COMMUNITY EVENTS
Free or low cost Community Events and college courses are intended to provide background on the yearly topic and to touch on areas related to the February Conference that may not be covered in its three-day format. The views of our presenters are their own and may not represent those of the Camden Conference.
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Maine Calling to feature the upcoming Camden Conference
February 16, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST
The popular Maine Public radio program, “Maine Calling” will discuss the upcoming 2021 Camden Conference, “The Geopolitics of the Arctic: A Region in Peril.” The show will be broadcast live Feb 16 at 11 a.m. and repeated at 7 p.m.
Host Jennifer Rooks will interview Frances Ulmer, chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission and is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, Prof. Paul A. Mayewski of the University of Maine, who has led more than 55 research missions to the Arctic and other extreme climate locations, and Prof. Charles H. Norchi of the Maine School of Law and director of the Center for Oceans and Coastal Law.
Ulmer and Mayewski will be featured speakers at the Conference that will be live-streamed Feb. 20 and 21, and Norchi delivers a lecture on legal issues facing the Arctic nations at a special event for Camden Conference members on Feb. 11.
The mission of the Camden Conference is to foster informed discourse on world issues. For more information on the weekend conference and other events, please visit www.camdenconference.org.
Maine Public is an annual sponsor of The Camden Conference.