Organization

Chair Steering Committee Program Committee Secretariat Volunteers Green Commitment

Program Committee

Four Program Committees have been created to cover each of the four areas of the From Knowledge to Action Conference. The Program Committees include:

Area 1. Science Highlights (Chair) Dr. Ian Allison, (Australia)
International Association of Cryospheric Sciences

Area 1. Science Highlights (Co-Chair) Dr. Hugues Lantuit (Germany)
Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

Area 2. Science Synthesis and Integration (Chair) Dr. Louis Fortier, (Canada)
Scientific Director, ArcticNet - Networks of Centres of Excellence of Canada

Area 2. Science Synthesis and Integration (Co-Chair) Dr. Alexandre Forest, (Canada)
Post-doctoral Fellow, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Remote Sensing, University of Laval

Area 3. Knowledge to Action (Chair) Ms. Danielle Labonté, (Canada)
Fellow and Adjunct Professor, Circumpolar Affairs, Institute of Energy and Environment, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University

Area 3. Knowledge to Action (Co-Chair) Dr. Paula Kankaanpää, (Finland)
Director, Arctic Centre University of Lapland

Area 4. Public Engagement (Chair) Ms. Linda Capper, (United Kingdom)
Head of Communications, British Antarctic Survey

Indigenous Knowledge Exchange (Chair) Ms. Nancy Karetak-Lindell (Canada)
Director, Jane Glassco Arctic Fellowship Program, Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

In addition, Committees have been created to support:

Partnerships and Fundraising Dr. Martin Fortier, (Canada)
Executive Director of ArcticNet