Monday 9th of September 2013 11:45:34 AM
WORKING GROUPS
Experts will be invited to contribute to the project through five stakeholder-based working groups co-chaired by one member
from the US and one from the EU. Each group will address impacts in the Arctic marine environment, as relates to the economy,
environment, society, research and policy decision-making to help provide options for future transatlantic policy in the Arctic.
Environmental Governance Working Group
Dr. Stuart Chapin, Co-Chair
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Dr. Neil Hamilton, Co-Chair
WWF-Arctic International Programme
Mr. Stewart Arnold
Policy & Communications Advisor to Diana Wallis MEP
Dr. Paul Berkman
Scott Polar Institute, University of Cambridge
Dr. Victoria Elias
WWF Russia
Dr. Jane Lubchenco
Oregon State University
Dr. Marybeth Long Martello
Independent Scholar and Consultant
Mr. Jaime Reynolds
European Commission, DG Environment
Dr. Gunnar Sander
European Environment Agency
Mr. Brooks Yeager
Clean Air-Cool Planet
Dr. Oran Young
University of California at Santa Barbara
Fisheries Working Group
Ambassador David Balton, Co-Chair
US Department of State, Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science
Mr. Kjartan Hoydal, Co-Chair
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission
Mr. David Benton
Marine Conservation Alliance
Ms. Maren Esmark
WWF-Norway
Dr. Michael Köhler
European Commission, DG MARE
Dr. Ted McDorman
University of Victoria
Ms. Lisa Speer
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Indigenous Peoples Working Group
Ms. Patricia Cochran, Co-Chair
Inuit Circumpolar Conference
Dr. Mark Nuttall, Co-Chair
University of Alberta, University of Oulu
Dr. Lloyd Axworthy
University of Winnipeg
Dr. Dolly Garza
University of Alaska at Fairbanks
Dr. Edna MacLean
Former President, Ilisagvik College
Ms. Lotta Numminen
The Finnish Institute of International Affairs
Dr. Frank Sejersen
University of Copenhagen
Mr. Rodion Sulyandziga
RAIPON (Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of the North)
Dr. Gitte Trondheim
University of Greenland
Offshore Hydrocarbon Working Group
Dr. Cutler Cleveland, Co-Chair
Boston University
Mr. Kevin O'Carroll, Co-Chair
OSPAR Offshore Industry Committee
Mr. Flemming Getreuer Christiansen
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)
Dr. Donald L Gautier
US Geological Survey
Dr. Peter Larsen
The Nature Conservancy
Dr. James Parker
Shell International Exploration and Production B.V.
Dr. Dennis Thurston
US Minerals Management Service
Dr. Alexander Shestakov
BP Russia
Shipping Working Group
Dr. Lawson Brigham, Co-Chair
US Arctic Research Commission
Mr. Rene Piil Pedersen, Co-Chair
Danish Shipowners' Association
Mr. Bjorn Brunstad
Econ Pöyry
Mr. Ben Ellis
Institute of the North
Mr. Mikko Niini
Aker Arctic Technology Inc.
Mr. Iain Shepherd
European Commission, DG MARE
Dr. Kirsi Tikka
ABS (American Bureau of Shipping)
