Public Colloquium & Discussion in the framework of the project "FACE-IT", led by the University of Bremen.
Moderation: Simon Jungblut (Marine Botany, University of Bremen, Germany).
4:00 pm "Researching the changing Arctic: The EU Project FACE-IT"
Kai Bischof (Marine Botany, University of Bremen, Germany)
4:15 pm "Setting the stage: The changing Arctic"
Jean-Pierre Gattuso (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université – CNRS, Villefranche sur Mer, France)
4:30 pm Greenland
moderation: Thomas Juul-Pedersen (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, Nuuk, Greenland)
1) "Recent regime shift in the plankton ecosystem of Nuup Kangerlua"
Tobias Vonnahme (Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland Climate Research Centre, Nuuk, Greenland)
2) "Challenge or opportunity? -The impact of climate change on the West Greenland fish stocks"
Mikael Sejr (Arctic Research Centre, University of Aarhus, Denmark)
3) "Climate change and transitions in Greenlandic communities"
Lill Rastad Bjørst (Centre for Innovation and Research in Culture and Living in the Arctic, Aalborg University, Denmark)
5:30 pm Coffee Break
6:00 pm Svalbard
moderation: Janne E. Søreide (University Centre in Svalbard UNIS, Longyearbyen, Norway)
1) "Experimentally simulating the resilience of arctic kelp to future climate change in Svalbard"
Cale Miller (Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche, Sorbonne Université – CNRS, Villefranche sur Mer, France)
2) "Plastic-fantastic or gone-baby-gone? – Arctic endemic marine mammals and climate change"
Kit Kovacs (Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway)
3) Tourism in a changing climate: Adapting to climate change and new regulations in Svalbard
Ranghild Freng Dale (Western Norway Research Institute, Sogndal, Norway)
7:00 pm Plenary Discussion: "Arctic fjords without ice – Relevant beyond the Arctic?"
Geir Wing Gabrielsen (Norwegian Polar Institute, Tromsø, Norway)
Grete Hovelsrud (Nordland Research Institute, Bodø, Norway)
Annika Nilsson (Nordland Research Institute, Bodø, Norway)
7:30 pm Closing & Drinks
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Meeting: 16:00 o'clock - 19:30 o'clock.
Haus der Wissenschaft.
- Entrance: free. A cooperation with the University of Bremen and the EU project FACE-IT (www.face-it-project.eu).