Event Type
Webinars and Virtual Events
Event Dates
2022-05-18
Location
Online: 6:00-7:00 am AKDT, 10:00-11:00 am EDT

The annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) will be hosted this year by Germany from May 23 to June 2. Please join the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute for a discussion, in advance of the 2022 Meeting, with the ATCM Chair and key heads of delegation to learn of their priorities for the Meeting and current issues in Antarctic relations.

Speakers

Tania von Uslar-Gleichen
Chair, Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting; Director International Law, German Foreign Office

Ambassador Fausto Lopez Crozet
National Director for Antarctic Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina

Adam McCarthy
Chief Legal Officer and First Assistant Secretary, Legal Division at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia

Birgit Njåstad
Chair of the Committee for Environmental Protection, Program Leader (Antarctica), Norwegian Polar Institute

Miriam Wolter
Head of Division for the Law of the Sea, Antarctica, and Aerospace Law, Foreign Office, German Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Moderator

Evan T. Bloom
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State