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Arctic Council / Member States Mr Christopher Cuddy Chief, Land and Water Management
Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development CANADA
Mr Kevin J. McCormick Head of Delegation Mr William Graham Chief, Northern Conservation Division Minister of Foreign Affairs Environment Canada House of Commons, Foreign Affairs
Ms Susan Ecclestone Delegates Ms Christiane Gagnon Chief, Nature Policy Member of Parliament Environment Canada House of Commons
Ms Valerie Hume Ms Mary Simon Chief, Resource Planning & Conservation Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development Dept. of Foreign Affairs & International Trade
Ms Laura Johnston Mr James Moore Manager, Northern Division, EPB Assistant Deputy Minister Environmental Protection Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development
Mr Steven Bigras Ms Adele Dion Executive Director Ambassador Canadian Polar Commission Canadian Embassy in Helsinki
Ms Patti Bruns Ms Elizabeth Finney Senior Policy Advisor Special Assistant to the Minister Dept. of Foreign Affairs Foreign Affairs and International Trade
DENMARK / GREENLAND / FAROE ISLANDS Ms Lillian Thomsen
Director of Communications Head of Delegation Mr Ole Samsing Foreign Affairs and International Trade Danish SAO
Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Harald Walter Finkler
Director, Circumpolar Liaison Directorate Delegates Ms Marianne Lykke Thomsen Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development Senior Policy Advisor
Greenland Home Rule Government Mr Philippe Cousineau
Deputy Director, Circumpolar Affairs Mrs Inge Lisbeth Werther Foreign Affairs and International Trade Head of Section
Ministry for Environment Mr Randy L. Cleveland
Senior Advisor Ms Hanne Petersen Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development Director
Danish Polar Center Mr Bernard Funston
President Mr Henrik Elling Northern Canada Consulting Head of Section
Danish Polar Center Ms Mari-Anna Suurmunne
Political Officer Mr Frank Sonne Canadian Embassy Special Advisor, Head of Section
Danish Ministry of the Environment Mr B. Vaughan Johnstone
Visits Coordinator Mr Thomas Andersen Foreign Affairs and International Trade Project Manager
Statistics Greenland Ms Tina Aggelopoulos Ministerial Delegation Secretary Foreign Affairs and International Trade
David Stone Director, Northern Science Dept. of Indian Affairs & Northern Development
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FINLAND Researcher Thule Institute Head of Delegation Mr Erkki Tuomioja Minister for Foreign Affairs Ms Anita Mäkinen Ministry for Foreign Affairs Marine Officer WWF / Finland Delegates Mr Markus Lyra Director General ICELAND Ministry for Foreign Affairs Head of Delegation Mr Halldór Ásgrímsson Mr Pekka Kangas Minister for Foreign Affairs Director General Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Environment Delegates Mr Gunnar Pálsson Ms Aira Kalela Ambassador Director General Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Environment Mr Axel Nikulasson Ms Tarja Kantola Counsellor Special Adviser to the Minister Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ms Bryndis Kjartansdóttir Ms Satu Mattila Counsellor Head of Unit Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Hugi Olafsson Mr Kari Karanko Head of Division Ambassador Ministry for the Environment Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr David Egilsson Ms Outi Mähönen Director Senior Adviser Environmental and Food Agency of Iceland Ministry of the Environment NORWAY Mr Esko Jaakkola Environmental Counsellor Head of Delegation Mr Kim Traavik Ministry of the Environment State Secretary Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms Mirja A. Kurkinen Ministerial Councellor Delegates Mr Jan Tore Holvik Ministry of Justice Ambassador Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms Anne Päkkilä Special Government Adviser Ms Hilde Haraldstad Ministry of Education Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms Nina Hellström Senior Official Mr Stein Paul Rosenberg Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Advisor Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr Pekka Aikio President Mr Kjell-Gunnar Eriksen Saami Parliament of Finland First Secretary Embassy of Norway Mr Esko Lotvonen Executive Director Mr Tor-Egil Lindeberg Regional Council of Lapland Advisor Ministry of Local Government Mr Hannu Viranto Councellor Ms Inger Aarvaag Stokke State Provincial Office of Lapland Advisor Ministry of Justice and the Police
Ms Pirjo Taskinen
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Mr Sigurd Svela USA Advisor Ministry of Agriculture - Norway Head of Delegation Ms Paula Dobriansky Undersecretary of State for Global Affairs Mr Johnny-Leo Jernsletten U.S. Department of State Project Manager University of Tromsø Delegates Ms Judith Ayres Assistant Administrator for International Affairs Mr Sven-Roald Nystø U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The Samediggi Plenary c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ms Sarah K. Brandel Senior Arctic Official RUSSIA U.S. Department of State
Head of Delegation Mr Roald F. Piskoppiel Ms Violanda Botet Deputy Minister Special Assistant to the Undersecretary Ministry of Economic Development and Trade U.S. Department of State
Delegates Mr Alexey Obukhov Dr Lawson Brigham Ambassador Deputy Executive Director Ministry for Foreign Affairs US Arctic Research Commission
Mr Boris Morgunov Ms Elaine Christian Deputy Head of Department Program Officer Ministry of Economic Development State of Alaska
Mr Nikolay Korchunov Mr Philip Chen First Secretary Senior Advisor to the Deputy Director Russian Embassy National Institutes of Health
SWEDEN Mr Robert Dyer Special Projects Head of Delegation Ms Anna Lindh US Environmental Protection Agency Minister for Foreign Affairs Ministry for Foreign Affairs Ms Karen Erickson Professor Delegates Mr Greger Widgren University of Alaska Ambassador Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Robert Gerlach Program Coordinator Ms Helena Ödmark State of Alaska Ambassador Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mrs Judy Gottlieb Associate Regional Director, International Affairs Mr Stefan Amér Department of the Interior Political Adviser to the Minister Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Tracy Hall Arctic Affairs Official Mr Mats Ekenger U.S. Dept. of State Head of Section Ministry of the Environment Mr Michael Johnson Development Specialist Mr Stefan Källman AK Dept. of Community and Economic Dev. / USA Advisor Ministry of Agriculture Ms Suzanne Marcy PhD, Arctic Program Manager US Environmental Protection Agency
Mr John Middaugh Program Director Alaska Department of Health and Social Services
Mr Walter Parker Advisor EPPR
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Mr Alan Parkinson Permanent Participants Deputy Director
Arctic Investigation Program AIP / CDC Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat, IPS
Ms Karen Perdue Head of Delegation Mr John Crump Associate Vice-President Executive Secretary University of Alaska Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Ms Marideth Sandler Delegates Mrs Alona Yefimenko Associate Director Technical Advisor Alaska Governor's Office Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Mr Gary R. Waxmonsky Ms Gunn-Britt Retter Senior Program Manager Technical Advisor Office of International Affairs Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Mr Evan Bloom Mrs Laila Chemnitz Legal Advisor Administrative Secretary Department of State Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat
Ms Eleonora Barnes Arctic Athabaskan Council, AAC Project Manager
US Environmental Protection Agency Head of Delegation Mr Edmund Schultz
International Chair Ms Beatrice Soila Arctic Athabaskan Council First Secretary
U.S. Embassy Delegates Ms Cindy Dickson
Executive Director Mr Scott Arnold Arctic Athabaskan Council State of Alaska
Mr David Roddick Senior Advisor Arctic Athabaskan Council
Mr Chris Paci Manager Arctic Athabaskan Council
Ms Randy Mayo Chair, Alaska Arctic Athabaskan Council
Mr Gary Harrison Member, Alaska Arctic Athabaskan Council
Aleut International Association, AIA
Head of Delegation Ms Victoria Gofman Executive Director Aleut International Association
Delegates Ms Svetlana Vozhikova Aleut International Association
Gwich'in Council International, GCI
Head of Delegation Mr Stephen Mills Director Gwich'in Council International
Delegates Mr Joe Linklater Director Gwich'in Council International
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Inuit Circumpolar Conference, ICC Working Groups
Head of Delegation Mr Duane Smith Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, AMAP President
Inuit Circumpolar Conference Head of Delegation Mr Helgi Jensson
AMAP Chair Delegates Mr Terry Fenge AMAP Strategic Counsel to the President
Inuit Circumpolar Conference Delegates Mr Lars-Otto Reiersen
Executive Secretary Mr Carl Christian Olsen AMAP Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna, CAFF Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, RAIPON
Head of Delegation Mr Sune Sohlberg Head of Delegation Mr Sergey Kharuchi CAFF Chair President The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency RAIPON
Delegates Ms Magdalena A. K. Muir Delegates Mr Pavel Sulyandziga Executive Secretary Vice President, IPS Board Member CAFF RAIPON
Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response, EPPR Ms Tamara Semenova
Project Coordinator Mr Olli Pahkala RAIPON Director
Ministry of the Environment Saami Council
EPPR / SDWG Head of Delegation Ms Anne Nuorgam
President Ms Miliza Malmelin Saami Council Attache
Ministry of the Environment Delegates Mr Stefan Mikaelsson
Vice Chairperson Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment, PAME Saami Council
Head of Delegation Mr Thomas Laughlin Mr Geir Tommy Pedersen Deputy Director, International Affairs Vice Chairperson NOAA Saami Council
Delegates Mrs Soffia Gudmundsdottir Mr Valerij Tkatchev Executive Secretary Vice Chairman PAME Saami Council
Sustainable Development Working Group, SDWG Mr Rune Fjellheim
Head of the Arctic- and Environment Unit Mr Sauli Rouhinen Saami Council Environment Counsellor
Ministry of the Environment Ms Maria Sofia Aikio
Chairperson of Finnish Sami Association Arctic Council Action Plan to Eliminate Pollution, ACAP Saami Council
Head of Delegation Mr Per Sander Døvle Deputy Director / ACAP Chair Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
Delegates Mr Gunnar Futsæter Senior Advisor Norwegian Pollution Control Authority
Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, ACIA
Mr Robert W. Corell Chair of the Artic Climate Impact Assessment Arctic Climate Impact Assessment
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Observers International Arctic Social Sciences Association, IASSA
Mr Gerard Duhaime FRANCE Dr. International Arctic Social Sciences Association Mr Jean-Michel Dasque
Minister International Union for Conservation of Nature, IUCN Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Head of Delegation Mr Tamas Marghescu GERMANY Regional Director IUCN - The World Conservation Union Mr Jan Friedrich Minister-Councellor Delegates Mr Vladimir V. Moshkalo Embassy of the Republic of Germany Head of Office IUCN - The World Conservation Union POLAND Ms Thérèse Beaudet Mr Stanislaw Stebelski Programme Officer Ambassador IUCN - The World Conservation Union Embassy of the Republic of Poland International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs, IWGIA THE NETHERLANDS
Head of Delegation Mrs Petra Rethmann Mr Johannes Huber Professor Chairman, Interdepartmental Polar Affairs Committe International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Delegates Mr Georg Henriksen UNITED KINGDOM Chair
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Mr Neil Gilbert
Deputy Head, Polar Regions Section Mr Ludger Müller-Wille Foreign and Commonwealth Office Dr.
International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea, ACOPS
Ms Kathrin Wessendorf Mr Viktor Sebek Arctic Programme Coordinator Executive Director International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea
North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission, NAMMCO Circumpolar Conservation Union, CCU
Mrs Grete Hovelsrud-Broda Head of Delegation Ms Ester Fjellheim General Secretary Advisory Board Member NAMMCO Circumpolar Conservation Union
Nordic Council of Ministers Delegates Ms Evelyn Hurwich President Head of Delegation Ms Danfridur Skarphedinsdottir Circumpolar Conservation Union Senior Adviser Nordic Council of Ministers International Arctic Science Committee, IASC
Delegates Ms Astrid Nærum Head of Delegation Mr Niels Einarsson Special Adviser Director Nordic Council of Ministers IASC
Delegates Ms Paula Kankaanpää IASC
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Conference of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, SCPAR United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP
Head of Delegation Mr Clifford Lincoln Head of Delegation Mr Svein Tveitdal Member of Parliament/Chair of SCPAR Managaing Director House of Commons Canada UNEP / GRID-Arendal
Delegates Mr Ivar Kristiansen Delegates Mr Bo Wahlström MP Senior Scientific Advisor, Chemicals Parliament of Norway United Nations Environment Programme
Mr Guy Lindström Mrs Katherine Ivsett Johnsen Secretary General Acting Polar Programme Manager Conf. of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region UNEP / GRID-Arendal
Mr Kjell Myhre-Jensen Mr Thor Severin Larsen Head of Secretariat Senior Advisor Parliament of Norway GRID Arendal
Ms Gudfridur Gretarsdottir Association of World Reindeer Herders, WRH Secretary for Internal Affairs Parliament of Iceland Head of Delegation Mr Johan Mathis Turi President The Northern Forum Association of World Reindeer Herders
Head of Delegation Ms Hannele Pokka Delegates Mr Dmitry Khorolya Governor Vice President State Provincial Office of Lapland Association of World Reindeer Herders
Delegates Ms Priscilla Post Wohl Mr Juha Magga Executive Director Board Member Northern Forum Association of World Reindeer Herders
Ms Mirkka Vaarala Mr Alexander Komarov Project Coordinator Board Member The Northern Forum Association of World Reindeer Herders
Mr Vladimir Vasiliev Ms Elna Sara President Head of Office Northern Forum Academy Association of World Reindeer Herders
University of the Arctic, UArctic Mr Artom Rybkin Coordinator Head of Delegation Mr Oran Young Association of World Reindeer Herders Chair of UArctic Board of Governor University of the Arctic Mr Leif Halonen Advisor Delegates Mr Lars Kullerud Association of World Reindeer Herders Director University of the Arctic Mr Svein D. Mathiesen Advisor Mr Lassi Heininen Association of World Reindeer Herders Senior Scientists Arctic Centre / University of the Arctic Mr Nils Isak Eira Assistant United Nations Development Programme, UNDP Association of World Reindeer Herders
Head of Delegation Ms Elena Armand World Wide Fund of Nature, WWF Head of Envronment Unit United Nations Development Programme Head of Delegation Ms Samantha Smith Director WWF
Delegates Mr Stefan Norris Head of Conservation WWF
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Invited Guests Saami Parliament of Finland
Head of Delegation Mr Pekka Fofanoff EBRD Saami Parliament of Finland
Mr Jaakko Henttonen Delegates Ms Ristenrauna Magga Principal Banker Saami Parliament of Finland European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Ms Inker Anni Sara European Commission Saami Parliament of Finland
Mr Fredrik Svedang Ms Siiri Jomppanen Deputy Head of Unit Saami Parliament of Finland European Commission
Mr Heikki Hyvärinen Finnish Forest Research Institute Saami Parliament of Finland
Head of Delegation Ms Marja-Liisa Sutinen United Nations’ Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Senior Researcher
The Finnish Forest Research Institute Ole Henrik Magga
Chairman Delegates Mr Sakari Kankaanpää United Nations’ Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues The Finnish Forest Research Institute
The World Bank Mr Paulo Kristian Susiluoto
Researcher Mr Andrei Markov The Finnish Forest Research Institute Sr. Human Development Specialist
The World Bank Municipality of Inari
Head of Delegation Mr Teuvo Niemelä Arctic Council Chair Chairman of Municipality Council Municipality of Inari Head of Delegation Mr Peter Stenlund SAO Chairman Delegates Mr Voitto Tervahauta Ministry for Foreign Affairs Chairman of Municipality Board Municipality of Inari Delegates Ms Johanna Lammi Executive Secretary Mr Terho Kinisjärvi Ministry for Foreign Affairs Vice Chairman of the Municipality Municipality of Inari Ms Tanja Grén Attache NEFCO Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Mr Harro Pitkänen Managing Director Nordic Environment Finance Corporation - NEFCO
Nordic Investment Bank
Mr Roland Randefelt Senior Environmental Analyst Nordic Investment Bank
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Interpreters Mr Jussi Saari CONGREX / Blue & White Conferences Oy
Mr Aleksei Repin Ms Päivi Simola Interpreter CONGREX / Blue & White Conferences Oy
Mr Alexander Tchekhov Mr Raimo Kaartinen Interpreter Lapin Toimistotieto Oy
Mr Alexandre Bartchenkov Mr Timo Niemelä Interpreter Lapin Toimistotieto Oy
Supporting staff Mr Janne Mikkola Lapin Toimistotieto Oy Ms Tiina Myllyntausta Councellor Mr Kari Loikkanen Ministry for Foreign Affairs Messua Arvelin Oy
Mr Juha Vänskä Mr Juha-Pekka Porvari Information Officer Messua Arvelin Oy Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Jouko Kettunen Ms Marjo Mäki-Leppilampi Oulun Kongressitekniikka Oy Attache Ministry for Foreign Affairs Mr Vesa Mahlakaarto Oulun Kongressitekniikka Oy Mr Jussi Soini Attache Mr Vili Mäentausta Ministry for Foreign Affairs Oulun Kongressitekniikka Oy
Mr Veli-Pekka Kaivola Attache Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms Sirkku Salomaa Assistant Ministry of the Environment
Ms Marja Sokura Attache Ministry of the Environment
Mr Erkki Erähonka Assistant Ministry of the Environment
Mr Petri Ojanperä Secretary Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms Saija Vuola Project Assistant Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Mr Juha Nojonen Secretary Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Ms Ulla Dolinac Departmental Secretary Ministry for Foreign Affairs