Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 “Advancing Strategic Partners in Securing America’S Arctic Interests”
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Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 “Advancing Strategic Partners in Securing America’s Arctic Interests” University of Alaska Fairbanks 13-15 November 2019 Overall Moderator Church Kee, Maj Gen, USAF (Ret) Executive Director, Arctic Domain Awareness Center, University of Alaska Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Objective To support USNORTHCOM’s Arctic mission, through convening a wide array of leaders and experts, very near the Arctic, during a time of year when the environment provides a bold reminder of the challenges faced in this austere and strategically vital region. Such convergence seeks to build partnerships, while improving the understanding of the challenges in the complicated risk environment that is the new circumpolar North. An improved understanding serves to fuel the solutions needed to address, and potentially reduce, the associated defense and security risks of the region. Note: Comprehensive Report to follow, utilizing modified Chatham House Protocols 2 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 13 November Day 1: “Sketching the landscape, understanding the contours” 3 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 0800 - 0825 Welcoming Remarks and Welcome to Fairbanks and UAF Opening Ceremony Randy “Church” Kee Executive Director, ADAC, Maj Gen USAF (Retired) 4 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1 Emergency Exit: Logistics Details Please depart through the rear doors from the concert hall, out into the Great Hall, then out the main doors and rally in the adjoining courtyard. The red box denotes our location and the green box denotes our rally point, should the need for emergency egress arise. To use the wi-fi: Network: Ualaska Username: AAS19Guest Password: AAS2019 5 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1 Parking: Permits can be purchased via cash or credit at kiosks located throughout campus. The Logistics Details permits allow parking in any Yellow or Purple lot on the UAF campus map. Note that Gold decal lots, mostly located on the east end of campus, are not available for parking. We recommend that you park in the Geophysical Institute lots (please refer to the map). Recommended parking areas. Great Hall and Davis Hall, AAS19 Meeting Area Campus shuttle buses run in continuous loops between the Geophysical Institute and the Great Hall. The Yukon Route between the Wood Center North and 6 Geophysical Institute (Elvey or Murie buildings) will likely be the most convenient option. Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 0825 – 0900 Official Welcomes by Distinguished Leaders Lt. General Thomas A. Dr. Daniel M. White, Senator Josh Revak, Bussiere Chancellor, University of Alaska State Senate Commander, Alaska NORAD Alaska Fairbanks Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force Mr. Bryce Ward, Senator John Coghill, Mayor, Fairbanks, Alaska State Senate North Star Borough 7 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 0900 – 0940 Keynote Speaker Executive Director, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH) & Professor of Marine Biology, International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks Dr. Brendan P. Kelly 8 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 0940 – 1010 Reflections on the Power of Alaska’s Second Opening Indigenous Peoples to Advance Arctic and Speaker Northern Regional Security President of the Sealaska Heritage Institute of the Sealaska Corporation, Juneau, Alaska 9 Dr. Rosita Worl Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1010 – 1025 Break 10:10 – 10:25 10 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1025 – 1125 Hidden in Plain Sight: The Growing Panel 1 Capacity of North Arctic Indigenous Peoples Moderator: Panelists: Dr. Whitney Lackenbauer, Professor, Trent Sarah Obed, Gregory Razo, Mary J. David, Nagruk Harcharek, University Senior Vice Vice President, Cook Executive Vice Director of Barrow President, External Inlet Regional Inc. President, Kawerak Operations, Affairs, Doyon Ltd. Inc. Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation (UIC) 11 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1125 – 1150 Keynote Speaker The Emerging Arctic Strategic Landscape from a Defense Vantage Derek “Dirk” Maurer Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Defense Continuity and Mission Assistance 12 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1150 – 1300 Group Photo Outside the Great Hall Please 11:50 – 12:00 remember... Followed by If there is not a picture Lunch taken... In the Great Hall Did the event really happen? 13 12:00 – 13:00 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1305 - 1335 Legislative Priorities for the Arctic Part 1: A Panel 2 Collection of Assessments from Alaska’s Congressional Delegation Moderator: Panelists: Rachel Kallander Founder and Executive Director, Senator Dan Sullivan Representative Don Young Arctic Encounter 14 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1335 – 1345 Break 1335 – 1345 15 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1345 - 1450 The Rapidly Changing Arctic Environment…What’s Going on Here? Panel 3 Panelists: Moderator: Captain Chris Gabriel Dr. John Farrell Dr. Hajo Eicken Commanding Officer, Don Moore Executive Director, Director of the USN Fleet Weather Alaska National U.S. Arctic Research Weather Service International Arctic Center Research Center Commission Dr. Michael Sfraga, Director of Wilson Center’s Global Risk and Resilience Program & Polar Institute 16 Nagruk Harcharek, Dr. Julie Morris, Craig Fleener, Director of Barrow Associate Director, U.S. Global Executive Director, Operations, UIC Change Research Program Alaska Ocean Cluster Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1450 – 1505 Break 1450 – 1505 17 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1505 – 1655 Achieving Improved Unity of Effort in Order to Better Succeed at 30 Below Panelists: Panel 4 Moderator: Rear Admiral Matthew Rear Admiral Shepard Hallie Bissett, Kevin Bjella, PE, T. Bell Jr., Commander M. Smith, Coast Survey Tanana Chiefs US Army Corps of of the United States Director, NOAA Council Engineers CRREL Coast guard District 17 Dr. Whitney Lackenbauer, Professor, Trent University 18 Brigadier General Joseph J. Streff, Brigadier General J.B.P. LCOL Tim Halfkenny, Commanding ANG, Director of Staff, Alaska Carpentier, CD, Commander, Officer, 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol National Guard, JBER Alaska Joint Task Force North Group, Canadian Armed Forces Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1655 – 17:30 Leadership Lessons from Working Joint Presentation Together (with a focus on cyber security) Presenters: Introduction By: Julie Kitka, Darlene Gates, William “Bill” Walton, Colonel Tim Amanda Andraschko, President, Alaska President, ExxonMobil Special Agent, FBI Maxwell, Native Affairs Liaison, Federation of Alaska and Honorary Director of Alaska Command Natives Colonel, RCAF Communications (J6), USAF, Alaska Command 19 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1: 1730 – 1740 Concluding Remarks Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander, Alaska NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces 20 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 1 Finish End of Day 1 Day 2 (14 Nov 2019) 0730: Breakfast in Great Join us starting at 1900 for tomorrow Icebreaker reception 0800 Opening session starts at Followed by Dinner with Keynote Speaker, Davis Concert Hall VADM Linda Fagan, USCG Pac Area CDR Reception: Pike’s Landing Waterfront Restaurant Dinner: at Pike’s Lodge Binkley Dining Room Transportation: Please Consult your bus schedule in your symposium folders 21 Thank you! Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 14 November Day 2: “Succeeding at 30 Below” Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 0805 – 0815 Reflections from Symposium Day 1 Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander, Alaska NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces 23 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 0815 – 0850 Rising to the Challenge: Addressing Public Safety, Rural Law Enforcement and Security Concerns in the North Panel 1 American Arctic Panelists: Moderator: Dr. Whitney LCol Tim Halfkenny, Vivian Korthuis, Julie Kitka, Nicole Borromeo, Lackenbauer, Commanding Officer CEO, Association of President, Alaska Executive Vice st Professor, Trent 1 Canadian Ranger Village Council Federation of President and University Patrol Group, Presidents Natives General Counsel, Canadian Armed Alaska Federation Forces of Natives 24 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 0850 – 0910 A Case Study in Evolving Self- Presentation Determination: The North Slope Borough Harry K. Brower, Jr. Mayor of the North Slope Borough 25 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: Electives Track 1 Electives Track 2 Electives Time Location: Great Hall Location: David Concert Hall NOAA Satellite Service Support to Elective Overview Arctic Research and Operations at the 0930 – 1000 Advance Arctic Domain Awareness for Geophysical Institute Operational Decision Makers Alaska Department of Natural Resources Innovating Remote Power Solutions: The 1000 – 1030 Arctic Strategic Transportation and Alaska Center for Energy and Power Resources Project (ASTAR) Overview Emerging Mapping Capabilities for the Commercial Satellite Data Provides 1030 – 1100 Arctic Region: The Geographic Maritime Situational Awareness Information Network of Alaska (GINA) 1000 – 1110 Break Sabre St. Paul SPXTR Arctic Plan: Putting Next Generation, Arctic Capable, Sensor Alaska Technology forefront of Search & 1110 – 1140 Integration Research for Remotely Rescue, Disaster Relief, Emergency Piloted Aircraft Response, Hazmat Response and Interdiction 26 Research and innovation in the Arctic: Support To Northern