Opening Ceremony of Rescue26

RESCUE 2026 will officially open at Harpa on Friday, 16 October at 11:00. The opening ceremony will feature addresses from representatives of ICE-SAR and the Icelandic government, followed by the conference keynote from Leonid Tymchenko on the operation of Ukraine's 112 emergency service during wartime.

Following the ceremony, guests are invited to a light lunch at Harpa Square.

Programme

11:00 – Opening Ceremony

• Musical performance

• Welcome address by Borghildur Fjóla Kristjánsdóttir, Chair of ICE-SAR

• Address and official opening by Halla Tómasdóttir, President of Iceland and Patron of ICE-SAR

• Address by Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir, Minister of Justice

• Opening keynote by Leonid Tymchenko, former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine: “112 Emergency Service in Ukraine During Wartime”

• Light lunch at Harpa Square