BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:12812f4f1e9c6034e564101e57035000 CATEGORIES:Polar Conferences, Meetings and Events CREATED:20190606T134727 SUMMARY:Arctic Awareness Week LOCATION:Rome\, Italy DESCRIPTION:The Arctic Awareness Week consists of the international symposium “Arctic C onnections: A trust-building Arctic cooperation on Energy, Security and Blu e Economy” (October 1) and the youth event "ZeroHackathon: Oceans and Polar Connections" (October 2-4).\nThe international symposium “Arctic Connectio ns: A trust-building Arctic cooperation on Energy, Security and Blue Econom y” (October 1) brings together Arctic Council States and Observers to discu ss pressing issues relating to sustainable development through Arctic infra structure and communication, national interests and energy opportunities. T he blue economy will also be part of the Conference, as a “blue thinking” a pproach that looks at eco-sustainability and renewable resources as an ocea n of possibilities for the benefit of social and economic growth. The aim o f the conference is to create synergies between the human population and en vironmental reactions, with a specific focus on the Arctic region. In addit ion to scientific cooperation, the Observer States, like Italy, can play a key role in raising awareness beyond the Arctic Circle and drawing attentio n to the importance Arctic climate change, and how it can affect areas outs ide of the Arctic. Climate change can be faced only through a sustainable d evelopment approach that includes practical aspects such as energy, securit y and blue economy. The symposium is jointly organized by Italian Society f or International Organization (https://www.uarctic.org/member-profiles/non- arctic/36472/italian-society-for-international-organization) SIOI and the R oyal Norwegian Embassy in Italy, in collaboration with the Nord University High Nort h Center for Business and Governance.\nFor more information, visit www.sioi .org (https://www.sioi.org/). \n"ZeroHackathon: Oceans and Polar Connection s" (October 2-4) is an event aimed at youth participation. Youth are invite d to develop innovative, high-impact ideas and projects to promote internat ional cooperation, raising awareness on the most pressing issues related to oceans and poles, strengthening resilience of multi-scale changes, address ing the rapidly changing climate and the consequences of pollution, improvi ng a safe and secure use of marine protected areas and the Arctic and Antar ctic resources.\nFor more information, visit the official website of #ZeroH ackathon at www.rom unsioi.org/zerohackathon-2019.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Arctic Awareness Week consists of the international symposium “ Arctic Connections: A trust-building Arctic cooperation on Energy, Security and Blue Economy” (October 1) and the youth event "ZeroHackathon: Oceans a nd Polar Connections" (October 2-4).

The international symposium  ;“Arctic Connections: A trust-building Arctic cooperation on Energy , Security and Blue Economy” (October 1) brings together Arct ic Council States and Observers to discuss pressing issues relating to sust ainable development through Arctic infrastructure and communication, nation al interests and energy opportunities. The blue economy will also be part o f the Conference, as a “blue thinking” approach that looks at eco-sustainab ility and renewable resources as an ocean of possibilities for the benefit of social and economic growth. The aim of the conference is to create syner gies between the human population and environmental reactions, with a speci fic focus on the Arctic region. In addition to scientific cooperation, the Observer States, like Italy, can play a key role in raising awareness beyon d the Arctic Circle and drawing attention to the importance Arctic climate change, and how it can affect areas outside of the Arctic. Climate change c an be faced only through a sustainable development approach that includes p ractical aspects such as energy, security and blue economy. The symposium i s jointly organized by Italian Society for Inte rnational Organization SIOI and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ita ly, in collaboration with the Nord University High North Center for Busine ss and Governance.

For more information, visit www.sioi.org. 

"ZeroHackathon: Oceans and Polar Connections" (October 2-4) is an event aimed at yo uth participation. Youth are invited to develop innovative, high-impact ide as and projects to promote international cooperation, raising awareness on the most pressing issues related to oceans and poles, strengthening resilie nce of multi-scale changes, addressing the rapidly changing climate and the consequences of pollution, improving a safe and secure use of marine prote cted areas and the Arctic and Antarctic resources.

For more informati on, visit the official website of #ZeroHackathon at www.romunsioi.org/zerohackathon-2019< /a>.

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