List of Participants

Member Parliaments and Parliamentary Organizations

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of 1. H. E.

First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of 2.

Åland 3. Jörgen Pettersson, Member of the Åland Parliament, Vice-President of the BSPC 4. Sara Kemetter, Member of the Åland Parliament 5. Annette Holmberg-Jansson, Member of the Åland Parliament 6. Ingrid Johansson, Member of the Åland Parliament 7. Sten Eriksson, Secretary of the delegation of the Åland Parliament 8. Maj Falck, Member of Staff of the Åland Parliament

Baltic Assembly 9. Prof Aadu Must, President of the Baltic Assembly and Member of the Estonia Parliament 10. Prof Jānis Vucāns – Vice President of the Baltic Assembly and Member of the Latvian Parliament, Vice-President of the BSPC 11. Marika Laizane-Jurkane, Secretary General

Bremen 12. Sülmez Dogan, Vice-President of the State Parliament of Bremen 13. Antje Grotheer, Member of the State Parliament of Bremen

Denmark 14. Karin Gaardsted, Member of the Danish Parliament 15. Peder Pedersen, Advisor of the Danish Parliament 16. Louise Egholm Hattens, Advisor of the Danish Parliament

Estonia 17. Johannes Kert, Member of the Estonian Parliament 18. Ene Rongelep, Senior Advisor of the Parliament of Estonia

Finland 19. Veera Ruoho, Head of the Delegation of the Finnish Parliament 20. Hanna Kosonen, Member of the Parliament of Finland 21. Riitta Myller, Member of the Parliament of Finland 22. Maria Tolppanen, Member of the Parliament of Finland 23. Anne-Mari Virolainen, Member of the Parliament of Finland 24. Anna Kiiskinen, Secretary for International Affairs of the Parliament of Finland 25. Hans Häyrynen, Advisor of the Parliament of Finland

Germany 26. Franz Thönnes, Member of the German , Chairman of the German delegation to the BSPC 27. Jürgen Klimke, Member of the German Bundestag 28. , Member of the German Bundestag 29. , Member of the German Bundestag 30. , Member of the German Bundestag 31. Nicole Tepasse, Secretary of the delegation of the German Bundestag 32. Petra Grätz, Secretary of the delegation of the German Bundestag 33. Doris Schächter, Political Advisor at the German Bundestag

Hamburg 34. Carola Veit, President of the BSPC, President of the State Parliament of Hamburg 35. Dr Kurt Duwe, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 36. Norbert Hackbusch, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 37. Prof Jörn Kruse, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 38. Sören Schumacher, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 39. Ulrike Sparr, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 40. Michael Westenberger, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 41. Barbara Duden, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 42. Murat Gözay, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 43. Gulfam Malik, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 44. , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 45. Olaf Steinbiß, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 46. Dr Sven Tode, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg 47. Johannes Düwel, Director of the Parliament of Hamburg 48. Florian Lipowski, Advisor of the Parliament of Hamburg 49. Friederike Lünzmann, Advisor of the Parliament of Hamburg

Iceland 50. Teitur Björn Einarsson, Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council 51. Hrannar Arnarsson, Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council 52. Brynjar Nielsson, Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council 53. Helgi Thorsteinsson, Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council

Kaliningrad 54. Aleksandr Musevich, Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma 55. Leonid Stepanyuk, Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma 56. Iuliia Velichko, Employee of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma

Karelia 57. Dr Leonid Liminchuk, Member of the Parliament of the Karelia Regional Duma

Latvia 58. Dr Romualds Ražuks, Member of the Parliament of Latvia 59. Atis Lejins, Member of the Parliament of Latvia 60. Veiko Spolitis, Member of the Parliament of Latvia 61. Juris Vilums, Member of the Parliament of Latvia 62. Ingrida Sticenko, Senior Advisor of the Interparliamentary Relations Bureau

Leningrad 63. Regina Illarionova, Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma 64. Ivan Khabarov, Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma 65. Andrey Lebedev, Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma 66. Alexander Perminov, Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma 67. Nikolay Pustotin, Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma 68. Zoya Rodina, Advisor of the Leningrad Regional Duma

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 69. Beate Schlupp, Vice-President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 70. Dirk Friedriszik, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 71. Nikolaus Kramer, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 72. Karsten Kolbe, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 73. Dirk Zapfe, Head of Division at the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 74. Georg Strätker, Senior Advisor of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 75. Julien Radloff, Advisor of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Nordic Council 76. Wille Rydman, Member of the Parliament of Finland and Nordic Council 77. Sigurður Ingi Jóhannsson, Member of the Parliament of Iceland and Nordic Council 78. Arne Fogt Bergby, International Advisor of the Nordic Council

Norway 79. Per Rune Henriksen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament 80. Sonja Mandt, Member of the Norwegian Parliament 81. Ingebjørg Godskesen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament 82. Marianne Seip, Political Advisor of the Norwegian Parliament 83. Trine Eskedal, Head of Section of the Norwegian Parliament 84. Bjørn Andreassen, Senior Adviser of the International Department of the Norwegian Parliament

Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europa (OSCE PA) 85. Isabel Santos, OSCE PA Vice-President

Poland

Sejm of the Republic of Poland 86. Dorota Arciszewska-Mielewczyk, Chair of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland 87. Jerzy Borowczak, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland 88. Zbigniew Gryglas, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland 89. Grzegorz Matusiak, Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland Senate of the Republic of Poland 90. Piotr Koperski, Office for International and European Union Affairs, Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of Poland

Russian Federation Council of the Federation 91. Anna Zhiltsova, Councilor of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Council of the Federation State Duma 92. Valentina Pivnenko, Chair of the Russian Delegation to the BSPC, Member of the State Duma 93. Vladimir Bortko, Member of the State Duma 94. Oleg Nilov, Member of the State Duma 95. Alexey Veller, Member of the State Duma 96. Yulia Guskova, Advisor on International Relations at the State Duma 97. Ekaterina Jordan, Assistant to the Head of the Delegation 98. Anna Priemysheva, Interpreter Ministry of Foreign Affairs 99. Sergey Petrovich, Deputy Director of the Second European Department, Russian Senior Official at the CBSS Committee of Senior Officials

Saint Petersburg 100. Dmitry Tugov, Member of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly 101. Prof Vatanyar Yagya, Plenipotentiary of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly for International Relations Human Rights Ombudsman 102. Alexander Shishlov

Schleswig-Holstein 103. Rasmus Andresen, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 104. Wolfgang Baasch, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 105. Hartmut Hamerich, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 106. Stephan Holowaty, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 107. Volker Schnurrbusch, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 108. Jette Waldinger-Thiering, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein 109. Jutta Schmidt-Holländer, Secretary for International Affairs of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein

Sweden 110. Staffan Danielsson, Member of the Swedish Parliament 111. Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson, Member of the Swedish Parliament 112. Pyry Niemi, Member of the Swedish Parliament 113. Daniel Riazat, Member of the Swedish Parliament 114. Suzanne Svensson, Member of the Swedish Parliament 115. Petra Sjöström, Senior Advisor of the Swedish Parliament

BSPC and Observers

Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference 116. Bodo Bahr, Secretary General

Baltic Development Forum 117. Flemming Stender, Director

Baltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN) 118. Kari Hyppönen, President

Baltic Sea States Sub-regional Cooperation (BSSSC) 119. Roger Ryberg, Chairman 120. Hilde Beate Aaro, Senior Advisor 121. Malgorzata Ludwiczek, Coordinator

Baltic Sea Forum 122. Prof , President 123. Uwe Döring, Board Member 124. Jürgen Schmidt, Treasurer 125. Markus Köhl, Head of the Office of the Board

Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 126. Hans Olsson, Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, Ambassador of Sweden 127. Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, Outgoing CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials, Ambassador of Iceland 128. Maira Mora, Director General of the Secretariat

CPMR Baltic Sea Commission 129. Jari Sainio, President 130. Ossi Savolainen, Regional Mayor of Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council

Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) 131. Monika Stankiewicz, Executive Secretary

Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) 132. Prof Asaf Hajiyev, Secretary General

Parliamentary Association of North-West Russia (PANWR) 133. Dr Victor Novozhilov, Chairman of the Archangelsk regional Council

Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) 134. Mikko Lohikoski, Strategy Coordinator

Consular Corps

Finland 135. Hans-Christoph Stadel

Latvia 136. Sabine Sommerkamp-Homann

Norway 137. Detlef Palm

Poland 138. Piotr Golema 139. Mariusz Pindel

Russian Federation 140. Ivan Khotulev

Sweden 141. Dr Sven I. Oksaar

Speakers

 Carola Veit, BSPC President and President of the  Olaf Scholz, First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg  Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson, Outgoing CBSS Chair  Hans Olsson, Chair of the CBSS Committee of Senior Officials  Prof Jānis Vucāns, BSPC Vice-President  Jörgen Pettersson, MP Åland, Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy  Sonja Mandt, MP Norway, Rapporteur on Cultural Affairs  Franz Thönnes, MP Germany, Rapporteur on Labour Market and Social Welfare  Prof Jobst Fiedler, Hertie School of Governance, Professor Emeritus  Alexander Shishlov, Saint Petersburg Human Rights Ombudsman  Veiko Spolitis, Member of the Parliament of Latvia  Valentina Pivnenko, Member of the Parliament of the State Duma  Frank Rieger, Chaos Computer Club, Speaker  Espen Krogh, President Nordic Youth Council  Prof Bathmann, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Director  Jari Haapala, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Head of Unit Marine Research  Prof Robert Feidenhans’l, European XFEL, Director  Monika Stankiewicz, HELCOM Executive Secretary  Maira Mora, Director General of the Secretariat of the CBSS  Sara Kemetter, Vice-Chairperson of the BSPC WG on Sustainable Tourism and Member of the Parliament of the Åland Islands  Friederike Schick, Baltic Sea Youth Parliament  Elias Lindström, Baltic Sea Youth Parliament  Camilla Gunell, Deputy Prime Minister of the Åland Islands  Dr Monika Griefahn, AIDA Cruises, Chief Sustainability Officer  Aleksandr Sirchenko, Vice-Director General on the Development on Internal Tourism, TUI Russia  Arild Molstad, Author and Journalist  Michael Otremba, Hamburg Tourismus GmbH, Director  Isabel Santos, Vice-Chair of the OSCE PA ad hoc Committee on Migration and former OSCE PA Vice-President  Pedro Roque, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, President

Guests

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron 142. Christian Harringa, Director of Administration 143. Uwe Sassenberg, Coordinator Baltic TRAM

German Institute for Trust and Security on the Internet (DIVSI) 144. Michael Schneider, Head of Unit Communication

Hamburg Centre for Political Education 145. Dr Sabine Bamberger-Stemmann, Director

Hamburg Data Protection Officer 146. Prof Johannes Caspar

Hamburg Institute for Social Research 147. Sabrina Broocks, Administrative Director 148. Victoria Romano, Advisor

Hamburg Ministry for Science & Research 149. Klaus von Lepel, Head of Unit 150. Katariina Röbbelen-Voigt, Project Manager Baltic Science Network

Hamburg Tourismus GmbH 151. Michael Otremba, Director 152. Dr Larissa Wolf, Advisor Hamburg University – Center of Teaching and Learning 153. Prof Kerstin Mayrberger, Deputy Head

Hamburg Youth Parliament 154. Nicloas Kleenworth, Member of the Presidium

House of Representatives of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus 155. Prof Valery Voronetsky, Chairman of the Permanent Commission for International Affairs

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Finland 156. Erja Tikka, Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs and EUSBSR Coordinator

Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) 157. Dr Pedro Roque, President 158. Dr Renato Sampaio, President of the Portuguese PAM Delegation

Parliamentary Forum Southern Baltic Sea 159. Jan Bobek, Chairman 160. Maciej Zasada, Member of the Assembly of Warmia and Mazury Voivodship

Administration of the Hamburg Parliament

161. Marco Wiesner, Head of the Projects and Events Department 162. Ulfert Kaphengst, Head of the Protocol Division 163. Katrin Dreyer, Head of the IT Department 164. Markus Pawelczyk, Personal Advisor to the President 165. Sascha Balasko, Press Secretary 166. Kerstin Kuhlmann, Event Manager 167. Brigitte Stein, Assistant at the Protocol Division 168. Sabine Grählert, Assistant at the Protocol Division 169. Thomas Felskowsky, Shuttle Coordinator 170. Susanne Ahrens, Internet and Social Media, Publications 171. Christin Schmidt, staff 172. Manuela Knieler, staff 173. Dr Monika Potztal, staff

Other Participants

Wikipedia 174. Ralf Boesch, Photographer 175. Olaf Kosinsky, Photographer 176. Ralf Roletschek, Photographer rodenb.org 177. Achim Schnell, Director 178. Nina Bruun, Assistant

Interpreters 179. Elena Almas 180. Maria Hemph Moran 181. Aleksandr Jakimovicz 182. Catherine Johnson 183. Piotr Krasnowolski 184. Stein Larsen 185. Aleksei Repin 186. Aleksandre Tchekhov 187. Gyda Thurow 188. Martina Würzburg