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• Conference Statement (English, Russian, Norwegian)
• Conference Report (English, Russian)
• List of Participants
• Full Programme

Conference Agenda:

Tuesday 12 August

Opening of the Conference & Welcome Speeches

• Senator Lisa Murkowski, US member of SCPAR (recording)
• Mark Hamilton, President, University of Alaska
• Patricia Cochran, Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council
• Sarah Palin, Governor, State of Alaska

THEME 1: Human Health in the Arctic Region

• Human Health in the Arctic (2,7MB) (manuscript), Dr. Alan Parkinson, Deputy Director of the Arctic Investigations Program of the National Center for Infectious Disease, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (recording)
• Preventative Work on Health of Indigenous Peoples – The Southcentral Foundation NUKA model of Care: Customer Owned, Customer Driven Health Care (2,2MB), Katherine Gottlieb, President/CEO, Southcentral Foundation (recording)

 Special Reports on Arctic Marine Policy

• Maritime Safety in the Arctic (2,7MB), Admiral Henrik Kudsk, Commander Greenland Command, Denmark (recording)
• Update on the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (5,5MB), Dr. Lawson Brigham, Chair of the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (recording)
• Civilian Role for Safety in the North Atlantic (manuscript), Mr. Björn Bjarnason, Minister of Justice & Ecclesiastical Affairs, Iceland
• The Changing Arctic & Coast Guard Operations (2,7MB), Admiral Arthur Brooks, U.S. Coast Guard

Wednesday 13 August

Progress Reports from the Arctic Council and SCPAR

• Report, Mr. Robert Kvile, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway (recording)
• Report, Ms. Hill-Marta Solberg, Chair of the SCPAR (recording)

Recent Developments in US Arctic Policy

• Report, Ms. Margaret F. Hayes, Director, Office of Oceans Affairs, U.S. Department of State (recording)

THEME 2: Adaptation to Climate Change

• How Alaska is Adapting to Climate Change (4,1MB), Mr. Mead Treadwell, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission (recording)
• New Ideas to Deal with Climate Change (3,2MB), Mr. Robert Mills, MP, Chair of the Environment Committee, Canadian Parliament (recording)
• Problems of Global Climate Warming and Human Challenges, Mr. Mikhail Nikolaev, Deputy Speaker of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation (recording)

Thursday 14 August

THEME 3: Energy Resources in the Arctic - Development of Rural Energy Resources

• Denali Commission on Alaska Experiences - part 1 (5,5MB) part 2 (5,3MB), Mr. George Cannelos – Executive Director, Denali Commission (recording)
• Geothermal Energy - The Icelandic Experience and Potentials for Other Countries (2,8MB), Mr. Gudni A. Jóhannesson, Director General for the National Energy Authority in Iceland (recording)
• Arctic Energy Action Team (1MB), IPY project, Mr. James Hemsath, Institute of the North (recording)

Adoption of Conference Statement
Closing of the Conference