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COVID-19 Impacts in the Arctic: Day 1 Agenda

Day 1 Agenda

12:00pm to 12:05pm EDT | Welcome Remarks

12:05pm to 12:45pm EDT | State of Alaska

  • Governor Mike Dunleavy, Governor, State of Alaska
  • Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer, Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska
  • Dr. Anne Zink, MD, FACEP, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health and Social Services, State of Alaska
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Cheryl Rosa, Deputy Executive Director, US Arctic Research Commission

1:00pm to 1:45pm EDT | Alaska Arctic Communities

  • Tim Gilbert, President/CEO, Maniilaq Association
  • Dr. Ellen Hodges, Chief of Staff, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation
  • Dr. Robert Onders, Medical Director of Community and Health Systems Improvement, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
  • Gail R. Schubert, President & CEO, Bering Straits Native Corporation
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Cheryl Rosa, Deputy Executive Director, US Arctic Research Commission
  • Co-moderated by Valerie Davidson, President, Alaska Pacific University

2:00pm to 2:45pm EDT | International Arctic Communities

  • Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough, International Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council
  • Dr. Gwen Healy, Executive Director, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
  • Honorable Inuuteq Holm Olsen, Minister Plenipotentiary and Head of Representation for Greenland at the Danish Embassy in Washington DC
  • Honorable Tony Penikett, former Premier, Yukon Territory, Canada
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center

3:00pm to 3:45pm EDT | Arctic Economics

  • Liz Qaulluq Cravalho, Vice President of Lands, NANA
  • Heidar Gudjonsson, Chairman, Arctic Economic Council
  • Frigg Jørgensen, Executive Director,Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators
  • Dr. Mark Myers, former Director, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Dr. John Tichotsky, Managing Partner, IC Alaska; President, Alaska Capital
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center

4:00pm to 4:45pm EDT | US Coast Guard Arctic Operations

Note: all times are Eastern Daylight Time (EDT).

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