Arctic Encounter — Anchorage, AK, USA — April 15-17, 2026
the 2026 flagship will be PRODUCED & DIRECTED AT THE DENA’INA CONVENTION CENTER & The anchorage museum
- confirmed speakers TO BE ANNOUNCED ON A ROLLING BASIS -
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senator R-AK, United States Senate (United States)
Minister Vivian Motzfeldt, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greenland; Chair of the Arctic Council (Greenland)
Ambassador Leena-Kaisa Mikkola, Ambassador of Finland to the United States (Finland)
Ambassador Svanhildur Hólm Valsdóttir, Ambassador of Iceland to the United States (Iceland)
Ambassador Urban Ahlin, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States (Sweden)
Ambassador Petra Schneebauer, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to the United States (Austria)
Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to the United States (Slovenia)
Ambassador Kenneth Høegh, Chair of the Senior Arctic Officials, Arctic Council (Denmark/Greenland)
Ambassador Piotr Rychlik, Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Poland (Poland)
Mr. Bogdan Klich, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Republic of Poland (Poland)
Ms. Sara Cohen, Deputy Head of Mission, Foreign Policy & National Security, Embassy of Canada in the United States (Canada)
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)