2013 North Pacific Arctic Conference
Organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute
Honolulu, Hawaii, August 21-23, 2013

PROGRAMWEDNESDAY
Morning andAfternoon

21 August 2013
Arrival in Honolulu
Check-in at Hilton Waikiki Hotel2500 Kuhio Ave.
Honolulu, Hawaii 96815
Tel: 1-808-922-0811

5:00pmSession Chairs Meeting in Altitude@37, Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel

6:00pmOpening Ceremony (cocktail and dinner) in Altitude@37, Hilton
Waikiki Beach Hotel
Hosted by the Korea Maritime InstituteOpening Remarks by Charles E. Morrison, President, East-WestCenterWelcoming Remarks by Sung Gwi Kim, President, Korea Maritime
InstituteIntroductory Remarks by Yoon Hyung Kim, Chairman, Conference
Organizing Committee, and Senior Fellow, East-West Center

THURSDAY

22 August 2013

8:00amMeet in hotel lobby to board bus to EWC

8:20amContinental Breakfast at the EWC

8:40amIntroduction of the East-West Center, presented by
Charles E. Morrison, President, East-West Center

SESSION I. THE FUTURE OF ARCTIC MARITIME SHIPPING<Sub-session I-1: Arctic Marine Operations and Shipping Logistics>
Chair: Lawson Brigham, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy,
University of Alaska Fairbanks and Governor of the American Polar
Society
9:00amPresentation by Bjorn Gunnarsson, Managing Director, the Centre forHigh North Logistics (CHNL), Kirkenes(i) Addressing transport & logistical challenges in the Arctic(ii) Some factors effecting future development of Arctic searoutes(iii) Short to medium term scenario on the NSR

9:10amCommentaries:• Arctic ship building perspective, Odin Kwon, Vice President,
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.
• IMO perspective: Heike Deggim, Head of the Marine
Technology Section, International Maritime Organization(IMO)• Russia’s perspective: Arild Moe, Deputy Director and SeniorResearch Fellow, Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway• NSR Operations’ perspective: Lawson Brigham, Distinguished
Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska
Fairbanks and Governor of the American Polar Society• Conservation perspective: Martin Robards, Arctic Beringia
Program Director, Wildlife Conservation Society, Anchorage,Alaska• Community perspective: Denise Michels, Transportation
Director, Kawerak, Inc. and Mayor of Nome, Alaska• China’s perspective: Xu Hua, Professor, Waterborne Transport
Research Institute, Ministry of Transport, China• Japan’s perspective: Toshiyuki Kano, Director, Logistics
Research Center, National Maritime Research Institute, Japan• Korea’s perspective: Sung Woo Lee, Research Fellow, Korea
Maritime Institute9:55amQ&A discussion between presenter and commentators

10:25am

Coffee break

10:45am

Open discussion among all participants

11:45amLunch (Imin Garden Level) & Group Photo (Japanese Garden)<Sub-session I-2: International Cooperation in Arctic Marine Transportation,
Safety and Environmental Protection>
Chair: Robert Corell, Principal, Global Environment and Technology Foundationand its Center for Energy and Climate Solutions (DC)1:00pmPresentation by Lawson Brigham, Distinguished Professor ofGeography & Arctic Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks andGovernor of the American Polar Society(i) Key drivers of Arctic Marine Navigation,(ii) Arctic marine accessibility(iii) Cooperative research in Arctic marine transportation(iv) The Arctic Council & Arctic state cooperation(v) Non-Arctic state observers: role in the Arctic Council(vi) International Maritime Organizations: cooperation on Arctic
issues(vii) Bringing the North Pacific, Arctic and North Atlantic:
cooperative opportunities

1:10pmCommentaries:• USGC Maritime Perspective: Captain David A. Vaughn,
Coast Guard Liaison Officer, US Pacific Fleet (N35)• Chinese perspectives: Jiayu Bai, Professor, Ocean Universityof China• Japanese perspective: Kiyoshi Nakashima, Senior Researcher,Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute• Korean perspective: Jong Deog Kim, Research Fellow, Korea
Maritime Institute

1:30pmQ&A discussion between presenter and commentators

1:50pmOpen discussion among all participants

2:50pmCoffee break

SESSION II. THE FUTURE OF ARCTIC OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENT
Chair: Yoon Hyung Kim, Senior Fellow, East-West Center and Emeritus Professor,Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

3:20pm

Presentation of Perspectives:• Global perspective: Fereidun Fesharaki, Chairman, FACTS
Global Energy, and Senior Fellow, East-West Center• U.S. perspective: Lucian Pugliaresi, President, Energy Policy
Research Foundation, Inc., Washington, D.C.
• Other resource owners’ perspective, Russia and Norway: ArildMoe, Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow, Fridtjof
Nansen Institute in Norway• Conservation perspective: Alexander Shestakov, Director,
WWF Global Arctic Programme, Ottawa, Canada• Community perspective: Edward Itta, the Secretary/Treasurer
for the Arctic Slope Community Foundation Board, the U.S.
Arctic Research Commission, and former Mayor of the North
Slope Borough of Alaska, Barrow, Alaska• Chinese perspective: Kang Wu, Senior Fellow, East-WestCenter, and Senior Advisor, FACTS Global Energy• Korean perspective: Seong-Min Lee, Head, Gas Resources
Technology Center, Korea Gas Corporation

4:00pmQ&A discussion among panelists

4:30pmOpen discussion among all participants

5:40pmBus departs from EWC for Hilton Waikiki Beach Hotel

6:00pmSession Chairs Meeting

FRIDAY

23 August 2013

8:00amMeet in hotel lobby to board bus to EWC

8:20amContinental Breakfast at the EWC

SESSION III. THE FUTURE OF POTENTIAL ARCTIC FISHERIES
Chair: Bernard Funston, Chair of the Canadian Polar Commission
9:00amPresentation by Harald Loeng, Research Director, Institute of Marine
Research in Norway(i) How climate affect species: directly and indirectly(ii) External criteria for establishing fish stocks in the ArcticOcean(iii) Potential species that may move to the Arctic Ocean(iv) What do we expect in the future?

9:10amCommentaries:• Social science perspective: David VanderZwaag, Professorand Canada Research Chair in Ocean Law & Governance,
Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada,• Conservation perspective: Henry Huntington, ScienceDirector, Arctic Program, the Pew Charitable Trusts, Alaska

9:20amQ&A discussion between presenter and commentators

9:40amOpen discussion among all participants

10:40am

Coffee break

SESSION IV. BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN THE ARCTIC:INUIT PERSPECTIVE
Chair: Oran Young, Research Professor, University of California (Santa Barbara)
11:0amPresentation of Perspectives:• Canadian perspective: Duane Smith, President and Vice Chair,
Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), presented by Bernard
Funston, Chair of the Canadian Polar Commission• Greenland perspective: Sara Olsvig, Member of both theDanish Parliament (Folketinget) and Greenlandic Parliament(Inatsisartut), and Vice Chair in the Standing Committee ofParliamentarians the Arctic Regions (SCPAR), Nuuk
• Alaska perspective: tba

11:15am

Q&A discussion among panelists

11:25am

Open discussion among all participants

12:00noonLunch (Imin Garden Level)

SESSION V. THE EVOLUTION OF ARCTIC OCEAN GOVERNANCE
Chair: David VanderZwaag, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Ocean Law &Governance, Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada
1:00pmPresentation by Oran Young, Research Professor, University ofCalifornia (Santa Barbara)(i) What are the principal components of the Arctic Ocean
governance system?
(ii) What is the status of issue-specific arrangements in the Arctic(iii) What roles can the Arctic Council play?
(iv) Is there a role for an Arctic Circle?
(v) An Arctic Circle?
(vi) Can we strengthen the foundation of the Arctic Ocean
governance system?

1:10pm

Commentaries:• American perspective: Robert Corell, Principal, Global
Environment and Technology Foundation and its Center for
Energy and Climate Solutions (DC).
• Canadian perspective: Bernard Funston, Chair of theCanadian Polar Commission• Chinese perspective: Kai Sun, Professor, Ocean University ofChina• Japanese perspective: Fujio Ohnishi, Professor, Nihon
University, Japan• Korean perspective: Sung Jin Kim, Research Professor, Pusan
National University and Former Minister of Ministry of Oceans
and Fisheries, Korea

1:35pmQ&A discussion between presenter and commentators

2:00pmOpen discussion among all participants

3:00pmCoffee break and Session Chairs Meeting

SESSION VI. MAJOR FINDINGS AND A WAY FORWARD
Chair: Nancy D. Lewis, Director, Research Program, East-West Center
4:00pmPresentations from the panelists
Session Summary
Presented by Chairs of Sessions I to V
A Way Forward
Presented by Oran Young, Research Professor, University ofCalifornia (Santa Barbara)

4:40pmOpen discussion among all participants

5:50pmRemarks by the Chair, the Conference Organizing Committee

6:00pmBus departs from EWC for the Legend Seafood Restaurant

6:30 p.m.

Farewell Dinner (The Legend Seafood Restaurant)
Hosted by the East-West Center

8:00 p.m.
Beach HotelBus departs from the Legend Seafood Restaurant for Hilton Waikiki