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Winning Sustainability in an Age of Global Change: What Is Our Responsibility, Dr. Peter Raven, director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Aug. 25, 2007

State of the State's FInances,
Pat Galvin, Commissioner of Revenue, and Karen Rehfield, Director of the Office of Budget and Management, July 25, 2007

Gas Pipeline Primer, State Rep. Ralph Samuels, March 16, 2007

Communications of the Great North, Dan Colussy, Chairman and CEO, Iridium Satellite LLC, Aug. 29, 2006

Gas Pipeline Briefing, Jim Whitaker, chairman, Alaska Gasline Port Authority, July 20, 2006

Gas Pipeline Briefing, Joe Marushack, ConocoPhillips; Ken Konrad, BP; Richard Owen, ExxonMobil, July 14, 2006

Gas Pipeline Briefing, Harold Heinze, CEO Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, and Carolyn Dunmire, Dunmire Consulting, July 11, 2006

Gas Pipeline Briefing, Tom Irwin, former Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Marty Rutherford, former Deputy Commissioner Department of Natural Resources; Mark Myers, former Director the Division of Oil & Gas, June 9, 2006

Gas Pipeline Briefing, DNR Commissioners Mike Menge and Harry Noah, June 7, 2006

Oil Tax & Gas Pipeline Briefing, Jim Clark, chief of staff for Governor Murkowski, March 16, 2006

Health Care Expenditures in Alaska, Mark Foster, UAA Institute of Social and Economic Research, March 8, 2006

Sheila Watt-Cloutier, chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, Feb. 10, 2006

Climate Change Panel, Dr. Robert Corell, Charles Christopher, Kellee James, Bob Loeffler, Feb. 7, 2006

Alaska 20/20 Progress, Dr. Ken Osterkamp, Jan. 24, 2006

Avian Influenza, Dr. Douglas Causey, Dr. Jay Butler, Dr. Richard Mandsager and Rick Kearney, Jan. 19, 2006

Budget Unveiling, Gov. Frank Murkowski and Cheryl Frasca, Director of Management and Budget, Dec. 15, 2005

Talkeetna Dialogue Summary, Dec. 5, 2005

Legislative Leadership: 2006 Legislative & Budget Priorities, Sen. Ben Stevens and Rep. John Harris, Nov. 16, 2005

Professor John S. Whitehead, author of "Completing the Union: Alaska, Hawaii and the Battle for Statehood," Oct. 18, 2005

Budget Surplus Forum, with Eric Wohlforth, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.; Dr. Scott Goldsmith, UAA; Sen. Gretchen Guess; Marc Langland, Northrim Bank; and Rep. Norman Rokeberg, Oct. 12, 2005

Our Choices, Our Future, with Byron Mallott and Greta Goto, Aug. 24, 2005

Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce, July 6, 2005

Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation, July 5, 2005

ELF, with Tom Williams, tax counsel for BP Exploration, and Dan Dickinson, director of the Alaska Department of Revenue's Tax Division, June 22, 2005

Renewable Energy: Life for Alaska After Oil and Gas? with Chris Rose, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project; Joe Griffith, CEO, Chugach Electric Association; and Nick Goodman, CEO, TDX Power, April 5, 2005

Social Security: A Discussion Among Generations, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, March 29, 2005

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, Feb. 25, 2005

Health Care Panel, with Joel Gilbertson, Randall Burns, Dr. David Snyder and Al Parrish, Jan. 28, 2005

Richard C. Wiese, President of the Explorers Club, Dec. 14, 2004

Governor Frank Murkowski, '06 Budget Unveiling

The Changing Face of Philanthropy in Alaska, Nov. 22, 2004.

Scott Burns, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Drug Control, Oct. 12, 2004

Governor Frank Murkowski, Sept. 23, 2004

Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Acting Director, National Science Foundation, Aug. 20, 2004

Alaska Tribal Health System, Don Kashevaroff, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium chairman and president, and Paul Sherry, executive director, Aug. 5, 2004

Walter B. McCormick, Jr., president and CEO of U.S. Telecom Association, May 27, 2004

2004 Annual Meeting and William Ayer, Chairman, President and CEO of Alaska Airlines, May 5, 2004

Werner Fornos, President of the Population Institute, April 8, 2004

Dr. Robert Corell, chair of Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, March 10, 2004

University of Alaska Forum, Chancellors Lee Gorsuch, Marshall Lind and John Pugh; President Mark Hamilton, March 5, 2004

Governor Jay Hammond, March 4, 2004

Gas Line Projects Forum, Dave Dengel, Harold Heinze, Ken Thompson, Ken Konrad and Joe Marushack, Feb. 27, 2004

Conference of Alaskans Forum, Brian Rogers and Mike Burns, Feb. 24, 2004

Unveiling Asset II Report, Nancy Bear Usera, Jan. 29, 2004

Tony Brown, Director of the Community Development Financial Institution Fund for the Department of Treasury, David Hoffman, CEO of Alaska Growth Capital, Dec. 9, 2003

Dr. Gunnar Knapp, professor of economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage, Nov. 13, 2003

Dr. Vernon L. Smith, winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics, Oct. 21, 2003

Jeffrey Crowe, Chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sept. 30, 2003

Ólafur Grímsson, President of Iceland, Aug. 19, 2003

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton, Aug. 6, 2003

Edward Gramlich, Ph.D., Federal Reserve Board Governor, June 10, 2003

Representative Don Young, May 30, 2003

Annual Meeting and Questions and Answers with Dr. David Sampson, May 28, 2003

Alaska's Jobs for Alaska's People, Duane Heyman, Jeff Staser and Alice Galvin, May 8, 2003

U.S Secretary of Education Rod Paige, May 4, 2003

Denali Commission Update, March 26, 2003

Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Interior, Feb. 24, 2003

U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Feb. 19, 2003

Harrison Schmitt, former U.S. Senator and astronaut, Jan. 14, 2003

Legislative Agenda, Sen. Gene Therriault and Rep. Pete Kott, Dec. 19, 2002

University of Alaska Report Unveiling, Nov. 20, 2002

Gubernatorial Forum, Sen. Frank Murkowski and Lt. Gov. Fran Ulmer, Oct. 16, 2002

Third Party Gubernatorial Candidates, Diane Benson, Billy Toien, Ray VinZant, Oct. 17, 2002

Rural Urban Discussion, Oct. 3, 2002

Shall There be a Constitutional Convention? Sept. 20, 2002

Robert W. Fogel, 1993 Nobel Prize Winner, of the University of Chicago National Bureau of Economic Research, Aug. 23, 2002

Archbishop Francis T. Hurley, June 20, 2002

Regulatory Commission of Alaska Debate with Senator Robin Taylor and Commissioner Nan Thompson, June 14, 2002

Brig. Gen. John Holly, Program Director for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Joint Program office of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, June 11, 2002

Annual meeting with presentation by political commentator Rich Galen, May 1, 2002

Frank Daly, Corporate Director of Ethics and Business Conduct for Northrop Grumman Corporation, April 5, 2002

Walter J. Hickel, April 4, 2002

Edward Lee Gorsuch, Chancellor, University of Alaska Anchorage

Carl Marrs, President of the ANCSA CEO Association, March 21, 2002

Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer, March 5, 2002

U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski, Jan. 15, 2002

ANCSA 30th Anniversary, Willie Hensley, Julie Kitka, Matthew Nicolai and Byron Mallott, Dec. 18, 2001

Fran Mainella, Director of the National Park Service, Dec. 4, 2001

Consul General Roger Simmons, Nov. 20, 2001

Dr. Leland Kaiser, Associate Professor, graduate program of Health Administration, University of Colorado at Denver, Sept. 18, 2001

Annual Meeting with a presentation by J.P. Morgan Vice President Gary Krellenstein

John Snow, president, CEO and chairman of CSX Corporation, July 27, 2001

General Joseph W. Ralston, NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander-in-Chief Europe Command, March 8, 2001

U.S. Rep. Don Young, February 21, 2001

Denali Commission Forum, January 16, 2001

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, December 19, 2000

Regional Learning Centers, Rep. Gail Phillips, Dec. 5, 2000

Reconciling Alaska's Urban-Rural Split, Community Forum, Nov. 11, 2000

Urban Rural Unity Study Forum, Oct. 18, 2000

Winston Churchill scholar Sir Martin Gilbert, Sept. 19, 2000

Tax Cap Forum Sept. 1, 2000

Unveiling of Urban Rural Unity Study Aug. 16, 2000

Urban Rural Unity Study APRN Radio Talk, Aug. 21, 2000

Award and Dedication of Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, July 8, 2000

Growing Up Native in Alaska, A.J. McClanahan, Jason Metrokin, Deborah Vo, James LaBelle Jr., Jack Zayon and Carrie Irwin Brown, June 22, 2000

New Zealand/Alaska Pacific Connection, James Bolger, New Zealand Ambassador, June 16, 2000

The Role of the University in the Economic Future of Alaska, Mark Hamilton, President, University of Alaska, May 23, 2000

Annual Meeting with presentations by Mayor Rick Mystrom and Richard Anderson, CEO of Northwest Airlines, May 17, 2000

Reconciling Alaska's Urban-Rural Split: What Can We do? April 29, 2000

A Long Term Economic Development Strategy, Jamie Kenworthy, Alaska Science & Technology Foundation, April 21, 2000

Alaska's Economy: Where Is It Going? Scott Goldsmith, ISER, and Patrick Burden, Northern Economics, March 21, 2000

General Joseph W. Ralston, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, March 10, 2000

Lt. Gen. John Costello, commanding general , U.S. Army Space Missile Command, March 6, 2000

Susan Fison, Anchorage Municipal Demographer, February 24, 2000

House Finance Committee Testimony by Nancy Usera and Joe Griffith, representing Commonwealth North, Feb. 10, 2000

British Columbia Premier Dan Miller, Feb. 7, 2000

Dr. David Reaume, economist and columnist, Jan. 25, 2000

Dr. Kenneth Prewitt, director of the U.S. Census Bureau, January 19, 2000

Nathan Rutstein, co-founder of the Institute for Healing Racism, Jan. 18, 2000

U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, December 21, 1999

State Senator Drue Pearce, December 7, 1999

The FAA and Aviation in Alaska, Patrick N. Poe, regional administrator of the FAA, November 9, 1999

Margaret Nelson, Alaska Native Heritage Center, October 26, 1999

Astronaut Forum with Mr. Charles Walker and Lt. Commander William Oefelein, October 19, 1999

Presidential Candidate Steve Forbes, September 1999

Governor Tony Knowles Remarks
on subsistence, oil patch competition and balancing the budget,
Sept. 8, 1999

Update With Commissioner John Shively on the BP/ARCO Merger, Sept. 7, 1999

"The New Germany in the New Europe: A Country to be Feared or Favored by America?"
Dr. Richard Hunt
, Harvard University, August 10,1999

Port Authority Panel, Aug. 6, 1999

"Managing All Federal Transportation Issues in Alaska"
Clyde Hart,
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, July 22, 1999

"Health Care in the New Millennium"
Dr. Thomas Frist,
Chairman & CEO, Columbia HCA Health Care System, July 20, 1999

"Balanced Budget Plan"
Scott Goldsmith
, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage June 29, 1999

"The New Economy in Alaska"
George Kozmetsky,
Member, Board of Directors, Alaska Science & Technology Foundation, June 22, 1999

"Natural Gas Overview"
Barbara Shook,
Houston Bureau Chief, Energy Intelligence Group, June 8, 1999

Permanent Fund Money Managers, May 26, 1999

Arctic Council Forum, May 4, 1999

Denali Commission Forum, April 20, 1999

Principles & Interests:
The Future of the Permanent Fund,
March 11, 1999

Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, Feb. 18, 1999

Senator Frank Murkowski, Feb. 16, 1999

Subsistence Forum
Paths to resolution: Fish and game on federal lands
, Feb. 2, 1999

"Where the Rubber Meets the Road, a Transportation Plan for Alaska's Future,"
Governor Tony Knowles
, Dec. 9, 1998

1999 Legislative Preview, Dec. 8, 1998

  • Senators Drue Pearce and Johnny Ellis

"Return On Assets (ROA) Study Unveiled"
Nancy Usera
and Scott Goldsmith, study group co-chairs, Dec. 2, 1998

Simon Winchester, author of "The Professor and the Madman," Nov. 11, 1998

Mark Hamilton, President, University of Alaska, Oct. 27, 1998

"A Unique Instrument of National Security"
Admiral James M. Loy
, U.S. Coast Guard, Oct. 19, 1998

"Between Two Ages: The Meaning of Our Times"
Wm. Van Dusen Wishard
, historian and futurist, Sept. 22, 1998

William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce, Aug. 20, 1998

Walter J. Hickel, June 5, 1979

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