41^st Annual Alaska Resources (virtual) Conference

2020 Conference Program (pdf)

Wednesday, November 18th

8:30am Webinar Opens Video

8:45am Opening Remarks and Welcome Video
Jeanine St. John, President, Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.
Governor Michael J. Dunleavy

9:00 Industry 2020 in Review and 2021 Outlook Video

Fisheries: Stephanie Madsen, Executive Director, At-Sea Processors Association
Forestry: John Sturgeon, President, Koncor Forest Products
Mining: Karen Matthias, Executive Director, Council of Alaska Producers
Oil and Gas: Kara Moriarty, President and CEO, Alaska Oil and Gas Association
Tourism: Scott Habberstad, Director of Sales and Community Marketing, Alaska Airlines

10:00 Alaska Economic Trends: 2021 Outlook Video
Neal Fried, Senior Economist, Alaska Department of Labor

10:30 Getting Alaskans Back to Work Video
Joe Marushack, President, ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.

11:00 Today's Prudhoe Bay Video
John Barnes, Asset Team Leader, Prudhoe Bay East, Hilcorp Alaska LLC
Jill Fisk, Asset Team Leader, Prudhoe Bay West, Hilcorp Alaska LLC

11:30 Alaska Resource Education - Resource Jeopardy Video

Noon Keynote Lunch Program: Doing Our Part: Alaska is Open for Business Video
Shauna Hegna, President, Koniag, Inc.
Thomas Mack, President and CEO, Aleut Corporation

1:30 pm COVID – Current Status and Outlook Video
Dr. Paul Hodgins, Chief Medical Officer, ConocoPhillips

2:00 The Kinross approach to ESG Video
Dominic Channer, Vice-President, Community Relations, Kinross Gold

2:30 Interesting Times: Resource Development in Alaska Post - 2020 Video
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Chair, Senate Energy Committee

3:00 A Near Term Energy Perspective Video
Darlene Gates, President, ExxonMobil Alaska

3:30 Kensington: An Alaskan Operating Gold Mine Looks to the Future Video
Mark Kiessling, General Manager, Coeur Alaska - Kensington Mine

4:00 Closing Comments Video
Jeanine St. John, President, Resource Development Council for Alaska, Inc.