Arctic Futures Symposium 2024

Every autumn since 2010, the International Polar Foundation and its partners have organised a multinational, multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder conference on the Arctic.

Held in Brussels and free of charge to make discussions on Arctic issues accessible to as many Arctic stakeholders as possible, the annual Arctic Futures Symposium brings together local and national policymakers, Arctic indigenous peoples, natural and social scientists, academics, and representatives of industries operating in or with interests in the Arctic.

This year, the Arctic Futures 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 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.