Featured Speakers
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Oran YoungUniversity of California, Santa BarbaraOran Young is Professor of Environmental Policy at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Specializing in the analysis of environmental institutions with particular reference to international regimes, Dr. Young also serves as Co-... -
Vladimir KattsovVoeikov Main Geophysical Observatory, RoshydrometDr. Vladimir Kattsov, Director of Voeikov Main Geophysical Observatory in St. Petersburg, Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environment Monitoring (Roshydromet). Scientific field and expertise: global climate 3D modelling; high-latitude climate dynamics, model evaluation. Member,... -
Martin SommerkornWorld Wildlife Fund (WWF)Dr. Martin Sommerkorn is the Senior Climate Change Advisor of WWF’s International Arctic Programme and coordinates the climate change activities of WWF's Arctic Initiative. His main focus is on communicating both the impacts and the global relevance of arctic climate change to the public and to... -
Chris FurgalTrent UniversityI am an Assistant Professor in the Indigenous Environmental Studies Program cross-appointed between the Departments of Environmental Resource Sciences / Studies and Indigenous Studies. I am also currently the co-Director of the Nasivvik Centre for Inuit health and changing environments... -
Vera K. MetcalfEskimo Walrus Commission, Kawerak, Inc.Vera Kingeekuk Metcalf was born and raised in Sivungaq (Savoonga) on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. She now lives in Nome and has been the Director of the Eskimo Walrus Commission (EWC) with Kawerak, Inc. since 2002. She works to promote local community participation in research that involves a... -
Bruce C. ForbesUniversity of LaplandProf. Forbes has a background in applied ecology and geography in permafrost environments. His research encompasses both the natural and social sciences. His experience is circumpolar having conducted field studies of human impacts on vegetation and soils, with special emphasis on the consequences... -
Chester ReimerInuit Circumpolar Council - CanadaChester Reimer has 25 years experience working with indigenous peoples both at the community level and internationally. He continues to represent and advise Inuit at the United Nations, the Arctic Council, and other international fora. Mr. Reimer has lived in and worked for Cree First Nations, and... -
Elke U. WeberColumbia Business SchoolElke U. Weber is the Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business at Columbia Business School and Professor of Psychology at Columbia University. Previously she has held academic positions in both the United States and Europe. She also spent time at the Center for Advanced Studies in the... -
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.... -
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...
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