Agenda and recordings

Sunday Saturday

Friday
April 25

Opening session

The Security of Mare Nostrum and Beyond

Matthew Bryza , Toomas Hendrik Ilves , Carl Haglund , Douglas Lute , Uffe Ellemann-Jensen

Baltic Sea region, Nordic countries, Nordic-Baltic region, Security

Keynote speech

Keynote speech: François Heisbourg

François Heisbourg

Special session (Chatham House Rule)

Ukraine – European vision, Ukrainian realities

Nik Gowing , Carl Bildt , Urmas Paet , Celeste Wallander , Marko Mihkelson , Bruce Jackson , Oleh Rybachuk , Vladimir Socor

Ukraine
Sunday Friday

Saturday
April 26

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Poland: A Nation on the Rise

Mindaugas Jurkynas , Olaf Osica , Dietmar Stüdemann , Eugeniusz Smolar , Matthew Kaminski

Europe, Poland

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Afghanistan post-2014: The Practitioners’ View

Erik Männik , Franz-Michael Mellbin , Peter Semneby , Väino Reinart , Petr Pelz , Tommi Haapala

Afghanistan, Middle East

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

The Global Implications of the Ukraine Crisis: Towards a Second Cold War?

Anton La Guardia , François Géré , Luigi Sergio Germani , John Lough , Sergey Tsyplyaev

Europe, Russia, Transatlantic relations, Ukraine, United States

Panel discussion

Military Threats Facing Mare Nostrum

Jackson Diehl , Douglas Lute , Juhani Kaskeala , Riho Terras , Tomas Ries , Karlis Neretnieks

Baltic Sea region, Defence, Defence capabilities, Nordic countries, Nordic-Baltic region, Security

Panel discussion

Energy Security: Is Natural Gas Still a Geopolitical Tool in Europe?

Michael Haltzel , Václav Bartuška , Alan Riley , Jaroslav Neverovic , Péter Balás , Matthew Bryza

Energy, Europe, Security

Panel discussion

The Arctic: The High Stakes in the High North

Konstantin von Eggert , Espen Barth Eide , Alyson Bailes , Heather Conley , Niklas Granholm

Arctic, Economy, Security, Technology

Panel discussion

Transatlantic Relations: Pivoting Back to Europe?

Bobo Lo , Sven Mikser , Jüri Luik , François Heisbourg , Daniel Fata

Transatlantic relations

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

Mare Nostrum or Nashe More?

Mark Galeotti , David Satter , Glen Howard , James Sherr , Michael Weiss , James Henry Bergeron

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

NORDEFCO: Soft Power in Action

Ann-Sofie Dahl , Esa Pulkkinen , John-Andres Olsen , Johan Lagerlöf , Kristian Fischer , Sven Sakkov

Defence capabilities, Nordic countries, Nordic-Baltic region, Security, soft power

Night owl session (Chatham House Rule)

Eastern Partnership: Perspectives Without Perspective

Alexei Sekarev , Mariam Rakviashvili , François Lafond , Iulian Groza , Kyllike Sillaste-Elling

Eastern Partnership
Saturday Friday

Sunday
April 27

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Sitting on the Fence: Finland and Sweden vis-à-vis NATO

Roland Freudenstein , Charly Salonius-Pasternak , Mats Johansson , Justyna Gotkowska , Ann-Sofie Dahl

Baltic Sea region, Finland, NATO, Nordic countries, Nordic-Baltic region

Breakfast session (Chatham House Rule)

Estonia 10 Years in the EU and NATO: Now What?

Ekke Nõmm , Taavi Rõivas , Uffe Ellemann-Jensen , Jānis Kažociņš , Robert Nurick

Estonia, European Union, NATO

Panel discussion

Future of NATO: Back to Basics?

Graham Avery , Ben Hodges , Luke Coffey , Dietmar Stüdemann , Lauri Lepik

NATO

Panel discussion

Cyber Security: A Mission Impossible?

Judy Dempsey , Toomas Hendrik Ilves , Jane Holl Lute , Mikko Hyppönen

Cybersecurity

Closing session

Lennart Meri Lecture

Jaakko Iloniemi

Friday

The Security of Mare Nostrum and Beyond

Keynote speech: François Heisbourg

Ukraine – European vision, Ukrainian realities

Saturday

Poland: A Nation on the Rise

Afghanistan post-2014: The Practitioners’ View

The Global Implications of the Ukraine Crisis: Towards a Second Cold War?

Military Threats Facing Mare Nostrum

Energy Security: Is Natural Gas Still a Geopolitical Tool in Europe?

The Arctic: The High Stakes in the High North

Transatlantic Relations: Pivoting Back to Europe?

Mare Nostrum or Nashe More?

NORDEFCO: Soft Power in Action

Eastern Partnership: Perspectives Without Perspective

Sunday

Sitting on the Fence: Finland and Sweden vis-à-vis NATO

Estonia 10 Years in the EU and NATO: Now What?

Future of NATO: Back to Basics?

Cyber Security: A Mission Impossible?

Lennart Meri Lecture