The Wilson Center's Polar Institute will host its second edition of the Polar Week, from July 27 to 31, 2020, to explore, analyze, discuss, and inform many of these important issues and dynamics.
Through several public events, the July 2020 Polar Week will address: maritime activity in the Bering Strait; Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework; the European Union's Arctic policy, ; the complex relationship in the Arctic between the United States and Russia; Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean, and; the launch of the inaugural edition of the Wilson Center's Polar Perspectives publication series.
Agenda
Monday, July 27
Event: Expansion of Maritime Activity in the Bering Strait Region: Mitigating Existing and Future Risks
11am to 12:30pm EDT via Webcast Mark Everett, U.S. Coast Guard District 17 Incident Management & Preparedness Advisor, Co-Chair of the Joint Planning Group for Russia-U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan Dr. Natalia Kutaeva, Counsellor to the Director of Marine Rescue Service, Co-Chair of the Joint Planning Group for Russia-U.S. Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan Ed Page, Executive Director, Marine Exchange Alaska Yaari Walker, Indigenous Consultant for Alaska Pacific University Margaret Williams, Director, WWF US Arctic Program Moderator: Ambassador David Balton (ret.), Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Ambassador (ret.) for Oceans and Fisheries, U.S. Department of State
Tuesday, July 28
Event: China's Role in Saving the Wild Southern Ocean: Creating a Network of Marine Protected Areas
9am to 10:15am EDT via Webcast Introduction: Jiliang Chen, Researcher, Greenovation Hub Introduction: Nicole Bransome, Pew Charitable Trusts Binbin Li, Duke Kunshan University Nengye Liu, Associate Professor of International Law, Macquarie University Guifang Xue (Julia), Distinguished Professor of International Law, KoGuan Law School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Moderator: Jennifer Turner, Director, China Environment Forum, Wilson Center Launch: Inaugural Edition of the Polar Perspectives publication series Is it time for a paradigm shift in how Antarctic tourism is controlled? by Dr. Peter Carey, Global Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center
Wednesday, July 29
Event: Canada's Arctic and Northern Policy Framework
2pm to 3:30pm EDT via Webcast Ambassador David Sproule, Senior Arctic Official, Canada, and; Director General, Arctic, Eurasian, and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada Serge Beaudoin, Assistant Deputy Minister at Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Ambassador David Balton (ret.), Senior Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center, and; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, US Department of State Christopher Sands, Director, Canada Institute, Wilson Center Moderator: Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center, and; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center
Thursday, July 30
Event: The European Union and the Arctic
11:30am to 1pm EDT via Webcast Ambassador Michael Mann, EU Ambassador at Large for the Arctic Terkel Petersen, Senior Adviser, Arctic Matters, European External Action Service Moderator: Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center, and; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center
Friday, July 31
Event: Realism in the Arctic
1pm to 2pm EDT via Webcast Ambassador Ken Yalowitz (ret.), Global Fellow, Kennan Institute and Polar Institute, Wilson Center, and; former US Ambassador to Belarus and Georgia Dr. Ross A. Virginia, Global Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center, and; Professor and Director, Institute of Arctic Studies, Dartmouth College Matthew Rojansky, JD, Director, Kennan Institute, Wilson Center Moderator: Dr. Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, Wilson Center and; Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center