The 15th Baltic Sea Region Forum
Security and safety in the Baltic Sea region
University of Turku, Finland
Thursday 15.6.2023
| All times EEST |
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| 12:00-12:15 | Opening |
| Kari Liuhto, Director, The Centrum Balticum Foundation | |
| Minna Arve, Mayor, The City of Turku | |
| Markus Granlund, Dean, Turku School of Economics | |
| 12:15-12.25 | Greetings |
| 12:25-12:45 | Keynote by Artis Pabriks |
| Director, The Northern European Policy Centre, Minister of Defence of Latvia (2019-2022) | |
| 12:45-14:15 | Panel 1. Changing security environment in Northern Europe |
| (in cooperation with the National Defence University of Finland) | |
| Chairman: | |
| Marko Palokangas, Lieutenant Colonel, Military Professor, National Defence University of Finland | |
| Panelists: | |
| Oleksii Arestovych, Former Advisor, Office of the President of Ukraine | |
| Andrzej Falkowski, Lieutenant General (ret), Senior Fellow, Pulaski Foundation, Poland | |
| Glen Grant, Lieutenant Colonel (ret) British Army, Defence and Security Reform Expert, Baltic Security Foundation, Latvia | |
| Rasmus Hindren, Head of International Relations, Hybrid CoE - The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats | |
| Patrik Oksanen, Senior Fellow, Stockholm Freeworld Forum, Member of The Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences and The Royal Swedish Society of Naval Sciences, Sweden | |
| Juha Pyykönen, Lic.Sos.Sc., Brigade General (ret), Security Analysis Ltd, Finland | |
| Petri Toivonen, Secretary-General, Security Committee, Finland | |
| 14:15-14:45 | Networking and coffee |
| 14:45-16:10 | Panel 2. Securing and maintaining critical energy supply and infrastructure in the Baltic Sea region (in cooperation with the University of Cambridge) |
| Chairman: | |
| Charles Clarke, UK Home Secretary (2004-2006), Co-leader of the Baltic Geopolitics Programme, University of Cambridge, UK | |
| Panelists: | |
| Hugo Bromley, Research Fellow, Centre for Geopolitics, University of Cambridge, UK | |
| Videt R. Norng, Lieutenant Colonel, Head of Division, NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, Lithuania | |
| Chris Parry, CBE PhD, Rear Admiral Dr Visiting Fellow, University of Reading, UK | |
| Kaja Tael, Ambassador-at-Large for Climate and Energy Policy, Estonia | |
| Adnan Vatansever, Reader, Russia Institute, King’s College London, UK | |
| Dariusz Zarzecki, Professor, University of Szczecin, Poland | |
| 16:10-16:40 | Networking and coffee |
| 16:40-18:05 | Panel 3. Combating cross-border crime |
| Chairman: |
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| Ruslanas Iržikevičius, Editor-in-Chief, The Lithuania Tribune, Lithuania | |
| Panelists: |
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| Arnoldas Abramavičius, Vice-Minister, Ministry of the Interior, Lithuania | |
| Antti Hartikainen, Head of Mission, European Union Advisory Mission Ukraine | |
| Juhani Hintikka, President and CEO, WithSecure, Finland | |
| Ville Itälä, Director-General, European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) | |
| Veiko Kommusaar, Undersecretary for Internal Security, Ministry of the Interior, Estonia |
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| Kirsi Pimiä, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Finland | |
| Igors Rajevs, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of the Interior, Latvia | |
| 18:05-18:20 | Civil society security |
| Grzegorz Poznański, Director-General, The Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat | |
| 18:20-18:40 |
Closing speech |
| Ilkka Salmi, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Council of the European Union | |
| 19:00 |
Reception offered by the City of Turku |
| Restaurant Grädda, Piispankatu 15, 20500 Turku | |
| At the moment registration to the reception is not possible. We have reached the maximum number of 170 persons. Stay tuned for possible openings! |
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