The User Group includes qualified representatives from all the APPLICATE targeted stakeholder groups, including the scientific community and international organisations, the public and private sectors, and the society at large including the general public and local communities.
Composition of the APPLICATE User Group as of December 2019:
Participant |
Organisation |
Areas of expertise |
Ian Laing, Executive Director |
Economic and resource development, policy, responsible land management |
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Veronica Slajer, Director | North Star Group, Alaska, USA | Social performance, community engagement, sustainable development |
Cindy Dickson, Executive Director |
Indigenous and local communities, Arctic Policies through Arctic Council |
|
Justin Kim, Director |
Maritime affairs, Research and Policy |
|
Michael Kingston, Director |
Insurance, legal affairs, IMO Polar Code, Arctic Council PAME Arctic Marine Best Practice Forum |
|
Anders Oskal, Director |
Reindeer herder, reindeer herding international cooperation |
|
Mikhail Pogodaev, Deputy Minister |
Sakha Republic Government, Russia |
Regional cooperation in the North, Reindeer husbandry, indigenous and northern communities |
Mead Treadwell, President |
Treadwell Development, Alaska, USA |
Arctic Investors, policy shaper |
Dr. Zhang Beichen / Cheng Wenfang |
Research (research stations and vessels), international science cooperation |
|
John Wardman, Science Specialist | AXA XL, UK | Insurance |