Featured Speakers
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Laura FurgioneNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)Since August 31, 2008, Laura Furgione has served as the Assistant Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Office of Program Planning and Integration. In this role, she is responsible for corporate management to coordinate the many lines of service of this $4... -
Andrea LloydMiddlebury CollegeAndrea Lloyd is a plant ecologist who is interested in the effects of past, present, and future climate change on the boreal forest. She conducts research at treeline sites in Alaska and, more recently, in the Siberian taiga, using tree rings as a tool for reconstructing patterns in forest... -
Marianne Lykke ThomsenGovernment of GreenlandMarianne Lykke Thomsen has a background in Inuit Studies and has been living in Nuuk, Greenland since 1987. She has been advising the Government of Greenland on foreign policy issues since 1994, before which she held the position of environmental coordinator with Inuit Circumpolar Council.... -
John WalshUniversity of Alaska FairbanksJohn Walsh is a President's Professor of Global Climate Change at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF). He is the Director of the Center for Global Change, and he is also the Chief Scientist of the International Arctic Research Center. His primary research interests are: Arctic climate change... -
Bob CorellGlobal Environment & Technology FoundationDr. Robert W. Corell is a Principal for the Global Environment Technology Foundation, an Ambassador for ClimateWorks, Professor II at the University of the Arctic's new Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry and Professor II at the University of Tromso. He is a Partner of the Sustainability... -
Arden L. Bement, Jr.National Science Foundation (NSF)Arden L. Bement, Jr., was sworn in as the 12th Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) on November 24, 2004. Dr. Bement heads the only federal agency that funds research and education in all fields of science and engineering. He directs a budget of more than $6 billion; hundreds of... -
Jay GulledgePew Center on Global Climate ChangeSenior Scientist and Program Manager for Science and Impacts Jay Gulledge is the Senior Scientist and Program Manager for Science and Impacts at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. Dr. Gulledge oversees the Pew Center's efforts to assess the current state of scholarly knowledge about the... -
Louis FortierLaval UniversityLouis Fortier is the Project Leader for the Canadian Research Icebreaker Amundsen and the Scientific Director of ArcticNet, a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence dedicated to the study of the transforming coastal Canadian Arctic. Louis Fortier was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in... -
RADM David Titley Oceanographer of the NavyUS NavyA native of Schenectady, N.Y., Rear Admiral Titley was commissioned through the Naval Reserve Officers Training Commissioning program in 1980 and has completed numerous sea duty and shore tours. In 2009, Titley assumed duties as oceanographer and navigator of the Navy. Titley earned a Bachelor of... -
Masami FukudaUniversity of Alaska FairbanksDr. Masami Fukuda is a visiting professor from Hokkaido University, currently at the International Arctic Research Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. His research interests include geocryology, environmental sciences, climate change, and permafrost. Dr. Fukuda has done major field work in arctic Alaska...
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A comprehensive program has been developed to involve and mentor the next generation of polar researchers in State of the Arctic conference activities.
In addition to providing a travel scholarship program, we are also offering a mentoring program, a "Conversation with Scientists" special luncheon, a dedicated student meeting room, and a workshop presented by Susan Buhr, CIRES, on effectively communicating climate change science.
Twenty-five student award winners announced!
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