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:306@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191120T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191120T193000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022627Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/more-than-ice-alaska-no rway/ SUMMARY:More Than Ice Series: Potential Investments in Alaska and Norway Pa nel DESCRIPTION:\n\nAlaska and Norway share many characteristics including thei r access to resources and potential for development. Come join us for a th ought-provoking panel to discuss these opportunities for investment in Al aska and Norway and get the chance to ask questions to our panelists who h ave extensive experience in Arctic development.\n\nConfirmed Panelists:\n\ n Anu Fredrickson\, Director of Arctic Economic Council\n\n Anu Fredriks on is the Director of the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) located in Tromsø \, Norway. The AEC is an independent business organization established in 2014. It facilitates Arctic business-to-business activities and responsibl e economic development. The AEC provides advice and a business perspective to the work of the Arctic Council. Prior to joining the AEC in 2016\, Ms. Fredrikson worked as an Advisor in Political Affairs and Arctic Policy at the Embassy of Finland in Oslo. In addition to Arctic policy and trade pr omotion\, her portfolio focused on foreign and security policy\, questions related to energy and economy\, climate and development policies. Ms. Fre drikson is originally from Oulu\, Finland. She has a Master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Tampere in Finland and hold s a Certificat d’Etudes Politiques from Institut d’Etudes Politiques d e Lille in France. She has also studied in the United States and Norway.\n \n\n\n \;\n\n Isaac Vanderburg\, CEO\, Launch Alaska\n\n Isaac is th e CEO of Launch Alaska and the fund manager for Launch Alaska Fund II — a $3m fund that invests directly in the accelerators' cohort companies. Is aac has worked with hundreds of early stage companies and entrepreneurs re sponding to Alaska’s food\, water\, transportation and energy challenges . Isaac's previous roles include State Director at the Alaska Small Busine ss Development Center and Operations Director for Chispa Group (now Afina Holdings) an import-export firm in Philadelphia that specializes in trade between the Delaware Valley and Chile. He completed the Energy Executive L eadership Program at the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) in Golden\, CO in 2016\, as well the Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies progr am at Stanford. Vanderburg sits on the Board of Commonwealth North\, and l eads the Energy &\; Energy Efficiency subcommittee and the Carbon Prici ng subcommittee of Alaska's Climate Action Leadership Team. He played four years of NCAA Division I soccer and served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in El Salvador ('02).\n\n\n Mead Treadwell\, Chairman and CEO\, Qilak LNG\, a Lloyds Energy Company. Vice Chair\, Alaska for Alaska to Alberta Railway . Co-Chair\, Wilson Center Pilar Center. Chair\, Iridium Polar Advisory Bo ard.\n\n Mead Treadwell has advanced Arctic cooperation\, cross-border in vestment\, and environmental protection and marine safety from positions i n government\, business\, and the academy. As Lt. Governor of Alaska\, 201 0-2014\, he continued work he’d begun as Alaska’s second highest cabin et official for the environment (1990-1994)\, and as Commissioner and Chai r of the US Arctic Research Commission (2001 appointed by President Bush\; 2006-2010 chair under Presidents Bush and Obama) to promote Arctic cooper ation with creation of the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy\, the Arctic Council and the Northern Forum.   The Arctic Research Commission l ed the eight-nation Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment which resulted in th e first circumpolar binding agreements on search and rescue\, spill respon se\, and adoption of the mandatory Polar Code. As a business leader\, Trea dwell pioneered cross-border tourism in the Bering Straits region in the l ate 1980’s and early 1990’s\, after working to open the US-Russia bord er.   He served as President of Pt Capital\, the world’s first Arctic f ocused private equity fund from 2015-2018\, which owns assets in Alaska\, Iceland and Finland and conducts work in Greenland and Canada.   He was V ice President and Treasurer of Yukon Pacific Corporation\, Alaska’s firs t attempt to export North Slope LNG to Asian markets.   As a tech entrepr eneur he co-founded two listed firms\, including Digimarc (NASDAQ: DMRC)\, Immersive Media\, formerly a TVX listed firm which pioneered StreetView f or Google.   He chairs Iridium’s Polar Advisory Board\, co-chairs the W oodrow Wilson Center’s Polar Initiative\, the Arctic Circle’s Mission Council on Shipping and Ports\, and was a member of the World Economic For um’s Global  Action Council on the Arctic.\n\n\n Matt Ganley\, Vice Pr esident\, Media and External Affairs\, Bering Straits Native Corporation\n \n Matt Ganley worked for Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) and Be ring Straits Foundation (BSF) since 1993.  He most recently served as Vic e President\, Media and External Affairs after working as VP Land and Reso urces\, Executive VP of Bering Straits Foundation (BSF)\, and Staff Anthro pologist for Bering Straits Foundation.   During his career with BSNC and BSF he worked in cultural resource related issues (repatriation\, site do cumentation and preservation)\, resource development\, renewable energy pr ojects (geothermal)\, Land Claims transfers and special Federal legislatio n related to the corporation’s ANCSA land entitlement.  Since 2010 he h as been working on behalf of the Corporation to secure the transfer of Poi nt Spencer/Port Clarence\, and is currently evaluating and advocating for sustainable port systems development in the American Arctic. He currently works for BSNC as a consultant on special projects.\n\n\n\n \;\n\n Mo derated by Lise Falskow\, President and CEO of the Alaska World Affairs Co uncil \n\n Lise 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 es tablish a Financial Analyst Group for the Energy Division of a major oil c ompany in Oslo\, Norway. As a dual Norwegian and US Citizen\, her interest in world cultures has taken her to many exciting places\, including her r eturn to Anchorage\, Alaska where she is the Royal Norwegian Honorary Cons ul for Alaska. Lise is a member of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce Athen a Society and was named one of Anchorage’s Top 40 Under 40. With close t ies to the local community\, she was recently appointed as the Honorary Co mmander of the F-22 fighter unit\, known as the Dicemen.\n\n\n\n \n\n&nbs p\;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Check-in will begin at 5:30pm with seating available on a first-come first-serve basis. The program will begin at 6: 00pm\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confi rmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed attendees on a list at ch eck-in.\n Food and drink is available for individual purchase directly fr om 49th State Brewing Company. If you wish to order food\, please come a f ew minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 3:00 pm on November 120. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold out. C ontact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/11/Copy-of-Untitled.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:49th State Brewing Company\, 717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 9950 1\, United States GEO:61.21968289999999;-149.8958227 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=717 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=49th State Brewing Company:geo:61.21968289999999,-149.8958227 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR