Speakers
Aaja is Chair of the Arctic Parliamentarians and has been a member of the Danish Parliament since 2015 for Inuit Ataqatigiit (IA). She is a former member of Inatsisartut, Children’s Ombudsperson, Director in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, and served as an Associate Expert at the United Nations in New York.
Anette works as an initiator on projects that empower Greenlandic youth to speak up for themselves.
She runs the Traveling Writers’ School in Greenland together with author Niviaq Korneliussen and, in collaboration with RØST.dk, initiated Nordrøst, which teaches young people in the North Atlantic to give public speeches.
Anette helped organize UNLEASH Greenland in 2022 and continues to work on implementing UNLEASH innovation methods in Greenland.
In 2020, she founded Arctic Action to support youth in developing innovative solutions for a meaningful life through community-based projects, primarily in Greenland.
Christian Keldsen has been the Director of Greenland Business since November 1, 2020. He previously served as Commercial Director at Air Greenland and is a co-founder of the consulting firm Visiobox Consulting in Nuuk, which specializes in leadership and strategy development for the public and private sectors.
He holds a law degree (cand.jur.) and serves as Honorary Consul for England and Northern Ireland.
“The one who sleeps in a democracy wakes up in a dictatorship!” – the warning is clear. But what does this mean for youth and everyday life in Greenland today—and for the future? What is democracy, and what role does it play in a country’s future and development opportunities?
Be critical and take responsibility—for yourself, your generation, and your country.
Morten Nornild is Deputy Head and Chief Legal Officer at the Danish High Commissioner’s Office in Greenland and an adjunct lecturer at the University of Greenland’s Faculty of Law. As an educator and legal officer, it has long been part of his role to identify and develop Greenland’s future talented lawyers. Morten Nornild has authored several legal articles and teaching materials related to Greenland.
