About Alexander Kugaevsky

Vice-Rector for Analytical and Expert Activity of Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, Candidate of Economics, Yakutsk, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russian Federation.

He is a recognized expert in the regional socio-economic development and one of the founders of the Northern Sustainable Development Forum.

About Vera Kondratieva

Member of the Public Chamber of Khanty-Mansyisk Autonomous Okrug – Yugra, a composer, musician, Chair of the public organization of culture of the indigenous peoples of the orth “Ma Mekhem” (My Land). Chair of Lyantor City Branch of the Public Organization “Saving of Yugra” Surgut District.

About Paolo Venturini

A police officer from Padova, Italy, an extreme ultramarathon runner. Paolo Venturini is a world-famous athlete, who has set several world records in ultramarathons at the lowest and the highest air temperatures in deserts, mountains, jungle on all continents.

About Alexander Pelyasov

Director General of the Regional Consulting Institute, Doctor of Geography, Professor at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation. He is one of the top experts on the development of the Arctic and international cooperation. He has significantly contributed to the development of the NF Development Strategy.

About Paul Fuhs

President, Chairman of the Board at Marine Exchange of Alaska, Member of the Arctic Economic Council commissions, Anchorage, Alaska, the USA. He was the first Corporate Secretary Treasurer of the Northern Forum in 1991-1993. He is actively promoting the interests of the Northern Forum in Alaska and supports the development of effective cooperation between the regions of the USA and the Russian Federation.

About Nadezhda Kharlampieva

Associate Professor of the Global Politics Department of Saint Petersburg State University, Senior Researcher at the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, PhD student at the University of Lapland (Finland), Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation. In 2001-2005, she worked at the NF Associate Secretariat in Saint Petersburg.

About Timo Rautajoki

Independent observer and expert, Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland. For a long time he was a President of Lapland Chamber of Commerce; he initiated the creation of the Network of the NF Chambers of Commerce; he is a founder of the international platform in Rovaniemi – the Arctic Business Forum, which is still working successfully.

About Georgy Nikonov

Advisor to the Head of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). He was the Minister of External Relations, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Far Eastern Federal District.

The author of the idea and the leader of a large historical project "Ways of Great Achievements".