International Symposium
The Role of Non-Arctic States / Actors
in the Arctic Legal Order-Making
7-9 December 2017
Short Summary of the Symposium and photos 
Conference Report by Tony Cabus and Maiko Raita 
Day 1: 7 December 2017, Thursday
Keynote Speech: Koji Sekimizu
"The Polar Code and the Contribution of Non-Arctic States in its Formation and Implementation"
Morning Session: Global Arctic Shipping Governance
Main Speaker: Rasmus Bertelsen
“Transnational Knowledge Networks for Adaptive Global Arctic Shipping Governance”
Alexander Sergunin
Piotr Graczyk
Kentaro Nishimoto
Chin Eng Ang
Afternoon Session: The Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) Fisheries
Main Speaker : Erik Molenaar
“The Five-Plus-Five Process On Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries in The Context of the Evolving International Law Relating to the Sea and the Arctic”
Main Speaker : Elena Kienko (with Alexander N. Vylegzhanin)
“Cooperation of Arctic and Non-Arctic States in Conservation and Management of Marine Living Resources in the Arctic: International Law Issues”
Geir Hønneland
Joji Morishita
Day 2: 8 December 2017, Friday
Keynote Speech: Dalee Dorough
“Our Homeland: The Rights and Role of Arctic Indigenous Peoples”
Morning Session: Non-Arctic Influence on Arctic Customary Laws and Institutions
Main Speakers: Aytalina Ivanova and Florian Stammler
“100 years of Non-Arctic Development in the Arctic: Customs and Institutions of Conflict Management in Extractive Industries in Russia”
Nikolas Sellheim
Afternoon Session: Policy-Relevant-Science within the Context of the Arctic
“How to Make Arctic Marine Scientific Observation “Relevant” to the International Policy Community”
Malgorzata Smieszek
Akiho Shibata
Hajime Kimura
Naomi Harada
Day 3: 9 December 2017, Saturday
Keynote Speech: Keiji Ide
"Challenges for the Arctic Cooperation and Japan's Contribution"
Keynote Speech: Timo Koivurova
“The Current and Future Role of Non-Arctic Actors in Arctic Governance”
Morning Session: The Role of Observers in the Arctic Council
Main Speaker: Sebastian Knecht
“Managing Quantity and Quality of Observer Contributions to the Arctic Council: Insights from AMAP”
Piotr Graczyk
Yuanyuan Ren
Marzia Scopelliti
Afternoon Session: Asian States/Actors in the Arctic Legal Order-making
Main Speaker: Aki Tonami
“The New Political Economic Order in the Making? The Arctic and the Asian States/actors”
Yang Jian
Wonsang Seo
Relevant materials prepared by PCRC