CONFERENCE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE ARCTIC REGION

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS OF THE ARCTIC REGION

   MEETING IN WASHINGTON

    10-11 March 2015

Draft list of participants

MEMBERS

Canada                                  Mr. Ryan Leef, MP

                                                Mr. Dennis Bevington, MP

Mr. Thai Nguyen, Analyst, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament

Denmark/Greenland           Mr. Johan Lund Olsen, MP, Denmark/Greenland

                                                Mr. Sjùrdur Skaale. MP, Denmark/Faroe Islands

Mr. Peder Pedersen, Head of Section

European Parliament          Mr. Jørn Dohrmann, MEP

                                                Mr. Fernando Garces De Los Fayos, Administrator

Mr. Massimiliano Rizzo, Political adviser (ECR political group)

Finland                                  Mr. Guy Lindström, Deputy Director

Iceland                                   Ms. Ms. Líneik Anna Sævarsdottir, MP

                                                Ms. Arna Bang, Adviser

Norway                                  Mr. Eirik Sivertsen, MP       

Russia                                   Mr. Vladimir Torlopov, Senator

Mr. Kirill Mangush, Senior Counsellor   

Mr. Vladlen V. Epifanov, Counsellor

                                                Mr. Michael Slipenchuk, MP,

                                                Ms. Irina Kuzmina, Secretary

Sweden                                 Ms. Sara Karlsson, MP

                                                Ms. Eva Hjelm, International adviser

USA                                        Ms. Lisa Murkowski, Senator        

Mr. Isaac Edwards, Adviser

OBSERVERS

Nordic Council                     Mr. Torkil Sørensen, Senior adviser

West-Nordic Council           Mr. Bill Justinussen, President, MP

                                                Ms. Inga Dora Markussen, Secretary General

SECRETARIAT                    Mr. Bjørn Willy Robstad, Secretary General

GUESTS                               Mr. Sergey Kuznetsov, First Secretary, Russian Embassy in Washington

Mr. Igor Lebedev, MP

Mr. Alexander Kurdyumov, MP

Mr. Vadim Dengin, MP

Mr. Pavel Kuzmin, Interpreter

Ms. Irina Ponamoreva, Interpreter

Admiral Robert Papp – Special Representative for the Arctic, US State Department

Mr. Craig Fleener, Special Assistant for Arctic Policy, Governor of Alaska’s Office

Mr. Alfredo Gomez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO

Ms.  Susan Fleming, Director, Physical Infrastructure, GAO

Mr. Michael Hix, Assistant Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO

Ms. Hillary N. Lebail, Arctic Policy Advisor