Arctic Encounter — Anchorage, AK, USA — July 30 - August 1, 2025

the 2025 flagship will be PRODUCED & 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)
Ambassador Bergdís Ellertsdóttir, Ambassador-at-Large for Arctic Affairs (Iceland)
Ambassador Piotr Rychlik, Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Poland (Poland)
Ambassador Petteri Vuorimäki, Ambassador of Arctic Affairs, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Finland (Finland)
Ambassador Kenneth Høegh, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council (Denmark/Greenland)
Ambassador Axel Wernhoff, Ambassador for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sweden)
Ambassador Jovita Neliupšienė, Ambassador of the European Union to the United States (European Union)
Ambassador Radovan Javorčík, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to the United States (Slovakia)
Ambassador Katsuhiko Takahashi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Arctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
H.E. Byung-ha Chung, Ambassador for Polar Affairs, Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Ambassador David Balton, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Arctic Initiative (United States)
Ambassador Morten Høglund (ret), Former Senior Arctic Official Chair of the Arctic Council; Former Arctic Ambassador for Norway (Norway)
Ambassador Mike Sfraga (ret), PhD, Former U.S. Ambassador for Arctic Affairs (United States)
H.E. Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Chair of the Arctic Circle Polar Dialogue, Senior Emissary of Arctic Circle, Prime Minister of Iceland 2017-2024 (Iceland)
Governor Mike Dunleavy, Governor, State of Alaska (United States)
Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, Mayor of the City of Anchorage, Alaska (United States)
Mr. Jacob Isbosethsen, Incoming Head of Greenland Representation to the United States and Canada (Greenland)
Mr. Eric Carlson, Senior Arctic Official, U.S. Department of State (United States)
Mr. Agostino Pinna, Special Envoy for the Arctic, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic (Italy)
Mr. Torsten K. Nielsen, Senior Arctic Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Denmark)
Mr. Paul Dziatkowiec, Director of Mediation and Peace Support, Geneva Center for Security Policy (Switzerland)
Ms. Asisaun Toovak, Mayor, City of Utqiaġvik (United States)
Chief Barbara Joe, Chief, Champagne & Aishihik First Nations (Canada)
Dr. Julia Nesheiwat, Distinguished Fellow, Atlantic Council; 10th U.S. Homeland Security Advisor to the President; Fmr Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission (United States)
Major General (Retired) Randy “Church” Kee, Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, U.S. Department of Defense (United States)
Ms. Aki-Matilda Høegh-Dam, MP, Member of the Greenlandic Parliament, Member of the Danish Parliament, Chair of the Arctic Delegation (Denmark/Greenland)
Ms. Sara Cohen, Deputy Head of Mission, Foreign Policy & National Security, Embassy of Canada in the United States (Canada)
Ms. Heather Reams, President, Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions Forum (United States)
President Pat Pitney, President, University of Alaska (United States)
Ms. Suzanne Leta, Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Americas, Fluence (United States)
Ms. Charitie Ropati, Indigenous Water Engineer & Scientist (United States)
Ms. Laura Rahikka, Founder & CEO, Hycamite TCD Technologies Ltd (Finland)
Mr. Rick Van Nieuwenhuyse, President & CEO, Contango Ore, Inc. (United States)
Mr. Youssef Mani, Assistant Commissioner, Arctic Region, Canadian Coast Guard (Canada)
Mr. Kuno Fencker, Member of the Parliament of Greenland (Greenland/Denmark)
Dr. Benjamin Hamlington, Research Scientist - Sea Level and Ice, National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (United States)
Mr. Riki Ellison, Founder and Chairman‬, Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (United States)
Mr. Rob Gillam, CEO/President, McKinley Management, LLC (United States)
Mr. Frank Macchiarola, Chief Advocacy Officer, American Clean Power (United States)
Mr. Mead Treadwell, Former Lt. Governor of Alaska 2010-2014, Treadwell Development (United States)
Mr. Matthew Hickey, Associate Director, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies (United States)
Major Stephen Gagnon, United States Army, 11th Airborne Division (United States)
Lieutenant Commander Sam Krakower, United States Coast Guard (United States)
Lieutenant Colonel John “Rage” Johnston, United States Air Force (United States)
Mr. Mads Qvist Frederiksen, Executive Director, Arctic Economic Council (Norway)
Dr. Thomas Wagner, Associate Director for Earth Action, Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters (United States)
Mr. Paul Barrett, Chief Communications Officer, Davie (Canada)
Captain Michele Schallip, Commanding Officer of the USCGC Healy (June 2023 - June 2025) (United States)
Dr. Dwayne Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) (United Kingdom)
Mr. Thomas Dans, President, Almiranta Strategies (United States)
Ms. Frances Ulmer, Fmr Commissioner, U.S. Arctic Research Commission; Fmr Lieutenant Governor of Alaska; Associate, Arctic Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University (United States)
Mr. Andreas Raspotnik, Director, High North Center for Business and Governance (Norway)
Mr. Wassim Y. Said, Chairman’s Advisor, International Affairs Office, United Arab Emirates Presidential Court (United Arab Emirates)
Ms. Emily Edenshaw, President & CEO, Alaska Native Heritage Center; Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)
Mr. Benjamin Kellie, Entrepreneur and Space Industry Expert; Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)
Mr. Curtis Shaw, President and CEO, Northwestel (Canada)
Ms. Patuk Glenn, Executive Director, Arctic Slope Community Foundation (United States)
Mr. Aaron M. Schutt, President and CEO, Doyon, Limited. (United States)
Mr. Hugh Patkotak, Sr., President & CEO, Olgoonik Corporation (United States)
Mr. Manuel Carmona Yebra, Deputy Head for Global Issues and Innovation, EU Delegation to the US (European Union)
Ms. Libby Casey, Senior News Anchor, The Washington Post (United States)
Ms. Alice Qannik Glenn, Podcast Host/Producer, Coffee & Quaq (United States)
Ms. Francine Moreno, Director of Rural Utility Management Services, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (United States)
Dr. Liza Mack, Board Member, Aleut International Association (United States)
Mr. Kaleb Froehlich, Managing Director, Ambler Metals; Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)
Ms. Emily Schwing, Journalist & Producer (United States)
Mr. Emmett Leffel, Housing Inspector Commissioned by KYUK (United States)
Ms. Della Carl, Newtok Village Council Secretary, Newtok Village Council (United States)
Mr. Haven Harris, Senior Vice President of Growth and Strategy, Bering Straits Native Corporation (United States)
Dr. John Holdren, Faculty Co-Chair, Arctic Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University (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. Asisaun Toovak, Mayor, City of Utqiaġvik (United States)
Mr. Apagzuk/Apagruk Roy Agloinga, President & CEO, First Alaskans Institute (United States)
Ms. Marilyn Romano, Regional Vice President, Alaska Airlines; Board Chair, Arctic Encounter Board of Directors (United States)
Ms. Reed Davidson, Program Coordinator, Arctic Encounter (United States)
Mr. Dickie Moto, Mayor of Northwest Arctic Borough (United States)
Mr. Eiryn Devereaux, President/CEO, Nunavut Housing Corporation (Canada)
Mr. Rico Lanáat’ Worl, Tlingit and Athabascan Designer (United States)
Ms. Penny Gage, Chief Policy & Partnerships Officer, Launch Alaska (United States)
Dr. Diane Hirshberg, Director, University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, and Vice President - Academic, University of the Arctic (United States)
Dr. Diana Bensyl, Director, Arctic Investigations Program, United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alaska; and Arctic Human Health Expert Group, Sustainable Development Working Group, Arctic Council (United States)
Dr. Kelsey Frazier, Associate Director for Research and Analysis, Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies (United States)
Mr. Sveinung Tornås, Director, Department for Innovation, Norwegian Directorate of Health (Norway)
Dr. Maja Gran Erke, Senior Advisor, Department for Innovation, Norwegian Directorate of Health (Norway)
Ms. Anne Torill Nordsletta, Director, Department of Health Analytics, Norway Centre for eHealth Reserach (Norway)
Mr. Ineqi Kielsen, Deputy Party Leader, Siumut and Owner of Consulting Company Tarajoq ApS (Greenland/Denmark)
Mr. Inuk Fleischer, Chair, Siumut Youth (Greenland/Denmark)
Mr. Malik Knudsen, Chair, International Committee, Siumut Youth (Greenland/Denmark)
Mr. Lars Knudsen, Chair, Business Development Committee, Siumut Youth (Greenland/Denmark)
Mr. William Henagen, U.S. Strategy Lead, Davie (Canada)
Mr. Ahmed Al Katheeri, Project Manager, AD Ports Group International Office (United Arab Emirates)
Ms. Jocelyn Fenton, Director, Denali Commission (United States)
Ms. Jolene John, Regional Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs - Alaska Region (United States)
Ms. Tami Fordham, Alaska Operations Office Director, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (United States)
Mr. Givey Kochanowski, Alaska Region Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (United States)
Ms. Sara Taylor, Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of the Interior (United States)
Mr. Oliver Peetok, Chair, Olgoonik Corporation (United States)
Ms. Doreen Leavitt, Tribal Secretary and Director of Natural Resources, Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope (United States)
Ms. Bridget Anderson, Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (United States)
Mr. Nagruk Harcharek, President, Voice of the Arctic Iñupiat (United States)
Mr. Aaron Leggett, President & Chair, Native Village of Eklutna (United States)
Mr. Merle Apassingok, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (United States)
Mr. Leonard Kamerling, Curator of Film, University of Alaska Museum of the North (United States)
Dr. Brendan P. Kelly, Chief Scientist, International Arctic Research Center (United States)
Ms. Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf, Executive Director, Eskimo Walrus Commission (United States)
Ms. Deborah Raksany, Producer, Giant Screen Films (United States)
Ms. Kristina Baiborodova, Chief Executive Officer, ArKtiKa Company LLC (United States)
Dr. Abbie Tingstad, Arctic Research Professor, Center for Arctic Study and Policy, U.S. Coast Guard Academy (United States)
Captain Steve White, President, Marine Exchange of Alaska (United States)
Ms. Margaret Williams, Senior Fellow, Arctic Initiative, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University (United States)
Mr. Pablo Taccioli, Senior Director, Strategic Growth, Fluence (United States)
Mr. Tom Atkinson, CEO/General Manager, Kotzebue Electric Association (United States)
Ms. Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Director of Climate Initiatives, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (United States)
Ms. Camilla Olsen, Vice Chair, Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (Greenland)
Ms. Nicole Gotthardt, Analyst at Carbon Containment Lab, Yale University (United States)
Chief Bill Erasmus, International Chair, Arctic Athabaskan Council (Canada)
Chief Chaaiy Albert, First Chief Northway; Board Member, Arctic Athabaskan Council (United States)
Mr. Jared Reynolds, Executive Director, Center for Economic Development, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States)
Dr. Jodie Anderson, Director, Institute of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Extension, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Dr. Lee Ann Munk, Director, Alaska Critical Mineral Collaborative, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Dr. Jason Burkhead, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska Anchorage (United States)
Dr. Gwen Holdmann, Chief Scientist and Program Lead, Alaska Center for Energy and Power, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Dr. Heather Sauyaq Jean Gordon, Owner/Principal Consultant, Sauyaq Solutions (United States)
Ms. Mariah Seater, Fulbright Arctic Initiative Scholar, Fulbright Association (United States)
Ms. Marlene Gogal, Partnership Development Coordinator, Pewapun Construction Ltd. (Canada)
Ms. Athena Copenhaver, Executive Director, Study of Environmental Arctic Change (United States)
Dr. Vanessa Hiratsuka, Senior Researcher, Southcentral Foundation (United States)
Ms. Macy Kenworthy, Program Co-Coordinator, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Ms. Miaja Coombs, Arctic Youth Ambassador, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Mr. Averon Katcheak, Arctic Youth Ambassador, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Ms. Kellie Miller, Arctic Youth Ambassador, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Ms. Deja Jackson, Arctic Youth Ambassador, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Ms. Mary Simeon, Arctic Youth Ambassador, Arctic Youth Ambassadors Program (United States)
Chief Bill Erasmus, International Chair, Arctic Athabaskan Council (Canada)
Mr. Edward Alexander, Co-Chair, Gwich’in Council International (United States)
Dr. Nettie La Belle-Hamer, Deputy Director, University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute (United States)
Ms. Hilary Shook, Research Liaison and Program Coordinator, Alaska Fire Science Consortium (United States)
Mr. Peter Butteri, Alaska Statewide Fire Planner (ret.), U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Dr. Cana Itchuaqiyaq, Founding Director, Center for Sustainable Engagement in the Arctic (CSEA) Virginia Tech (United States)
Ms. Corina Q. Kramer, CEO, Respectful Research LLC. (United States)
Ms. Ida Solvang, Project Member True North 2026, Tromsø Municipality (Norway)
Mr. Synne Sandvik Lockert, Project Member True North 2026, Tromsø Municipality (Norway)
Ms. Emilia Luiro, Student, Fulbright Finland (Finland)
Mr. Vesa Orassalo, University Student, University of Lapland (Finland)
Ms. Christi Bell, Director of Innovation and Commercialization, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Dr. Robert McCoy, Director of the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Mr. Juanie Pudluk, President, NCC3000 (Canada)
Mr. Andrew Jensen, Energy Policy Advisor, Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) (United States)
Ms. Cady Lister, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project (United States)
Ms. Jenifer Nelson, Senior Director of Rural Affairs, GCI (United States)
Ms. Caroline Renner, Manager of Technical Development, GCI (United States)
Ms. Emily Dodge, Director of Tribal Engagement and Government Affairs, SGV International LL (United States)
Mr. Justin Langan, Executive Director, O'KANATA (Canada)
Ms. Tristan Agnauraq Morgan, Community Grant Writer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium/Climate Initiatives Program/Center for Environmentally Threatened Communities (United States)
Ms. Keely Haller, Arctic Intern, North Star Group (United States)
Mr. David Marsh, Founder, Space for Earth (United States)
Ms. Christi Bell, Strategy and Innovation Officer, Alaska Critical Minerals Collaborative, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Mr. Jesse Carlstrom, Senior Business Development Executive, TOTE Maritime Alaska (United States)
Ms. Jillian Kates, Adjunct Faculty, Staff, Ph.D. Student, University of Alaska Fairbanks (United States)
Ms. Barbara Kahula, Director of Finance & Accounting, Native Movement (United States)
Mr. Keenan Miller, Legislative Aide, Representative Nellie Unangiq Jimmie (HD-38) (United States)
Mr. John Sallee, Strategic Program Manager, The RIVR (Rising Indigenous Voices Radio), Koahnic Broadcast Corporation (United States)
Ms. Haven Townsend, Graduate Research Assistant in the Integrated Systems Hydrology Lab, University of South Carolina School of the Earth, Ocean, and Environment (United States)