Arctic Infrastructure: Needs and Opportunities in an Emerging Market

With the Arctic experiencing unprecedented changes, there is heightened focus on the region for its economic potential. Investments in the region require an array of infrastructure to support sustainable, community-focused economic development, and to process and transport materials, people, and data. Infrastructure development has wide-ranging impacts and implications on the Arctic's environment and communities, and calls for sustainable approaches.

Please join the Wilson Center's Polar Institute and Global Risk & Resilience Program for a discussion on Arctic infrastructure and sustainable investment. This event will also be webcast, which will appear on the event webpage when the program begins.

Agenda

Introductory Remarks

• Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, and Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center

Keynote Remarks

• Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman, Arctic Circle; former President of Iceland (1996 to 2016)
• Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners
• Mead Treadwell, Co-Chair, Polar Institute Advisory Committee, Wilson Center

Overview of Arctic Infrastructure Inventory

• Jack Durkee, Project Manager, Arctic Infrastructure Inventory; Program Assistant, Polar Institute, Wilson Center

Armchair Discussion

• Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Chairman, Arctic Circle; former President of Iceland (1996 to 2016)
• Scott Minerd, Global Chief Investment Officer, Guggenheim Partners
• Mead Treadwell, Co-Chair, Polar Institute Advisory Committee, Wilson Center
• Moderated by Mike Sfraga, Director, Polar Institute, and Director, Global Risk & Resilience Program, Wilson Center

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