2023 Luncheons

March 2023
Date:  Wed, March 22     Platform: Arctic Section Zoom
Guest Speaker: Lawson W Brigham, Global Fellow, Polar Institute, Wilson Center; Researcher, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Fellow, Center for Arctic Study & Policy, US Coast Guard Academy, Alaska, USA
Presentation:  Consequences of the War in Ukraine on the Arctic
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April 2023
Date:  Tues, Apr 25     Platform: Arctic Section Zoom
Guest Speaker:
Kamran Alasvand Zarasvand, PhD, Post-doctoral research scholar, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, The Durable Repellent Engineered Advanced Materials (DREAM) Laboratory.
Presentation:  Robust Anti-icing Surfaces Based on Buckling Metallic Plates
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June 2023
Date:  Wed, June 7     Platform: Arctic Section Zoom
Guest Speaker:
Rob Huebert, Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Calgary. 
Presentation:  The Changing Geopolitical Arctic Environment
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October 2023
Date:  Wed, Oct 25     Platform: Arctic Section Zoom
Guest Speaker: Ove Tobias Gudmestad, Adj. Prof., Western Norw. Univ. College (Haugesund branch), Adj. Prof. Univ. of Tromsø, Prof. Em. Univ. of Stavanger, Norway
Presentation:  Cold climate themes under discussion in Norway
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December 2023
Date:  
Wed, Dec 13    Platform: Arctic Section Zoom
Guest Speaker: Arno Keinonen, Retired, President of AKAC Inc. Dr. Sci & M. Sci in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering. Arno’s career extends over 44 years of Icebreaker, Marine and Offshore in Ice, hands on experience.
Presentation:  Lessons from Operational Ice Risk Management in Arctic Pioneering
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