Anchorage Arctic Research Day 2017

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When:

Friday, 24 March 2017 - 8:30am to 6:00pm

Where:

University of Anchorage Edward and Cathryn Rasmuson Hall

Overview

On March 24, 2017, ARCUS and the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), in conjunction with the Arctic Research Consortium of the US (ARCUS) co-hosted the first ever Anchorage Arctic Research Day. This event, held on the UAA campus, brought together over one hundred Arctic researchers from the university, indigenous, federal, state, local, and non-profit entities to share descriptions of the work they are doing and to foster new collaborations. The day included welcomes from Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz, UAA Chancellor Tom Case, and representatives of Senator Lisa Murkowski and the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. Fran Ulmer, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, gave a keynote address, discussing the US ARC's current priority goals for Arctic research as well as highlights of the U.S. chairmanship of the Arctic Council and the White House Arctic Science Ministerial meeting in September 2016.

There were two panels featuring UAA faculty members discussing their current Arctic research projects, one focusing on Social Sciences, Health and Humanities, and another on Natural Sciences and Engineering research. A third panel included researchers from federal, state and quasi-governmental agencies with offices in Anchorage, researchers and leaders from two Anchorage-based indigenous organizations – Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska and Aleut International Association - that participate as Permanent Participants to the Arctic Council, the head of the Arctic Studies Center of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Institute of the North. IARPC participants presented an overview of the recently launched IARPC Arctic Research Plan, and discussed ways that researchers and community members could be involved. The executive director of the University of Alaska's Arctic Domain Awareness Center (ADAC) also described the work of this Department of Homeland Security-funded Center of Excellence. Bob Rich, ARCUS Executive Director, also gave an overview of opportunities for researchers to engage with ARCUS.

Time	Event
Day 1	Wednesday, 9 March 2016
8:30 a.m.	Registration and coffee – in Rasmuson Hall lobby
Introduction and Background
9:00 a.m.	Welcomes Chancellor welcome Mayor welcome ARCUS welcome
9:20 a.m.	Morning Keynote Fran Ulmer, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission
9:45 a.m.	Panel – Uaa Arctic Research in the Social Sciences, Health and Humanities Diane Hirshberg – director, Center for Alaska Education Policy Research, ISER Matt Berman – Economics/ISER Jordan Lewis – WWAMI School of Medicine Medeia Csoba DeHass – Alaska Native Studies/Anthropology Marie Lowe – ISER/Anthropology Nelta Edwards – Sociology Toby Widdicombe - English
11:00 a.m.	Panel – IARPC Arctic Research Plan Discussion Led by Martin Jeffries
12:00 p.m.	Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m.	Panel - Community Agencies Carolina Behe, ICC (Inuit Circumpolar Council) Alaska Betsy Baker, Executive director, North Pacific Research Board Jim Gamble, Executive Director, Aleut lnternational Association John Pearce, Chief, Wetlands and Terrestrial Ecology Branch, USGS, Alaska Science Center Aron Crowell, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian, at the Anchorage Museum Thomas W. Hennessy, MD, MPH, Co-Chair, Arctic Human Health Experts Group. Director Arctic Investigations Program, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wendy Loya – CAFF (Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna) Arctic Council Working Group & Arctic Landscape Conservation Cooperative, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Molly McCammon, Director, Alaska Ocean Observing System Nils Andreassen, Director, Institute of the North
2:40 p.m.	Arctic Domain Awareness Center Randy Kee Maj Gen Ret. Director and Doug Causey, PI
3:00 p.m.	ARCUS Opportunities for Making Arctic Research Connections Robert Rich, Executive Director
3:30 p.m.	UAA Natural Sciences & Engineering Audrey Taylor – Geography & Environmental Studies Jeff Welker – Biological Sciences Tom Ravens - Engineering Jamie Trammell –Geography & Environmental Studies/Alaska Center for Conservation Science Paddy Sullivan – Biology/Environment and Natural Resources Institute (ENRI) Jess Grunblatt – UAA Alaska Center for Conservation Science
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.	Reception & Poster Exhibit – Lobby of Rasmuson Hall

Presentation Files:

Attachment	Size
Morning Keynote - Fran Ulmer, Chair, U.S. Arctic Research Commission	3.87 MB
Diane Hirshberg – Director, Center for Alaska Education Policy Research, ISER	342.56 KB
Matt Berman – Economics/ISER	4.57 MB
Jordan Lewis – WWAMI School of Medicine	71.31 KB
Medeia Csoba DeHass – Alaska Native Studies/Anthropology	117.74 KB
Nelta Edwards – Sociology	188.17 KB
Toby Widdicombe - English	280.19 KB
Carolina Behe, ICC (Inuit Circumpolar Council) Alaska	487.51 KB
Betsy Baker, Executive director, North Pacific Research Board	215.26 KB
Jim Gamble, Executive Director, Aleut lnternational Association	315.91 KB
Aron Crowell, Arctic Studies Center, Smithsonian, at the Anchorage Museum	642.65 KB
Molly McCammon, Director, Alaska Ocean Observing System	674.43 KB
Nils Andreassen, Director, Institute of the North	373.42 KB
Arctic Domain Awareness Center - Randy Kee Maj Gen Ret. Director and Doug Causey, PI	3.45 MB
ARCUS Opportunities for Making Arctic Research Connections - Robert Rich, Executive Director	3.06 MB
Panel – IARPC Arctic Research Plan Discussion - Presentation 1	1.4 MB
Panel – IARPC Arctic Research Plan Discussion - Presentation 2	794.45 KB
Tom Ravens - Engineering	447.82 KB
Jamie Trammell –Geography & Environmental Studies/Alaska Center for Conservation Science	2.61 MB
Paddy Sullivan – Biology/Environment and Natural Resources Institute (ENRI)	233.96 KB
Jess Grunblatt – UAA Alaska Center for Conservation Science	443.2 KB