There are a number of challenges that businesses and individuals across Alaska continue to face during these uncertain times. The Alaska Chamber’s goal from the beginning of the pandemic and subsequent economic crisis was to ensure that all businesses across the state had access to the information and resources they needed to navigate closures, mandates, state and federal loan programs and various other issues. Providing unlimited access to the Fall Forum is an extension of that commitment, and also our small way of saying THANK YOU to the business community for stepping up and being a part of the solution in Alaska’s response to COVID-19.
Tuesday, September 24 (Day One)
Opening Remarks
Kati Capozzi, President and CEO, Alaska Chamber
Allen Hippler, Board Chair, Alaska Chamber
Communicating Through COVID and Beyond – Tools for businesses of all sizes to succeed in our new environment
Presented by Thompson & Co Public Relations
Congressional Delegation Townhall
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan
Representative Don Young
"K" Shaped Recovery: A National and Local Economic Outlook
Curtis Dubay, Chief Economist, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Mouchine Guettabi, Associate Professor, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research
Casey Sullivan, Gov and Public Affairs Manager, Marathon Petroleum Co.
Thursday, September 26 (Day Two)
Opening Remarks
Melissa Solie, Operations & Communications Manager, Alaska Chamber
Mike Satre, Chair Elect, Alaska Chamber
The Future of the North Slope: It’s Alaska’s Choice
Joe Marushack, President, ConocoPhillips Alaska
David Wilkins, Senior VP, Hilcorp Alaska
Kim Reitmeier, Executive Director, ANCSA Regional Association
Tuesday, September 29 (Day Three)
Opening Remarks
Kati Capozzi, President and CEO, Alaska Chamber
Chris Eyler, Executive Director, Congressional and Public Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Alaska Will Wait: Tourism’s Rebound Plan
Brandon Lee, Consul General, Government of Canada
Charles (Bud) Darr, Maritime Policy and Government Affairs, MSC Group
Zak Kirkpatrick, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, Alaskan Dream Cruises/Allen Marine, Inc.
Laura Martinson, Owner, Caribou Crossings
Carol Fraser, Director of Sales & Marketing, Aspen Hotels of Alaska
Critical Infrastructure Industries and COVID-19: How Industry Responded
Karen Matthias, Executive Director, Council of Alaska Producers
Nicole Kimball, VP, Pacific Seafood Processors Association
Alex Hofeling, VP and Alaska General Manager, TOTE
Jared Kosin, CEO, Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Association
Joe Everhart, Executive VP, Wells Fargo
Thursday, October 1 (Day Four)
Opening Remarks & Spirit of Enterprise Award – Representative Don Young
Kati Capozzi, President and CEO, Alaska
Chamber
Representative Don Young
Chris Eyler, Executive Director, Congressional and Public Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Leadership Through Adversity: Alaska’s Response to COVID-19
Dr. Anne Zink, State of Alaska Chief Medical Officer
The Economic Impacts of Ballot Measure 1
Jim Calvin, Senior Vice President, McDowell Group
Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum
Moderated by Aaron Schutt, President & CEO, Doyon
Survey Says National & local Insights on public opinion from COVID to politics & predictions for November 3rd
Bill McInturff, Public Opinion Strategies
Matt Larkin, Dittman Research
Sarah Erkmann Ward, President and CEO, Blueprint Alaska