The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce

The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) is a membership organization founded in New York in 1986. The chamber promotes the development of business and trade between the United States and Iceland through membership networking events, business conferences and other occasions in which leaders of the business and government participate. IACC´s day-to-day operations are managed by the Icelandic trade office at the Consulate General of Iceland in New York. 

The Arctic Economic Council (AEC) is an independent organization that facilitates Arctic business-to-business activities and responsible economic development through the sharing of best practices, technological solutions, standards, and other information. 

(The AEC support market accessibility and provide advice and a business perspective to the work of the Arctic Council. The members represent a wide range of businesses operating in the Arctic—from mining and shipping companies to reindeer herding and indigenous economic development corporations. The AEC is open to Arctic and sub-Arctic entities corporations, partnerships and indigenous groups that have an economic interest in the Arctic.)

The Wilson Center’s Polar Institute is the comprehensive, non-partisan Arctic and Antarctic policy forum in the United States, tracking, analyzing, and making sense of these complex and interconnected dynamics.

Leveraging the depth and breadth of knowledge of its regional and topical experts, the Institute pursues crosscutting research, offers actionable policy ideas, and develops public awareness. Fostering multilateral dialogue and convening leaders from government, academia, private industry, indigenous peoples, and civil society. The Polar Institute aims to holistically address the many critical questions facing, and related to, the polar regions.