Day 1 Agenda

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

• Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
• Rear Admiral Shoshana S. Chatfield, U.S. Navy, President, US Naval War College

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

• Vice Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Pacific Area Commander, U.S. Coast Guard
• Rear Admiral Todd A. Sokalzuk, Deputy Commander Atlantic Area, U.S. Coast Guard
• Rear Admiral Matthew T. Bell Jr., Seventeenth District Commander (D17), U.S. Coast Guard
• Captain Stephen R. White, Commander, Coast Guard Sector Juneau, U.S. Coast Guard
• Captain Sean C. MacKenzie, Commander Sector Anchorage, U.S. Coast Guard
• Co-moderated by Dr. Rebecca Pincus, Associate Professor, Strategic and Operational Research Department, US Naval War College
• Co-moderated by Cara Condit, Executive Director, Center for Arctic Study and Policy, US Coast Guard Academy

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

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