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Baltic Symposium 2016: Cutting Edges of Europe

20 April 2016, 9:00 am鈥5:30 pm

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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.

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08.45-09.30Registration
09.30-09.40Introduction: Prof Jan Kubik
09.40-10.30

Keynote Speaker: Dr Artis Pabriks, MEP for Latvia,听New security challenges听

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,听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,听Western strategy and Russia

Chair: HE Mr Andris Teikmanis, Ambassador of the Republic of Latvia, London

12.00-13.00Buffet 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,听Russian information warfare:听history of the concept,听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,听Why the Baltic States were right

Chair: Dr Egl臈 Rindzevi膷i奴t臈, Lecturer, Kingston University, London

14.30-15.00Afternoon tea/coffee听
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,听The lure of London: a comparative study of youth mobilities from the Baltic States

Chair: Dr Dace Dzenovska, Associate Professor, University of Oxford

16.45-19.30Reception

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.