BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:337@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221107T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20221107T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T070304Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/building-the-alaska-asi a-air-link-connecting-alaska-with-japan-and-korea-partner-program-with-anc horage-chamber-of-commerce/ SUMMARY:Building the Alaska-Asia Air Link: Connecting Alaska with Japan and Korea | Partner program with Anchorage Chamber of Commerce DESCRIPTION:Speakers:\n\nSteve Knackstedt is VP of Global Partnerships at N orthern Pacific Airways. Steve’s airline experience started the same mo nth the US Airline industry was deregulated\, October 1978. He has worked for Continental Airlines\, Cologne-Bonn Airport\, Hahn Air Lines and now Northern Pacific Airways. He led a worldwide sales team at Hahn Air Lines which created the largest interline\nnetwork in the world\, over 370 airl ines and facilitated the development of the Hahn Air products allowing pa rtner airlines to generate over a Billion USD yearly in 190 countries. As a consultant his role at Cologne-Bonn airport included long term strategy and airline route acquisition. His initial operational\, sales and admin istrative experience came at Continental Airlines\, where he managed five airports\, the international operations in Europe\, S. America and Canada \, Director Policies\, Procedures and Training for all Continental airpor ts and Sr. Country Director Germany and Scandinavia. Steve holds a journal ism and business administration degree from the University of Texas at Ar lington. His hobby\, traveling\, now 121 countries fit perfectly with his global responsibilities at NPA where he is responsible for government\,  airport\, airline and commercial global partnerships. Steve has been a mem ber of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany and Norway.\n\n\nConsu lar Masaru Aniya was appointed as Head of the Consular Office of Japan in Anchorage on May 31\, 2020. Aniya graduated from Hiroshima University\, L aw in 1984 and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the same year. Since then he has served for the Embassy of Japan in Bahrain\, Korea\, New Zeal and\, Malaysia\, Boston\, and Lithuania before becoming the Consular of Ja pan in Anchorage. He is eager to further build friendship between Japan an d Alaska through out sister cities\, the JET Program\, economic programs a nd people-to-people relationships.\n\nDeputy Consul General Seung Man Sang is Head of Korean Consular Office in Alaska. Deputy Consul General Sang was born on April 26\, 1969. He graduated from Hankuk University of Forei gn Studies in 1995 and joined the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) in 1996. His diplomatic assignments took him to different location s around the globe: Japan\, Sri Lanka\, China\, and most recently\, Pakist an. Sangalso held various positions at MOFA's special focus departments in cluding Southeast and Northeast Asia Divisions where he worked as the Assi stant Director. Deputy ConsulGeneral Sang holds a Master of Laws degree fr om Essex University (U.K.)\, he is married\, and has three sons.\n\n\n\nJi n Chen is the Founder of Brilliant Connection Consulting. Born and rais ed in China\, Jin moved to Alaska after her sophomore year at China Univer sity of Petroleum.  After receiving her bachelor’s degree in accounting and her MBA from the University of Alaska Fairbanks\, Jin pursued a publi c accounting career for three years before joining Alaska Skylar Travel in the spring of 2015 to develop then the first\, now the largest Chinese-fo cused tour operation in Alaska. She took the company's revenue to grow ten fold\, and staff has expanded from 10 to 50 employees. \n\nJin designed a multifunction travel blanket – The Planeket. The assemble warehouse is in Anchorage\, and trademarked with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It is a product featured on Conde Nast Travel and Bloomberg Business. \n\nJ in founded Brilliant Connection Consulting in 2020. It is the first of its kind offering trade consulting between China and U.S\, in Alaska. We have extensive experiences in helping businesses getting products and services into the Chinese market\, providing culture training sessions\, and prepa ring websites and material to be China-ready!\n\nJin serves on the board o f directors of Visit Anchorage and Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, on the Alaska Tourism Industry Association marketing committee\,  and as Commiss ioner for Anchorage’s Sister City partnership with Harbin\, China. \n\n You can learn about her ventures at JinChen.info\nModerated by:\nLise Kris tiansen 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 establish a Financ ial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil company in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultur es has taken her to many exciting places\, including Anchorage\, Alaska wh ere she is the Norwegian Honorary Consul for Alaska. Lise is a national an d international public speaker on various Arctic issues related to Alaska\ , Norway\, and other regions.  This summer\, Lise led a tour group from G lasgow\, Scotland around the Scottish Isles to Bergen\, Norway for the Phi ladelphia World Affairs Council.  Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamb er of Commerce Athena Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Un der 40.  She was recently recognized by the National World Affairs Counci ls of America system\, which includes 94 councils around the U.S.\, as Lea der of the Year.  With close ties to the local community\, she has been a ppointed as the Honorary Commander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.  Lise has a passion for sports\, music (including playing the p iano)\, and has participated in 6 Ironman Triathlons.\n\n\n\nClick here to register for this forum\n\n\n\nThis event is hosted by the Anchorage Cham ber of Commerce in partnership with the Alaska World Affairs Council.\n\nF or more than 65 years\, the “Make it Monday” forums have provided memb ers with educational opportunities from industry updates\, municipal and g overnment reports\, to economic forecasts and new industry outlooks.\n\nTh e Monday forum is much more than an educational event. It is member apprec iation and recognition. More than 40 luncheons are held each year with att endance ranging from 50 to 100+ each week. In addition to new member spotl ights\, door prizes\, updates from the non-profit sector\, and reports fro m the Anchorage School District’s School Business Partnership\, there is so much to learn at the forum. Media is often in attendance\, as many pre sentations are newsworthy topics that affect all Alaskans. 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