Still icy: Has investing in the Arctic been oversold?
The ice might be melting but megaprojects planned in the Arctic are coming to a grinding halt with dropping oil prices, rising tensions with Russia and America’s new production capabilities. The icy ‘last frontier’ is expensive and hazardous for all industries and stakeholders are weighing the return on their current and future investments. Is commercial interest in the Arctic a bubble about to burst?
In 2015, The Economist Events’ Arctic Summit will return to Oslo, Norway on March 12th 2015.
Topics to be covered include:
- Can the Arctic serve as a reliable alternative transport corridor?
- In-depth country focus: Russia’s evolving strategy and positioning in the Arctic
- New leadership and transition in the Arctic Council: The US approach
- What effect will the sanctions against Russia by US/EU have on the Arctic energy industry?
- Will China benefit from the deterioration in Western-Russian relations in the European Arctic?
High-level industry experts confirmed include:
- Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General, International Chamber of Shipping
- Koji Sekimizu, Secretary General, International Maritime Organisation
- Malte Humpert, Founder and Executive Director, The Arctic Institute
- Artur Chilingarov, Special Representative to the President of the Russian Federation on International Cooperation in the Arctic and Antarctic, Member of the Board of Directors, Rosneft and First Vice-President, Russian Geographical Society
- Tom Paddon, Chair, Arctic Economic Council and Chief Executive Officer, Baffinland
- Julia L. Gourley, Senior Arctic Official, Office of Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
- Erik Vilstrup Lorenzen, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark
- Hannu Halinen, Ambassador, Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland
- Jason E. Box, Professor of Glaciology, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Discussions will be led by the event chair James Astill, Political Editor, The Economist
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