Keynote Speakers:

Mark Bassin, Reader in Cultural and Political Geography, Department of Geography, University College London

Pamela Spratlen, 2004-2005 Diplomat-in-Residence, East-West Center; and former Consul General, Vladivostok

Other Speakers/Panel Members:

Bella Bychkova Jordan, Lecturer, Department of Geography and the Environment; and Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Olga Chernenko, Assistant Director, CIVITAS Eastern Russia

Andrew Crow, Project Manager, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Elizabeth Dennison, Associate Professor of History, Department of History and Geography, University of Alaska Anchorage

Paul Dunscomb, Assistant Professor of History, Department of History and Geography, University of Alaska Anchorage

Victor Fischer, Director Emeritus, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Patty Gray, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Stephen Haycox, Professor of History, Department of History and Geography, University of Alaska Anchorage

Diddy Hitchins, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Anchorage

Susan Kalina, Associate Professor of Russian, Department of Languages, University of Alaska Anchorage

Karl Kim, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii

Gunnar Knapp, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

Patricia Linton, Professor of English, Department of English, University of Alaska Anchorage

Alexandra Maloney, Assistant Professor of Russian, Department of Languages, University of Alaska Anchorage; and Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Tomsk State Pedagogical University (Russia)

Sergey Sevastanov, Professor of International Relations; Director of the International Studies Center; and Vice President for International Programs, Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (Vladivostok, Russia)

Pavel Sobol, Russian Project Director, CIVITAS Eastern Russia

Arlon Tussing, Research Professor of Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage

John Tichotsky, Ph.D.(Cantab.), F.R.G.S; Advisor to the Governor of Chukotka; and former Fellow on Russia in Asia, University of Hawaii

David Yesner, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Alaska Anchorage

Asian Studies Development Program