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


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- 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)


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