The May 6 youth conference at Katuaq will send its message forward to Future Greenland 2026, as Nuuk prepares for a busy month of Arctic business and policy events.
Nuuk’s May conference calendar is filling quickly, and Greenland Business is placing youth at the front of the conversation before the main and now fully booked Future Greenland 2026 business conference later this month.
Future of Greenland — the youth business conference organized by Greenland Business — will be held May 6 at Katuaq in Nuuk under the theme, “The Future is Greenland – Youth in the Arctic Decade.” The event is designed to bring young people into direct dialogue with Greenland’s business community and political leaders before Future Greenland 2026 convenes May 19–20, also at Katuaq.
Greenland Business says the youth conference will focus on what it means to be young in the Arctic as global attention moves north, with security policy, foreign policy, trade, and international relations increasingly tied to Greenland’s future. The organizers say the day will end with a message to the Future Greenland business conference about what national decision-makers should prioritize.
The May 6 program includes democracy, business responsibility, biology, culture, youth in the Nordic region, tourism entrepreneurship, sports as a path into business, and a political panel with party leaders. Jens-Frederik Nielsen, chairman of Naalakkersuisut, is scheduled to close the day.
The speaker list also gives the youth event a strong political and civic frame. Aaja Chemnitz, who represented Inuit Ataqatigiit in the Danish Parliament from 2015 to 2026 and chaired the Greenland Committee from 2024, is scheduled to speak on what the Arctic has in common. Her background includes service in the Inatsisartut, work as Children’s Ombudsman, leadership in Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq, and Arctic parliamentary work.
Anette Molbech of Arctic Action is also on the program. Her work centers on helping Greenlandic youth speak publicly and develop community-based projects, including through the Traveling Writers’ School in Greenland, Nordrøst, UNLEASH Greenland, and Arctic Action.
Christian Keldsen, director of Greenland Business, will help open the conference and return at the close of the day. Keldsen has led Greenland Business since 2020, after earlier roles including commercial director at Air Greenland and co-founder of Visiobox Consulting in Nuuk.
Morten Nornild, deputy head and chief legal officer at the Danish High Commissioner’s Office in Greenland, is scheduled to speak on democracy. His session asks what democracy means for youth, everyday life, and Greenland’s future development opportunities.
The youth conference comes less than two weeks before Future Greenland 2026, whose main theme is “The Future is Greenland – Business Development in the Arctic Decade.” That larger conference will focus on Greenland’s role in business development, autonomy, trade, foreign policy, security policy, and the growing international attention around the Arctic.
Together, the two events give Nuuk a dense May schedule: first a youth-focused discussion about democracy, opportunity, and responsibility, followed by a national business conference centered on Greenland’s position in a changing Arctic economy.
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