09:00 Registration & coffee
Countries presentations
10:00-10:30 Faroe Islands | by Jens Ivan í Gerðinum
10:30-11:00 Iceland | by Eyjólfur Bjarnason
11:00-11:30 The Norwegian Sheep Model | by Borghild Hillestad
11:30-12:00 Greenland | by Henrik Frederiksen
12:00-12:45 Lunch
12:45:13:15 Finland | by Milla Alanco-Ollqvist
13:15-13:45 Swedish Sheep and Lamb Production | by Annelie Carlsson
13:45-14:15 Denmark | by Bente Østergaard
14:15-14:45 Coffee
14:45-15:30 Ancient Sheep of the North Europe: Genomic and Isotopic Insights | Keynote by Juha Kantanen
15:30-16:30 Discussion
16:45 Bus leaves the hotel
17:00-18:30 Reception at Skeiva Pakkhús
18:30 End of day one
Sheep production, breeding, subsidies and climate calculators
09:00-09:15 Welcome – Minister of Agriculture or Chair of Farmers Association
09:15-09:45 What Makes Finnsheep Highly Prolific? Insights from Functional Genomics | by Kisun Pokharel
09:45-10:15 Icelandic Subsidy System for Sheep Farming | by Eyjólfur Bjarnason
10:15-10:30 Coffee
10:30-11:00 Farm Business Development Programme | by Mikaela Jarstedt
Farm Business Development Programme is a web-based business development tool for small-scale beef and sheep farms, designed to strengthen farmers’ leadership, management, and entrepreneurial skills. Developed by farmers, researchers, and advisors, it helps analyse and improve farm performance, profitability, and sustainability. A pilot project involving lamb, beef, and suckler cow producers is currently testing the concept during 2025–2027. Following evaluation and refinement, the programme will be made publicly available.
11:00-11:30 Finland
11:30-12:00 Greenland
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Denmark
13:30-14:00 Breeding for Performance and Profitability | by Tom Idar Kvam
14:00-14:30 Faroe Islands
14:30-15:00 SPOT OPEN
15:00-15:30 Coffee
15:30-16:00 Norwegian Subsidy System for Sheep Farming | by Anders Schanche Rettedal
16:00-16:30 SPOT OPEN
16:30-17:30 Panel discussion, a representative from each country is in the panel
19:30 Conference dinner at the hotel
09:00 Bus leaves the Hotel
09:30-11:15 Visit the farm Torkilsheygsgarður and their wool textile workshop Navia. Faroese appetisers and shop
12:00-14:00 Visit the farm Varmakeldugarður. The farmers give a talk about their farm. Soup and coffee/tea and cakes
14:45-15:30 Visit the farm Dúvugarðar. The farmers give a talk about their farm. See the Faroese horse, and if we are lucky the farmer is butchering lambs, and we might get a chance to experience home slaughtering
16:20 Back at the hotel
Evening free
13:00 Bus leaves the Hotel
13:30-16:00 Sheep show at the vicinity of Sundalagið
16:00-17:00 Soup, sandwich and beverages
17:00-18:00 Prizes for the winning sheep are given
18:00- Socialising with the locals
19:00 Bus takes us back to the hotel. Those who want to stay longer at the event, will have to hire their own transport