The Stevens Center is honored to support ALCOM in planning, preparing, and conducting ALCOM’s Arctic Symposium 2022 in conjunction with the Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) hosted at the University of Alaska Anchorage. On behalf of the Commander ALCOM, ANR and 11AF, Lt General David Krumm, the organizers respectfully relay that this symposium about the Arctic, conducted near the Arctic, is now being planned primarily as an in-person activity to take place from 3-6 May 2022 in Anchorage, Alaska.
As announced by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on 9 June 2021, the Stevens Center is the Department of Defense’ (DoD’s) newest Regional Center, joining five well-established Regional Centers located in Germany, Hawaii and Washington D.C. There will be more to relay on the Stevens Center in the coming weeks, and a summary about the Center will be included for those interested as an annex to this communication.
ALCOM’s Arctic Symposiums and Arctic Senior Leader Summits are provided in support of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and serve to help to fulfill ALCOM’s engagement-oriented tasks in association as USNORTHCOM’s lead for Arctic Affairs.
Previously planned for late November 2021, and delayed due to COVID-19, to 5-8 April 2022, and now to the first week in May 2022, AS22 intentionally connects to two other events that are occurring during that same week in Alaska. The first of which is ALCOM’s 75th Anniversary events scheduled on the afternoon and evening of 6 May 2022, which will be held at JBER. The second is the alignment of the Arctic Security Forces Roundtable, (ASFR) an international 2-star level event co-chaired by U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and the Norwegian Defense staff, planned for 3-5 May in Fairbanks. AS22 planners will work with USEUCOM and USNORTHCOM leaders to seek available Allies and partners attending ASFR to join AS22 for a post-event brief for the morning of 6 May that should prove quite insightful.
Please stay posted for day-by-day details to be provided soon. Please also note that ADAC at University of Alaska Anchorage hosts the current information on AS 22 at the link above.
Registration, further information about agendas, read ahead packages, administration, lodging details and more will be posted well in advance of the Symposium.