Some of our Confirmed Speakers Include:
Derron Bain, MPA, BA, rmc, PMP, C.Dir
President & CEO, Concert Infrastructure, Concert Infrastructure
Anita Balakrishnan
Reporter, The Logic
Jim Balsillie
Chair, Council of Canadian Innovators; Founder, Centre for Digital Rights
Paul Barrett
Chief Communications Officer, Davie Shipbuilding
Darrell Beaulieu
CEO, Denendeh Investment Corporation, NWT
Ralph J. Begleiter
Rosenberg Professor of Communication Emeritus, University of Delaware
Daniel Blaikie, MP
Elmwood—Transcona, Manitoba
Danielle Bochove
Toronto Bureau Chief & Senior Reporter for the Arctic for Bloomberg News
Patricia Boeg-Jensen
Project Manager at Business Sweden, the Swedish Trade and Invest Council
Dr. Kathryn Bryk Friedman
Consultant to the North American Arctic Policy Advisor to the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies
H.E. Signe Burgstaller
Ambassador of Sweden to Canada
Christine Burow
Chief Marketing Officer, Torngat Metals, Ltd.
David Connelly
Vice President Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Cheetah Resources
Rebecca Connelly
Vice President, Strategy and Engagement, Det’onCho
Patrick Duxbury
Executive Director, Inuit Development Corporation Association
Tiffany Eckert-Maret
Secretary/Treasurer, Yukon First Nation Chamber of Commerce
Jake Edmiston
Reporter, Toronto Star
Dr. John English
Director Emeritus, Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History; Co-Chair, BOD, Arctic360 & Co-Chair, Canadian International Council
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, MP
Beaches-East York
Trine Jøranli Eskedal
Norway Ambassador to Canada
Hanne Fugl Eskjær
Kingdom of Denmark Ambassador to Canada
John Fleming
U.S. Trade Consulate
Peter Garapick
Director, External Relations, Quark Expeditions
Dr. Melita Gabrič
Ambassador of the European Union to Canada
Hlynur Guðjónsson
Iceland Ambassador to Canada
Paul Gruner
CEO, Tłı̨chǫ Investment Corporation & Group of Companies
Shahir Guindi
Former National Co-Chair, Partner, Corporate, Osler
April Hayward, Ph.D., MBA
Chief Sustainability Officer, Li-FT Power
Tom Henheffer
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Arctic Research Foundation
Kenneth Høegh
Head of Representation to Canada and US, Government of Greenland
Rob Huebert Ph.D.
Associate Director of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, U. of Calgary; Senior Fellow, Arctic360
Adam Kalbfleisch
Partner, Bennett Jones LLP
Yvonne Jones
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Northern Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence (Northern Defence)
Alison Loat
Senior Managing Director, Sustainable Investing and Innovation, OPTrust
Rebecca Lynge
Deputy Head of the Greenland Representation to the US and Canada, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Government of Greenland
Brandon MacDonald
Vice President of Strategy and Growth, Pennecon
Menzie McEachern
Assistant Deputy Minister, Mineral and Petroleum Resources, NWT Industry, Tourism and Investment
Victoria McMahon
Kinesiology Student, University of British Columbia
Allana Nakashook-Zettler
U of T Indigenous Student
Stein Oddvar
Commercial Counsellor / Handelsråd, Royal Norwegian Embassy in Ottawa
Honourable Erin O’Toole
President and Managing Director of ADIT North America
David Perry
President & Senior Analyst, Canadian Global Affairs Institute
Dr. Barry Prentice
President at Buoyant Aircraft International Systems Inc.
David Prodger
UK Deputy High Commissioner to Canada
Jasmine Redfern
CEO, Arctic Inspiration Prize
Madeleine Redfern, LL.B.
Executive Director, Northern Branch, Arctic360
Honourable Greg Rickford
Minister of Northern Development and Minister of Indigenous Affairs
Dr. Jessica M. Shadian, Ph.D.
President and CEO, Arctic360
Helene Scherling Olsen
Deputy Head of Trade, Sr. Advisor, Arctic, Danish Trade Council, Canada
Max Schiller
Bachelor of Commerce, Bcom, Finance Student, Concordia University
Robert Sinclair
Senior Arctic Official and Director General, Arctic, Eurasian, and European Affairs, Global Affairs Canada
Sabine Sparwasser
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to Canada
Hillary Thatcher
Managing Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB)
David Thompson
Director General, Infrastructure, Portfolio Requirements, DND
Doug Turnbull
Vice Chairman and Country Head, Canada, Morningstar DBRS
Sari Uusi-Rauva
Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland to Canada
Kimberley Van Vliet
Founder & CEO, ConvergX
Kanji Yamanouchi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Canada
Session Topics:
- ANNUAL ARCTIC AMBASSADORS’ ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
- ASIA STATES AND THE ARCTIC
- THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD
- THE WORLD FROM THE NORTH: TERRITORIAL PREMIERS
- INNOVATION OUT OF THE ARCTIC
- MULTI-PURPOSE & MULTI-USER CRITICAL ARCTIC INFRASTRUCTURE
- GLOBAL CAPITAL, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE-INDIGENOUS PARTNERSHIPS
- CRITICAL MINERALS: BUILDING SUPPLY CHAINS & CONNECTING CANADA
- THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC: OPEN FOR BUSINESS
- STRENGTHENING TRADE NORTH OF 60: A CONVERSATION WITH ARCTIC TRADE COUNSELLORS TO CANADA
- LONG-TERM ARCTIC STRATEGY: THE ROAD TO ALL PARTY CONSENSUS
- NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC SECURITY AND CONTINENTAL DEFENCE
PROSPERITY • COMMUNITY • SECURITY
Arctic on the World Stage
Placed squarely on the global geopolitical stage, Arctic politics is definitively part of world politics and no longer apart from it. While the shift has created renewed challenges for the region it is also forging new paths of political, economic, community, and security cooperation.
Arctic Geopolitics
In the face of great geopolitical uncertainty, the Arctic is experiencing efforts towards greater North American Arctic cooperation, Nordic-North American Arctic cooperation, and interest for enhanced Arctic cooperation among allies outside the Arctic region.
Smart, Connected, Public-Private-Indigenous Infrastructure
The opportunities for a prosperous and sustainable region are abundant. Public-Private-Indigenous owned and operated green, connected, smart, and climate resilient trade and supply chains North of 60 will support Northern economic growth and well-being in Northern regions domestically, connect the Arctic, and the Arctic to global markets.
Prosperity, Innovation and the Net Zero Economy
The proof of concept has arrived. We can and we are innovating out of the Arctic and with technologies that have the potential for global scale. From the emergence of new technologies for the critical minerals economy to the innovations in supply chain logistics the Arctic is becoming a global bell weather for innovations to come.
Securing Canada’s North
For Canada, its North is a microcosm of the ascending role of the Arctic region in global affairs. Canada’s North is no longer apart from rest of Canada but central to Canada’s well-being, potential economic prosperity, and domestic security. It is also the key to Canada’s leadership within the Arctic neighbourhood and on the world stage.
This brings us to this year’s theme –
6 — 8 February 2024
41 Willcocks St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
