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
  • Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., USN Ret., Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy NOAA Administrator
  • Honorable Fran Ulmer, Chair, US Arctic Research Commission

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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