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 Masaana Egede, CEO and Editor-in-Chief, Sermitsiaq | 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) Nick Bæk Heilmann, Senior Associate, Kaya Partners EU Commissioner [TBC] | ENG |
| 09:00-09:20 | Hostile state influencing in a turbulent world Janis Sarts, Director of NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence | ENG |
| 09:20-09:40 | The Greenlandic Settlement structure – what questions should we be asking? Torben M. Andersen, Chair of the Economic Council in Greenland Merete Lindstrøm, Journalist | DAN |
| 09:40-10:10 | Political Roundtable – The Mayors – Regional development, investments and urbanisation The mayors from the 5 municipalities | KAL |
| 10:10-10:40 | Networking and coffee break | |
| 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 Hanne Fugl Eskjær, Danish Ambassador to France and Monaco | ENG |
| 13:40-14:00 | Arctic Parliamentarism and business development in the Arctic Aaja Chemnitz, Member of Parliament; Folketinget (IA) [TBA] | ENG |
| 14:40-14:30 | The Ambassadors´ Lounge Christophe Parisot, French Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Dave Vosen, Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Carolyn Bennett, Canadian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark Jens Heinrich, Head of the Greenland Representation in Copenhagen [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 | ENG 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 |
