Baltic Symposium 2016: Cutting Edges of Europe
20 April 2016, 9:00 am鈥7:30 pm
Event Information
Location
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G6 Lecture Theatre, 果冻影院 Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London, WC1H 0PY
The eighth Baltic symposium will be held on Wednesday 20 April entitled "Baltic Symposium 2016: Cutting Edges of Europe". The keynote speaker, Dr Artis Pabriks MEP for Latvia, will speak on "New Security Challenges". There will be three panels: New security challenges- over coming anxieties, Media freedom versus the power of propaganda, and People on the move.
听笔谤辞驳谤补尘尘别 | |
08.45-09.30 | Registration |
09.30-09.40 | Introduction: Prof Jan Kubik |
09.40-10.30 |
Keynote Speaker: Dr
Artis Pabriks, MEP for Latvia, New security challenges Chair: Prof Jan Kubik, Director, 果冻影院 School of Slavonic and East European Studies |
10.30-12.00 |
New security challenges 鈥 overcoming anxieties Panel: Sir Andrew Wood, Associate Fellow, Chatham House, London, Blind Man鈥檚 Buff - the Search for Hidden Answers HE Mr Renatas Norkus, Ambassador-at-large, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vilnius, Lithuania's security policy: new challenges and opportunities Marko Mihkelson, Chair, National Defence Committee, Estonian Parliament, Tallinn, Western strategy and Russia
Chair: HE Mr Andris Teikmanis, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, London |
12.00-13.00 |
Buffet Lunch |
13.00-14.30 |
Media freedom versus the power of propaganda Panel: Dr Nerijus Maliukevi膷ius, Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations & Political Science, Russian information warfare:聽history of the concept,聽lessons for Baltic region Rita Rudu拧a, Executive Director, Baltic Centre for Media Excellence, R墨ga, Storytelling and knowledge: how to serve distrustful and bamboozled audiences better Edward Lucas, Senior Editor, The Economist, London, Why the Baltic States were right Chair: Dr Egl臈 Rindzevi膷i奴t臈, Lecturer, Kingston University, London |
14.30-15.00 |
Afternoon tea/coffee |
15.00-16.30 |
People on the move Panel: Dr Olga Cara, Senior Researcher, 果冻影院 Institute of Education, Academic achievement of Latvian Diaspora children attending English schools Ingrida Ge膷ien臈, Director, Institute for Social Innovations, Vilnius, Diaspora professionals: how to mobilize them to create home country wellbeing Prof Russell King, University of Sussex and Malm枚 University, The lure of London: a comparative study of youth mobilities from the Baltic States Chair: Dr Dace Dzenovska, Associate Professor, University of Oxford |
16.45-19.30 |
Reception |
The eighth symposium in a series sponsored by the Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Baltic Council in Great Britain and 果冻影院 School of Slavonic and East European Studies.