2018 Arctic Circle Assembly Program
PROGRAM 2018 ARCTIC CIRCLE ASSEMBLY OCTOBER 19-21 INCLUDES PRE-EVENTS AND POST-EVENT 1 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17 PRE-EVENT 13:00 – 16:00 THE NORTHERN VANTAGE POINT: ARCTIC CHANGES CURRENT & FUTURE OUTLOOKS Organized by the Northern Research Forum Location: University of Akureyri Open to all Assembly participants SPEAKERS • Harald Steen, Leader for Ice, Climate and Ecosystems (ICE), Norwegian Polar Institute: Consequences of Arctic Sea Ice Loss • Auður Ingólfsdóttir, Researcher, the Icelandic Tourism Research Centre (ITRC): Climate Change and Tourism • Hreiðar Þór Valtýsson, Assistant Professor, University of Akureyri: Changes in Fish Distribution and Climate Change in the North Atlantic • Amy Wiita, Subsistence Resource Specialist, Alaska Department of Fish & Game; Senior Interdisciplinary Research Scientist, Cinza Research LLC: Small Communities and Subsistence Resources • Jón Haukur Ingimundarson, Senior Scientist, Stefansson Arctic Institute; Associate Professor of Anthropology and Arctic Studies, University of Akureyri: Arctic Youth and Sustainable Futures • Gunhild Hoogensen Gjørv, Nansen Professor 2017-2018, University of Akureyri, Iceland; Professor, Critical Peace and Conflict Studies, Centre for Peace Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway: Tensions Between Energy, Economic, and Environmental Security Musical Performance • Byron Nicholai, U.S. State Department Arts Envoy musician; former Arctic Youth Ambassador from the Yup’ik community in Alaska Presented by the Embassy of the United States of America ROUNDTABLE • Bård Ivar
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