'Why we worry about an Arctic Oil Spill' discussed April 21, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 3:30-5 p.m.
UAA: Diplomacy Building, Room 301
UAF: IARC, Room 401
Juneau: Lena Point Building, Room 301
BOEMRE: Regional Director's Conference Room
Barrow: Arctic Research Consortium

This talk is part of the University of Alaska North by 2020 seminar series "Defining Risk in Arctic Coastal and Offshore Resource Development: Perspectives and International Standards Spring Semester 2011."

Henry P. Huntington from Pew Environment Group presents "Risks, Responses, Consequences: Why We Worry about an Arctic Oil Spill." Huntington has over 20 years of Arctic research experience, primarily with various aspects of human-environment interactions. He has documented traditional knowledge, examined the impacts of climate change and looked at the social and economic effects of oil and gas development. His presentation will discuss the conservation community's views on the risks of oil spills in the Arctic and their interest in wider discussion on the topic.

Alice Bullington is a senior risk advisor for ConocoPhillips. Since earning her master's in Environmental Science at UAF, Bullington has worked more than 20 years in Alaska in engineering consulting and the oil and gas industry. In her current role with ConocoPhillips she is responsible for quantitative risk assessments, risk management and facilitation of risk management, lessons learned and mitigation work sessions. She has performed quantitative risk assessments in Alaska, the Lower 48, Canada and China for small projects to mega projects located around the world.

The presentations will be accessible online via a live video stream and archived as a video file a few days after the presentation. The webpage to access all this information along with a schedule of future talks is at http://research.iarc.uaf.edu/nx2020.