To consider relevant issues concerning the Arctic Region and the Continent of Antarctica and the respective surroundings: 

Geography, Environmental Challenges/sea-level change, Natural Resources, Maritime Routes and Trade, B&Road Initiative, Military Strategic developments, Relevant Organizational Structures, National Interests, Demography and Populations concerned, etc.

Speakers:

Dr. Lawson Brigham, (CPT, ret. USMC), UA, Fairbanks, Alaska

Knut Hammarskjoeld, Sweden, South Carolina

Ina Holst-Pedersen Kvam, Armed Forces College, Bergen, Norway

Prof. Tomas Ries, National Defense College, Stockholm, Sweden