Industry Outlook: Status, Trends and Regional Updates

09:00 Welcome and Keynote
Frigg Jørgensen, Executive Director, AECO
Wybcke Meier, CEO, TUI Cruises

09:40 Geographical Updates
Marie Korsvoll, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Justice
and Public Security, Government of Norway

Sigurður Jökull Ólafsson
Managing Director, Cruise Iceland

Salik Hard, Senior Advisor, Goverment of Greenland

Christopher Gerlach, Manager, Tourism Development,
Government of Nunavut

11:00 COFFEE BREAK

11:30 Statistics and Overview of AECO’s Operational Area
Troels Jacobsen, Field Operations Manager, AECO

Community Well-Being: What Does Good Tourism Look Like?

11:45 Community Engagement
Laura Macfarlane, Senior Voyage Manager, Lindblad Expeditions, and Chair, AECO’s Community Engagement Committee

11:50 Staying with the Trouble: Strengthening Community Relationships with Arctic Expedition Cruising
Carina Ren, Associate Professor, Aalborg University

12:10 How does Cruise Tourism Affect Community Well-Being? Evidence from a Participatory Process in East Greenland
Flavio Picone, Environmental Scientist and Sustainability Consultant

12:30 LUNCH
Supported by Quark Expeditions

One Ship, Two Footprints: Underwater Noise and GHG Emissions in Arctic Operations

13:30 Quieter Seas, Cleaner Waters: AECO’s Project on Underwater Noise and Wastewater
Mark van der Hulst, Project Lead, AECO

13:40 Sound-Cruising in Svalbard: How Stationary Expedition Operations Alter Arctic Marine Soundscapes
Heidi Ahonen, Norwegian Polar Institute
Fabienne Mannherz, Aarhus University

14:00 What if Quieter Ships are Greener Ships? Exploring the Connection Between Underwater Noise and GHG Emissions
Per Trøjgård Andersen, Technical Lead, Engineering Dynamics, Lloyd’s Register Advisory Services DK

14:20 COFFEE BREAK

14:50 Panel: From Science to the Bridge: How Do We Turn Knowledge into Practical Action?
Heidi Ahonen, Norwegian Polar Institute
Fabienne Mannherz, Aarhus University
Per Trøjgård Andersen, Lloyd’s Register Advisory Services DK
Claus A. Andersen, Interim COO at HX Expeditions

Moderator:
Mark van der Hulst

15:15 Digging for Monsters from the Time of Dinosaurs: Lessons from Field Science on Building Relationships With Communities
Jørn Hurum, Professor in Paleontology, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Looking Ahead: Reflections and Networking

15:45 Conference Wrap-Up
Maarten van der Duijn Schouten, AECO’s Executive Committee

16:00 NETWORKING AND DRINKS
Sponsored by Coop Svalbard