Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 “Advancing Strategic Partners in Securing America’s Arctic Interests”

University of 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

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Day 1: “Sketching the landscape, understanding the contours”

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Welcoming Remarks and Welcome to Fairbanks and UAF Opening Ceremony

Randy “Church” Kee Executive Director, ADAC, Maj Gen USAF (Retired)

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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

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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

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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 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

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Concluding Remarks

Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander, Alaska NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force,

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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

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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

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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 Space Operations: 1140- – 1210 The Alaska Satellite Facility The Alaska Aerospace Corporation (AAC) Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: Electives Time Elective Title Presented by:

Arctic Research and Operations at Dr. Bob McCoy, 0930 – 1000 Track 1 Timeline the Geophysical Institute UAF

Moderator Innovating remote power : Dr. Jeremy Kasper, 1000 – 1030 solutions: the Alaska Center for UAF Energy and Power

Emerging mapping capabilities for the Arctic region: The Geographic Mr. John Pace, 1030 – 1100 Information Network of Alaska UAF Dr. Douglas Causey, (GINA) ADAC Principal Investigator, UAA 1000 – 1110 Break

Next generation, Arctic capable, Dr. Cathy Cahill, 1110 – 1140 sensor integration research for ACUASI, UAF Location: Great Hall remotely piloted aircraft

27 Research and innovation in the Dr. Nettie Labelle- 1140 – 1210 Arctic: The Alaska Satellite Facility Hamer Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 0910 – 0915 Time Elective Title Presented by:

NOAA satellite service support to Dr. Lihang Zhou, Program 0930 – 1000 advance Arctic Domain Awareness for Track 2 Timeline Manager, NOAA JPSS operational decision makers Moderator: Alaska Department of Natural Mr. Trent Hubbard, DNR, Resources Arctic Strategic 1000 – 1030 DGGS & Ms. Tasha Jackson, Transportation and Resources project RDI (ASTAR contractor) (ASTAR) overview

Commercial Satellite data provides Sigmund Delhi, Kongsberg 1030 – 1100 Maritime Situational Awareness Satellite Services Dr. Michael Sfraga, Director of Wilson 1000 - 1110 Break Center’s Global Risk and Resilience Program & Sabre St. Paul SPXTR Arctic Plan: Mr. Ed De Polar Institute Mr. Patrick Baker, Mr. Amos Putting Alaska Technology forefront Executive Director of Philemonoff, Aleut Reyes, CEO, Sabrewing Location: Davis Concert 1110 – 1140 of Search & Rescue, Disaster Relief, Aleut Community of Community of St. Emergency Response, Hazmat St. Paul Island, and Paul Island Aircraft Hall Company Response and Interdiction Mr. Amos,

28 Support to Northern space Mr. Mark Lester, 1140 – 1210 operations: The Alaska Aerospace President and CEO, Corporation (AAC) AAC Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1210 - 1305

Lunch Reconvene in the Great Hall 1210 – 1305

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The Woodrow Wilson Polar Institute: “The Lunchtime Speakers Unfolding Geopolitical Trends Across the Circumpolar North”

Guest Speakers: Discussion Lead:

Dr. Michael Sfraga, Director of Wilson Center’s Global Risk and Mr. Jim Townsend, Mr. Abe Denmark, Resilience Program & Former DASD, Global Director of the Asia Program at the Polar Institute Fellow Polar Institute Woodrow Wilson International Woodrow Wilson Center Center for Scholars & Senior Fellow of Kissinger Institute on China and the United States 30 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1305 - 1310

Break 13:05 – 13:10

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Congressional Assessments Part 2 Legislative Priorities for the Arctic

Moderator: Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senator representing Alaska; Chair of Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Chairman of Interior and Environment Subcommittee; member of Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; and senior member of Rachel Kallander Senate Indian Affairs Committee Founder and Executive Director, Arctic Encounter

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Break 1330 - 1340

33 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1340 – 1510 Arctic 2020…Becoming the Great Game of the New Millennium? Panel 2 Panelists:

Moderator:

VADM Linda Fagan, Lt. Gen Thomas A. Bussiere MG Peter Andrysiak, Commander, USCG Pacific USAF, Alaskan Command, U.S. Army Alaska Commander Area Alaska NORAD Region and 11th Air Force Commander

Maj Gen Randy “Church” Kee, USAF (Ret.), ADAC Executive Director

34 Brigadier General J.B.P. Carpentier, RDML Robert Katz, USN Director, RADM Andrew Betton, CD, Commander, Joint Task Force Joint and Fleet Operations, U.S. Royal Navy, Deputy Commander, North Fleet Forces Command (N3) NATO Joint Force Command Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1510 – 1545 The Arctic as a new global hot-spot: assessing the rise of Arctic-focused strategies across the departments of the U.S. Federal Government Panel 3 Panelists:

Moderator:

Mr. Justin Gerber, Ms. Iris Ferguson, Mr. Shannon Jenkins, Office of Secretary Defense, Deputy Chief of Staff, Commandant’s Senior Pentagon Operations, HQ USAF Arctic Advisor (SAPA), HQ Pentagon USCG Dr. Michael Sfraga, Director of Wilson Center’s Global Risk and Resilience Program & Polar Institute

Mr. Jeff Barker, 35 Ms. Amy Holman, NOAA Alaska Regional Deputy Branch Head, Policy and Posture Coordinator OPNAV N5I5B, HQ US Navy, Pentagon Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1545 – 1600

Break 1545 – 1600

36 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1600 – 1710 Preparing the next generation: educating and Panel 3: Opening training Arctic-minded leaders in security, defense Address and science to better secure, defend, serve, and learn in an increasingly unpredictable Arctic

Dr. Jim Johnsen President, University of Alaska

37 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1600 - 1710 Preparing the next generation. Educating and training Arctic-minded leaders in security and defense and science to better secure, defend, serve, and learn in an increasingly unpredictable Arctic Panel 3 Panelists:

Moderator:

Dr. John Farrell, Dr. Mary Thompson- Ms. Cara Condit, Ms. Cara Aghajanian, Executive Director, Jones, U.S. Naval War Center for Arctic Director, Air Force U.S. Arctic Research College Study and Policy, U.S. Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture Commission Coast Guard Academy Program HQ USAF A1 Dr. Larry Hinzman, Vice Chancellor for Research, UAF & Research Director, ADAC

38 Dr. Cam Carlson, LTC Mr. Sam Alexander, Dr. Dave Auerswald, US Army (Ret), School School of National Defense of Management, UAF Management, UAF University Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1710 - 1720

Review and Recap

Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander, Alaska NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces

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End of Day 2 Day 3 (15 Nov 2019) 0730: Breakfast in Great AAS19 VIP Dinner (via tomorrow invitation): Lavelle’s Bistro, 0800 Opening session starts at start at 1930 Davis Concert Hall AAS19 Participant Dinner: Silver Gulch Brewery, start at 1900

Transportation: Please Consult your bus schedule in your symposium folders 40 Thank you! Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 15 November

Day 3: “Arctic horizons…the way forward, followed by opportunities to orient” Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 3: 0805 – 0815

Reflections from Symposium Day 2

Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, Commander, Alaska NORAD Region, Alaskan Command, and 11th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces

42 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 3: 0815 – 1000 Arctic Policy in Support of Improved Security and Defense of the Northern Flank of U.S. and Canadian Homeland? Panel 1 Panelists:

Moderator:

Ms. Eugénie Panitcherska, Dr. Michael Sfraga, Mr. Jim Townsend, First Secretary (Arctic Affairs)/ Director of Wilson Former DASD, Global Première secrétaire, Center’s Global Risk and Fellow, Polar Institute Canadian Embassy to the Resilience Program & Woodrow Wilson Center United States Polar Institute Maj Gen Randy “Church” Kee, USAF (Ret.), ADAC Executive Director

Mr. Tony Penikett, BG (Ret.) Peter Zwack, former Senior Ms. Gail Schubert, 43 Former Premier of Defense official, U.S. Embassy to the President and CEO Yukon Territory Russian Federation, Keenan Bering Straits Native Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center Corporation Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 3: 1000 – 1030

Assessing the Changing Human Terrain…Do We Have Panel 2 an Arctic Security Problem?

Panelists: Moderator:

Ms. Nicole Borromeo, Vice President and General Counsel for Supervisory Special Dr. Mary Thompson- Special Agent Mr. Troy Bouffard, Agent Jeffrey Peterson, Alaska Federation of Jones, Michael Smith, School of Federal Bureau of Natives U.S. Naval War Customs & Border Investigation Management, UAF College Protection

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Break 10:30 – 10:45

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Presentation Achieving Arctic Domain Awareness, Canada’s Developing Approach.

Dr. Paul Comeau S&T Safety and Security DRDC’s Centre for Science Defence Research and Development Canada, Government of Canada

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No Do Overs in the Arctic: Applied Research and Its Panel 3 Contributions to a Rapidly Changing Era

Panelists: Moderator:

Dr. Matt Calhoun, Dr. Holly Dockery, CAPT (Ret.) Mike Dr. Doug Causey, Dr. John Farrell, Alaska Native Sandia National White, ADAC Principal Executive Director, U.S. Arctic Research Science and Laboratories USCG, Pacific NW Investigator, UAA Commission Engineering Program National Laboratories (ANSEP), UAA

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Allied and Partner Reflections on the Challenges and Panel 4 Opportunities of the Arctic Region.

Panelists: Moderator:

Mr. Jim Townsend, COL Ólafur Ragnar COL Petteri Seppala, Senior Commander COL Magne “Mags” Former DASD, Global Ólafsson, National Defense Attaché, Tue Lippert, Rodahl, Fellow Polar Institute Liaison Representative Embassy of Finland Danish Joint Arctic Defense Attaché, Woodrow Wilson Center for Iceland, North Command Royal Norwegian Atlantic Treaty Embassy Organization / Headquarters Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (NATO / 48 HQ SACT) Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 2: 1245 - 1300

Summary and Overview

Lt. General Thomas A. Bussiere, USAF Commander, Alaskan Command, Alaska NORAD Region and 11th Air Force

49 Alaskan Command Arctic Symposium 2019 Day 3: 1300 – 1315 Break 13:00 – 13:15 Please proceed with “Grab & Go Lunch” ....then Load buses for field activities at UAF Poker Flats Research Range and the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel (13:15 – 17:45)

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Bus 1 Bus 2 Bus 3 Bus 1 departs UAF at 13:15 to Bus 2 departs Great Hall at Bus 3 departs Great Hall at Bus Transportation drop off those unable to join 13:15 13:15 for Day 3 Tours Arrive at ACUASI demonstration Arrive at ACUASI demonstration - at 13:25, West Ridge UAF at 13:25, West Ridge UAF Conduct ACUASI demonstration Conduct ACUASI demonstration - from 13:30 – 14:00 from 13:30 – 14:00 Depart for Poker Flats Research Depart for Permafrost Tunnel at - Range (PFRR) at 14:00 14:00 Arrive at Permafrost Tunnel at Stops at Pipeline for 5 minute - 14:30 and conduct tour from photo op 14:30 – 15:30 Arrives at PFRR at 14:50 and Depart for Poker Flats Research - conduct tour from 14:50 – 15:50 Range (PFRR) at 15:30 Depart for Permafrost Tunnel at Stops at Pipeline for 5 minute - 15:50 photo op Arrives at Permafrost Tunnel at Arrives at PFRR at 16:00 and - 16:20 and conduct tour from conduct tour from 16:00 – 17:00 16:20 – 17:20 Depart Permafrost Tunnel at - Depart PFRR at 17:00 51 17:20 Arrive at Fairbanks hotels at Arrive at Fairbanks hotels at - approximately 17:45 approximately 17:45 Thank you for your participation… We are deeply honored by your efforts!

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