Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and the Arctic Encounter host the first Arctic Encounter London in London, UK, on 17-18 January 2019.

Arctic Encounter London 2019
PROUDLY PRODUCED BY
POLAR RESEARCH AND POLICY INITIATIVE AND THE ARCTIC ENCOUNTER
LONDON, UK, 17-18 JANUARY 2019
ON THE THEME

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Official Photographer: Dr Daniel Volland
PARTICIPANT REPRESENTATION:
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Canada
- Australia
- New Zealand
- India
- Ireland
- South Africa
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Iceland
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Poland
- Lithuania
- Germany
- The Netherlands
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS:
- The Rt Hon The Baroness Jay of Paddington PC, Member of the House of Lords; Member of the Executive Committee, British-American Parliamentary Group; Formerly, Leader of the House of Lords and the Lord Privy Seal; Minister for Women, 1998-2001; Chair of the Constitution Committee, House of Lords (United Kingdom)
- The Rt Hon The Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC, Member of the House of Lords; Formerly, Minister of State for Security and Counter-Terrorism; Chairman of the British Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC); Governor of the BBC; Chair, QinetiQ (United Kingdom)
- The Lord Chidgey of Hamble-le-Rice, Member of the House of Lords; Member of Parliament for Eastleigh, 1994-2005; Co-currently, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth; Chair, Commonwealth Policy Development Centre; Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on International Affairs (DfID); Companion, Royal Aeronautical Society (UK); Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers; Fellow, Institute of Highways and Transportation (United Kingdom)
- Mr Andrew Rosindell MP, Member of Parliament for Romford (UK); Member, House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee; Co-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Commonwealth; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Isle of Man, and UK Overseas Territories; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Denmark and Gibraltar; Governor, Westminster Foundation for Democracy; Formerly, Shadow Minister for Home Affairs, 2007-2010; Opposition Whip (Commons), 2005-2007; Vice-Chair, Conservative Party, 2004-2005 (United Kingdom)
- Mr Mark Garnier MP, The UK Regional Envoy to the US; Member of Parliament for Wyre Forest (UK); Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Space Committee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Fusion; Formerly, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Investment, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Mark Pritchard MP, Member of Parliament for The Wrekin (UK); Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Abolition of the Death Penalty; Vice-Chair, Parliamentary Space Committee; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Georgia, India, South Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, Vietnam, the British Museum, Gardening and Horticulture, and the Media; Officer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tourism, Leisure and the Hospitality Industry (United Kingdom)
- Mr Alex Sobel MP, Member of Parliament for (UK); Member, Environmental Audit Committee; Member, Backbench Business Committee; Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Enterprise; Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Groups for Anti-Semitism, Hydrogen and Drones; Officer, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Climate Change (United Kingdom)
- US Senator Lisa Murkowski, United States Senate, Alaska (United States)
- His Excellency Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, President of Iceland, 1996-2016; Finance Minister of Iceland, 1988-1991; Chair, Arctic Circle; Chair, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)’s Global Commission on the Geopolitics of Energy Transformation
- The Hon Aleqa Hammond, Chair of the Foreign and Security Policy Committee, Parliament of Greenland (Inatsisartut); Chair of the Greenland Committee, Danish Parliament (Folketing); former Premier of Greenland (Greenland)
- The Hon Peter Olsen, Vice Chair of the Foreign and Security Policy Committee, Parliament of Greenland (Inatsisartut)
- The Hon Alexander Downer AC, Executive Chairman, International School of Government, King’s College, London; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Australia, 1996-2007; Chair of Trustees, Policy Exchange; High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom, 2014-2018; Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus, 2008-2014; Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, 1994-1995; Member of the Australian Parliament for Mayo, 1984-2008 (Australia)
- Mr Mead Treadwell, President, Treadwell Alaska Consulting; Lt. Governor of Alaska, 2010-2014; Chair US Arctic Research Commission, 2010-2016; Current Co-Chair, Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Initiative and Private Investor (United States)
- Mr Tero Vauraste, Chair, Arctic Economic Council (Finland)
- Dr Heike Deggim, Director, Maritime Safety Division, International Maritime Organisation (IMO); formerly, Senior Deputy Director, Marine Environment Division, IMO, and Head, Marine Technology Section, IMO (United Kingdom/Germany)
- Her Worship Madeleine Redfern, Mayor of the City of Iqaluit, Nunavut; President, Nuvujaq Society; Chair, Nunavut Legal Services Board; President, Ajungi Tourism; President, Ajungi Arctic Consulting; Mentor, Fondation Trudeau Foundation; Formerly, Executive Director, Qiqiqtani Truth Commission (Canada)
- Mr Mininnguaq Kleist, Head of the Greenlandic Representation to the EU (Greenland)
- Mr Tyrone Duarte, Deputy Head of Mission in the UK, HM Government of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
- Ms Dena Brownlow, Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health, U.S. Embassy London (United States)
- Ms Anna Brodin, Political Officer, Embassy of Sweden in the UK (Sweden)
- Brigadier (AF) Lars Hedemark, Defence Attaché, Embassy of Denmark in the UK (Denmark)
- Capt Maurice AuCoin, Naval Attaché, High Commission of Canada in the UK (Canada)
- Vice Admiral John Henry Stuart McAnally CB LVO, Chairman, The Naval and Military Club; Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies, 1998-2001; Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment, Naval Recruitment Training Agency (1996-1998), Director of Naval Staff (1994-1996), Director of Naval Logistics Policy (1993-1996); Assistant Director of Naval Plans (1989-1993); HMS Torquay, HMS Alacrity, HMS Ariadne and HMS Hermione, Royal Navy (United Kingdom)
- Rear Admiral Frederick J Kenney, Jr., Director, Legal and External Affairs, International Maritime Organisation (IMO); formerly, The Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel, United States Coast Guard (United States)
- Rear Admiral Nick Lambert, Former UK National Hydrographer; Former Captain of Royal Navy Icebreaker HMS Endurance (United Kingdom)
- Brigadier Matthew Jackson, Brigade Commander, 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines (United Kingdom)
- Colonel Eric Maxon, Deputy Chief of Staff, Alaskan Command (ALCOM), United States Army (United States)
- Colonel William H Kale III, Commander, 501st Combat Support Wing (CSW), US Air Forces in Europe (United States)
- Captain John Aitken RN, Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff (Submarines), Royal Navy; Formerly, Commanding Officer of HMS Talent (United Kingdom)
- Captain John Lloyd RD MBA FNI, Chief Executive Officer, The Nautical Institute (United Kingdom)
- LTC Darryl W Lyon, Lieutenant Colonel and High North Action Officer, Maine National Guard (United States)
- Ms Nancy Stewart, Honorary Commander United States Air Force 422nd Air Base Group (United States)
- Mr Michael Hardy, EBRX – Arctic, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Luxembourgs M, UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- Cdr Marcus JC Hember RN, Overseas Crisis and plans (Maritime) | Defence Commitments and Crisis | UK Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
- Ms Ashley Manning, Defence Strategy & Priorities | UK Ministry of Defence; formerly Director for Global Force Posture in the Office of the U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, (United Kingdom/United States)
- Mr Michael Essex, Maritime and Engineering Lead, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Ms Charlotte Martin, Senior US Trade Policy Adviser, Trade Policy Group, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Andrew Whitten, Head of North America Team, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Ms Irene Kerrison, Senior Desk Officer, North America, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Alex Wright, Canada Lead, North America, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Ricky Chima, Principal Economis, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Daniel Banks, Economist, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Joel Plaja, Senior Policy Adviser, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Ms Vanessa Gould, Head of Implementation Unit, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr George Radice, Policy Adviser, Trade Policy Group, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Ms Eleanor Weavis, Head of Transport and Delivery Services, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr James Burn, Policy Adviser, UK Department of International Trade (United Kingdom)
- Mr Michael Vibert, Maritime Security Team Leader | Security Policy Department | UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (United Kingdom)
- Mr Paul Wood, Policy Manager | International, EU & UK Relations Team | Scottish Government (Scotland)
- Prof Tahseen Jafry, Professor, Glasgow Caledonian University; Arctic Consultant to the Scottish Government (Scotland)
- Dr Fiona Bloor, Law of the Sea, United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (United Kingdom)
- Mr Brinley Salzmann, Director, Overseas & Exports, ADS Group (Farnborough); Secretary to the Export Group for Aerospace, Defence and Dual-Use (EGADD), the Business Ethics Network, the Defence Export Strategy Group (DESG), and the British Industrial Participation & Offset Group (BIPOG) (United Kingdom)
- Mr Anthony Marzi, General Manager, Praxis, Inc. | A Technology Service Corporation Company (United States)
- Mr Kim O’Neil, Fellow and Flight Operations Group Member, Royal Aeronautical Society (United Kingdom)
- Mr Kyle Hurst, Director Maritime Safety and Security Services, Iridium Communications (United States)
- Mr Phil Holland, Chief Executive Officer, Lloyds Energy (United Kingdom)
- Mr David Clarke, Project Management Consultant to Lloyds Energy (United Kingdom)
- Mr Neil Roberts, Head of Marine and Aviation, Lloyd’s Market Association’ (United Kingdom)
- Mr Jos Standerwick, CEO, Maritime London (United Kingdom)
- Ms Sarah Johnson, Overseas Marketing Representative (UK and Northern Europe), Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (United Kingdom)
- Ms Alice Rogoff, Owner and Publisher, Arctic Today (United States)
- Mr Krestia DeGeorge, Editor, Arctic Today (United States)
- Mr Julian Clark, Global Head of Shipping, Hill Dickinson LLP (United Kingdom)
- Mr Michael Kingston, Managing Director, Michael Kingston Associates (Ireland/United Kingdom)
- Mr Steve Cameron, Principal, Cameron Maritime Resources (CMR); Executive Director, The Honourable Company of Master Mariners (United Kingdom)
- Mr Jack Ferguson, President, Jack Ferguson Associates, Inc.; Formerly, Chief of Staff to US Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska); Administrative Aide to US Representative Don Young (R-AK); Legislative Aide to US Representative Floyd Hicks (D-WA) (United States)
- Ms Sabra Simmonds, Northern Policy Associate, North Star Group (United States)
- Mr Stian Osmundsen, CEO, Turbo Tape Games (Norway)
- Mr Stephen Payne, President, Linden Strategies (United States)
- Mr Alexander Borodin, Iridium Polar Advisory Board (United Kingdom)
- Prof Heather Nicol, Professor, School of the Environment, Trent University (Canada)
- Dr Rowan Allport, Senior Fellow, Defence and Security, Human Security Centre (United Kingdom)
- Ms Terzah Tippin Poe, Lecturer, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; US Lead, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United States)
- Ms Jackie Qataliña Schaeffer, Indigenous Leader & Motivational Speaker; Tribal Member of the Native Village of Kotzebue, NANA Regional Corporation, and Kikiktugruq Inupiat Corporation (United States)
- Ms Rachel Kallander, CEO, Kallander & Associates; Founder & Executive Director, Arctic Encounter (United States)
- Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes, Founder and Managing Director, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI); Human Security Centre (HSC) and Commonwealth Policy Development Centre (CPDC); Honorary Fellow, UCL Institute of Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London (United Kingdom)
- Mr Casey Pape, Operations Manager, Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corporation (United States)
- Mr Thomas Bishop, Head of the Built Environment Unit, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United Kingdom)
- Mr Max Daniels, Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative; Parliamentary Researcher, Office of The Rt Hon Keith Vaz MP, UK House of Commons (United Kingdom)
- Mr Frank Manning, Parliamentary Researcher, Office of Andrew Rosindell MP, UK House of Commons (United Kingdom)
- Mr Jackson Blackwell, Associate, Kallander & Associates; Outreach Development Coordinator at Arctic Encounter (United States)
- Mr Peter Sherwin, Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (United Kingdom)
- Dr Daniel Volland, Photographer, Tinker Street; Creative Strategist and Member of the Advisory Board at Arctic Encounter (United States)
- Dr Maryna Panamarova, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, King’s College London (United Kingdom)
- Dr Hazel Woodland, Doctor of Medicine Student, University of Bristol; Clinical Research Fellow in Hepatology, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust (United Kingdom)
- Ms Ieva Satkute, Commercial Director, Oxford Economics (Lithuania/United Kingdom)
- Ms Minal Bhanshali, Associate Director, Edelman (United Kingdom)
- Ms Malin Bogue, Public Affairs Manager, GFG Alliance (United States/United Kingdom)
- Ms Maitri Soga, Project Coordinator, Praxis Inc. (United States)
- Ms Michaela Peykovska, DPhil, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Mr Cyrill Ibrahim, Concert Pianist (The Netherlands/United Kingdom)
CONFIRMED PERFORMERS:
- Mr Morgan Pearse, Baritone (Australia)
- Mr Chad Vindin, Pianist (Australia)
PARTICIPATING GOVERNMENT ENTITIES:
- United Kingdom Department of International Trade
- United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
- United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
- The Scottish Government
- United Kingdom House of Lords
- United Kingdom House of Commons
- United States Senate
- United States Department of State
- United States Department of Defense
- United States Department of Homeland Security
- United States Department of Agriculture
- United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- United States Army
- United States Air Force
- United States Coast Guard
- Royal Navy
- Royal Marines
- The Government of Greenland
- The City of Iqaluit, Nunavut
- The Parliament of Greenland
- United States Embassy in the United Kingdom
- Embassy of Denmark in the United Kingdom
- Embassy of Sweden in the United Kingdom
- High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom
- The United Nations – International Maritime Organization
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