Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-Moon and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon will deliver keynote speeches at the Arctic Circle Assembly, which will take place 7–9 October 2016 at Reykjavík’s Harpa Conference Center. In addition, ministers from several countries, leaders of scientific institutions, international environmental organizations, international business companies and indigenous associations will […]
Representatives from Israel and the United States signed an agreement for a real-time information-sharing platform to thwart cyber security threats on Tuesday, June 21, 2016. The occasion was Cyber Week, the Sixth Annual International Cybersecurity Conference held at Tel Aviv University. The conference is organized by TAU’sBlavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center, the Israeli National Cyber […]
In anticipation of an arctic science conference happening next month in Fairbanks, an editor asked me to write a column on climate change in the north. I told her climate stability would be the bigger story, since basswood trees used to grow in Fairbanks and redwoods once dropped their cones into the Porcupine River. Climate […]
ANCHORAGE — Nearly 1,000 economic development professionals from around the world will convene in Anchorage for the International Economic Development Council’s annual conference from October 4 – 7, 2015. Topics will include the role of public finance in infrastructure development and the expansion of a robust private sector. “Despite our current budget challenges, Alaska’s business […]