Arctic Encounter Anchorage — April 10-12, 2024

ANCHORAGE, AK, USA | PRODUCED AND DIRECTED AT THE DENA’INA CONVENTION CENTER & The anchorage museum



- confirmed speakers -

  • U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senator R-AK, United States Senate (United States)

  • State Secretary Eivind Vad Petersson, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Norway)

  • Director General Charlina Vitcheva, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE), European Commission (European Union)

  • Minister David Rutley MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas, Caribbean and the Overseas Territories) (United Kingdom)

  • Minister Dan Vandal MP, Minister of Northern Affairs (Canada)

  • Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States (European Union)

  • Ambassador Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, Ambassador of Iceland to the United States (Iceland)

  • Ambassador Anniken R. Krutnes, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to the United States (Norway)

  • Ambassador Marek Magierowski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland to the United States (Poland)

  • Ambassador Radovan Javorčík, Ambassador of Slovakia to the United States (Slovakia)

  • Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States (Slovenia)

  • Ambassador Audra Plepytė, Ambassador of Lithuania to the United States (Lithuania)

  • Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason, Ambassador of Ireland to the United States (Ireland)

  • Ambassador Szabolcs Takács, Ambassador of Hungary in the United States of America (Hungary)

  • Ambassador Jean-Arthur Régibeau, Ambassador of Belgium to the United States (Belgium)

  • Ambassador Francisco Duarte Lopes, Ambassador of Portugal to the United States (Portugal)

  • Ambassador TAKEWAKA Keizo, Ambassador for International Economic Affairs and Arctic Affairs (Japan)

  • Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Finland)

  • Ambassador Morten Høglund, Senior Arctic Official Chair of the Arctic Council; Arctic Ambassador for Norway (Norway)

  • Premier Ranj Pillai, Premier of the Yukon (Canada)

  • The Honorable Mike Dunleavy, Governor of Alaska (United States)

  • Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Aaja Chemnitz, Member of Folketing (MP), Chair of Arctic Parliamentarians (Greenland)

  • Mr. Chris Thomson, Counsellor, Scottish Government America (Scotland)

  • Mr. Kenneth Høegh, Head of Greenland Representation to the United States and Canada (Greenland)

  • Mr. Robert Sinclair, Canada Senior Arctic Official and Director General for Arctic, Eurasian and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (Canada)

  • Mr. Torsten K. Nielsen, Chief Counsellor for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)

  • Mr. Eric Carlson, Senior Arctic Official, Department of State (United States)

  • Ms. Rebecca Zimmerman, PTDO Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense (United States)

  • Vice Admiral Doug Perry, Joint Force Command Norfolk, NATO (United States)

  • Colonel Juha Helle, Defence Attachè of Finland to USA and Canada, Embassy of Finland, Washington D.C. (Finland)

  • Rear Admiral Brendan McPherson, Deputy Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area; Commander, US Coast Guard Task Force-Arctic. (United States)

  • Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District (United States)

  • Major General Randy “Church” Kee, Director (Maj Gen, USAF, Ret),Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. U.S. Department of Defense (United States)

  • Ms. Sara Cohen, Deputy Head of Mission, Foreign Policy & National Security, Embassy of Canada in the United States (Canada)

  • President Pat Pitney, President, University of Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Gwen Holdmann, Associate Vice Chancellor, Research for Innovation and Industry Partnerships, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Ms. Tara Sweeney, Vice President, External Affairs, ConocoPhillips Alaska (United States)

  • Mr. Barry Romberg, Vice President, Commercial and Midstream, ConocoPhillips Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Sierra Minder, External Affairs Manager, Alaska Oil & Gas Association (United States)

  • Mr. Jimi Onalik, President, Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (Canada)

  • Ms. Ulla-Kirsikka Vainio, Mayor of Rovaniemi (Finland)

  • Mr. Jukka Kujala, Mayor of Tornio (Finland)

  • Ms. Asisaun Toovak, Mayor of Utqiaġvik (United States)

  • Ms. Saima Chase, Mayor of Kotzebue (United States)

  • Mr. Dickie Moto, Mayor of Northwest Arctic Borough (United States)

  • Ms. Ásthildur Sturludóttir, Mayor of Akureyri (Iceland)

  • Mr. Dave Bronson, Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage (United States)

  • Mr. Bryce Ward, Mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough (United States)

  • Mr. Evon Peter, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF (United States)

  • Ms. Patti Bruns, Secretary General, Arctic Mayors' Forum (Norway)

  • Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director, National Science Foundation (United States)

  • Dr. Geraldine Richmond, Under Secretary of Science and Innovation, Department of Energy (United States)

  • Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

  • Mr. Michael Look, Northwest Deputy Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (United States)

  • Mr. Willie G. Nunn, Regional Administrator - Region 10, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

  • Dr. Brendan Kelly, Science Director, Study of Environmental Arctic Change, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Dr. Kelly A. Kryc, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Fisheries, Office of the Under Secretary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (United States)

  • Dr. Michael Byers, Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law, University of British Columbia (Canada)

  • Dr. Michael Sfraga, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Chair & Distinguished Fellow, Polar Institute, The Wilson Center (United States)

  • Dr. John P. Holdren, Arctic Initiative Co-Chair, Harvard Kennedy School (United States)

  • Dr. Erin Whitney, Director, Arctic Energy Office, Department of Energy, (United States)

  • Mr. Robert Schwiers, Chief Economist, Chevron Corporation (United States)

  • Dr. Larry Hinzman, Assistant Director for Polar Sciences, Office of Science and Technology Policy (United States)

  • Dr. David Hik, Chief Scientist & Executive Director, Polar Knowledge Canada (Canada)

  • Mrs. Alison Hahn, Acting Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy (United States)

  • Mr. Michael McEleney, Senior Advisor, Arctic Energy Office - Department of Energy (United States)

  • Mr. Rob Gillam, CEO/President, McKinley Management, LLC (United States)

  • Mr. Hugh Short, CEO/Chairman, Pt Capital, LLC (United States)

  • Ms. Karla Brollier, Director of Patagonia’s Home Planet Fund; Partner at Velveteen Ventures (United States)

  • Dr. Dwayne Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) (United Kingdom)

  • Mr. Douglas Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European & Eurasian Affairs, Department of State (United States)

  • Dr. Sue Natali, Senior Scientist & Permafrost Pathways Lead, Woodwell Climate Research Center (United States)

  • Dr. Pearl K. Brower, President/CEO Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation and Affiliate Research Professor, International Arctic Research Center (United States)

  • Mr. John Boyle, Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, State of Alaska (United States)

  • Mr. Douglas Vincent-Lang, Commissioner, Department of Alaska Fish and Game, State of Alaska (United States)

  • Mr. Deven MItchell, Chief Executive Officer, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (United States)

  • Mr. Mead Treadwell, Former Lt. Governor of Alaska 2010-2014, Treadwell Development (United States)

  • Mr. Apagzuk/Apagruk Roy Agloinga, President & CEO, First Alaskans Institute (United States)

  • Dr. Liza Mack, Board Member, Aleut International Association (United States)

  • Chief Gary Harrison, Chickaloon Native Village; Arctic Athabaskan Council (United States)

  • Chief Bill Erasmus, Chief, Dene Nation, Turtle Island (Canada)

  • Ms. Kiera O'Brien, Public Policy Representative, TOTAL Energies (United States)

  • Mr. Aaron M. Schutt, President and CEO, Doyon, Limited. (United States)

  • Mr. Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council (Norway)

  • Dr. Aaron Dotson, Vice Chancellor for Research, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States)

  • Ms. Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Director of Climate Initiatives, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (United States)

  • Ms. Emily Edenshaw, President & CEO, Alaska Native Heritage Center (United States)

  • Ms. Melanie Bahnke, President & CEO, Kawerak, Inc. (United States)

  • Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, The VOICE of the Arctic Inupiat (United States)

  • Mr. Morrie Lemen Jr., Executive Director, Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (ICAS) (United States)

  • Ms. Anu Frederikson, Executive Director, Arctic Frontiers (Norway)

  • Ms. Julie Decker, President, Pacific Seafood Processors Association (United States)

  • Mr. Jeremy Woodrow, Executive Director, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (United States)

  • Ms. Kasaŋnaaluk Marie N. Greene, President, Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) - Alaska (United States)

  • Mr. Edward Alexander, Co-Chair, Gwich’in Council International (Canada)

  • Ms. Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf, Executive Director, Eskimo Walrus Commission; Co-Principal Investigator, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (United States)

  • Mr. Tero Vauraste, Senior Advisor of ICEYE Ltd.; Senior Advisor IQM, IQM Finland OY (Finland)

  • Dr. Juha Vartiainen, Co-Founder & Global Affairs Officer, IQM Quantum Computers (Finland)

  • Mr. Frode Halvorsen, CEO, Ocean Autonomy Cluster; City Council Member, City of Trondheim (Norway)

  • Ms. Kristina Woolston, External Affairs Manager, Donlin Gold (United States)

  • Ms. Christine Resler, President and CEO, ASRC Energy Services (United States)

  • Ms. Marilyn Romano, Regional Vice President, Alaska Airlines; Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)

  • Ms. Courtney Unruh, SAF & Sustainability Engagement Director, Alaska Airlines (United States)

  • Mr. Tim Thompson, Community Marketing and Public Relations Director - Alaska, Alaska Airlines (United States)

  • Dr. Haliehana Stepetin (Unangax̂), Assistant Professor, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies (United States)

  • Ms. Liz Qaulluq Cravalho, Vice President of Lands, NANA Regional Corporation; Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission (United States)

  • Mr. Paul Fuhs, Arctic Goodwill Ambassador, The Northern Forum (United States)

  • Ms. Dalee Sambo Dorough, Senior Scholar and Special Adviser on Arctic Indigenous Peoples, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States)

  • Ms. Bridget Anderson, Senior Vice President - External Affairs, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (United States)

  • Ms. Nicole Wojciehowski, Deputy Director, North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife (United States)

  • Ms. Doreen Leavitt, Director of Natural Resources and Tribal Council Secretary, Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (United States)

  • Mr. Oliver Peetook, Board Chairman, Olgoonik Corporation (United States)

  • Mr. Nicholas Rotker, Chief BlueTech Strategist, MITRE (United States)

  • Ms. Lisa Charles, Resident, Mertarvik (United States)

  • Ms. Della Carl, Resident, Mertarvik (United States)

  • Ms. Carolyn George, Lower Kuskokwim School District; Resident, Newtok (United States)

  • Ms. Christina Waska, BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Program Relocation Coordinator, Resident, Mertarvik (United States)

  • Ms. Libby Casey, Senior News Anchor, The Washington Post (United States)

  • Mr. Matt Hickey, Director of Engagements, Ted Stevens Center, U.S. Department of Defense (United States)

  • Mr. Benjamin Kellie, Entrepreneur and Space Industry Expert; Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)

  • Mr. Clay Koplin, CEO, Cordova Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CEC) (United States)

  • Ms. Emily Schwing, Rural Alaska Correspondent, Freelancing for the New York Times, Washington Post and National Public Radio (United States)

  • Mr. Arne O Holm, Editor/Commentator, High North News (Norway)

  • Ms. Cordelia Kellie, Policy Advisor and Special Assistant for Rural Affairs, Office of U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (United States)

  • Mr. Pete Chelkowski, Producer/Director, Vitamin Sea (United States)

  • Mr. Andrew Smith, Intergovernmental Relations, Government of Yukon (Canada)

  • Ms. Sara Boario, Regional Director, US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Mercedes Kashatok, Alaska Pacific University Elders' Council Liaison and Chixtax Designs (United States)

  • Ms. Tayler Higgins, Arctic Youth Ambassador and Center for Native American Youth Champion for Change (United States)

  • Mr. Cade Terada, Community Organizer, Common Justice (United States)

  • Ms. Nivea-Alexis Kinneeveauk, Arctic Youth Ambassador (United States)

  • Mr. Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University (Norway)

  • Ms. Linda Simensen, Regional Manager, Akvaplan-Niva AS (Norway)

  • Mr. Shane Sadoway, Regional Director, Navigational Programs & Operations, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard (Canada)

  • Mr. Jean-Luc Bédard, Federal Policing Criminal Operations - Border Integrity Arctic Region Manager, RCMP (Canada)

  • Mr. Alex Shahbazi, Research & Program Management Fellow, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) (United States)

  • Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Canada Research Chair in the Study of the Canadian North and Professor in the School for the Study of Canada at Trent University (Canada)

  • Mr. Youssef Mani, Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard (Canada)

  • Mr. Duncan Smith, President, Smith Advocacy Group LLC (United States)

  • Mr. Jim Butler, Principal, Incident Response Group LLC (United States)

  • Mr. Andrew Hartsig, Senior Director, Arctic Program, Ocean Conservancy (United States)

  • Ms. Karen Plentikoff, Environment & Safety Administrator, Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (United States)

  • Ms. Alice Rogoff, Publisher, Arctic Today and Arctic Business Journal (United States)

  • Mr. Forgiveness “Givey” Kochanowski, Regional Director Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (United States)

  • Mr. Jeffrey Brooks, Social Scientist, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Alaska Region

  • Mr. Mick Bradway, Regional Supervisor, Resource Evaluation, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (United States)

  • Mr. Michael Haller, Tribal & Community Liaison, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (United States)

  • Dr. John Farrell, Executive Director, US Arctic Research Commission (United States)

  • Dr. Mark Myers, Commissioner, US Arctic Research Commission (United States)

  • Dr. Geoffrey Ellis, Research Geologist, US Geological Survey (United States)

  • Ms. Richelle Johnson, Lead Analyst, UAA Center for Economic Development (United States)

  • Dr. Alexander Hirsch, Director of Climate Scholars Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Dr. Courtney Carothers, Professor, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Mr. Nicholas Jacuk, Indigenous Stewardship Fellow/Master’s Student of Fisheries (Tamanta Fellow), Ocean Conservancy/University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Mr. Jeffrey Libby, Executive Director, UAA Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC-ARCTIC) (United States)

  • Dr. Jason Fellman, Director, Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center, University of Alaska Southeast (United States)

  • Dr. Jennifer Spence, Senior Fellow, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School (United States)

  • Ms. Rachel Kallander, Founder & CEO, Arctic Encounter; Chief Strategist, Kallander & Associates; Owner & Publisher, The Cordova Times; Honorary Consul of Iceland for Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Deborah Vo, Commissioner US Arctic Research Commission (United States)

  • Ms. Nikoosh Carlo, Commissioner, US Arctic Research Commission (United States)

  • Mr. Evon Peter, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, UAF (United States)

  • Dr. Sohvi Kangasluoma, Postdoctoral researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland (Finland)

  • Mr. Juho Karhu, Arctic sailor & Video producer, Alluring Arctic (Finland)

  • Mr. Ethan Berkowitz, Founding Member, Far North Fiber, LLC (United States

  • Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Director, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, Professor of Education Policy, University of Alaska Anchorage, and Vice President - Academic, University of the Arctic (United States)

  • Dr. Kirk Anderson, Professor of Educational Administration, Memorial University of Newfoundland and University of the Arctic Chair in School Effectiveness and School Improvement Canada (Canada)

  • Dr. Panigkaq Agatha John-Shields, Assistant Professor Indigenizing Education, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States)

  • Dr. Gregor Ross Dørum Maxwell, Associate Professor in Pedagogy and Inclusive and Special Education, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway (Norway)

  • Ms. Anne-Mette Bjøru, Lecturer, Master’s program in Special Education, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Campus Alta (Norway)

  • Dr. Carl Egede Bøggild Ph.D., Special Advisor, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Church (Greenland)

  • Dr. Nadia Filimonova, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Arctic Initiative - Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School (United States)

  • Dr. Lynn Zender, Executive Director, Zender Environmental Group (United States)

  • Ms. Evelyn Agnus, Rural Environmental Program Specialist, Zender Environmental Health Group; Native Village of Chefornak Tribal Member (United States)

  • Ms. Anahma Shannon, Environmental Program Director, Kawerak, Inc (United States)

  • Mr. Bob Blankenburg, P.E, Solid Waste & Pesticide Programs Manager, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (United States)

  • Dr. Kristin Reardon, PE, Water/Sanitation, Victims of Crime, and Health Facilities Program Manager,Denali Commission (United States)

  • Mr. Andreas Raspotnik, Senior Researcher, High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University (Norway)

  • Mr. Apostolos Tsiouvalas, PhD Candidate, The Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea, University of Tromsø (Norway)

  • Mr. Bjørn Larsen, Executive of Business Development, Nordland County Council, Bodø (Norway)

  • Ms. Gry Agnete Alsos, Dean, Nord University Business School (Norway)

  • Mrs. Linda Simensen, Regional Manager Nordland, Akvaplan Niva (Norway)

  • Mr. Ephraim D. Froehlich, Founder, AKWA-DC (United States)

  • Dr. Francis Wiese, Co-Principal Investigator, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (United States) 

  • Ms. Savannah Fletcher, Presiding Officer of the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly,  Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly (United States) 

  • Dr. Torre Jorgenson, Affiliate Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States) 

  • Mr. Jimmy Fox, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge Manager, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (United States) 

  • Dr. Mohammad Heidari Kapourchali, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States) 

  • Dr. Michelle Mack, Professor of Ecosystem Ecology, Northern Arizona University (United States)

  • Mr. Art Dahlin, Vice President & Alaska General Manager, TOTE Maritime Alaska (United States)

  • Lieutenant Commander Abbie Lyons, United States Coast Guard (United States)

  • Mr. Taylor Holshouser, Investment Associate, Builders Vision (United States)

  • Mrs. Taylor Burgh, Operations Manager, Alaska Resource Education, (United States)

  • Ms. Emily Hart, Environmental Scientist, Kuna Engineering, (United States)

  • Mr. Liam Zsolt, Director of Innovation, ASRC Energy Services, (United States)

  • Mr. Dylan Faber, Government and Community Affairs, Manager, Matson Alaska, USA

  • Dr. Kelsey Frazier, Acting Associate Director, Ted Stevens Center (United States)

  • Ms. Sheyna Wisdom, Director, Alaska Ocean Observing System (United States)

  • Mr. Mead Treadwell, Co-Chair, Advisory Committee, Polar Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Alaska; former Chair, US Arctic Research Commission(United States)

  • Dr. Kathryn Bryk Friedman, North American Arctic Policy Advisor, Ted Stevens Center (United States)

  • Dr. Diana Bensyl, Director, Arctic Investigations Program CDC (United States)

  • Dr. Margaret Honein, Director, Div of Disease Readiness and Innovation CDC (United States)

  • Dr. Brenna Simons, Deputy Director, Arctic Investigations Program CDC (United States)

  • Ms. Jocelyn Fenton, Interim Federal Co-Chair, Denali Commission (United States)

  • Dr. Joe McLaughlin, State Epidemiologist, Alaska Dept of Health (United States)

  • Dr. Joe Klejka, VP Quality, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation (United States)

  • Ms. Patuk Glenn, Executive Director, Arctic Slope Community Foundation (United States)

  • Ms. Alice Qannik Glenn, Podcast Host/Producer, Coffee & Quaq (United States)

  • Mr. Aaron Leggett, President & Chair, Native Village of Eklutna (United States)

  • Ms. Elle Márja Eira, Artist & Director, Sakkhon (Norway)

  • Ms. Polly Andrews, Cup’ik Indigenous Artist, Alaska (United States)

  • Ms. Ria Smyke, Student & Legislative Intern, University of Alaska Southeast/Office of State Senator Forrest Dunbar (United States)

  • Mr. Rhayne Loggins, Student & Climate Scholar, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Ms. Bree Smith, Student & Climate Scholar, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)

  • Ms. Harmony Wayner, Northern Visions Fellowship Coordinator, Arctic Encounter (United States)

  • Ms. Hannah-Marie Garcia, Director of the Indigenous Sentinels Network (ISN), Aleut Community of St. Paul Island Tribal Government (United States)

  • Mr. Nicholas Jacuk, Indigenous Stewardship Fellow/Master’s Student of Fisheries, Ocean Conservancy/University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kenai, AK (United States)

  • Ms. Priscilla Aumaqpaq Frankson, Graduate Research Assistant - American Indian Studies, Arizona State University, Point Hope, AK (United States)

  • Ms. Lila Bellucci, International Marine Policy Fellow, NOAA Office of International Affairs, Valdez, AK (United States)

  • Ms. Alexis Aqavzik Rexford, Student and Development Intern, Reindeer Herders' Association, Gambell, AK (United States)

  • Ms. Brooke Hansen, Caseworker/Field Representative, Office of U.S. Representative Mary Sattler Peltola, Anchorage, AK & Washington DC (United States)

  • Mr. Sean McDowell, Community Centered Fundraising Fellow; 2024 Alaska Fellow (United States)

  • Ms. Arina Didriksen, Graduate Student - Security & Disaster Management (Arctic Security), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Kyiv (Ukraine)

  • Mr. Jus Tavcar, Master’s Student of Arctic Policy/Teaching Assistant, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Ljubljana (Slovenia)

  • Mr. Tuan Graziano, Donor Relations Manager, American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, Anchorage, AK (United States)

  • Mr. David Jiang, Program & Policy Fellow, Arctic Encounter (United States)


2024 platinum sponsors & strategic co-hosts

 

2024 Gold Sponsors


2024 Silver Sponsors


2024 Bronze Sponsors


2024 Community partners


2024 educational partners


featured performances


Watch the 2023 Highlight video to get a glimpse into arctic encounter