BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:326@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210916T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20210916T190000 DTSTAMP:20231231T064845Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ambassadors-unplugged-s eries-ambassadors-anniken-krutnes-and-mikko-hautala/ SUMMARY:Ambassadors Unplugged Series | Ambassador Anniken Krutnes & Consul General Okko-Pekka Salmimies DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive conversation with Ambassador of Norw ay\, Anniken Krutnes\, and Ambassador Okko-Pekka Salmimies\, Consul Genera l of Finland in Los Angeles. This program is a part of the Evangeline Atw ood Distinguished Speakers Series and Ambassadors Unplugged\, a series of talks with Ambassadors on issues such as climate change\, gender equality\ , technology\, alternative energy\, and the world post-Covid.\n\n\n\nSpeak ers:\n Anniken Krutnes is Norway’s Ambassador to the United States. An expert in security policy\, law of the sea and Arctic issues\, Amb. Krutn es has served with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs since beginni ng as a trainee in 1994. In her previous position with the Ministry\, she served as Deputy Director General of the Department of Security Policy. Be fore that\, she was Norway’s Ambassador for Arctic and Antarctic Affairs .\n\nAmb. Krutnes has had postings in several European countries\, includi ng ambassadorships of the Netherlands and Luxembourg. She was recently a m ember of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing responsible Sta te behavior in cyberspace in the context of international security.\n\nShe holds a Master of Laws from the University of Oslo and a Master of Scienc e in Economics and Administration from the Norwegian School of Economics\, and has also studied international management at Universittá Luigi Bocco ni in Milan\, Italy. Amb. Krutnes is married and has three adult children. \n\nOkko-Pekka Salmimies was appointed Consul General of Finland in Los A ngeles in January 2021. He took up his duties covering 13 western states in September 2021.\n\nMr. Salmimies worked in the European Free Trade Asso ciation (EFTA) Secretariat in Geneva from 1993 to 1994. From 1994 to 1996 \, he was Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affair s specializing in international trade and globalization. In 1997\, he wor ked as editor and consultant in a communications company in Helsinki and later that year entered the training course on international affairs and d iplomacy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Successively to the course h e served as Attaché to the Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation and Unit f or Human rights in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\n\nFrom 1998 to 2001 h e served as First Secretary at the Permanent Representation of Finland to the European Union in Brussels and was responsible for trade policy and t ransatlantic relations. In 2001 he returned to the Ministry of Foreign Af fairs and served as First Secretary responsible and Team Leader for trade in services at the Department for External Economic Relations.\n\nFrom 20 03 to 2005\, he served as Diplomatic Adviser and Head of Cabinet to the Mi nister for Foreign Trade\, Development and European Affairs. In 2005\, he was appointed Deputy Permanent Representative of Finland to the Organisati on for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris\, where he ser ved until 2009. In 2009\, he returned to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Director for the Civil Society Unit at the Department for Development Policy. From 2011 to 2013\, Mr. Salmimies worked as Director of the Trade Policy Unit at the Department for External Economic Relations.\n\nIn 201 3 he was appointed Permanent Representative and Ambassador of Finland to t he OECD and UNESCO in Paris\, where he served until 2016. He returned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2016 and served as Ambassador for Team Finland\, Coordinator of export and investment promotion activities to J uly 2020. In August 2020\, he took up his duties as Visiting Senior Fello w at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. His research is focus ing on foreign policy issues related to trade\, technology and sustainable development.\n\nMr. Salmimies was born in 1967 in Helsinki and holds a Ma sters in Political Science from the University of Helsinki\, which he obt ained in 1993. He is married to Ms. Riikka Tiitola-Salmimies and they hav e three adult children. His hobbies include sports (running\, cross count ry skiing\, tennis and golf) music (playing drums) and reading.\nModerated by:\n\n\nDr. Mike Sfraga is the founding director of the Polar Institute and also serves as the director of the Global Risk and Resilience Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. An Alaskan and a  geographer by training\, his work focuses on the changing geography of t he Arctic and Antarctic landscapes\, Arctic policy\, and the impacts and i mplications of a changing climate on political\, social\, economic\, envir onmental\, and security regimes in the Arctic. Read more...\n\nLise Kristi ansen (formerly Falskow) was born and raised in Alaska and holds a degree in Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College. She worked as a CPA in Seattle\, Washington and Zurich\, Switzerland. She then helped e stablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interes t in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her return to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Con sul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athe na Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With close ties to the local community\, she has been appointed as the Honorary Comma nder of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the piano)\, and has participated i n 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Please check in at the 7th Ave. entrance of the Anchorage Museum.\n Join us for a pre-program r eception at 5:00pm in the Museum atrium for networking and individually wr apped snack packs.\n Check-in will begin at 5:00pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 5:30pm.\n T hose with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation a t the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Metered parking is available on 7th Avenue between A and Cordova 7th Av enue between C and E Street. Handicap parking is available in the Museum's parking garage.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on September 15. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any ques tions.\n COVID precautions: Please stay home if you or a family member is sick. The Anchorage Museum requires guests to wear masks during public pr ograms.\n\n\n\n\nThis program is a part of the Evangeline Atwood Distingui shed Speakers Series. Named after the the founder of the Alaska World Affa irs Council\, Evangeline Atwood\, and with the generous support from The A twood Foundation\, these public programs feature world-class experts on a diverse range of topics. 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