Opening Plenary of 26th annual meeting with addresses by:
Alexei Chekunkov, Minister for the Development of the Far East & Arctic;
Sergei Ryabkov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation;
John Sullivan, US Ambassador to the Russian Federation;
Anatoly Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States;
James DeHart, U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region;
Matthew Rojansky, Director of the Kennan Institute at the Wood-row Wilson Center;
Tom Armbruster, US Ambassador (retired), US Consul General in Vladivostok (2007-2010).