Fletcher in Iceland to discuss the Arctic
While the rest of us enjoy a long weekend in the local area, a group of students, faculty, and staff are in Reykjavik, Iceland for the annual Arctic Circle Assembly. Professor Rockford Weitz, who heads the Fletcher’s Maritime Studies Program describes the Assembly as “the world’s largest gathering of Arctic-oriented policy makers, business people, and other stakeholders.”
This is the second year that Fletcher has participated, and our students, professors, staff members, and alumni represent the largest non-Icelandic academic delegation at the Assembly.
Here are the details, courtesy of Professor Weitz’s email in which he invited students to apply to participate:
The opening Arctic presents a myriad of interdisciplinary challenges and opportunities that demonstrate the unique value of a Fletcher education. No other graduate school could prepare you to understand the truly interdisciplinary nature of the geopolitical, diplomatic, scientific, environmental, sustainable development, national security, international law, macroeconomic, global trade, technology, shipping, energy, migration, human security, and international business implications of an opening Arctic. Here’s the Arctic Circle Assembly’s program.
The Fletcher-organized panels are:
♦ Rethinking Shared Interests in Arctic Oil and Gas: Can We Actually Manage More Effectively?, Professor Bill Moomaw
♦ Reimagining the Arctic as the World’s Data Center, Fletcher Institute for Business In the Global Context Research Fellow Caroline Troein, F14
♦ BlueTech Innovation for a Sustainable Arctic, Fletcher Maritime Studies Program
♦ Status of Earth Observations in the Arctic, Professor Paul Berkman
♦ Arctic High Seas: Building Common Interests in the Arctic Ocean, Professor Paul Berkman
As you can see, Fletcher has deep expertise in Arctic topics. In addition to Fletcher’s contributions at the Arctic Circle Assembly, Fletcher students will be organizing — for the sixth year in a row — the Fletcher Arctic Conference on Saturday, February 18, 2017. It’s always a great event and conveniently located right here in Medford. Please mark your calendars!
I meant to publish this post yesterday (Thursday), but my reward for procrastinating is a photo of the Fletcher delegation, courtesy of second-year MALD Angga.
