Arctic Encounter Symposium
Location: Anchorage, AK, USA
Date: -
The Arctic Encounter Symposium (AES) is the largest annual Arctic policy event in the United States. Founded in 2013, the AES aims to confront the shared interests and concerns of the United States and the global community as we look north to the last emerging frontier – the Arctic. Policymakers, industry leaders, regional stakeholders, and leading experts from the science, technology, maritime, and energy sectors, come together at AES to challenge the status quo dialogue, critically address challenges, and collaborate on solutions.
Location: Anchorage, AK, USA
– 2022 CONFIRMED SPEAKERS –
- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate — Alaska (United States)
- Ambassador Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, Ambassador of Iceland to the United States (Iceland)
- Ambassador Lone Dencker Wisborg, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to the United States (Denmark)
- Minister Jani Raappana, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Finland to the United States (Finland)
- Congressman Don Young, United States Representative for Alaska; Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives (United States)
- Ms. Aaja Chemnitz Larsen, Chair, Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region; Member of the Danish Parliament (Denmark/Greenland)
- Ambassador David Balton, Executive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, Executive Office of the President (United States)
- Mr. Jim DeHart, U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region, U.S. Department of State (United States)
- Mr. Kenneth Høegh, Head of Representation to the Representation of Greenland in the United States and Canada (Greenland)
- Ms. Catherina Hvistendahl, First Secretary at the Representation of Greenland in the United States and Canada (Greenland)
- Mayor Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor, City of Akureyri & Chairman of the Arctic Mayor’s Forum (Iceland)
- Ms. Gail Schubert, President & CEO, Bering Straits Native Corporation (United States)
- Ms. Melanie Bahnke, President, Kawerak, Inc. (United States)
- Major General Randy “Church” Kee, USAF (Ret). Senior Advisor, Arctic Security Affairs, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. U.S. Department of Defense (United States)
- Ms. Tara Sweeney, Former Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior and Principal & CEO, Tack-71 (United States)
- Dr. Michael Sfraga, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission & Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center (United States)
- Mr. George Roe, Director, Arctic Energy Office, U.S. Department of Energy (United States)
- Mr. Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Director, Arctic Economic Council, (Norway & Denmark)
- Mr. Ole Øvretveit, Initiative West, former Director Arctic Frontiers (Norway)
- Mr. Mead Treadwell, Chairman/CEO, QilakLNG; Chair, Arctic Circle Mission Council on Shipping and Ports; Owner, Treadwell Development; Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission 2006-2010; Co-Chair, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative (United States)
- Ms. Aleqa Hammond, Former Premier of Greenland & former Member of the Danish Parliament (Greenland)
- Mr. Robert Gillam, Chief Executive and Chief Investment Officer, McKinley Management (United States)
- Dr. Brendan Kelly, Executive Director & Chief Scientist, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (United States)
- Mr. Sam Schimmel, Founder, Operation Fish Drop; Vice-chair, Arctic Youth Network; Siberian Yupik and Kenaitze Indian (United States)
Mr. Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates (Ireland); Counsel to the United Nations International Maritime Organization (Ireland) - Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI); Director, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Greenland, UK Parliament (United Kingdom)
- Ben Kellie, Founder & CEO, The Launch Company (United States)
