March 12, 2010 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Senator Stevens represented Alaska with distinction in the U.S. Senate from 1968 to 2009 and is recognized as one of Alaska's most prominent and accomplished statesmen and founders.

He played key roles in legislation that shaped Alaska's economic and social development, including the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Stevens was pivotal in the development of Alaska on issues that ranged from land claims to critical statewide infrastructure and energy systems.

Stevens has written and supported numerous measures in support of responsible resource development in Alaska. Not least of which was the extensive groundwork and advocacy critical to the development of a natural gas delivery system from Alaska's North Slope to the lower 48. He will speak about the future of Alaska's Natural Gas.

Stevens is a recipient of Commonwealth North's Walter J. Hickel Award for Distinguished Public Policy Leadership.