The Vestnorden Travel Mart is a joint project of the Greenlandic, Faroese and Icelandic tourist boards. The honour of holding the event rotates between the countries and this year Greenland is in charge of presenting the show, which will be in Copenhagen on 16 and 17 September. The choice of location on the European mainland ensures that buyers and exhibitors are all able to reach the venue easily. Read the full story

David Oddsson, former head of the Central Bank of Iceland (CBI), gave a controversial speech to the Independence Party conference on Saturday. In the speech Oddsson accused his replacement Svein Harald Oygard of either lying or suffering from a very serious case of Alzheimer’s disease. Read the full story

The national conferences of both the Independence and the Social Democratic parties are taking place this weekend and come at a critical time, less than a month before the general election. Read the full story

The fourth annual RIMC (Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference) took place on Friday at the Grand Hotel Reykjavik. Despite selling out, the conference maintained a fairly intimate feel and its line up of international speakers instantly got positive feedback from the approximately 150 guests in attendance. Read the full story

Greenland, the host nation for the 6th International Cold Climate Conference, is an apt choice for this important summit that brings together climate experts from some of the planet’s coldest areas to discuss ways to make inhabitants’ lives better. From 16 to 19 March, around 100 engineers, researchers, architects and entrepreneurs will descend on Sisimiut to talk about all things cold. Read the full story

After spending last year in Argentina, the Greenland Dialogue will return to its home country of Denmark this summer. Denmark’s Climate and Energy Ministry confirmed to the AP news agency that the unique climate-centred conference will be held in the Danish town of Ilulissat at the end of July. Read the full story

The University of Tromso in northern Norway is hosting the 3rd annual Arctic Frontiers conference, which is designed to discuss changes in the Arctic region involving oil and gas management and the environment. This year’s conference is titled “Oil and Gas – Political, Social and Scientific Challenges in the Arctic.” Read the full story

Preparations are already underway for the annual Reykjavik Internet Marketing Conference and Expo, and the organisers have already announced the date for the conference in 2009. Read the full story

SMX Search Marketing Expos offer a wide selection of workshops, discussions and networking opportunities for industry professionals who want to keep ahead in the rapidly changing world of search marketing.

Organisers of this year’s London SMX event recently announced that Microsoft will be delivering the opening keynote session.

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Employees from many of Actavis Group‘s diverse departments worldwide will be present at this year’s annual CPhI conference, which is held in Frankfurt, Germany, from today until 2 October.

Medis – Actavis’ third party sales division — had its own stand at the CPhI exhibition for 8 years, but shared the floor with Actavis Group last year for the first time. Actavis and Medis employees will take part in the CPhI conference, the world’s leading pharmaceutical trade conference, now in its 19th year.

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