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COVID-19 Impacts in the Arctic: Day 2 Agenda

Day 2 Agenda

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

  • Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College

12:05pm to 12:45pm EDT | Arctic History of Viral Epidemics and Pandemics

  • Anne Budgell, Author and Journalist, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
  • Kaare Erickson, North Slope Science Liaison, Ukpeaġvik Inupiat Corporation
  • AlexAnna Salmon, Village Council President, Village of Igiugig, Alaska
  • Peter Sköld, Professor of History, Sámi Culture, and Society Development, Umeå University, Sweden
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Mia Bennett, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography and School of Modern Languages and Cultures, The University of Hong Kong
  • Co-moderated by Dr. Douglas Causey, Professor, University of Alaska Anchorage

    1:00pm to 1:45pm EDT | International Arctic Governance

    • 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
    • Arctic Council Subpanel
      • Ambassador David Balton, Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center
      • Friðrik Jónsson, Senior Arctic Official (Iceland), Arctic Council
      • Hreinn Pálsson, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Iceland in Washington, DC
    • Arctic Coast Guard Forum Subpanel
      • Captain Audunn Kristinsson, Deputy Chief of Operations, Icelandic Coast Guard
      • Lieutenant Soley Kaldal, Icelandic Coast Guard
    • Arctic Science Ministerial Subpanel

    2:00pm to 2:45pm EDT | Federal Arctic Science

    • Dr. Robert Foy, Science and Research Director, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA
    • Dr. Thorsten Markus, Program Manager, Cryospheric Science, NASA
    • Dr. Sally McFarlane, Program Manager, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Research Facility, US Department of Energy
    • Simon Stephenson, Head, Section for Arctic Sciences, National Science Foundation
    • Co-moderated by Dr. John Farrell, Executive Director, US Arctic Research Commission
    • Co-moderated by Dave Kennedy, Global Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center

    3:00pm to 3:45pm EDT | Academic Research and Fieldwork in the Arctic

    • Dr. Syndonia Bret-Harte, Science Co-Director, Toolik Field Station, Professor of Plant Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    • Dr. Robert Campbell, Research Scientist, University of Rhode Island; Shipboard Participant on MOSAiC
    • Dr. Jackie Grebmeier, Research Professor, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland
    • Nagruk Harcharek, General Manager, Logistics Support, Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation Science
    • Dr. Ted Schuur, Professor of Ecosystem Ecology, Center for Ecosystem Sciences and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
    • Co-moderated by Dr. John Farrell, Executive Director, US Arctic Research Commission
    • Co-moderated by Dr. Hajo Eicken, Director, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

    4:00pm to 4:45pm EDT | Arctic Climate and Environmental Change

    • Dr. Micaela Martinez, Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
    • Dr. Christina Schädel, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Ecosystem Sciences and Society, Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University
    • Jackie Richter-Menge, Commissioner, US Arctic Research Commission
    • Rick Thoman, Alaska Climate Specialist, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks
    • Co-moderated by Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
    • Co-moderated by Dr. Brendan Kelly, Executive Director, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)

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

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