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The Arctic Energy Summit

Arctic Energy Technology Conference 15-18 October 2007 Anchorage, Alaska     The technology conference provided a forum for the presentation of international, interdisciplinary technical research papers on the Arctic as an emerging energy province.   Technical papers covered the fields of extractive energy, rural power and sustainability of energy in the Arctic.   Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference Agenda   October 31, 2007:  Presentation by Managing Director Ben Ellis to the Sustainable Development Working Group of the Arctic Council in Vadsø, Norway Arctic Energy Summit Technology Conference Post Conference Report (PowerPoint in PDF format)

The conference is one of three components of the Arctic Energy Summit, an International Polar Year endorsed project and a Sustainable Development Working Group initiative of the Arctic Council.  Through its three components, the Summit will bring focus to the areas of developing resources while addressing the need for affordable energy in rural areas throughout the Arctic.

1.  An educational outreach program designed to be implemented through an Arctic energy bilingual (English/Russian) website.  The site, www.arcticenergysummit.org, will be populated with specific information on Arctic energy, the technology conference and action team recommendations.  Upon securing adequate levels of funding, other educational activities may include funding undergraduate and graduate research work in the areas of Arctic energy and power; a graduate level Arctic energy course through the University of the Arctic; and the development of a web-based and interactive Arctic energy atlas that will include traditional extractive energy resources, as well as non-traditional renewable energy sources.

2.  A technology conference component, set in Anchorage, Alaska October 15-18, 2007, brought together more than 300 researchers, academics, government leaders, industry representatives and residents of the Arctic for presentations of technical papers on significant Arctic energy research, panel discussions and keynote addresses on major policy areas of concern and/or interest.

3.  The creation of an international Arctic energy action team charged with developing a roadmap for the enhancement of extractive energy recovery in the Arctic and the deployment of economical and environmentally sensitive energy sources to rural Arctic communities.  As directed in the 2006 Salekhard Declaration of the Arctic Council, action team recommendations, including the identification of activities that the Arctic Council could consider for future attention, are to be presented at the 2008 Arctic Council Ministerial. For more information, contact Senior Fellow James Hemsath.

Arctic Energy Summit brochure

Arctic Energy Summit Sponsorship Opportunities booklet