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THE THOR HEYERDAHL INSTITUTE In honour of Thor Heyerdahl – bridge builder, challenger and boundary breaker An institute that refmects the visions of Thor Heyerdahl Larvik, Norway

WHAT IS THE MISSION OF THE THOR HEYERDAHL INSTITUTE? The Institute aims to continue and develop the ideas and principles of Thor Heyerdahl within the areas of • interdisciplinary research • international dialogue/multi-cultural collaboration • protection of the global environment

WHAT IS THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY? The Institute has organised The Thor Heyerdahl International Day eight times (2006, 2007 , 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014), each year with an international guest lecturer talking on a relevant global theme.

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2006 Programme Theme GLOBAL IDENTITY Lecture IS MANKIND STILL MOVING FORWARDS? Author Amin Maalof, France/Lebanon

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2007 Theme THE POLAR REGIONS Lecture THE POLAR REGIONS AND THEIR IMPACT ON GLOBAL ECOLOGY; THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE DANGERS Dr. Robert Corell, USA Director of the Heinz Center and Senior Policy Fellow for The American Meteorological Society

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2008 Theme INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE WORLD Lecture THE INUIT OF THE CIRCUMPOLAR REGION IN A CHALLENGING WORLD – INUIT OF CANADA– INUIT IN THE Dr. Mary May Simon, Canada INTERNATIONAL FORA President of the Canadian Inuit organisation

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAYS 2009 Theme THE ENVIRONMENT The Thor heyerdahl InTernaTIonal dayS 2009 larvIk 28–29 oCTober Lectures held by international guest lecturer Dr. Robert Corell (USA), Thor Heyerdahl Professor Arild Vatn , Bellona leader Frederic Hauge , as well as a number of representatives from private enterprises

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2010 Theme PROTECTION OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT e r t i l n v i t e r n u i o g n t t u t e l i n s t i l r d a h a h h e y e d t h o r r t h e y e e h r h o T e 0 h 0 1 T 2 y a d a l n o T I n a r e n T I B e R K t O M 2 7 . O i h e d 1 6 . 0 0 n 0 . 0 0  R O K l . 1 t i Lectures held by international guest lecturer, Tom Steinberg (UK), Thor Heyerdahl Professor Arild Vatn (UMB), Professor Edgar Hertwich (NTNU) and Thor Heyerdahl Jr .

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2012 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “OUR THIRSTY PLANET”, PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, USA. THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2012 Theme OUR THIRSTY PLANET THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL SPEECH 2012, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24 AT 11.15 AM IN PLU’S UNIVERSITY CENTER: WATER AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN CIVILIZATION: Professor Terje Tvedt, University of Bergen, Norway SOME PERSPECTIVES

THE THOR HEYERDAHL INTERNATIONAL DAY 2014 Theme SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Professor Mohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan Lecture physicist, academic and economist with a focus on energy, A PRACTICAL TRANSDISCIPLINARY water resources, sustainable development and climate change. FRAMEWORK FOR GLOBAL He was the Vice-Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL on Climate Change (IPCC-AR4), which shared the 2007 Nobel SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINOMICS Peace Prize with former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore. Munasinghe is the Chairman of the Munasinghe Institute for Development. Currently he is a Professor of Sustainable Development at the Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester, and Institute Professor at the Vale Sustainable Development Institute, Federal University of Para, Brazil. He also serves on the board of directors of Green Cross International and is a member of the Club of Rome.

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