The Conference, Arctic Security in the 21st Century, was co-convened by The Simons Foundation and Simon Fraser University’s School for International Studies, under the auspices of the Simons Visiting Chair in Dialogue in International Law and Human Security. The inaugural Chairholder, Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, former United Nations Under-Secretary General for Disarmament Affairs, chaired the conference which was held in Vancouver on April 11-12, 2008.