The Conference Programme
Please note, that the Conference language is English. There will be no interpretation.
The Conference is free of charge for the participants.
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Thursday, 27 August 2009
Venue: Simeon House (Pikkuympyräkatu 34, Hamina)| 8.45-9.30 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.30-9.40 | Welcome to Hamina |
| Mayor Hannu Muhonen | |
| Town of Hamina | |
| 9.40-10.00 | Opening of the Conference |
| Member of Parliament Eero Heinäluoma | |
| Vice-chairman, Delegation for the Year 1809 Project | |
| 10.00-12.00 | The Future Role of the Baltic Sea region in Europe |
| The European Dimensions of the Baltic Sea Region - Coommitments for the Future Development | |
| Professor Bernd Henningsen | |
| Noreuropa-Institut, Humboldt Universität | |
| A View from Poland | |
| Director Paweł Świeboda | |
| demosEUROPA - Centre for European Strategy | |
| The Baltic Countries - Political Challenges | |
| Professor Artis Pabriks | |
| Vidzeme University College | |
| Discussion and Questions | |
| 12.00-13.30 | Lunch at Restaurant Axel's at Hamina Bastion (Raatihuoneenkatu 8, Hamina) |
| 13.30-16.00 | The Baltic Sea Challenge: Environment, Economy and Welfare |
| How to Create a Sustainable Baltic Sea? | |
| Executive Secretary Anne Christine Brusendorff | |
| Helsinki Commission | |
| The Baltic Sea Region in Global Economy: Challenges and Possibilities | |
| Research Fellow Zsolt Darvas | |
| Bruegel | |
| Baltic Sea as an Economic Region - a Strategy for Success | |
| President and CEO Johnny Åkerholm | |
| Nordic Investment Bank | |
| Discussion and Questions | |
| 19.00-20.30 | Concert: Towards the Treaty of Hamina Oratorio |
| Kymi Sinfonietta, Conductor Yasuo Shinozaki | |
| Church of St Mary (Pikkuympyränkatu 36, Hamina) | |
| 20.30-22.00 | Reception of the Town of Hamina |
| Haminan Varuskuntakerho Restaurant, Kadettikoulunkatu 3, Hamina |
Friday, 28 August 2009
Venue: Simeon House (Pikkuympyräkatu 34, Hamina)| 8.30-9.00 | Registration and Coffee |
| 9.00-10.30 | Baltic Sea - Safe and Secure? Common Security |
| A View from Russia | |
| Director Dmitri Trenin | |
| Carnegie Endowment, Moscow | |
| Convergences and Divergences in the Baltic Sea Region | |
| Head of Foreign Policy Research Hans Mouritzen | |
| Danish Institute for International Affairs | |
| Recognized Maritime Picture on the Baltic Sea | |
| Captain (Navy) Markus Aarnio | |
| Finnish Defece Forces | |
| Discussion and Questions | |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.00 | Baltic Sea - Safe and Secure? Challenges of Civil Security |
| Institutionalising the Baltic Sea as an European Region | |
| Director Esko Antola | |
| Centrum Balticum | |
| Ensuring Free and Resilient Societies | |
| Professor Bengt Sundelius | |
| Swedish National Defence College | |
| Discussion and Questions | |
| 12.00-12.30 | Our Baltic Sea - Today and Tomorrow |
| Prime Minister of Finland Matti Vanhanen | |
| 12.30-14.00 | Lunch at Restaurant Axe's at Hamina Bastion |
| (Raatihuoneenkatu 8, Hamina) |
