Problem Curation Workshop Helps Identify Alaska Energy Focus Areas
On Aug. 28 and 29, ACEP's Gwen Holdmann, Mariko Shirazi, Nickole Conley, Tom Marsik
and George Roe joined stakeholders from multiple Alaska energy sectors for a problem-curation
workshop. Three representatives from the BMNT company facilitated. Participants brought
energy-related challenges important to their organizations’ work. They used BMNT’s
tools to help them understand key issues, describe the most desirable outcomes and
select near-term actions. NANA Development Corp. donated use of its Anchorage facility
for the workshop.
Workshop results will help shape the focus areas and objectives for a new five-year
program that will be proposed for funding by the Office of Naval Â鶹¹ÙÍø. This effort,
the Alaska Regional Collaboration for Technology Innovation and Commercialization
(ARCTIC), will seek to enhance the sustainability of Alaska communities by building
capacity across a wide range of human and technological dimensions. The ARCTIC team
draws from ACEP, the Center for Innovation, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship,
the Center for Economic Development, Launch Alaska, and the Renewable Energy Alaska
Project.
Workshop participants gain new "lenses" for seeing the challenges they face. Photo by George Roe/ACEP.