果冻影院

Draft Programme is available on and also below.

09.00-09.30听听听听 Registration

09.30-09.40听听听 Welcome and Introduction

• Professor Diane P. Koenker, Director, 果冻影院 School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)听听听听听听听听听

09.40-10.30听听听听 Keynote听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听 听

• Jovita Neliup拧ien臈, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Chair: Eitvydas Bajar奴nas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania to the United Kingdom 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听

10.30-12.00听听听听 The Changing Architecture of Security in Europe

In the light of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, panelists will discuss the role of NATO and its enlargement; threats to energy security; and the Northern European security environment.

• Prof Margarita 艩e拧elgyt臈, Director of Vilnius University Institute of International Relations
• Tony Lawrence, the Head of the Defence Policy and Strategy Programme at the International Centre for Defence and Security in Estonia
• Dr Toms Rostoks, Director at the Centre for Security and Strategic Research, National Defence Academy of Latvia

Chair: Edward Lucas, journalist

12.00-13.00 听听听 Light lunch听(for all attendees) in听Masaryk Senior Common Room, 4th floor, 果冻影院 SSEES

13.00-14.30听听听听 Communication and Media in Wartime

Panellists will discuss the strategic practice of disinformation and propaganda, domestic and international media, and soft power

• Dr Mantas Marti拧ius, Associate Professor, Vilnius University Faculty of Communication
• Siim Kumpas, Policy Officer at the European External Action Service (EEAS)
• Viktors Makarovs, Special Envoy on Digital Issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic 听听of Latvia

Chair: Kristina Potapova, PhD Candidate at SSEES

14.30-15.00 听听听 Coffee Break听听听 (for all attendees)

15.00-16.30 听听听 The Humanitarian Response to the War

Panellists will explore the social effects of wartime disruption, including population movements,听 the reception of refugees and migrants in the Baltic countries, and humanitarian projects supporting Ukraine.

• Jonas Ohman, Head, and 沤emyna Bliumenzonait臈, Head of War Logistics and Distribution, Blue/Yellow
• Eero Janson, Director of the Estonian Refugee Council
• Linda J膩kobsone-Gavala, NGO 鈥淕ribu pal墨dz膿t b膿g募iem鈥� (I Want to Help Refugees)

Chair: Freya Proudman, SSEES Postgraduate Student and SSEES Student President 2021-22

16.30-18.30听听听听 Reception听(for all attendees) in the听Masaryk Senior Common Room, 4th floor, 果冻影院 SSEES

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