The 16th Baltic Sea Region Forum
The NATO 2024 and Arctic Europe
University of Turku, Finland
Monday 20.5.2024
| All times EEST |
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| 10:30-11:30 |
Registration |
| 11:30-11:50 | Opening |
| Kari Liuhto, Director of Centrum Balticum Foundation, Professor of Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, Finland | |
| Minna Arve, Chair of Board of Directors of Centrum Balticum Foundation, Mayor of the City of Turku, Finland | |
| Markus Granlund, Dean, Turku School of Economics, Finland | |
| 11:50-12.05 | Video greetings |
| Jukka Kopra, Member of Finnish Parliament | |
| Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine |
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| 12:05-12:45 | Keynotes |
| Tuomas Tiilikainen, Commander of the Finnish Navy | |
| Ben Hodges, Commander of United States Army Europe (2014-2017), USA | |
| 12:45-13:15 | Networking and coffee |
| 13:15-14:45 | Military challenges in Arctic Europe |
| Chair: | |
| Maria Stenroos, Defence Correspondent, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE | |
| Panelists: | |
| Niklas Eklund, Professor, Department of Political Science, Umeå University, Sweden | |
| Mykhailo Gonchar, President of Center Strategy XXI, Advisor to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (1996-2000), Ukraine | |
| Paal Sigurd Hilde, Professor, Institute for Defence Studies, Norwegian Defence University College, Norway | |
| Harri Mikkola, Programme Director of Finnish Foreign Policy, Northern European Security and NATO Research Programme, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland | |
| Meelis Oidsalu, Editor for Defence and Governance Issues, Postimees Media, Former Undersecretary for Defence, Ministry of Defence, Estonia | |
| Michael Paul, Senior Fellow, International Security Division, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Germany | |
| Jyri Raitasalo, Brigade Commander, Karelia Brigade, The Finnish Defence Forces | |
| 14:45-15:30 | Networking and coffee |
| 15:30-17:00 | A future of transatlantic cooperation |
| Chair: | |
| Veijo Hyvönen, Editorial Editor, Turun Sanomat, Finland | |
| Panelists: | |
| Benita Heiskanen, Professor, John Morton Center for North American Studies, University of Turku, Finland | |
| Gunilla Herolf, Senior Associate Research Fellow, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden | |
| Vira Konstantynova, Foreign Policy Adviser to the Chairman of the Parliament of Ukraine (2019-2021), Ukraine | |
| Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, MEP, Vice-Chair of Delegation for Relations with the United States, European Parliament | |
| William Pomeranz, Director, Kennan Institute, USA | |
| Jari Sinkari, Director General, Department for the Americas and Asia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland | |
| Heidi Steiger, Audit, Risk & Cyber Chair, Fidelity Strategic Advisors, Boston, USA | |
| 17:00-18:30 | Media's role in contributing to security |
| Chair: |
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| Jussi Orell, Editor-in-Chief, Turun Sanomat, Finland | |
| Panelists: |
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| Ekaterina Glikman, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Novaya Gazeta Europe, Latvia | |
| Mika Hentunen, Asia Correspondent, Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, Finland | |
| Anne-Françoise Hivert, Journalist, Le Monde, France | |
| Ruslanas Iržikevičius, Director, Media Support Fund, Lithuania | |
| Markku Mantila, Editor-in-Chief, Ilkka-Pohjalainen, Finland |
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| Francesca Marretta, Press Officer, EU Crisis Management Missions, Ukraine | |
| Matti Posio, Editor-in-Chief, Lännen Media, Finland | |
| 18:30-18:45 | Concluding remarks |
| Juha Vauhkonen, Rear Admiral (ret.), Former Director of Finnish Defence Intelligence, Finnish Defence Forces, Finland | |
| 19:30-21:00 |
Reception offered by the City of Turku |
| Turku City Hall, Aurakatu 2, Turku |
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