative Value Creation in Greenland | DAN DAN ENG ENG | |
| 16:30-16:45 | Networking and coffee break | |
| 16:45-17:10 | [TBD] [TBD] | DAN |
| 17:10-17:20 | Thank you 2026 – Future Greenland 2028 Christian Keldsen, CEO, Greenland Business Association | |
| 17:20-19:00 | Closing reception @ Katuaq |
