NANA
2016 FALL | SHAREHOLDER MEETING
Questions & Answers
Door Prizes
Nominations for 2017
Board of Directors
IN-REGION SCHEDULE
Monday, November 7
Deering School Gym........... 2 p.m.
Kotzebue JNES...................... 6 p.m.
OUT-OF-REGION SCHEDULE
Thursday, November 10
Kobuk School Gym.............. 1 p.m.
Shungnak School Gym....... 4 p.m.
Selawik School Gym............ 4 p.m.
Tuesday, November 8
Kivalina School Gym........... 4 p.m.
Noatak School Gym............. 4 p.m.
Friday, November 11
Ambler School Gym............ 4 p.m.
Noorvik School Gym........... 4 p.m.
Wednesday, November 9
Kiana School Gym................ 4 p.m.
Buckland School Gym........ 4 p.m.
Reports from
NANA
Wednesday, October 26 - 6 p.m.
Westmark Hotel
813 Noble St, Fairbanks, AK 99701
Friday, October 28 - 6 p.m.
ChangePoint
6689 Changepoint Dr., Anchorage, AK 99518
Saturday, October 29 - 1 p.m.
Hilton Hotel (near airport)
17620 International Blvd., Seattle, WA 98188
Top of the World
Broadband Summit
O
n July 13, 2016, The Arctic Economic
Council (AEC), Iñuit Arctic Business
Alliance (IABA) and Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation (ASRC) launched
the first Top of the World Arctic Broadband
Summit. The two-day summit — held in
Barrow, Alaska — focused on the importance
of reliable high-speed communications
in the Arctic. Policy leaders, government
officials, and industry experts and executives
were invited to attend. The summit was
dedicated to the strategic deployment and
adoption of broadband accross the arctic.
The Summit brought together several
panels to discuss Arctic communications.
NANA participated in two of the panels.
"Growing up in Kotzebue, I didn’t have the
luxury of high-speed internet. Even now,
many years later, our regional communities
continue to face the same issue,” said Nick
Kotch, NANA’s Director of IT during the
Pan-Arctic Challenges to Broadband Access
& Adoption panel. “Our dependency on
high-speed internet is becoming more
evident in our schools, our clinics and our
homes. It’s important that we participate
in its development,” Kotch continued.
NANA’s President and CEO, Wayne
Westlake, moderated the Open for
Business – Fostering Arctic economic
growth through maritime transportation
infrastructure development panel.
Westlake facilitated discussions on
the role a reliable communications
infrastructure has on the evolution of
maritime transportation in the Arctic.
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Other topics ranged from private investment
opportunities to the government’s
involvement in connecting the Arctic.
Private technology firms, including
Iridium, OneWeb, and NxtVn shared their
business profiles and how they relate to
broadband in the Polar Regions. The Alaska
Congressional Delegation, along with
members of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) and the National
Telecommunications and Information
Administration (NTIA), discussed the
importance of government support in
broadband development in the Arctic.
One of the larger attractions at the summit
was the project profile for the Quintillion
Subsea Cable Project. This project is divided
into three phases: the first includes the
installation of a sub-sea fiberopti c cable
from Prudhoe Bay to Nome, Alaska.
Many stakeholders showed interest in the
project — some tailoring their discussions
to incorporate the impact the project could
have on their future with broadband.
Nick Kotch, director of IT at NANA, speaks on the Pan-Arctic Challenges to Broadband Access & Adoption
Panel. (l to r) Executive Vice President/Chief Administrative Officer of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Cheryl Stine, Chairperson of NxtVn, Finland Suvi Linden, and Nick Kotch.
The summit brought together experts from
all regions of the Arctic. The discussions,
presentations and networking helped
to highlight the Arctic’s vast potential
for technological advancement and the
significant role that each member of the
Arctic community has in pursuing it.
HUNTER 2016 AUGUST / SEPTEMBER
NANA’s President and CEO, Wayne Westlake, moderates the Open for Business Panel. (l to r) Executive
Director of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission Arnold Brower, Jr., NOAA National Weather System
– Alaska Region Chief Systems Operations Division, Angel Corona, President/CEO of Bering Straits Native
Corporation, Gail Schubert, and President of Fairweather, LLC Linda Leary, were participants in this panel.