The main symposium will take place on December 2nd and 3rd at the Residence Palace, located at Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 155, 1040 Brussels, Belgium.

Side events to the symposium will take place until Wednesday, December 4th. 

This year's Symposium will focus on:

  • The Arctic Council: A Practical Vision Moving Forward
  • Transatlantic Cooperation in the Arctic in 2025 and Beyond
  • Keeping the Arctic an Area of Low Tension
  • Building and Maintaining an Arctic Workforce and Resilient Arctic
    Communities
  • Innovation and Regional Collaboration to Meet Arctic Challenges
    Sustainably
  • Critical Raw Materials and Resource Supply Chains: Tensions and
    Trade-offs

The Arctic Futures Symposium promises to deliver lively discussions on Arctic issues. You may register for the symposium on the Arctic Futures Symposium website. You may also find at the confirmed speakers and draft outline of the programme on the website.

Side events
An event on Sustainable Ocean Development and the Green Transition hosted by Arctic Frontiers and the University of Bergen will be held at NH Carrefour de l'Europe Hotel in Brussels city centre. Further details about this side event and other side events will be posted on the Arctic Futures Symposium website as they becomes available.

NB: Registration for the Arctic Futures Symposium does not automatically guarantee access to all symposium side events. Registration for each side event must be done separately by the organiser of that side event.

Contact us

Please don't hesitate to contact us at events@polarfoundation.org if you have any questions about the symposium, or if you have difficulties registering.

You are welcome to forward this invitation to those in your network of professional contacts who may be interested in Arctic issues.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Arctic Futures Symposium in early December!