Baltic Rim Economies – a list of writers

The following expert articles have been published in the previous reviews:

Review Author(s) Position Title of article

2/2021 Dmytro Kuleba Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine: Reflect on 2020 to Ukraine move forward in 2021

2/2021 Pekka Haavisto A democratic, stable and prosperous Ukraine Minister for Foreign Affairs, is also of Finland’s interest Finland

2/2021 Witold Member of the European Parliament for Stop Russia and defend Eastern Waszczykowski Poland, ECR Group Europe

1st Vice-Chairman of the EP’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)

2/2021 Valentyn MP, Secretary of the Parliamentary Sanctions as economic weapon Nalyvaichenko Committee for Ukraine’s integration into the to protect territorial integrity EU, and sovereignty Co-Chair, Group for Interparliamentary Relations with the Republic of Finland, Parliament of Ukraine

2/2021 Peter Östman Member of the Parliament of Finland International relations in the (Christian Democrats) Age of Pandemic

Chair, Ukraine Friendship Group in the Parliament of Finland

2/2021 Matti Maasikas EU Ambassador to Ukraine Reforms in Ukraine – A second act or a second wave?

2/2021 Antti Hartikainen Head of Mission, Justice in Ukraine: EU Advisory Mission Ukraine (EUAM) Prosecutorial reform is Zelensky’s biggest test

2/2021 Kristina Kvien Chargé d’Affaires a.i., The steadfast partnership U.S. Embassy, between the United States and Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine

2/2021 Olga Dibrova Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland Ukraine – Finland cooperation: The prospects

1 2/2021 Mykhaylo Ph.D. (Political Science), Associate Professor, Ukrainian public diplomacy in Komarnytskyy Department of International Relations and the XXI Century: Evolution and Diplomacy, Ivan Franko National University practice of Lviv, Ukraine

Director, Center for American Studies, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

2/2021 Andy Hunder President, Why Ukraine’s business The American Chamber of Commerce in community has high hopes for Ukraine the Biden presidency

2/2021 Martti J. Kari Ph.D., Colonel (ret), University Teacher, Will the Biden regime bring Jyväskylä University, peace to eastern Ukraine? Finland

2/2021 Vasyl Partner, UK-Ukraine trade deal Myroshnychenko CFC Big Ideas in Kyiv, Ukraine

Member of Board, Ukrainian-British City Club, London, UK

2/2021 Arto Luukkanen Dr., University Lecturer of Russian and Dilemma of political transition East-European Studies, in New Post-Soviet Ukraine University of Helsinki, Finland

2/2021 Johannes Remy Instructor, Ukrainian government adopts a Wilfrid Laurier University, softer line on history policy Canada

2/2021 Victor Rud Chairman, Ukraine invades Russia, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Ukrainian recovers lost lands American Bar [Lawyers] Association, USA

2/2021 Peter Dickinson Publisher, Business Ukraine magazine Putin is doomed to enter Russian history as the man who Editor of the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert lost Ukraine Service

2/2021 Vladimir Senior Economist, Zelenskiy against Kremlin: A Dubrovskiy CASE Ukraine, stormy year ahead Kyiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Pasi Eronen Research Analyst, Eastern Ukraine under foreign Conflict Studies Research Centre, rule looks towards history that UK never was

2 2/2021 Matthew Schaaf Director, Six years after Maidan, how Ukraine Office, Freedom House free is Ukraine? United States

2/2021 Yana Prymachenko Senior Researcher, Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Institute of History of Ukraine, National between third memory boom and Academy of Sciences, hybrid war Ukraine

2/2021 Andrzej Fałkowski Dr., Lt. Gen. (Ret.), Member of the Defence Ukrainian Defense Reform Reform Advisory Board for Ukraine, continuous effort Ukraine

Former Deputy Chief of General Staff (DCHoD), The Polish Armed Forces, Poland

Senior Fellow, Casimir Pulaski Foundation, Poland

2/2021 Boye Garder Lieutenant Colonel, Norwegian Defence Ukraine-Norway military Lillerud Attache to Ukraine and Georgia cooperation: A short overview

2/2021 Roman Horbyk Postdoctoral Fellow, Mobile phone: Connecting Södertörn University / Umeå University, soldiers? Sweden

2/2021 Oleksandr Ph.D., Professor, Head of Energy Security Energy and the Eurointergation Sukhodolia and Technogenic Safety, of Ukraine for the European National Institute for Strategic Studies of security Ukraine, Ukraine

2/2021 Nataliya Teramae Freelance Journalist, Between freedom of speech and Finland national security

2/2021 Stanislav Maliar Human rights activist, graduate student, Television as a critical Department of Finance and Economics, Borys infrastructure of Ukraine Grinchenko University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Oksana Syroyid Vice President, Privatization disorder: The Kyiv School of Economics for Public Policy cause of oligarchic monopolies and Governance Programs, and the undermined rule of law Ukraine

Co-Chair, Lviv Security Forum, Ukraine

3 2/2021 Sergiy Tsivkach Executive Director, Ukraine: an emerging UkraineInvest, Government Investment investment destination in Promotion Office, Europe Ukraine

2/2021 Andrii Borovyk Executive Director, Realities of Ukraine and Transparency International Ukraine, progress of anti-corruption Ukraine reform

2/2021 Victor Liakh President, The anti-corruption and East Europe Foundation, economic effect of e-services in Ukraine Ukraine

2/2021 Oksana Holovko- Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Does consumer protection Havrysheva European Law Department, Ivan Franko matter for the approximation National University of Lviv, agenda in Ukraine? Ukraine

Associate Professor, International and European Law Department, National University “Kyiv- Mohyla Academy”, Ukraine

President, Ukrainian European Studies Association, Ukraine

2/2021 Mariya Zubrytska Adviser to the Rector on International Project Baltic-Black Sea Education Development, Shield Ivan Franko Lviv National University, Ukraine

2/2021 Gabriela Miranda Country Manager for Ukraine, The COVID-19 in Ukraine: The Global Relations Secretariat, OECD, match point Paris, France

2/2021 Iván Farías Ph.D. in Political Science and International Ukraine is wrong (and right) to Pelcastre Studies, prohibit the Russian COVID-19 University of Birmingham, vaccine United Kingdom

Alona Anokhina MA in Society and Politics, Graduate School for Social Research, Poland

Deniz Yaralı MA in International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland

4 2/2021 Valeriia Loiko Dr. (Economics), Professor, The impact of the pandemic on Department of Finance and Economic, business development in Boris Grinchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine

Chairman, Council of the European Economic Association, Kyiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Tetiana Kostiuk Senior Research Fellow, Ukrainian way to provide SRL of IHE, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv education in pandemic University, Kyiv, Ukraine

Olha Vyhovska Head of SRL of IHE, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, Kyiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Jarkko Lampiselkä Dr., Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics Ukrainian education is going Didactics, digital University of Helsinki, Finland

Adviser for Learning Environments and Principal Standards, Learning Together project, Ukraine

2/2021 Kateryna Horiachko Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ukraine is a popular and safe The National Transport University, destination for travelers Kyiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Tetiana Polozova Professor, Head of Department, Trends of digitalization process Department of Economic Сybernetics and in Ukraine Management of Economic Security, Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Iryna Sheiko Associated Professor, Department of Economic Cybernetics and Management of Economic Security, Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

2/2021 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director, Some myths concerning Pan-European Institute, University of Ukraine’s relations with Russia Turku, Finland

5 1/2021 Krista Mikkonen Minister of the Environment and Climate State of the Baltic Sea is a Change, priority to the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, government Finland

1/2021 Minna Arve Mayor, Sustainability as the policy City of Turku, framework Finland

1/2021 Brita Bohman Senior Lecturer in Environmental Law, Updating the Baltic Sea Action Department of Law, Stockholm University, Plan Sweden

1/2021 Anna Törnroos Assistant Professor (tenure track), The Decade for oceans and Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo humanity Akademi University, Finland

1/2021 Mati Kahru Ph.D., Researcher, The changing Baltic Sea Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, USA

1/2021 Karoliina A. Koho Dr., Project Officer, Towards a “green” future of the BONUS Secretariat (EEIG), Baltic Sea Helsinki, Finland

1/2021 Maciej Zalewski European Regional Centre For Ecohydrology Green Deal – Ecohydrological PAS, nature-based solutions for UNESCO Chair on Ecohydrology and improvement of Baltic ecological Applied Ecology, status Łódź, Poland

1/2021 Aija Caune Chairperson, Hope, stability and protection Coalition Clean Baltic

Mikhail Durkin Executive Secretary, Coalition Clean Baltic

Nils Höglund Fisheries Policy Officer, Coalition Clean Baltic

1/2021 Hannu Klemola Areal Manager, Vulnerable sea needs voluntary Finnish Association for Nature Conservation work to support common vision (FANC), Finland

1/2021 Liene Gaujeniete Spatial Planning Expert, EUSBSR PA Maritime spatial planning for Spatial Planning Coordinator, improved environment in the VASAB Secretariat, Baltic Sea Riga, Latvia

6 1/2021 Kalervo Väänänen Professor, Rector Emeritus, Recycling is a key to the University of Turku, sustainable marine ecology and Finland economy

1/2021 Tarja Haaranen Director General, Blue bioeconomy – a sustainable Ministry of the Environment, path for resource utilisation Finland

1/2021 Kirsi Kostamo Development Manager, Offsetting – new possibilities Biodiversity Centre, Finnish Environment for sustainable economic Institute (SYKE), growth? Finland

Minna Pekkonen Coordinator, Biodiversity Centre, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Finland 1/2021 Staffan Lund Agr., Waterdrive Coordinator, Reaching further for cleaner Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, water and rural development SLU, Sweden

1/2021 Liisa Pietola Head of Environmental Affairs, Climate change challenges water Central Union of Agricultural Producers and protection in agriculture Forest Owners MTK, Finland

1/2021 Katarzyna Fidler Project Manager, Is Estonia’s timber industry Baltic Sea Conservation Foundation barking up the wrong tree? (BaltCF), Germany

1/2021 Mikko Jokinen Environmental Director Emeritus, Is COVID-19 driven shutdown City of Turku, Finland of Danish fur industries alarming signal for the Baltic Long Term Co-Chair in UBC Sustainable Sea eutrophication? Cities Commission

1/2021 Jukka Mehtonen Senior Expert, Better management of Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), hazardous chemicals Helsinki, Finland

1/2021 Noora Perkola Leading Researcher, Reducing pharmaceutical Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), emissions to Baltic Sea Finland

1/2021 Jorma Kämäräinen Chief Adviser, D.Sc., IMO regulations and winter Finnish Transport and Communications navigation Agency (Traficom), Finland

7 1/2021 Joacim Johannesson Senior Advisor, Baltic Sea regional cooperation Marine Spatial Planning Unit, Swedish for better maritime spatial Agency for Marine and Water Management, planning Sweden

Co-chair, HELCOM-VASAB Maritime Spatial Planning Working Group

1/2021 Sari Repka Project Manager, Maritime governance and University of Turku, shipping Finland

1/2021 Jouni Lappalainen Dr., Head of Team, Risk management in maritime Finnish Transport and Communications transport in the Baltic Sea Agency Traficom, demands committed regional Finland cooperation

Valtteri Laine Capt., Special Adviser, Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom, Finland

1/2021 Rami Metsäpelto CEO, Safe and smoothly running Fintraffic VTS, maritime transport requires a Finland shared digital situational awareness

1/2021 Ida-Maja Hassellöv Professor of Maritime Environmental Science, Increased environmental Chalmers University of Technology, pressure from ships Department of Mechanics and Maritime Sciences, Sweden

1/2021 Henrik Ringbom Professor of Maritime Law, Why are we so timid on ship- University of Turku, source pollution? Finland

Head of Research, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Professor II, Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo, Norway

1/2021 Dani Lindberg Sustainability Manager, Tackling food waste, a shipping Viking Line Abp, company’s perspective Finland

8 1/2021 Rasmus Uglebjerg Policy Area Coordinator, Sustainable shipping in the With EUSBSR PA Ship, Baltic Sea Region Denmark

Josefine Eva Lilly Policy Area Coordinator, Pallesen EUSBSR PA Ship, Denmark

1/2021 Jukka-Pekka Senior Researcher, Future path for shipping Jalkanen Finnish Meteorological Institute, fraught with peril? Finland

1/2021 Nerijus Blažauskas Dr., Senior Researcher, Marine research boosts the Coastal Research and Planning Institute, marine economy in Lithuania Klaipeda, Lithuania

1/2021 Marko Takala Project Manager, CoastNET LIFE offers cost- CoastNET LIFE, Parks & Wildlife, effectiveness in nature Finland management

1/2021 Jaakko Ruola Content Director, Finland’s national treasure the Operation Archipelago Sea, Archipelago Sea is in danger Finland

Kari Veijonen Project Director, Operation Archipelago Sea, Finland

1/2021 Maija Mussaari FM, Conservation Biologist, Building up biodiversity capital Parks & Wildlife Finland, Finland

1/2021 Anne-Marget Hellén Director of Tourism, Sustainable tourism requires Visit Turku, cooperation Finland

1/2021 Juulia Räikkönen Adjunct Professor, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Biodiversity research and science University of Turku, Turku School of tourism Economics and Biodiversity unit, Finland

Ilari E. Sääksjärvi Professor, Director of the Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku, Finland 1/2021 Hanna-Mari Senior Specialist, Sustainable tourism in Kuhmonen Ministry of Economic Affairs and archipelagos Employment of Finland, Finland

1/2021 Tiina Rinne- Communication and Developing Manager, Naantali – a gateway to the Kylänpää City of Naantali, archipelago Finland

9 1/2021 Katriina Siivonen Adjunct Professor, University Lecturer, Cultural sustainability in the University of Turku, Finland Futures archipelago Research Centre, Finland

1/2021 James Simpson Project Manager, St. Olav Waterway – A St. Olav Waterway, European cultural route Finland through the Archipelago

1/2021 Heidi Arponen Marine Conservation Biologist, Mapping the underwater nature Metsähallitus Parks & Wildlife Finland, provides tools for the marine Finland conservation and management of marine protected areas

1/2021 Mikael Westerlund Chief Business Activist, Towards a natural balance of Origin by Ocean, ocean life, with innovation and Finland eco-system partners

1/2021 Sander Loite Senior Specialist, Profitable mussel farms can Estonian Marine Institute, University of clean up the Baltic Sea – just a Tartu, dream or the real deal? Estonia

Jonne Kotta Research Professor, Estonian Marine Institute, University of Tartu, Estonia

1/2021 Markku Saiha CEO, Herring with driftnets Paapuuri Oy, Finland

1/2021 Markku Journalist & non-fiction writer, specialized Eagles and seals are back, but Lappalainen on nature, freelancer, the sea is still feeling bad Finland

1/2021 Minna Pappila Dr., Senior Researcher, Ecological compensations as an University of Turku, emerging protection tool Finland

Charlotta Zetterberg Professor of Environmental Law, University of Uppsala, Sweden

1/2021 Minna Sarvi Research Scientist, Towards sustainability in Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), manure and nutrient use Finland

1/2021 Penina Blankett Ministerial Adviser, VELMU data have many uses Ministry of the Environment, Finland

10 1/2021 Sari Luostarinen Senior Scientist, Manure data as a prerequisite to Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), its sustainable use Finland

1/2021 Kirsi Ahlman Deputy Director, Protection Fund for the Centrum Balticum Foundation, Archipelago Sea finances Finland concrete water protection actions

4/2020 Thomas Bareiß MdB, Parliamentary State Secretary EU tourism: Through the crisis Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and and beyond Energy Federal Republic of Germany

4/2020 Catherine European Coordinator of the North Sea- The EU Green Deal: A call for Trautmann Baltic Corridor an ambitious TEN-T policy Former Minister and Member of the European Parliament

4/2020 Ville Tavio Member Nordic EU criticism rising Parliament of Finland

Chairperson of the Finns Party Parliamentary Group Finland

4/2020 Grzegorz M. Director General Towards the true Balticness Poznański Permanent Secretariat of the Council of the Baltic Sea States Stockholm, Sweden

4/2020 Dirk Schuebel Ambassador EU-Belarus relations in full Head of the EU Delegation to Belarus crisis mode

4/2020 Thomas Beyer Mayor Wismar – aspiring world Hanseatic City of Wismar heritage city on the Baltic Sea Germany coast

4/2020 Marc Ozawa Senior Researcher Biden’s response to Russia NATO Defense College

4/2020 Julia Berghofer Policy Fellow A revival of transatlantic European Leadership Network (ELN) relations under Biden? Germany

4/2020 Alexander Graef Dr., Researcher Enhancing military confidence Institute for Peace Research and Security between NATO and Russia Policy University of Hamburg (IFSH) Germany

11 4/2020 Juhana Aunesluoma Dr., Director European security after Trump: Centre for European Studies Germany at the crossroads University of Helsinki Finland

4/2020 Michael B. Petersen Director The Baltic Sea in Russia’s Russia Maritime Studies Institute United maritime Strategy States Naval War College USA

4/2020 Christian Bluth Dr., Senior Expert (for Globalisation, The EU and weaponised International Economics and Trade Policy) economic interdependence Bertelsmann Stiftung Germany

4/2020 Julian Pawlak Research Associate The Baltic Sea region in another Institute for Security Policy at Kiel period of great power University (ISPK) and its adjunct Center for competition Maritime Strategy & Security Germany

4/2020 Ben Hodges LTG (Ret), Pershing Chair in Strategic Preventing great power conflict Studies in the Black Sea region Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Washington, USA

4/2020 Kurt-Christian Dr., Managing Director Automotive industry – Scheel Business unit “Government & Society” challenged on three fronts German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) Germany

4/2020 Tom Pippingsköld CFO EU state-aid – A hidden Finnlines Plc capital market anomaly Finland

4/2020 Alexander Ebner Chair of Political Economy and Economics Innovation in Germany: Sociology Strengths and challenges

Director Schumpeter Center for Innovation and Public Policy Goethe University Frankfurt Germany

4/2020 Konrad Rojek Strategic Business Intelligence and Germany's international Internationalization Expert competitiveness - economy and B.I.R.S. innovation Poland

Ph.D. Candidate Kazimierz Pułaski University of Technology and Humanities Radom, Poland

12 4/2020 Juha Kontio Dr., Dean Active RDI in Baltic Sea region Faculty of Engineering and Business Turku – Case TUAS University of Applied Sciences Finland

4/2020 Wolfgang Ketter Professor, Director AI-automated energy markets Institute of Energy Economics and the EU Green Deal

Director Cologne Institute for Information Systems University of Cologne Germany

4/2020 Julia Kusznir Postdoctoral Fellow The European Green Deal’s Bremen Energy Research hydrogen strategy and EU Jacobs University Bremen energy issues Germany

Karen Smith Stegen Professor of Political Science Jacobs University Bremen Germany

4/2020 Pao-Yu Oei Dr., Head, Germany’s Coal Exit Law: Too Research Group CoalExit late and too expansive TU Berlin Germany

4/2020 Lutz Mez Private Lecturer Status and perspectives of Freie Universität Berlin “Energiewende” in Germany Germany 4/2020 Johan Nordensvärd Senior Lecturer Why the German energy Political Science transition keeps on stuttering Linköpings universitet Sweden

Frauke Urban Associate Professor Unit of Sustainability Industrial Dynamics and Entrepreneurship (SIDE) Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan Sweden

4/2020 Mindaugas Navikas KN Chief Sales Officer Emerging role of Lithuanian Klaipėdos nafta LNG terminal Lithuania

4/2020 Anna Satovuori Project Coordinator Towards electric urban Turku University of Applied Sciences transport Finland

Annika Project Manager Kunnasvirta Turku University of Applied Sciences Finland

13 4/2020 Hilmar Schneider Professor, Dr., Director At risk to get out of balance Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) Bonn, Germany

4/2020 Gisela Färber Professor Emerita for Public Finance The labour market integration German University of Administrative of refugees in Germany Sciences Speyer Germany

Director Research Centre for Civil Service German Research Institute for Public Administration Speyer Germany

4/2020 Jens Boysen- Professor, Dr., Deputy Head of the Research Fiscal policy response during Hogrefe Center Business Cycles and Growth COVID-19 in Germany The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) Kiel, Germany

4/2020 Birgit Glorius Dr., Professor of Human Geography with Covid19 and international Focus on European Migration Research migration Chemnitz University of Technology Germany

4/2020 Thomas Straubhaar Professor of Economics Postcoronomics University of Hamburg Germany

4/2020 Florian Schröder Executive Board Member Baltic innovations help to German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce (AHK) combat Covid-19 Latvia

4/2020 Hubert Ertl Professor, Dr. Challenges and opportunities: Vice President and Director of Research The German training system in Federal Institute for Vocational Education Corona times and Training (BIBB) Germany

4/2020 Philipp Piroth Ph.D. Candidate Online grocery shopping in Faculty II Marketing and HR Germany: From zero to hero? Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

Edith Rüger-Muck Professor of Marketing and Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity Faculty II Marketing and HR Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, Germany

14 4/2020 Martin Keim Dr., Professor for Foreign Trade and FDIs and the amended German International Economic Relations foreign trade law Hochschule Worms/University of Applied Sciences Worms Germany

Henning Kehr Dr., Professor for Economics and Foreign Trade Consulting and Vice-President of the UAS Worms Hochschule Worms/University of Applied Sciences Worms Germany

4/2020 Sebastian Uhrich Ph.D., Professor of Sport Business Maintaining economic growth: Administration The internationalization of German Sport University Cologne Germany’s professional football Germany

4/2020 Max Hogeforster Dr., Chairman Challenges and support of Baltic Sea Academy business transfers in the Baltic Germany Sea Region

4/2020 Jan Feller Dr., Managing Director Corona changes Germany – good German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (AHK news for Finland Finnland / Saksalais-Suomalainen Kauppakamari) Helsinki, Finland

4/2020 Jarkko Heinonen Director of Business and Economic City of Uusikaupunki and its Development linkage with the German City of Uusikaupunki, Finland economy

4/2020 Christopher M. Professor of German language and literature Finnish challenges in doing Schmidt Åbo Akademi University business with Germany Finland

4/2020 Margit Breckle Lecturer Languages required for business Hanken School of Economics contacts with Germany Vaasa, Finland

Joachim Schlabach Lecturer University of Turku Turku School of Economics Turku, Finland

4/2020 Laura Hirvi Dr., Director Fostering dialogue across the Finnland-Institut in Deutschland | The Baltic Sea Finnish Institute in Germany one of the seventeen Finnish Academic and Cultural Institutes worldwide Germany

15 4/2020 Luise Liefländer- Dr. Phil., Head Finland and Germany – let us Leskinen Association of Finnish – German societies in empower their relations again… Finland (SSYL) Finland

Adjunct Professor em. University of Eastern Finland / University of Turku Finland

4/2020 Heidi Hein-Kircher PD Dr., Head of Department Academic Historical legacies within a Forum European conflict region

PI CRC 138 “Dynamics of Security” and LOEWE Research Cluster “Regions of Conflict in Eastern Europe”

Herder-Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe – Member of the Leibniz-Association Marburg, Germany

4/2020 Mika Kallioinen University Lecturer The medieval Hansa as a University of Turku monopoly Finland

4/2020 Jürgen Matthes Head of International Economics and More robust EU trade policy Economic Outlook, towards China needed German Economic Institute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft) Germany

4/2020 Anna-Sophie Maass Dr., Lecturer in International Relations and Tensions in EU-Russian Diplomacy diplomatic relations Department of Politics Philosophy and Religion Lancaster University UK

4/2020 Alexander Libman Professor of Russian and East European Historical roots of alcohol Politics mortality in Russia Free University of Berlin Germany

Vladimir Kozlov Associate Professor National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

16 4/2020 Peter Holicza Ph.D., Lead Researcher The effects of international Society, Informatics and Business Research learning mobility on Russian Group participants Óbuda University Budapest, Hungary

4/2020 Yoji Koyama Professor Emeritus The Baltic States viewed from Niigata University the Far East Japan

4/2020 Lars Fredrik Stöcker Ph.D., Researcher “The East-Europeanization of Institute of East European History/Research Estonian Politics” Centre for the History of Transformations University of Vienna Austria

4/2020 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Germany: A global trader with Pan-European Institute a European focus Turku School of Economics

3/2020 Andrius Kubilius Member of the European Parliament Belarus: Yesterday and Former Prime Minister of Lithuania tomorrow

3/2020 Tom Dodd Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Republic of The UK in Europe: Context, Finland present and future

3/2020 Piotr Rychlik Ambassador of Poland to Finland Strategic investments in Baltic Sea area – the Polish perspective 3/2020 Cheon Joonho Ambassador of South Korea to Finland How Korea turns a pandemic into an opportunity 3/2020 Younghoon Kwaak Founder President My visioning and implementing KWAAK ESPRI efforts for Korea’s miraculous South Korea development between 1969 and 2019 3/2020 Jin Kyo Suh Senior Research Fellow The way forward for WTO Korea Institute for International Economic reform Policy South Korea

3/2020 Janne Suutarinen Journalist The EU must sort out its Kauppalehti foreign policy mess Finland

3/2020 Ülari Alamets Project Manager Central Baltic result Central Baltic programme orientation! The Regional Council of Southwest Finland, Finland

Merike Niitepõld Head of Managing Authority Central Baltic programme The Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

17 3/2020 Marko Palokangas Military Professor (Military Theory and Security implications of the Warfare) situation in Belarus Lieutenant Colonel National Defence University Finland

3/2020 Rein Oidekivi Research Fellow Address: Belarus, Europe ICDS Estonia

3/2020 David R. Marples Distinguished Professor The Belarusian awakening University of Alberta Canada

3/2020 Olga Dryndova Editor “Belarus-Analysen” Protests in Belarus: Why now Research Centre for East European Studies and what is different this time? University of Bremen Germany

3/2020 Anna Maria Dyner Analyst Consequences of the presidential The Polish Institute of International Affairs election in Belarus Poland

3/2020 Kamil Klysinski Expert on Belarusian Affaires Belarus after elections: The Centre for Eastern Studies subjects become citizens Warsaw Poland

3/2020 Thomas M. Bohn Professor of East European History “Long live Belarus!” and “Go Justus Liebig University Giessen away!” - slogans of the white- Germany red-white revolution

3/2020 Rikard Jozwiak Europe Editor, Belarus sanctions – The EU’s Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty symbolic response Prague The Czech Republic

3/2020 Aisha Jung Senior Campaigner In front of every great man is a Eastern Europe and Central Asia Regional great woman Office International Secretariat Amnesty International London UK

3/2020 Jakob Wöllenstein Director At a turning point: Konrad- Belarus Office (based in Vilnius, Lithuania) Adenauer- Stiftung in Belarus Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Germany

18 3/2020 Konstantin V. D.Sc., Professor, Vice-Rector of BSU for From words to deeds Kozadaev Education and International Relations Belarus State University (BSU) Belarus

Alexander V. Zhuk Head Department of International Relations of BSU Belarus State University (BSU) Belarus

3/2020 Grigory Ioffe Professor The tug-of-war for Belarus’s Radford University memory Radford, Virginia USA

3/2020 Andrej Kotljarchuk Ph.D., Associate Professor A Cinderella of Europe: School of Historical and Contemporary Understanding the political Studies history of Belarus Södertörn University Sweden

3/2020 Kate Marchuk Investor Relations Manager Great Stone Industrial Park: Great Stone Industrial Park Administration On the way to success Republic of Belarus

3/2020 Irina Malgina Associate Professor, Ph. D. (Economics) Strategy for entrepreneurship The Academy of Public Administration under development until 2030 in the President of the Republic of Belarus Belarus Belarus

3/2020 Justinas Juozaitis Policy Analyst Lithuanian nuclear diplomacy Centre for the Defence Analysis gains momentum General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania

3/2020 Margarita Assenova Senior Fellow Gloom and doom over Nord The Jamestown Foundation Stream 2 Washington, DC USA

3/2020 Stanislav Zhiznin Professor, Economics and geopolitics of Department of World Energy Problems Nord Stream-2 in the Baltic Moscow State Institute of International Rim Relations (MGIMO-University) Moscow

President Center for Energy Diplomacy and Geopolitics Moscow Russia

19 3/2020 James Henderson Director 2020 – time for a Gazprom re- Gas Programme think? Oxford Institute for Energy Studies The United Kingdom

3/2020 Katja Yafimava Dr., Senior Research Fellow Nord Stream 2: Delayed but Natural Gas Research Programme unstoppable Oxford Institute for Energy Studies The United Kingdom

3/2020 Dimitar Lilkov Research Officer Nord Stream 2: European Wilfried Martens Centre for European energy policy is still a pipe Studies dream Brussels Belgium

3/2020 Ain Köster Head of Communications Balticconnector opened the Elering, electricity and gas transmission Finnish gas market system operator Estonia

3/2020 Herkko Plit President and CEO Balticconnector and future of Baltic Connector Oy energy transfer Finland

3/2020 Mariusz Ruszel D.Sc., Ph.D., Associate Professor The importance of gas Rzeszow University of Technology infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Poland Region for the V4 countries

3/2020 Danila Bochkarev Senior Fellow Methane emissions: A challenge EastWest Institute and an industry response Belgium

3/2020 Olga Garanina Associate Professor Russia’s energy and climate Graduate School of Management policies after Covid-19 St. Petersburg University Russia

3/2020 György Széll Professor Emeritus Covid-19 and democracy Institute of Social Sciences University of Osnabrück Germany

3/2020 Konstantin Head Coronavirus and its aftermath Khudoley Department of European Studies School of International Relations Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

3/2020 Timur Uzbjakov Area Export Manager The importance of ventilation Vallox Oy Finland

20 3/2020 Krzysztof Żęgota Ph.D. in Political Science Attitude of Polish right-wing Assistant Professor political parties to development Institute of Political Science of Polish- Russian relations University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland

3/2020 Pawel Ziemianski Assistant Professor Fostering the potential of Gdansk University of Technology women in entrepreneurial Poland families

3/2020 Dana Zimmer Coordinator Leibniz ScienceCampus for Phosphorus Phosphorus and the Baltic Sea: Research Rostock, Leibniz Institute for A brief review Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende (IOW), Germany

Ulrich Bathman Speaker Leibniz ScienceCampus for Phosphorus Research Rostock

Director Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende (IOW), Germany

3/2020 Annemari Andrésen Project Manager of Archipelago Business Cross-border collaboration in the Development Archipelago Novia University of Applied Sciences Turku Finland

3/2020 Marta A. Götz Associate Professor FDI in the I4.0 era - fortune Vistula University favours the prepared Warsaw Poland

3/2020 Thomas Grennes Emeritus Professor of Economics and Amber Tigers and the Baltic Agricultural and Resource Economics population problem North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC USA

3/2020 Salavat Abylkalikov Senior Lecturer Kaliningrad region becomes Institute of Demography more sedentary National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

21 3/2020 Andrey Mikhaylov Dr., Head of the Laboratory for the North-western cities of Russia Geography of Innovation in the knowledge landscape of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University the Baltic region Russia

Anna Mikhaylova Dr., Senior Research Fellow Center for Baltic Region Studies Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

3/2020 Vasily Astrov Senior Economist A case for a common economic The Vienna Institute for International space from Lisbon to Economic Studies (wiiw) Vladivostok Austria

3/2020 Halina Haurylka Ph.D. (Economics), Associate Professor Strategic autonomy of the Department of International Economic European Union: Chinese factor Relations Belarus State University

3/2020 Marina F. Doctor of Economics Managing the risks of Tkachenko Professor regionalization of Russia in the Head of the Department of International context of the development of Economic Relations the EEU Russian Customs Academy Russia

Ruslan M. Shafiev Doctor of Economics, Professor, State Counselor – Civil Service of the Russian Federation of 1st Class Russian Customs Academy Russia

3/2020 Yuri Lapaiev Deputy Editor-in-Chief Resist-unite-win The Ukrainian Week/ Tyzhden magazine,

Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, The USA

3/2020 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director The USA and the Baltic Sea Pan-European Institute region: No new walls Turku School of Economics

2/2020 Elina Lepomäki Member of Parliament, National Coalition Let’s empower the European Party, way Finland

2/2020 Chen Li Chinese Ambassador to Finland China is committed to building an open world economy

22 2/2020 Vani Rao Ambassador of India to Finland and Estonia, India can build tech- Embassy of India, partnerships with Finland and Helsinki, Finland Estonia

2/2020 Eija Rotinen Ambassador of Finland to the Republic of Stable and prosperous Chile in Chile turmoil

2/2020 Jason Tolland Ambassador, A modest economic proposal: Embassy of Canada, Finland One Canadian’s take on trade relations

2/2020 Facundo Vila Argentine Ambassador to Finland, Estonia Mercosur and the European and Latvia Union

2/2020 Louise Curran Dr., Senior Lecturer, The backlash against economic Toulouse Business School, globalization: How did we get Toulouse, France here and what should be done?

Jappe Eckhardt Dr., Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of York, York, United Kingdom

2/2020 Petri Vuorio Director of EU Affairs and Trade Policy, Lessons learnt from the 1930s: Confederation of Finnish Industries EK’s Protectionism is not the way to Brussels Office exit from the COVID-19 crisis

Permanent Delegate, BusinessEurope

2/2020 Julia Grübler Economist, COVID-19 is complicating Vienna Institute for International Economic global trade debates Studies (wiiw), Austria

2/2020 Tobias Gehrke Research Fellow, Economic interdependence after Egmont: Royal Institute for International the Corona shock Relations, Brussels, Belgium

2/2020 Ari Van Assche Professor of International Business, COVID-19 strains global value HEC Montréal and CIRANO, chains in more ways than we Canada think

2/2020 Beata Javorcik Chief Economist, COVID-19 will revolutionise European Bank for Reconstruction and global supply chains Development, UK

2/2020 Kent Wilska Commercial Counsellor, Trade policy and labor rights Trade Policy Unit, Ministry for Foreign challenges for global value Affairs of Finland, chains Finland

23 2/2020 William A. Reinsch Senior Adviser and Scholl Chair in A new approach to trade International Business, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA

2/2020 Martin S. Edwards Associate Professor and Department Chair, Changing the TPRM: Is less School of Diplomacy and International more? Relations, Seton Hall University, USA

2/2020 Heli Honkapää Commercial Counsellor, New era in trade dispute Ministry for Foreign Affairs, settlement Finland

2/2020 Bernard Hoekman Professor, Addressing the dispute European University Institute, settlement crisis at the WTO Italy

Petros C. Mavroidis Professor, Columbia Law School, The USA

2/2020 Sandra Polaski Senior Research Scholar, The WTO in crisis: What does Global Economic Governance Initiative, the future hold? Boston University, United States

2/2020 Pasi-Heikki Director, Reforming the WTO: Trade Vaaranmaa Trade Policy Unit, rules for the 21st century Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Finland

2/2020 Inu Manak Ph.D., Research Fellow, The new NAFTA and the end Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy of U.S. leadership in trade Studies, Cato Institute, Washington DC, USA

2/2020 Stormy-Annika Dr., Head, Protectionism, managed trade, Mildner Department External Economic Policy, and transactional deals: Federation of German Industries, Trump’s ‘America First’ trade Germany policy

Adjunct Lecturer, Hertie School of Governance, Germany

2/2020 K. C. Fung Professor of Economics, Future U.S. trade policy University of California, towards China Santa Cruz, USA

24 2/2020 Hyeonjung Choi Director and Senior Fellow, Hope and despair: The RCEP Center for Global Governance, and the US-China trade war The Asan Institute for Policy Studies, Republic of Korea

2/2020 Kari Liuhto Professor, China in the global economy Turku School of Economics, before the COVID-19 outbreak University of Turku, Finland

Director, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

2/2020 Tero Vauraste MSc (Soc), Lt. Cdr (Ret), CEO, Steely silkroad between China Nurminenlogistics Plc., and Europe Finland

Global Fellow in the Arctic Program, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA

Member, Sub-Committee of Maritime Logistics Issues, Finland-China Innovation Committee

Former Chairman, Arctic Economic Council

2/2020 Nam Foo Dr., Sessional Lecturer, Revisiting the impact of China’s School of Economics, Finance and Property, One Belt One Road initiative on Curtin Business School, Curtin University, international trade policy Perth, Australia

2/2020 Shihoko Goto Deputy Director for Geoeconomics, Asia Japan’s new trade conundrum Program, amid the pandemic Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC, USA

2/2020 Steven Blockmans Director a.i., EU policy for changing global CEPS, trade winds Brussels, Belgium

2/2020 Patricia Garcia- Associate Professor, EU trade and investment policy Duran Huet University of Barcelona, Spain

Leif Johan Eliasson Professor, East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA

25 2/2020 Katharina Meissner Lise-Meitner Postdoctoral Researcher, The European Parliament: A Centre for European Integration Research tough trade negotiator? (EIF), University of Vienna, Austria

2/2020 Shamel Azmeh Dr., Lecturer in International Development, Europe and the governance of University of Manchester, the digital economy UK

2/2020 Susanne Baker Associate Director, Climate, Environment and How trade policy can grow the Sustainability, European green tech sector techUK, United Kingdom

2/2020 Nathalie Moll Director-General, The EU-UK future relationship EFPIA, European Federation of from an innovative-medicines Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, perspective Brussels, Belgium

Koen Berden Executive Director International Affairs, EFPIA, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, Brussels, Belgium

2/2020 Nicholas Perdikis Professor of International Business, Post Brexit: What direction for Aberystwyth Business School, Aberystwyth UK trade policy? University, Wales, UK

2/2020 Rupert Gather LLB, Group Chief Executive, Sovereignty and economics InvestUK, United Kingdom

2/2020 Pervez N. Ghauri Professor of International Business, Brexit: What now? University of Birmingham, Birmingham Business School, United Kingdom

2/2020 Amit Kara Associate Research Director, UK trade policy after Brexit National Institute of Economic and Social Research, United Kingdom

2/2020 Markus Kantola Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher, The British Conservative Party Turku School of Economics, and the EU: Friends or foes? Finland

26 2/2020 Alicia García- Bruegel Senior Fellow, China and EU’s competition in Herrero Bruegel, the Russian market: Much Belgium stronger for trade than for investment Natixis Chief Economist, APAC, Natixis, France

Adjunct Professor, HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), China

Jianwei Xu Bruegel Non-Resident Fellow, Bruegel, Belgium

Natixis Senior Economist, Greater China, Natixis, France

2/2020 Nadezda Volovik Head, Russia-EU trade development Foreign Trade Department, Gaidar Institute under the sanctions for Economic Policy, Russia

2/2020 Maxim Medvedkov Professor, Head of Department on Trade Trade policy and Russia Policy, Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

2/2020 Iikka Korhonen Head of Research, Sanctions and the Russian Bank of Finland, economy Finland

2/2020 Sergei Sutyrin Professor, How the US-China trade war World Economy Department Head, WTO effects Russia Chair-Holder, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Nikita Lomagin Professor, World Economy Department, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Former Member of the Public Council, Ministry for Development of Far East and the Arctic, Russia

27 2/2020 Alexey Kuznetsov Acting Director, Russia’s economic turn to the Institute of Scientific Information on Social global south Sciences (INION), Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

2/2020 Nicholas Ross Smith Associate Professor of International Studies, When the COVID-19 threat University of Nottingham, subsides, the EU should employ Ningbo, China a “Neue Ostpolitik” towards Russia

2/2020 Sergei Sinelnikov Acting Trade Representative of Russia in Russia and Finland: Searching Finland, for new drivers of growth Trade representation of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Finland, Finland

2/2020 Lauri Veijalainen Chief Executive Officer, Russia’s rough spring East Office of Finnish Industries Oy, Finland

2/2020 Tatiana Ph.D., Chief Economist for Russia, Russian economy feeling the Evdokimova Nordea Bank, pain Finland

2/2020 Evgeny Vinokurov Chief Economist, The free trade agreements of the Eurasian Fund for Stabilization and Eurasian Economic Union Development, Eurasian Development Bank

2/2020 Urpo Kivikari Professor Emeritus, The development of democracy Pan-European Institute, University of after socialism Turku, Finland

2/2020 Peter Havlik Senior Research Associate, 30 years after: Expectations The Vienna Institute of International and outcomes Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna, Austria

2/2020 Erja Kettunen Adjunct Professor, Affiliated Researcher, Sustainable development and Economic Geography, Turku School of Free Trade Agreements Economics, University of Turku, Finland

2/2020 Peter Kalunda International Business Consultant, Contours of Africa’s new trade Kiuluku ESAMI – a consulting, training and teaching policy architecture hub in Africa, Tanzania

28 2/2020 Anna Karhu Research Manager, Turning point in trade policy: Pan-European Institute (PEI), Turku School Need for multidisciplinary co- of Economics, University of Turku, operation Finland

1/2020 Eero Suominen Ambassador of Finland to the Republic of Trade relations between Finland Korea and South Korea: Room for new innovations and cooperation

1/2020 Alexander Consul General of Russia in Turku, Russia, NATO and European Gremitskikh Finland security

1/2020 Mikhail G. Zubov Ph.D., Consul of the Russian Federation on 80 years of the Moscow the Åland Islands agreement on Ålands

1/2020 Alexey Gromyko Professor, Corresponding Member of the Many strengths, many Russian Academy of Sciences, weaknesses Director Institute of Europe RAS, Russia

1/2020 Jacek Karnowski Mayor of Sopot, Sopot (Poland) and its Poland international cooperation in the Baltic Sea region Katarzyna Choczaj Marketing and PR Department, City Hall of Sopot, Poland

1/2020 Mari Kettunen Chairman of the Board, The Saimaa phenomenon – The Hotel Punkaharju, decade of Saimaa is coming Finland

Saimi Hoyer Entrepreneur, Hotel Punkaharju, Finland

1/2020 Kari Lukka Professor, Accounting and Finance, Memories from Pärnu Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

1/2020 Pekka Saarinen Owner, CEO, New way to make a city Urbanity Oy, Finland

1/2020 Tellervo Kylä- Vice-President of the Employers’ Group, Preparing for the AI era Harakka-Ruonala European Economic and Social Committee

1/2020 Elena Kolosova Project Officer/Advisor for External EU Interreg funding for smart Cooperation, ideas in blue growth Interreg Baltic Sea Region Managing Authority/Joint Secretariat, Latvia

29 1/2020 Jürgen Sorgenfrei Dr., Professor, Next bunker fuels for high seas NBS Northern Business School, Institute of North-European Economic Research, Hamburg, Germany

1/2020 Torbjörn Becker Director, Transition is not a done deal The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), Stockholm School of Economic, Sweden

1/2020 Anne L. Clunan Dr., Associate Professor, Russia’s trouble with Department of National Security Affairs / globalisation Naval Postgraduate School, USA

1/2020 Andrew Foxall Dr, Director of Research, Russia’s post-Soviet transition Director, Russia and Eurasia Studies Centre, after twenty years of Putinism Henry Jackson Society, UK

1/2020 Helge Blakkisrud Head of Research Group on Russia, Asia and Vladimir Putin – a Russian International Trade, nationalist? Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Norway

1/2020 Markku Lonkila Professor of Sociology, Social media in civic and University of Jyväskylä, political activism in Russia Finland

Larisa Researcher, Shpakovskaya University of Helsinki, Finland

Philip Torchinsky Independent IT consultant, Finland

1/2020 Jadwiga Rogoza Senior Fellow, Protests in Russia: Numerous OSW-Centre for Eastern Studies, yet dispersed Warsaw, Poland

1/2020 Jussi Lassila Senior Research Fellow, From protests to the super years Finnish Institute of International Affairs, of Russian politics the EUʼs Eastern Neighbourhood and Russia research programme, Finland

1/2020 Marcus Prest Journalist, Russian strangeness Åbo Akademi University, Finland

30 1/2020 Eemil Mitikka Doctoral Researcher, Should we trust Russian Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, surveys? Finland

1/2020 Sinikka Parviainen Dr. (Econ), Analyst, Corruption and business East Office of Finnish Industries, environment in Russia in the Helsinki, Finland 2010s: Real improvement or make-belief?

1/2020 Stanislav Usachev Head of Strategy and International Co- Yegor Gaidar Foundation operation, activities in the Baltic Region Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Russia

1/2020 Pia Koivunen Ph.D., Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Putin’s mega-event boom European and World History, coming to an end The School of History, Culture and Art Studies, University of Turku, Finland

1/2020 Natalya Volchkova Director, The export trap of Russian Centre for Economic and Financial Research, import substitution policies New Economic School Moscow, Russia

1/2020 Laura Solanko Senior Advisor, Will new gas pipelines bring a BOFIT, Bank of Finland, boost to the Russian economy? Finland

1/2020 Julia Vainio Subject Matter Expert (2017-2020), Energy security developments in NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, the Russian gas sector Vilnius, Lithuania

1/2020 Laura Klemetti Project Researcher, The OPAL gas pipeline: A test Pan-European Institute, for EU energy solidarity Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

Viktoria Palm Research Associate, Institut für Europäische Politik, Germany

1/2020 Hilma Salonen Doctoral Candidate, New energy trends in the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Russian Arctic: Could Russia Finland lead the way in becoming a climate leader? Sohvi Kangasluoma Doctoral Candidate, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

31 1/2020 Olga Garanina Associate Professor, Russia under the sanctions: Graduate School of Management, From energy sector to St Petersburg University, digitalization Russia

Anna Abramova Associated Professor, MGIMO-University, Russia

1/2020 Andrey N. Terekhov Doctor of Mathematics, Professor of The Russian IT market: Current Software Engineering, trends Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

Stanislav L. Doctor of Economics, Professor of European Tkachenko Studies, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia

1/2020 Mariëlle Wijermars Dr., Assistant professor in Cyber-Security and The stakes are high for Internet Politics, freedom in Russia in 2020 Maastricht University, The Netherlands

1/2020 Juha Kukkola Captain, M.Soc.Sci, Doctoral Student, The Russian sovereign Internet Finnish National Defence University, Finland

1/2020 Ibrahim Al-Marashi Associate Professor, Collective environmental Department of History, security: Geopolitical links California State University San Marcos, between the Baltic, Black, and USA the eastern Mediterranean Seas

Visiting Professor, School of Global & Public Affairs IE University, Madrid, Spain

1/2020 Karoliina Rajala Associate Research Fellow, Innovation in the Russian space OSCE Academy industry: A military perspective

1/2020 Ann-Mari Sätre Ph.D., Research Director, Associate Professor Reasons for poverty in Russia in Economics, Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies (IRES), Uppsala University, Sweden

32 1/2020 Paul Pavitra Dr. (med.), Ph.D.(health economics), Affiliate The universality of universal Researcher, health coverage in the Russian University of Eastern Finland, Federation Finland

Co-Convenor, EFFSIG- iHEA, International Health Economics Association

1/2020 Vasiliy A. Anikin Associate Professor, Human capital in post- National Research University Higher School transition Russia: Some critical of Economics, remarks Russia

Leading Research Fellow, The Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Science, Russia

Anastasia V. Senior Research Fellow, Karavay The Institute of the Social Analysis and Forecasting, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy & Public Administration, Russia

Senior Research Fellow, The Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology, Russian Academy of Science, Russia

1/2020 Peter Holicza Dr., Lead Researcher, Characterization of Russian Society, Informatics and Business Research youth Group, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary

1/2020 Svetlana Erpyleva Professor, Children changing politics School of Advanced Studies, University of Tyumen, Russia

1/2020 Elena Omelchenko Director of Centre for Youth Studies, Russian youth in XXI century Professor at Department of Sociology, Programme Academic Supervisor “Modern Social Analysis”, St.Petersburg School of Social Sciences and Area Studies, HRU “Higher School of Economics – St. Petersburg”, Russia

33 1/2020 Kristiina Silvan Ph.D. Candidate, Government-organized youth University of Helsinki, organizations in Russia Finland

1/2020 Jonna Alava Ph.D. Student, Russia’s Young Army University of Helsinki, Finland

Researcher, The Finnish National Defence University, Finland

1/2020 Sirke Mäkinen Senior Lecturer, Head of the ExpREES Training experts in Russian and Master’s School, East European Studies Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

Hanna Peltonen Coordinator of the ExpREES Master’s School, Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki, Finland

1/2020 Jekaterina Lindberg Business Advisor, sustainability and market Russia is reforming its waste research, system, but can the waste Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, reform Russia? Helsinki, Finland

1/2020 Moritz Albrecht Associate Professor, Waste as a problem in rural University of Eastern Finland, Russia Finland

Valentina Research Associate, Karginova- Institute of Economics, Karelian Research Gubinova Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Gleb Iarovoi Project Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Taru Peltola Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland

1/2020 Kaisa Vainio Ph.D. Scholar, What can be achieved with University of Eastern Finland, intercultural exchange? Finland

1/2020 Eija Schwartz Chair of the Karelian Society in Turku, Multilocal Karelians in the Doctoral Student in European Ethnology, 2020s University of Turku, Finland

34 1/2020 Alexander Sergunin Professor of International Relations, Turning marginality into a Moscow State Institute of International competitive advantage: The role Relations, St. Petersburg State University, of cross-border cooperation Russia

1/2020 Mikhail Karpov Ph.D., Associate Professor, The gambits of Moscow and School of Asian Studies, Faculty of World Beijing Economy and International Affairs, Russian National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

1/2020 Kari Liuhto Professor, The EU continues to dominate Turku School of Economics, Russia’s foreign economic University of Turku, relations, though China’s role is Finland still growing

Director, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

5/2019 Tomasz Grodzki MD FETCS, Professor of Thoracic Surgery Baltic Sea Region: Where the and Transplantation, international cooperation has Senator of the Republic of Poland started far before European Union was created

5/2019 Pat Cox European Coordinator for the Scandinavian- Trans-European Transport Mediterranean TEN-T Core network corridor, network: Scandinavia European Commission; DG MOVE, Belgium

5/2019 Christer Michelsson Ambassador of Finland to Lithuania and On the relations between Belarus Finland and Belarus

5/2019 Aleksandra Mayor, Gdańsk: A good place to live Dulkiewicz City of Gdansk, Poland

5/2019 Mateusz Sipa Director, Łódź-Warsaw Duopolis: A Business Development and International vision for the (very near) future Relation Bureau, City of Łódź Office, Poland

5/2019 Anna Golec- President, Tourism in the Baltic Sea Mastroianni Sopot Tourism Organisation, region: Bleisure Poland

35 5/2019 Tanja Raunio CEO & Storyteller, Finland’s former capital Turku Neiti Raunio Oy, is now the culinary capital Finland

Food Ambassador, Visit Turku, Finland

5/2019 Marek Górski Professor, Hazardous substances on the Faculty of Law and Administration, seabed University of Szczecin, Poland

5/2019 Pauliina Forsman Manager, How to get to the most Turku Chamber of Commerce, beautiful archipelago in the Finland world?

5/2019 Leea Ojala Director of Consultancy, Circular Economy: A policy Logscale Ltd., block? Consulting companies towards compliant and well-managed supply chains, Finland

5/2019 Elise Tarvainen COO, Novel approaches to learning Isku International, environment design Finland

Tiina Malste Manager, Learning Design, Finland

5/2019 Kęstutis Kristinaitis Chairman of the Board, Property valuation in Lithuania Lithuanian Association of Property and Business Valuation Enterprises, Lithuania

5/2019 Pasi Kostamovaara Chief of Finnish Border Guard, Lieutenant Arctic maritime safety requires General, cooperation Finland

5/2019 Markku Viitasaari Lieutenant Colonel, Return to Cold War – or not? Chief of Division, Army Command, Finland

5/2019 Glen Grant Defence and Security Expert, Interoperability of the Baltic Ukrainian Institute for the Future, States against Russia Ukraine

36 5/2019 Reinhard Krumm Head, Eastern Policy and beyond: For FES Regional Office for Cooperation and cooperative security and Peace in Europe, based in Vienna prosperity in Europe

Simon Weiss Research Associate, FES Regional Office for Cooperation and Peace in Europe, based in Vienna

5/2019 Vadim Koroshupov Junior Researcher, Restoration of a balanced policy Center of International Security, with Europe Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Moscow, Russia

5/2019 Jussi Orell Senior News Editor, Baltic Sea Region is an endless The joint national newsroom Lännen Media, source of news Finland

5/2019 Vladimir Zuev Professor, RF Trade Policy between Higher School of Economics Moscow – protectionism and liberalization National Research University, Russia

Academic Director, Master in International Trade Policy, Higher School of Economics Moscow – National Research University, Russia

5/2019 Sani Kontula-Webb Director, The Finnish Institute in St. The Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg Petersburg and its role in the Finnish-Russian dialogue

5/2019 Vladimir Kuzin Associate Professor, Director of the The economic situation of the Analytical Center, Kaliningrad region Kaliningrad State Technical University, Russia

5/2019 Svetlana V. Head of Center, Inequality in Russia: Challenges Mareeva National Research University Higher School for the policy of Economics, Russia

Ekaterina D. Assistant Professor, Research Fellow, Slobodenyuk National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia

5/2019 Timo Jaatinen Director General, Restricting trade does not Finnish Forest Industries Federation, generate investments Finland

37 5/2019 Yuri Nazarov The Chairman of the Concern, Accomplishments and prospects Concern Bellesbumprom, of the woodworking enterprises Belarus in the Republic of Belarus

5/2019 Jussi Seppälä Chairman, On cultural exchange between Finland-Belarus Society, Finland and Belarus Finland

5/2019 Raman Yaniu Chief Communications Officer, BUCE: Digital bridge between Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange, Belarus and BRE Republic of Belarus

5/2019 Sergey Kulik Dr., Director for International Development, Russia: The President’s thirst Institute for Contemporary Development for technologies (INSOR), Moscow, Russia

5/2019 Antti Vasanen Head of Information Services, Big Data is not a free lunch Regional Council of Southwest Finland, Finland

5/2019 Ester Laato President, Polish programmers among the Finnish-Polish Association in Helsinki, best: What could Finland Finland learn?

5/2019 Lukasz Marcin Founder of Bjorn Global / Head of Growth at Tips for founders of born global Jablonski BinarApps, companies grown out of Poland Poland

5/2019 Anitta Koskio Founder of Fin-Pol Business Club, Impact of culture on business Executive Coach, Finland

5/2019 Barbara Gaweda Postdoctoral Researcher, Poland’s national(ist) exclusions Tampere University, Finland

5/2019 Katarzyna Ph.D., Assistant Professor, The concerns of the ageing of Bałandynowicz- Department of Sustainable Market Processes, Polish society Panfil University of Gdańsk, Poland

5/2019 Anna Karhu Research Manager, Changing landscape of retailing Pan-European Institute (PEI), Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

4/2019 Dmytro Kuleba Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine for European EU-Ukraine: A Two-way and Euro-Atlantic Integration Street

4/2019 Artis Pabriks Dr, Deputy Prime Minister, Latvia’s support for Ukraine is Minister of Defense of Latvia unconditional

38 4/2019 Oksana Syroyid Co-Chair of Lviv Security Forum and Leader The words could save the world of Samopomich Union Party, from the war Ex-Vice Speaker of the Parliament of Ukraine

4/2019 Ilkka Kanerva Honorary Minister, Member of the Finnish The new dialogue between Parliament (National Coalition Party), Russia and Ukraine creates Finland potential momentum

4/2019 Ariana Gic Independent political and legal analyst and No peace without truth: An columnist, honest response to Russian Canada aggression in Ukraine

Hanna Hopko Former Member of the Ukrainian parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, former Head of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Verkhovna Rada, Member of the Executive Committee of the National Council of Reforms and the Anti- Corruption Action Centre, Ukraine

Roman Sohn Legal expert, columnist, and civil society activist, Ukraine

4/2019 Vladimir Senior Economist, Ukraine’s after-election Dubrovskiy CASE, outlook: Heaven or hell? Kyiv, Ukraine

4/2019 Arseniy Svynarenko Research Fellow, The Ukrainian politics are Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere catching up with changes in a University, society Lecturer in Ukrainian studies, University of Helsinki

4/2019 Roman Horbyk Postdoctoral Fellow, Transmedia storytelling ushers Umeå University, in new populism in Ukraine Sweden

Senior Lecturer, Södertörn University, Sweden

4/2019 Illya Kvas Charge d`Affaires a.i. of Ukraine in Finland Economic cooperation between Ukraine and Finland on an upward trajectory

4/2019 William Taylor Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. at the U.S. Embassy in Why Ukraine matters Kyiv, Ukraine

4/2019 Antti Hartikainen Head, Ukraine should be rich: Why EU Advisory Mission Ukraine isn’t it?

39 4/2019 Peter M. Wagner Head, Towards a more resilient European Commission Support Group for Ukraine Ukraine, Brussels / Kyiv

4/2019 Kateryna Rozhkova Deputy Governor, Ukraine: A modern, European National Bank of Ukraine, financial system Ukraine

4/2019 Ulana Suprun MD, Acting Minister of Health of Ukraine The New Global Dark Age 2016-2019, Chairman, NGO Arc.UA, Ukraine

4/2019 Oksana Holovko- President, In support of European choice Havrysheva Ukrainian European Studies Association, of Ukraine Ukraine

4/2019 Mykhaylo Ph.D. (Political Science), Associate Professor, The Future of US-Ukrainian Komarnytskyy Department of International Relations and Strategic Partnership Diplomacy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine,

Director, Center for American Studies, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

4/2019 Jan Strzelecki Sociologist, Analyst, Kremlin’s policy towards Centre for Eastern Studies, Ukraine after Zelenskiy’s Warsaw, Poland victory

4/2019 Viktor Ogneviuk Rector, Sc.D., Professor, Academician, Cooperation in human capital Borys Grinchenko Kyiv University, development Ukraine

4/2019 Mariya Zubrytska Ph.D. (Philology), Professor, Lviv University: Where history Adviser to the Rector in International meets modernity Projects Development, Vice-Rector for Academic and International Affairs (2014-2019), Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine

40 4/2019 Iván Farías PhD in Political Science and International Corruption and reform in Pelcastre Studies, education in Ukraine University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Alona Anokhina MA in Society and Politics, Graduate School for Social Research, Poland

Kateryna Parkhomei MA in International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland

4/2019 Jarkko Lampiselkä Dr., Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Physics Learning together – Finland’s Didactics, support to Ukrainian School University of Helsinki, reform Finland

Adviser for Learning Environments and Principal Standards, Learning Together project, Ukraine

4/2019 Oleksiy Semeniy Dr., Adviser to the Secretary of the NSDC of Foreign policy of Ukraine: Quo Ukraine vadis?

4/2019 Andrzej Fałkowski Dr, Lt. Gen. (Ret.), Defence reform in Ukraine: A Member of Defence Reform Advisory Board new impetus for Ukraine, Former Deputy Chief of General Staff (DCHoD) of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland

4/2019 Mykhailo Gonchar President, Sentsov list: What’s next? CGS Strategy XXI, Kyiv, Ukraine

4/2019 Oleksandr Ph.D., Professor, Critical infrastructure Sukhodolia Head of Energy Security and Technogenic protection as a tool of national Safety, resilience of Ukraine National Institute for Strategic Studies, Ukraine

4/2019 Stanislav Maliar Lecturer, Critical infrastructure: Safety Department of Finance and Economics, challenges Boris Grinchenko University of Kyiv

Assistant to the Chairman of the Self-help Union MP, Kyiv City Council, Kyiv, Ukraine

41 4/2019 Rimantas Šikas Major, Head of Education, Training and Oil refining challenges in Exercise Division, Ukraine NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence, Lithuania

4/2019 Markko Kallonen PhD in Diversity Management and OSCE special monitoring Governance, mission in Ukraine – five years Expert of Civilian Crisis Management, of crisis management OSCE SMM

4/2019 Sergii Karasov Former Research Intern, Gray zone conflict in the NATO ENSEC COE, occupation waters and Lithuania international law: Ukrainian case

4/2019 Peter Dickinson Publisher, Putin’s war and Ukraine’s Business Ukraine magazine, nation-building journey Ukraine

Fellow, Atlantic Council, USA

4/2019 Mykhailo Bechkalo Executive Director, Ukraine: Sea change in UkraineInvest, investment opportunities Ukrainian government’s investment promotion agency, Ukraine

4/2019 Adrian Prokip Energy Analyst, Ukraine’s energy: The State and Ukrainian Institute for the Future, oligarchs in a deadlock Kyiv, Ukraine,

Senior Associate, Kennan Institute, Washington DC, USA

4/2019 Valeriia Loiko Doctor of Economics, Associate Professor, Economic development of Professor, Ukraine after 2014 Department of Finance and Economic, Boris Grinchenko University of Kyiv,

Chairman, Council of the European Economic Association, Kyiv, Ukraine

42 4/2019 Juhani Pihlajamaa Security Manager, Konecranes in Ukraine Zaporizhkran factory, Zaporizhya, Ukraine

Alexander Pavlov Corporate Communications Director, Zaporizhkran factory, Zaporizhya, Ukraine

4/2019 Iryna Sheiko Associated Professor, Impact of globalization on the Department of Economic Cybernetics and Ukrainian economy Economic Security Management, Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Roksana Petrova Associated Professor, System Engineering Department, Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics, Kharkiv, Ukraine

4/2019 Lilia Ukrainets Associated Professor, PhD, Chinese business in Ukraine Ivan Franko University of L’viv, Ukraine

4/2019 Jaana Vuorio Jaana Vuorio, Ukrainian immigrants in Director General, Finland Finnish Immigration Service

4/2019 Viktoriia Hladii MA in Baltic Sea Region studies, Labour market for international University of Turku, graduates: Perspective of an Ukrainian in Finland Assistant, Centrum Balticum Foundation, Finland

4/2019 Nataliya Teramae Journalist, lecturer, Love culture and make University of Helsinki, diplomacy

Board member, Ukrainian Association in Finland

4/2019 Arto Luukkanen Dr. Docent, University Lecturer of the The archive-revolution in Russian Studies, Ukraine University of Helsinki

4/2019 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director, Ukraine on My Mind Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku

3/2019 Urmas Reinsalu Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia Connecting Europe – the Three Seas Initiative

43 3/2019 Juris Pūce Minister of Environmental Protection and Latvia is ready to be part of Regional Development climate change solution

3/2019 Matti Anttonen Permanent State Secretary, Northern Dimension 2.0 Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

3/2019 Lassi Linnanen Professor, From Efficiency to Sufficiency Lappeenranta-Lahti University of in Climate Policy Technology

3/2019 Mari Pantsar Director, The circular economy can solve Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund critical crises

3/2019 Maria Laamanen Senior Ministerial Adviser, Climate change poses a challenge Ministry of the Environment, on cooperation to save the Finland Baltic Sea

Professor of Practice, Åbo Akademi University

3/2019 Niko Soininen Assistant Professor in Sustainable Law, Legal challenges for blue growth Regulation and Governance, in aquaculture Faculty of Law and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki

3/2019 Per Jonsson Professor, The future of the Baltic Sea Department of Marine Sciences, Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, University of Gothenburg,

Visiting Professor, Environmental and Marine Biology, The Sea, Åbo Akademi University

3/2019 Päivi Antikainen Director of Climate and Environment Unit, The Baltic Sea – a new pioneer Ministry of Transport and Communications, in sustainable shipping? Finland

3/2019 Lars Jensen CEO, The slow coming of the future SeaIntelligence Consulting

3/2019 Merja Salmi- Senior Advisor, Marine Industries and Towards smarter and more Lindgren Maritime Affairs, sustainable Baltic Sea Meria Consulting

3/2019 Anita Mäkinen Adjunct Professor, PhD, Climate change and Chief Adviser to the Director General of international shipping Maritime Sector, Finnish Transport and Communication Agency TRAFICOM, Finland

44 3/2019 Markus Helavuori Professional Secretary, Ship emissions and the state of Baltic Marine Environment Protection the Baltic Sea Commission (HELCOM), Finland

3/2019 Yassine Bakkar Research Fellow, Project Specialist, New Politics for Financing Tallinn University of Technology Clean Shipping

3/2019 Riitta Pöntynen Senior Project Manager, CSHIPP – projects together for Brahea Centre at the University of Turku, Clean Shipping Centre for Maritime Studies

3/2019 Teemu Itälinna Project Researcher, Best practices on cross-sectoral CSHIPP, Pan-European Institute, collaboration in clean shipping University of Turku

3/2019 Gunnar Prause Professor, Socio-economic impact of green Tallinn University of Technology shipping

3/2019 Miina Karjalainen Project Researcher, PhD, How to manage alien species in Kotka Maritime Research Association shipping

Eveliina Klemola Senior Specialist, PhD, Wega Group Oy

3/2019 Päivi Haikkola Ecosystem Lead, Automation reshapes the DIMECC / One Sea, maritime logistics Finland

Sinikka Hartonen Head of Environment and Technology, Finnish Shipowners’ Association

3/2019 Harilaos N. Professor, The speed limit debate at the Psaraftis Technical University of Denmark IMO

3/2019 Annaleena Mäkilä Managing Director, Finnish ports joining the digital Finnish Port Association age

3/2019 Torben Aaberg Interregional Programme Manager, A test lab for the Digital Single Aalborg University Copenhagen Market

3/2019 Ville Sirviö CEO, Estonia and Finland – digital Nordic Institute for Interoperability forerunners in cross-border Solutions (NIIS), cooperation Estonia

3/2019 Jacob Mangwana Director, The Ålandic potential – Cross Haagendal Nordic Institute in Åland sectoral co creation as the key to success

45 3/2019 Vladimir G. Dr. Science (History), Associate Professor, Military-political situation in Kiknadze Editor-in-Chief, the Baltic Sea region Journal “Science. Society. Defense.”, Adviser, Russian Academy of Missile and Artillery Sciences, Moscow, The Russian Federation

3/2019 Jan Saarela Professor of Demography with Statistics, The changing demography of Demography Unit, Swedish speakers in Finland Åbo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland

3/2019 Irina M. Busygina Doctor of Sciences, Professor, On fences and neighbors: The Higher School of Economics – National problem of Polish minority in Research University (Campus in Saint Lithuania Petersburg)

Anton D. Higher School of Economics – National Onishchenko Research University

3/2019 Ekaterina A. Researcher, Department of Regional Finnish-Russian projects of Shlapeko Economic Policy, Institute of Economics, cross-border cooperation Karelian Re-search Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

3/2019 Dzmitry Kruk Research Associate, Belarus tends to face a ‘systemic BEROC (Belarusian Economic Research and fragility’ Outreach Center), Belarus

2/2019 Vytautas Bakas Chair of the Committee on National Security Lithuania’s strive for energy and Defence security Seimas The Republic of Lithuania

2/2019 Ilkka Salmi Permanent Secretary Baltic Sea Region and security Ministry of the Interior cooperation Finland

2/2019 Taneli Lahti Dr., Professor of Practice Rule of law and the European Turku School of Economics at the University single market of Turku Finland

Director Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK Finland

2/2019 Juha Ottman Ambassador Poland facing challenging Embassy of Finland energy policy decisions Warsaw, Poland

46 2/2019 Shawn Waddoups Political and Economic Section Chief U.S. Baltic Sea Region Embassy of the United States engagement: What’s changed? Helsinki, Finland

2/2019 Ossi Savolainen Regional Mayor Let’s make the Baltic Sea Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council Region stronger! Finland

2/2019 Gerd Lange Coordinator for Policy Area Tourism of the Sustainable tourism cooperation EUSBSR // Head of Tourism Unit in the Baltic Sea region Ministry of Economics Employment and Health Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Germany

2/2019 Bernd Hemingway Deputy Director General 30 Years Since 1989: CBSS Council of the Baltic Sea States Regional Responses to Global Challenges

Natalia Skripnikova Core Team Intern Assistant Council of the Baltic Sea States

2/2019 Timothy Heleniak Senior Research Fellow People and Permafrost in the Arctic Shinan Wang Cartographer/GIS Analyst

Eeva Turunen Junior Research Fellow/ Cartographer

Johanna Roto GIS Consultant

Justine Ramage Research Fellow

Leneisja Jungsberg Research Fellow

Authors represent Nordregio

2/2019 Malla Rannikko- Senior Planner EU fund for infrastructure calls Laine Regional Council of Southwest Finland for sufficient national Finland investments

2/2019 Marjo Uotila Director, Strategic Alliances Towards stronger strategic Northern Growth Zone (Pohjoinen alliances kasvuvyöhyke) c/o City of Turku, Finland

2/2019 Kari Veijonen Senior Business Executives Finland’s Archipelago Sea is Jaakko Ruola Veijonen Consulting Ltd unique on a global scale Finland

2/2019 Denis Meleshkin Deputy Director Finnish investors attracted to National Agency of Investment and Belarus by cost competitiveness, Privatization highly educated workforce and The Republic of Belarus small taxes

47 2/2019 Tomasz Orłowicz Head of Helsinki Office The role of subcontracting for Polish Investment and Trade Agency Finnish and Polish SMEs in bilateral cooperation

2/2019 Sanna Turunen D.Sc. (Tech.) in Biomedical Sciences and The era of additive Engineering manufacturing has dawned Product Manager 3DTech Ltd Finland

Postdoctoral Researcher Tampere University Finland

2/2019 Mikko Villikari Commander, Chief of Operations Finnish - Swedish naval co- Coastal Fleet operation Finland

2/2019 Kasperi Summanen Editor Finland’s ”NATO-option” still Verkkouutiset (Online media owned by the matters National Coalition Party) Finland

2/2019 Andres Kasekamp Professor of History, Chair of Estonian AABS unites scholars of Baltic Studies studies University of Toronto Canada

2/2019 Kata Fredheim Executive Vice President - Partnerships and Remigration and Brain Gain in Strategy the Baltics Assistant Professor Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Latvia

2/2019 Petteri Vuorimäki Senior Expert, European External Action EU-Russia relations and the Service (EEAS) Baltic Sea Region

Chair of the CBSS Group of Independent Experts, 2017-18 (CBSS Vision Group)

2/2019 Konstantin Professor New trends in Russia’s foreign Khudoley School of International Relations policy Saint Petersburg State University Russia

Eric Shiraev Professor Department of Public and International Affairs George Mason University USA

48 2/2019 Matti Posio Editor-In-Chief One thing missing in Finland Lännen Media Newsroom Finland

2/2019 Petri Raivio EU Correspondent, Brussels Nord Stream 2: The Russian gas YLE Finnish National Broadcasting Co. pipeline splitting the European Union in two

2/2019 Heikki Lehtimäki Managing Partner Selected issues impacting the Plan Energy Ltd future of the Ukrainian Gas Helsinki, Finland Transit System (GTS)

2/2019 Ben Aris Editor-in-Chief Russia 4.0: Putin’s May bne IntelliNews Decrees and National Projects Russia to transform the economy

2/2019 Alexey Kuznetsov Director of the Institute of Scientific FDI geography: cultural Information for Social Sciences of the Russian proximity vs. geopolitical Academy of Sciences (INION RAN) barriers Russia

Editor-in-Chief Outlines of Global Transformation Russia

2/2019 Aleksei Ignatev Program Director Kaliningrad after the 2018 Kaliningrad Economic Development Agency World Football Cup: What Russia next?

2/2019 Svetlana V. Researcher Russian shopping tourists in the Stepanova Department of Regional Economic Policy border regions of Finland Institute of Economics Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Ekaterina A. Researcher Shlapeko Department of Regional Economic Policy Institute of Economics, Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

2/2019 Alexandra Yatsyk Visiting Fellow Is Narva (still) “the next”: A Polish Institute of Advanced Studies (PIAST) controversial story of the city of Warsaw, Poland many frontiers

2/2019 Piotr Rudkouski Director of the Belarusian Institute for Belarus – Russia: a new stage Strategic Studies of (dis)integration Vilnius, Lithuania

2/2019 Dmitry Yarmolyuk Deputy Director for European Cooperation, Belarus: a footprint on Baltic Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus shores

49 2/2019 Galina Gavrilko Ph.D. (Economics), Associate Professor The Baltics and Belarus: Department of International Economic Development of foreign Relations economic cooperation and Belarus State University improvement of the institutional Belarus structure

2/2019 John Christmas Former Head of International Relationships Latvian Narratives and the Group EBRD 2 Parex Bank

2/2019 Andrei V. Korobkov Professor of Political Science and The Chinese diaspora in Europe: International Relations Serving the motherland from Middle Tennessee State University abroad USA

Nikolaj A. Sluka Professor of Geography Moscow State University Moscow, Russia

Pavel N. Ivanov MS (Geography), general advanced scholar Fudan University Shanghai, China

2/2019 Krzysztof Assistant Professor Impact of Russian-Chinese Falkowski World Economy Research Institute Trade on Russian Economic Warsaw School of Economics Competitiveness Poland

2/2019 Markus Holmgren Freelance researcher Eurasian Economic Union and energy markets

1/2019 Timo Soini Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Baltic Sea – a unique region for security cooperation

1/2019 Jānis Vucāns President The Baltic Assembly in the Baltic Assembly centenary year of the Baltic States Visiting Professor and Leading Researcher Ventspils University College Latvia

1/2019 Wille Rydman Member of the Parliament of Finland Reviewing our relationship with Member of the Nordic Council of Ministers Belarus Chairman of the Belarus-Finland Friendship Group Finland

1/2019 Janika Takatalo M.Soc.Sc., Member of Turku City Council A shift to greener taxation and Varsinais-Suomi Regional Council Member of the Board of the National Coalition Party Finland

50 1/2019 Helena Tuuri Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs On the Baltic Sea and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland oceans

1/2019 Juha Virtanen Ambassador of Finland to Ukraine Finnish-Ukrainian relations since 1918

1/2019 Johannes Remy Visiting Assistant Professor Russia and Crimea: Heroism Columbia University and ethnic cleansing City of New York, U.S.A.

1/2019 Karina Korostelina Ph.D., Professor National resilience to protracted Director, Program on History, Memory, violence in Ukraine and Conflict Co-Director, Program for the Prevention of Mass Violence School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University U.S.A.

1/2019 Nina Hyvärinen Head of Corporate Relations Protecting elections from F-Secure hacking Finland

1/2019 Michael Kofman Senior Research Scientist Is a security dilemma likely to Center for Naval Analyses emerge in Europe?

Fellow Kennan Institute Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1/2019 Mika Kalliomaa Colonel, Commander of the Pori Brigade International activities are Finnish Defence Forces FDF’s daily work Finland

1/2019 Ely Karmon PhD, Senior Research Scholar Jihadist short-term threat to International Institute for Counter-Terrorism Europe (ICT) and The Institute for Policy and Strategy (IPS)

The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC)

Herzlyia, Israel

1/2019 Monika Executive Secretary For a healthy Baltic Sea, more Stankiewicz HELCOM needs to be done

1/2019 Juha Flinkman Development Manager, Research Vessels Lost but not forgotten – at Scientific Diver least we shouldn’t Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Marine Research Center Finland

51 1/2019 Rolf Ladau CEO What does sustainability mean Paulig in the corporate world in 2019?

1/2019 Mikko Ali-Melkkilä Head of Sales In rye we trust – Kyrö Kyrö Distillery Company Distillery Company Finland

1/2019 Elisa Mikkolainen Senior Advisor (Maritime Affairs) Reducing the environmental BSAG Baltic Sea Action Group, footprint of shipping in the Foundation for a Living Baltic Sea Baltic Sea Finland

1/2019 Tadeusz Palmowski Professor, Head Baltic cooperation in marine Department of Regional Development spatial planning Geography University of Gdańsk Poland

Maciej Tarkowski Post-doctoral fellow Department of Regional Development Geography University of Gdańsk Poland

1/2019 Jan Feller Dr., Deputy Managing Director Data is the new lamp oil German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce (AHK Finnland)

1/2019 Ieva Tetere Supervisory Board Member Looking forward: Latvia after Finance Latvia Association dramatic financial industry shake CEO SEB Latvia

1/2019 Daria Akhutina Senior Advisor for Long-Term Priority CBSS – Background and vision “Sustainable and Prosperous Region” for future cooperation in BSR The Permanent International Secretariat Council of the Baltic Sea States

1/2019 David Skilling Dr, Director The Baltic Sea Region: Looking Landfall Strategy Group forward Singapore

1/2019 Alexander Sebentsov Senior Researcher Which lessons could be learned Center for Geopolitical Studies from cross-border cooperation?: Institute of Geography A view from Russia Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

52 1/2019 Ivan S. Gumenyuk Dr., Associate Professor Prospects for enhancing Department of Geography, Nature transport communication Management, and Spatial Development between the border regions of Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia and Poland Russia

Tomasz Dr. Studzieniecki Gdynia Maritime University Department of Management and Economics Poland

1/2019 Ruslan M. Shafiev Doctor of Economics, Professor Marking of goods and the State Counselor Civil Service of the Russian Eurasian common market Federation 1 class Russian Customs Academy Russia

Ekaterina V. Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Golubtsova Professor of the Department of Accounting and Taxation Russian Economic University named after GV Plekhanova Russia

Denis A. Maksimov Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematical Methods in Economics Russian Economic University named after GV Plekhanova Russia

1/2019 Erik Brattberg Director of the Europe Program Chinese investments in the Carnegie Endowment for International Baltic Sea region Peace Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

1/2019 Alexander G. Professor-researcher “One Belt – One Road”: New Druzhinin I. Kant Baltic Federal University opportunities for the Baltic Sea Kaliningrad, Russia Region?

1/2019 Hannele Press Counsellor The trap of neighbourhood – Valkeeniemi Embassy of Finland, Tallinn Finland’s image in Estonia and Estonia’s image in Finland

1/2019 Thomas Karlsson Senior Researcher, Vice Head of Unit Alcohol trade across the Gulf of The Alcohol, Drugs and Addictions Unit Finland Department of Public Health Solutions National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) Finland

53 1/2019 Annika Project Manager Sustainable tourism and Kunnasvirta Turku University of Applied Sciences heritage destinations in the Finland Baltic Sea Archipelago

1/2019 Lea Kivelä- M.Sc. Marketing, Managing Director, Responsible tourism – solution Pelkonen Member of Solved’s expert network to complex challenges? FIDICO – Fifth Dimension Consulting Responsible Travel & Tourism Development Helsinki, Finland

1/2019 Kari Liuhto Director, Professor The National Baltic Sea Forum Pan-European Institute of Finland in Turku Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

4/2018 Anne-Mari Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Finnish-Swedish economic Virolainen Finland relations – together stronger on the global market

4/2018 Aleksei Kudrin Chairman Russia’s economy after 2018: Accounts Chamber of the Russian Federation Long-term challenges, short- term solutions

4/2018 Anna-Maja Member of Parliament and Party Leader Strategic collaboration, Henriksson Svenska folkpartiet in Finland influence and results

4/2018 Anders Ahnlid Ambassador Civil defence next for Finnish- Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki Swedish cooperation

4/2018 Maximilian Hennig Ambassador The Austrian Presidency of the Embassy of Austria in Finland EU Council

4/2018 Harri Tiido Ambassador Finland and Estonia: Common Embassy of Estonia in Finland testing ground

4/2018 Anders Ljunggren Former Swedish Ambassador The step by step growth of in Tallinn and in Reykjavik cooperation between the Nordic and Baltic countries

4/2018 Artur Parfenchikov Head of the Republic of Karelia Favorable conditions for The Russian Federation investors are being created in Karelia

4/2018 Taliya Minullina The Head Tatarstan is for smart investors Tatarstan Investment Development Agency only! Russia

Member Tatarstan Government Russia

54 4/2018 Romek Mayor Pärnu: Our cooperation with Kosenkranius The City of Pärnu the Nordic countries Estonia 4/2018 Mikko Hupa Rector Åbo Akademi University – Åbo Akademi University a link in the Nordic chain Turku, Finland 4/2018 Karen Spens Rector A business school with a Nordic Hanken School of Economics heart – shaping leaders for a Finland sustainable future

4/2018 Jarmo Lindberg General Finnish-Swedish defence Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces cooperation advances Finland

4/2018 Jens Nykvist Rear Admiral, Chief of Staff Swedish-Finnish Naval Royal Swedish Navy cooperation Sweden

4/2018 Janne Kuusela Director General New framework for Finnish- Defence Policy Department Swedish defence cooperation Ministry of Defence Finland

4/2018 Anu Sallinen Senior Adviser Swedish elections – still National Defence Unit diplomacy over military? Ministry of Defence Finland

4/2018 Heljä Ossa Master of Social Sciences The revival of the European University of Tampere defence cooperation Finland

4/2018 Jouni Kemppainen Editor-in-chief Climate change will not stop Maaseudun Tulevaisuus without broad co-operation Finland

4/2018 Ninna Mörner Editor-in-chief An arena for the exchange of Baltic Worlds ideas and research Centre for Baltic and East European Studies Södertörn University Sweden

4/2018 Stefan Ewert Dr., Research Assistant The EU’s Common Agricultural Greifswald University Policy and the Baltic Sea Germany

4/2018 Anna Karlsdóttir Senior Research Fellow The Nordic cooperation for Nordregio integration of refugees and migrants – IMPORTANT milestone in creating cross- national knowledge about development in the Nordic region

55 4/2018 Juhani Ailio Planner EUSBSR Steering Groups for Centrum Balticum Foundation better inclusion Finland

4/2018 Christer Bruzelius Chief Executive Officer Gotland’s outlook on tourism & Destination Gotland AB environment Sweden

4/2018 Janne Virtanen Director, Regional Promotion Northern Growth Corridor Regional Council of Southwest Finland brings together Nordic major Finland cities

4/2018 Anne Horila Director Co-operation on smart and Growth Corridor Finland sustainable mobility in the North Sea Baltic region Ismo Hannula Strategy Manager City of Hämeenlinna Finland

Outi Myllymaa Communication and Development Advisor Growth Corridor Finland

4/2018 Tiina Tihlman Ministerial Adviser Maritime spatial planning & Ministry of the Environment blue growth Finland

Pekka Salminen Coordinator of the Finnish maritime spatial planning cooperation Finland

4/2018 Olli-Pekka Mäki Director of Environmental Protection Baltic Sea Challenge as a water City of Turku protection tool in Turku Finland

4/2018 Christian Ramberg Managing Director NextGen Link project aims at Port of Turku Ltd cleaner shipping Finland

4/2018 Kjell Skoglund CEO Nordic integration enters a new Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce era Sweden

4/2018 Igor Lonsky Director Turku’s presence in Saint Turku Centre in St. Petersburg Petersburg

56 4/2018 Sheila M. Puffer University Distinguished Professor Government dictates the way in D’Amore-McKim School of Business Russian business Northeastern University Boston, USA

Daniel J. McCarthy University Distinguished Professor D’Amore-McKim School of Business Northeastern University Boston, USA

4/2018 Jaana Rekolainen CEO Finnish business dives into Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce Russia’s turbulent markets Finland

4/2018 Teemu Helppolainen Executive Vice President, YIT Plc Drivers for the housing sector in Head of YIT Housing Russia Russia intact General Director, YIT St. Petersburg JSC

4/2018 Alexandra Professor, Leading Researcher E-commerce in Russia: Trends Polyakova Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting and constraints Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration The Russian Federation

Tatiana Maleva Director Institute for Social Analysis and Forecasting Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration The Russian Federation

4/2018 Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Kaliningrad – Russia’s western Pan-European Institute exclave University of Turku Finland

4/2018 Anna Berlina Research Fellow Bioeconomy – a driver for rural Nordregio development in the Akrhangelsk Sweden region in Russia?

4/2018 Michael Loader Dr., Postdoctor Resisting Russification in Institute for Russian and Eurasian Studies Soviet Latvia Uppsala University Sweden

3/2018 Elsi Katainen Member of the European Parliament The Baltic Sea Region - US Member of the International Trade Committee relationship in the current trade Finland turbulence

3/2018 Saara-Sofia Sirén Member of Finnish Parliament (National Futures approach to saving Coalition Party) the Baltic Sea Vice-chair of the Finnish delegation of Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) Finland

57 3/2018 Jaakko Ossa Professor of Tax Law Corporate income tax in Finland University of Turku Finland

3/2018 Eitvydas Bajarunas Ambassador-at-Large for Hybrid Threats Hybrid threats: Lithuania‘s Ministry of Foreign Affairs response Lithuania

Member of the Steering Board European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats Helsinki, Finland

3/2018 Cees Bansema Ambassador of the Netherlands to Finland Dutch-Finnish economic relations 3/2018 Imants Lieģis Latvia’s Ambassador to France, former Russia’s impact on regional Defence Minister security Latvia

3/2018 Aleksandr Jefimov Chairman of Narva City Council Narva is running for the title of during April 2011- July 2018 European Capital of Culture in Estonia 2024!

3/2018 Turo Mattila Deputy Representative of Finland Our cybersecurity requires Political and Security Committee of the EU European deterrence

3/2018 Marius Senior Analyst Russian meddling in Western Laurinavičius Vilnius Institute for Policy Analysis politics has been simplified Lithuania

3/2018 Wolfgang Schareck Professor, Dr., Rector On the way to becoming a University of Rostock beacon of excellence in the Germany Baltic Sea Region

3/2018 Piotr Stepnowski Professor, Vice-Rector for Research and University of Gdansk in Baltic Foreign Cooperation Sea region University of Gdansk Poland

3/2018 Arto Räty Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and The Baltic Rim countries can Communications lead the change for a cleaner Fortum Corporation world Finland

3/2018 Keith Martin Chief Commercial Officer Nord Stream 2: A European Uniper SE project Germany in the Baltic Region

3/2018 Tadas Jakštas Dr., Subject Matter Expert Maritime threats to energy NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence security Lithuania in the Baltic Sea region

58 3/2018 Miriam Holstein Dr., CEO Nordic Region Open innovation is the key to Bayer Nordic SE success also in the Nordic region Finland

3/2018 Evgeny Lebedev Third Secretary Belarus-Finland investment Department of Foreign Economic Activity cooperation Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Belarus Belarus

3/2018 Galina Gribanova Professor, Head of International Political Russia-NATO confrontation on Processes Department the Baltic Sea Saint Petersburg State University Russia

3/2018 Ivan Kurilla Professor of History and International US – Russian relations as Relations international manifestation of European University at St. Petersburg domestic culture wars Russia

3/2018 Marcin Kaczmarski Senior Research Fellow Russia and China: fellow Finnish Institute of International Affairs travellers Finland

3/2018 Mark D. Steinberg Professor The Russian revolution in University of Illinois prison: When history matters U.S.A.

3/2018 Olavi Arens Professor of History Brest-Litovsk in retrospect: A Georgia Southern University hundred year U.S.A.

3/2018 Pavel Trunin Ph.D., Leading Research Fellow Russia’s external debt RANEPA Russia

3/2018 Alexander Bulatov Professor Offshore orientation of Russian MGIMO University FDI Russia

3/2018 Maria Zotova Senior Research Associate New challenges to the cross- Centre for Geopolitical Studies border cooperation in the Institute of Geography Kaliningrad region Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Alexander Sebentsov Senior Research Associate Centre for Geopolitical Studies Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

59 3/2018 Heli Simola Senior Economist Finnish-Russian trade Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in recovering gradually Transition (BOFIT) Finland

3/2018 Svetlana Stepanova Ph.D. in Economics, Research Fellow Cross-border tourist routes in Institute of Economics the Finnish-Russian borderland Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

3/2018 Adam A. Ambroziak Ph.D., Associate Professor, Jean Monnet Russia’s embargo on the Polish European Chair apple exports Collegium of World Economy SGH - Warsaw School of Economics Poland

3/2018 Merit Tatar Member of the Board Developing smart and Institute of Baltic Studies sustainable urban transport Tartu, Estonia systems

Replication coordinator in the H2020 SmartEnCity project Partner in Interreg Baltic Sea Region BSR electric and Cities.multimodal projects

3/2018 Maximo Q. Mejia Professor, Director of the Ph.D. Program, Developing a regulatory Jr. Head of the Maritime Law and Policy framework for autonomous Specialization shipping World Maritime University Malmö, Sweden

3/2018 Milla Harju Project Manager/ ECOPRODIGI Global challenges call for local Pan-European Institute response through common goals University of Turku Finland

3/2018 Leonard Rozenberg Professor Shipbuilding – reality and West Pomeranian University of Technology challenges for Poland Szczecin Poland

Dariusz Zarzecki Professor University of Szczecin Poland

3/2018 Tomasz Director General Deep sea mining – raw Abramowski Interoceanmetal Joint Organization (IOM) materials new perspective Poland

Associate Professor Maritime University of Szczecin Poland

60 3/2018 Zaiga Krišjāne Professor, Dean Seeing potential of young return Faculty of Geography and Earth Sciences migrants to Latvia University of Latvia Latvia

3/2018 Evija Klave Senior Researcher Third country nationals’ Baltic Institute of Social Science integration in Latvia Latvia

3/2018 Nico Groenendijk Senior Research Fellow The Baltic States: Affluent OsloMet – storbyuniversitetet societies? Norway

Visiting Professor of European Studies Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies University of Tartu Estonia

3/2018 Gediminas Vitkus Professor of the Institute of International The Euroscepticism in the Baltic Relations and Political Science States: Manifested and latent Vilnius University Lithuania

3/2018 Kārlis Krēsliņš Rector, Associate Professor Role of education in regional Ventspils University of Applied Sciences development: A case of Latvia Ventspils

3/2018 Franka Marie M. A., Researcher Cross-border vocational Herfurth Chair of Business, Economics and education and training Entrepreneurship Education University of Rostock Germany

3/2018 Sigitas Brazinskas Expert, projects funded by the European Digital industrial platforms as Union enablers of a closer Nordic Lithuania integration

3/2018 Aleksandr Izgorodin Expert Lithuanian manufacturing: Lithuanian Innovation Centre Rapid growth accompanied by Lithuania challenges

3/2018 Alexandra Assistant Professor What are the business Middleton Oulu Business School opportunities and development University of Oulu challenges in the Arctic? Finland

Andrey Mineev Researcher High North Center Nord University Business School Norway

61 3/2018 Aki Pulli Chair Ukraine’s increasing presence in Suomi – Ukraina -silta r.y (Friendship Baltic region Association between Finland and Ukraine) Finland

3/2018 Tiina Ritvala D.Sc. (Econ.), Assistant Professor of Grand challenges and the small International Business wins strategy Head of MSc Studies in International Business Aalto University Finland

3/2018 Aleksandra Dr, Assistant Professor in Strategy and Political and social strategies of Wąsowska International Business multinationals in Sub-Saharan Faculty of Management Africa: A focus on Polish firms University of Warsaw Poland

3/2018 Matti Ponkala Chairman of the Board, Partner Cuba attracts more than ever – Bokira Group Ltd Bokira´s view Finland

3/2018 Kari Liuhto Director, Professor The future of Cuba: Reform or Pan-European Institute revolution Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

2/2018 Anne Berner Minister responsible for Nordic cooperation New opportunities and trends Government of Finland in Nordic cooperation Finland

2/2018 Aleksi Randell Director General, Confederation of Finnish Core Network Corridors will Construction Industries RT gain importance as drivers of the Chairman, Centrum Balticum Foundation competitiveness of the Baltic Finland region

2/2018 Alexey Vedev Director Economic development of Center of Structural Research Russia in 2017-2018: a Russian Presidential Academy of National recovery-driven unstable growth Economy and Public Administration Russia

2/2018 Ville Skinnari Member of Parliament Are we ready to head North? Finland

2/2018 Timo Hirvonen Commodore Cooperation between the Chief of Staff Finnish and Swedish navies Navy Command Finland

2/2018 Peter Stolt Defense Attaché Sweden’s and Finland’s Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki, Finland deepened defense cooperation

62 2/2018 Jari Sainio Fire and Rescue Director The international cooperation of Southwest Finland Emergency Services Southwest Finland Emergency Finland Services in the Baltic Sea

2/2018 Jyri Raitasalo Military Professor of War Studies The clash of security Finnish National Defence University perspectives Finland

2/2018 Galina Gavrilko Ph.D. Militarization of the Baltic Sea Belarusian State University Region: economic consequences Minsk, Belarus and scenarios for the development of military and political confrontation

2/2018 Heidi Fransila Director Shared situational awareness is Blic a deterrent in the Baltic Sea Finland Region

2/2018 Jaakko Mikkola Regional Mayor Kymenlaakso – a region by the Kymenlaakso sea and the EU external border Finland

2/2018 Marita Toikka Mayor Kouvola – perfect for growing City of Kouvola logistics operations Finland

2/2018 Jarosław Suchoples Ambassador Exploring potential of bilateral Embassy of Poland in Helsinki, Finland contacts: relations between Poland and Finland nowadays

2/2018 Jarno Syrjälä Ambassador New trends in the Finnish- Embassy of Finland Chinese economic relations Beijing, China

2/2018 Alexander Consul General of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg and Turku: A Gremitskikh Turku, Finland time-tested friendship

2/2018 Tomi Taipale Honorary Consul of Lithuania Could Lithuanian companies Member, Board of the Finnish-Lithuanian help Finland achieve greater Trade Association success? Managing Director, Mamec Oy Finland

2/2018 Iaroslav Chornogor PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Lithuanian-Polish-Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine regional partnership Deputy Chairman of the Board Foreign Policy Council “Ukrainian Prism”

2/2018 Marc Lemaître Director-General EU supporting cooperation Regional and Urban Policy DG across borders in the Baltic Sea European Commission Region

63 2/2018 Dagfinn Høybråten Secretary General Trust defines the Nordic Nordic Council of Ministers countries and brings them together

2/2018 Tobias Etzold Associate, Research Center Norden More political relevance for German Institute for International and Nordic cooperation Security Affairs (SWP) Berlin, Germany

Christian Opitz Research Assistant, Research Center Norden German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Berlin, Germany

2/2018 Kari Ruohonen Project Director Helsinki Tallinn railway tunnel: FinEst Link Project Results of the FinEst Link Finland feasibility study

Malla Paajanen Chief Adviser Helsinki Uusimaa Regional Council Finland

2/2018 Allan Selirand Head You know Estonia as an IT- Estonian Investment Agency country: Wait till you find out Estonia what else we can offer

2/2018 Paavo Virkkunen Executive Vice President, Business Finland Travel boom from China to Head of Visit Finland Finland: Coincidence or not? Finland

2/2018 Kyösti Karvonen Editor-in-Chief Finland chooses continuity Kaleva daily Finland

2/2018 Mika Hentunen US Correspondent for the Finnish Draining the swamp in Broadcasting Company Yle, based in Washington means fewer Washington D.C. diplomatic channels to Baltic Rim countries

2/2018 Manabu Senkogu Professor and Director The Baltic States and Japan: Slavic-Eurasian Research Center What, if any, are the Hokkaido University possibilities of further Japan cooperation?

2/2018 Madeleine Granvik Director, Ph.D., Associate Professor 27 years of regional work: The The Baltic University Programme Baltic University Programme Uppsala University Sweden

2/2018 Helene Carlbäck Associate Professor in History Swedes in Russia: Narratives in Södertörn University change Sweden

64 2/2018 John Christmas Former Head of International Relationships Latvian narratives and the Group EBRD Parex Bank in Latvia

2/2018 Sergey Kalendzhyan Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Dean Business education in Russia: GSCM RANEPA New trends and perspectives Russia

2/2018 David Szakonyi PhD, Assistant Professor The effects of state capitalism Department of Political Science on Russia’s business George Washington University environment United States of America

2/2018 Csaba Weiner Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow Outward foreign direct Institute of World Economics investment by Russian MNEs: Centre for Economic and Regional Studies Focus on home-country push Hungarian Academy of Sciences factors, Europe and five CEE Hungary countries

2/2018 Sergei F. Sutyrin Professor, World Economy Department Head Wind of change: New WTO Chair Holder opportunities for Finnish- St. Petersburg State University Russian energy cooperation Russia

Serafima Master’s Student Khatkevich St. Petersburg State University Russia 2/2018 Katariina Valli Managing Director The future of machine learning ZYFRA Europe and advanced analytics: Helsinki Finland and Russia perspective

2/2018 Ekaterina Tarasova Dr., Previously Lecturer in Political Science On recent anti-nuclear Södertörn University movements in Russia Sweden

2/2018 Laura Klemetti Project Researcher From Putin to people: Pan-European Institute Perspectives on the Russian Turku School of Economics University of hydrocarbon age Turku, Finland

2/2018 Azat Rakhmanov Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, Associate Business elites of the Baltic Sea Professor region Faculty of Sociology Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia

2/2018 Irina Dezhina D.Sc., Department Head Russian innovation system in Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology the digital era and Gaidar Institute of Economic Policy Russia

65 2/2018 Meelis Kitsing Head of Research Regulation of digital platforms Foresight Centre in Europe: A stumbling block or Associate Professor a building block? Estonian Business School Estonia

2/2018 Irene Malgina PhD, Associate Professor Digital economy: The case of Academy of Public Administration under the Belarus aegis of President of the Republic of Belarus Belarus

2/2018 Kari Perälä CIO, Doctor of business Econ. Project of fluency cross-border City of Imatra car traffic on South-East of Finland Jukka Partinen Project Manager of the Cross-Border City of Imatra

2/2018 Minna Säpyskä- Senior Specialist, International Projects and The hunt for cross-border Aalto Financing startups The Baltic Institute of Finland Finland

2/2018 Martin Korpi PhD, Researcher Immigration and the Swedish The Ratio Institute and Södertörn University labor market Stockholm, Sweden

2/2018 Jari Hänninen Station Manager Changing environment of the Archipelago Research Institute Baltic Sea should be recognized Biodiversity Unit in the future resource University of Turku management activities Finland

2/2018 Lauri Paltemaa Professor, Director of the Centre for East Finnish economic relations with Asian Studies China: Trends and risks University of Turku, Finland

2/2018 Sun Yan Ph.D, Assistant Professor China-CEE cooperation and Institute of European Studies China-EU relationship: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Background, progress and China outcomes

2/2018 Jukka Aukia Post-doctoral Researcher China’s 16+1 platform and the Centre for East Asian Studies Baltic States University of Turku Finland

1/2018 Sampo Terho Minister for European Affairs, Direction of the Finnish Culture and Sport humanitarian immigration Finland policy

66 1/2018 Othmar Karas Member of European Parliament The straight path forward Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

1/2018 Sirpa Pietikäinen Member of European Parliament China is ahead in the game – where is Europe? 1/2018 Elina Lepomäki Member of Parliament European perspectives on the (National Coalition Party) Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline Parliament of Finland Finland

1/2018 Hannu Muhonen Mayor Towns need a well-functioning Town of Hamina Baltic Sea Finland

1/2018 Marjukka Senior Adviser Many potential benefits to Vihavainen- Networks Department improving connectivity in the Pitkänen Ministry of Transport and Arctic Communications Finland

1/2018 Allan Rosas Judge CBSS: small, unknown but European Court of Justice beautiful? Chairman Advisory Board

BALEX (Baltic Area Legal Studies), a cooperation framework between the University of Turku and the Åbo Akademi University Finland

1/2018 Joakim Berndtsson Associate Professor Back to the future? Swedish University of Gothenburg public opinion on - Russia, Sweden defence spending and NATO membership Karl Ydén Senior Lecturer Chalmers University of Technology Sweden

1/2018 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Russia’s economic interaction Pan-European Institute with the NATO member states Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

67 1/2018 Margarita Šešelgytė Dr., Studies Director Security challenges for the Institute of International Relations Baltic Sea region and Political Science Vilnius University Lithuania

1/2018 Henri Vanhanen Master of Social Sciences, Editor Maintaining stability at the The Ulkopolitist Baltic Sea region Finland

1/2018 Mykhailo Gonchar President Future of natural gas transit Centre for Global Studies from Russia via Ukraine to the “Strategy XXI” EU Ukraine Member National Committee for Industrial Development Ukraine

1/2018 Juha-Antero Senior Adviser, CDR Nord Stream 2 – divide et Puistola Secretariat of the Security Committee impera Finland

1/2018 Ruslan Doctor of Economics, Professor The main directions of Russia’s Mustakimovich The International University in energy diplomacy Shafiev Moscow Academician Russian Academy of Natural Sciences

1/2018 Matti Saarelainen Director A need for clarity in the era of The European Centre of hybrid threats Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats – Hybrid CoE Finland

1/2018 Jorma Turunen CEO Digitalization as the key success Finnish Technology Industries factor of the Finnish Finland manufacturing industry

1/2018 Eini Haaja Project Manager ECOPRODIGI – bringing Pan-European Institute ecoefficiency to maritime sector Turku School of Economics at the in the Baltic Sea region through University of Turku digitalisation Finland

Milla Harju Project Manager Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

68 1/2018 Tommi Inkinen Professor Digitalization is strongly Brahea Centre present in the current Maritime Centre for Maritime Studies Studies of the Baltic Sea at the University of Turku University of Turku Finland

1/2018 Michael Emerson Associate Senior Research Fellow Prospects for Lisbon to Centre for European Policy Studies Vladivostok (CEPS) Brussels, Belgium Former EU Ambassador to Moscow

1/2018 Claus-Friedrich Senior Researcher, Area Special A German view on the Baltic Laaser Topics Sea region Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Germany

Klaus Schrader Head, Area Special Topics Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) Germany

1/2018 Kaisa Leiwo Acting Managing Director Turku region enjoying positive Turku Chamber of Commerce structural shift Finland

1/2018 Toni Sulameri Managing Director Future of wind power is (M.Sc. Engineering) offshore Suomen Hyötytuuli Oy Finland

1/2018 Emin Akcaoglu Guest Professor Recent developments exposing Faculty of Economics and further political risks: what Business Administration about multinational University of Applied Sciences corporations’ reaction? Würzburg-Schweinfurt Germany

Harald J. Bolsinger Professor, Dean Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt Germany

Rainer Wehner Senior Lecturer and Director International Relations Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt Germany

69 1/2018 Elmira K. Zilber MD, D. Sc., Vice-Rector for Limited territorial capital and Research and International Affairs the development of a university Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

Andrey S. PhD, Deputy Vice-Rector for Mikhaylov Research and International Affairs Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

1/2018 Sergey Kadochnikov Director, Professor The shifting structure of HSE University in St. Petersburg Russia’s export 2014-2016 St. Petersburg, Russia

Anna Fedyunina Director of Analytical Centre, PhD HSE University in St. Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia

1/2018 Andrey Vinogradov Ph.D., Deputy Head for Logistics of internet retailing in International Relations, Associate Russia faces new challenges Professor School of Logistics National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

1/2018 Rajib Sanyal Dean Bribery in international Willumstad School of Business business in post-USSR countries Adelphi University-New York USA

1/2018 Andres Metspalu Professor and Director Biobanking and precision The Institute of Genomics medicine Estonian Genome Center University of Tartu Estonia

1/2018 Ramūnas Professor Health tourism in Estonia, Povilanskas Recreation and Tourism Latvia and Lithuania Department University of Klaipeda Lithuania

1/2018 Ellu Saar Professor Youth unemployment in the Institute of International Social Baltic States Studies Tallinn University Estonia

70 1/2018 Göran Larsson Professor of Religious Studies Global conflicts with local University of Gothenburg consequences – some examples Sweden from Sweden

1/2018 Luule Sakkeus Head and Senior Researcher Population development of Estonian Institute for Population Estonia Studies School of Governance, Law and Society Tallinn University Estonia

1/2018 Anne Kovalainen Professor Gender equality in the Baltic School of Economics Sea region – similarities and University of Turku differences Finland

Seppo Poutanen Senior Research Fellow School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Jatta Jännäri Doctoral Student School of Economics University of Turku Finland

1/2018 Emil Edenborg SFP Researcher Has the Baltic Sea become a Swedish Institute of International frontier in a global conflict over Affairs sexuality? Sweden Postdoctoral Researcher Södertörn University Sweden

1/2018 Alexander PhD, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Hate crime against LGBT Kondakov University of Wisconsin-Madison individuals in Russia USA

Assistant Professor European University at St. Petersburg Russia

Researcher Centre for Independent Social Research Russia

Deputy-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Social Policy Studies Russia

71 1/2018 Xue Fuqi Professor An interpretation of deficiency Institute of Russian, Eastern of development in Russia European and Central Asian Studies Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Beijing, China

1/2018 Nis Høyrup Assistant Professor Chinese FDI in the Nordic and Christensen Asia Research Centre Baltic countries Copenhagen Business School Denmark

Ari Kokko Professor, Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Denmark

1/2018 Galina Gavrilko Professor, PhD Chinese version of the Marshall Department of International Plan Relations Belarusian State University Belarus

1/2018 Konstantinas Associate Professor The Baltic States and China’s Andrijauskas Asian Studies and International Politics infrastructure push: Vilnius University appreciation of insecurities Lithuania

1/2018 Enn Listra Professor, Dean Slowing leaptigers contested by School of Business and skilled elephants Governance Tallinn University of Technology Estonia

1/2018 Vello Pettai Professor of Comparative Politics Taking stock of Estonia’s Johan Skytte Institute of Political political left turn Studies University of Tartu Estonia

72 1/2018 Henning Sten Coordinator, BONUS BASMATI BONUS BASMATI Hansen Professor Department of Planning Aalborg University Copenhagen Denmark

Lise Schrøder Co-coordinator, BONUS BASMATI Associate Professor Department of Planning Aalborg University Copenhagen

Denmark

Michael Kull WP Leader, BONUS BASMATI Senior Research Fellow Nordregio Sweden Adjunct Professor University of Helsinki Finland

1/2018 Thomas Backhaus Professor Chemical pollution of the Baltic Department of Biological and Sea – a brief overview and Environmental Sciences assessment University of Gothenburg Sweden

1/2018 Vladislava Associate Professor The green economy in Russia Vladimirova Uppsala University Sweden

1/2018 Jørgen Jørgensen Acting Rector European Humanities European Humanities University University – bridging Belarus Lithuania to Lithuania and the West

1/2018 Vladimir Chaplygin Dr. Hab. Econ, Professor Russian and Belarus monetary WSB University in Gdańsk union: experience, problems and Poland perspectives

1/2018 Vitaly Zinovchuk Dr., Professor, Chairman Ukrainian agriculture is on the Department of Marketing threshold of a cooperative boom Zhytomyr National University of Agriculture and Ecology Ukraine

4/2017 Andrus Ansip Vice-President Going digital in the Baltic Sea Digital Single Market Region European Commission

4/2017 Jari Leppä Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Food production in Finland Finland

73 4/2017 Jörgen Pettersson Member From crisis to success, how Åland Parliament Åland became the Islands of Finland Peace

4/2017 Ville Itälä Member Spending EU taxpayers´ money The European Court of Auditors must bring better results

4/2017 Kari Häkämies Region Mayor Doing great and enjoying it – Regional Council of Southwest Finland sea, internationality and other Finland success factors of Southwest Finland

4/2017 Kalev Kallo Chairman (2015-02.11.2017) Tallinn’s public transport is Tallinn City Council part of a greater plan Estonia

4/2017 Jarkko Virtanen Deputy Mayor Major events are an opportunity City of Turku for the city to profile itself Finland

Chairman The Tall Ships Races Port Committee Turku Finland

4/2017 Katharina Fegebank Second Mayor and Minister for Hamburg´s Baltic Sea Region Science, Research and Equalities strategy for science and research Free and Hanseatic City of turns into practical cooperation Hamburg through Baltic Science Network Germany

4/2017 Erja Tikka Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs Finland´s new strategy for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Baltic Sea Region Finland

4/2017 Dmitry Chuikov First Secretary Belarusian NPP – safe Embassy of Belarus in Finland opportunity to increase energy security

4/2017 Maria Blässar Deputy Head of Representation European defence cooperation European Commission Representation and its relevance for Finland, in Finland Sweden and Estonia

4/2017 Ilkka Korkiamäki Rector, Major General Russia research at the national National Defence University defence university Finland

4/2017 Matti Sarasmaa Commander Border – a barrier between Kainuu Border Guard District Kainuu region and the Republic Finland of Karelia?

74 4/2017 Alexander Dynkin President, Professor Russia in a future world order Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations Moscow, Russia

4/2017 Arūnas Rector, Professor, Dr. Lithuania on the road to a Augustinaitis Kazimiero Simonavičiaus Universitetas shifting economic identity Lithuania

4/2017 Dovilė Budrytė Professor of Political Science War memories and insecurities: Georgia Gwinnett College the politics of memory in USA Lithuania

4/2017 Nadia Alexandrova- Head The Russia-EU crisis: lessons Arbatova Department on European Political from the recent past Studies Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

4/2017 Māris Andžāns Dr., Senior Research Fellow NATO Enhanced Forward Latvian Institute of International Affairs Presence in Latvia – a historical Latvia moment but not yet the end of Assistant Professor history Rīga Stradiņš University Latvia

Uģis Romanovs Ltc. (ret.), Lecturer Baltic Defence College Latvia Research Fellow Latvian Institute of International Affairs Latvia

4/2017 Marko Lehti University Researcher Struggle over history: resilience Academic Director of Master’s as tolerance towards one’s own Programme in Peace, Mediation and past Conflict Research (PEACE) Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) University of Tampere Finland

4/2017 Vadim Volovoj PhD in Political Science Security of Lithuania in the Docent in Mykolas Romeris University context of its relations with Lithuania Russia

4/2017 Irina Batorshina Dr., Independent Expert Is it possible to reduce tension Russia in the Baltic region?

75 4/2017 Boris Mints Dr., Founder Business trouble in Europe The Boris Mints Institute for Strategic Policy Solutions to Global Challenges Tel Aviv University Israel

4/2017 Ilkka Salonen CEO Contacts and contracts East Office of Finnish Industries Finland

4/2017 Anastasia Nevskaya Research Associate TNC’s from the Baltic Rim Primakov Institute of World Economy Economies lobbying in Russia and International Relations (IMEMO) under sanctions Moscow, Russia

4/2017 Marcin Kuzel PhD, Assistant Professor Business internationalisation: Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń foreign direct investment by Poland Polish companies

4/2017 Harri Kulmala Dr., CEO One Sea – glimpse of the DIMECC Ltd. European Future that we want Finland Member of the EC HLG for maximizing the impact of R&I (“Lamy Group”)

4/2017 Boris Frumkin Associate Professor, Head of the Agri-food complex of Russia: Department present and future Institute of Economics Primakov National Research Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

4/2017 Björn Fägersten Senior Research Fellow and Director After Brexit we need a new of the Europe Programme security and solidarity pact Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) Sweden

4/2017 Lars Fredrik Stöcker PhD, Researcher Perceived economic exploitation Institute for Eastern European History, and separatist regionalism in the University of Vienna EU: lessons from the Soviet Austria collapse

4/2017 Olav S. Melin Community and Media Relations Officer Harder times for minorities Magma Think Tank Helsinki, Finland

76 4/2017 Ronja Marjamaa Member of the Board European Turku Young European Federalist in Finland Student University of Turku Finland

4/2017 Mikko Ylikangas Programme Manager, PhD The cooperation between the Academy of Finland Academy of Finland and Russia Finland

4/2017 Anna Grebenyuk Deputy Head Evolution of STI priorities in Department for Strategic Foresight Russia Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

4/2017 Tuomas Koivula Managing Editor Top research in the Baltic Sea University Communications Region – spread the news! University of Turku Finland

4/2017 Kazimierz Musiał PhD Identifying potentials for Programme Director scientific excellence in the Baltic Norden Centrum Scientific Foundation in Sea Region with reference to Warsaw regional science and research Poland collaboration

Associate Professor in Scandinavian Studies University of Gdańsk Poland

4/2017 Massimo Moraglio Senior Researcher The future of the Baltic region Technische Universität Berlin is water Germany

4/2017 Larissa Riabova Head of Department of Social Policy in the Monotowns in the Russian North Arctic: time to change the track Luzin Institute for Economic Studies Kola Science Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences Apatity Russia

4/2017 Pavel Druzhinin Leading Research Associate, Head, Karelia – realities and outlooks Dr. of Economics, Assistant Professor Institute of Economics Karelian Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

77 4/2017 Toman Barsbai Senior Researcher The EU needs to fundamentally Kiel Institute for the World Economy reform its asylum system Germany

Sebastian Braun Associate Professor in Economics University of St Andrews United Kingdom

4/2017 Aija Lulle Dr, Post Doctoral Researcher Evolving migrant identities: on University of Eastern Finland Russian-speaking migrants from Finland Latvia in Europe

4/2017 Egidijus Barcevičius Research Director Migration and the Lithuanian PPMI Research & Advice economy Associate Professor Vilnius University Lithuania

4/2017 Rimantas Stašys Professor, Head of Management Making Lithuanian emergency Department medical service (EMS) system Klaipeda University more urgent Lithuania

Gintautas Virketis Deputy Director The Klaipeda University Hospital Lithuania

4/2017 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Ten mysteries related to the Pan-European Institute contemporary Russian economy Turku School of Economics at University of Turku Finland

3/2017 Karin Enström Deputy Chair Increased regional tensions in Foreign Affairs Committee the Baltic Sea Swedish Parliament Former Minister for Defence Sweden

3/2017 Iveta Grigule- Member of the European Parliament Social tension and national Pēterse security interests 3/2017 Hanna Kosonen Member of the Parliament Baltic Sea is a complex hotspot Finland Member of the Finnish Delegation to the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference

3/2017 Oudekki Loone Member of Estonian Parliament Riigikogu Is Germany aiming at French Member of National Defence and European Force de frappe Affairs Committees Estonia

78 3/2017 Vladimir Chizhov Ambassador The promise of a Russia-EU Permanent Representative of the continental fulcrum Russian Federation to the EU

3/2017 Mykola Tochytskyi Ambassador Ukraine-EU relations: what’s Head of the Mission of Ukraine next? to the EU

3/2017 Elena Tihonova Minister of Economic Development Heading to the Arctic: the The Murmansk Region Murmansk region today and Russia tomorrow

3/2017 Urmas Sukles Mayor Haapsalu – the Nordic Venice Town of Haapsalu Estonia

3/2017 Vygantas Vareikis Professor of History, Head The Baltics and Europe History Department University of Klaipeda Lithuania Member Klaipeda City Council Lithuania

3/2017 Gregory Olevsky Professor Riga’s stakeholder identification University of Latvia and prioritization in the

Latvia planning process of sustainable energy development of the city Timurs Safiulins Director Riga Municipal Agency «Riga Energy Agency» Latvia

3/2017 Łukasz Bielewski Director Warmińsko-Mazurskie and International Cooperation Department Kaliningrad – neighbours, Office of the Marshal of the Warmińsko- partners Mazurskie Voivodeship Poland

3/2017 Katarzyna PhD, Assistant Professor Neighbors – Poles on Polish- Maciejewska- Institute of Political Science Russian relations and Russians Mieszkowska University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland

3/2017 Zane Šime Communication & Research Coordinator Delivering Vilnius Vision for CBSS Secretariat the Baltic Sea Region by 2020

79 3/2017 Martin Russell Policy Analyst Media freedom in Putin’s European Parliamentary Research Service Russia – back in the USSR? (EPRS) European Parliament Belgium

3/2017 Mikko (Mikhail) Editor in Chief Present and future of minority Nesvitski Newspaper Karjalan Sanomat language media in the Republic Petrozavodsk, Karelian Republic of Karelia Russia

3/2017 Epp Lauk Professor Are the two different Department of Language and information spaces in Estonia Communication Studies getting closer to each other? University of Jyväskylä Finland

Andres Jõesaar Associate Professor Baltic Film, Media, Arts and Communication School Tallinn University Estonia

3/2017 James W. Scott Professor Multilayered Borders of Global Karelian Institute Security project (GLASE) University of Eastern Finland funded by the Academy of Finland Finland - Interdependence – an Coordinator obsolete concept?

3/2017 Maria Domańska Senior Fellow Russia 2018: no changes on the Centre for Eastern Studies horizon Poland

3/2017 Lili Di Puppo Dr., Assistant Professor of Sociology Do we see better in an age of National Research University Higher transparency? School of Economics Moscow Russia

3/2017 Juha Palokangas Manager, Russian Affairs, M.Sc. (For.) About the significance of free Finnish Forest Industries Federation trade to the vitality of the forest Finland sector in northwest Russia

3/2017 David J. Smith Professor - Alec Nove Chair in Russian and Russia and ‘Russian-speakers’ East in the Baltic European Studies School of Social and Political Sciences University of Glasgow The United Kingdom

80 3/2017 Kristian Behrens Professor Cluster policy in Russia: do Université du Québec à Montréal statesupported clusters leverage Canada selforganized clusters? Academic advisor Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia Research fellow CEPR The United Kingdom

Sergey Kichko Director Center for Market Studies and Spatial Economics National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

3/2017 Tatjana Nikitina Professor, Dr., Director Trends in the development of Russian-German Centre banking business in Russia International Centre for Financial Market Research St. Petersburg State University of economics Russia

Maria Galper PhD student Department of Banking, Financial Markets and Insurance Leading Economist Russian-German Centre St. Petersburg State University of economics Russia

3/2017 Zuzana Fungáčová Senior Adviser Russian banking sector – where Institute for Economies in Transition to now? (BOFIT) Bank of Finland Finland

Laura Solanko Senior Adviser Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) Bank of Finland Finland

3/2017 Nikita Lisitsyn CEO Import substitution and Seismo-Shelf Ltd. effective protectionism in Russia Russia

81 3/2017 Anatoly Zhuplev Professor Russia: trends in inward foreign Loyola Marymount University direct investments The U.S.A.

3/2017 Maria Melnikova M.Sc. (Econ.& Bus.) Craziest pitching competition in International Affairs Specialist the world attracts Russian BusinessOulu startups Finland

3/2017 Björn P. Jacobsen Professor, Dr. Russian FDI in Germany: a Stralsund University of Applied Sciences firm-level analysis Germany Student

Anastasia Buyzhina Baltic Management Studies Program Stralsund University of Applied Sciences Germany

3/2017 Anatolii Kostiuk Dr., Associate Professor, Head Prospects of development of Department of Sociocultural Service and domestic and foreign tourism in Tourism Kaliningrad Region of Russia Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad, Russia

3/2017 Irina Takala Associate Professor Nordic Studies in Karelia: Petrozavodsk State University results and prospects Senior Researcher Institute of Language, Literature, and History Karelian Research Center The Rus

Ilya Solomeshch Associate Professor Petrozavodsk State University Russia

3/2017 Svetlana Shabaeva Doctor of Economics, Professor, Applying best Finnish practices Director in Russian regions: Institute of Economics and Law Occupational Barometer Petrozavodsk State University Russia

3/2017 Susanna Rabow- Associate Professor of Political Science The 150th anniversary of the Edling Institute for Russian and Eurasian sale of Russian Alaska Studies Uppsala University Sweden

3/2017 Jan Fałkowski Assistant Professor Poland: how to sustain good University of Warsaw economic performance? Poland

82 3/2017 Kim Wikström Professor Transparency improves Industrial management at Faculty of sustainability in Baltic short- Science and Engineering sea logistics Åbo Akademi University Turku Finland

3/2017 Ain Kiisler Lecturer Estonia plans to bring more Estonian Maritime Academy ships under Estonian flag Tallinn University of Technology Estonia

Eero Naaber Head Development and Innovation Estonian Maritime Administration Estonia

3/2017 Karsten Staehr Professor of International and Public Economic growth and Finance convergence in Tallinn University of Technology the Baltic States Estonia

3/2017 Magnus Feldmann Senior Lecturer in Politics The Baltic States and the euro SPAIS crisis: learning the right lessons University of Bristol The United Kingdom

3/2017 Petri Ekholm Senior Research Scientist Current care guidelines for the Finnish Environment Institute SYKE Baltic Sea Finland

3/2017 Hanna Hagmark- Ph.D., Director Maritime museums: the Cooper Åland Maritime Museum Trust custodians of our common Åland Islands Baltic heritage Finland

3/2017 Irene Malgina PhD, Associate Professor Entrepreneurial ecosystem: the Academy of Public Administration case of Belarus under the aegis of President of the Republic of Belarus Belarus

3/2017 Galina Gavrilko Associate Professor Conceptual directions for the Faculty of International Relations development of cooperation Belarusian State University between the EAEU countries Belarus and Germany

83 3/2017 Jeff Schubert Visiting Professor Putin’s unrealistic dreams about Faculty of World Economy and International Russia in Eurasia Affairs Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russia

3/2017 Ulla Keino MSc.Tech., MBA, CEO, CSCO – an important C-suite to Chairman of the Board the executive committees SeaFocus Finland

Eyden Samunderu PhD, Professor, Program Director International School of Management Dortmund Germany

3/2017 Otso Pohjalainen Freelance Journalist The healthy and ecofriendly Finland roach

3/2017 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Future technology Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

2/2017 Andrei Kobyakov Prime Minister Belarus – EU: reliable The Republic of Belarus neighbourhood turning stable partnership

2/2017 Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland The future path of Scotland

2/2017 Micael Bydén General, Supreme Commander Swedish defence in a changing Swedish Armed Forces security environment Sweden

2/2017 Liisa Ketomäki Managing Director On the importance of cultural Turku Music Festival 9.-19.8.2017 Turku, exchange Finland

2/2017 Petri Sarvamaa Member of the European Parliament The future of defence in Europe

2/2017 Jasenko Selimovic Member of the European Parliament Swedish A too slow Energy Union Liberal Party (ALDE)

2/2017 Henrik Lax MEP 2004 – 2009 The EU is facing the moment of Finland truth

84 2/2017 Shawn Waddoups Chief U.S. engagement in the Baltic Political and Economic Section Region U.S. Embassy in Helsinki

2/2017 Mikko Saikku McDonnell Douglas Professor of American Nothing new under the sun: Studies Trump’s environmental policy University of Helsinki Finland

2/2017 Satu Kahkonen Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and An opportunity and challenges Ukraine facing Belarus The World Bank

2/2017 Vineta Polatside Senior Adviser and Head of Unit Human trafficking: a crime that Task Force against Trafficking in Human is all of our responsibility - We Beings Council of the Baltic Sea States need to do more

2/2017 Andrey Ryabov Editor-in-Chief Post-Soviet space: current state “Mirovaya economica i mezhdunarodnye and prospects otnoshenia” Journal, also known as World Economy and International Relations Journal Russia

2/2017 Ari Korhonen Mayor Why would Tesla come to City of Raisio Finland? Finland

2/2017 Madis Kallas Mayor of Kuressaare Saaremaa – one island, one Chairman of Association of Local municipality Governments of Saaremaa Estonia

2/2017 Ritva Viljanen Deputy Mayor for Education and Cultural Helsinki and Tallinn – happy Affairs siblings of the Baltic Sea City of Helsinki Finland

2/2017 Jussi Kekkonen Senior Partner New trends in strategic Miltton communications in the Baltic Finland Sea region

2/2017 Vesa Taatila Dr. Prof. (adj), Rector-President A healthy Baltic Sea Turku University of Applied Sciences Finland

85 2/2017 Nikolaj Mezhevich Grand PhD in Economic sciences, Professor Contemporary challenges to Department of International Relations security in the eastern Baltic Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Nadezhda Master’s Degree student Chukalova Department of International Relations Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

2/2017 Wilhelm Agrell Professor in Intelligence Analysis Department Sweden’s Nato dilemma of Political Science Lund University Sweden

2/2017 Grzegorz Jeleński COL, Defence, Military, Naval & Air Polish – Finnish military Attaché cooperation Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Helsinki

2/2017 Heikki Pöntynen CEO Modern shipbuilding relies on a Rauma Marine Constructions Oy Finland regional ecosystem

2/2017 Christian Weckman Country Manager Future of Swedish-Finnish Business Sweden trade relations Helsinki, Finland

2/2017 Pekka Sutela Professor of Practice The future of Finnish – Russian Lappeenranta University of Technology economic relations Finland

2/2017 Greg Simons Associate Professor Vladimir Putin’s political Uppsala University and Swedish Defence image: an inside and outside University perspective Sweden

2/2017 Eduard Ponarin Professor and Director Imperial vs. ethnic identity: the Laboratory for Comparative Social Research choice of the Russian elite NRU Higher School of Economics Russia

Michael Komin Expert Centre for Strategic Development Russia

2/2017 Anatoly Anokhin Professor Tendencies and prospects of Institute of Earth Sciences development of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg State University, Russia agglomeration transport complex

86 2/2017 Iwona Wiśniewska Senior Fellow Kaliningrad in the Kremlin’s Russian Department policy Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Poland 2/2017 Marina Professor Alcohol policy in Russia: recent Kolosnitsyna Faculty of Economic Sciences experience and trends National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia 2/2017 Tatiana G. Doctor habil., Tenured Professor National Corporate governance in Dolgopyatova Research University Higher School of Russian big business: trends of Economics 2000s Moscow, Russia 2/2017 Natalia Tanshina Doctor of Historical Sciences Autocratic Russia and liberal Professor of the Department of General France: experience of History cooperation and compromise Department of History of the Institute of Social Sciences Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Moscow, Russia 2/2017 Kim Talus Professor of European Energy Law Nord Stream 2 pipeline project UEF Law School under EU energy law Finland Professor of Energy Law University of Helsinki Finland

2/2017 Vassilen Iotzov Communication and Capitalisation Officer Cross-border supply chains in Interreg South Baltic Programme Poland the South Baltic LNG industry

Olena Nedozhogina Communication and Capitalisation Intern Interreg South Baltic Programme Poland

JakobMarcks Communication and Capitalisation Intern Interreg South Baltic Programme Poland

Clarissa Hirst Communication and Capitalisation Intern Interreg South Baltic Programme Poland

2/2017 Alo Kelder Head Estonia in pursuit of new data New Energy Department center parks Enefit Estonia

2/2017 Iwona Chojnowska- Director What’s new in FDI? Haponik Foreign Investment Department Polish Investment & Trade Agency Poland

87 2/2017 Sven Ratnik Investor consultant, East Estonia Estonian East-Estonia – a good living Investment Agency environment and attractive for Rakvere, Estonia entrepreneurship

2/2017 Ingvar Svanberg Senior Researcher Tatars in the Baltic Sea region Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies Uppsala University Sweden

Sabira Ståhlberg PhD, Independent Researcher Helsinki, Finland

2/2017 Csaba Jansik Principal Research Scientist Are the Baltic Sea region’s food Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) chains competitive? Finland

2/2017 Ryhor Nizhnikau Senior Research Fellow The political backlash against Finnish Institute of International Affairs anticorruption reforms in Helsinki, Finland Ukraine

2/2017 Outi Luova Adjunct Professor Japan Sea economic rim: from Centre for East Asian Studies visions to action University of Turku Finland

2/2017 Mira Tuominen Research Assistant The Arctic – where are we Pan-European Institute going? Finland

2/2017 Kari Liuhto Director, Professor Centrum Balticum Foundation Centrum Balticum Foundation 2007-2017: “Making the most Finland of the Baltic Sea region”

1/2017 Olavi Ala-Nissilä Member of Finnish Parliament Baltic Sea countries can offer Member of Grand Committee Finland lessons and boost to Finnish economy Former Member of the European Court of Auditors

1/2017 Solvita Āboltiņa Chairperson The evolution of cyber security National Security Committee threats Latvia

1/2017 Mats Löfström Member of Parliament The need for longer perspectives Finland in a fast moving world

88 1/2017 Laimdota Dr. oec., Chairperson of the Sustainable Sustainable development of Straujuma Development Committee Latvia Parliament of Latvia Former Prime Minister of Latvia Latvia

1/2017 Joakim Strand Member of Parliament Vaasa - the Nordic energy Chairman Vaasa City Council capital Finland

1/2017 Valdemaras Ambassador Lithuania and Finland: Sarapinas Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the shoulder to shoulder in ensuring Republic of Finland security for themselves and the whole region

1/2017 Edward Hunter Defence Economist Russia’s challenge to the Christie North Atlantic Treaty Organisation security of NATO allies and partners in Northeast Europe

1/2017 Hannes Möllits Lecturer in International Relations Russia: reaping the whirlwind Department of Political and Strategic in 2017? Studies, Baltic Defence College Estonia

1/2017 Uģis Romanovs Lecturer, Department of Military Studies Defending Baltic States: Baltic Defence College, Estonia overlooked importance of Researcher, Latvian Institute of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa islands International Affairs, Latvia

1/2017 Sia Spiliopoulou Associate Professor in International Law Thucydides, Melos and the Åkermark Head of Research, Research project leader of Åland Islands the project “Demilitarisation in an increasingly militarised world. International perspectives in a multilevel regulatory framework – The case of the Åland Islands” The Åland Islands Peace Institute Mariehamn, Finland

1/2017 Agnieszka Blokus- Assistant Professor Opportunities and challenges of Roszkowska Department of Mathematics, Gdynia the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) Maritime University electricity network Gdynia, Poland

1/2017 Anke Schmidt- Research Fellow Russia’s military aggression and Felzmann Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the security threats posed by Sweden “purely commercial” projects in the Baltic Sea Region

89 1/2017 Danila Bochkarev Senior Fellow Additional routes will increase EastWest Institute competition in European energy Brussels, Belgium market

1/2017 Tor Morten CEO The clean fuel opportunity in Osmundsen Skangas (Norway) – a Gasum (Finland) the Baltic Sea subsidiary

1/2017 Esa Härmälä Frostia Oy, Founder The Baltic Sea Rim –Biomass Finland base of Europe

1/2017 Edwin Bacon Reader in Comparative Politics Russia’s parliament and the Department of Politics potential for political evolution Birkbeck, University of London UK

1/2017 Joscha Project Manager More and better investment in Schwarzwälder Program Shaping Sustainable Economies, the labour market integration of Bertelsmann Stiftung refugees Germany

1/2017 Holger Mölder Associate Professor in International Relations Information warfare – a School of Business and Governance, Hobbesian concept of war in the Department of Law, Tallinn University of post-truth era Technology Estonia

1/2017 Heidi Zidan Producer Novosti Yle – Finnish news in Novosti Yle, Finland Russian

1/2017 Olga Davydova- Ph.D., University Researcher Finland’s Russian speakers as Minguet Karelian Institute, University of Eastern media users Finland Finland

1/2017 Teemu Oivo Researcher The use of quantity as a Karelian Institute competitive edge in Russian TV Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland Finland

1/2017 Irene Pendolin Communications Manager Union of the Baltic Cities – Union of the Baltic Cities communicating for a Poland sustainable, smart and safe Baltic Sea Region

90 1/2017 Ivan Timofeev Director of Programs Security developments in the Russian International Affairs Council Baltic Sea Region Russia

1/2017 Konstantin K. Professor, Head of Department of European Highlights of the current state Khudoley Studies of international relations in School of International Relations, Baltic Sea Region St. Petersburg State University St. Petersburg, Russia

1/2017 Anna Karlsdóttir Senior Research Fellow Securing Nordic Arctic Nordregio sustainable development – Sweden Arctic cooperation in the Nordic realm

1/2017 Judyth L. Twigg Virginia Commonwealth University Continued collaboration and USA vigilance against tuberculosis in Russia

1/2017 Peter W. Schulze Prof. h.c., Dr. Geopolitical repercussions of a Institute of Political Science changing world order on Georg August University of Goettingen Russian-EU relations Germany

1/2017 Ilya Tarasov Professor, Dr. Coherence between the interests Baltic Federal Immanuel Kant University, of Russia and Germany in the Kaliningrad, Russia Baltic States

1/2017 Jeremy Smith Professor of Russian History and Politics Where are Russia’s national University of Eastern Finland, Finland minorities?

1/2017 Sigrid Kaasik- Post-Doctoral Researcher Heritage in flux: Krogerus EUROHERIT project, ERC Grant 636177 Europeanization as identity Department of Music, Art and Culture politics Studies, University of Jyväskylä Finland

1/2017 Adelia Fatikhova Junior Researcher Company towns in Russian Centre for Competition and Economic Federation Regulation Studies Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Russia PhD Student Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

1/2017 Gisela Grieger Policy Analyst China’s One Belt One Road European Parliamentary Research Service (OBOR) initiative: a win-win (EPRS), European Parliament situation for the Baltic Sea Belgium Region (BSR)?

91 1/2017 Dirk Linowski Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., Director Institute of Gauging the impact of China’s International Business Studies One Belt, One Road Initiative Chair of Asset Management, Steinbeis on the Baltic Rim University Berlin, Germany

Andrew Johansson Economic Development Specialist, PhD Researcher, Steinbeis University Berlin, Germany

1/2017 Tamas Matura Dr., Assistant Professor of International China and Central and Eastern Relations Europe: threat or opportunity? Corvinus University Founder, Central and Eastern European Center for Asian Studies Budapest, Hungary

1/2017 Micael Blomster Managing Director/ Business Consultant, M. New Scandinavian rail hub for Blomster Consulting Oy China traffic over North Member, Finnish - Swedish Chamber of Finland Commerce Member, Finncham Helsinki Member, Yrittäjät Promoting Entrepreneurship Finland

1/2017 Kari Reinikainen Partner, Odo Maritime Research LLP Chinese yards to challenge Hastings and Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK Europe in passenger ship

building 1/2017 Ott Koppel PhD, Extraordinary Professor Some side notes about Rail Research Centre of Logistics and Transport Baltic Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, Tallinn University of Technology Estonia

1/2017 Hiltgunt Fanning Professor The economic development of University of Applied Sciences Stralsund, the Baltic Sea Region - what Germany major indicators tell us

1/2017 Birgitta Berg- Researcher The impact of EU’s sanctions Andersson The Research Institute of the Finnish on Russia and Russia’s counter- Economy (ETLA), Finland sanctions on Finland’s exports to Russia

1/2017 Nikolai Kolesnikov Senior Researcher Sanctions: no pain, no gain Institute of Economics Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

92 1/2017 Tiiu Paas Professor Human capital in Nordic Faculty of Economics and Business Countries and Estonia: PIAAC- Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia based assessment

Maryna Tverdostup Junior Research Fellow, PhD Student Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia

1/2017 Jeff Schubert Head / Director, International Center for Russia’s technology push: What Eurasian Research is it? Who believes what? Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) Moscow, Russia

1/2017 Džineta Dimante Associate Professor Towards circular economy in University of Latvia, Latvia Latvia

6/2016 Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Commission Standing by Ukraine

6/2016 Tarja Halonen President of Finland 2000–2012 The future we want for the Chair Baltic Sea region International Advisory Board Centrum Balticum Foundation Turku, Finland

6/2016 Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkey Turkey’s humanitarian foreign policy

6/2016 Peter Stenlund Secretary of State The security situation in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Baltic Sea region Finland

6/2016 Emily O’Reilly European Ombudsman Regulating the revolving door between industry and politicians

6/2016 Antti Riivari Director Businesses need knowledge of (Director General as of 1 March 2017) Intellectual Property Rights Finnish Patent and Registration Office Finland

6/2016 Saara Ilvessalo LL.M., Coordinator of BALEX BALEX – a new legal network Turku, Finland for the world’s most regulated sea Henrik Ringbom Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Maritime Law and the Law of the Sea Department of Law Åbo Akademi University Turku, Finland

93 6/2016 Jānis Vucāns Vice-President of the Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Parliamentary Conference (BSPC) Former Conference President of the BSPC (2015-2016) Member of the Saeima, The Republic of Latvia

Bodo Bahr Professor in Business Management and Leading Researcher Ventspils University College, Latvia

Secretary General Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC)

6/2016 Johanna Ojala- Member of Parliament Finland Finland´s Arctic cooperation Niemelä has a long tradition

6/2016 Vygaudas Ušackas EU Ambassador to the Russian Federation EU-Russia relations: from strategic partnership to strategic challenge

6/2016 Guðmundur Árni Ambassador and Chair of the CBSS 25 years of cooperation Stefánsson Committee of Senior Officials Ministry for Foreign Affairs Iceland

6/2016 René Nyberg Former Finnish Ambassador to Moscow and On the complexities of this Berlin world

6/2016 Aleksi Randell Mayor Thinking and acting City of Turku internationally is in the DNA Chairman of Turku Executive Board Centrum Balticum Foundation Turku, Finland

6/2016 Kalev Härk Mayor, City of Valga Estonia One city, two states – obstacle or opportunity?

6/2016 Denis Strandell Mayor, City of Hanko Finland Hanko, a small city by the sea, living off the sea

6/2016 Andrey Ermak Acting Minister of Culture and Tourism The Development of tourism in the Kaliningrad region, Russia Kaliningrad region

6/2016 Malgorzata A. Head of Joint Technical Secretariat “Lithuania-Poland-Russia Wozniak Lithuania-Poland-Russia 2007-2014”: successful practice Center of European Projects of a tripartite Cross-border Warsaw, Poland Cooperation Programme

94 6/2016 Agnès Monfret Head Interreg Cross-Border European Cross-Border Cooperation Unit DG Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Regional & Urban Policy European Region Commission

6/2016 Eugene Eteris International Editor Baltic Course Diplomacy in the Baltics: (www.baltic-course.com) assisting growth and BSR’s Professor development European Studies Faculty Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), Latvia

6/2016 Volker Perthes Director The Baltic Sea Region: a Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) the geopolitical test bed for German Institute for International and European Security Security Affairs Berlin, Germany

Oliver Meier Deputy Head International Security Research Division Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) the German Institute for International and Security Affairs Berlin, Germany

6/2016 Juha Pyykönen Chief Analyst, Security Analysis Co. Lic. Sos. Military balance in the Baltic Sc, Brigadier General Sea Region is vital (ret.) Finland

6/2016 Vladimir Sazonov Lecturer Russian information aggression Eastern European and Russian Studies Baltic in Ukraine Defence College Tartu, Estonia

6/2016 Henrik Director, Centre for Military Studies, Russia creates a greater Nordic Breitenbauch Copenhagen University region Denmark

6/2016 James Mashiri Major The icy logic of the Baltic Sea Finnish Defence Forces freeze Finland

6/2016 Bettina Renz Associate Professor What ‘hybrid warfare’ can and University of Nottingham cannot tell us about Russian The United Kingdom military strategy

6/2016 Henri Vanhanen BSocSc, University of Turku The Baltic Sea Region – seeking The Ulkopolitist contributor, Finland stability in a flux

95 6/2016 Antti Kaski PhD, Director for Policy Planning and The importance of knowledge- Research based decision-making in a state Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland of flux

6/2016 Mark Urnov Professor, Academic Supervisor of the School 827 words about Russia’s of Political Science future Faculty of Social Sciences National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

6/2016 Grigorii V. Golosov Professor The state of Russia’s party European University at St. Petersburg Russia system

6/2016 Esko Pihkala Journalist GOP forgot its proud history Turun Sanomat Turku, Finland

6/2016 Magnus Rystedt Managing Director, NEFCO Innovation and green growth as guiding principles

6/2016 Pilvi Hämäläinen Investment Advisor and Country Finnish-Estonian economic Representative cooperation boosted by new e- Estonian Investment Agency services Enterprise Estonia Helsinki, Finland

6/2016 Anastasia Sologub Specialist, International Cooperation International projects as a basis Department North-West Development and for restoring relationship Investment Promotion Agency, Russia between Russia and the European Union

6/2016 Elina Björklund CEO Digitalizing a traditional Reima Oy product driven company Finland

6/2016 Francesca Spigarelli Director, Assistant Professor of Applied Chinese investments in Europe Economics and the case of the renewable The China Center energy sector University of Macerata Italy

Lv Ping Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing, China

6/2016 Inga Černiuk Chancellor, Ministry of Energy GIPL project: interconnector to The Republic of Lithuania the European market

96 6/2016 Margot A. Loudon Deputy Secretary General, Introducing the internal gas The European Association EUROGAS market Belgium

6/2016 Antto Vihma Senior Research Fellow The strategic case against Nord The Finnish Institute of International Stream II Affairs Finland

Mikael Wigell Senior Research Fellow The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

6/2016 Ulrich Lissek Head of Communications and Governmental Nord Stream 2: Energy security Relations, Nord Stream 2 AG, Zug, and cooperation for decades to Switzerland come

6/2016 Andrei Sannikov Amb., Deputy Foreign Minister of Belarus Lessons from Belarus (1995-1996) Chairman of the European Belarus Foundation (Poland/Belarus) Presidential candidate in Belarus in 2010 Former political prisoner

6/2016 Anaïs Marin Assistant professor and Marie Curie Fellow, Belarus after the lifting of EU Collegium Civitas sanctions: a reset on Minsk’s Warsaw, Poland terms

6/2016 Jouni Saarni Development Manager Maritime sector’s latest vision: Turku School of Economics Autonomous shipping – the University of Turku Baltic Sea aimed to be the first Finland testing area

6/2016 Jukka Teräs Senior Research Fellow Green transition and regional Nordregio branding in the Baltic Sea Stockholm, Sweden Region

Mads Randbøll Director Wolff Bæredygtighed 2030 Copenhagen, Denmark

6/2016 Toni Laaksonen University lecturer White-tailed eagle is an Department of Biology indicator for the health of the University of Turku Baltic Sea ecosystem Finland

97 6/2016 Ann-Mari Sätre Associate Professor of Economics Centre for Social policy in Russia Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS) Uppsala University Sweden

6/2016 Sebastian Magier Head, International Permanent Secretariat Developing strategic youth Euroregion Baltic (eurobalt.org) policies in Baltic Sea Region Poland

6/2016 Elisa Aro Doctoral Candidate Russian knowledge-driven Pan-European Institute investments in Finland Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

6/2016 Kari Liuhto Professor Finland’s nearly 100-year-old Pan-European Institute economic relations with Russia Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

5/2016 Roel Nieuwenkamp Chair Responsible business is key for OECD Working Party on Responsible the Baltic Rim Economies Business Conduct

5/2016 Anne Lammila Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Women are the biggest emerging issues and Gender Equality market Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

5/2016 Marja Innanen Deputy Secretary General The Finnish way to implement National Commission on Sustainable the 2030 Agenda for Development Sustainable Development Prime Minister’s Office Finland

5/2016 Juha Väätänen Professor, MNEmerge Project Director How multinational enterprises Lappeenranta University of Technology can contribute to global Finland development challenges – MNEmerge project is searching for the answers

5/2016 Helena Kekki Manager Sustainable Development Goals FIBS – a shopping list of a wealthy Finland customer?

98 5/2016 Magdalena PhD, Vice-Dean for International and Public The main developments of the Popowska Affairs CSR initiatives in Poland Assistant Professor Faculty of Management and Economics Gdansk University of Technology Poland

5/2016 Yury E. Blagov Director Support for local communities PricewaterhouseCoopers development in the corporate Center for Corporate Social Responsibility social performance “portfolio”: Graduate School of Management the case of leading Russian St. Petersburg University companies Russia

5/2016 Leonardo Ph.D. Social commitment of the Bremermann INESC P&D Brasil MNEs in the Brazilian electric Brazil sector

Mauro Rosa Ph.D. INESC P&D Brasil Brazil

Valerie Monteiro Eng. INESC P&D Brasil Brazil

5/2016 Godfred Frembong Chief Research Scientist Contributions of multinational CSIR - Science and Technology Policy enterprises to economic Research Institute development in Ghana Ghana

5/2016 Aashna Mehta Research Associate How can MNEs contribute Public Health Foundation of India towards access to medicine in India India?

Habib Hasan Associate Professor Farooqui Public Health Foundation of India India

Sakthivel Selvaraj Senior Health Economist Public Health Foundation of India India

5/2016 Michael Roe Professor Corporate Social Responsibility Plymouth University and the governance of The United Kingdom international shipping

99 5/2016 Neil Bellefontaine Vice President (Academic), Professor EU stakeholder participation in World Maritime University the management of abandoned vessels: through the lens of Patrick Donner Associate Academic Dean, Associate Corporate Social Responsibility Professor World Maritime University

George Theocharidis Dr., Associate Professor World Maritime University

Tafsir Johansson Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate World Maritime University

5/2016 Adrian Braun Doctoral Candidate (Environmental Policy) CSR in the European Arctic Institute for Natural Resources, Environment metal mining sector: and Society (LYY) dependencies and conflicts University of Eastern Finland Researcher Member of the Northern Political Economy team Arctic Centre – University of Lapland Finland

5/2016 Linda Piirto Senior Advisor in CSR Mapping stakeholder views on Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finnish responsible business Finland conduct

5/2016 Matti Kalervo Vice President, Corporate Responsibility Kesko is a pioneering company Kesko Corporation in responsibility Finland

5/2016 Jenni Neste PhD Student Corporate Social Responsibility University of Oulu requires active public Environmental Expert engagement Pöyry Finland Oy Finland

5/2016 Suraksha Gupta Senior Lecturer in Marketing Image of socially responsible Kent Business School organizations University of Kent The United Kingdom

5/2016 Sonja Vartiala Executive Director Future of CSR: increasing Finnwatch ry transparency and strategic Finland cooperation between companies and NGOs

5/2016 Jaana Hirsikangas Women’s Bank Coordinator Women’s Bank gives women a Finn Church Aid chance Finland

100 5/2016 Maria Joutsenvirta PhD, Researcher and changemaker We need a new economic story Aalto University Sustainability-in-Business research group (sub.aalto.fi) Finland

5/2016 Mira Tuominen Research Assistant Changing the role of MNEs in Pan-European Institute building a better world Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

5/2016 Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Concluding remarks on the Pan-European Institute Special Issue on Corporate Turku School of Economics Social Responsibility University of Turku Finland

4/2016 Robert Fico Prime Minister Priorities of the Slovak Slovakia Presidency of the Council of the European Union

4/2016 Kęstutis Trečiokas Minister of Environment Trends in the enhancement of Lithuania energy performance of buildings in Lithuania

4/2016 Peter Christensen Minister of Defence Nordic defence cooperation – Denmark and beyond

4/2016 Yu Qingtai Ambassador Extraordinary and What does G20 Hangzhou Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of Summit mean for Sino-Finnish China to the Republic of Finland cooperation Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the Republic of Finland

4/2016 Antti Rinne Leader Time for a new direction The Social Democratic Party Finland

4/2016 Jukka-Pekka Ujula Mayor Attractive coastal and City of Porvoo archipelago regions at the Finland threshold of a new era

4/2016 Elina Rantanen City counsellor Southwest Finland aims to be a II Vice-chairperson of the City Board pioneer in climate politics City of Turku Finland

4/2016 Jaak Aaviksoo Rector, Professor Baltic Rim universities: Tallinn University of Technology excellence, economic growth and Estonia future challenges

101 4/2016 Lars Rydén Professor University cooperation in the The Baltic University Programme Baltic Sea region – after 25 Centre for Sustainable Development years Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden

4/2016 Henrik Hololei Director-General for Mobility and Making transport deliver for the Transport Baltic Rim European Commission

4/2016 Anne Christine General Secretary The Arctic – a strategic priority Brusendorff International Council for the for ICES Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen, Denmark

4/2016 Brita Saxton Director General Maritime policy at a global Transport Analysis arena Sweden

4/2016 Sakari Kuikka Professor in Fisheries Biology Oily risks of Gulf of Finland Kotka Maritime Research Centre University of Helsinki Finland

4/2016 Otto Sormunen PhD student Tanker spill risk in the Gulf of Aalto University School of Engineering Finland: dire consequences, high Research Group on Maritime Risk and uncertainty Safety Finland

Pentti Kujala Professor Aalto University School of Engineering Research Group on Maritime Risk and Safety Finland

4/2016 Juha Naukkarinen L.L.M., MBA, former Managing Director Confidence in the emissions Finnish Energy trading scheme and in the Finland functioning of the electricity market must be restored

4/2016 Johan Dennelind President and CEO Digitalization provides the Telia Company Nordic and Baltic States with Sweden an opportunity to build on its leadership

4/2016 Arkadiusz Michał Professor Poland, an emerging European Kowalski World Economy Research Institute ICT hub? Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Poland

102 4/2016 Zane Šime Communication & Research Coordinator CBSS science, innovation and Permanent International Secretariat of research agenda: a promising the Council of the Baltic Sea States start for accelerated cooperation Stockholm, Sweden

4/2016 Ruslan M. Shafiev Doctor of Economics, Professor of World The transformational points of Economy post-crisis development Plekhanov Russian University of Economics (innovations) The Russian Federation

4/2016 Ilvija Bruge Researcher Ukraine and the not-so- Latvian Institute of International Affairs successful reform process Latvia

4/2016 Tadeusz Iwański Senior Research Fellow Ukraine, Russia & the energy The Centre for Eastern Studies sector: from one dependency to Poland another

4/2016 Yuval Weber Visiting Assistant Professor Growth or war: familiar Government Department challenges in Russian Harvard University governance USA Kathryn W. and Shelby Davis Fellow Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Harvard University USA Assistant Professor Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs National Research University – Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

4/2016 Artur Usanov Strategic Analyst Energy security challenges in The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies Kaliningrad The Hague, the Netherlands

4/2016 Stanislav Dr., Professor of Political Economy Debates in Russia on closing of Tkachenko Saint-Petersburg State University underperformed Special Russia Economic ones

4/2016 Marcel H. Van The Cicero Foundation Putin’s propaganda machine Herpen The Netherlands

4/2016 Arild Moe Senior Research Fellow The Arctic Route: a Russian Fridtjof Nansen Institute ploy? Norway

Lars Rowe Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway

103 4/2016 Thomas F. Goodrich C. White Professor of Political Inequality and the broken social Remington Science contract in Russia Emory University Atlanta, GA, USA

4/2016 Anna Lukiyanova Senior Researcher Reforming the minimum wage Centre for Labour Market Studies in Russia Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russia

4/2016 Irina Denisova Assistant Professor Fighting inequality: back to New Economic School Policy Agenda in Russia Moscow, Russia

4/2016 Karen Grigoryan Head of Invest in Finland Finland offers business operations in Russia opportunities for Russian Finpro companies Finland

4/2016 Niko Helle Graduate student of International Business Development of e-commerce in Turku School of Economics Russia: from crisis to bright University of Turku future? Finland

4/2016 Katri Pynnöniemi Senior research fellow Security in the Baltic Sea The Finnish Institute of Region: activation of risk International Affairs potential Finland

Charly Salonius- Senior research fellow Pasternak The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland 4/2016 Tomi Pajarinen H.B.A., Ph.D. Candidate The case for increasing defence Centre d’Études Diplomatiques et expenditures in the democratic Stratégiques Baltic Rim countries Paris, France

4/2016 Jari Haapala Research Professor, Blue Growth – a facelift or a Head of Marine Research new model to utilize marine Finnish Meteorological Institute resources? Helsinki, Finland

4/2016 Outi Setälä Senior Research Scientist Marine litter challenges Finnish Environment Institute stakeholders Marine Research Centre Finland

104 4/2016 Roberts Jūrmalietis Assistant professor, Ph.D Ecotechnology as an approach Environmental Research Center for sustainability studies Liepāja University Latvia

Lilita Ābele Lecturer, PhD candidate Environmental Research Center Liepāja University Latvia

4/2016 Marie C. Nordström PhD, Senior Researcher Networks for networks, or the Environmental and Marine Biology changing Baltic Sea Åbo Akademi University Finland

4/2016 Mark Bassin Baltic Sea Professor of the History of Ideas The enigma of Eurasianism Center for Baltic and East European Studies Södertörn University Stockholm, Sweden

4/2016 Ionut Purica Professor Europe reloaded Hyperion University Director Advisory Center for Energy and Environment Romania

4/2016 Hanna Sofia Senior lecturer Strategic storytelling in the Rehnberg School of Culture and Education public sector – not the same old Södertörn University story Sweden

4/2016 Kari Liuhto Professor of International Business Foreigners at the heart of Turku School of Economics Russian economic power Finland

3/2016 Ola Elvestuen Member of the Norwegian Parliament 20 years of peaceful cooperation Norway in the Arctic OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative for Arctic Issues

3/2016 Aleksi Härkönen Ambassador for Arctic Affairs The role of Finland in Arctic Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland cooperation Finland

3/2016 Hannele Pokka Permanent Secretary Clean technology brings new Ministry of the Environment prospects in the north Finland

3/2016 Marja-Leena Senior Adviser The role of Barents cooperation Vuorenpää Former chair of the BEAC CSO in the development of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland European Arctic Finland

105 3/2016 Fujio Ohnishi Assistant Professor, Ph.D The Arctic concert system and College of International Relations its challenges Nihon University Japan

3/2016 Liu Xu Research Fellow China-Russian Arctic National Academy of Development cooperation: black gold and and Strategy beyond Assistant Professor School of International Studies Renmin University of China China 3/2016 Timo Laukkanen Senior Adviser Action to enable more Confederation of Finnish Industries EK sustainable business in the Finland Arctic

3/2016 Gunn-Britt Retter Head of Arctic and Environmental Unit Challenges and opportunities in Saami Council the development of the Arctic region from the perspective of the Saami

3/2016 Satu Miettinen Professor Arctic design: creating University of Lapland innovation and competitive edge Finland in the north

3/2016 Rauno Posio Visit Arctic Europe, Project Leader Visit Arctic Europe: making Arctic Economic Council, Representative cross-border cooperation for Finland

3/2016 Susan Chatwood Executive and Scientific Director Social determinants of health in Institute for Circumpolar Health Research Arctic regions Assistant Professor Dalla Lana School of Public Health University of Toronto Canada

Greg Poelzer Professor School of Environment and Sustainability University of Saskatchewan Canada

3/2016 Ilona Mettiäinen Researcher There is no “one-size-fits-all” in Arctic Centre Arctic climate change University of Lapland adaptation Finland

3/2016 Veli-Pekka Professor of Russian energy policy Russia’s Arctic paradoxes Tynkkynen University of Helsinki Finland

106 3/2016 Daria Gritsenko PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow in the project What does the case of Sabetta “Russia’s final energy frontier – tell us about the relationship Sustainability challenges of the between energy and regional Russian Far North” development? Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

3/2016 Andrey Shadurskiy Senior lecturer Russia’s LNG projects in the School of International Relations Arctic: still on track? St. Petersburg State University Russia

3/2016 Tomoko Tabata PhD Economics, Associate Researcher Demographic trend in the Hokkaido University Russian High North Japan

3/2016 Masahiro Tokunaga PhD, Vice Dean and Professor The Russian Arctic and Faculty of Business and Commerce environmental discourse Kansai University Japan

3/2016 Shinichiro Tabata Director and Professor Research on the socio-economic Slavic-Eurasian Research Center development of the Russian Far Hokkaido University North Japan

3/2016 Eini Haaja University Teacher Need for international research Turku School of Economics on international business in the University of Turku Russian Far North Finland

Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

2/2016 Olli Rehn Minister of Economic Affairs The energy security of the Finland supply to Finland and the Balticconnector project

2/2016 Liisa Oviir Minister of Entrepreneurship Recent development trends in e- Estonia Estonia

2/2016 Vladimir Zinovskiy Minister of Economy Belarus sails from turbulence of The Republic of Belarus past challenges to quiet haven of advantages

2/2016 Miapetra Kumpula- Member of European Parliament Steps towards an integrated Natri Energy Union

2/2016 Ann-Marie Nyroos Ambassador of Finland to Denmark Denmark and Finland: Nordics together

107 2/2016 Sergey Kizima Head The role of economic diplomacy Department of International Relations in the foreign policy of the Academy of Public Administration under the Republic of Belarus aegies of the President of Republic of Belarus Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration (2014-2017) Belarus

2/2016 Vatanyar Yagya Professor 25 years of the Baltic Sea School of International Relations Parliamentary Conference St. Petersburg State University Russia

Sergey Kustov Postgraduate student School of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia

2/2016 Wojciech Szczurek Mayor of Gdynia Gdynia’s international Poland cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2016 Jørgen H. Deputy Mayor Cooperation and exchange Kristiansen City of Kristiansand Norway Member of the UBC Executive Board

2/2016 Risto E. J. Penttilä President and CEO Why we need a new Nordic Finland Chamber of Commerce treaty Finland

2/2016 Markku Kakriainen CEO, President Finland: wedged in between South Savo Chamber of Commerce superpowers Finland

2/2016 Michael Miatlikov Chairman Role of the Belarusian Chamber Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and of Commerce and Industry in Industry promoting bilateral trade and Belarus economic relations drawing on the example of Belarus and Finland

2/2016 Alise Barvika Head of the Representative Office in Finland Finnish-Latvian cooperation Investment and Development Agency of and the growth potential in the Latvia region

2/2016 Antti Vasara President & CEO, Dr. Innovations boosting prosperity VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Finland

108 2/2016 Annaleena Mäkilä Managing Director Intelligent investments in Finnish Port Association Finnish ports? Finland

2/2016 Ari-Jussi Knaapila CEO A maritime cable from Finland Cinia Group Ltd to Central Europe: Baltic Sea Finland area becoming a new data hub and connecting European Single Jukka-Pekka Executive VP Market Joensuu Cinia Group Ltd Finland

2/2016 Juha Vauhkonen Commodore The Finnish navy safeguards Chief of Staff Navy Command Finland merchant shipping connections

2/2016 Reijo Karhinen President and Executive Chairman Job creation in Finland rests on OP Financial Group small and mid-size enterprises Finland

2/2016 Sergei Roumas Chairman of the Management Board Development Bank of the JSC “Development Bank of the Republic of Republic of Belarus: evolution Belarus” of success Belarus

2/2016 Pekka Vauramo CEO Connecting the Baltic rim to Finnair Asia: Finnair's mission Finland

2/2016 Mika Anttonen Chairman of the Board Blending mandate for advanced St1 Nordic Oy biofuels Finland 2/2016 Vyacheslav Deputy Director for The world best experience of Demidkov Foreign Economic Activity energy – to Belarus: the Energopro Group development of dialogue with Minsk, Belarus Scandinavian countries and Finland

2/2016 Susanna Juusti Key Account Manager, VP, Partner Modern marketing uses ID BBN digitalization to demonstrate Finland standout ROI

2/2016 Karlis Bukovskis Deputy Director A glimpse of today’s history: Latvian Institute of technology, reactionary politics International Affairs and Europeanization Latvia

2/2016 Marco Siddi Dr, Senior Research Fellow The EU’s Energy Union: Finnish Institute of International Affairs reconciling climate goals with Finland energy security?

2/2016 Sam Perlo-Freeman Head of the Military expenditure project Military expenditure in the Arms and military expenditure programme Baltic region SIPRI Sweden

109 2/2016 Kenneth Rosenqvist Major, Commanding Officer The Finnish Border Guard's Air Flight Operations Unit Patrol Squadron Finnish Border Guard Air Patrol Squadron Finland

2/2016 Tomas Jermalavičius Head of Studies ‘Hybrid war’, societal resilience International Centre for Defence and Security and deterrence (ICDS) Estonia

2/2016 Påhl Ruin Freelance writer Information war in Lithuania Vilnius, Lithuania

2/2016 Piret Pernik Research Fellow Cyber security concerns bear the International Centre for Security and Defence intensifying of Nordic-Baltic Estonia cooperation

2/2016 Birgit Hansl Program Leader and Lead Economist The Russian economy: a World Bank difficult year behind and further adjustments ahead Andras Horvai Country Director World Bank

2/2016 Mark N. Katz Professor of Government and Politics Putin’s foreign policy and George Mason University Russia’s long-term interests USA

2/2016 Peter Rutland Visiting Leverhulme Professor Threats to stability in Putin’s University of Manchester Russia The United Kingdom

2/2016 Katja Lehtisaari Post-Doctoral Researcher Position of commercial media in Aleksanteri Institute Russia University of Helsinki Finland

2/2016 Jussi Lassila Post-Doctoral Researcher Nationalism in Russia and its Aleksanteri Institute reflections in the Baltic Sea University of Helsinki region Finland

2/2016 Nataliya S. Associate Professor International business in Karpova Department of World Economy and Russia, 2014-2016: stress-test International Politics for sales and investments National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Russia

2/2016 Tapio Lautsi CEO, Partner The impact of EU sanctions and Oy RegIT Ab the Russian counter sanctions to Finland the economies in Baltic Sea area

110 2/2016 Anna Pivovarchuk Deputy Managing and Culture Editor Russia’s ever-evolving drug Fair Observer problem USA

2/2016 Svetlana Stepanova Ph. D. in Economics, Research Fellow Tourism development in border Institute of Economics regions of Northwest Russia Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

2/2016 Krzysztof Żęgota Ph.D., Assistant Professor Mechanism of local border Institute of Political Science traffic on Polish-Russian border University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland

2/2016 Ilja Viktorov PhD, Researcher What happened to the Russian Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian economy after 2012? Studies Uppsala University Sweden

2/2016 Mark-Oliver Teuber Freelance author and scientist Trade patterns and economic Economic Trends Research (ETR) structure in the Baltic Sea Hamburg, Germany region

2/2016 Yoji Koyama Professor Emeritus Euro and the Baltic States Niigata University Japan

2/2016 Jean-Paul Larçon Emeritus Professor China's “Belt and Road” HEC Paris initiative and the Baltic Sea France region Co-Chairman Baltic Management Institute (BMI) Lithuania

2/2016 Ossi Westilä Manager of Simulator Training Aboa Mare Maritime Academy Senior Lecturer, Captain and Training Center: Arctic Aboa Mare Waypoint Finland Finland

2/2016 Juha Flinkman Dr., Development Manager The Baltic Sea: from a clear Research Vessels/Marine Scientist subarctic pearl to a murky Marine Research Center backwater – and back? Finnish Environment Institute Finland

2/2016 Haik Thomas Dr., Senior Researcher Economic, political and cultural Porada Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography contacts have constituted the Leipzig, Germany Baltic region for centuries

111 2/2016 Ted Wallin CEO Do I have the right to someone Gallery ArtBank else’s madness? Finland

2/2016 Kari Liuhto Professor Foreign investment inflow to Turku School of Economics University of Russia practically stopped in Turku 2015 Finland

1/2016 Martin Schulz President The refugee crisis is an The European Parliament opportunity for Europe's governments to get their act together

1/2016 Kimmo Tiilikainen Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Nutrient recycling: towards a Finland cleaner Baltic Sea

1/2016 Bodil Valero Member of the European Parliament Don't return to the (c)old for the Swedish Greens security order Coordinator for the Green group in

the sub-committee on Security and Defence The European Parliament

1/2016 Saara-Sofia Sirén Member of Finnish Parliament and Could Circular Economy save Environment Committee the Baltic Sea? National Coalition Party Finland Vice chair Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference delegation

1/2016 Mika Kari Member of Parliament Towards active cooperation in Social Democratic Parliamentary Group defence Vice chair Defence committee Parliament of Finland Finland

1/2016 Charles C. Adams, Ambassador to the Republic of Finland T-TIP: a historic opportunity to Jr. The United States of America jump start the Finnish economy

1/2016 Hanna Lehtinen Ambassador Finland and Poland: neighbours Embassy of Finland, Warsaw united by the Baltic Sea

1/2016 Przemysław Ambassador of the Republic of Poland Polish CBSS presidency: Grudziński in Finland building block for today and future Baltic Sea cooperation

1/2016 Andris Teikmanis Ambassador of Latvia in the Latvian-British relations United Kingdom

112 1/2016 Kenji Shinoda Ambassador Arctic collaboration: Japan as Embassy of Japan in Helsinki catalyst for Barents Region cooperation

1/2016 Tero Vauraste CEO Polar bridging of East and Arctia Shipping Ltd West through North Finland Vice-Chair Arctic Economic Council

1/2016 Päivi Nerg Permanent Secretary Refugee issue and Finland Ministry of the Interior Finland

1/2016 Alexander Head Federal Target Programme of Khudilainen The Republic of Karelia the Republic of Karelia: new Russia perspectives for the region and investors

1/2016 Madis Tilga Adviser Beyond green growth: Nordic Council of Ministers’ office bioregions Estonia

1/2016 Rauli Svento Professor The University of Oulu: new University of Oulu solutions in the middle of hard Finland structural changes

Matti Sarén Vice-Rector University of Oulu Finland

Jouko Niinimäki Rector University of Oulu Finland

1/2016 Andrey Shapenko Project Leader Responding to challenges: how SKOLKOVO Institute for Emerging business schools can stay Market Studies competitive in the 21st century Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO Russia

1/2016 Barry D. Mowell Senior Professor of International Studies Defenses bolstered in Baltic Broward College States and Eastern Europe amid The USA mounting security concerns

1/2016 Christoph Berlich M.A., Project Assistant Cyber-security cooperation in The German Institute for International and the Baltic States: an example Security Policy, Stiftung Wissenschaft und for European cyber-security Politik (SWP) integration Berlin Germany

113 1/2016 Gene Zolotarev Publisher The Baltic Times and media The Baltic Times development in the Baltic States Latvia

1/2016 Esa Hämäläinen Professor, Director Forecasting the costs of Brahea Centre maritime logistics: challenges University of Turku continue Finland

1/2016 Paul Gregory Professor of Economics The Putin regime jousts with University of Houston international law Research Associate Hoover Institution Stanford The USA

1/2016 Hans van Professor in Russian History and Politics Russia and the Netherlands: Koningsbrugge University of Groningen just good friends? Netherlands

1/2016 Igor Gurkov Distinguished University Professor Foolishness, obstinacy or National Research University wisdom? Recently opened Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russian factories of Western Russia MNC

1/2016 Andrey Terekhov Professor of Software Engineering Political economy of Russia’s IT Saint-Petersburg State University sector Russia

Stanislav Professor of Economics Tkachenko Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

1/2016 Rolf Fredheim Research Associate What kind of control does Putin Centre for Research in the Arts, have over Russian media? Social Sciences and Humanities University of Cambridge The United Kingdom

1/2016 Petr M. Mozias Associate Professor of International Russia: this time is different Economics and Chinese Studies The National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow Russia

1/2016 Dmitry Zimin Research Fellow The Solovetsky Islands: Karelian Institute challenges of economic University of Eastern Finland development Finland

114 1/2016 Veera Laine Research Fellow Shifting dynamics in the The Finnish Institute of International Russian civil society Affairs Finland

1/2016 Maija Penttilä Senior Lecturer, Adjunct Professor (Docent) Russian-speaking Evangelical in Church and Social Studies communities in the Helsinki Faculty of Theology metropolitan area University of Helsinki Finland

1/2016 Claes G. Alvstam Professor of International Economic The external trade relations Geography between the EU and the School of Business, Economics and Law Russian Federation: no energy University of Gothenburg outside energy Sweden

1/2016 Thomas Pellerin- Research Fellow on Ensuring the EU energy Carlin European Energy Policy security vis-a-vis Russia Jacques Delors Institute France

1/2016 Mykhailo Gonchar President Natural gas transit through The Centre for Global Studies Ukraine under the conditions of Strategy XXI hybrid warfare Head The Kyiv International Energy Q-Club Ukraine

1/2016 Kristi Raik Senior Research Fellow Ukraine has brought threat The Finnish Institute of International perceptions of the Baltic Sea Affairs states closer to each other Finland

1/2016 Sergiy Kurbatov Affiliated researcher Broken “brotherhood”? The Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies dramatic changes in mutual University of Uppsala attitudes among Ukrainian and Sweden Russian population in 2013- 2015

1/2016 Hanni Hyvärinen Initiator and coordinator of the project Helping Ukrainian IDPs “Apua Ukrainan pakolaisille” Press and Cultural Attaché Embassy of Finland in Kyiv from 2004 to 2007 Finland

1/2016 Nina Tynkkynen Senior lecturer Russia and international Baltic Sea Region Studies environmental politics: lessons University of Turku to learn from the Baltic Sea Finland cooperation

115 1/2016 Hanna Lankinen Head of Business Development Finland offers broad palette of Invest in Finland investment opportunities Finland

1/2016 Jānis Ikstens Professor in Comparative Politics AAA University of Latvia Latvia

1/2016 Risto Hiekka Chairman Latvian economy as a business Castor Construction Sia environment for a Nordic SME Chairman company Finnish Latvian Trade Association Finland

1/2016 Sigitas Brazinskas Lecturer Role of regional integration in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University market selection: the case of Lithuania SMEs

1/2016 Lidia Danik PhD, Assistant Professor The Polish international new Institute of International ventures: strategies and success Management and Marketing factors Warsaw School of Economics Poland

Izabela Kowalik PhD, Associate Professor Institute of International Management and Marketing Warsaw School of Economics Poland

1/2016 Marian Gorynia PhD, Professor FDI from Central and Eastern Poznań University of Economics Europe: the Polish perspective Poland

Jan Nowak PhD, Professor IBD Business School Poland

Piotr Trąpczyński PhD, Assistant Professor, supported by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) Poznań University of Economics Poland

Radosław Wolniak PhD, Senior Lecturer University of Warsaw Poland

1/2016 Tiia Vissak Senior Researcher Estonian evidence on exporters’ University of Tartu nonlinear internationalization Estonia

116 1/2016 Irina Rannak Lecturer Socio-cultural identification of Institute of Economics, Tallinn Russian-speaking population of Estonia Estonia in the evolution of tourism activity

1/2016 Liudmila Voronova PhD in Media and Communication Studies, The mediated “Russian world”: Senior Lecturer gender perspective University of Gävle Sweden

5/2015 Valdis Dombrovskis Vice-President of the European Commission Ukraine – defending our values in charge of the Euro and Social Dialogue

5/2015 Marju Lauristin Vice-President of the S&D Group in Reforms in Ukraine pave the European Parliament road to Europe Member of the EP Delegation for Ukraine

5/2015 Jens Nilsson MEP for the Swedish Social Social economy – a key role in Democratic Party (S&D) renewing the Nordic welfare Co–president of Social Economy model Intergroup European Parliament

5/2015 Alexander Ambassador of the Russo-Finnish relations about Rumyantsev Russian Federation in Finland to turn 95

5/2015 Hanna Westerén County of Gotland The opportunity of a lifetime for Member of Swedish Parliament coastal and island communities Sweden to make a difference

5/2015 Henrik Lax Member of the European Parliament The Åland regime after Crimea 2004 – 2009

5/2015 Elisabeth Nauclér Director General to the The neutralization of the Åland Åland Government (1999-2006) Islands MP (2007-2015)

5/2015 Lars Strannegård Professor, President The power of education Stockholm School of Economics Sweden

5/2015 Laila Kildesgaard Executive Director Bright Green Island – from Regional Municipality of Bornholm vision to realisation in 10 years Denmark A vision for Bornholm, the Danish Baltic Sea island of around 40 000 inhabitants

5/2015 Anastasiya Minister of Economics Economic development of the Kuznetsova The Kaliningrad Region Kaliningrad region The Russian Federation

117 5/2015 Tarja Nuotio Regional Development Director Southwest Finland – at the Regional Council of Southwest Finland heart of the Baltic Sea? Finland

5/2015 Adolf Wysocki Ph.D., ”All change, please?” – the need Honorary Consul of Finland with for innovation and a new jurisdiction over the West Pomeranian perspective Voivodeship Poland

5/2015 Anu Fredrikson Advisor The Arctic – a possibility for Political Affairs and Arctic Policy future sustainable growth Embassy of Finland in Oslo

5/2015 Hans Jørgen Koch Executive Director Bridging the Baltic with Nordic Energy Research electricity under the auspices of the Nordic Council of Ministers

5/2015 Tapio Pekkola Communications Manager Nord Stream 2 – building upon EU and Nordic Policies experience and securing Nord Stream AG Europe’s energy supplies Switzerland 5/2015 Nataliya S. Associate Professor International gas projects of Karpova Department of World Economy and Russia in the context of International Politics changing economic paradigm National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) Russia

5/2015 Nurşin Ateşoğlu Professor, Dr., Head The future of EU’s energy Güney Department of Political Science and supply security? International Relations, Istanbul Yildiz Technical University Turkey

5/2015 András Rácz Senior Research Fellow Belarus – sovereignty Finnish Institute of International Affairs decreasing? Finland

5/2015 Roger Roffey Swedish Defence Research Agency, FOI Russian policies not adapted to Sweden the effects of climate changes in northern Russia

5/2015 Matthew Kott Researcher Becoming more “European” – in Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies the wrong way Uppsala University Sweden

118 5/2015 Mikhail Denisenko Deputy Director Recent development in Institute of Demography emigration from Russia National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

5/2015 Sergey N. Lavrov Professor, Head Japanese investment in Russia International Business Division National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

Nina V. Ershova Ph.D., Research Fellow Institute for Industrial and Market Studies National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

5/2015 Ruslan Shafiev Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor Integration processes in the Russian Economic University of G. V. former Soviet Union Plekhanov Russia

5/2015 Maria Kazakova Ph.D., Deputy Head Resource curse and Russian International Department for economy – current situation and Fiscal Sustainability Studies challenges for the future Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia

5/2015 Soile Tirri Executive Director The future of Finnish-Russian Finland-Russia Society in Turku cooperation – to be or not to be? Finland

5/2015 Alexey Golubev Ph.D. Candidate in History Republic of Karelia – an after- The University of British Columbia life of socialist nation-building Canada Docent The Institute of History, Political and Social Sciences Petrozavodsk State University Russia

5/2015 Yuliya Zabyelina Assistant Professor Drug trafficking trends in the John Jay College of Criminal Justice Baltic Sea Region City University of New York The USA

5/2015 Mikhail Durkin Executive Secretary Battle of the Baltic1 – deeds Coalition Clean Baltic that count Sweden

119 5/2015 Sari Oksanen Ph.D. Candidate Seals without borders – Baltic University of Eastern Finland Rim countries share the same Finland seals

Mervi Kunnasranta Senior Researcher, Ph.D. University of Eastern Finland Finland

Markus Ahola Research Scientist, Ph.D. Natural Resources Institute Finland Finland 5/2015 Gregory Professor Total negative effect on Kantorovich National Research University environment and economic Higher School of Economics, growth Moscow Russia

Anatoliy Tsirkunov BSc in Economics LSE, The UK HSE, Russia

5/2015 Wiktor Patena Ph.D., MBA Program Chair Privatization in Poland – Higher Colleges of Technology phasing out or reversal? United Arab Emirates Former Rector WSB-National Louis University Nowy Sacz Poland

5/2015 Piotr Mielus Assistant professor, Ph.D. Benchmarks reform – time for Warsaw School of Economics change (Szkoła Główna Handlowa), Projet Manager Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics (Instytut Badań nad Gospodarką Rynkową) Poland

Tomasz Mironczuk Director Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics (Instytut Badań nad Gospodarką Rynkową) Poland

5/2015 Katarzyna Byrka- Ph.D., Associate Professor The Warsaw Stock Exchange at Kita Faculty of Economics and Management a crossroads University of Szczecin Poland

5/2015 Barbara Ph.D., Assistant Professor Polish regional approach to Czerniachowicz University of Szczecin innovation system Poland

120 5/2015 Dominika V. PhD in Sociology Polish civil society in bloom Polanska Institute of Housing and Urban Research (IBF) Uppsala University Centre for Baltic and East European Studies Södertörn University Sweden

5/2015 Liisi Esse Assistant Curator for Estonian and Baltic The Baltic Studies Program of Studies Stanford University Libraries Stanford University Libraries The USA

4/2015 Corina Crețu Commissioner The EU Strategy for the Baltic European Commission Sea Region

4/2015 Urmas Paet Member Kazakhstan's economic limbo European Parliament between the EU and Russia Foreign Minister of Estonia 2005-2014 Estonia

4/2015 Ashok Kumar Ambassador of India, Helsinki Opportunities for Finnish Sharma companies in ‘Make in India’ Programme

4/2015 Taneli Lahti Head Economic reforms — are they Cabinet of Valdis Dombrovskis, worth it? European Commission Vice-President for the Euro and Social Dialogue European Commission

4/2015 Arto Räty Permanent Secretary The Baltic Sea — a geostrategic Ministry of Defence of Finland playing field? Chairman Security Committee of Finland Finland

4/2015 Tomas Janeliūnas Professor Cyber and information security Institute of International Relations challenges — in search for a and Political Science joint concept Vilnius University Lithuania

4/2015 Magdalena Kotnis PhD, President The right time to use the West Pomerania Agency for potential of the West Regional Development Pomerania Region to develop Poland the Baltic Sea Region

4/2015 Kimmo Jarva Mayor Lappeenranta is building a City of Lappeenranta future at the gate between East Finland and West

121 4/2015 Kristina Pingoud Senior Adviser Council of the Baltic Sea States, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) more coherence to the regional Ministry for Foreign Affairs cooperation Finland

4/2015 Olga Pavuk Dr., Founder, Editor-in-Chief The Baltic States and social The Baltic Course integration Latvia

4/2015 Antti Kuronen Reporter Foreign News Increased pressure on journalists Finnish Broadcasting Company, YLE in Eastern Ukraine Finland

4/2015 Joakim Ekman Professor of Political Science Popular support for democracy Centre for Baltic and East European in the Baltic states Studies (CBEES) Södertörn University Sweden

4/2015 Erkka Railo Senior Research Fellow Divided by history — the The Department of Political Science reactions of the Baltic Sea and Contemporary History countries to the refugee crisis University of Turku Finland

4/2015 Vesa Vihriälä Managing Director Four countries – four stories: Research Institute of the Finnish Economy how macroeconomic outcomes Finland vary

4/2015 Kari Kauniskangas President and CEO YIT in Russia and the Baltic YIT Sea Region Finland

4/2015 Maaret Heiskari Experienced leader in Russian Perspectives of building business industry in Russia Finland

4/2015 Pasi Vänttinen Founder, Managing Partner, We need more leadership and Entrepreneur less management in Vana Capital & Ventures organizations for new Finland innovations, productivity rise and economic growth in the future

4/2015 Hannu Pirilä Investment Director Finnish SMEs are still seeking Folmer Management Oy growth – who is willing to carry Finland the risk?

4/2015 Andis Kudors Executive Director ‘Multipolar world’ as perceived The Centre for East European by Russia Policy Studies Latvia

122 4/2015 Emmanuel Dr., Senior Lecturer The new Greek-Russian Karagiannis (Associate Professor) relationship — rhetoric or Department of Defence Studies reality? King’s College London The United Kingdom

4/2015 Christer Pursiainen Dr., Professor of Societal Safety and Regional councils and the EU- Environment Russian crisis Arctic University of Norway Norway

4/2015 Andrey Olshtynsky Ph.D. (Economics), Lecturer, Reversed the vector of 30th years Business Consultant in Corporate reforms in Russia is the one way Finance ticket Moscow Financial - Judicial Academy Russia

4/2015 Kalle Kniivilä Journalist Less bread means more circuses Sydsvenska Dagbladet Sweden

4/2015 Vatanyar Yagya Professor The role of St. Petersburg in the St. Petersburg State University development of Russian-Finnish Russia relations in the 21st century

Julia Drozdovskaya Post-Graduate Student St. Petersburg State University Russia

4/2015 Panu Ståhlberg CEO The House of Finland concept – St. Petersburg foundation governing the key asset to maintain the House of Finland Finland´s position in St. Lawyer Petersburg area Russian desk Ylikraka attorneys-at-law Finland

4/2015 Viacheslav Shironin Professor Russia — a holographic culture St. Petersburg State University of Economics Russia

4/2015 Pasi Nurkka Overview of the Russian CEO tourism in the summer of 2015 Research and Analysis Centre TAK Finland

123 4/2015 Juulia Räikkönen Post-Doctoral Researcher The Helsinki–Tallinn tunnel – Turku School of Economics possibilities for Finnish and University of Turku Estonian tourism Finland

Antti Honkanen Professor, Director Centre for Tourism Studies University of Eastern Finland Finland

4/2015 Anne Paasi Communications Director University Communications University of Turku full of opportunities Finland

4/2015 Ulla Nygrén Library Director Less is more — how a University of Turku university library turned Finland rationalizing process into a new service concept

4/2015 Ville Laamanen Post-Doctoral Researcher in Integrating academic analysis Contemporary History with topical issues of the Baltic University of Turku Sea region Former Academic Director of Baltic Sea Region Studies Finland

4/2015 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Does Finland have enough sea Finland transport capacity?

4/2015 Miiko Peris Estonian Project Manager Rail Baltic will influence the Rail Baltic development of the entire Baltic Estonia Sea region

4/2015 Jarmo Koskinen Director Cargo Traffic Requirements for the port’s Port of Turku Ltd competitiveness are changing Finland

4/2015 Gunnar Prause Professor Industry 4.0 – new perspectives Tallinn University of Technology for smart production and Estonia logistics in the Baltic Sea Region

4/2015 Joseph Dutton Associate Research Fellow The Energy Union and gas Energy Policy Group (in)security in the EU University of Exeter The United Kingdom

3/2015 Maroš Šefčovič Vice President From energy islands to an European Commission Energy Union – the case of the Baltic region

124 3/2015 Andrej Plenković Member of the European Parliament, EPP EU-Ukraine relations – Croatia parliamentary co-operation Vice-Chair of the Committee on perspective Foreign Affairs Chairman of the Delegation to the Parliamentary Association Committee EU-Ukraine

3/2015 Yana Toom Member of the European Parliament EU-Russia relations – a view Estonia from Estonia

3/2015 Dorothee Janetzke- Ambassador of the Federal Republic The Arctic Policy of the Federal Wenzel of Germany to the Republic of Finland Republic of Germany

3/2015 Andrii Olefirov Ambassador of Ukraine to Finland Affinity in historical ties and destinies is driving pragmatic co-operation between Ukraine and Finland

3/2015 Jarmo Viinanen Ambassador of Finland to Sweden since Towards an ever closer August 2014 partnership – enhanced security policy cooperation between Finland and Sweden

3/2015 Kimmo Kääriäinen Executive Director The Evangelical Lutheran Department for International Relations Church of Finland and its National Church Council international cooperation in the Finland Baltic Sea region

3/2015 Elisabeth Braw Correspondent Russian activities in Europe – Newsweek the real and phantom kind

3/2015 Sergey Kulik Director for International Studies Ukrainian crisis – economic Institute of Contemporary Development challenges for EU and Russia (INSOR) Moscow, Russia

3/2015 Christopher J. Senior Partner Sanctions and weak oil add Weafer Macro-Advisory Limited urgency to already overdue Russia Russia reforms

3/2015 Konstantin Head Russia and European Union – Khudoley Department of European Studies what can be expected in the School of International Relations future? St. Petersburg State University Russia

125 3/2015 Jussi Kurunmäki Associate Professor The Baltic Sea Parliamentary Södertörn University Conference and the Ukraine Sweden crisis Member Project “Spaces of Expectation: Mental Mapping and Historical Imagination in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean Region”

3/2015 Andrei V. Belyi Senior Researcher Russia-Baltic energy relations Centre for the EU Russia Studies University of Tartu Estonia

3/2015 Natalia Associate Professor The EU and Russia – searching Zaslavskaya St. Petersburg State University to overcome the crisis Russia

3/2015 Eoin Micheál Ph.D. Researcher The Baltic States and EU- McNamara Institute of Government and Politics Russia relations – questions of University of Tartu security after the Ukraine crisis Estonia Associate Fellow Latvian Institute of International Affairs in Riga Latvia

3/2015 Kirsi Ahlman Deputy Director Making the most of the Baltic Centrum Balticum Sea Region by promoting co- Finland operation

3/2015 Yuliy A. Nisnevich Professor, Doctor of Political Science Corruption in Russia – the National Research University Higher heritage of the Communist School of Economics Moscow regime Russia

3/2015 Ari Aaltonen Chief strategist Dim outlook for the Russian Front Capital Ltd economy Finland

3/2015 Nadezda Volovik Head U.S.-Russia trade development Foreign Trade Department after the onset of a sanctions era Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia

3/2015 Veera Laine Research fellow Minority marginalization as an Finnish Institute of International Affairs internal threat Finland

3/2015 Robert Person Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Ukraine 2015 – the challenges International Relations of governing from the center United States Military Academy West Point, New York The USA

126 3/2015 Nicolai N. Petro Professor of Politics The heart of the conflict in University of Rhode Island Ukraine The USA

3/2015 Ihor O. Ph.D., Senior Lecturer Monotowns in Baltic Rim Lishchynskyy Department of International Economics countries and Ukraine Head International Relations Office Ternopil National Economic University Ukraine

3/2015 Ilan Alon Cornell Professor of International Business Will China form a new Anti- Coordinator of Asian Studies Western alliance with Russia?

Tom Lairson Gelbman Professor of International Business Professor of Political Science

Rollins College The USA

3/2015 Jouko Rautava Adviser Russia and China – different BOFIT players playing different games Bank of Finland Finland

3/2015 Björn Hasselgren Ph.D., Research Fellow Successful co-operation in the Department of Urban Planning and Baltic Sea Region has to be Environment based on institutional KTH Royal Institute of Technology underpinnings Sweden

3/2015 Vatanyar Yagya Professor Turku and St. Petersburg – School of International Relations interregional co-operation as a St. Petersburg State University basis of international relations Russia

Sergey Kustov Postgraduate student School of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia

3/2015 Jaana Mäkikalli Director World Trade Centers enhancing World Trade Center Turku the global economies Finland

3/2015 Andrzej Rzońca Member There are no reasons to fear Poland’s Monetary Policy Committee deflation in Poland

Leszek Balcerowicz Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Former Governor of Poland’s Central Bank Poland

127 3/2015 Jerzy Kaźmierczyk Ph.D., Assistant Professor Human capital development in Poznan University of Economics Polish banks Member of the Board Polish Economic Association Member Presidium Zielona Gora Poland

3/2015 Vladimir Ph.D. in Law, Senior Researcher Baltic States – the stages of Olenchenko Center for European Research investment activity Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russian Academy of Science Russia

3/2015 Raivo Vare Chairman Estonian perspective – Russian Board of Directors transit Estonian Railways Ltd. Estonia

3/2015 Timo Seppälä Post-Doctoral Researcher at Gross domestic product and Etlatieto Oy, a subsidiary of exports versus domestic value ETLA, and Aalto University added – Ericsson Eesti As in Finland the Estonian economy

3/2015 Alexander D.Sc. (Econ.), Leading Scientific Researcher Russian outward investments – Pakhomov The Russian Presidential Academy of lost chance or а new stage National Economy and Public Administration Russia

3/2015 Daniel Göler Full Professor, Ph.D. A country on the move – Germany Institute of Geography, migration and demographic Geographic Research on Migration crisis in Latvia and Transition Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg Germany

3/2015 Nikita Mkrtchyan Leading Research Fellow Main directions of internal Center for Demographical Studies migration flows in Russia Institute of Demography Higher School of Economics Moscow, Russia

3/2015 Tomasz Michalski Professor Demographic situation in the Department of Regional Development southern and south-western Geography part of Baltic Europe University of Gdańsk Poland

128 3/2015 Hannu Niemi Professor (emeritus) The Donelaitis Society and its Chairman role in building bridges between The Donelaitis Society Finland and Lithuania Finland

3/2015 Vasilii Martynov Professor, Dr. Hab. Åland Islands from a Russian Department of Economic Geography perspective Russian State Pedagogical University A. I. Herzen Russia

Irina Sazonova Associate Professor, Dr. Department of Economic Geography Russian State Pedagogical University A. I. Herzen Russia

3/2015 Vladimir Kuzin Assistant Professor Kaliningrad region development Kaliningrad State Technical University and corruption perception Russia

3/2015 Alexander Barinov Director The exclave of Kaliningrad and IKBFU Institute of Economics and the problem of its economic Management development Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

3/2015 Elena Zimovina Ph.D., Senior Researcher Population of the Kaliningrad Sociological laboratory for the risk analysis, region – development stages and modeling and prognostication characteristics of the ethnic Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University structure Kaliningrad Russia

3/2015 Elena Romanova Ph.D., Associate Professor Recent development of economic Institute of Environmental Management, well-being of rural areas of the Territory Kaliningrad region Development and Urban Planning Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

3/2015 Alexander Sebentsov Ph.D., Researcher Kaliningrad region on the EU Centre for Geopolitical Studies borderland – from the Institute of Geography “unsinkable aerocarrier” to the Russian Academy of Sciences “laboratory of collaboration” Russia

Maria Zotova Ph.D., Researcher Centre for Geopolitical Studies Institute of Geography Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

129 3/2015 Tatyana Dr., Executive secretary The “Baltic Region” research Kuznetsova “Baltic region” journal journal Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

3/2015 Dejan Romih Assistant of International Economics How to increase the value of and Business Slovenia’s exports of goods and Deputy Chairman services to Estonia, Latvia, and Academic Assembly Lithuania? Faculty of Economics and Business University of Maribor Slovenia

3/2015 Maija Sirola Communications Manager The times they are a-changing – BONUS Baltic Sea research and funding Finland in support of sustainability action

3/2015 Marianne Coordinator To make BSR maritime cultural Lehtimäki Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the heritage count Baltic Sea States

Tiina Mertanen Director The Maritime Museum of Finland

Senior chair Monitoring Group on Cultural Heritage in the Baltic Sea States Finland

3/2015 Kaapo M. Seppälä Project Manager Augmented reality ahoy! There Technology Research Centre is more than cleantech University of Turku innovations coming up for the Finland Baltic Sea seafaring!

3/2015 Jaana Kerttula Acting Executive Manager Protection Fund for the Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea Archipelago Sea – funding Centrum Balticum practical work towards Finland achieving a healthier sea

3/2015 Xénia Szanyi- Ph.D. Candidate Regulation of food taxes in the Gyenes Doctoral School of Management and light of market disturbances Business Administration Corvinus University of Budapest Hungary

György Mudri Accredited Parliamentary Assistant European Parliament Belgium

3/2015 Delaney Michael Dr., Research Fellow Integration and inclusion and Skerrett Griffith University the continued promotion of the Australia Estonian language

130 3/2015 Artiom Zheltov Chief Strategist The “Inevitable future” Future Designing Research Group scenario-building methodology Russia 3/2015 Anssi Klemetti Project Coordinator Germany’s economic presence in Centrum Balticum the Baltic Sea region Finland

2/2015 Guy Ryder Director General Corporate Social Responsibility International Labour Organization and decent work

2/2015 Juha Väätänen Professor, MNEmerge project director How to make the world a better Lappeenranta University of Technology place? Finland

2/2015 François Passant Executive Director Which role for capital markets EUROSIF - European Sustainable in promoting sustainability? Investment Forum

2/2015 Dolores Gallardo- Dr, Manager of the University Social Does Corporate Social Vázquez Responsibility Office Responsibility motivate University of Extremadura (UEx) competitive success of firms? Spain

2/2015 Liisa Rohweder Chief Executive Officer The next wave of innovation is WWF Finland clean, big and profitable Finland

2/2015 Janne Sivonen Executive Director Fairtrade’s growth strengthens Fairtrade Finland the corporate social Finland responsibility trend

2/2015 Xiaolan Fu Professor of Technology and China’s direct investment in International Development, Director Africa and its impact

Jun Hou Dr, Research Officer Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD) University of Oxford The United Kingdom

2/2015 Shyama V. Ramani Professorial Fellow Sanitation – providing safe United Nations University at Maastricht toilets through public-private (UNU-MERIT) partnerships The Netherlands

2/2015 Vidhi A. Chaudhri Assistant Professor The promise and challenge of Department of Media and Communication collaboration for CSR – Erasmus School of History, Culture, and corporate-NGO engagement Communication Erasmus University Rotterdam The Netherlands

131 2/2015 Valerie Nattrodt Electrical Engineering Student The Light for All Programme – INESC P&D Brasil the Brazilian case of the Hosted by the Power Systems Planning Group MNEmerge project Dept. of Electrical Engineering Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil

Leonardo Research Fellow & Project Manager E.Bremermann INESC P&D Brasil Hosted by the Power Systems Planning Group Dept. of Electrical Engineering Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil

Mauro Rosa PhD, Director of Science and Technology INESC P&D Brasil Professor Federal University of Santa Catarina Brazil

2/2015 Matthias S. Fifka Professor for Business Administration and Corporate Social Responsibility Business Ethics in Russia – the long and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen- winding road in between Nürnberg (FAU) western influence and Russian Germany tradition

Visiting Professor for Business and Society University of Dallas The USA

Deputy Director German-American Institute Germany

2/2015 Maxim A. Senior Lecturer, PhD Business ethics and CSR in Storchevoy Graduate School of Management Russia – an outlook of 2015 St. Petersburg State University Russia

2/2015 Marzena Strzelczak General Director Polish CSR in brief Responsible Business Forum Poland

2/2015 Linda Piirto Senior Adviser in CSR The Finnish CSR policy – Ministry of Employment and the Economy aiming to be forerunners Finland

2/2015 Mikko Routti Executive Director How is Finnish business FIBS CR Network creating sustainable and Finland inclusive growth?

132 2/2015 Vappu Kunnaala- Research Specialist Corporate Social Responsibility Hyrkki Brahea Centre for Maritime Studies trends in maritime logistics University of Turku Finland

Olli-Pekka Brunila Project Manager Brahea Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

2/2015 Neil Bellefontaine Acting president, Professor Ocean governance and the EU World Maritime University “macro-regional” strategy for Sweden the Baltic Sea Region

Tafsir Johansson Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate World Maritime University Sweden

2/2015 Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Concluding remarks on the Pan-European Institute Special Issue on Corporate Turku School of Economics Social Responsibility University of Turku Finland

1/2015 Karmenu Vella European Commissioner for Environment, Now is the time to deliver Maritime Affairs and Fisheries sustainable Blue Growth in the Baltic

1/2015 Sirpa Paatero Minister for International Development The Finnish icebreakers in the Finland Arctic region

1/2015 Bogdan Zdrojewski Member of the European Parliament Cultural diplomacy a tool to Poland promote EU values in its Eastern neighbourhood in view of new geopolitical situation

1/2015 Johannes Koskinen Member of the Finnish Parliament Ukraine stresses the need to Chair of the Constitutional Law Committee reform and enhance the OSCE Member of the Finnish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Finland

1/2015 Bodo Bahr Head of the BSPC Secretariat Parliamentary cooperation in Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference the Baltic Sea Region Germany

1/2015 Anders Lidén Ambassador of Sweden to Finland Strong links across the Baltic – the Swedish-Finnish relationship

1/2015 Sarah Price HM Ambassador to Finland British-Finnish relations in 2015

133 1/2015 Alexander Ambassador of Belarus to Finland Transit potential of Belarus Ostrovsky

1/2015 Aleksi Randell Mayor Baltic Sea Region Forum – a City of Turku region on the move? Chairman of the Board Centrum Balticum Foundation Finland

1/2015 Bo Andersson Secretary General The Nordic way might also be a Norden Association way for the Baltic Sea Region Sweden

1/2015 Talis Linkaits Head of Secretariat Towards coherent spatial Baltic Sea Region planning and territorial Spatial Planning Initiative VASAB development of the Baltic Sea Latvia Region

1/2015 Jens Stenbæk Chairman of the Regional Council Seizing the potentials for a Region Zealand strong, sustainable regional Denmark growth

1/2015 Stanislav Usachev Head of International Relations Yegor Gaidar Foundation – Yegor Gaidar Foundation changing the future Russia

1/2015 Toni Vanhala Head of International Affairs Kymenlaakso region and its Regional Council of Kymenlaakso international co-operation in the Finland Baltic Sea area

1/2015 Marketta Mäkinen Director of International Relations The City of Jyväskylä and its City of Jyväskylä future cooperation in the Baltic Finland Sea region

1/2015 Monika Head of ETC/ENI Unit Pomorskie at the start of new Cholewczyńska- Marshal Office of the Pomorskie Region financial perspective 2014-2020 Dmitruk Poland

1/2015 Merja Salmi- Secretary General The Finnish marine industry – Lindgren Finnish Marine Industries the forerunner of smart Finland maritime technology solutions

1/2015 Saara Malila Director of Communications and Marketing A logo doesn’t make a city, but City of Turku a uniform look can build it Finland

1/2015 Joakim Lundblad PhD Student Time for the cities to step up CIRCLE, Lund University Senior Policy Analyst The Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Southern Sweden Sweden

134 1/2015 Andris Jaunsleinis Chairman Experience of consultations Latvian Association of Local and Regional among central and local Governments (LALRG) governments, social partners Latvia and scientists in Latvia

1/2015 Anja Nystén Senior Adviser Reduction of nutrient load in Environment, Energy and Climate the Baltic Sea NEFCO Finland

1/2015 Lotta Nummelin Managing Director 25 years for the Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea Fund Finland

1/2015 Åsa Stenmarck Head of waste group IVL RECO Baltic 21 Tech – a Swedish Environmental Research Institute project facilitating climbing in Former project manager the waste hierarchy RECO Baltic 21 Tech Sweden

1/2015 Susanne Scherrer Director Funding cooperation – Interreg Interreg Baltic Sea Region Managing Baltic Sea Region ready for a Authority/Joint Secretariat new start Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein Germany

1/2015 Kalman Kalotay Economic Affairs Officer The impact of the new ruble United Nations Conference on Trade and crisis on Russian FDI Development

1/2015 Kurt Bratteby Director The Swedish Institute – Department for International Relations fostering territorial cooperation Swedish Institute Sweden

1/2015 Olaf Osica Executive Director Flying over the landslide Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Poland

1/2015 Tomas Ries Dr., Senior Lecturer, Assistant Professor Baltic insecurity in a new National Defence College Europe Sweden

1/2015 Olli-Matti Mikkola PhD The military reform in Russian University of Turku newspapers Finland

1/2015 Christian Opitz Project Assistant (How to) Put the Baltic into the Research Center Norden Project Nordic Defence Cooperation? German Institute for International and Security Affairs Germany

135 1/2015 Yuri Piskulov Doctor of Economics, Professor How to restore trust? Russian Foreign Trade Academy Russia

1/2015 Tatiana Romanova Dr., Associate Professor Institutional aspects of EU- Department of European Studies Russian energy relations – from St. Petersburg State University diversification to Russia primitivisation?

1/2015 Iwona M. Batyk Dr. eng., Assistant Professor The importance of local border Faculty of Food Science University of traffic between Poland and Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Russia in the era of sanctions on Poland Polish food products

Lyudmila W. PhD, Assistant Professor Semenova Faculty of Service Immanuel Kant Federal University of Kaliningrad Russia

1/2015 Piia Moilanen Programme Manager Arctic growth requires risk Tekes Arctic Seas Programme management TEKES Finland

1/2015 Dimitrijus Director of the Innovation Department Science and technology parks – Kucevicius Ministry of Economy a promising part of the Lithuania Lithuanian innovation ecosystem

1/2015 Heli Salminen Docent, Head Biobanks – driver for Auria Biobank innovations in Europe Finland

1/2015 Anthony Jay Olsson Head of Media and Communications The future as now – when Balticlab innovation is not enough

Mirjam Külm Programme Manager Balticlab Council of the Baltic Sea States International Secretariat Sweden

1/2015 Max Hogeforster Dr., Chairman of the Hanse-Parlament Dual systems of vocational Germany training to overcome skills mismatch and increase innovation in the Baltic Sea Region

136 1/2015 Genutė Gedvilienė Professor in Vytautas Magnus University in Development of key Kaunas competences of adults in Member of Lithuanian Association of Adult Lithuania – challenges and Education solutions Lithuania

Vidmantas Tūtlys Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Head of the Centre for Vocational Education and Research Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas Lithuania Member of European Network of the Research of Vocational Education VETNET

1/2015 Mark Galeotti Professor of Global Affairs Transnational crime in the SPS Center for Global Affairs Baltic states New York University USA

1/2015 Vladimir Gelman Professor Electoral authoritarianism in European University at St. Petersburg Russia – what’s next? Russia Finland Distinguished Professor University of Helsinki Finland

1/2015 Rein Taagepera Professor Emeritus When decaying empires strike University of Tartu back Estonia University of California, Irvine USA Johan Skytte Prize 2008 in Political Science

1/2015 Roman Ryabkov Head of International Operations Jokerit and KHL – an essential Jokerit Hockey Club Oy new trade bridge to the East Finland

1/2015 Thorsten Kohlisch Head Towards tangible results for Joint Technical Secretariat blue and green growth – the South Baltic Cross-border Co-operation South Baltic Programme 2014- Programme 2020 Center of European Projects, Gdańsk Poland

1/2015 Stefan Gänzle Associate Professor The EU’s Strategy for the University of Agder, Kristiansand Baltic Sea Region – a Baltic Norway model for Europe

1/2015 Merike Niitepõld Head of Managing Authority 25 years of Interreg cooperation Central Baltic Programme 2014-2020 – going for concrete results Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

137 1/2015 Evgenia Sergeeva International Projects Coordinator Cooperation with Finland – OPORA ROSSII, St. Petersburg OPORA ROSSII St. Petersburg Russia branch

1/2015 Elena Leontyeva Partner Cooperation of young leaders Consulting Company Success and entrepreneurs of twin-cities Russia Turku and St. Petersburg

1/2015 Satu Paiho Dr. VTT Technical Research Centre Huge market for energy- Finland efficiency in Russian (and Eastern European) residential districts

1/2015 Matilda Dahl PhD in Business Administration Organizing the Baltic Sea Assistant Professor Region – a failing management Uppsala University Campus Gotland project? Sweden

1/2015 Merle Haruoja Member of the Council Human Rights Education is a BSNGONW Estonian Foundation human right Estonia

1/2015 Urszula Kowalczyk Head of Economics and Law Department The Maritime Institute in Maritime Institute in Gdansk (MIG) Gdansk activity in BSR Poland Interreg projects

1/2015 Kari Liuhto Director China’s economic presence in the Centrum Balticum Foundation Baltic Sea region Professor Turku School of Economics Finland

6/2014 Lenita Toivakka Minister for European Affairs and Foreign The benefits and doubts of Trade TTIP Finland

6/2014 Linas Linkevičius Minister of Foreign Affairs Road from Vilnius to Riga – Lithuania mounting challenges for the EU Eastern Partnership

6/2014 Sirpa Pietikäinen Member of the European Parliament Baltic Sea area as the key player Finland in blue growth

6/2014 Inese Vaidere Professor EU sanctions against Russia – Member of the European Parliament the high price of indecisiveness Latvia

6/2014 Tibor Szanyi Member of the European Parliament Possible effects of the Russian Hungary embargo on food taxes

6/2014 Christofer Fjellner Swedish Moderate Party EU’s perpetual dance with Member of the European Parliament Belarus Member of the delegation for relations with Belarus Sweden

138 6/2014 Heikki Autto National Coalition Party The European bio-economy Member of Parliament grows from the North Rovaniemi, Finland

6/2014 Esko Lotvonen Mayor Rovaniemi – the Arctic capital City of Rovaniemi of Finland Finland

6/2014 Felix H. Tschudi Chairman The Arctic Corridor – Arctic Tschudi Shipping Company infrastructure as catalyst for Nordic resource development Chairman Centre for High North Logistics Norway

6/2014 Erja Tikka Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Ministry for Foreign Affairs Region, more commitment and Finland focus for better results

6/2014 Helena Lindberg Director General Meeting the challenges of trans- Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) boundary flows through Sweden macroregional cooperation

6/2014 Asta Mackeviciute Policy Officer Solidarity – a burden, privilege Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid or natural state? and Civil Protection European Commission

6/2014 Bo Harald Tillberg Director Belarusian language and Nordic Council of Ministers Office in national identity – old Lithuania challenges, new paradox

6/2014 Kjell Nilsson Director Nordregio in the Baltic Sea Nordregio Region

Stefanie Lange Research Fellow Scherbenske Nordregio

Aslı Tepecik Diş Research Fellow Nordregio

Linus Rispling GIS Analyst Nordregio

6/2014 Kåre Storvik Partner Nordic branding Storvik & Co AS Norway

6/2014 Annamari Secretary General Summer 2014 – a tale of two Arrakoski-Engardt John Nurminen Foundation seas Finland

139 6/2014 Vincent F. Dr., Officer-in-Charge Maritime transport in the Baltic Valentine Transport Section, Trade Logistics Branch Sea from a global perspective Division on Technology and Logistics UNCTAD

6/2014 Sanna Sonninen Director Baltic Sea – the sea of Finnish Transport Safety Agency Trafi information? Finland

6/2014 Kimmo Mäki Managing Director Port of Helsinki on the move Port of Helsinki Finland

6/2014 Johanna Boijer- Head of Communications Viking Line’s commitment to Svahnström Corporate Communications environmental work Viking Line Abp Finland

6/2014 Marek Grzybowski Professor, Head Knowledge transfer and Economics and Management Department international cooperation – Gdynia Maritime University Polish Maritime Cluster and Gdynia Maritime University President experience Polish Maritime Cluster

Editor-in-Chief The Internet Manager Poland

6/2014 Johanna Karhu Project Coordinator of the Baltic Sea Cooperation in marine Pilot Project BALSAM environmental monitoring in the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) Baltic to support future policy Finland needs

6/2014 Desislava Dikova Professor in International Business Entry mode choices of MNCs in with CEE focus the Baltic Sea region WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria

6/2014 Igor Gurkov Distinguished University Professor New conditions, new motives, National Research University Higher School and new modes of operations of of Economics, Moscow Western MNCs in Russia Russia

6/2014 Esa Österberg Chief Specialist Consequences of travelers’ National Institute for Health and Welfare alcohol traffic between Finland Finland and Estonia

6/2014 Juhana Aunesluoma Research Director The Baltic World – 25 years Network for European Studies from the revolutions of 1989 University of Helsinki Finland

140 6/2014 Venelin Tsachevsky Professor, Leading expert Casimir Ehrnrooth – the Finn Bulgarian Republican Institute who made history Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Finland (2003- 2006)

Author of the book “Casimir Ehrnrooth: The Finn who made history” (2014)

6/2014 Wielisława Professor, dr hab. “Investing in children” – a Warzywoda- political slogan or a serious Kruszyńska Head challenge for European Department of Applied Sociology and Social societies? Work

Director Institute of Sociology Faculty of Economics and Sociology University of Łódź Poland

6/2014 Vladimir Economist, Trading Desk Strategist Ukraine crisis accelerates Miklashevsky Danske Bank rouble’s move into free float Finland

6/2014 Janis Berzins Managing Director Russia and European security Center for Security and Strategic Research National Defence Academy of Latvia Latvia

6/2014 Liudas Zdanavicius Lecturer Impact of the Russian economic The General Jonas Zemaitis Military sanctions on Lithuania Academy of Lithuania Lithuania

6/2014 Erik Jones Director Russian sanctions and Russian European and Eurasian Studies confidence The Johns Hopkins University SAIS USA

6/2014 Toms Rostoks Assistant Professor Baltic security and NATO Department of Political Science membership after Ukraine University of Latvia

Researcher Centre for Security and Strategic Research National Defence Academy of Latvia Latvia

6/2014 Justyna Gotkowska Project Coordinator Russian military activity ‘Security and Defence in Northern Europe’ against Sweden – short and Centre for Eastern Studies long term perspective Poland

141 6/2014 Viljar Veebel Associate Professor Will economic sanctions fulfil Estonian National Defence College Baltic expectations in terms of Estonia Ukraine and Russia?

6/2014 Dmitry A. Lanko Associate Professor Regional approach in Russian St. Petersburg State University policy towards Estonia in the Russia times of sanctions

6/2014 Susanne Dr., Deputy Research Director Future growth of the Russian Oxenstierna Swedish Defence Research Agency economy? Sweden

6/2014 Jeff Schubert Research Consultant Moscow as an International Shanghai Institute of International Financial Financial Center (IFC) Centre (SIIFC) Shanghai University of Finance and Economics China

6/2014 Yulia Vymyatnina BP Professor of Economics Eurasian Economic Union – a European University at St. Petersburg union of conflicting political Russia interests

6/2014 Dmitry Gudimenko CEO Russian double-headed eagle – Capital Development Group Ltd what will it bring to its Finland/Russia Western partners and neighbors

6/2014 Alexander Sokolov Deputy Director Foresight in Russia HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and the Economics of Knowledge (ISSEK)

Oleg Karasev Director HSE Foresight Centre National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Konstantin Head of the Chair of Statistics Faculty of Economics Moscow State University

Vishnevskiy Head of Department for Private-Public Partnership in Innovation Sector (ISSEK) National Research University – Higher School of Economics (HSE) Russia

6/2014 Heidi Saario Business Development Officer Economic cooperation of Turku International Affairs region and St. Petersburg Turku Region Development Centre Finland

142 6/2014 Denis Mustonen Senior Advisor Russian cooperation of the City Economic Development/ of Helsinki City Competitiveness City of Helsinki Finland

6/2014 Juhani Wihanto Head of Real Estate and Investments Office real estate market in St. Wihanto Group Petersburg, Russia in 2014 Finland

6/2014 Elizaveta Ageeva L.L.M, M. Sc. (Tech.) Foreign investments in Specialist in International Operations commercial real estate in St. NCC Rakennus Oy Petersburg – trick or treat? Finland

6/2014 Viktorija Cohen PhD, Researcher, Lecturer Development of Kaliningrad Faculty of Economics region – modification scenario Vilnius University Lithuania

6/2014 Petri Vuorio Senior Adviser Finland’s future position as a East Consulting Ltd. hub of Russian tourism Finland

6/2014 Iwona M. Batyk Dr. eng., Assistant Professor Tourism development between Faculty of Food Science border regions: Kaliningrad University of Warmia and Mazury in (Russia) and Warmia–Mazury Olsztyn (Poland) Poland

Lyudmila W. PhD, Assistant Professor Semenova Faculty of Service Immanuel Kant Federal University of Kaliningrad Russia

6/2014 Olga Petrova Journalist, Development Director “Main Stream” agency Art-Media agency “Main Stream” Russia

Alexandra Petrova General Director Art-Media agency “Main Stream” Russia

6/2014 Olga Hannonen Researcher Russian second home owner – Centre for Tourism Studies friend or foe? Department for Geographical and Historical Studies University of Eastern Finland Finland

143 6/2014 Jury Ponomarev PhD, Professor On the socio-economic situation Karelian Branch of the Russian Presidential in the Republic of Karelia Academy of National Economy and Public Administration Russia

6/2014 Ilya Shegelman Rector’s Adviser Clusters in the economy of a Petrozavodsk State University cross-border region and Finnish Russia experience

6/2014 Aleksei Vasilev Assistant Professor Development of high-technology Petrozavodsk State University manufacture of stamp-welded Russia slide and wedge gate valves for atomic, heat-power and gas- Pavel Shchukin Head of Innovative Section and-oil industries Petrozavodsk State University Russia

5/2014 Else Berit Eikeland Arctic Ambassador and Senior Arctic Official Norway’s priority on economic Ministry for Foreign Affairs development in the Arctic Norway

5/2014 Maimo Henriksson Finnish Ambassador to Norway The inevitable choice – Finnish (2010–2014) companies go North

Director (2014-) Unit for Northern Europe Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

5/2014 Timo Rautajoki President and CEO Financial and political crises are Lapland Chamber of Commerce delaying projects in European Finland High North

5/2014 Tero Vauraste President and CEO Knowledge and data exchange Arctia Group between industry and academia Vice Chair in the Arctic context Arctic Economic Council Finland

5/2014 Kari Synberg Více-President Finnish-Russian co-operation Finnish Geographical Society opportunities in the Arctic Finland region

5/2014 Andrey Kletrov Advisor To become a supplier to Russian Finpro Trade Center in Murmansk Arctic mines – a worthy choice Russia

5/2014 Mikhail Belokon Doctoral student Russia’s monotowns in the Saint Petersburg State University Arctic region as centers of Russia country’s mining industry

144 5/2014 Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher The development of the Russian Pan-European Institute maritime sector – boosted by the Turku School of Economics growing interest to the Arctic University of Turku Finland

5/2014 Harri Mikkola Senior research fellow The uncertain future of the The Finnish Institute of International global Arctic Affairs Finland

Juha Käpylä Research fellow The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

5/2014 Lassi Heininen Professor The achieved high Arctic University of Lapland stability as an asset for the Finland storms of international politics

5/2014 Jussi Huotari PhD candidate Arctic Roulette – will economic The Faculty of Social Sciences sanctions open the door for Northern Cultures and Resource Politics Sino-Russian offshore Doctoral Programme operations in the High North University of Lapland Finland

5/2014 Kai Sun Associate Professor After getting in – what comes School of Law and Politics next after China got the Ocean University of China Observer Status? China

5/2014 Young Kil Park Director The Arctic – South Korea’s Maritime Territory Research Center interests and challenges ahead Korea Maritime Institute South Korea

5/2014 Adrian Braun PhD student (Environmental Policy) The relevance of Corporate Institute for Natural Resources, Environment Social Responsibility (CSR) and Society (LYY) reports in the framework of University of Eastern Finland Arctic business operations

Visiting Researcher Arctic Centre University of Lapland Finland

5/2014 Jaakko Henttonen Chair Arctic Contaminants Action Arctic Contaminants Action Program Program (ACAP) – practical A Working Group of the Arctic Council projects to reduce contamination in the Arctic

145 5/2014 Jutta Wark International Chair The human face of the Arctic – Sustainable Development Working Group the Sustainable Development Arctic Council Working Group of the Arctic Council

5/2014 Aileen A. Espíritu Researcher, Associate Professor Futuring the Arctic The Barents Institute Campus Kirkenes Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Education UiT The Arctic University of Norway

5/2014 Shinichiro Tabata Professor Japan-Finland bilateral project Slavic-Eurasian Research Center on the socio-economic development of the Russian Far Director North Helsinki Office Hokkaido University Japan

5/2014 Lars Elenius Professor, Chief Editor of the Barents history A History Textbook and an textbook Encyclopedia of the Barents Department of Historical, Philosophical and Region Religious Studies Umeå University Sweden

Mats-Olov Olsson PhD, Chief Editor of the Encyclopedia of the Barents Region Centre for Regional Science (Cerum) Umeå University Sweden

5/2014 Eini Laaksonen University Teacher Concluding remarks on the Pan European Institute Special Issue on the future of Turku School of Economics the Arctic – from researcher’s University of Turku perspective Finland

4/2014 Carl Haglund Minister of Defence The Baltic Sea as an example of Finland regional maritime security cooperation

4/2014 Rokas Masiulis Minister of Energy Klaipeda LNG terminal – the Lithuania game changer in the Baltic region

4/2014 Martin Lidegaard Foreign Minister The rising importance of the Denmark Baltic Sea region

146 4/2014 Hans-Peter Bartels Dr., Member Cooperation in European Chairman of the Defence Committee security policy with the prospect German Bundestag of a European army, and the Germany topical relevance of this debate for the Baltic Sea region

4/2014 Jette Nordam Ambassador of Denmark in Finland The importance of cooperation across the Baltic Sea region

4/2014 Riitta Hemmi Consul, Environment Hazardous waste landfill near Consulate General of Finland in St. the Baltic Sea Petersburg Russia

4/2014 Katariina Kiviluoto Project Coordinator Cooperation vital in insular oil The ARCHOIL-project spill response Turku University of Applied Sciences Finland

4/2014 Ksenia Yudaeva First Deputy Governor Introduction of inflation Bank of Russia targeting in Russia Russia

4/2014 Lene Espersen Chairman Bridging the Baltic Sea Baltic Development Forum Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Denmark

4/2014 Hanna Ekman Development Director Centrum Balticum – making the Centrum Balticum most of the Baltic Sea region Finland

4/2014 Marie-Louise Mayor Aiming for growth in the far Rönnmark City of Umeå north – Umeå’s goal as Capital Chairperson of Culture 2014 Capital of Culture committee Sweden

4/2014 Paweł Adamowicz Mayor A strong brand is fundamental City of Gdańsk Poland

4/2014 Johanna Reiman Executive Director Health in All Policies needs a Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association - boost in the Baltic Sea region WHO Collaboration Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Health in the Baltic Region Finland

4/2014 Jaakko Lehtonen Director General The appealing Maiden of Finnish Tourist Board Finland Finland

4/2014 Anu Valtonen Professor of Cultural Economy Tourism insights from the Arctic University of Lapland Circle Finland

147 4/2014 Teija Raninen Film Commissioner Turku – a European film city West Finland Film Commission Finland

4/2014 Juha Aaltonen Airport Manager Turku Airport Turku Airport Finland

4/2014 Frøystein Gjesdal Rector Baltic Management Institute – NHH Norwegian School of Economics a success story in executive Norway education

4/2014 Per Holten- President Copenhagen Business School in Andersen Copenhagen Business School the Baltics – where university Denmark means business

4/2014 Kalman Kalotay Economic Affairs Officer The Crimean crisis and the United Nations Conference on Trade and future of Russian outward Development foreign direct investment Switzerland

4/2014 Andrii Chubyk Energy Analyst European gas rebus Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI Ukraine

4/2014 Hannu Arkonsuo Managing Director EU-Russian energy relations Arewcon-Development Oy and Ukraine crisis Finland

4/2014 Edward Hunter Research Partner Russia sanctions – the need for Christie Pan-European Institute new EU solidarity mechanisms University of Turku Finland

4/2014 Ole Gunnar Austvik Professor Will economic sanctions work? BI Norwegian Business School Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) Norway

4/2014 Stanislav L. Professor of Economics Russia’s innovation economy Tkachenko School of International Relations and impact of Western Saint-Petersburg State University sanctions Russia

4/2014 Klaus Wittmann Dr., Brigadier General (retired) Thinking beyond Putin Security Policy Expert Senior Fellow Aspen Institute Lecturer of Contemporary History Potsdam University Germany

148 4/2014 Louis Clerc Senior Lecturer Atlantism versus gaullism? The Department of Political Science and sale of French Mistral-class Contemporary History ships to Russia in the context of University of Turku French foreign policy Finland

4/2014 Henrik Ringbom Adjunct Professor (Docent) of Maritime Law Regulating the Baltic Sea and the Law of the Sea Department of Law Åbo Akademi Finland Professor II Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law University of Oslo Norway

4/2014 Üllas Ehrlich Professor of Environmental Economics Current challenges of Tallinn University of Technology environmental economics in Estonia Estonia

4/2014 Thomas Schneider Head Russian minority in Estonia – EU-Russia Dialogue social co-existence, educational Representative to Estonia transformation and the labour Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung market Germany

4/2014 Evgeny Gontmakher Dr., Prof., Deputy Director The Russian labor market – Institute of World Economy and European tendencies and International Relations national features Russian Academy of Science Russia

4/2014 Jadwiga Rogoża Senior Fellow Kaliningrad’s paradoxes Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Poland

4/2014 Yuri Babkin Development Director Kaliningrad region establishes Kaliningrad Region Development Corporation favourable conditions for Russia international business

4/2014 Kristiina Tõnnisson Dr., Director of European College Where did we lose the students University of Tartu while teaching EU? Estonia

149 4/2014 Lyudmila Director The EU Centre in the Barents Kulikovskaya Institute of International Programmes Euro-Arctic region Director Barents EU Centre Petrozavodsk State University Russia

Anastasia Director Kuznetsova European Union Information Centre Coordinator Barents EU Centre Petrozavodsk State University Russia

4/2014 Toomas Varrak PhD, DSc, Senior Researcher Considering the stake of science Tallinn University of Technology in politics Professor, Head of the Chair of Political Science and International Relations Euroacademy Estonia

4/2014 Tālis J. Putniņš Assistant Professor Shadow economies in the Baltic Stockholm School of Economics in Riga countries – recent trends Latvia

Arnis Sauka Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Technology in Sydney Australia

Assistant Professor Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Latvia

4/2014 Victor Voronov Dr. hab., Leading Researcher Systemic difficulties in Latvia – Institute for Social Research causes and possible solutions Daugavpils University Expert in Sociology and Economics Science Council Latvian Academy of Sciences Latvia

4/2014 Theresa Weiss Joint Technical Secretariat Live and let die?! Corporate Vassilen Iotzov South Baltic Programme social responsibility as a Poland sustainable business concept

3/2014 Kari Mäkinen The Most Revd Dr The Baltic Sea – a meeting The Archbishop of Turku and Finland point for ecclesial traditions The Evangelical Lutheran Church Finland

3/2014 Petteri Orpo Member of Parliament Turku and Southwest Finland Chairman of Executive Board – active in business and cross- Regional Council of Southwest Finland border cooperation Finland

150 3/2014 Juho Savo Region Mayor The Baltic Sea – on my mind Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

3/2014 Aleksi Randell Mayor Turku Pro Baltic – long term City of Turku commitment for Baltic Sea Chairman cooperation Centrum Balticum Foundation Finland

3/2014 Kari Häkämies Director-General Work before everyday security is Regional State Administrative Agency for rewarding Southwestern Finland Former Minister of the Interior Finland

3/2014 Kalervo Väänänen Rector The future lies in the hands of University of Turku the youth Finland

3/2014 Mikko Ketonen Chairman of the Board Economic growth is the best TS-Yhtymä Oy guarantee for the protection of Finland the Baltic Sea

3/2014 Kari Takanen Rear Admiral Maritime security at the Baltic Commander of the Finnish Navy Sea Finland

3/2014 Jukka Savolainen Captain (N) Coast guards – cooperating Commander of West Finland Coast Guard internationally for the security District of the Baltic Sea area Finland

3/2014 Tapio Huttunen Police Chief The Baltic Sea – a sea of Southwestern Finland Police Department cooperation Finland

3/2014 Arto Honka Director Customs as a facilitator of trade Turku Customs from the early days of history to Finland the present and the future – with a Turku twist

3/2014 Pekka Sundman Director The role of Finnish marine City Development Group industry in Baltic Sea area Central Administration City of Turku Finland

3/2014 Kari Vainio Senior Editor-in-Chief Turku lies at the heart of the Turun Sanomat Baltic Sea Finland

3/2014 Rikumatti CEO Life science city Turku ‒ real Levomäki Turku Science Park Ltd triple helix Finland

151 3/2014 Hanna Halme Vice President, General Manager Global human and PerkinElmer Diagnostics EMEA environmental health company Finland in Turku ‒ making a difference, every day

3/2014 Jaakko Saari Director Growing opportunities in Igence Oy Ab eCommerce all around the Baltic Finland region

3/2014 Vesa Marttinen Managing Director Regional marine industry Turku Repair Yard Ltd, part of BLRT Grupp Chairman of the Board Finnish Marine Industries Finland

3/2014 Bo Österlund Commodore (one star admiral) ret. Our national economy relies on Finland our maritime traffic – true or not?

3/2014 Hannu Kottonen President, CEO HKScan – from Turku to the HKScan Group Baltic Rim markets Finland

3/2014 Sam Hansén MD Surfing on the waves of emotion across the Baltic Ilpo Mantere COB Lahtinen Mantere Saatchi & Saatchi Finland

3/2014 Anne-Marget Hellén Director of Tourism The Baltic Sea – a top travel Turku Touring destination of the future Southwest Finland Tourist and Convention Bureau City of Turku Finland

3/2014 Sari Ruusumo Convention Manager Destination for friendship Turku Touring Southwest Finland Tourist and Convention Bureau City of Turku Chair Congress Network Finland Finland

3/2014 Janne Tienpää Senior Sales Manager Focus on tourism – case Sokotel Ltd, part of S-Group Hotels Finland Finland

152 3/2014 Mikko Lohikoski Director Cities as key actors in regional External Affairs cooperation – the Turku Process City of Turku as example Secretary General Centrum Balticum Foundation Coordinator Turku Process Finland

3/2014 Kauko Jämsén Director, Ambassador Small is beautiful in the Baltic Turku Centre in Saint-Petersburg Sea region

3/2014 Krista Taipale Head Smart development of Baltic Turku-Southwest Finland European Office in Sea region at the core of EU Brussels funding programmes 2014–2020

3/2014 Tapio Reponen Vice-Rector University of Turku has an University of Turku active participation in Baltic Finland Sea region development

3/2014 Juha Kettunen Rector A glimpse at the migration Turku University of Applied Sciences flows in the Baltic Sea region Finland

3/2014 Markus Granlund Dean, Professor Looking at research and Turku School of Economics education in business and University of Turku economics from local and global Finland perspectives

3/2014 Urpo Kivikari Professor (emeritus) of International Turku – “Baltic city” Economics University of Turku Finland

3/2014 Niklas Österlund CEO Sports – a bridge across the seas HC TPS Turku Oy Finland

3/2014 Juha Järvinen Principal Communities, individuals and Turku Conservatory of Music and Dance cultural history among Baltic Choir conductor and Nordic male choirs Male Choir LY in Turku 2013 Luvia Male Choir 2001–2012 Finland

3/2014 Kari Immonen Museum Director Monuments for men or Turku Art Museum monuments men? (Best) possible Finland scenarios for visual arts

3/2014 Maija Palonheimo Managing Director Film city Turku Linnateatteri Finland

153 3/2014 Raija-Liisa Seilo Artistic advisor Turku and changing cultural Director (2008–2013) climate in the Baltic Sea region Turku City Theatre Member Arts Council of Varsinais-Suomi Finland

3/2014 Riitta Ahdan Coordinator Cooperation challenges in the Head of INTERACT Point Turku regional context Project Director INTERACT ENPI Finland

3/2014 Björn Grönholm Head of Secretariat Increasing role of cooperation – Union of the Baltic Cities again Commission on Environment Finland

3/2014 Salla-Maria Coordinator A clean, productive and shared Lauttamäki Baltic Sea Challenge Baltic Sea Executive Manager Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea Centrum Balticum Finland

3/2014 Kari Liuhto Director Build common strategies to Centrum Balticum Foundation avoid common tragedies Director Pan-European Institute Professor Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

2/2014 Siim Kallas Vice-President of the European Commission Rail Baltic – a vital transport in charge of Transport link to connect East and West

2/2014 Sigmundur Davíð Prime Minister Together we stand stronger – Gunnlaugsson Iceland the importance of regional co- operation

2/2014 Joachim Zeller Member Giving up Russia? European Parliament

2/2014 Kristiina Ojuland Member EU-Russia relations – on the ALDE group verge of breaking European Parliament

2/2014 Carl Schlyter Member Time to focus on human growth Swedish Green Party instead of economic growth

Member Vice President Committee of Environment European Parliament

154 2/2014 Henrik Normann President and CEO NIB – supporting sustainable Nordic Investment Bank growth in the Baltic Sea region

2/2014 Ari Korhonen Mayor A crucial time for Europe City of Raisio Finland

Member Council of European Municipalities and Regions

2/2014 Anita Lehikoinen Permanent Secretary Strong internationalization Ministry of Education and Culture safeguards quality of higher Finland education

2/2014 Ilpo Kokkila Chairman of the Board Paving the way for more Confederation of Finnish Industries EK business with Russia Finland

2/2014 Alexander Y. Rector High speed rail lines as a factor Panychev Petersburg State Transport University of development of science, Russia innovative technologies and education

2/2014 Mika Joukio CEO Metsä Tissue seeking for strong Metsä Tissue growth in Poland Finland

2/2014 Mikko Söderlund Managing Director Finnish real estate investment SRV St. Petersburg vehicles in St. Petersburg

2/2014 Aleksei Novitsky Director GEK Insights – Natural Gas Gasum Oy Energy Trading Unit Outlook 2014 Finland

2/2014 Alexander Chairman Distributed generation in Starchenko Supervisory Board Russia Non-commercial partnership Energy – menace or opportunity? Consumers Association Russia

2/2014 Elisa Markula Senior Vice President Paulig – promoting the role of Paulig Group coffee in the Baltic Sea region

Managing Director Gustav Paulig Ltd Finland

2/2014 Pekka Heikonen CEO, President Baltic welding companies to Pemamek Oy Ltd reach competitiveness through Finland automation

155 2/2014 Pekka Mattila Group Managing Director, Associate Dean Building a Nordic hub for Aalto University Executive Education leadership and organizational development Professor of Practice Aalto University School of Business Finland

2/2014 Igor Kogut Director Political prospects of Ukraine in Ukrainian School of Political Studies the context of “Revolution of Ukraine Dignity”

2/2014 Arseniy Svynarenko Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies University of Ukraine after Euromaidan – Helsinki country on the path of reforms Finland in the conditions of deep economic and political crisis

2/2014 Niklas I.M. Nováky Ph.D. Candidate EU military crisis management Department of Politics & International – the need for common funding Relations University of Aberdeen The United Kingdom

2/2014 Minna Jokela Dr. (Soc.Sc.), Researcher Border security as a field of The Finnish Border and Coast Guard practice between Finland and Academy Russia Finland

2/2014 Jukka Manner Professor, Ph.D. From IT security to cyber Department of Communications and security – bits destroying our Networking physical world Aalto University Finland

2/2014 Jacek Bełdowski Dr., Scientific Project Coordinator Danger remains from World Institute of Oceanology of the Polish War II in our shared waters Academy of Sciences (IOPAN) Poland

Jan Fidler Project Coordinator, Managing Director Biuro Projektów Fidler Germany

2/2014 Helena Kyster- Senior Advisor Baltic Transport Outlook 2030 Hansen Tetraplan A/S

Project Manager BTO2030 study Denmark

2/2014 Karlis Bukovskis Deputy Director The lost and found for Latvia – Latvian Institute of International Affairs 10 years of European Union Latvia membership

156 2/2014 Ivars Ijabs Associate Professor of Political Science Geopolitics of a minority – University of Latvia Latvian Russian-speakers in the Latvia shadow of Crimea

2/2014 Daina Ruduša Rīga2014 International Media Coordinator A positive force majeure of The Latvian Institute culture in Rīga 2014 Latvia

2/2014 Pavel Cheshev Ph.D., Advisor Finnish-Russian innovation Tekes Russia, Moscow cooperation – growing on Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation

Virpi Herranen Head Tekes Russia, St. Petersburg Tekes - Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation

2/2014 Tomi M. Virtanen Assistant Manager Finnish technology startups and Turku Chamber of Commerce traditional manufacturing Finland industry

2/2014 Aleksandr Loktev Director Soft infrastructure for the RVC Infrafund innovative companies Russia

2/2014 Alexander Galitsky Co-Founder and Managing Partner Public-private partnerships – Almaz Capital Partners fostering innovations in Russia Russia

2/2014 Alexander Khasi Co-founder MedStart – helping biomedical MedStart start-ups succeed Russia

2/2014 Alexey Kostrov Executive Director Moscow Seed Fund – increasing Moscow Seed Fund start-up investments in the Russia region

2/2014 Anastasia Tyurina Head of Innovation Department Sustainable development of National Research University - Higher School Russian technology parks – next of Economics step in the way Russia

2/2014 Andrew Vvedenskiy Director of Infrastructure and Regional Innovation infrastructure as the Development key element of sustainable RVC venture ecosystem in Russia Russia

2/2014 Artour Baganov CEO Surviving the “Valley of Death” Global TechInnovations – start-up acceleration programs Russia

2/2014 Denis Sosnovtsev Channel Solution Manager Towards a smarter planet IBM Russia

157 2/2014 Dmitry Chikhachev Managing Partner Developing Russian venture Runa Capital industry Russia

2/2014 Elena Kasimova Business Development Director Biotech funds – achieving the Bioprocess Capital Partners maximum results Russia

2/2014 Evgeny Kuznetsov Director Innovation ecosystem in Russia Strategic Communications Department – entering the global RVC competition Russia

2/2014 Gulnara Bikkulova Director Business of Innovative Technology Capital and Markets Access Technologies (BIT) – the largest Department innovation contest in Russia RVC Russia

2/2014 Igor CEO Business incubators and Rozhdesvenskiy Ingria Business Incubator technoparks – connecting the Russia elements of the innovative ecosystem

2/2014 Konstantin Fokin CEO Flying with the wings of Centre for Innovation Development business angels City of Moscow

CEO/President National Business-Angels Association Russia

2/2014 Maria Podlesnova CEO & Cofounder RusBase – single point of entry RusBase to the Russian technological Russia media space

2/2014 Michael Kharuzin Investment Director RVC Seed Fund – sawing into RVC Seed Fund success Russia

2/2014 Natalia Polyakova Head of Institutional Department Intellectual property in RVC technology development in Russia Russia

2/2014 Renat Garipov GreenfieldProject Russian Startup Rating – Co-founder ranking the success stories Russia

2/2014 Victor Sidnev General Director Regional innovative cluster – TECHNOSPARK Nanotech Center in Troitsk Innovation Center Troitsk Russia

158 2/2014 Stanislav Babich Associate Professor The perspectives of the Russian- Department of Regional Economics EU cooperation in the field of St. Petersburg State University of Economics use of the LNG as motor fuel in Russia the Baltic Sea region

Dmitry Vasilenko Associate Professor Department of International Economic Relations Vice-Rector on International RelationsSt. Petersburg State University of Economics Russia

2/2014 Alexey Kuznetsov Deputy Director The Russian FDI in the Baltic Institute of World Economy and Sea region International Relations (IMEMO)

Corresponding Member Russian Academy of Sciences

Professor MGIMO University Russia

2/2014 Anna Beitāne Associate Fellow The soft power dimension of Latvian Institute of International Affairs Russia’s foreign policy towards Latvia the Baltic States

2/2014 Andrey Makarychev Professor of International Relations Russia’s Baltic policies – what University of Tartu kind of soft power? Estonia

Alexander Sergunin Professor of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia

2/2014 Juhana Lounela Senior Lecturer Western companies promoting Turku University of Applied Sciences transformation of leadership Finland culture in Russia

Tapio Riihinen Managing Partner, Senior Consultant ManagEast Oy Finland

2/2014 Yury Zverev Dr., Associate Professor The Kaliningrad region – a Head search for a new model of Department of Geography, Environmental economic development Management and Spatial Development Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

2/2014 Kaja Tampere Ph.D., Professor of Communication Strategic Communication Management Management (CM) in the post- Tallinn University communist Baltic Sea region Estonia

159 2/2014 Jari Kaivo-oja Research Director Cross external debt position Finland Futures Research Centre analysis in the Nordic and in Turku School of Economics the Baltic Sea countries – University of Turku quartiles 2011Q4-2013Q3

Adjunct Professor Faculty of Science University of Helsinki Finland

2/2014 Joanna Żukowska Ph.D., Assistant Professor Modern marketing Warsaw School of Economics communication on the Polish Poland market

2/2014 Małgorzata Director of the Secretariat The future of youth cooperation Ludwiczek Youth of the Westpomeranian Region in the Baltic Sea region Poland

Coordinator Working Group on Youth Policy Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation

2/2014 Marcin Chełminiak Dr., Adjunct Professor Local border traffic between Institute of Political Science Poland and the Kaliningrad region – international and cross- Wojciech Kotowicz Dr., Adjunct Professor border determinants Institute of Political Science

University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn Poland

2/2014 Walter Leal Filho Professor, Chair Fostering sustainability and Regional Centre of Exprertise in Hamburg university networking – a case study from the RCE Hamburg Head and Region Research and Transfer Centre Applications of Life Sciences Faculty of Life Sciences Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Germany

2/2014 Piotr Masiukiewicz Ph.D., Professor Warsaw School of Crisis taxes – threats and Economics opportunities Institute of Value Management

Former President of Polish banks Poland

2/2014 Alexander Fehér Professor A BUP motivated system of BUP National Centre education for sustainable development in Slovakia Department of Sustainable Development Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra Slovakia

160 2/2014 Visvaldas Associate Professor Kaunas University of Varžinskas Kaunas University of Technology Technology – steps towards Institute of Environmental Engineering sustainable university (APINI) Lithuania

2/2014 Remigijus Čiegis Professor Assessment of sustainable Department of Business Economics and university development Management Kaunas Faculty of Humanities Vilnius University Lithuania

Linas Kliučininkas Professor Department of Environmental Engineering Faculty of Chemical Technology Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania

2/2014 Thomas S. Grindsted Ph.D. student ESDAN – with quality Department of Environmental, Social and management systems towards Spatial Change sustainability Roskilde University Denmark

Kaisu Sammalisto Ph.D., MBA, Associate Professor Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development University of Gävle Sweden

Tove Holm M.Sc., Environmental Coordinator Novia University of Applied Sciences Finland

2/2014 Murat Zh. Professor, Doctor of Biology Development prospects for trade Nurushev Eurasian National University and economic relations between Member Kazakhstan and Finland in a Academy of Sciences RAEN Kazakhstan short run

Dana Aikio Ph.D. of Economics LST Group Finland

2/2014 Irina Lyutomskaya Senior Lecturer, Teacher of English and Durham and St. Petersburg – Russian university partners Foreign Languages Department Petersburg State Transport University Russia

161 2/2014 Kari Liuhto Professor of the Russian economy Despite the NATO membership Turku School of Economics of the Baltic States their exports University of Turku to Russia grown faster than Finland those of Finland between 2004 and 2013

1/2014 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and EU-Belarus – European Neighbourhood Policy relations conditioned on respect for values and based on contacts with people

1/2014 Vladimir Makei Minister of Foreign Affairs Belarus and Finland – forging a The Republic of Belarus brighter future

1/2014 Filip Kaczmarek Chairman EU-Belarus relations EP Delegation for Relations with Belarus European Parliament

1/2014 Evgeni Kirilov Co-President The EU’s Eastern Partnership Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and Belarus

Member European Parliament since 2007 from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats

Member EP Committees on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defence, Regional Development

Member EP Delegations for relations with the countries from the South Caucasus and with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Honourable Member Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

1/2014 Qimiao Fan Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Belarus needs bold and Ukraine comprehensive reforms to The World Bank achieve sustainable growth

1/2014 Maira Mora Ambassador EU-Belarus – necessary Head of Delegation partnership Delegation of the European Union to Belarus

1/2014 Francis Delaey Head Unleashing Belarus’ potential Minsk Resident Office EBRD

1/2014 Alexander Ambassador of Belarus to Finland Eurasian integration – benefits Ostrovsky for European businesses

162 1/2014 Sergey V. Rector Belarusian-Finnish cooperation Ablameyko Belarusian State University in education and science – case of BSU Doctor of Science

Academician National Academy of Science Belarus

1/2014 Juha Hämäläinen Chairman Belarus – developing economy

Director

Juuso Viitikko Finnish Belarusian Chamber of Commerce Finland

1/2014 Antti O.K. Ph.D., Adjunct Professor Kiilto Oy – first steps in the Nieminen Managing Director adhesives business in Belarus Kiilto Oy Finland

1/2014 Topi Paananen CEO Peikko Group and Belarus Peikko Group Corporation Finland

Andrei Naumovich Managing Director Peikko BelRus FLLC Belarus

1/2014 Pavel Laschenko Country Managing Partner for Belarus Business environment in Ernst & Young Belarus today Belarus

1/2014 Halina Doctor of Economics External economic potential of Shmarlouskaya Professor of Economics the Republic of Belarus – economic outlook Dean School of International Economic Relations Belarus State Economic University Belarus

1/2014 Irina Yeremeyeva Dr., Associate Professor EU-Belarus relations – threats Belarusian State Economic University and political opportunities Belarus

1/2014 Sierž Naūrodski President Securities market in Belarus – still undisclosed potential Uladzimir Valetka CASE Fellow

CASE Belarus Belarus

163 1/2014 Aleksei Bykov Dr. in Economics, Professor Measuring risks of regional development – case of Belarus Anna Zezulkina Belarus State Economic University Belarus

1/2014 Elena A. Dostanko Director Belarusian-Finnish relations Center for International Studies Belarusian State University Belarus

1/2014 Hanna Smith Researcher Eurasian integration as a Aleksanteri Institute defining factor in Belarusian University of Helsinki foreign policy Finland

1/2014 Uladzimir Rouda Ph.D. in Political Science The crisis of the Belarusian Professor economic model European Humanities University Lithuania

1/2014 Dzmitry Kruk Researcher Belarus – a chance to convert Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach past mistakes into new Centre advantages Belarus

1/2014 Galina Gavrilko Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Integration on the territory of Department of International Economic the former Soviet Union – a Relations search for an optimum model Belarusian State University Belarus

1/2014 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director How the Finnish firms view the Pan-European Institute Belarus business environment? Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

7/2013 Lauri Ihalainen Minister of Labour The Finnish marine industry in Finland the midst of structural change

7/2013 Ari Puheloinen General Commander Security in the Baltic Sea area Finnish Defence Forces Finland

7/2013 Eeva-Johanna MA, MSSc The Baltic connection Eloranta Member of Parliament of Finland Member of the City Council of Turku Member of the Nordic Council Finland

7/2013 Jukka Kopra Member of Parliament Economic growth in South- National Coalition Party Eastern Finland Chairman of the Board Regional Council of South-Carelia Finland

164 7/2013 Ritva Koukku- Ambassador of Finland The Baltic Sea region has a role Ronde to the United States of America in transatlantic relations

7/2013 Elisabeth Kerher Austrian ambassador in Finland Austria and Finland – a partnership with room for improvement 7/2013 Björn Carlson Founder and Chairman of the Board The Baltic Sea orchestra is Baltic Sea2020 Foundation playing out of tune

Valery Gergiev Counductor Artistic and General Director of the Mariinsky Theatre and co-founder of the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm

Juha Nurminen Founder and Chairman of the Board John Nurminen Foundation

Esa-Pekka Salonen Composer and conductor Co-founder of the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm

Michael Tydén General Manager of Berwaldhallen Co-founder of the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm

7/2013 Alex Prilutskii Dr., Rev., General Secretary Evangelical-Lutheran Church of The Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Ingria Ingria Russia

7/2013 Ilya Ermakov Senior Adviser: Economic Cooperation, CBSS Expert Group on Maritime Policy, Energy maritime policy – towards Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) better coherence among actors in the Baltic Sea region

7/2013 Janne Laine Mayor Cooperation with Russia Savonlinna benefits Eastern Finland Finland

7/2013 Maksim Meyksin Chairman Innovation development of St. Committee for Industrial Policy and Petersburg Innovations City of St. Petersburg Russia

7/2013 Irina Gladysheva Minister of Economic Development and Territory available for investors Competition Policy The Arkhangelsk region Russia

7/2013 José Valanta Business Development Director Vantaa – Finland's link with City of Vantaa the world Finland

165 7/2013 Juhani Pekkala Managing Director The Baltic is a challenge to Finnish Commerce Federation trade Finland

7/2013 Kari Häyrinen CEO & President Finland welcomes foreign Finpro investors Finland

7/2013 Timo Pietiläinen Head of Representative Office Finnvera promotes the Finnvera Plc, St. Petersburg internationalisation of SMEs in Russia Russia

7/2013 Yuri Piskulov Dr. (Econ.), Professor The joint global competitiveness Russian Foreign Trade Academy and Russian – an ambitious goal of trade State Academy of Intellectual Property policy between Russia and Rights Finland Editor Journal “Mezhdunarodnaya ekonomika” Russia

7/2013 Petri Lahesmaa Director, EU Affairs Responsible gaming system – The Beneficiaries of Finnish Lottery the most efficient way to Belgium prevent money laundering

7/2013 Markku Kivikoski President Technology for the benefit of Tampere University of Technology people and the environment Finland

7/2013 Leonids Ribickis Rector Role of advisory council in Advisor to the Rector developing competitive Arturs Zeps technological universities Riga Technical University Latvia

7/2013 Matti Manninen Rector University of Jyväskylä – ahead University of Jyväskylä of its time for 150 years Finland

7/2013 Anatoly Voronin Rector Petrozavodsk State University Petrozavodsk State University cooperation with the Finnish Russia universities and organizations

7/2013 Kalle-Antti Professor in Physics University of Turku – with Suominen Vice-rector for Research research to better future University of Turku Finland

7/2013 Hannu Salmela Vice Dean The future of business education Turku School of Economics in the Baltic Sea region Finland

7/2013 Matti Lievonen President & CEO An oil company’s perspective on Neste Oil operating in the Baltic Rim Finland

166 7/2013 Klaus Töpfer Professor, Executive Director Germany’s energy policy – responsibility and chance for Carolin Sperk Research Assistant sustainable development

Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Potsdam Germany

7/2013 Frank Apel Senior Vice President Sales Central Europe AREVA in a key position to and Nordic Countries support Baltic Rim countries in AREVA GmbH their future energy strategy

7/2013 Jukka Ruusunen President and CEO Towards a Northern Dimension Fingrid Oyj electricity market? Finland

7/2013 Denis Kolchin Associate Professor Risks and opportunities analysis Investment and Innovation Chair in the oil and gas industry of Finance University under the Government of Russia the Russian Federation Russia

7/2013 Artur Usanov Strategic Analyst Oil production in Kaliningrad The Hague Centre of Strategic Studies The Netherlands

Alexander Kharin Lecturer Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad Russia

7/2013 Jānis Bērziņš Director Financial markets and the National Defence Academy of Latvia threat for European security Center for Security and Strategic Research Latvia

7/2013 Sakari Martimo Capt (N) The Finnish Naval Academy – Commandant international cooperation Finnish Naval Academy Finland

7/2013 Tomasz Szatkowski President Poland and prospects for National Centre for Strategic Studies defence cooperation with Nordic Foundation countries Poland Asmus Fellow German Marshall Fund of the United States

7/2013 Kari Huhta Diplomatic Editor Debating NATO in Finland Helsingin Sanomat and Sweden – some wind, less Finland motion

7/2013 Lauri Kontro Editor-in-Chief Northern Europe as a model Maaseudun Tulevaisuus region for agriculture Finland

167 7/2013 Anna Scherbakova St. Petersburg bureau chief Investment climate of St. Vedomosti Russian business daily Petersburg in the mirror of Guest lecturer media School of Journalism and Mass Communications of St.Petersburg State University Russia

7/2013 Jürgen Sorgenfrei Dr., Director Consulting German Baltic ports – forecast IHS Global 2030 Germany

7/2013 Sturla Henriksen CEO High North – high stakes: Norwegian Shipowners’ Association maritime activities in the Arctic Norway

7/2013 Stephen Blank Senior Fellow The Arctic as a manifestation of American Foreign Policy Council international transformation The United States of America

7/2013 Ulrika Larpes Attorney-at-law Shipping as a strategic enabler Representative for the Shipowners´ for Finnish industry Foundation Finland

7/2013 Beata Madejska Lawyer Lower emissions from ships in BSR InnoShip project the light of provisions of Poland “sulphur directive” adopted by the European Union

7/2013 Jaakko Mäkikalli Marketing Manager The power of personal and Turku Fair & Congress Center genuine encounters – the key to Finland the success of fairs

7/2013 Shinichiro Tabata Professor Will the boom in Japan-Russia Slavic Research Center economic relations continue? Hokkaido University Japan

7/2013 Henrikki Tikkanen D.Sc., Professor Large Finnish companies’ Aalto University School of Business international business strategies Finland – an outlook Professor Stockholm University School of Business Sweden Visiting Professor Asian Institute of Technology Thailand

7/2013 Kirsi Vainio- Professor of Finnish history Maternity health – political Korhonen University of Turku issue in 18th century Finland Finland and Sweden

168 7/2013 Jukka Korpela PhD, Professor of History Positive and negative market Head of the Department of Geographical and forces in university life Historical Studies University of Eastern Finland Finland

7/2013 Yuri Mazurov Professor Sport in modern society – Moscow State Lomonosov University reflections on the eve of the Russia Olympic Games in Sochi

7/2013 Petri Minkkinen Dr., Researcher and Chair Karelia in the Finnish-Russian Science and Art Association KAKTUS relations Finland

7/2013 Kirsti Virtanen International Relations Manager Russian cooperation in Finnish Turku University of Applied Sciences universities of applied sciences Finland

7/2013 Dmitry Gudimenko CEO, Capital Development Group Ltd. Urban development cooperation Member of the board, Construction Company in the Baltic region SUART Helsinki – St. Petersburg

7/2013 Tomas Janeliūnas Associate Professor Third party in the EU EaP Institute of International Relations and Programme Political Science Vilnius University Lithuania

7/2013 Ihor Lishchynskyy Head of International Relations Department International relations of Ternopil National Economic University Ternopil National Economic Ukraine University and Baltic Rim universities

7/2013 Matthew Broad Dr., Associate Lecturer Anglo-Nordic relations – past, Department of History present, future University of Reading UK

Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Political History University of Turku Finland

169 6/2013 Jochen Schulte Member of Parliament The maritime agenda of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Rapporteurs of the Baltic Sea Rapporteur of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference on Parliamentary Conference BSPC Integrated Maritime Policy on Integrated Maritime Policy Former Chairman of the BSPC Working Group on Integrated Maritime Policy

Roger Jansson Vice President of the Åland Parliament Rapporteur of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference BSPC on Integrated Maritime Policy Former Vice Chairman of the BSPC Working Group on Integrated Maritime Policy

6/2013 Janne Tamminen Executive Secretary The future of maritime regions CPMR Baltic Sea Commission around the Baltic Sea

6/2013 Gun Rudeberg Legal Counsel and Head of Clean Baltic Sea – the role of Environmental Affairs at ports Ports of Stockholm Chairman of the European Sea Port Organization’s Sustainable Development Committee

Chris Wooldridge Dr., Honorary Senior Research Fellow Cardiff University, UK Science Coordinator & Senior Trainer Eco-SLC

6/2013 Emil Arolski Project Manager LNG in Baltic Sea Ports Project LNG in Baltic Sea Ports & Baltic Ports Organization Baltic Ports Organization c/o Actia Forum Ltd

6/2013 Stefan Jankowski Maritime University Szczecin Possibilities for the use of LNG Poland as a fuel on the Baltic Sea

6/2013 Gonçalo Carneiro Programme Manager / Consultant Maritime spatial planning – a NIRAS International Consulting new layer in integrated marine Stockholm management Sweden

170 6/2013 Michael Baldauf Dr.-Ing, Associate Professor e-Navigation – a key for safe, Maritime Safety and Environmental efficient and sustainable Administration, Chief Instructor shipping Maritime Simulation MaRiSa – Research group 'Maritime Risk and System Safety' World Maritime University Malmö Sweden

6/2013 Proshanto K. Professor The international legal Mukherjee Lund University framework of MONALISA Sweden

6/2013 Mikko Varjanne M.Sc. Economics Using modern web-based Chief Operative Officer solutions in connecting marine SHIPSU.com industry professionals

6/2013 Raphaël Baumler Dr., Associate Professor Containership gigantism – World Maritime University reaching the limits of uncertainty 6/2013 Neil Bellefontaine Professor, Vice President The current and future needs of Ilias Visvikis (Academics) postgraduate maritime education Associate Professor Director of Executive and Professional Development

World Maritime University

6/2013 Urszula Kowalczyk Head of Economics and Law Department Current trends in the Polish Maritime Institute Gdansk maritime industry Poland

6/2013 Alari Purju Director Maritime sector stakeholders Department of Logistics, Tallinn University and new regulations of Technology Estonia

Eva Branten Research Assistant Department of Logistics, Tallinn University of Technology Estonia

6/2013 Sari Nyroos Training Manager SmartComp – Finnish Centre for Maritime Studies perspective through national University of Turku consultation days Finland

171 6/2013 Esta Kaal SmartComp project partner Does the Central Baltic region Kaja Tampere Professor of communication management maritime cluster need a brand? SmartComp project consultant Tallinn University Institute of Communication Estonia

6/2013 Tony Munoz Publisher & Editor-in-Chief Surging U.S. energy production The Maritime Executive revives maritime sector The USA

6/2013 Arto Kuuluvainen PhD, Research Manager Finnish marine SMEs in Brazil Centre for Collaborative Research Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

6/2013 Makiko Kubo Researcher Seafarer demand forecast based Japan Maritime Center on economic conditions Japan

Takuma Matsuda Researcher Japan Maritime Center Japan

6/2013 Ari Virtanen Head of Finland Trade Center Korean marine industry and Finpro opportunities for Baltic region South Korea

6/2013 Jari Makkonen Head of Trade Center Common value chains in East Finpro Asia – case shipbuilding China

Sari Arho Havrén PhD, Consul (Innovation) Consulate General of Finland Shanghai TEKES China

6/2013 Minghui Gao Research Assistant Skyrocketing Chinese maritime Pan-European Institute cluster and its future Turku School of Economics development with international University of Turku partners Finland

172 6/2013 Eini Laaksonen Project Researcher The booming maritime sector in Pan-European Institute the Far East – what’s in it for Turku School of Economics Finnish companies? University of Turku Finland

Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

5/2013 Vaira Vīķe- President of Latvia (1999-2007) What kind of Latvia in what Freiberga Latvia kind of Europe?

5/2013 Algirdas Prime Minister Lithuanian success – from crisis Butkevičius Lithuania towards credible European Union

5/2013 Arvydas Pocius Lieutenant General Back to the family – two Chief of Defense decades of military-to-military Lithuania U.S.-Baltic relationship

5/2013 Andris Vilks Minister of Finance The euro – the key driving force Latvia in competition to promote sustainable growth

5/2013 Päivi Räsänen Minister of the Interior Finland prepares for increased Finland eastern mobility and possible visa-free travel between EU and Russia

5/2013 Rein Lang Minister of Culture Like minded Baltic cultures Estonia 5/2013 Hannes Swoboda President A new transatlantic alliance Alliance of Socialists & Democrats in the must be based on shared values European Parliament and shared objectives 5/2013 Jouni Backman Member of Parliament The Silicon Sea? Chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group Finland 5/2013 Anu Urpalainen Member of Parliament of Finland The Russian border – Member of City Council of Imatra yesterday´s curse, today´s Finland possibility 5/2013 Ine Eriksen Søreide MP for the Norwegian Conservative Party The “non-race to the Arctic” – (Høyre) some observations from Norway Norway 5/2013 Olli-Pekka State Secretary The change of the Arctic Heinonen Prime Minister’s Office geography Finland

173 5/2013 Petteri Taalas Professor Baltic maritime safety and Director-General research know-how is applicable Finnish Meteorological Institute in the Arctic Finland

5/2013 Alexander Sergunin Professor of International Relations Is Russia a revisionist or status St. Petersburg State University quo power in the Arctic? Russia

5/2013 Jørg Willy Ambassador Managing the Arctic – Bronebakk Royal Norwegian Embassy challenges and opportunities in Finland

5/2013 Urban Rusnák Secretary General Shifting the parameters of the Energy Charter Secretariat debate on global energy challenges – investment needs to become the buzzword

5/2013 Galymzhan Ambassador New opportunities for Koishybayev Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan to cooperation with Kazakhstan the Republic of Finland

5/2013 Monika Trade Policy Analyst Russia’s first year in the WTO Sztajerowska OECD – hip, hip hooray?

5/2013 Yaroslav Kuzminov Rector Universal higher education and National Research University – Higher its social and economic impact – School of Economics, Moscow case of Russia

Isak Froumin Academic Supervisor HSE Graduate School of Education National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Russia

5/2013 Jyri Häkämies Director General Baltic Sea market – new era, Confederation of Finnish Industries, EK new challenges Finland 5/2013 Antti Sippola CEO (acting) S Group seeks growth from its SOK neighbouring countries Finland 5/2013 Markku Andersson Mayor Jyväskylä and the Union of the City of Jyväskylä Baltic Cities Finland 5/2013 Jukka Savolainen Capt (CG) West Finland coast guard Commander of West Finland Coast Guard district – slimming down with District help of synergies and technical Finland applications 5/2013 Jarkko Saksa Deputy DG Maritime traffic at the Finnish Customs threshold of the new customs Finland regime

174 5/2013 Juha Mutru Managing Director Finnish harbours in Russia's Finnish Port Operators Association transit traffic Mutru Finland 5/2013 Katri Pynnöniemi Researcher A new matrix for Russia’s The Finnish Institute of International shipbuilding industry? Civilian- Affairs military and public-private Finland partnerships 5/2013 Veijo Hyvönen Managing Editor, Economic and Business Eurozone's model student News Finland fell into a debt trap Turun Sanomat (the third largest daily newspaper in Finland) Finland 5/2013 Jānis Ikstens Director Latvia and euro – a window of Advanced Social and Political Research opportunity Institute University of Latvia Latvia 5/2013 Kim Talus Professor of European Law University of Regulatory exemption for the Eastern Finland Finnish–Baltic gas markets – Finland the impact of an LNG terminal 5/2013 Joseph Dutton Global Gas Security Project The global gas revolution – why University of Leicester European shale might not The UK matter 5/2013 Mikhail I. Levinbuk Professor Oil refining in Russia – time for Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical a change Synthesis, Moscow Russia

Dmitry Yu. Murzin Professor Åbo Akademi University, Turku Finland

5/2013 Rafal Bajczuk Expert Germany’s energy Department for Germany and Northern transformation and the coal Europe ‘renaissance’ Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW), Warsaw Poland 5/2013 Ionut Purica Dr., Senior Researcher From the Varangians to the Institute for Economic Forecasting Greeks – critical infrastructures The Romanian Academy interconnector Romania 5/2013 Päivi Ilves Programme Director Development of regional South-East Finland – Russia ENPI CBC cooperation between South-East 2007-2013 Finland and St. Petersburg and Finland Leningrad Region 5/2013 Heikki Aalto CEO Bothnian Arc – vital cross- Bothnian Arc border area in northernmost part Finland of the Baltic Sea

175 5/2013 Roland Trill Dr., Professor for Business Studies, Hospital Cross-border cooperation in Management and eHealth eHealth issues in the Baltic Sea Management Secretariat of the eHealth for Region – the eHealth for regions Regions Network network as facilitator and Flensburg University of Applied Sciences booster

Anna-Lena Pohl MA, Management Secretariat of the eHealth for Regions Network Flensburg University of Applied Sciences Germany

5/2013 Aniela Tejchman Head of International Relations Office Gdansk University of Gdansk University of Technology Technology and its cooperation Poland in the Baltic Sea Region 5/2013 Michael Alexeev Professor of Economics Russia’s small business tax and Robert Conrad Indiana University/Bloomington regimes Associate Professor of Public Policy and Economics Duke University The USA 5/2013 Johanna Aaltonen Subproject Manager Science Link adds value to University of Turku BSR's industry and SMEs Finland

Graham Appleby Industrial Liaison Officer DESY Germany

María Fernanda Communication Manager Bocángel Invest in Skåne Sweden

Taina Laiho Project Researcher University of Turku Finland

5/2013 Eero Aro Senior Scientist Sustainable exploitation of the Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Baltic Sea fish resources require Institute integration of thinking Finland 5/2013 Henrik Meinander Dr., Professor of History Context matters University of Helsinki Finland 5/2013 Veikko Saksi MA (Econ.), Editor-in-Chief Finnophobia replaces Karjalan Kuvalehti finlandization Finland 5/2013 Helene Carlbäck Associate Professor in History Gender equality the Nordic way former Director of the Centre for Baltic and – an asset in soft diplomacy East European Studies towards the Baltic Sea Region? Södertörn University Sweden 176 5/2013 Li Bennich- Johan Skytte Professor in Eloquentia and Baltic States – choices on Björkman Political Science citizenship and Western Research Director Uppsala integration Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies (UCRS) Uppsala University Sweden 5/2013 Oleg Bukhovets Doctor of History Science, Professor How can the post-Soviet Head of the Department of Political Sciences countries use the Belarusian Belarus State Economic University subsurface regulations? Belarus

5/2013 Valentina Doctor of sociology, Professor Belarus is pregnant with charity Simkhovich Dean of the Faculty of Management Belarus State Economic University Belarus 5/2013 Kari Liuhto Professor at the University of Turku NATO occupies a half of Director of the Centrum Balticum Russia’s foreign economic Foundation relations Finland 4/2013 Merja Kyllönen Minister for Transport Developing the competitiveness Finland of Finnish maritime cluster 4/2013 Michael Prehn Deputy Director Maritime industry in the North Danish Maritime Denmark 4/2013 Elena G. Efimova Professor of World Economy Department Russian shipbuilding industry – St. Petersburg State University inside the WTO Russia 4/2013 Heikki Liimatainen Researcher Baltic Sea 2030 – trends and Transport Research Centre Verne scenarios Tampere University of Technology Finland 4/2013 Vesa Marttinen Managing Director North-European marine Turku Repair Yard Ltd. industries – lifecycle business part of BLRT Grupp with local shipping, Finland infrastructure and natural resource operators 4/2013 Kimmo Iljin CEO Port of Turku as part of the Turku Stevedoring Oy development of the maritime Finland cluster in the Baltic Sea region 4/2013 Kimmo Mäki Managing Director Port of Helsinki foresees growth Port of Helsinki in traffic to Tallinn Finland 4/2013 Annemari Andrésen Manager Finnish logistics cluster PBI Research Institute Finland

177 4/2013 Jussi Mälkiä President Baltic short sea shipping – a Meriaura Group strategy for survival Finland 4/2013 Eija Kanto Executive Adviser Shipping is the greenest Finnish Shipowners’ Association transportation mode but is faced Finland to be even greener 4/2013 Teemu Makkonen Postdoctoral Researcher Innovation and competitiveness Pan-European Institute – the future of the maritime Turku School of Economics companies University of Turku Finland 4/2013 Kari Laine Dr., Principal Lecturer Open innovation between firms Satakunta University of Applied Sciences and universities Finland 4/2013 Maria Mustonen Project Manager The dilemma of vessel noise TFK Transport Research Institute Sweden 4/2013 Jouni Saarni Project Researcher Dynamic capabilities in Finnish Centre for Collaborative Research maritime industry during the Turku School of Economics years of weak demand and University of Turku uncertainty from 2009 to 2012 Finland 4/2013 Teijo Niemelä Editor and Publisher Shipbuilding industry needs a Cruise Business Review sustainable orderbook to survive The USA and Finland 4/2013 Kimmo Juurmaa Managing Director Finnish maritime industry – Offshore Technology Center Oy observations from the IFCO Finland project 4/2013 Eini Laaksonen Project Researcher How to support the Pan-European Institute competitiveness and networking Turku School of Economics of the maritime clusters in the University of Turku Central Baltic region? Finland

Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

3/2013 Joaquín Almunia Vice President responsible for Competition Government subsidies and the Policy internal market – another European Commission evolutionary step for Europe’s State aid policy 3/2013 Jari Koskinen Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Finland will meet the renewable Finland targets with forest energy 3/2013 Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs NATO and the Baltic Sea Estonia Region – an Estonian perspective

178 3/2013 Viktor Mayko Deputy Minister Ukraine – in search of success Ministry for Foreign Affairs in the modern world Ukraine 3/2013 Romana Jordan Slovenian Member The role of nuclear energy in European Parliament European sustainable energy mix 3/2013 Sampo Terho Member The Baltic Sea: stable and safe European Parliament – for now 3/2013 Vilja Savisaar- Member Rail Baltica and Baltic-Adriatic Toomast Committee on Transport and Tourism Growth corridor influence to the European Parliament regional cohesion policy 3/2013 Nils Torvalds Member In a sea of challenges European Parliament 3/2013 Tom Packalén Member of Parliament Security policy in the north Finland 3/2013 Arto Satonen Member of Parliament, Vice-Chairman Tuition fees in Finland for National Coalition Party’s Parliamentary foreign students outside of Group EU/EEA -area Finland 3/2013 Janusz Niesyto Ambassador of Poland in Finland Baltic Sea region at the heart of Jari Vilén Ambassador of Finland in Poland Poland's and Finland’s foreign policy 3/2013 Arthur König Dr., Mayor Greifswald and its international City of Greifswald activities within the Baltic Sea Germany Region 3/2013 Sverker Göranson General, Supreme Commander Security in the Baltic Sea region Swedish Armed Forces Sweden 3/2013 Jaakko Kaukanen Chief of the Finnish Border Guard The Baltic Sea countries are Lieutenant General fore-runners in cooperation in Finland coast guard functions 3/2013 Arunas Molis Dr., Chief Operational energy security in Strategic Analysis and Research Division NATO context – looking to the NATO ENSEC COE future Lithuania

Florinda Giacomelli MIREES Master student University of Bologna Italy Intern NATO ENSEC COE Lithuania

3/2013 Claes Levinsson Director Baltic security – a word of Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian caution Studies (UCRS) Uppsala University Sweden

179 3/2013 Slava Khodko Scientific Adviser The Baltic Sea Region – Center on Cross-Border and Interregional strategies, projects and Cooperation cooperation Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg branch Russia 3/2013 Kai Paananen CEO Opportunities for Finland – the SET Group Oy Arctic and Russia Finland 3/2013 Esko Mustamäki Managing Director The Arctic shipbuilding market Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. – a real opportunity or a distant Finland dream? 3/2013 Kari Liuhto Member of Board of Directors The Nordic Countries on the top Helsinki Sustainability Center of the world in snow-how

Professor, Director Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

3/2013 Carsten Ørts Associate Professor Shipping in the Baltic Sea – Hansen CBS Maritime stormy waters ahead? Copenhagen Business School Denmark 3/2013 Olli-Pekka Brunila Researcher Green co-operation in the University of Turku eastern Gulf of Finland Centre for Maritime Studies Maritime Logistics Research Unit in Kotka Finland

Anni Anttila Project manager Kymenlaakso University of Applied Science Finland

3/2013 Juha Kalli Project engineer Baltic maritime transport on Centre for Maritime Studies rough sea University of Turku Finland 3/2013 Marc Auboin Counsellor The WTO Academic Programme Economic Research and Statistics Division and Saint-Petersburg State WTO University 3/2013 Fredrik Erixon Director, Co-founder Russia in the World Trade European Centre for International Political Organisation – improving the Economy (ECIPE) (a world-economy think chances of success tank based in Brussels) Belgium

180 3/2013 Sergey F. Sutyrin Professor, Head, WTO Chair holder Does Russian accession to the Associate Professor WTO matter for the competitiveness of domestic Olga Y. Trofimenko World Economy Department companies? St. Petersburg State University Russia

3/2013 Vladimir Salamatov Vladimir Salamatov Evolution of regulatory Director General measures – from tariff to non- World Trade Center Moscow tariff Russia 3/2013 Ihar Hancharonak Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Educational integration for Professor, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs sustainable economic development Tatyana Prannik PhD, Associate Professor Director of the Centre for International Cooperation and Educational Programmes Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus

3/2013 Sergey Kizima Head Chinese vector of Eurasian Department of International Relations integration Academy of Public Administration under the aegies of the President of the Republic of Belarus 3/2013 Olga S. Shimova Dr. hab. (Economics), Professor Environmental economics for Belarus State Economic University Belarus sustainable development 3/2013 Eduard Simchanka Professor Small and medium enterprises in Institute for Parliamentary and Belarus – status and problems Entrepreneurship Minsk Belarus 3/2013 Elena Dadzerkina PhD, Doctoral Candidate Status and prospects for The Academy of Public Administration under development of rail transport in the aegis of the President of the Belarus Belarus

Maria Usik Student The 5th course of The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus

3/2013 Daria Lipatova Partner Projects Manager, RVC Russian startup tour – bringing Pekka Viljakainen Advisor to the President Skolkovo international experience to Russian regions Foundation Evgenia Mayer Head of Partner Department, RVC Sergey Blintsov Head of Zvorykinsky Project Russia

181 3/2013 Ilkka Linnakko and Partner The TRIPADA concept – a Tomas Rosin CEO, Partner road map for concretely turning TRIDARA Russian innovations to local and global benefits! 3/2013 Tero Piispanen Program Director Early stage growth financing is Finnish HealthBIO cluster needed in the growing Life VP Sciences sector ScanBalt Finland 3/2013 Sari Autio-Sarasmo PhD, Research Coordinator Technology transfer between Aleksanteri Institute East and West and Russia’s University of Helsinki economic modernisation Finland 3/2013 Nikolay M. Doctor of Economics, Professor Cross-border innovation Megevich strategies – Russian-Finnish Simon J. Chernyak Master of European Studies experience

St. Petersburg State University Russia

3/2013 Arkady Junior Research Fellow Russian innovative ambitions as Ryabichenko Social and economic Studies centre positive factor for country image Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Nordic Russia 3/2013 Vlad Ivanenko Senior energy economist Is the price of Russian natural Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources gas inflated for the Baltic Rim? Canada 3/2013 Venelin Tsachevsky PhD, Professor, Director Energy development in South- Contemporary Foreign Policy Studies Centre East Europe and the Baltic Sea Former Bulgarian Ambassador to Finland region – similar problems, and Estonia similar prospects Bulgaria 3/2013 Gennady Kretinin Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor, On the perspectives of building Director REC Baltic region nuclear power plant in Manager Lithuania Baltic Research and Information Center Russian Institute of Strategic Research Russia 3/2013 Elena Paltseva Research Fellow Supply diversification and SITE allocation of bargaining power Stockholm School of Economics in the EU-Russia gas Sweden relationship Visiting Professor New Economic School Russia 3/2013 Vladimir Feygin President On interactions between energy Institute for Energy and Finance markets Russia

182 3/2013 Pekka Hakanen Editor on Financial Affairs Russian roulette with gas Turun Sanomat Finland 3/2013 Simonas Klimanskis Deputy Director The Baltic Sea Region – the Lithuanian Institute of Development of positive steps towards ensuring Social Market Economy energy security Lithuania 3/2013 Romas Švedas Independent Expert, Lecturer Institute of Energy in Baltics – the last International Relations and Political Science phase of Eurointegration Vilnius University Lithuania 3/2013 Mihails Rodins, Professor Lithuania's energy sector – Institute of European Studies trends and problems of development Aleksandr Dr.oec., Director Gaponenko Institute of European Studies

Inna Dovladbekova Faculty of European Studies Rigas Stradins University

Latvia

3/2013 David Dusseault Senior Market Analyst Global energy markets – the Gasum OY view from Espoo Finland 3/2013 Nikolay Professor Energy politics in the Baltic Sea Dobronravin School of International Relations Region – new Russian St.Petersburg University perspectives? Russia 3/2013 Jack Sharples PhD Candidate Gazprom and the development University of Glasgow of spot-pricing on the EU gas The UK market 3/2013 Juho Rahkonen PhD, Research Manager Visa-free travel between EU Taloustutkimus Oy and Russia might be true in the Finland near future 3/2013 Andrei Yakovlev Director In search of new mechanisms for Institute for Industrial and Market Studies state-business interaction National Research University – Higher School of Economics Vice President Association of Russian Economic Think Tanks (ARETT) Russia 3/2013 Kalman Kalotay Economic Affairs Officer The 2013 Cyprus bailout and United Nations Conference on Trade and the Russian foreign direct Development investment platform

183 3/2013 Wladimir Andreff Professor Emeritus Russian multinational University Paris 1 companies and state capitalism Panthéon Sorbonne Honorary Member of the European Association for Comparative Economic Studies France 3/2013 Morten Hansen Head of Economics Department Joining the Eurozone – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Latvia’s destiny? Latvia 3/2013 Timo Hellenberg CEO From enlargement to Hellenberg International Limited enhancement – towards a civil Finland security financial instrument of the Baltic Sea Region? 3/2013 Marek Dabrowski Fellow Inflation and monetary policy CASE – Center for Social and Economic in CIS countries Research Warsaw Poland 3/2013 Erkki Laukkanen DSc (Econ), Chairman Corruption line in Baltics – the Transparency Finland key differences between key Finland countries 3/2013 Lars Johannsen PhD, Associate Professor Bumps ahead Department of Political Science and Government Business and Social Science Aarhus University Denmark 3/2013 Stanisław Bieleń Professor The chances for reconciliation Institute of International Relations between Poland and Russia University of Warsaw Editor of the Journal Stosunki Międzynarodowe-International Relations Poland 3/2013 Johanna Reiman Executive Director 15 years of support for cities’ Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association – urban health planning in the WHO Collaboration Baltic Region Centre of Urban Health and Healthy Cities in the Baltic Region Finland 3/2013 Helmut Klüter Dr., Professor Rural areas of Eastern Germany Institut für Geographie und Geologie Germany 3/2013 Ivan Gumeniuk Dr., Research Associate The Interreg IIIB BSR The Institute of Environmental Management, programme as a tool for Territorial Development and Urban developing a unified transport Construction system in the Baltic macroregion Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia

184 3/2013 Anatoly Anishenko Deputy General Director Promoting business education in Nizhny Novgorod Region Chamber of the Baltic Sea Region – the case Commerce and Industry of the Latvian-Russian Russia cooperation Aigars Rostovskis PhD, Chairman Development Council Turiba University Latvia 3/2013 Gennady Fedorov Professor, Director New opportunities for Institute of Environmental Management, Kaliningrad in the development Spatial Development and Urban Planning of Russia-EU relations Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Russia 3/2013 Vladimir Balobaev Researcher Possible strategies for the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Kaliningrad region 2013 Kaliningrad Russia 2/2013 Klavs A. Holm Under-Secretary for Arctic Affairs The Arctic – regional challenges Ministry of Foreign Affairs with global consequences Denmark 2/2013 Hannu Halinen Ambassador for Arctic Affairs Arctic cooperation and business Finland 2/2013 Martti Hahl President What’s next in the Arctic? Barents Center Finland Oy Finland 2/2013 Kirsi-Maarit Head of Trade Center Arctic of Russia – freezing hot Poljatschenko Finpro ry, Operations and Network business topic Finland Trade Center in St. Petersburg Russia 2/2013 Kari Synberg Ph.D in Geography Russia and the Arctic University on Eastern Finland Committee member of Geographical Society of Finland 2/2013 Katri Pynnöniemi Researcher Russia’s new Arctic strategy The Finnish Institute of International identifies vulnerabilities but Affairs targets modernization Finland 2/2013 Timo Koivurova Research professor, Director Resource exploitation in the The Northern Institute for Environmental Arctic: incorrect diagnoses, and Minority Law misinterpretations and wrong Arctic Centre, University of Lapland solutions – how to avoid these? Finland

185 2/2013 Vladimir Didyk and Research Director of the IES KSC RAS Socio-economic development of the Murmansk region – trends Larissa Riabova Head of department of social policy in the and prospects North

Luzin Institute for Economic Studies The Kola Science Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

2/2013 Vesa Rautio Academy Research Fellow The Russian North going global Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland 2/2013 Morten Anker Principal The Norwegian Barents Sea Pöyry Management Consulting AS adventure Norway 2/2013 Geir Hønneland Research Director The Barents Sea – successful Fridtjof Nansen Institute and fisheries management University of Tromsø Norway 2/2013 Lawson W. PhD, Distinguished Professor of Geography Arctic marine transport driven Brigham and Arctic Policy by natural resource development University of Alaska Fairbanks The USA 2/2013 Yrjö Myllylä Senior Research Scientist, Ph.D. Finland’s world class Arctic RD Aluekehitys Oy marine technology know-how

Jon McEwan Independent researcher, Master’s student International Program of Human Geography at the Department of Geographical and Historical Studies University of Eastern Finland in Joensuu Finland

2/2013 Eini Laaksonen Project Researcher Business prospects for the Pan-European Institute Finnish maritime industry in Turku School of Economics the Arctic University of Turku Finland 2/2013 Adam Grydehøj Director of Island Dynamics Opportunities for local Copenhagen development in a nationally Denmark contested Arctic – when Nordic communities engage with Asian economies 2/2013 Masahiro Tokunaga Ph.D., Associate Professor Japanese-Russian business on a Kansai University brink – how to go with Japan Gazprom?

186 2/2013 Timothy Heleniak The American Geographical Society Associate The migration of people in the Research Professor Arctic The Department of Geography The University of Maryland The USA 1/2013 Per Westerberg Speaker The Baltic Sea Region – a Swedish Parliament Swedish perspective Sweden 1/2013 Zoran Milanovic Prime Minister Croatia – becoming the 28th The Republic of Croatia member state of the European Union 1/2013 Maria Lohela Member (The Finns Party) Mutual trust and reciprocity – Parliament of Finland a key to success in the Baltic Finland Sea Region 1/2013 Katja Taimela Member Towards a more responsible Parliament of Finland Baltic Fisheries Policy Finland 1/2013 Xing Huang Ambassador Maintaining a sound all-win Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in relationship between China- Finland Finland in the future 1/2013 Veiko Spolitis Parliamentary secretary Latvian defence planning in The Latvian Ministry of Defence transforming security Latvia environment – political perspective 2011–2013 1/2013 Hannu Miettunen Head Finland and Sweden – military News Department allies? Never and yet for all Turun Sanomat times Finland 1/2013 Erwin Sellering Prime Minister Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern its relations with the countries Germany of the Baltic Sea Region 1/2013 Alexander Head Cooperation of the Republic of Khudilainen The Republic of Karelia Karelia with Finland at the Russia present stage of development 1/2013 Janne Virtanen Acting Director Northern growth corridor – an Regional Promotion opportunity for Southwest Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland 1/2013 Sergei Guriev Professor of Economics and Rector Is Russian economy overheated? New Economic School Russia 1/2013 Piia-Noora Kauppi Managing Director Nordic-Baltic financial zone Federation of Finnish Financial Services needs a well-functioning Finland banking union

187 1/2013 Leszek Balcerowicz Professor of Economics, Head Internal devaluation can work International Comparative Studies Department

Aleksander Łaszek Ph.D. Candidate

Warsaw School of Economics Poland

1/2013 Vlasta Macku Chief Academic capacity building on UNCTAD Virtual Institute trade for development in United Nations Conference on Trade and Belarus and Russia – Development contribution of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute 1/2013 Jan Lundin Director General The Council of the Baltic Sea CBSS International States in the era of regional Secretariat strategies, networks and projects 1/2013 Kari Liuhto Professor The Baltic Sea region and the Turku School of Economics Pan-European Institute University of Turku Director Pan-European Institute, Centrum Balticum Finland 1/2013 Hans Brask Director Energy efficiency in Russia – Baltic Development Forum experiences from Kaliningrad Denmark region 1/2013 Eero Toivainen Senior Consultant FinlandCare – health from Finpro, Life Sciences Finland Finland 1/2013 Alan Riley Professor Gazprom on the antitrust ropes City Law School City University The United Kingdom 1/2013 Taavi Veskimägi CEO Liberalisation of the Estonian Elering AS gas market Estonia 1/2013 Irina V. Zeleneva Professor Russian geostrategy in the Department of World Politics energy sphere in the Baltic Sea School of International Relations region Saint Petersburg State University Russia 1/2013 Agnia Grigas PhD, CEO Gas – the last frontier in the OneGo Inc. bilateral relations between the Author of “The Politics of Energy and Baltic States and Russia Memory between the Baltic States and Russia” The USA

188 1/2013 Reinis Āboltiņš Researcher A game of power – the Baltic Centre for Public Policy States and energy security PROVIDUS Latvia 1/2013 Mikhail Krutikhin Partner, Analyst Gas and oil reserves in Russian RusEnergy independent consultancy Arctic seas remain out of reach Russia to all but two state-run giants 1/2013 Maria L. Lagutina PhD, Senior Lecturer Nord Stream pipeline – an World Politics Department energy dialogue or deadlock? School of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia 1/2013 Tomas Malmlöf Scientist Interpretations of energy Department for Security Policy & Strategic security in the Baltic Sea region Studies Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Sweden 1/2013 Satu Viljainen Professor (Electricity markets) Russian electricity market Olga Gore M.Sc., Researcher reform – deregulation or re- regulation? Mari Makkonen M.Sc., Researcher Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland 1/2013 Eero Vanaale Consultant The Baltic Sea ports – resonance Drewry Shipping of trends in the container Consultants shipping The UK 1/2013 Tuomas Kiiski Doctoral student The Northern Sea Route – a Turku School of Economics viable alternative to Suez Canal University of Turku Route as a liner shipping route? Finland 1/2013 Viacheslav M. Doctor of Economics, Professor Immediate tasks for G20, Shavshukov St. Petersburg State University regional associations and Russia international economic organizations 1/2013 Ilmari Larjavaara Dr.Soc.Sc, BBA “Clash of civilizations” in the Adviser Finnish-Russian relations? EUROFACTS Ltd. Finland 1/2013 Vladimir G. Sherov- Associate Professor Eurasian integration – a Ignatyev World Economy Department positive view St. Petersburg State University Russia 1/2013 Elina Kahla PhD, Director Finnish window in The Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg St.Petersburg – beyond its size?

189 1/2013 Inari Helle Researcher The challenge of keeping the Sakari Kuikka Professor Gulf of Finland clean from oil – what should we do? Fisheries and Environmental Management Group (FEM) Department of Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Finland 1/2013 Kari Hyytiäinen Principal Research Scientist Does it pay to combat MTT Agrifood Research eutrophication in the Baltic Finland Sea? 1/2013 Vanessa Ryan Marine Conservation Officer Oil transportation in the Baltic WWF Finland Sea – environmental impacts Finland and future challenges for maritime transport 1/2013 Markku Kotilainen Dr., Research Director What explains foreign direct Research Institute of the Finnish Economy investment in the Baltic Sea (ETLA) Region? Finland 1/2013 Ilkka Henrik Professor of Sociology The East is – empty Mäkinen Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST) School of Social Sciences Södertörn University Sweden 1/2013 Ruslanas Editor-in-Chief Lithuania's Berlusconi – the Iržikevičius The Lithuania Tribune Viktor Uspaskich phenomenon Director in Lithuania BaltoScandia Media Lithuania 1/2013 Jordan Gans-Morse Assistant Professor Evolving threats to property Political Science rights in Russia Northwestern University The USA 1/2013 Sergey Balandin President FRUCT – Academia-to- FRUCT Oy industry cooperation engine and Finland incubator of new competences and businesses 1/2013 Julija Bendikienė Deputy Director The marine valley in Klaipėda – Marine Science and Technology Centre for development of Lithuanian Klaipėda University maritime sector Lithuania 1/2013 Irina Ledchenkova Head of Project Office The Yanka Kupala State International Cooperation Centre University of Grodno (YKSUG) Yanka Kupala State and its international projects in University of Grodno (YKSUG) the Baltic Sea region (BSR) Belarus

190 1/2013 Karri Kiiskinen PhD student Borders to define a Baltic Sea European ethnology region University of Turku Finland 6/2012 Mikhail V. Prime Minister Belarus – joining Europe and Myasnikovich The Republic of Belarus Eurasia together (Integration of Professor, Doctor in Economics and Associate Integrations concept) Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 6/2012 Pekka Salminen and Project Manager Direct investments in city-to- city cooperation between Hannamaria Project Manager Belarus and EU Yliruusi Union of the Baltic Cities Commission on Environment Finland

6/2012 Artis Pabriks Dr., Minister of Defence Security issues in the Baltic Sea The Republic of Latvia region 6/2012 Petri Sarvamaa Member Rail Baltica as a stimulant to The European Parliament Baltic economies 6/2012 Jessica Polfjärd Member of Parliament Nordic competitiveness in trade Moderate Party and commerce – a strong and Chair secure future established by Committee on industry and trade growth Sweden 6/2012 Franz Thönnes MP, former Parliamentary State Secretary The Baltic Sea Labour Forum Deutscher Bundestag (BSLF) is working Member of the BSLF Steering Committee Germany 6/2012 Ann-Kristine Member of Parliament A cleaner Baltic Sea – a task for Johansson Chair of the Nordic Council Environment parliamentarians across borders Committee Sweden 6/2012 Hannu Himanen Ambassador of Finland to the Russian The reluctant partner – Russia Federation in WTO 6/2012 Maimo Henriksson Ambassador of Finland The dynamic corner of Europe – to Norway the High North as a strategic survival strategy for Finland 6/2012 Riho Terras Brigadier General Commander Security and defense in the The Estonian Defence Forces Baltic Sea region – what to Estonia expect? 6/2012 Stephen Blank Professor European and Asian rivalries Strategic Studies Institute over the Arctic The USA 6/2012 Timo Rautajoki CEO The great future of Murmansk Lapland Chamber of Commerce is still based on visions Finland

191 6/2012 Anneli Ahonen Finnish journalist based in St. Petersburg Times are changing for the Northern Russian town of Pechenga 6/2012 Martti Hahl President The bridge over troubled waters Barents Center Finland of North West Russia Finland 6/2012 Philip Lowe Director-General Baltic energy infrastructure – DG ENERGY from isolation towards European Comission integration 6/2012 Torstein Indrebø Secretary General Natural Gas, LNG and the International Gas Union, IGU Baltic Sea 6/2012 Esa Härmälä Director General Europe needs energy Energy Department investments Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland 6/2012 Rokas Masiulis CEO LNG terminal in Lithuania – a Klaipėdos Nafta AB small solution to a very large Lithuania problem 6/2012 Monika Assistant LNG import terminals in Baltic Rozmarynowska Department of Transport and Logistics Sea Region – review of current Gdynia Maritime University projects Poland 6/2012 Juha Kettunen Rector Environment projects in the Turku University of Applied Sciences Central Baltic Programme Finland 6/2012 Markus Granlund Director, Professor Responsible university Turku School of Economics education of business and University of Turku economics in the BRE Finland 6/2012 Janis Stonis Administrative Director Link in the Baltic Sea region University of Latvia chain Latvia 6/2012 Ari Niemi Editorial Writer Child welfare with a double- Turun Sanomat, Daily Newspaper headed eagle as a partner Finland 6/2012 Hannele Pokka Permanent Secretary Why Gulf of Finland Year Ministry of the Environment 2014? Finland 6/2012 Kari Häkämies Director-General Integration of the Baltic Sea Regional State Administrative labour market Agency for Southwestern Finland Finland 6/2012 Stefan Herms Director General Cooperation between Hamburg Department International and European and other partners in the Baltic Affairs Sea region Senate Chancellery Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Germany 192 6/2012 Heikki Pälve CEO Patient mobility in the Baltic Finnish Medical Association region Finland 6/2012 Jussi Järventaus Managing Director Entrepreneurship as a source of Federation of Finnish Enterprises growth and competitiveness in Finland the Baltic Sea Region 6/2012 Hans Skov Chairman The almost forgotten digital Christensen Baltic Development Forum single market Denmark 6/2012 Thomas Steger University of Regensburg Management research on Editor-in-chief Central and Eastern Europe Journal for East European Management Studies Germany 6/2012 Pauls Raudseps Commentator Latvia and the euro – a date Weekly magazine Ir with destiny Latvia 6/2012 Hiski Haukkala Professor of International Relations The Baltic Sea region needs University of Tampere more mutual trust Finland 6/2012 Christian Ramberg Managing Director Port of Turku takes strongly Port of Turku part in LNG projects Finland 6/2012 Ulrich Bauermeister Dr., Managing Director Port of Rosrock – serving the Rostock Port Baltic Sea Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH Germany 6/2012 Jaakko Tikka CEO Maritime memories, history and Forum Marinum Foundation experiences at the same place Finland 6/2012 Julian Cooper Professor of Russian Economic Studies Eurasian Economic Integration Centre for Russian and East European – different this time? Studies University of Birmingham The United Kingdom 6/2012 Irina V. Department Director Do Russian innovators need Starodubrovskaya Political economy and regional development creative cities? Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia 6/2012 Marko Torkkeli Professor of Technology and Business Innovation in and for Russian Innovations markets Faculty of Technology Management LappeenrantaUniversity of Technology Director of Publications at International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Finland

193 6/2012 Anni Kangas Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Research Neoliberalism meets economic Fellow nationalism – the Skolkovo School of Management (International innograd Relations) University of Tampere Finland 6/2012 Teemu Makkonen Postdoctoral Researcher The geography of innovation in Pan-European Institute the Baltic Sea region Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland 6/2012 Alexander Dynkin Professor, Director Russia and WTO – challenges IMEMO, Institute of after accession World Economy and International Relations Russia 6/2012 Grigory Dudarev Partner Russia as an investment Evli Bank Plc destination – the recent Finland accession of Russia to WTO and its impact on the investment in Russia 6/2012 Lilia Shevtsova Senior Associate Russia – is there a way out of Moscow Carnegie Centre the dead end? Russia Associate Fellow Russia and Eurasia Program The Chatham House The United Kingdom 6/2012 Tommi Lappalainen Major, Lecturer Russia increasing its military Department of Strategic and Defence Studies expenditure National Defence University Finland 6/2012 Irina Novikova Professor, Dean Russia’s WTO entry – School of International Relations consequences for higher Saint-Petersburg State University education Russia 6/2012 Jari Jumpponen Head of rep. office How to get more boost to the East Office of Finnish Industries Northern Dimension? Advisor to Co-Chairman of the NDBC 6/2012 Katja Novikova Director for Russian Affairs Russian higher education reform Maija Kuiri Project Manager – designed to approach world top universities Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland 6/2012 Sean P. Roberts Dr, Researcher Party-system reform in Russia The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

194 6/2012 Roger Roffey Senior Scientist Russia and migration in the Division of Defence Analysis light of the demographic crises The Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI Sweden 6/2012 Roland Gustbée President Euroregion Baltic – tool to Euroregion Baltic tackle common challenges in the South Baltic area 6/2012 Torben Dall Professor in Regional Economics Borders and foreign labor – the Schmidt Department of Border Region Studies importance of foreign labor at University of Southern Denmark the Danish-German land border Denmark 6/2012 Robert Hall Head of Baltic Sea Unit The Swedish Institute’s role in Swedish Institute Baltic Sea cooperation Sweden 6/2012 Kristi Raik Researcher Estonia and Finland diverge Finnish Institute of International Affairs over Europe, but cherish Finland Nordic-Baltic ties 6/2012 Anna Zasova Research Fellow Slow recovery of Latvian labour Baltic International Centre for Economic market – shaped by lack of Policy Studies demand, not by labour market Latvia institutions 6/2012 Jessica Ålgars- Communications Manager What is the WOW of your Åkerholm Regional Council of Southwest Finland region? 6/2012 Sari Ruusumo Convention Director Important meetings and passion City of Turku since 1229 Turku Touring Southwest Finland Tourist and Convention Bureau Finland 6/2012 Mika Kallioinen Lecturer of Finnish History The Hanseatic League – past University of Turku and present Finland 6/2012 Anna Karhu Doctoral Student Pharmaceutical retail as a part Department of Marketing and International of healthcare provision in the Business future Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland 5/2012 Eini Laaksonen Project Researcher Introduction to SmartComp – Pan-European Institute Smart Competitiveness for the Turku School of Economics Central Baltic region University of Turku Finland 5/2012 René Sirol Capt., Deputy Director General, Factors for safer shipping in the Head of Maritime Safety Division Baltic Sea Estonian Maritime Administration

195 5/2012 Karl-Heinz Prof., Dr Baltic maritime transport – Breitzmann Managing Director tense relationship between Baltic Institute of Marketing, Transport and logistics and environmental Tourism at the University of Rostock regulations Germany 5/2012 Pentti Kujala Professor Increasing marine traffic Department of Applied Mechanics challenges the Baltic Sea School of Engineering Aalto University Finland 5/2012 Monika Executive Secretary Marine nature does not have an Stankiewicz HELCOM owner – reflections on the (Baltic Sea Marine Environment Protection future of the Baltic maritime Commission) sector 5/2012 Jerzy Hajduk PhD, Master Mariner, Professor The future of vessel traffic Dean of Navigation Faculty safety in the Baltic Sea Maritime University of Szczecin Poland 5/2012 Robert Aps Dr, Head of Marine Systems Department Sea transportation of oil in the Estonian Marine Institute Baltic Sea – enhancing safety University of Tartu and security Estonia 5/2012 Juhani Talvela Lic.tech, Research Director Enhancing logistics Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences competitiveness on a regional Finland scale 5/2012 Rima Mickeviciene Dr, Assoc. Professor in Marine Engineering, Maritime technology industry – Dean to fit for the green future Faculty of Marine Engineering Klaipeda University Lithuania 5/2012 Elisa Holma Researcher Baltic Sea cargo volumes at Centre for Maritime Studies their highest in 2011 University of Turku Finland 5/2012 Eva Branten and Research Associate Recent developments in the Estonian maritime cluster Alari Purju Professor of Public Economics

Department of Public Economics Tallinn University of TechnologY Estonia

5/2012 Hanna Mäkinen Project Researcher The current state and future of Pan-European Institute the Finnish maritime cluster Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland 5/2012 Ulla Tapaninen Ph.D., Expert in International Logistics Finnish foreign trade will find City of Helsinki new transport routes Finland

196 5/2012 Mervi Pitkänen Programme Director Finnish maritime industry – Juha Valtanen Programme Manager innovating the future Machine Technology Center Maritime Cluster Programme Finland 5/2012 Jukka Seppänen Project Manager of CAFE project EU-project develops skills and Mirva Salokorpi Research Manager of maritime and logistics increases safety capital of maritime domain Kymenlaakso University of Applied Science Finland 5/2012 Lan Le Project Producer Uncharted waters Kaleidoskooppi

Nina Luostarinen Project Planner TKI-HUMAK Meri

Timo Parkkola RDI Manager TKI-HUMAK Meri

Finland

4/2012 László Andor Commissioner Employment and social European Commission development in the EU and in particular in the Baltic Sea region 4/2012 Edgars Rinkēvičs Minister of Foreign Affairs Why Eastern Partnership still Latvia matters? 4/2012 Edit Herczog Member of the European Parliament East-West pipelines – integrating Europe 4/2012 Marjo Matikainen- DI, eMBA, Member of Parliament Controversial real estate Kallström Parliament of Finland ownership Chairperson Finnish Karelian League Finland 4/2012 Christel Happach- Dr. MP A view on the German Kasan Chairwoman of the German-Baltic Friendship Presidency of the Council of the Group Baltic Sea States The German Bundestag 4/2012 Mikaela Nylander Member of Parliament Minorities around the Baltic Parliament of Finland Sea 4/2012 Kimmo Tiilikainen Chairman Building sustainable growth in The Finnish Centre Party the Baltic Sea region Parliamentary Group Member of Parliament Parliament of Finland 4/2012 Walter Deffaa Director-General The EU strategy for the Baltic Regional Policy DG Sea region – the next phase of European Commission the strategy

197 4/2012 Pauliina Haijanen Member of the Committee of The Regions Updated European Union Member of the Board of The Regional Council Strategy for the Baltic Sea of Southwest Finland region 4/2012 Jukka-Pekka Ujula Mayor The City of Porvoo in Baltic City of Porvoo area cooperation Finland 4/2012 Ricardo Carvalho Policy Officer University business cooperation Bruno Ferreira European Commission – DG Education and in education Culture 4/2012 Philipp Schwartz Dr., Head of the Joint Technical Secretariat Use the “today” to shape the Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme “tomorrow” or the impact of 2007-2013 2007– 2013 on 2014 – 2020 4/2012 Gabriel Alvarez Communication Officer Territorial cooperation in the INTERACT Point Turku Baltic Sea region and the Finland supportive role of INTERACT Point Turku 4/2012 Kai Paananen CEO Oil spill risks can be reduced SET Petrochemicals Oy / SET Group through concrete cooperation Finland 4/2012 Olli-Pekka Brunila Researcher Development of oil University of Turku transportation in the Gulf of Centre for Maritime Studies Finland Maritime Logistics Research Unit in Kotka Finland 4/2012 Anders Åslund Senior Fellow Russia’s future reforms The Peterson Institute for International Economics The USA Author of the book “Russia’s Capitalist Revolution” 4/2012 Kari Liuhto Professor on the Russian economy Russia after Putin? Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland 4/2012 Mikhail Dmitriev President Good-bye, poverty – Russia’s Center for Strategic Research quiet social revolution Russia

Svetlana Misikhina Director Center of Social Policy of the Institute of the Applied Economic Research The Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service Russia

4/2012 Vesa Korhonen Senior economist Russia’s budget priorities Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in shaped by the leadership, and Transition (BOFIT) the outcome by an uneven Finland inflation landscape

198 4/2012 Tom Colbjørnsen President BI Norwegian Business School BI Norwegian Business School and its activities in the Baltic Sea region 4/2012 Agata Expert The limits of Eurasian Wierzbowska- Russian Department integration Miazga Centre for Eastern Studies Poland 4/2012 Filip Hamro-Drotz Senior Advisor The Baltic Sea region and Confederation of Finnish business – a model for European Industries EK macro regions? Finland 4/2012 Jorma Alanne Executive Vice President Pohjola’s growing interest in the Baltic Banking Baltic markets Pohjola Bank plc Finland 4/2012 Keijo Koskinen Key Account Manager Why some companies succeed AEL Finland 4/2012 Janne Tienpää MSc in Geography and Economics Senior Event sourcing: a new approach Sales Manager to destination marketing – case S-Group Hotels Finland City of Turku, Finland 4/2012 Janne Hirvonen Analyst State-financed investment – the East Office of Finnish Industries, Helsinki Achilles’ heel of Russia’s rents- Finland addicted economy? 4/2012 Markku Sippola Postdoctoral Researcher The impact of investment Karelian Institute climate on the ease of University of Eastern Finland investment: a comparison between Russia and the Baltic States 4/2012 Martin Hurt Member of the Executive Board Nordic-Baltic defence International Centre for Defence Studies cooperation: opportunities and Estonia challenges 4/2012 Jonas Grätz M.A., Researcher Unconventional resources and Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH energy security in the Baltic Sea Zurich region Switzerland

199 4/2012 Mikhail Grigoryev Co-owner and Director Euro-Arctic cross-border Consultation Centre GECON cooperation for development of Expert the Russian Arctic offshore oil Scientific Council of Security & gas reserves Council of the Russian Federation Member Coordination Council on Cross-Border and Interregional Cooperation under the Plenipotentiary of the President of the Russian Federation to the Northwest Federal District Chairman Expert Group concerning Development of Mineral Resources and Development of Transport System in Arctic Regions The Russian Federation 4/2012 Eva Hjälmered Head of Secretariat The ”small” actors are the major UBC Energy Commission actors Union of Baltic Cities 4/2012 Eugenijus Uspuras Director Energy infrastructure projects Vaclovas Miskinis Head in Lithuania Laboratory of Energy Systems Research Lithuanian Energy Institute 4/2012 Frederic Hauge President Plans for Baltic nuclear power The Bellona Foundation plant financially unviable and Norway ecologically hazardous 4/2012 Marijuš Antonovič MA in International Relations and The political project of the Diplomacy Baltic nuclear power plant Vilnius University Lithuania 4/2012 Bo Österlund Commodore (One Star Admiral, retired) A drastic change to be expected Finland in the energy map of the Baltic region 4/2012 Vitaliy V. Director, Russian and Caspian Energy Cold February of 2012 – Yermakov IHS CERA European gas system passes Russia test, but questions remain 4/2012 Kari Liuhto Professor The revolution of gas logistics in Turku School of Economics at the University the Baltic Sea region? of Turku Director Centrum Balticum Finland

200 4/2012 Olli-Pekka Hilmola Professor Russian railway sector Department of Industrial Management, transformation – opportunity Kouvola Unit for larger Europe Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Eugene Head of Department Korovyakovsky Department of Logistics and Commercial Operations St. Petersburg State Transport University Russia

4/2012 Vladas Sturys Consultant, Researcher in transport and Baltic transport research agenda logistics – a strong demand Director Baltic R&D Centre Lithuania 4/2012 Ilya Shegelman Administration Counselor, PhD, Professor Environmentally safe Pavel Shchukin Head of Innovation Projects and Innovative transportation and packaging Infrastructure Developing Department, PhD unit for transportation and storage of spent nuclear fuel Petrozavodsk State University Russia 4/2012 Egon G. Nordström PhD, Docent Sustainable water management Åbo Akademi University in the Baltic Sea region and the Senior Officer Kingisepp phosphorus case Ministry of Environment Finland 4/2012 Anna Korppoo Postdoctoral Researcher of the Academy of What next in Russia’s climate Finland policy? Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway 4/2012 Tuomas Räsänen PhD Student Environmental lessons from the Department of General History past University of Turku Finland 4/2012 Vera Barinova Head of Innovation Economy Department Fostering innovation in Russia Center for Real Sector – time to set priorities Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia 4/2012 Virpi Herranen Director Finland and Russia – how good FinNode Russia partners may contribute in developing innovations

201 4/2012 Liliana Researcher Science and innovation policy of Proskuryakova Laboratory for S&T Studies the new Russian cabinet National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Russia 4/2012 Natalya Volchkova Professor Russia – an unattainable goal New Economic School of diversification Russia 4/2012 Triin Kask CEO The real challenges of start-ups BluNavi who want to make people’s lives Estonia better 4/2012 Dovile Jakniunaite Associated Professor Baltic States – three states, but Institute of International Relations and no region Political Science Vilnius University Lithuania 4/2012 Ralph Tuchtenhagen Professor, Dr. The Baltic Sea Dimension at the Chair of Cultural Studies Department of North European Deputy Head Studies, Humboldt University, Department of North European Studies Berlin, Germany Humboldt University, Berlin German 4/2012 Tatjana Muravska Jean Monnet Professor Peripheral regional universities Director – what role within the Baltic Centre for European and Transition Studies Regional Forum? University of Latvia Roswitha King Associate Professor of Economics University of Latvia Ostfold University College Norway 4/2012 Markku Jokisipilä Academic Director BSRS – making sense of University of Turku regional realities for 15 years Tarja Hyppönen Coordinator University of Turku 4/2012 Elżbieta Fonberg- Head of International Centre The Warsaw School of Stokłuska Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Poland Economics (SGH) and its collaboration within the Baltic Sea region (BSR) 4/2012 Tiina Tervaniemi Project Manager Knowledge, networks and Best practices in the Baltic Sea Area regional growth through best Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo practices within the Baltic Sea Finland region 4/2012 Regina Karvelienė Director Internationalisation process in The Department of International Programmes high education – a practise of and Relations Šiauliai University Šiauliai University Lithuania

202 4/2012 Alyson JK Bailes Adjunct Professor Iceland facing the Artic – Faculty of Political Science Baltic lessons? University of Iceland Visiting Professor at the College of Europe 4/2012 Aleksandra Ph.D., Lecturer EURO 2012 in Poland – was it Kuźmińska-Haberla Department of International Economic worth it? Relations

Marcin Haberla Ph.D., Lecturer Department of Marketing Research Wroclaw University of Economics

Poland

4/2012 Pauli Heikkilä Research Fellow Paneuropean and Baltic University of Tartu Estonian Diplomat Estonia 3/2012 Ilkka Räisänen Lic.Sc.(Econ) How Belarus could gain of the Minister Counsellor Eurasian economic integration Head of Liaison Office of the and of the WTO membership?* Embassy of Finland 3/2012 David R. Marples Distinguished University Professor Belarus – back to mother University of Alberta Russia? Canada 3/2012 Alexander Brakel Country Representative Belarus The “ambassador war” – lessons Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation learned from a recent episode in European–Belarusian relations 3/2012 Sergey A. Kizima Head of Department of International Lost chances of the EU for Relations cooperation with Belarus Academy of Public Administration Belarus 3/2012 Kataryna Wolczuk PhD The EU strategy on Belarus – Centre for Russian and East in need of ‘smart pragmatism’ European Studies University of Birmingham UK 3/2012 Anaïs Marin Researcher EU–Belarus relations – which The Finnish Institute of International way out of the vicious circle? Affairs (Helsinki) Finland 3/2012 Torbjörn Becker Director Belarus – expect no free lunches Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) Stockholm School of Economics Sweden 3/2012 Alexander Chubrik Director of the IPM Research Centre Belarusian economy after the CASE Fellow balance of payments crisis – Belarus time to change the model

203 3/2012 Kateryna Research fellow Currency crisis in Belarus – Bornukova Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach social impact and redistributive Center (BEROC) effects Ukraine 3/2012 Irina Yeremeyeva PhD, Associate Professor Budget deficit in Belarus, ways Belarusian State Economic University of reducing Belarus 3/2012 Olga Malashenkova PhD, Associate Professor The consolidated budget of the Department of International Economic Republic of Belarus Relations of the Belarusian State University Belarus 3/2012 Andrei Rusakovich Chairman of the Board Public Association Investment advantages of the «Foreign Policy and Security Research Center» Republic of Belarus in Belarus connection with its participation in the Eurasian integration 3/2012 Helen Semak PhD, Associate Professor Russian investments in the Department of International Economic economy of the Republic of Relations of the Belarusian State University Belarus Belarus 3/2012 Pavel Shvedko Senior researcher Belarusian–Chinese trade and Institute of Economics economic cooperation National Academy of Sciences of Belarus 3/2012 Aleksandra Hiachai PhD, Associate Professor Energy sector of the Republic of Department of International Belarus Economic Relations of the Belarusian State University 3/2012 Hanna Smith Researcher Belarus at a crossroads Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland 3/2012 Kamil Klysinski Specialist in Belarusian Affairs The paradoxes of Alyaksandr Department for Ukraine, Belarus and Lukashenka’s foreign policy Moldova Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)Poland 3/2012 Matthew Frear Centre for Russian and East European Opposition strategies for the Studies 2012 elections in Belarus University of Birmingham UK 3/2012 Anna Maria Dyner Specialist in Eastern European affairs The future of Belarus Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland 3/2012 Grigory Ioffe Professor Belarusian identity Department of Geospatial Science Radford University The United States

204 3/2012 Jovita Neliupšienė Lecturer Belarus – stuck between the Institute of International Relations and nation and state building Political Science processes Vilnius University Lithuania 3/2012 Per A. Rudling Postdoctoral research fellow Nationalism in modern Belarus Department of History Lund University Sweden 3/2012 Jussi Seppälä Chairman Belarus in our minds – a point Finland-Belarus Society of view from the level of the Finland civil society 2/2012 Pascal Lamy Director-General WTO membership will change World Trade Organization Russia 2/2012 Tunne Kelam Member Challenges for the EU Strategy The European Parliament for the Baltic Sea Region The Chairman of the Baltic Europe Intergroup The European Parliament 2/2012 Gunnar Hökmark Member The Baltics can move Europe The European Parliament ahead 2/2012 Morten Løkkegaard Member of the European Parliament (MEP) The Baltic Pioneer Vice-chair of the Education and Culture Committee (Denmark, the ALDE group) 2/2012 Joanna Mucha Dr., Minister of Sport and Tourism What can Poland gain from Ministry of Sport and Tourism hosting Euro 2012? The Republic of Poland 2/2012 Egemen Bagis Minister for European Union Affairs and Turkey as a key to Europe's Chief Negotiator energy diversification Turkey 2/2012 Pirkko Mattila Member of Parliament Turning global into local – Muhos, Finland distributed bio-based energy production 2/2012 Vladimir Drazhin Ambassador Extraordinary and Development of economic ties of Plenipotentiary of Belarus in Lithuania and Belarus and EU in the light of Finland relations with Lithuania and Finland 2/2012 Andres Lipstok Governor of Eesti Pank Changeover to the Euro – the Member of the Governing Council of the Estonian experience European Central Bank Estonia 2/2012 Minna Arve Chairman Turku – connecting Baltic Cities City Board of Turku Finland 2/2012 Monika Executive Secretary Setting the goals, measuring the Stankiewicz Helsinki Commission progress – HELCOM Baltic Sea Finland Action Plan

205 2/2012 Tellervo Kylä- Director, Business Infrastructure The Baltic Sea transport Harakka-Ruonala Confederation of Finnish Industries EK corridor – changes ahead? Finland 2/2012 Kari Liuhto Editor-in-Chief One thousand and one articles Baltic Rim Economies review on the Baltic Rim Economies Director Pan-European Institute Director Centrum Balticum Professor on the Russian Economy Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland 2/2012 Leszek Jesień Dr., Lecturer Change the Euro pattern and Collegium Civitas University strategy Warsaw, Poland 2/2012 Leonid Grigoryev Professor, Chair of World economy Russia – at the door of WTO HSE, Moscow Russia

Anna Chaplygina Ph.D (Econ.), Consultant to the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Russia

2/2012 Sergei F. Sutyrin Professor, Head Russian way to the World World Economy Department Trade Organization (WTO) – St.Petersburg State University why did it take so long? The WTO Chair Holder Russia 2/2012 Karina Pētersone Director Where to look for the Baltic Sea Latvian Institute region identity? Latvia 2/2012 Richard Connolly Dr., Lecturer in Political Economy The development of the Centre for Russian and East European nanotechnology industry in Studies Russia School of Government and Society University of Birmingham The United Kingdom 2/2012 Mikko Kaarela Senior Consultant Commercialization as the bridge Spinverse Ltd. from Russian science to Finland prosperity

Pekka Koponen CEO Spinverse Ltd. Finland

206 2/2012 Olga Garanina Ph. D., Associate Prof. Energy security, oil prices and Head of the Center for Energy modernization in Russia Policy Research and Training St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russia 2/2012 Alexander Ghaleb Energy security Ph.D. student Bribe Europe’s center, divide Department of Environmental Sciences and the Euro-Atlantic Alliance, and Policy rule the periphery – Putin’s Central European University grand strategy for a strong Hungary Russia 2/2012 Marek Maciejowski Head of the NDPHS Secretariat NDPHS urges for more health Silvija Juscenko Senior Adviser on the regional agenda NDPHS Secretariat 2/2012 Meelis Mandel Editor-in-Chief Feared loan – unused The Estonian business daily Äripäev opportunity for Estonia Estonia 2/2012 Epp Lauk Professor of Journalism What is happening to (foreign) Department of Communication ownership in the Baltic media University of Jyväskylä markets? Finland 2/2012 Konstantin von MBE, Commentator and Host For Putin and Russia the Eggert Kommersant FM radio in Moscow moment of truth approaching Russia fast 2/2012 Konstantin Sonin SUEK Professor of Economics and Vice Russia 2012 – is the glass half Rector full or half empty? New Economic School Russia 2/2012 Gabriele Kötschau Dr., Deputy Managing Director Hamburg and St. Petersburg – Hamburg Chamber of Commerce two metropolises in the Baltic Head of the representation in St. Petersburg Sea region Germany / Russia 2/2012 Niko Kyynäräinen Business Development Director Turku Region – for future City of Turku success Finland 2/2012 Stephan Stein Dr., Head of the representative office of the Rise, fall and resurgence of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg in Special Economic Zone of Kaliningrad Kaliningrad/Russia Head of the board of the Association of Foreign Investors in Kaliningrad Member of the board of the Baltic Sea Forum, Pro Baltica Germany / Russia 2/2012 Marko Joas Professor in Public Administration Baltic Sea region networking – Prefekt (Dean) the road ahead? Department of Political Sciences Åbo Akademi University Finland

207 2/2012 Anu Keltaniemi Project Manager New opportunities for the c/o Union of the Baltic Cities Central Baltic maritime cluster Environmental and City Planning through SmartComp project Department Environmental Protection Office Turku, Finland 2/2012 Alexander Sergunin Professor of International Relations Russia’s Baltic policy – new St. Petersburg State University horizons? Russia 2/2012 Lidia Puka Researcher Energy policy of Norway and The Polish Institute of International Affairs its implications for the Baltic Poland Sea region 2/2012 Maritta Hiltunen Project Manager Cultural tourism 2011 – Turku Touring reaching beyond capitals of Finland culture and cultural tourism in the Baltic Sea region Ain Hinsberg Member of Innovative Marketing WP and Follow-up Task Force Head of R&D Unit Estonian School of Hotel and Tourism Management EHTE Estonia

2/2012 Christian Krötzl Professor of History Networks across the Baltic – School of Social Sciences and Humanities back to history? University of Tampere Finland 2/2012 Jens E. Olesen Professor, Dr. History of the Baltic Sea region Chair of Scandinavian and Finnish History University of Greifswald Germany 2/2012 Kari Alenius Associate Professor The Second World War as a University of Oulu problem between the Baltic Finland countries and Russia 2/2012 Kristian Gerner Professor of History (Emeritus) The Baltic States – an imagined Lund University community turned real Sweden 2/2012 Ainars Lerhis Dr. (Hist.), Chairman of the Board Latvia and the U.S. – potential Centre for East European Policy Studies for strengthening energy security Latvia 2/2012 Christer K. Researcher in Economics Does austerity work? Lessons Lindholm The Åbo Akademi School of Business and from the Latvian crisis in 2008– Economics 2010 Finland 2/2012 Tiina Ritvala Dr., Researcher, Program Director The Baltic Sea and the quest for Department of Management and authentic leadership International Business School of Economics Aalto University Finland

208 2/2012 Petri Kahila Dr., Docent Quality of life in urban-rural Senior Research Fellow interference Nordregio 2/2012 Panu Kalmi Professor of Economics The development and potential University of Vaasa of financial co-operatives in Finland Estonia

Andro Roos Chairman of Management Board Tartu Credit Union Researcher University of Tartu Estonia

2/2012 Luis Felipe Associate Baltic M&A studies suggest Mohando Regional Knowledge Management Lawyer trends for the future SORAINEN Estonia

Toomas Prangli Partner Regional Head of the M&A and Private Equity Team SORAINEN Estonia

2/2012 Mekhail Mustak Doctoral Researcher When the focus is on Turku School of Economics international students, Finland Finland can do better! 1/2012 Günther Oettinger EU Energy Commissioner Europe's energy future is in gas European Commission and in Central Asia 1/2012 Gediminas Minister The Baltic Sea protection – a Kazlauskas Ministry of Environment challenge for Lithuania and for Lithuania the whole Baltic Sea region 1/2012 Lambert van Member of the European Parliament Joint efforts in the Baltic Sea Nistelrooij Strategy 1/2012 Alexander Graf German Liberal Party EU-Ukraine relations – a Lambsdorff Member of the European Parliament decisive year ahead Vice President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) 1/2012 Vladimir Chizhov Ambassador The Russia-EU Partnership for Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation Modernisation to the European Union 1/2012 Juris Bone Ambassador of Latvia to Finland From Baltic Tiger to Baltic Phoenix 1/2012 Jussi Huttunen Region Mayor Mobilising the regional assets Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo through joint efforts – Pohjois- Finland Savo looks at the Baltic Sea region in cooperation 1/2012 Nikolay Tsukanov Governor Energy deficit of Kaliningrad The Kaliningrad region region is passing The Russian Federation

209 1/2012 Jan Owe-Larsson President Territorial cooperation – an East Sweden Region asset for East Sweden and the Sweden Baltic Sea region 1/2012 Pekka Myllymäki 2nd Deputy Chairman of the Managing Rural Mynämäki community on Board the way to competitiveness, The Regional Council of Southwest Finland employment and safe energy Chairman of the Municipal Council of supply Mynämäki Finland 1/2012 Akko Karlsson Vice chairman Territorial review and regional Kalmar Regional Council development in the Baltic area Member of ERB Sweden 1/2012 Slava Khodko Vice-President, Chairman of the Executive Cooperation development in the Committee Baltic Sea region Association North-West Russia 1/2012 Boedker Andersen President Union of the Baltic Cities 20 Union of the Baltic Cities, UBC years – inspired by the past, heading for the future 1/2012 Jyrki Myllyvirta Mayor The power of two metropoles The City of Lahti Finland 1/2012 Mikael Pentikäinen Editor-in-Chief Water flows down from The Helsingin Sanomat Russia’s mountains Finland 1/2012 Börje Svanborg Vice President, Regional Cooperation Cooperation within Baltic Sea Invest Sweden region (BSR) Sweden 1/2012 Kaisa Kononen Dr., Executive Director Towards the Rio+20 in the BONUS Baltic Sea region Finland 1/2012 Allan Alaküla Head BSR deserves a communication Tallinn European Union Office strategy Estonia 1/2012 Anna Saarentaus Senior Consultant Communication is the key – Pöyry Management Consulting Oy towards a successful network Finland 1/2012 Alain Roggeri Former Head of Unit Estonia, Finland and EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Latvia Region – from good intentions D.G. REGIO European Commission to effective implementation and results

210 1/2012 Ellinor Ivarsson Expert - cohesion policy The municipal authorities and Tommy Holm Expert - cohesion policy the Baltic Sea Strategy – conditions for greater local Fredrik Gunnarsson Expert - cohesion policy involvement Growth and Community Development Division Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Sweden 1/2012 Colin Wolfe Head of Unit The EU Strategy for the Baltic Malgorzata Pekala Programme Assistant Sea Region – "business as usual" in the EU? DG Regional Policy European Commission 1/2012 Janne Jõesaar- National Contact Point of the Baltic Sea The European Union Strategy Ruusalu Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – Ministry of Foreign Affairs where do we stand today? Estonia 1/2012 Rikard Bengtsson Associate Professor, Department of Political The EU Strategy for the Baltic Science Sea Region in 2012 – Deputy Director, Centre for European Studies implementation challenges Lund University Sweden 1/2012 Eeva Rantama PhD, Project Team Leader The EU Baltic Sea Region Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 Programme as major start-up Joint Technical Secretariat support to the EU Strategy for Germany the Baltic Sea Region 1/2012 Gunnel Gustafsson Professor and Director Research collaboration – a way NordForsk to turn grand challenges into opportunities 1/2012 Levan Mindeli Professor The role of science in Russia's Corresponding member of the Russian modernisation Academy of Science Director of Institute for the Study of Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 1/2012 Jan Widberg Head of Secretariat Multi-dimensional challenges Baltic Sea Parliamentary and governance in the Baltic Conference, BSPC Sea region 1/2012 Janne Tamminen Executive Secretary CPMR Baltic Sea Commission CPMR Baltic Sea Commission as a developer of the Baltic Sea Area 1/2012 Jaakko Henttonen NDEP Manager NDEP – a partnership EBRD Regional Office delivering concrete results for St Petersburg the Baltic and Barents Seas Russia

211 1/2012 Bernd Henningsen Professor, Dr. Germany and the Baltic Sea Nordeuropa-Institut region Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany 1/2012 Gunnar Lassinantti Member of the board Baltic Sea region cooperation at The Swedish OSCE-network a crossroad Sweden 1/2012 Bjarke W. Bøtcher Chief Adviser Growth in vessel transport Danish Maritime Authority necessitates regional cooperation Priority Area Coordinator for maritime safety on maritime safety and security in the EUSBSR Denmark 1/2012 Mervi Pitkänen Programme Director Baltic Sea region clusters as The Finnish Maritime platforms for a global maritime Cluster Programme (OSKE) growth potential Finland 1/2012 Julian Skelnik M.Com., Marketing Director Regional and European Port of Gdansk Authority SA determinants in favour of the BPO President, ESPO Vice Chairman development of the port of Poland Gdansk 1/2012 Gunnar Prause Professor Air cargo in the Baltic Sea Wismar Business School / Tallinn University region of Technology Germany / Estonia 1/2012 Jussi Rautsi Counsellor, Spatial Planning The new EU Territorial Agenda Ministry of the Environment – a Baltic Sea region perspective Finland 1/2012 Tobias Etzold Dr., Researcher Baltic Sea and Nordic cooperation – the Northern Europe Studies adaptation process continues Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Germany 1/2012 Johanna Reiman M.Sc. (Agriculture) and M.Sc. WHO Healthy Cities promote (Economics), Executive Director cross-sectoral work to tackle The Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association unhealthy lifestyles - WHO Collaboration Centre of Urban Health and Healthy Cities in the Baltic Region Finland 1/2012 Jacob Carstensen Professor The Baltic Sea below the surface Department of Biosciences Aarhus University Denmark 1/2012 Grazyna Sapota Assistant Professor Sustainable Development Maritime Institute in Gdansk Strategy for the Baltic Sea Poland Region

212 1/2012 Andrzej Ph.D., Chief Inspector “Three in one”– the recipe to Jagusiewicz Environmental Protection save the Baltic waters and its Poland ecosystems 1/2012 Lotta Nummelin Coordinator for the Baltic Sea Challenge The Baltic Sea and cities – the City of Helsinki Environment Centre flow goes both ways Finland 1/2012 Andrzej Tubielewicz Professor How an age friendly Gdansk University of Technology environment can be promoted in Faculty of Management and Economic the Baltic Sea region Poland

Marcin Forkiewicz Professor Assistant Gdansk University of Technology Faculty of Management and Economic Best Agers – GUT team leader Poland

1/2012 Agata Mężyńska Director What is there in between Economic Information Department competition and competition? – Polish Information and Foreign Investment investment promotion in Policy Agency Action Plan for the Marketing Poland of the Baltic Sea Region 1/2012 Daniel de Graaf PhD , SPIN Project Manager Boosting sustainable production Federal Environment Agency in SMEs in the Baltic Sea Germany region – challenges and solutions identified by the SPIN project 1/2012 Agnieszka Director Why stay in the Baltic Sea Kowalcze Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce region? Poland 1/2012 Veli-Pekka Professor in Russian energy policy Russia as an environmentally Tynkkynen Aleksanteri Institute / Department of Social responsible energy superpower? Research University of Helsinki Finland 1/2012 Leonid Karabeshkin PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Dean Energy nationalism and Faculty of International Relations cooperation in the Baltic Sea Euroacademy region Estonia 1/2012 Jörg Hackmann DAAD Alfred Döblin Professor of East Does history pose an obstacle to European History Baltic identity? Dept. of History and International Relations University of Szczecin Poland 6/2011 Štefan Füle European Commissioner for Enlargement and A renewed approach to the European Neighbourhood Policy Eastern Partnership European Commission 6/2011 Konrad Niklewicz Spokesman for the Polish Presidency of the Six months of the Polish EU Council Presidency Poland

213 6/2011 Andrii Deshchytsia Ambassador Ukraine-EU relations – Embassy of Ukraine to Finland overview of the recent developments and perspectives for the nearest future 6/2011 Stanisław Koziej Head Towards a new European National Security Bureau Security Strategy Republic of Poland 6/2011 Beata Wojna PhD, Head of Research The Polish Presidency and the Polish Institute of International Affairs Eastern Partnership Poland 6/2011 Agnieszka Łada PhD, Head of the European Programme Polish EU Council Presidency – Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw efficient presidency in the Poland difficult times 6/2011 Adam Eberhardt Dr., Deputy Director Eastern Partnership and OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) Poland’s EU presidency Poland 6/2011 Alex Nice Coordinator Belarus and the Eastern Russia and Eurasia Programme Partnership in 2011 Chatham House, London UK 6/2011 Agnieszka Wójcicka Doctor of Political Science The Polish Presidency in the Until 2010 Faculty of Political Science and European Union in 2011 Journalism at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań Poland Guest researcher and scholar of European Economic Area (EEA) & Norway Grants within the Scholarship and Training Fund (STF) at the University of Akureyri in Iceland (Háskólinn á Akureyri) in 2010/2011 6/2011 Rafał Sadowski Senior Analyst The Polish EU Presidency and The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) the Eastern Partnership Poland 6/2011 Janusz Wróbel Mayor of Pruszcz Gdański Together faster and more City of Pruszcz Gdański efficiently Poland 6/2011 Agata Łoskot- Energy Policy Analyst The European Union’s external Strachota OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) energy policy and its relations Poland with its neighbours to the East 6/2011 Adam Łukaszewicz Professor Between the Baltic and the Institute of Archaeology Mediterranean University of Warsaw Poland 6/2011 Ewa Dziedzic Ph. D., Associate Professor, Poland as a tourism destination Chair of Tourism – looking for a place in the Warsaw School of Economics market Poland

214 6/2011 Elzbieta Kawecka- Prof. Dr, Vice Rector for International Co- Warsaw School of Economics Wyrzykowska operation and its international co- Warsaw School of Economics operation with Belarus and Poland Ukraine 6/2011 Michael Gonchar President Ukrainian mainstream and Centre for Global Studies dream stream of Russian energy Strategy XXI policy Ukraine 6/2011 Andriy Chubyk Executive Director South Stream – behind rhetoric Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI Ukraine 6/2011 Anaïs Marin Researcher Belarus – the thwarted Finnish Institute of International Affairs partnership Finland 6/2011 Anton Lobach MBA, Researcher Belarus's energy security National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarus 6/2011 Eduard Simchanka Candidate of Economy Currency crisis 2011 in Belarus Independent researcher Belarus 6/2011 Murman Director of Energy Studies Georgia and its role in energy Margvelashvili World Experience for Georgia transit towards the West Georgia

George Researcher in Energy Studies Mukhigulishvili World Experience for Georgia Georgia

5/2011 Jose Manuel President of the European Commission Bringing EU-Russian relations Barroso to a new level 5/2011 Jyrki Katainen Prime Minister The great potential of the Baltic Finland Sea cooperation 5/2011 Mart Laar Defence Minister The new threats to Northern- Estonian Ministry of Defence Europe Estonia 5/2011 Diana Wallis Liberal Democrat The stalemate in Spitsbergen MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber could be used to Norway's Vice President of the European Parliament advantage responsible for the Northern Dimension including the Arctic and the High North 5/2011 Olavi Ala-Nissilä Member of the European Court of Auditors, Challanges for the EU from the Dean perspective of external audit European Court of Auditors and accountability 5/2011 Petteri Orpo Parliamentary representative Our common bond – ties that National Coalition Party bind us Finland 5/2011 Matthew Lodge Ambassador A shared vision for promoting British Embassy sustainable growth Finland 215 5/2011 Aleksi Randell Mayor, City of Turku The Turku process – promoting Chairman, Centrum Balticum Foundation concrete cooperation with Finland Russian partners 5/2011 Henry Lindelöf Mayor The City of Kotka looks to the City of Kotka East Finland 5/2011 Veli-Jukka Pennala Rear Admiral, Commander Maritime situational awareness Finnish Navy across borders Finland 5/2011 Detlef Müller Member of Parliament of the Landtag “Friction generates heat” – Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tourism, cooperation and the Chairman of the Committee on European and Baltic Sea identification factor Legal Affairs Member of the Committee of the Regions Germany 5/2011 Jorma Korhonen Director-General The Baltic Sea and the Arctic Department of External Economic Relations will increase their importance in Ministry for Foreign Affairs the energy security for the Finland European Union 5/2011 Suvi Innilä Programme director Positioning Turku on the world Turku 2011 Foundation map – the city’s year as the Finland European Capital of Culture 5/2011 Arne Grove Director Role and achievements of the Nordic Council of Ministers Information Nordic Council of Ministers office (NCM) on environment and Kaliningrad energy in North-West (NW) Russia Russia, as a part of the Baltic Sea Region 5/2011 Bo Österlund Commodore (retired) Piracy is a menace to Finland international sea traffic 5/2011 Nina Vaskunlahti Director General Russia and the European Union Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and – a multilayered relationship Central Asia Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 5/2011 Sergey Dubinin Chairman of the Supervisory Council Russian finance system on the JSC VTB Bank waves of global finance crisis Russia 5/2011 Mika Kaukonen CEO Finland needs a strategy for VMP Group immigration Finland 5/2011 Irinja Paakkanen Head of International Affairs Current trends of University of Turku internationalisation within the Finland University of Turku 5/2011 Mathias Bergman Ph.D., Doc Not why?, not when? – but Secretary General how! – innovative solutions for Baltic Sea Action Group/Foundation for a the Baltic Sea Living Baltic Sea Finland 216 5/2011 Vicente Carabias Scientific Officer Foresight for EU-Russia S&T JRC-IPTS Institute for Prospective and innovation cooperation Technological Studies European Commission

Karel Haegeman Scientific Officer JRC-IPTS Institute for Prospective Technological Studies European Commission

Alexander Sokolov Deputy Institute Director HSE Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia

Manfred Spiesberger Project Manager & Researcher

ZSI Centre for Social Innovation Austria

Klaus Schuch Managing Director ZSI ZSI Centre for Social Innovation Austria

Irina R. Kuklina Executive Director ICISTE International Centre for Innovations in Science, Technology and Education Russia

5/2011 Marina Bouianov Lis.Sc. (Tech.) Some observations on today’s Development Co-ordinator European and Russian Business Development, CSC – IT Centre for innovation process Science Finland 5/2011 Charles Wessner Director R&D procurement and the role Technology, Innovation, and of the SBIR program Entrepreneurship The U.S. National Academies USA 5/2011 Ivan Bortnik Professor Innovative entrepreneurships in Chairman Russia FASIE Russia 5/2011 Nikolai Puntikov President Does the Russian economic MIT Enterprise Forum of Russia system support technological entrepreneurship? Stanislav Dr. Tkachenko Director of Diplomatic Studies Programme Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

5/2011 Fredrik Westerlund Senior scientist at the Department for Russian intelligence services can Security Policy & Strategic Studies help domestic nanotechnology – Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) by keeping at arm’s length Sweden 217 5/2011 Andrei G. Corresponding member of the Russian Ioffe Institute and its Zabrodskii Academy of Sciences contribution in the development Director of the Ioffe Institute of nanotechnology in Russia Russia 5/2011 Ruslan Shafiev Doctor of Economics, Professor On innovation activity in Moscow (VNIKI) Russia Russia 5/2011 Kalman Kalotay Economic Affairs Officer Internationalization of high- United Nations Conference on Trade and tech industries – lessons for the Development Russian government 5/2011 Adugna Lemi Associate Professor Internationalization of R&D – Department of Economics implications for Russia University of Massachusetts Boston USA 5/2011 Kari Liuhto Member Some policy proposals based on The Working Group “Transition to the Finnish-Russian innovation Innovation-based Growth” contributing to collaboration the 2020 Strategy for the Russian Government Professor Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland 5/2011 Irina Sarno Kandidat Nauk Learning economy in the Baltic Russia-team leader project manager Sea region – an experience of the The Baltic Institute of Finland Finnish-Russian cooperation Finland 5/2011 Sergey Tsybukov General Manager The "Triple Helix" of the LLC SPA on plastic processing named after Polymer Cluster ‘Komsomolskaya Pravda’ Russia 5/2011 Alasdair Reid Director Integrating national innovation Technopolis Group (Brussels & Tallinn) strategies to leverage the Belgium & Estonia potential of the Baltic Sea region 5/2011 Eero Vuorio Professor, Director Biocenter Finland – a novel Biocenter Finland way to restructure national Finland research infrastructures 5/2011 Pekka Ihalmo Ph.D. Culminatum works to develop Project Manager an attractive innovation HealthBIO Centre of Expertise Culminatum environment for biotechnology Innovation Ltd in the BSR Finland 5/2011 Sergey Shishkin Dr. Sc., Professor Modernization of public health The National Research University care system in Russia Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia

218 5/2011 Simo Mannila Dr, Senior Expert Future perspectives of Finnish- International Affairs, National Russian cooperation in Institute for Health & Welfare neighbouring areas in the field Finland of social affairs and health 5/2011 Maarit Valo Professor, Department of Communication, Technologically-mediated University of Jyväskylä communication in working life Chair of the Finnish Union of University – a rich area for both basic and Professors applied research Finland 5/2011 Jorma Nieminen PhD student The emergence in the 1970s of Turku School of Economics the Nordic mobile phone services University of Turku and industry – learnings for Finland today 5/2011 Anna Wziątek- Professor Heterogeneity of innovation Kubiak Head of Department strategies of Poland’s firms Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Science Poland 5/2011 Marjukka Mäyry Chairperson of the Union of the Finnish- Friendship between Finland Polish Associations in Finland and Poland Finland 5/2011 Hans Langh Maritime Counsellor, Honorary Honorary Maritime transport in winter is Doctorate in Economic Sciences necessary for Baltic Sea states Founder and Managing Director Oy Langh Ship Ab Finland 5/2011 Elisa Holma Researcher Strong recovery in maritime Centre for Maritime Studies at the University transport volumes stalled with of Turku economic uncertainty Finland 5/2011 Vladimir Analyst Real investment in Northwest Miklashevsky East Office of Finnish Industries Ltd. Russia – Ground Zero for Helsinki reindustrialization? Finland 5/2011 Kim Wikström Professor at Åbo Akademi University Adaptation of business models Founder of PBI to local conditions in Russia – Research Institute five Nordic companies' experience Elena Ganskau Finland Dr. and Managing Director PBI Research Institute St. Petersburg Russia

5/2011 Esa Rautalinko President and CEO Implementing a luxury strategy Honkarakenne Oyj in Russia Finland 5/2011 Pekka Kuusniemi President and CEO Sanitary ware market Oras Group differences in the Baltic Sea Finland region

219 5/2011 Nodari Simoniya Full member of Russian Academy of Sciences Russia – facing new challenges Russia on the world gas markets 5/2011 Viesturs Ozolins Export Director Russia towards energy saving Gebwell Ltd and renewable energy Finland 5/2011 Svetlana Avdasheva Vice-Director Antitrust cases against Russian Institute of Industrial and Market Studies oil companies – battle for cheap National Research University petrol is under way Higher School of Economics Russia

Guzel Yusupova Researcher Institute of Industrial and Market Studies National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

5/2011 Stanislav Dr., Director of Diplomatic Studies Special Economic Zones in Tkachenko Programme Russia – new trends

Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Dmitry Tkachenko School of Economics Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

5/2011 Lena Jonson PhD, Head of Russia Research Program Six more years with Vladimir Swedish Institute of International Affairs Putin Sweden 5/2011 Kirill Rodionov Research Associate The outline of political reforms Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy in future Russia Russia 5/2011 Anaïs Marin Researcher Belarus – no economic miracle Finnish Institute of International Affairs for free Finland 5/2011 Barbro Widing Chief Counsellor Economic cooperation around Ministry of Employment&Economy the Baltic Sea – in search of Finland efficiency and good governance 5/2011 Dmitri Lanko Associate Professor Russia’s 2012/2013 CBSS St. Petersburg State University Presidency Russia 5/2011 Ismo Söderling Director Finland, and migration in the Institute of Migration Baltic Sea Region Finland

220 5/2011 Malla Paajanen Project Manager Joint promotion of the Baltic Aalto University School of Economics Sea Region – triple helix Center for Markets in Transition, Helsinki cooperation in practice Finland

Riitta Kosonen Professor, Director Aalto University School of Economics Center for Markets in Transition, Helsinki Finland

5/2011 Liisa Rohweder CEO, PhD (Econ.) Words cannot save the Baltic WWF Finland Sea Finland 5/2011 Mikko Nikinmaa Professor Dioxin in Baltic salmon and Department of Biology herring – is it a toxicological University of Turku problem? Finland 5/2011 Kim Jordas Managing Director The challenges of professional Finnish Fishermen´s Association fishery in the Baltic Sea – a Finland Finnish point of view 5/2011 Irina Sennikova Dr.oec., Asoc. Prof. Intellectual entrepreneurship as Rector a way to innovation economy RISEBA (Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration) Latvia 5/2011 Erik Terk Professor, Director Future of North-South Tallinn University connections – about Estonian Institute for Futures Studies transportation, but not only transportation Jüri Sakkeus H-T Transplan Research Coordinator Tallinn University Estonian Institute for Futures Studies Estonia

5/2011 Esa Sallinen Independent researcher How to select international Turku School of Economics distribution channels for Finland business software products? 4/2011 Martti Ruokokoski Consul Tourism in the Arctic region and Murmansk Office of the Consulate General of the Kola Peninsula Finland in St Petersburg 4/2011 Clive Archer Emeritus Professor in Politics The United Kingdom and the Manchester Metropolitan University Arctic UK 4/2011 Lev Voronkov Doctor of History Russia as the partner in the Professor of the Chair of European Arctic Integration at the MGIMO – University Russia

221 4/2011 Gleb Yarovoy Member of the Thematic Network on Arctic Russia’s Arctic – a call for the Geopolitics and Security new Arctic thinking PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of the International Relations Petrozavodsk State University Russia 4/2011 Marlène Laruelle Research Professor Russia’s narrative on the Arctic Institute for European, Russian and – from patriotic rhetoric to the Eurasian Studies (IERES) Arctic ‘brand’ The Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University 4/2011 Lassi Heininen Chairman of the Northern Research Forum Globalization and Arctic University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor Strategies indicators of a new (Docent) significant geopolitical change Faculty of Social Sciences in the Arctic region University of Lapland Finland 4/2011 Charles Emmerson Senior Research Fellow Inside out – the emerging Chatham House (the Royal Institute for geopolitics of a changing Arctic International Affairs) UK 4/2011 Alyson JK Bailes Adjunct Professor Why does the Arctic matter for Faculty of Political Science the Baltic (and the Baltic University of Iceland States)? 4/2011 Alf Håkon Hoel Regional Director International cooperation in the Institute of Marine Research Arctic – 20 year anniversary Norway 4/2011 Regis Rouge- Research Director What future for Barents Oikarinen ThinkBarents-project cooperation? University of Lapland 4/2011 Kristine Offerdal Dr., Associate Professor New optimism in the Barents Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Sea Norwegian Defence University College 4/2011 Tatiana Petrovna Professor (of economy) Complex estimation of socio- Skufina The Luzin Institute for Economic Studies economic development of (Kola Science Centre of RAS) municipalities of Murmansk Region Sergey Ph.D. (Physics-Mathematics) Vladimirovich Senior Researcher Baranov The Luzin Institute for Economic Studies (Kola Science Centre of RAS) Russia

4/2011 Frank Sejersen Ph.D., Associate Professor Climate change and the Waterworlds, funded by ERC emergence of a new Arctic Center for Anthropological Climate Research region Department of Anthropology University of Copenhagen Denmark

222 4/2011 Erik Gant Executive Secretary Arctic strategies – from an Arctic Council Indigenous indigenous perspective Peoples Secretariat (IPS) 4/2011 Liisa Holmberg Rector Arctic indigenous peoples and Sámi Education Institute innovations Inari, Finland 4/2011 Tamara Semenova Senior Researcher What future awaits indigenous Russian Research Institute for Cultural and peoples in Russia? Natural Heritage named after Dmitry Likhachev Moscow, Russia 4/2011 Stefan Walter PhD, Researcher Resource management in the Arctic Centre North University of Lapland 4/2011 Frédéric Lasserre Project Director Arctic shipping – the ships will ArcticNet come, but not for transit Laval University Canada 4/2011 Tero Vauraste CEO Strong Arctic marine expertise Arctia Shipping from Finland Finland 4/2011 Eini Laaksonen University Teacher Identifying challenges of Pan-European Institute Finnish companies in entering Turku School of Economics the Murmansk region University of Turku Finland 4/2011 Jingchao Peng Research Assistant What is China doing in the China and Global Security Programme Arctic? Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 4/2011 Sanna Kopra PhD Candidate The rise of China and University of Tampere international politics on climate Finland change 4/2011 Mia Bennett Arctic Blogger Canadian and American Foreign Policy Association perspectives on the Arctic USA 3/2011 Eero Heinäluoma Speaker of the Parliament The Nordic-Baltic cooperation Finland 3/2011 Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs The importance of the Baltic Germany Sea region for Germany – priorities of the German presidency of the Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 2011/2012 3/2011 Ingrid Nestle Member of the German Bundestag Germany’s future energy policy Spokeswoman on energy industries of the Green Parliamentary Group Germany

223 3/2011 Mikko Pukkinen Director General of the Confederation of Finnish business and the Baltic Finnish Industries (EK) Sea region Finland 3/2011 Timo Rajakangas Ambassador for Baltic Sea Issues Instead of three no’s it is four Ministry for Foreign Affairs aye’s that apply to the Finland EUSBSR 3/2011 Sten Nordin Mayor Stockholm calls for greater City of Stockholm commitment to the well-being of Sweden the Baltic Sea 3/2011 Vladimir Kuzin PhD in Economics Post crisis economic growth in Head of the Economic Development Kaliningrad region Department Kaliningrad City Administration Russia 3/2011 Andrey Klemeshev Dr of Political Science, Professor Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal Rector of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University as an example of University (Kaliningrad) EU-Russia cooperation Russia 3/2011 Bernard Lammek Professor, Rector The University of Gdańsk – the University of Gdańsk largest institution of higher Poland education in Northern Poland 3/2011 Edgar Öhberg Director The importance of fishery The Baltic Sea Fund 3/2011 Mika Vehviläinen President and CEO The Baltic Boutique and the Finnair future of air travel 3/2011 Anneli Pauli Deputy Director-General EU-Russia cooperation in Innovation and ERA promoting innovation Directorate General for Research & Innovation European Commission 3/2011 Riitta Mustonen Vice President for Research Significance of international Academy of Finland activities to the research system Finland 3/2011 Michael Schlicht Director Division 213: Cooperation with German-Russian collaboration Russia, CIS in research and innovation Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Marion Mienert Head of Unit: Cooperation with Russia and CIS countries International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

224 3/2011 Vladimir V. Corresponding Member of RAS Economic development based on Okrepilov Deputy Chairman of St. Petersburg Scientific the economics for quality Center of RAS Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the “Skolkovo” Foundation General Director of FGI “Center for Testing and Certification - St. Petersburg” Russia 3/2011 Frank Schauff CEO Russia-EU partnership for Association of European Businesses in the modernisation – words and Russian Federation reality 3/2011 Oleg Luksha Senior consultant, Chairman of the board Russian Technology Transfer Russian Technology Transfer Network Network – gate to Russia’s Russia innovations 3/2011 Igor Kuprienko CEO, European-Russian InnoPartnership Finnish-Russian Innovation Head, Lappeenranta Representative Office in Centre – main results of St.Petersburg activities Director, Finnish-RussianInnovation Centre St.Petersburg Russia 3/2011 Turo Uskali Senior research Scholar Innovation and journalism – Department of Communication convergence University of Jyväskylä Finland 3/2011 Hanna Mäkinen Doctoral Student Innovations – a key to the Pan-European Institute future competitiveness of the Turku School of Economics Baltic Sea region University of Turku Finland 3/2011 Richard Connolly Lecturer in Political Economy Financial constraints on the Centre for Russian and East European modernization of the Russian Studies economy University of Birmingham United Kingdom 3/2011 Alexander Chulok Head of Division Using Foresight as an Interdepartmental instrument for constructing Analytical Center future vision for key sectors of Russian economy – results and lessons 3/2011 Anders Björnsson Editor-in-Chief Science as an engine of Baltic Worlds integration – academic environments as common public spheres

225 3/2011 Klaus Schuch ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation International science and George Bonas International Center for Black Sea Studies technology cooperation in and National Hellenic Research Foundation Eastern European countries Greece

Jörn Sonnenburg International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the Project Management Agency c/o German Aerospace Center (DLR)

3/2011 Vejas Gabriel Professor, Department of History, University War and conflict in the Baltic Liulevicius of Tennessee, USA Sea region – a historical Director, Center for the Study of War and perspective Society President, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies 3/2011 Artur Usanov Strategic Analyst Kaliningrad Nuclear Power The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies Plant – economics and geopolitics 3/2011 Pekka Salomaa Director, Electricity Supply and Trading The electricity market around Finnish Energy Industries the Baltic Sea – still political Finland 3/2011 Bo Petersson Professor of International Migration and Master of the house – Putin, Ethnic Relations the presidency and political Malmö University myth in Russia Sweden 3/2011 Konrad Popławski Analyst – German Desk Is Russia still a bric country – Centre for Eastern Studies exports to Russia during the global crisis from German perspective 3/2011 Urban Wråkberg PhD, MScMetE, Senior Researcher The challenges of forecasting The Barents Institute of the University of Arctic energy projects Tromsø Norway 3/2011 Mai-Brith Schartau Associate professor in political science The work of German Södertörn University, Stockholm environmental organization in Sweden the Baltic Sea region 3/2011 Timo Korpela Director, Joint Biotechnology Laboratory Joint Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Turku twenty-two years Finnish- Finland Russian successful collaboration in biotechnology 3/2011 Erik Bonsdorff Department of Biosciences, Some ecological and political Environmental and Marine Biology challenges for the Baltic Sea Åbo Akademi University, Turku Finland 3/2011 Mia Crawford Senior Adviser & Head Baltic Sea region rides on the Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat green economic wave

226 3/2011 Eero Yrjö-Koskinen Executive director From voluntary to legally Finnish Association for Nature Conservation binding measures in the Baltic Finland Sea 3/2011 Níels Einarsson Director of the Stefansson Arctic Institute Fisheries governance, equity, Akureyri and externalities in post-crisis Iceland Iceland 3/2011 Wolf Born Coordinator of Priority Area Tourism, After two years of EUSBSR implementation – The EU Head of Unit in the State Chancellery, Strategy for the Baltic Sea Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region at a crossroads? Germany 3/2011 Juha Aaltonen Airport Manager Turku Airport Turku Airport Finland 3/2011 Arto Asikainen Area manager Russian tourists in Finland – Finnish Tourist Board (Visit Finland) national success story of Finland Finland 3/2011 Juhana Tuomola Information Officer EU information services in the Europe Information Baltic Sea region Finland 3/2011 Petteri Siika-aho Planning Officer Multidisciplinary university University Planning and Development and societal interaction University of Turku Finland 3/2011 Timo Koivumäki Managing Director Industrial business parks – Business Park Vyborg Ltd SMSE employment platform in Russia 3/2011 Tero Vauraste President and CEO Efficiency gains through Arctia Shipping Ltd. combination of oil spill recovery, icebreaking and cross-border cooperation 3/2011 Tero Hemmilä CEO Towards environmental friendly Yara Suomi Oy and productive agriculture – Yara’s solutions for a cleaner Baltic Sea 3/2011 Pasi Lähdetie Vice President, Green Economy Enough food to feed the world? Raisio Group 3/2011 Elisabeth Lind Elisabeth Lind Affect peoples energy Communication and Marketing Manager consumption by design? AB Bostaden in Umeå 3/2011 Katri Savijärvi Marketing Manager A better solution for waste Molok Oy management 2/2011 Karel De Gucht Trade Commissioner Overview of current EU-Russia European Commission trade and investment relations 2/2011 Artis Pabriks Dr., Minister of Defence Challenges and solutions to the Latvia regional security

227 2/2011 Dirk Ahner Director-General Completing the Circle – Russia Directorate General for Regional Policy and the European Union European Commission Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region 2/2011 Björn Grönholm Head of Secretariat Cooperation in change in the Union of the Baltic Cities – Commission on Baltic Sea Region Environment 2/2011 Marko Pomerants Minister of the Interior of the Republic of About the underlying documents Estonia 2009-2011 that have shaped Estonia’s Member of the Riigikogu 2011- policy of internal security Head of the Legal Affairs Comittee Pro Patria and Res Publica Union faction Estonia 2/2011 Aino-Maija Mayor Pori–Riga – cooperation in the Luukkonen City of Pori future Finland 2/2011 Fred Karlsson Professor of General Linguistics Finland in need of a strategy for University of Helsinki promoting language skills Finland

Henrik Lax Member of the European Parliament 2004- 2009 and the Parliament of Finland 1987- 2004 Finland

Henrik Meinander Vice Dean and Professor of History University of Helsinki Finland

2/2011 Andrea Goldstein Head Big business in the BRICs Global Relations OECD Investment Division

2/2011 Kai Mykkänen Economist Russia’s WTO accession might East Office of Finnish be a game-changer Industries Oy Finland

2/2011 Vladimir Deputy Director What is bringing the United Baranovsky Institute of World economy and International States, Europe and Russia Relations (IMEMO) together Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

2/2011 Mikko Ruohonen Professor China is ruling rare earth and Lea Ahoniemi Adjunct Professor, Ph.D. elements and oxide production Center for Research on Information, Customer and Innovation Management University of Tampere Finland

228 2/2011 Anders Blom Chairman The Europe Foundation focuses Supervising Board its future action on the Baltic Ossi Tuusvuori Advisor Sea Region – Baltic Sea strategy and protection is a Europe Foundation priority area in Europe Finland 2/2011 Silke Lorenz Project Coordination Forum for social dialogue in the Education and Training Service for Hamburg Baltic Sea Region – a model for Businesses (BWH) Europe

Katariina Röbbelen- Project Manager BSLN Voigt Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Ministry of Science and Research

Germany

2/2011 Marko Lönnqvist Journalist Shale gas can shake up the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE European gas market Finland 2/2011 Lars Petter Lunden Researcher Russian gas price reform and its Econ Pöyry impact on exports to Europe Norway 2/2011 Markku Kivinen Professor, Director Energy superpower of business The Aleksanteri Institute as usual? University of Helsinki Finland 2/2011 Pentti-Oskari Steamship Captain I am a happy man Kangas s/s Ukkopekka Old Master of the archipelago estate Herrankukkaro Extra hand and part-time pensioner (only 12 hours/day of work) THE HAPPY MAN Finland 2/2011 Seppo Knuuttila Senior Research Scientist Can the Baltic Sea recover from SYKE Finnish Environment Institute eutrophication? Marine Research Centre / State of the Marine Environment Finland 2/2011 Juha Salonen Managing Director Eating bread to clean up the Salonen Bakery (Leipomo Salonen Oy) Archipelago Sea Finland 2/2011 Irina A. Shmeleva PhD, Associate Professor Sustainable development of School of International Relations Saint Petersburg – goals, Saint Petersburg State University problems, strategies Russia 2/2011 Ilppo Vuorinen Professor Climate change in the Baltic Sea Environmental Research Centre marine environment University of Turku Finland

229 2/2011 Stanislav E. Ph.D., Research Associate Dynamic sustainability Shmelev Oxford Department of International assessment – the case of Russia Development in the period of transition Queen Elizabeth House (1985-2007) Oxford University UK 2/2011 Martti Komulainen Project Manager Baltic Sea needs public BalticSeaNow.info project involvement Finland

Katariina Kiviluoto Project Coordinator BalticSeaNow.info project Finland

2/2011 Aleksandr Nikitin Chairman Nuclear problems of the North- ERC (Environmental Rights Centre) West of Russia (from «Bellona» (St.Petersburg) Fukushima perspective) Russia 2/2011 Anne Gry Project manager Renewable future in the Rønningen The Bellona Foundation, Oslo Russian Barents Region Norway

Ksenia Project Manager Vakhrusheva The Environmental Rights Center Bellona, St. Petersburg Russia

2/2011 Ingmar Oldberg Associate Researcher Security challenges in the Baltic Swedish Institute of International Affairs Sea region – a Swedish Sweden perspective 2/2011 Mikhail Belkin Assistant to Director General Northern Sea Route enters ROSATOMFLOT international shipping business Russia 2/2011 Yrjö Myllylä Doctor of Social Sciences The North-East Passage is Senior Researcher already a fact Finland Futures Research Centre University of Turku Finland 2/2011 Valery Mitko President Evolution of geopolitical Doctor of Technical Sciences, factors, determining innovative Professor directions of the Arctic regions Arctic Public Academy of Sciences sustainable development Chairman of Saint-Petersburg Branch of Geo-Policy and Safety Section Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Russia 2/2011 Julian Cooper Professor Russia’s human capital and the Centre for Russian and East European task of modernisation Studies University of Birmingham UK 230 2/2011 Valdar Liive Director Estonian-Finnish cooperation Enterprise Estonia Helsinki in the fields of innovation, and R&D as a start-up company 2/2011 Jukka Viitanen Dr., CEO Transferring innovation system Hubconcepts Inc. knowledge to every-day best Finland practices

Martti Launonen Dr., Chairman Hubconcepts Inc. Finland

2/2011 Henri Vogt Professor of International Politics Estonia – ever more firmly in University of Turku the nation-liberal course? Finland 2/2011 Laura Kauhanen Consultant, Dr. Materials technologies Pekka Koponen CEO transform Estonian economy Spinverse Oy Finland 2/2011 Irina Busygina Director Modernization and innovative Center for Regional Political Studies development in Russia – what Professor lacks? Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia

Mikhail Filippov Professor Department of Political Science Binghamton University (SUNY) USA

2/2011 Päivi Karhunen Dr., Head of Research Russia’s modernization program Riitta Kosonen Prof. , Director as opportunity for Baltic Rim economic cooperation Center for Markets in Transition Aalto University School of Economics Finland 2/2011 Sinikukka Saari Dr., Researcher The boom and crash of The Finnish Institute of International modernisation zeal in EU– Affairs Russia relations Finland 2/2011 Sergey Filippov Dr., Assistant Professor of Innovation Innovation strategies of Management emerging Russian multinational Delft University of Technology companies The Netherlands 2/2011 Katja Weckström University Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law in the information society Law – a platform for cooperation in Faculty of Law the Baltic Sea Region University of Turku Finland

231 2/2011 Csaba Makó Institute of Sociology Innovation and knowledge Hungarian Academy of Sciences development in the knowledge Debrecen University intensive business service sector Faculty of Economics and Business (cross-country comparison – Administration Hungary versus Slovakia) Hungary

Péter Csizmadia Institute of Sociology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary

Miklós Illéssy Institute of Sociology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary

Ichiro Iwaskai Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubahsi University (Tokyo) Japan

Miklós Szanyi Institute for World Economics Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Hungary

Péter Csizmadia Institute for World Economics Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Hungary

2/2011 Leena Lehtinen D.Sc.(Business Adm.), LL.Lic. Are there any landowners in Docent, University of Turku Russia? Legal Expert Law Firm Lex Leena Lehtinen Tampere Finland 2/2011 Jukka Pietiläinen Postdoctoral researcher Is a new glasnost era beginning? Aleksanteri-Institute University of Helsinki Finland 2/2011 Galina Doctor of Economics, Professor of Economics Benefits and challenges in Shmarlouskaya Dean of School of International Economic developing regional integration Relations (the case of the Customs Union Belarus State Economic University of Russia, Belarus and Belarus Kazakhstan) 2/2011 Matthew Frear Dr. The EU and Belarus after the Centre for Russian and East European 2010 presidential election Studies University of Birmingham UK 232 1/2011 Solvita Āboltiņa Speaker Stability, partnership, The Saeima responsibility – Latvia’s way The Republic of Latvia out of the global financial crisis 1/2011 Olli Rehn Member of the European Commission Working for revival of the responsible for Economic and Monetary European economy Affairs 1/2011 Riikka Manner Member of European Parliament (Centre Regional policy ensures an Party) intact future for the European Member of European Parliament Committee Union on Regional Development 1/2011 Ulla-Maj Wideroos Member of Parliament Nordic cooperation – as Finland important as ever 1/2011 Arja Karhuvaara Member of Parliament The many faces of natural gas (National Coalition Party) Member of the Employment Committee Finland 1/2011 Krista Kiuru and Member of Parliament Arctic – the world’s new Vera Lindman STETE’s Chair playground Secretary General STETE Finland 1/2011 James Zhan and Director Foreign direct investments in Astrit Sulstarova Economic Affairs Officer Baltic States – lessons learned and prospects for the future Investment and Enterprise Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 1/2011 Maria Gaidar Deputy Governor Health care reform in the The Kirov Region Russian Federation Russia 1/2011 Volker Schlotmann Minister for Transport Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as Building and Regional logistics hub for Baltic Sea Development of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern transport Germany 1/2011 Knud Andersen Member of the BSSSC Board Baltic Sea organisations put Member of the Board of Danish Regions budgetary pressure on EU Denmark decision-makers 1/2011 Hannu Halinen Arctic Ambassador Arctic challenges – a Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs view Finland 1/2011 Valery Shlyamin Doctor of Economics Modernisation of Russian Trade Representative of the Russian economy in collaboration with Federation in Finland Finnish partners Russia 1/2011 Olli Perheentupa Consul General of Finland in St. Petersburg Finnish presence in St. Petersburg

233 1/2011 Ramune Zabuliene Deputy Chairperson Lithuania – the adjustment Bank of Lithuania process towards the euro Lithuania 1/2011 Maria Kaisa Aula The Ombudsman for Children in It pays to invest in the welfare Finland of children and families The Office of the Ombudsman for Children in Finland 1/2011 Tuula Teeri President Aalto University – think again Aalto University Finland 1/2011 Tapio Reponen Vice-rector The University of Turku has its University of Turku roots far behind and a look into Finland the future 1/2011 Marja Makarow Chief Executive The European Research Area European Science Foundation needs to go global France Professor of Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Helsinki Finland 1/2011 Joseph Nye Professor Russia and reform Harvard University USA 1/2011 Fyodor Lukyanov Editor Russia at another cross-road Russia in Global Affairs Russia 1/2011 Seija Lainela Senior Economist Russia, Belarus and Bank of Finland – BOFIT Kazakhstan on way to closer Finland economic co-operation 1/2011 Sergei F. Sutyrin Professor, Head Russia and World Trade World Economy Department Organization (WTO) – end of St.Petersburg State University journey or endless one? The WTO Chair Holder Russia 1/2011 Jukka Ruusunen President and CEO Baltic Sea electricity market Fingrid Oyj needs a functioning grid Finland infrastructure – EstLink 2 will be one of the main electricity highways in the region 1/2011 Aloyzas Koryzna Director General Lithuanian Energy after the LIETUVOS ENERGIJA decommissioning of the Ignalina Lithuania nuclear power plant 1/2011 Sergei Pereslegin Director A new nuclear race Artiom Zheltov Senior Analyst Non-profit public think-tank Encyclopaedia Russia

234 1/2011 Alan Riley Professor Whither Gazprom – can City Law School, City University, London Gazprom survive in a shale gas The United Kingdom world? 1/2011 Jaanus Mutli Member of the board Tallinn 2011 invites the world Foundation Tallinn 2011 to hear its sea and its people Estonia 1/2011 Anne-Marget Niemi Director of Tourism Through great commitment a Turku Touring – Southwest Finland tourist new tourist destination in the and convention bureau Baltic Sea is created! Finland 1/2011 Wolfgang Blank BioCon Valley and Chairman of ScanBalt Creation of a healthy and Leonas Grinius Lithuanian Biotechnology Association wealthy Baltic Sea Region (BSR) Peter Frank ScanBalt 1/2011 Pirjo Karhu Chairman of the Board New trends in business in Konsu ACCOUNTOR GROUP Moscow–St. Petersburg Finland-Russia-Ukraine

Manfred Janoschka CEO/Managing Partner Konsu ACCOUNTOR GROUP

1/2011 Markku Mylly Managing Director Port development in the Baltic Finnish Port Association Sea Area Finland 1/2011 Karl-Heinz Prof., Dr., Managing Director Impact of the recession on Breitzmann Baltic Institute of Marketing, Baltic maritime transport Transport and Tourism University of Rostock Germany 1/2011 Natalia Ivanova First Deputy Director Russia’s innovation policy and Institute of World Economy and modernization agenda International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 1/2011 Marja-Liisa Rector, PhD (Econ) The National Innovation Tenhunen Principal Lecturer, PhD (Ed) Strategy’s impact on university of applied sciences learning Irja Leppisaari Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied environments Sciences Finland

1/2011 Leonid Polishchuk Professor “Modernization from above” in Higher School of Economics historical perspective Russia 1/2011 Markku Dr, Director of Research Russia's search for Kangaspuro Aleksanteri Institute modernizaton University of Helsinki Finland

235 1/2011 Karri Hautanen Head of Services Baltic Region will be the Silicon Technopolis Valley of Europe Founder The Finnish Mobile Association Finland 1/2011 Manfred Spiesberger Researcher & project manager R&D and innovation – a Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) window of opportunity for Austria enhanced cooperation with Russia? 1/2011 Jukka Pietiläinen Postdoctoral researcher Russian modernisation – Aleksanteri-Institute technological or socio-cultural University of Helsinki one? Finland 1/2011 Félix Krawatzek MSc Candidate Modernisation of Russia – Russian and East European Studies moving beyond rhetoric? University of Oxford United Kingdom 1/2011 Thorsten Posselt Dr., Director Internationalization activities Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern of German cluster initiatives – Europe, Leipzig the role of CEE Professor for Innovation: Management and Economics University of Leipzig

Mathias Rauch Deputy Director Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe Leipzig Germany

1/2011 Sam Inkinen Media Scholar, Futures Innovation and “innoflation” – Researcher, Senior Consultant challenges of creative processes, Finland systemic innovations, and ubiquitous technologies 1/2011 Alexey Ignatiev Program and Development Director The Kaliningrad Region as a Kaliningrad Regional Economic Development modernization model of modern Agency Russia Russia 1/2011 Jouko Grönholm Free lance editor How to make the challenges of Finland Kaliningrad to become true? 1/2011 Tatiana Chekalina Doctoral Student Kaliningrad as an international European Tourism Research Institute tourism destination – still a (ETOUR) challenge Mid-Sweden University Sweden

236 1/2011 Ivan Samson Professor of Economics The middle class in Russia – UPMF, University Grenoble emerging reality or old myth? France

Marina Sociologist, Research Director Krasilnikova Levada Centre Moscow Russia

1/2011 Andrey Pavlov Ph.D., Associate Professor Russian military reform – Chair of the Master Program “Strategic what’s next? Studies” School of International Relations Saint-Petersburg State University Russia 1/2011 Joachim Diec Adjunct Professor, dr hab. The perspectives of Russian Chair of Russian History and Political radical nationalism Thought Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe Department of International and Political Studies Jagiellonian University Cracow, Poland 1/2011 Markku Jokisipilä Academic Director Kremlin takes its sport seriously Baltic Sea Region Studies Master’s Programme University of Turku Finland 1/2011 Thomas Lundén Professor of Human Geography (em.) Szczecin – center of a Center for Baltic and East European Studies truncated border region with Södertörn University geopolitical dilemmas Sweden 1/2011 Markku Ollikainen Professor of Environmental and Resource Protecting the Baltic Sea – a Economics challenge to the international Department of Economics and Management environmental policy University of Helsinki Finland 1/2011 Håkan Knutsson Managing Director Baltic Rim countries in pole Sustainable Business Hub position in the eco-efficiency Scandinavia AB race? Sweden 1/2011 Juha Ruokonen Manager, Market Analysis and Policy Design Carbon markets in transition – GreenStream opportunities and challenges Finland 1/2011 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial attaché Through the integration in the Embassy of Lithuania in Nordic Europe to the global Sweden value chains

237 1/2011 Andres Kasekamp Professor of Baltic Politics The Baltic States – moving University of Tartu together or apart? Director Estonian Foreign Policy Institute Estonia 1/2011 Päivi Toivanen Publishing Editor ‘Focus on the Baltic’ book sums Europe Information up the facts Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 1/2011 Alexander Kulakov Independent Analyst Political and social stability in Ukraine Ukraine after the first year of Yanukovych’s presidency 1/2011 Markku Tuomola Lecturer From industrial structures to Department of Management / Information agile global service networks – a Systems Science disruptive revolution or led Turku School of Economics, transformation? University of Turku Finland 6/2010 Egemen Bağış Minister for EU Affairs The future of Europe and and Chief Negotiator Turkey on the basis of the report Republic of Turkey of the EU reflection group 6/2010 Dainius Kreivys Minister Post-crisis Lithuania • lessons Ministry of Economy and recovery Lithuania 6/2010 Hannu Takkula MEd., Member of the European Parliament Education in times of recession and at the age of innovation Vesa Kangaslahti Ph.D., Special Advisor at the European Parliament 6/2010 Igor Yurgens Chairman of the Management Russia’s modernization ­ a Board progress report The Institute of Contemporary Development Russia 6/2010 Jaakko Iloniemi Chairman, M. Pol. Sc., Dr. Pol. Sc. h.c. Modernization of Russia Advisory Board Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland 6/2010 Alexander V. Professor, Ph.D. ICT competence and HRD in Khoroshilov Lomonosov Moscow State University public administration sector of Russia Russian Federation 6/2010 Seppo Honkapohja Member of the Board Economic prospects for Russia Bank of Finland and its implications for the Finland Baltic Rim region after the global crisis 6/2010 Gennady G. First Deputy Chairman Russian banking sector after Melikiyan The Central Bank of the Russian Federation global financial crisis (Bank of Russia) Russia

238 6/2010 Stefan Widomski Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in How to develop civic society in Espoo/Finland Eastern Europe? From an Chairman academic institute to a civic Forum Polonia Association think tank. The example of activity of the Polish Gdańsk Former Senior Vice President / Institute for Market International Business Affairs Nokia Economics. Corporation Finland 6/2010 Niklas Mannfolk University of Turku Quo vadis, Evropa? • A look at Student Union the future of European energy Council President production Finland 6/2010 Cay Sevón Dr. Soc.Sc., CEO Turku 2011 European Capital Turku 2011 Foundation of Culture in local and regional Finland development 6/2010 F.V. Karmazinov Director General Best practices to improve water SUE “Vodokanal of St. Petersburg” quality in the Gulf of Finland Professor, Doctor of Engineering as exemplified by Vodokanal of St. Petersburg Russia 6/2010 Maija Saijonmaa Project Manager NEFCO’s role in improving the Carbon Finance and Funds environmental status of the Karl-Johan Senior Manager, Baltic Sea Lehtinen Environmental Affairs NEFCO Finland 6/2010 Juhani Tervala Director General Minimising close calls with The Finnish Transport Agency intelligent transport systems Finland 6/2010 Matti Aaltonen Director Safe shipping – the result of Maritime Department / conserted effort Traffic Management Finnish Transport Agency Finland 6/2010 Pekka Laaksonen Director, Tanker Safety project The biggest threat for the Gulf John Nurminen Foundation of Finland • oil catastrophe Finland 6/2010 Tommi Kivilaakso Head of Eastern Customs Changes in the Finnish-Russian District border traffic and customs Finnish Customs cooperation Finland 6/2010 Katri Pynnöniemi Researcher, Ph.D. What makes modernization a The Finnish Institute of International political project? Affairs Finland

239 6/2010 Einari Kisel Deputy Secretary General of Energy Decisive years in creation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Baltic power market Communications Estonia 6/2010 Antero Jännes CEO Gas around the Baltic Sea Gasum OY Finland 6/2010 Matti Hilli Managing Director Renewable energy markets in Vapo Oy Baltic Sea region from a Finland perspective of a bioenergy company 6/2010 Pami Aalto Jean Monnet Professor, Director How will Russia cope in the The Jean Monnet European Centre of emerging new energy agenda? Excellence University of Tampere Finland 6/2010 Joseph Dutton Energy Analyst The Shale Gale – perfect storm Douglas-Westwood Ltd or flitting breeze? The United Kingdom 6/2010 Kalervo Väänänen MD, Ph.D., Academic Rector University of Eastern Finland, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio an example of Finnish Finland university reform 6/2010 Antti Valle and Head of Division Baltic Sea Region – a globally Pirjo Kutinlahti Ministerial Adviser recognised innovation hub Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland 6/2010 Ilya Romanovich Vice-rector for Innovations University in innovative space Shegelman Professor, Doctor of Technical Engineering region Petrozavodsk State University Russia 6/2010 Kai Savolainen Research Professor Assuring safe use of engineered Nanosafety Research Centre nanomaterials and Finnish Institute of Occupational Health nanotechnologies • a challenge Finland for the future or today? 6/2010 Alexey Partner The Russian CEOs analyse the Prazdnichnykh Strategy Partners Group innovation activity of their Russia company

Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Pan-European Institute, University of Turku Finland

6/2010 Jarosław Ćwiek- Research Fellow, Ph.D. Partnership for modernisation – Karpowicz The Polish Institute of incentive to revise the EU- International Affairs Russia relations Poland

240 6/2010 Pasi Malinen Prof., D.Sc. (Econ.&Bus. Admn.) Universities’ innovation and BID Business Innovation and entrepreneurship activities at Development cross-roads in Baltic Sea Region University of Turku – case Pskov Finland 6/2010 Jari Lähteenmäki CEO Finland should dare to take Jarkko Heinonen Assistant Manager initiative • the strategy for the Baltic Sea region needs to be Turku Chamber of Commerce concretized Finland 6/2010 Juha Stenholm Area Director Way out of the crisis • Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, privatization of Russian federal Representative office in Moscow property 6/2010 Sergey Stefanishin Partner, Tax and Legal Game rules for foreign Alexey Skvortsov Senior Manager, Tax and Legal investments in strategic companies in Russia Yulia Tsykalo Senior, Tax and Legal Ernst & Young (Moscow office) Russia 6/2010 Heli Pellikka Senior Manager, Russia – Nordic Desk Combining the requirements of Ernst & Young Oy Russian Accounting Principles Finland and IFRS – challenge for many international companies 6/2010 Krista Taipale Head of Office It has been a year since the Turku-Southwest Finland implementation of the EU European office Strategy for the Baltic Sea Belgium Region started – how is the situation today? 6/2010 Aku Alanen Senior Statistician, Researcher Statistics Large towns dominant in the Finland economy of culture in Finland Finland 6/2010 Marcus Svedberg Marcus Svedberg Herd mentality Chief Economist East Capital AB France 6/2010 Irina Novikova Professor Gender equality in Latvia – Center for Gender Studies achievements and challenges University of Latvia Latvia 6/2010 Keir Giles Director Russian military transformation Conflict Studies Research – work in progress Centre The United Kingdom

241 6/2010 Dominik P. Expert-Analyst Baltic Sea sustained stability Jankowski The National Security Bureau of Poland vs. Black Sea geopolitical The Editor-in-Chief of the Pulaski Policy struggle • myth or reality? Papers Poland

Barbara Kirejczyk Project Manager for Scandinavia and the Baltic States The Eastern Institute in Warsaw Research Fellow Casimir Pulaski Foundation Poland 6/2010 Marat Terterov Director and Principal Founder, Dr. Bringing Russia into NATO • a European Geopolitical Forum Trojan horse in the making Belgium 6/2010 Bo Österlund Former Navy Commodore On security management and Finland precautions on municipal level 5/2010 Mykola Azarov Prime Minister of Ukraine Ukraine – Finland: European rapprochement 5/2010 Johannes Hahn Commissioner for Regional A look at the EU Strategy for Development the Baltic Sea The European Commission 5/2010 Norbert Röttgen Dr., Federal Environment Minister Germany – an important player Federal Ministry for the in international Baltic Sea Environment, Nature Conservation protection and Nuclear Safety Germany 5/2010 Knut Fleckenstein Member of the European Parliament The EU-Russia modernisation Chairman of the Delegation to the partnership – what's in it? EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee 5/2010 Bruce J. Oreck Ambassador New energy development in the Embassy of the United States of America Baltic Helsinki, Finland 5/2010 Christer Michelsson Ambassador of Finland to Ukraine The relations between Finland and Ukraine in 2010 5/2010 Mikko Paatero National Police Commissioner, Baltic Sea Region Task Force on Chief of the National Police Board organised crime Finland 5/2010 Jacqueline McGlade Professor, Executive Director The main environmental European Environment Agency challenges of the 2010's in the Denmark Baltic Sea region 5/2010 Zygmunt Chairman Economic Forum in Krynica, Berdychowski Economic Forum Programme Poland – 20 years of rethinking Council the world and boosting the region

242 5/2010 Hans Brask Director The EU Strategy – keep focus Baltic Development Forum on green and smart growth in Denmark the Baltic Sea Region 5/2010 Jaakko Kiander Managing Director European imbalances and Baltic The Labour Institute for Economic Research region growth potential Finland 5/2010 Klaus Wittmann Brigadier General (ret.), Dr. Towards NATO’s new Strategic Germany Concept 5/2010 Derek Averre Dr., Director Russia-NATO relations • time Centre for Russian and East European for a change? Studies University of Birmingham UK 5/2010 Riina Kaljurand Deputy Director of the International Centre Baltic Sea security • issue or for Defence Studies non-issue? 5/2010 Risto Sulkava Ph.D., President of the Board What is the right price for Finnish Association for Nature nature? Conservation Finland 5/2010 Anne Berner Managing Director Family business • does Vallila Interior ownership matter? Chairman of the Board Finnish Family Firms Association Finland 5/2010 Harri Kerminen President & CEO Baltic Sea – Kemira at your Kemira Oyj service Finland 5/2010 Aimo Eloholma Chairman of the Board of Directors Russia • affordable Internet “OJSC” MegaFon (Russia) access across the country Finland 5/2010 Mikael Aro President and CEO Rail services connecting Finland VR Group and Russia Finland 5/2010 Matti Miettunen M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Take the A Train Managing Director Delta Freight Ltd. Finland 5/2010 Darius Brekys The Board Member Lithuania • a narrow corridor Lithuanian National Freight Association for heavy transit freight LINEKA Lithuania 5/2010 Miroslawa Ponczek Marketing Specialist Simplified customs procedures C. Hartwig Gdynia S.A. on EU territory in international Poland transport of goods by sea 5/2010 Nikolay Shavrov Station manager Russian Maritime sector in Innovation Norway - 2010 St.Petersburg office Russia 243 5/2010 Nikolay Professor Maritime issues in Russia’s Dobronravin School of International Relations energy politics in the Baltic Sea St.Petersburg University Region Russia 5/2010 Claus Lassen Managing Director DHL Express Denmark – DHL Express Denmark competing for a great future Denmark 5/2010 Kai Mykkänen Economist What do Finnish investment in East Office of Finnish Russia tell us? Industries Oy Finland 5/2010 Kalle Euro Business Development Director Russia – not such a mystery City of Turku after all Director of Turku Region Development Centre Finland 5/2010 Alexander Karlik Dr., Prof., Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs Unconventional gas and Russia Olga Garanina Dr., Head of Center for Energy Policy Research and Training St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russia 5/2010 Matthew Hulbert Senior Fellow, Europe’s lethargy ­ Russia’s Center for Security Studies opening ETH Zurich Switzerland 5/2010 Eric Brunat Vice-president in charge of Successful scientific and European and international technological ‘Modernizatsia’ in relations Russia requires institutional Faculty of Law and Economics and economic changes IREGE Research Center University of Savoie France 5/2010 Viatcheslav Associate Professor of Dmitry Medvedev’s Morozov International Relations modernisation from above University of Tartu Estonia 5/2010 Stefan Hedlund Professor Economies in transition and Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian transition economics Studies Uppsala University Sweden 5/2010 Riitta Pyykkö Chair of the Finnish Higher Common understanding of Education Evaluation Council FINHEEC quality as a basis for the Professor of Russian Language development of cooperation in and Culture higher education between University of Turku Finland and Russia Finland

244 5/2010 Louis Clerc Ph.D., University Lecturer Trade, trade, trade • Russia Department of Political Studies from a French perspective in University of Turku 2010 Finland 5/2010 Ilmari Larjavaara Dr. (Soc.Sc), Researcher Do we need better "institutional Tampere University of Technology marketing" in Russian trade? (TUT) Finland 5/2010 Alexander Professor, Doctor of History Pskov State Pedagogical Gogolevskiy Rector University on the way to the Pskov State Pedagogical University European higher education area Russia 5/2010 Jesper Roine Associate Professor of Economics and Deputy The Russia-Belarus energy Director relationship – a reluctantly Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics continuing affair (SITE) Sweden 5/2010 Gabriele Kötschau Lawyer in Flensburg Belarus • a Baltic Sea country? Germany 5/2010 Juhani Salokannel Executive Manager Two neighbours Tuglas Society Finland 5/2010 Pekka Räsänen Professor of Economic Sociology ICT use and ageing populations University of Turku in Baltic area Finland 5/2010 Marko Lehti Senior research fellow, Tampere Peace Baltic success story – but what Research Institute, University of Tampere next? Academic Director of Baltic Sea Region Studies, University of Turku Finland 5/2010 Xiaotian Zhang Ph.D. exp, Doctoral “To Be or Not To Be” business Researcher, Co-lecturer relations between the Baltic Faculty of Economics and States and China, example of Business Administration Estonia University of Tartu Chairman & Founder Raatuse International Trade Estonia 5/2010 Venelin Tsachevsky Ph.D., Professor, Director Contemporary Black Sea economic cooperation Foreign Policy – how good example it is for the Studies Centre Baltic Region? Bulgaria 5/2010 Zeki Kütük Docent, researcher Turkey as an energy import Tampere Peace Research corridor Institute University of Tampere Finland

245 5/2010 Andriy Chubyk Executive Director Ukraine and its future role in Centre for Global Studies the EU-Russia gas transit “Strategy XXI” Ukraine 5/2010 Petteri Hannonen CEO Entering Russian markets – a Ampparit Oy point of view of a Finnish SME Finland 5/2010 Timo Painilainen Master of Social Sciences Finnish press presents an image Researcher of a nauseous Baltic Sea Environmental Sociology University of Turku Finland 4/2010 Vlad Filat Prime Minister Bringing Moldova closer to the The Republic of Moldova European Union 4/2010 Libor Rouček Vice-President, S&D Endangered European security? European Parliament 4/2010 Maud Olofsson Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Deputy Energy co-operation in the Prime Minister Baltic Sea region Sweden 4/2010 Carl Haglund Member EU and Russia – why they European Parliament matter for the Baltic Sea Vice Chair of the Parliament Intergroup for the Baltic Sea 4/2010 Jenni Kuronen Researcher Fundamental changes are Centre for Maritime Studies University of needed in the governance of Turku maritime safety Finland 4/2010 Ramūnas Director of the Institute of International Lithuania and euro – a second Vilpišauskas Relations and opportunity not to be missed Political Science Vilnius University Former Chief Economic and Social policy Advisor to the President of Lithuania 4/2010 Jukka Gustafsson Project Director Current challenges of Finnish Sales & Marketing and Russian shipbuilding – STX Finland Oy collaboration in R&D and Turku, Finland building of ice class special tonnage 4/2010 Bo Österlund Navy Commodore (ret) The Arctic region is warming up Finland as a result of climatic change, and the repositioning of security policy 4/2010 M. de Haas Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Russia’s future security stance Senior Research Fellow versus friends and foes The Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands

246 4/2010 Seppo Ruohonen Lieutenant Colonel GS (ret) Changing Baltic Sea military Finland threats 4/2010 Nikita Lomagin Professor Medvedev’s fourteen points – World Economy Department, St.Petersburg any added value for global State University security? Russia 4/2010 Peter F. Johnston Strategic Analyst Arctic energy resources and Defence Research and security Development Canada – Centre for Operational Research and Analysis Canada 4/2010 Timo Hellenberg Dr., Executive Director How to secure the Arctic – more Hellenberg International joint exercises, less high level Finland declarations 4/2010 Katarzyna Zysk Dr., Senior Fellow Russian perspectives on Arctic Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies security Norway Visiting Research Scholar The U.S. Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies USA 4/2010 Teemu Palosaari Research Fellow Ice melts, peace prevails. The Tampere Peace Research Institute race for resources in the Arctic? University of Tampere Finland 4/2010 Joan Nymand Senior Scientist Northern economies in a time of Larsen Stefansson Arctic Institute change Iceland 4/2010 Timo Koivurova LL.D., Research professor, director Who should be governing the Northern Institute for Environmental and Arctic? Minority Law, Arctic Centre University of Lapland Finland 4/2010 Tatiana Romanova Dr, Associate Professor Russia in the Arctic area • more School of International Relations issues than it seems? St. Petersburg State University School of International Politics and International Economics Higher School of Economics Russia 4/2010 Roderick Kefferpütz Associate Research Fellow Putting Russia’s Arctic policy Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) into perspective Belgium 4/2010 Yrjö Myllylä Managing Director, Russia's geopolitical focus has Doctor of Social Sciences moved to the North • the RD Aluekehitys Oy development of Murmansk Finland region in the light of three scenarios

247 4/2010 Amelia Hadfield Professor of European Affairs Arctic adventures • cold Vrije Universiteit Brussels shoulder or hot prospects? Senior Research Fellow Institute for European Studies Belgium 4/2010 Anna Sirina Senior Researcher Indigenous peoples of the North Department for Siberian and Northern in Russian politics today Studies Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 4/2010 Eini Laaksonen Research Associate The uncertain future of the Pan-European Institute Shtokman gas field project in Turku School of Economics the Barents Sea Finland 4/2010 Sami Andoura Research Fellow Towards a European Energy Notre Europe Community • an opportunity for France the Baltic 4/2010 Dmitry V. Dr., Vice-Rector on International Relations The EU gas market • doomed to Vasilenko St. Petersburg State University of Economics Kalakh game and Finance Head of Organizing committee of the International scientific conference “Energetika XXI: economy, policy, ecology” Russia 4/2010 Susanne Doctor of Economics The Russian nuclear renaissance Oxenstierna Senior Researcher Swedish Defence Research Agency Stockholm 4/2010 Peter Lund Professor It is time to think more with Aalto University School of Science and brain than muscles in the Baltic Technology Sea Region energy debate Finland 4/2010 Asta Salmi Professor of International Business, Aalto Innovations and Finnish– University School of Economics Russian research co-operation Programme Manager for the Research Programme on Business Know-how, Academy of Finland Finland 4/2010 Juha Väätänen Professor, International business & How do Russian companies transitional economies innovate? Academic Director, Global Management of Innovation and Technology - Master’s Degree Programme Faculty of Technology Management Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) Finland

248 4/2010 Kristiina Helenius Managing Director It’s time to step up FDI efforts AmCham Finland 4/2010 Ralph Hirdina Professor of Law German investment in the Thomas Jost Professor of Economics Baltic States University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg Germany 4/2010 Tauno Taajamaa Managing Director We should know how to do FINTRA business with Russia – but do Finland we really? 4/2010 Andrei A. Tatarinov Dr. Economics, Professor Olympic winter games in Sochi Department of Finance and Credit Sochi – costs and expected benefits State University for Tourism and Recreation Head of Laboratory of Regional Economics Sochi Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Federation 4/2010 Kimmo Rentola Professor of Contemporary History Post-Cold War politics of University of Turku history Finland 3/2010 Máire Geoghegan- Commissioner for Research, Innovation and The European Commission's Quinn Science Europe 2020 vision for research and innovation 3/2010 Tõnis Lukas Minister of Education and Research R&D in Estonia – capacity Estonia building in progress 3/2010 Mitro Repo MEP The Baltic Sea – at the cross European Parliament roads of politics and religion 3/2010 Mart Laar Member of the Estonian Parliament Estonia joins Euro zone Estonia 3/2010 Susanna Huovinen Representative The Baltic needs intensive (Social Democrat) measures Chair of the Environment Committee Parliament of Finland 3/2010 Christina Gestrin MP Broad parliamentary support for Finland Baltic Sea Region initiatives 3/2010 Alexander Chairman of the Committee for External We are linked not only by Prokhorenko Relations pragmatics Saint Petersburg Russia 3/2010 Armas Lahoniitty The Finnish St.Petersburg Foundation Turku and St. Petersburg acting councel Former Lord Mayor of Turku Finland 3/2010 Dmitriy Lisenkov Managing Director Natural cooperation takes a RUSNANO substantial effort to start Russia

249 3/2010 Markku Mattila Professor, President Science to the rescue of the Baltic Sea Laura Raaska Adjunct Professor, Director Academy of Finland 3/2010 Veli-Pekka Director General, CEO EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Saarnivaara Tekes – Finnish Funding Region and innovation policy Agency for Technology and Innovation Finland 3/2010 Keith Silverang CEO Creating the world’s first global Technopolis Plc innovation hub chain: Finland Technopolis is now operating in Finland, Russia and Estonia – and just getting warmed up 3/2010 N Tapani Saarinen Vice President, Is there a new Finnish Business Development Innovation System? Turku Science Park Ltd Finland 3/2010 Simo Karetie Chief Policy Adviser Chinese innovation and it’s Trade Policy and International Relations significance for Finland Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland 3/2010 Tuomo Airaksinen CEO International companies can Invest in Finland boost Finland's innovation Finland system 3/2010 Lauri Lajunen Rector The University-Business The University of Oulu Partnerships Finland 3/2010 Leonid Gokhberg First Vice-Rector, Principles for a new-generation State University innovation policy Higher School of Economics, and Director, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge Russia 3/2010 Gennady Vice-Rector, Trade relations between the Korolyonok Research and Development Republic of Belarus and the Belarus State Economic University Republic of Finland in progress Republic of Belarus 3/2010 Timur Gareev Vice-rector for Innovation Development of innovations in Immanuel Kant State University Kaliningrad Region • general of Russia (IKSUR) characterization and overview of the perspectives Igor Denisov Russia Deputy director Kaliningrad Center of Technology Transfer (KCTT) Russia

250 3/2010 Pirjo Vuokko Adjunct Professor Branding the university • why Director for Corporate Links and how? and Adult Education Turku School of Economics at University of Turku Finland 3/2010 Jaak Treiman Honorary Consul of Estonia for California Estonia and the EU – political Liisa Välikangas Professor innovation and the quest for Aalto University independence Finland 3/2010 Kari Liuhto Leader of the project Rosnano and Skolkovo are “Russia’s Innovation System” Russia’s best innovation (Grant No. 118338) funded by the Academy promoting measures, of Finland but they are not enough to Professor, Director modernise Russia as a whole Pan-European Institute Finland 3/2010 Fraser Cameron Director The EU-Russia modernisation The EU Russia Centre partnership Belgium 3/2010 Oleg N. Misko Chancellor Can Saint-Petersburg meet the City Agency for Industrial challenge of innovation age? Investments

Sergei F. Sutyrin Government of St. Petersburg Professor, Head World Economy Department St. Petersburg State University Russia

3/2010 Hiski Haukkala Special Adviser The EU and Russia already The Unit for Policy Planning and Research have what it takes to succeed The Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 3/2010 Igor Torbakov Senior Researcher Assessing the prospects of Finnish Institute of Russia’s modernization International Affairs Finland 3/2010 Stanislav Dr., Professor of European Studies Progress of the Special Tkachenko School of International Relations Economic Zones in North-West Dmitry Tkachenko School of Economics Russia St. Petersburg State University Russia

251 3/2010 Valtteri Kaartemo Lecturer of International Business The bumps in Russia’s Turku School of Economics innovation chase Finland

Kari Liuhto Professor Turku School of Economics Finland

3/2010 Irina Dezhina Head of Economics of Big projects as a stimulus for Science and Innovations innovation development in Division, Ph.D. Russia Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RAS Russia 3/2010 Kaisa-Kerttu Researcher Developing the Russian Peltola Pan-European Institute innovation system – potential Turku School of Economics for increased cooperation with Finland Finland 3/2010 Leena Aarikka- M.Sc. (Econ.), M. Sc. (Hum.) Commercialisation of Stenroos University Teacher, Marketing innovations requires co- Birgitta Sandberg D.Sc. (Econ.) Assistant Professor, operation and networks International Business Coordinator of the Global Innovation Management Master’s Degree Programme Turku School of Economics, University of Turku 3/2010 Jari Kaivo-oja PhD, Research Director Systemic innovation thinking as Finland Futures Research Centre a tool for breakthrough University of Turku innovations Finland 3/2010 Tuomas Mylly Acting Professor of European Law Does the European Union Faculty of Law, overprotect intellectual University of Turku property? Finland 3/2010 Igor Nevzorov Manager Main peculiarities of the Ernst & Young, Legal Services Russian intellectual property Russia legislation 3/2010 Mika Aaltonen CEO The perfect storm Michael Loescher CIO Research and Analysis Corporation (RAC) of Finland 3/2010 Christopher S. Political Scientist NATO, Russia, and the future Chivvis RAND & Adjunct Professor of the European security system Johns Hopkins, SAIS”v USA

252 3/2010 Tatu Laurila CEO EU? Baltic Sea Region? Greater Helsinki Promotion Ltd Finland? Helsinki? There are Finland many to choose from, but which one will succeed? 3/2010 Iikka Korhonen Director Russia’s medium-term growth Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in prospects still uncertain Transition, BOFIT Finland 3/2010 Ivan Korolev Deputy Director Russia • two years after the Institute of World Economy and crisis International Relations 3/2010 Andreas Klein M.A., Director Raising Germany’s awareness of The Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s regional the Baltic Sea region office for the Baltic States based in Riga and

in charge for the Baltic Sea Cooperation of the Foundation Catja Gaebel Nordic Researcher The London office of the Kondrad Adenauer Foundation 3/2010 Maria-Elena Cowell Consultant, entrepreneur Nordic co-operation • fading to Vice Group Secretary, oblivion or resurrection through Nordic Council Conservative Group regionalism? 3/2010 Anne Erkkilä Director Comprehensive coordination of Centre for Maritime Studies environmental monitoring is University of Turku necessary for ecosystem-based Finland management of coastal and marine areas 3/2010 Hardo Pajula Economist In search of a narrative SEB Estonia 3/2010 Harri Melin Professor of Sociology Enterprise´s social responsibility Department of Social Research University of Tampere Finland 3/2010 Jarkko Heinonen Assistant Manager, Economist Business in the Baltic Sea Turku Chamber of Commerce Region• future perspective BCCA Office Representative Finland 3/2010 Saara-Sofia Sutela Independent researcher Increasing tourism in the Baltic Antti Koskinen Independent researcher Sea Region Turku School of Economics Finland 3/2010 Andrey Shadurskiy Senior lecturer Unconventional gas• is there a School of International Relations, quite revolution and what does St. Petersburg State University it mean for the Russian energy Russia policy? 3/2010 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) On energy dependence and Finland service security

253 2/2010 Maria Damanaki Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Making the sea a safer place Fisheries 2/2010 Sirkka-Liisa Anttila Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Measures of Finnish farmers to Finland prevent the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea 2/2010 Jürgen Ligi Minister of Finance Estonia and Euro • Estonia continuation of long-term policy of fiscal prudence 2/2010 Arvydas Sekmokas Minister of Energy Changing energy security Lithuania environment in Lithuania • old challenges and new responses 2/2010 Sergei Martynov Minister for Foreign Affairs Hopes and concerns over the Belarus Eastern Partnership• the Belarus’ view 2/2010 Jutta Urpilainen Chairman The success of the Baltic Sea SDP region is anchored to Finland communality 2/2010 Anneli MEP The EEAS is coming • do not Jäätteenmäki European Parliament expect a big bang 2/2010 Sergey L. Head of the Republic of Karelia Main vectors of cooperation Katanandov Russia 2/2010 Heikki Aurasmaa Undersecretary of State The Baltic Sea • example for the Ministry of Employment and the Economy whole Europe Finland 2/2010 Oleg V. Fomichev Director Innovation policy in Russia • Department of Strategic new trends Management and Budgeting Ministry of Economic Development The Russian Federation 2/2010 Vesa Häkkinen Deputy Director No shortcut to visa-free travel Passport and Visa Unit Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 2/2010 Vilius Navickas Mayor Vilnius city • for the admirers of Vilnius modern life and unique Lithuania traditions 2/2010 Arto Mustajoki Professor of Russian ”Finnish House” in the heart of University of Helsinki St Petersburg Chair of the Board of the Finnish St Petersburg Foundation Finland 2/2010 Lasse Paitsola President and CEO Those who adapt survive Nurminen Logistics Plc Finland 2/2010 Katri Pynnöniemi Researcher Ten-year anniversary of the The Finnish Institute of Russian international transport International Affairs corridors • what lies ahead? Finland 254 2/2010 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial attaché Growing role of sustained Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden transport links and contribution to region’s competitiveness ­ news from Lithuania 2/2010 Timo Laukkanen Senior Advisor The Baltic Sea Strategy and Confederation of economic growth in the Baltic Finnish Industries EK Sea Region Finland 2/2010 Hans-Joachim Dr, Member of the Executive and De-securitize the Russia policy Spanger Head of Research Area of the West Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Germany 2/2010 Sven G. Holtsmark Dean of the Norwegian Defence Arctic security – beating the University College alarm for the wrong reasons Senior Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Norway 2/2010 Philip Hanson Professor, Associate Fellow Russia’s modernization Chatham House Russia and Eurasia campaign • towards a high-tech Programme Potemkin village? The Royal Institute of International Affairs The United Kingdom 2/2010 Martin Vermeer Professor of Geodesy Sea level rise in the Baltic Sea Aalto University Finland 2/2010 Philipp Schwartz Dr, Head of the Joint Technical Secretariat The beginning of the end of Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme European integration? 2007-2013 Finland 2/2010 Nils Muiznieks PhD., Director Latvian-Russian relations • a Advanced Social and Political Research new thaw? Institute (ASPRI) University of Latvia Latvia 2/2010 David J. Galbreath Senior Lecturer Minority rights in the Baltic University of Aberdeen States United Kingdom 2/2010 Vilana Pilinkaite- Dr. Limits of Europeanization • Sotirovic Center for Equality Advancement policy discourses on minority Lithuania rights in Lithuania 2/2010 Marek Tiits Chairman of the Board The Baltic economies after a The Institute of Baltic Studies perfect storm Estonia 2/2010 Kirsi Stjernberg Special Planner EU Baltic Sea strategy: regions Regional Council of taking the chance – are they? Southwest Finland Finland

255 2/2010 Heiko Pääbo Head Baltic Studies • a changing Centre for Baltic Studies research agenda University of Tartu Estonia 2/2010 Pellervo Erkkilä Chairman Finnish investments in Estonia Finnish- Estonian Trade Association Finland 2/2010 Kimmo Elo Adjunct professor, lecturer of political science The Baltic Sea • our common Department of Political Science and mare politicum Contemporary History University of Turku Finland 2/2010 Nina I. Bohdan Professor National innovative system in Belarus State Economic University Belarus • glance at the regions Belarus 2/2010 Laurynas Kasciunas Expert Interactions between a post- Eastern Europe Studies Centre modern (the EU) and modern Lithuania (Russia) players of international relations • setbacks for mutual integration 2/2010 Kirsi Kostia New business competence through executive New business competence MBA programmes through executive MBA programmes 1/2010 Jerzy Buzek President EU-Russia relations • getting it The European Parliament right 1/2010 Valdis Dombrovskis Prime Minister Latvia’s lesson – from crisis to Latvia sustainable growth 1/2010 Mari Kiviniemi Minister of Public Administration and Local Baltic Sea region offers great Government potential Finland 1/2010 Søren Gade Minister of Defence Security in a modern world • the Denmark example of the Baltic States 1/2010 Sten Tolgfors Minister for Defence Common and improved maritime Sweden surveillance 1/2010 Krišjānis Kariņš MEP The Baltic energy sector Latvia 1/2010 Anne-Mari Member of Parliament Save the Baltic Sea and boost Virolainen Finland the economy 1/2010 Ilkka Pöyhönen and Rector, Promising challenges for Minna Martikainen Vice Rector for Finnish economy • Russian International Affairs market and Northern Dimension Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

256 1/2010 Oleg V. Professor Baltic Sea as Res Publica • Kharkhordin Rector of the European University at St. limits and prospects Petersburg Russia 1/2010 Maija Palonheimo Director Education must be marketed University Communications University of Turku Finland 1/2010 Gerhard Sabathil Dr., Director for Strategy, Coordination and Baltic interconnections and Analysis beyond • how the European Directorate General RELEX - L Commissions works towards EUROPEAN COMMISSION energy security in Europe 1/2010 Leonid Grigoriev President of Institute for Energy & Finance Happy end of pipeline conflicts? Moscow Russia 1/2010 Boyan Kavalov and European Commission – JRC Institute for The future role of LNG in EU’s Hrvoje Petric Energy gas supply – issues for Petten consideration The Netherlands 1/2010 Pekka Sutela Principal Adviser, Monetary Policy and Eurasian oil and gas • are Research perceptions changing too fast? Bank of Finland Finland 1/2010 Rafael Fernández Assistant Professor Russia’s future gas export Ph.D. in Economics capability Complutense Institute of International Studies Spain 1/2010 Roderick Kefferpütz Brussels-based Political Advisor specializing Gazprom’s uncertain future in Eurasian energy and foreign policy within the gas market’s ‘quiet Belgium revolution’ 1/2010 Indra Øverland Acting Head of Department of Russian and The surge in unconventional gas Eurasian Studies, NUPI • implications for Russian Associate Professor II, University of Tromsø export strategies Norway 1/2010 Andreas Heinrich Dr., Researcher Factors explaining the smooth Heiko Pleines Dr., Head of the Department Politics and co-operation between German Economics and Russian gas companies Research Centre for East European Studies [Forschungsstelle Osteuropa] University Bremen Germany 1/2010 David Dusseault Acting Professor for Russian Energy Policy Russia’s Wild East • Aleksanteri Institute problematising Russia’s gas University of Helsinki industry in Sakha Finland

257 1/2010 Mikhail Managing Director Russian gas exports in 2010s Korchemkin East European Gas Analysis Malvern, Pennsylvania USA 1/2010 Laura Solanko Senior Economist Increasing energy efficiency is Bank of Finland vitally important for the Institute for Economies in Transition Russian economy (BOFIT) Finland 1/2010 Vadim Kononenko Researcher Russia energy efficiency Finnish Institute of International Affairs initiatives • a window of Finland opportunity for the EU? 1/2010 Andres Mäe Researcher Vulnerability in interdependent Estonian Foreign Policy Institute energy relations Estonia 1/2010 Simon Pirani Senior Research Fellow Russian natural gas production Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and exports • the outlook to UK 2020 1/2010 Danila Bochkarev Associate Energy diversification towards EastWest Institute the East • strategic imperative Belgium and operational response to the uncertainty of energy demand 1/2010 Maija Hyypiä Research Assistant Nord Stream project – as seen The Finnish Institute of from the Swedish point of view International Affairs Finland 1/2010 Joanna Hyndle Department for Ukraine, Belarus and the Consequences of the Baltic States decommissioning of Lithuanian Centre for Eastern Studies nuclear power plant Poland 1/2010 Hanna Mäkinen Researcher on Jenny & Shale gas – a game changer in Antti Wihuri Foundation’s grant the global energy play? Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics Finland 1/2010 Anna Kotsalo- Ph.D.(Econ.), ‘The BSAG way’ ­ new ideas to Mustonen Co-founder of the foundation and responsible rescue the Baltic Sea of the commitment acquiring Elävä Itämeri säätiö, known as ‘BSAG foundation’ 1/2010 Pertti Joenniemi Senior Research Fellow The EU strategy for the Baltic DIIS Sea Region • a first step Denmark 1/2010 Timo Kuusakoski President and CEO Baltic Sea Region, environment Kuusakoski Oy and recycling Finland

258 1/2010 Risto Nieminen Distinguished Professor Nanotechnology on the northern COMP/Department of Applied Physics shores Aalto University School of Science and Technology Espoo Finland 1/2010 Boris Porfiriev Dr., Prof., Head of Laboratory Economic crisis in Russia • Institute for Economic Forecasting specificity of management policy Russian Academy of Sciences and lessons for economic policy Russia making 1/2010 Jon Hellevig Managing Partner Russia’s social model of Moscow-based Hellevig, Klein and Usov, bureaucracy attorneys at law, and Avenir Group accounting and consulting firm Russia 1/2010 Aleksei Bykov Professor Challenges and prospects in Svetlana Vertai Doctorate student economic use of local natural resources in Belarus Belarus State Economic University Republic of Belarus 1/2010 Lassi Heininen Dr., University Lecturer Thematic network on geopolitics Faculty of Social Sciences and security University of Lapland Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee Finland 6/2009 Sergei Sidorski Prime Minister Belarus is open for co-operation Belarus 6/2009 Imants Lieģis Minister of Defence A Latvian view on regional Latvia security challenges 6/2009 Päivi Lipponen Ph.D., Member of Parliament Us and them Finland 6/2009 Valery Shlyamin Doctor of Economics Place and role of the Russian- Trade Representative of the Russian Finnish economic cooperation in Federation in Finland the Baltic Sea Region Russia 6/2009 Merja Hannus Secretary-general Participation of NGOs in the Finland-Russia-Society Baltic Sea area cooperation Finland 6/2009 Nils Ušakovs Chairman Riga nowadays Riga City Council Latvia 6/2009 Edgar Savisaar Mayor of Tallinn Not the western or eastern, but Estonia the Baltic Sea 6/2009 Seppo Miettinen Mayor of Lappeenranta From Saimaa to continental Finland Europe 6/2009 Eva Nypelius Mayor of Gotland Gotland – pearl of the Baltic! Sweden

259 6/2009 Mikhail Oseevskiy Vice Governor, St. Petersburg St. Petersburg – the centre of Russia innovative development of Russian Federation 6/2009 Peeter Kross PhD, Rector Challenges for Estonian higher Estonian Business School education 1991–2020 Estonia 6/2009 Olga Shumylo Director The Eastern Partnership and International Centre for Policy Studies, Kyiv Ukraine – plus or minus? Ukraine

Jakub Parusinski Expert International Centre for Policy Studies, Kyiv Ukraine

6/2009 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Russian oil on the Baltic Sea Finland 6/2009 Jakub M. Senior Research Fellow The role of the Arctic in Russian Godzimirski Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies energy strategy in Europe NUPI Norway 6/2009 Bartosz Cichocki Analyst Prospects and consequences of National Security Bureau of Poland START follow-on treaty Poland 6/2009 Andres Hunt Vice Chairman of the Management Board Travelling by sea has a bright AS Tallink Grupp future Estonia 6/2009 Pekko Kohonen Development Director, Russia takes action towards International Business Development ecological future Lassila & Tikanoja plc Finland 6/2009 Ralf Wiegert Dr., Senior Economist The Baltic recovery – anything IHS Global Insight else but a long hard slog? Germany 6/2009 Peter Zashev Dr. Building innovation economy in Emerging Markets Research Group Russia – big ambitions are build Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences by small steps Finland 6/2009 Irina Yeremeyeva Dr., Associate Professor Belarus and its economic Belarusian State Economic University relations with the countries in Belarus the Baltic Sea Region 6/2009 Georgy Dykhanov General Director Kaliningrad – unsustainable Kaliningrad Consulting Centre Business- economy (was growing better Expert and now is decreasing faster) Russia 6/2009 Volkmar Wulf Europa Consultant Current economy of Kaliningrad Langeneslbold / Kaliningrad and the situation of energy Germany / Russia demand 5/2009 Matti Vanhanen Prime Minister Baltic Sea cooperation – from Finland strategies to results 260 5/2009 Laine Jänes Minister of Culture The Baltic Sea region at the Estonia crossroads of culture and economy 5/2009 Sinikka Hurskainen Chair of the Sub-Committee on Belarus of the Belarus on the road towards the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Council of Europe Europe Member of the Parliament of Finland Chair of the Council of Europe Finnish delegation 5/2009 Mikhail Dmitriev President Russia’s challenges in the global The Center for Strategic Research crisis Russia 5/2009 Kimmo Lundén Journalist Fellow 2008-2009 The death of print? The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, challenges and opportunities University of Oxford facing the print media on the Economic journalist, M.Sc. web Kauppalehti, Finnish Business Daily Finland 5/2009 Ulla Tapaninen Professor Environmental regulations are a Centre for Maritime Studies challenge for the shipping University of Turku industry Kotka Maritime Research Centre Finland 5/2009 Stepan Sulakshin Professor, Director A view on the world economic Governance and Problem Analysis Center crisis (GAPAC), Moscow Russia 5/2009 Ionut Purica Dr., Senior Researcher Expectations on energy and Institute for Economic Forecasting climate change Romanian Academy Romania 5/2009 René Nyberg CEO, Ambassador (ret) Transport of oil and gas – East Office of Finnish Industries safety and security of the Baltic Finland Sea 5/2009 Łukasz Antas Analyst Nord Stream – how feasible is German Department the project? Centre for Eastern Studies Poland 5/2009 Edward Hunter Economist The battle of Nord Stream Christie The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw) 5/2009 Jukka Nurminen Underwater photographer The Baltic Sea – a vibrant Managing director ecosystem in peril Abyss Art Oy Finland 5/2009 Nils Wang Rear Admiral Climate change and Arctic Admiral Danish Fleet security Denmark

261 5/2009 Clive Archer Emeritus Professor Arctic security – zero sum or Manchester European Research Institute working together? Manchester Metropolitan University England 5/2009 Lotta Numminen Lotta Numminen Renewed governance is the key Researcher for the future of the Arctic The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland 5/2009 Olga Director After Pikalevo Kryshtanovskaya The Elites Department of the Institute of Sociology The Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia

Stephen White James Bryce Professor of Politics University of Glasgow The United Kingdom

5/2009 Alexander Dr. Latvia’s fiscal system – the Gaponenko Institute of European Studies need for new approaches Latvia

Michael Rodin Ph.D. Institute of European Studies Latvia

5/2009 Stephen Fortescue Associate Professor in the School of Social The crisis in Russia and the Sciences & International Studies oligarchs University of New South Wales Australia 5/2009 Irina Kobrinskaya Leading research fellow BMD-Day for global security – IMEMO new opportunities – old Russian Academy of Science uncertainties Russia 5/2009 Jukka-Pekka Director, Professor Do we have enough university Bergman Northern Dimension Research Centre collaboration? Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland 5/2009 Måns Nilsson Associate Professor, Towards a European eco- Senior Research Fellow efficient economy Stockholm Environment Institute Sweden 5/2009 Miina Mäki Project Manager / Marine Biologist Innovative thinking on Clean Baltic Sea Project environmental issues – the John Nurminen Foundation Baltic Sea is in urgent need for Finland protection 5/2009 Toni Ahlqvist Senior Research Scientist, PhD Towards understanding of VTT Technical Research Centre spatial and temporal Finland differentiation of innovation activities in Baltic Sea region 262 5/2009 Irina Dezhina Head of Division Innovation policy in Russia Institute of World Economy and during the economic crisis International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia 5/2009 Tuomo Uotila D.Sc. (Tech.), Senior Researcher Challenges and new directions Lappeenranta University of Technology for Finnish innovation policy Lahti School of Innovation Finland 5/2009 Anatoly Zhuplev Professor Small business in Russia – Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, trends and outlook California U.S.A. 5/2009 Maksim Salahub Partner Recent trends in M&A and Sorainen privatization in Belarus Belarus 4/2009 Mariann Fischer Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural The future challenges of Boel Development agriculture in the Baltic Sea European Commission region 4/2009 Henna Virkkunen Minister of Education and Science Aspects of sustainable Finland development in education in the Baltic Sea region 4/2009 Rasa Juknevičienė Minister of National Defence Baltic Sea region security – a Lithuania view from Lithuania 4/2009 Markku Laukkanen Member of the Finnish Parliament Regional cooperation in the Chairman of the Karelian League Baltic Sea area – the potential Finland of Karelia 4/2009 Mats Hellström Former Governor of the Province of Storm over the Baltic Sea – is Stockholm innovation a safe haven? Former Ambassador to Germany Former Minister of Nordic and European Affairs of Sweden Sweden 4/2009 Raimo Valo CEO Global financial crisis and the OAO Swedbank Russian banking system Russia 4/2009 Ingrida Lace Director Future international challenges Communication and International Affairs of Latvenergo Group Latvenergo AS Latvia

263 4/2009 Igor Maksimtsev Ph.D, Professor Industrial-innovative networks Rector of Saint-Petersburg State University as an opportunity to raise of Economics and Finance productivity of the Russian Russian Federation North-west

Sofia Rekord Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Chair of International Economic Relations Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russian Federation

4/2009 Kari Kaunismaa Doctor of Social Sciences, Headmaster From the red star to the double- Vista School, Paimio headed eagle Finland 4/2009 Vladimir Shimov Rector Republic of Belarus – ways of Belarus State Economic University economic stabilization in the Republic of Belarus context of the world financial and economic crisis 4/2009 Kiryl Apanasevich Partner at Sorainen Law Firm Belarusian anticrisis program – Belarus pragmatic conservatism or market reforms 4/2009 Terhi Suominen Secretary General NATO in Finland – Finland in Atlantic Council of Finland NATO? Finland 4/2009 Marcel de Haas Marcel de Haas Russia’s Arctic strategy – Lieutenant Colonel challenge to Western energy Senior Research Fellow security Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands 4/2009 Margarete Klein Researcher A new pan-European security The German Institute for International and regime? Security Affairs (SWP) Germany 4/2009 Timo Koivurova Research Professor The Baltic Sea gas pipeline – Northern Institute for Environmental and can we manage it sustainably? Minority Law Arctic Centre University of Lapland Finland

Ismo Pölönen Senior Researcher Environmental Law University of Joensuu Finland

4/2009 Hans-Robert Chairman EU kicks the ball to ScanBalt Metelmann ScanBalt BioRegion – The green valley, Peter Frank General Secretary the health region ScanBalt

264 4/2009 Conrad Stralka Executive Director Sustainable management of the Baltic Sea 2020 Baltic Sea

Katarina Veem Programme Director Baltic Sea 2020

4/2009 Anna Korppoo Senior Researcher Russia and climate – on the The Finnish Institute of International road to Copenhagen Affairs Finland 4/2009 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial Attaché of Lithuania in Sweden Lithuania – demanded synergy Lithuania between economic promotion and development 4/2009 Petri Leino Team Leader Opportunities for foreign Arctic Oil and Gas Project companies in Kola Peninsula Finpro, Murmansk Finland 4/2009 Thomas Johansson Team Director Time for the next level of The Sida Baltic Sea Unit cooperation around the Baltic Sweden Sea 4/2009 Timo Koponen Director Opportunities of Finland in Finnode Russia Russian innovation The Finnish Innovation Center in Russia environment 4/2009 Kalman Kalotay United Nations Conference on Trade and The global crisis and FDI in Development Switzerland new Europe

Sergey Filippov United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) The Netherlands

4/2009 Risto Venermo Leader, Partner Acquisition opportunities in Russia - Nordic Desk adversity – but don't be late Ernst & Young Oy Finland 4/2009 Ville Korpela Managing Director Reliable intelligence and due Voskhod Consulting diligence are keys to success in turbulent M&A market in Russia 4/2009 Joanna Grudzińska Polish Candidate for the European Role of young people from Parliament 2009 Baltic Sea Region in rising its Poland potential 4/2009 Silvia Magnoni Project Manager for International Affairs So far (away), so good – when Baltic Sea Solutions (DK), Lolland peripheral communities lead the CTF concept developer and strategic partner way to Lolland Municipality Denmark

265 4/2009 Arno Tanner Dr., Adjunct Professor Human migration to and in the Population Studies Baltic Rim – past, present and University of Helsinki and future Political Science University of Tampere Finland 4/2009 Anna B. Kisiel- Professor Poland's trade in the BSR after Łowczyc University of Gdańsk the EU enlargement Poland 4/2009 Ulla Nygrén Director The benefit of library and Library and Information Services information services to the Turku School of Economics competitiveness of a university Finland 3/2009 Jan Fischer Prime Minister A strategic partnership with The Czech Republic Russia remains our goal 3/2009 Astrid Thors Minister of Migration and European Affairs The Baltic Sea is to remain a Finland safe and attractive place 3/2009 Henrik Lax Member of the European Parliament The Baltic Sea Region – A Finland bridge between EU and Russia? – EU energy strategy and the Nord Stream gas pipeline 3/2009 Janina Andersson Member of the Finnish Parliament (the The Baltic Sea needs reform of Greens) European Union agricultural Finland subsidies 3/2009 Juhani Kaskeala Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces International sea surveillance Finland co-operation in the Baltic Sea region 3/2009 Stephen Blank Professor The future of Russia-US Strategic Studies Institute relations US Army War College USA 3/2009 Ilkka Laitinen Executive Director The Baltic Sea – model for well Frontex functioning cooperation and simultaneously a challenge from the Frontex’ point of view 3/2009 Vladimir Mau Rector Crisis modernisation ― lessons Academy of National Economy under the of the past and tasks for the Government of the Russian Federation future Russia 3/2009 Erkki Hämäläinen Detective Chief Superintendent Security as a competitiveness Licentiate of Laws booster in the Baltic Sea Region National Criminal Police International branch Finland 3/2009 Timo P. Nieminen Mayor Involvement of the City of The City of Tampere Tampere in the Baltic Sea Finland cooperation

266 3/2009 Vasily Osipov The Head of Vyborg City Administration Vyborg Industrial Park Vyborg Russia 3/2009 Arno Miettinen Mayor Rauma - Unesco world heritage Rauma town Finland 3/2009 Solomon Ginzburg Deputy Head of the Committee for Five years in the European International and lnterregional Relations and Union Regulations Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Director of the Fund socio-economic and political studies "Regional Strategy" Russia 3/2009 Maxim Shirokov General Director Ust-Luga Sea Merchant port – Ust-Luga Company, JSC a strategic port of Russia Russia 3/2009 Alexei Moisseev Head of Fixed Income Research Russia: the loss of reserves and Chief Economist for Renaissance Capital inflationary consequences of Russia devaluation – the myth and the reality 3/2009 Natalia Orlova Chief Economist The second wave of the banking Alfa Bank crisis – to be or not to be? Russia 3/2009 Timo Vihavainen Professor Russia on the Baltic Renvall Institute University of Helsinki Finland 3/2009 Andrei P. Professor at Departments of International The post-western world – Tsygankov Relations and Political Science implications for Russia and the San Francisco State University West USA 3/2009 Hans Brask Director Green valley on top of Europe – Baltic Development Forum new and strong initiative can Denmark boost energy co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region 3/2009 Lars-Christer Professor of hydrology The Baltic University – a Lundin Chair network for sustainable Baltic University Programme development Uppsala University Sweden 3/2009 Jouko Rautava Economist Times are also hard for Russia Bank of Finland forecasters Finland 3/2009 Philip Hanson Associate Fellow, Russia’s crisis budget Chatham House London The United Kingdom

267 3/2009 Anu Mai Kõll Professor of Baltic History The history of the Baltic States Centre for Baltic and East European Studies – a minefield Södertörns högskola Sweden 3/2009 Aarno Kotilainen Dr., Research Professor Look back – and learn Geological Survey of Finland Coordinator of the BONUS INFLOW - project Finland 3/2009 Pami Aalto Jean Monnet Professor Policy platforms for Director regionalizing EU-Russia energy Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence relations University of Tampere Finland 3/2009 Aki Koponen Dr., Director State enterprises are still a Institute for Competition Policy Studies problem for common markets Turku School of Economics Finland 2/2009 Andrius Kubilius Prime Minister Lithuania in the Baltic Sea Lithuania region – a common destiny and shared responsibility 2/2009 Antonio Tajani Vice-President, Commissioner for Transport Future challenges of transport European Commission in the Baltic Sea region 2/2009 Paavo Väyrynen Dr, Minister for Foreign Trade and Neighbouring area cooperation Development and Baltic Sea Strategy of the Finland EU – complementary instruments to support cooperation (and sustainable development) in the Baltic Sea Region 2/2009 Jānis Sārts State Secretary of Ministry of Defence The Arctic region – shift in Latvia geopolitics? 2/2009 Martin Erdmann Ambassador A vital alliance turns 60 Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy 2/2009 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Baltic Sea gas pipeline in Finland Finland's economic zone – project raises many questions 2/2009 Jaakko Smolander Vice Admiral (ret) Finland is developing the Finnish Border Guard: Assistant Chief 1998- European Union's border 2004 and Chief 2004-2008 security Finland 2/2009 Hanna Foltyn – Member of the European Parliament Do we really need Nord Stream? Kubicka Poland 2/2009 Reino Paasilinna Dr, Member of the European Parliament The EU and Russia Vice-Chair of the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC) Finland 268 2/2009 Aloyzas Sakalas Member of the European Parliament The EU's relations with Belarus Lithuania – how to get things moving? 2/2009 Ville Niinistö MP, Finnish Parliament Towards a sustainable and Vice-Chair of the Green Parliamentary Group secure energy policy in the Chair of the Committee for Citizen and Baltic Sea region Consumer Rights in the Nordic Council 2/2009 Bernhard Vogel Dr, Chairman The Baltic Sea region is crucial The Konrad Adenauer Foundation to the Konrad-Adenauer- Germany Foundation 2/2009 Michael Butler Chargé d’Affaires Climate crisis requires regional US Embassy Helsinki collaboration 2/2009 Andres Lipstok Governor of Eesti Pank Estonian economy in Estonia anticipation of the euro 2/2009 Thomas Rector The University of Helsinki as Wilhelmsson University of Helsinki an engine of Baltic sea research Finland 2/2009 Konstantin Professor and Dean Russia-EU relations Khudoley School of International Relations St.Petersburg University Russia 2/2009 Arne Grove Nordic Council of Ministers, Director of the Energy cooperation within the NCM Information office in Kaliningrad Baltic Sea Region. A Honorary consul of Denmark in Kaliningrad Kaliningrad perspective. 2/2009 Lúcio Vinhas de Official Responsible for Russia Effects of financial and Souza Directorate General for Economic and economic instability in Russia Financial Affairs (DG-ECFIN) European Commission 2/2009 Erik W Helin CEO Managing Business in today’s Specta / VolgaStrap Group crises environment in Russia vs Russia 1998 – a view from the field Member of the Executive Board Association of European Business, Moscow, Russia 2/2009 Miklos Losoncz Jean Monnet Professor at Széchenyi István Some institutional factors of University securing Europe’s supply of Győr, Hungary natural gas Research Director at GKI Economic Research Co., Budapest 2/2009 Alexey Ignatiev Program and Development Director The South-Eastern Baltic Kaliningrad Regional Economic Development Region as a model for European Agency integration and true partnership Russia

Stephen Dewar Independent economic consultant Ireland

2/2009 Hanna Ojanen Dr, Programme Director What role for the EU in Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finnish security policy? Finland

269 2/2009 Erika Sumilo Professor The impact of international University of Latvia financial crisis on capital migration into Latvia Madara Apsalone Researcher University of Latvia 2/2009 Lassi Heininen Doctor From periphery to world politics University of Lapland – the changing geo-politics of Finland the North 2/2009 Chloé Le Coq Assistant professor Russian gas supply and common Stockholm Institute of Transition energy policy Economics Stockholm School of Economics 2/2009 Johanna Särkijärvi Project Manager Growing volumes of containers Centre for Maritime Studies and other unitised cargo go University of Turku hand-in-hand with the Finland concentration of maritime transport in major ports 2/2009 Sergey Volchenkov PhD of Economics Specific features of inbound Associate, Avanko Capital cross-border deals on the St. Petersburg, Russia Russian M&A mid-market 2/2009 Alexander Dr.E System crisis of the Latvian Gaponenko Institute of European Studies society – the reasons, scenarios Latvia of development, possibility of overcoming Michael Rodin Ph.D. International University Audentes Estonia

2/2009 Jarna Heinonen Professor, Director Entrepreneurship and the Baltic TSE Entre Rim Turku School of Economics 1/2009 Siim Kallas Vice-President for Administrative Affairs, Fighting fraud and corruption – Audit and Anti-Fraud the EU experience European Commission 1/2009 Alexander Stubb Minister for Foreign Affairs Baltic Sea Cooperation towards Finland 2020 – serious challenges but bright opportunities 1/2009 Ville Itälä Member Baltic Sea maintenance and European Parliament budgetary control Finland 1/2009 Antti Kaikkonen Member of Parliament and vice chairman of Baltic cooperation needs the Grand Committee, Finland freshening Member of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Rapporteur of the Council of Europe on the economic potential of the Baltic Sea 1/2009 Thomas Mirow President European cooperation crucial as The European Bank forReconstruction banking sector in the East has and Development to weather global crisis

270 1/2009 Paul Vandoren Deputy Head Regional cooperation that Delegation of the European Commission to works – the EU's Northern Russia Dimension Policy 1/2009 Ari Korhonen Secretary General Against the financial recession The Finnish Social Democratic Party with Baltic cooperation Finland 1/2009 Wojciech Kwaśniak Advisor of the President The impact of the international The National Bank of Poland financial crisis on the stability Poland of banking systems in Central and Eastern European countries 1/2009 Oleg N. Misko Business Development Director St. Petersburg's commercial real City Agency for Industrial Investments estate market – some recent Government of St. Petersburg trends The Russian Federation Sergei F. Sutyrin Professor, Head World Economy Department / International Banking Institute St. Petersburg State University The Russian Federation 1/2009 Perttu Vartiainen Rector and Professor of Human Geography University of Joensuu as an University of Joensuu active partner in cross-border Finland cooperation in Northwest Russia 1/2009 Jonathan Stern Director of Gas Research The January 2009 Russia- Oxford Institute for Energy Studies Ukraine crisis and the The United Kingdom imperative of bypass pipelines 1/2009 Leonid Grigoriev President Forum of gas exporters – design Institute for Energy and Finance, Moscow Russia 1/2009 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Ukraine’s energy lesson to the Pan-European Institute EU Finland 1/2009 Mia Crawford Acting Head Living up to our promises – Baltic 21 Secretariat fostering a sustainable Baltic Risto Veivo Adviser to Deputy Mayor Sea Region City of Turku Head of Baltic 21 Secretariat 2006-2008 Finland 1/2009 Chris Weafer Chief Strategist GAS-OPEC – cooperation or Bank Uralsib confrontation? Russia 1/2009 Hanna Smith Researcher Russia and the European Union Aleksanteri Institute – partners in energy cooperation University of Helsinki or rivals in “Great Game” Finland confrontation?

271 1/2009 Raivo Vare Vice-Chairman of the Estonian Cooperation EU – Russia – the Baltic angle Assembly Former Minister of State and Minister of Transport and Communications Estonia 1/2009 David Dusseault Project Coordinator Plus ça Change – infrastructure Eurasia Energy Group & energy transit to Europe Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland 1/2009 Laura J. Rantanen Journalist Russia is digging its own grave Vihreä Lanka, Green Weekly newspaper by disturbing gas supplies to Finland Europe 1/2009 Richard Sakwa Professor of Russian and European Politics The economic crisis and regime University of Kent at Canterbury stability in Russia The United Kingdom 1/2009 Peter Coachman Director of Russian Operations High-tech response to modern Technopolis challenges and new Russia opportunities 1/2009 Jukka Mallinen Translator, writer The economy crisis is the Chairman moment of truth for Russia Finnish PEN Finland 1/2009 Vesa Harmaakorpi Professor Sustainable innovation – what Lahti School of Innovation is it? Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland 1/2009 Wladimir Andreff Professor Emeritus at the University Paris 1 Is Russian sports economy Panthéon Sorbonne performing well? Honorary President of the International Association of Sport Economists France 1/2009 Viktor Trasberg Associate Professor Baltic States competitive Faculty of Economics and Business position in the New Century Administration Head of Centre for Baltic Studies University of Tartu Estonia

1/2009 Vyacheslav PhD, Assistant Professor Can we revive a ‘Baltic Tiger’? Dombrovsky Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies Latvia 1/2009 Alexey Principal Business life in a perfect Storm Prazdnichnykh Bauman Innovation – the first results of a monthly Associate Professor monitoring of the effect The Academy of National Economy under the produced by the economic crisis Government of Russian Federation on small and medium size Russia enterprises (SMEs) in Russia

272 1/2009 Peeter Vahtra Research Fellow Russia’s energy supplies and the Pan-European Institute Baltic Sea Region Turku School of Economics

Stefan Ehrstedt Senior Research Associate Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics Finland

6/2008 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and BONUS project – Baltic Research countries lead research for better use of the Baltic Sea 6/2008 Stefan Wallin Minister of Culture and Sport Mare nostrum – Sea of Culture Finland 6/2008 Bogdan Klich Minister of National Defence Security challenges in the Baltic Poland Sea Region 6/2008 Sven Mikser Chairman of the Foreign Return of the cold war – mis- Affairs Committee shapes and mirror images Riigikogu - The Parliament of Estonia Estonia 6/2008 Wilfried Grolig Ambassador of the Federal Germany and the Baltic Sea Republic of Germany in Finland cooperation – current common challenges and the Baltic Sea Strategy of the European Union 6/2008 Igor Yurgens Chairman of the Management Board Foreign investment in the Institute of Contemporary Development strategic sector of the Russian Russia economy – fundamentals and expectations 6/2008 Bo Österlund Commodore Significance of Russia’s Baltic Finland fleet growing. Will nuclear weapons return to the Baltic Sea? 6/2008 Pekka Ruola Municipal Councillor Turku and Tallinn – work Vice Chairman of the Turku 2011 together for a better Baltic Sea Foundation environment Chairman of the Turku Cultural Board Finland 6/2008 Torsten Wöllert Deputy Head of Unit at the Directorate- Bridge over troubled waters? General of External Relations Managing EU-Russia energy European Commission relations 6/2008 Agata Łoskot- Energy Policy Specialist The Baltic Sea as the most Strachota Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich/Centre for important corridor for Russia’s Eastern Studies oil exports Poland

273 6/2008 Dan Steinbock Dr, Research Director of Eclipse of export-led growth? International Business India, China and America Institute 6/2008 Sergey M. Ph.D., Head Rouble devaluation – pros et Drobyshevsky Macroeconomics and Finance Division contras Institute for the Economy in Transition Russia 6/2008 Lars Tranberg Emerging Markets Analyst How to restore confidence and Rasmussen Danske Macro Research allow the rouble to weaken Danske Bank Denmark 6/2008 Lassi Linnanen Dr., Professor of Environmental Double environmental dividend Management and Economics – combining actions against Lappeenranta University of climate change and pollution of Technology the Baltic Sea Member of Board Baltic Sea Action Group Finland 6/2008 Martti Lariola Project Director Reduction of nutrient discharges Clean Baltic Sea Poland will turn the trend towards a John Nurminen Foundation cleaner Baltic Sea Finland 6/2008 Antti Saurama Head of Research and Consulting Services Key figures on maritime Unit transports and cargoes handled Centre for Maritime Studies in the Baltic Sea ports in 2007, University of Turku compiled by the Baltic Port List Finland 6/2008 Kirsi-Maarit M.A. Containerized cargo market of Poljatschenko Finland the Baltic Sea and future of Mother Russia 6/2008 Wolfram Schrettl Professor of Economics EU and Russia – are there Department of Economics limits to “common values”? Director of Economics Institute for East European Studies Free University Berlin Germany 6/2008 Urmas Varblane Professor of International Economy Why are economies of Estonia University of Tartu and Iceland different? Estonia 6/2008 Filip Hamro-Drotz Communications Coordinator Priorities of business for the Confederation of Finnish EU’s Baltic Sea Strategy Industries EK Finland

274 6/2008 Rünno Lumiste Associate Professor Estonia’s economic development Tallinn University of Technology – trends, practices and sources Estonia

Robert Pefferly Associate Professor Estonian Business School Estonia

Alari Purju Professor Estonian Business School Estonia

6/2008 Jacek Batóg Doctor Virtual Baltic Development Faculty of Economics and Agency – a network for Management international links and University of Szczecin investment spillovers in BSR Poland 6/2008 Mika Widgrén Professor Paul Krugman and the Baltic Turku School of Economics Rim Vice-Director Public Choice Research Centre Finland 5/2008 José Manuel Durão President of the European Commission EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Barroso Region 5/2008 Paula Lehtomäki Minister of the Environment Cleaner, safer and brighter Finland future of the Baltic Sea 5/2008 Jaak Aaviksoo Minister of Defence Events in Georgia provoke Estonia discussions on security in good, old, peaceful Europe 5/2008 Siiri Oviir Member Gas pipeline to the Baltic Sea – European Parliament should it come in a civilized way Estonia or under the dictate of the big and the powerful? 5/2008 Artis Pabriks Ex-foreign minister of Latvia Baltic security reflections in the (2004-2007) aftermath of the Russian- Professor Georgian conflict Vidzeme University College Latvia 5/2008 Efthimios E. Secretary-General Busy Baltic to benefit from Mitropoulos International Maritime Organization global pollution measures 5/2008 Jari Luoto Ambassador for EU focuses on the Baltic Sea Baltic Sea Issues Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 5/2008 André Mernier Secretary General A role for the Energy Charter in Energy Charter Secretariat a new Russia-EU Partnership Agreement

275 5/2008 Timo Rajala President, CEO Finland is facing major energy Pohjolan Voima decisions Finland 5/2008 Karlis Mikelsons President, CEO Environmentally friendly for Latvenergo AS sustainable growth Latvia 5/2008 Reinier Zwitserloot Chairman of the Board of Nord Stream – making more Executive Directors European energy solidarity Wintershall Holding AG possible Germany 5/2008 Viktoras General Manager Current and future activities of Valentukevicius AB Lietuvos Dujos Lietuvos Dujos AB Lithuania 5/2008 Seppo Remes Member of Board, Russian gas can unite Europe – the Federal Grid Company, Russia if we allow it Member of Board, RusHydro, Russia 5/2008 Aleksandra Financial Analyst PGNiG – trying to be one step Mierzyńska – PGNiG SA further Krzysztof Parkoła Poland 5/2008 Tapio Reponen Rector Profiling as a key success factor Turku School of Economics in modern university strategies Finland 5/2008 Markus Ederer Head Germany and the Baltic Sea Policy Planning Region – challenges and Ministry of Foreign Affairs opportunities for cooperation on Germany energy security 5/2008 Jyrki Terva Consul for Trade, Economy and Cooperation Russia’s ability to use its energy with might Neighbouring Regions Consulate General of Finland in Saint-Petersburg 5/2008 Tomasz Zadroga President and CEO Activities of the Polish Energy PGE Group Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. Poland 5/2008 Yury S. Kadzhoyan Director General D-6 development – dialogue OOO LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft with the local communities and Russia the government 5/2008 Janek Parkman Chairman of the Board Estonian oil shale sector Viru Keemia Grupp AS undergoing changes Estonia 5/2008 Christian Lund Public Affairs Manager, Energizing opportunities Energy & Retail Europe StatoilHydro ASA Norway

276 5/2008 Erkki Kotiranta Neste Shipping Oy The Russian Arctic is turning Vice President into an important energy supply Finland route to Europe alongside the Baltic Sea 5/2008 Jyrki Vähätalo Senior Maritime Inspector Safe and reliable global maritime Finnish Maritime Administration transport of dangerous chemical Finland cargo via the Baltic Sea 5/2008 Peter F. Johnston Strategic Analyst Al Qaeda’s threat to oil and gas Defence Research and Development Canada – assets in the Baltic Region Centre for Operational Research and Analysis Canada 5/2008 Arild Moe – Lars Fridtjof Nansen Institute Russian shipbuilding – is a Rowe Norway rapid turnaround possible? 5/2008 Urpo Kivikari Former Director and Professor Emeritus Institute’s turning points and Pan-European Institute highlights Finland 5/2008 Simon-Erik Ollus Adviser and Economist The global financial turbulence The East Office of and Russia Finnish Industries Finland 5/2008 Rainer Nõlvak Chairman of the Board From Russia, with gas Estonian Nature Fund Estonia 5/2008 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director EU's growing energy import Pan-European Institute dependency a major risk Finland 4/2008 László Kovács EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs EU-Russia customs cooperation Union − solving border congestion 4/2008 Kaspars Gerhards Minister of Economics Economy of Latvia − on the Latvia path to stabilization 4/2008 Algirdas Minister of Transport and Communications Lithuanian transport sector – Butkevičius Lithuania perspectives for development 4/2008 Halldór Ásgrímsson Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Globalisation and the Baltic Sea Ministers Region

4/2008 Pekka Haavisto Member of the Finnish Parliament and Baltic Sea as an energy route former Minister of Environment Finland 4/2008 Kimmo Kiljunen Doctor, Member of Parliament Finland Russian politics 4/2008 Reijo Karhinen Executive Chairman OP-Pohjola Group – appraising OP-Pohjola Group expansion opportunities in the Finland Baltic countries 4/2008 Anders Paalzow Rector Challenges facing the higher Stockholm School of Economics in Riga education in the Baltic countries Latvia

277 4/2008 Hanna Lehtinen Head of the Unit for the Northern Dimension The EU strategy for the Baltic Ministry for Foreign Affairs Sea Region and its links to the Finland Northern Dimension 4/2008 Fraser Cameron – Director Prospects for EU-Russia Aaron Matta EU Russia Centre in Brussels Belgium – relations Researcher European University Institute in Florence Italy 4/2008 Kalle Euro Director of Business Development Creative dissent will enhance City of Turku Baltic business Director Turku Region Development Centre Finland 4/2008 Ole Damsgaard Director Disparities and potentials in the Nordregio BSR Sweden 4/2008 Jarkko Heinonen Assistant Manager, Economist Cluster approach as a tool of Turku Chamber of Commerce industrial policy in the Baltic BCCA Office Representative Sea Region Finland 4/2008 Harri Ekebom Representative Problems of the Archipelago Sea Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea are self-created Finland 4/2008 Hanna Mäkinen Project Planning Officer Energy security and Pan-European Institute environment – energy challenges Turku School of Economics in the European Union Finland 3/2008 Anders Fogh Prime Minister Energy challenges and Rasmussen Denmark opportunities in the Baltic Sea Region 3/2008 Vladimír Špidla EU Commissioner for Employment, Recent European Court of Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Justice rulings highlight potential complications for labour mobility, but overall a mobile work force will contribute to a more dynamic EU economy 3/2008 Jan-Erik Enestam Secretary General Co-operation in the Baltic Sea The Nordic Council Region Finland 3/2008 Anu Vehviläinen Transport Minister Logistics unites markets The Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland 3/2008 Andreas Carlgren Minister for the Environment The EU Strategy for the Baltic Ministry of the Environment Sea Region as a tool for Sweden implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan

278 3/2008 Anita Mäkinen Head of Marine Programme, Dr. More maritime safety for the WWF Finland Baltic Sea – what are the options? 3/2008 Ma Keqing Chinese Ambassador to Finland Economic and trade cooperation China between China and Finland − mutually beneficial and win- win development 3/2008 Merle Pajula Ambassador of Estonia to Estonia – the country we are Helsinki building together Estonia 3/2008 Tapani Erling Director-General Customs administrations and The Finnish National Board economic crime of Customs Finland 3/2008 Risto Ervelä Chairman of the Assembly Need for a Baltic Sea Region The Regional Council of strategy from the viewpoint of Southwest Finland Southwest Finland Finland

Hannu Elo Head of the International Affairs The Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

3/2008 Aimo Ahti Mayor Innorail – facilitating the City of Kouvola renaissance of railways in Finland Northern Europe 3/2008 Nikolai M. Acting Rector, Professor Saint-Petersburg State Kropachev Saint-Petersburg State University University performance in the Russia Baltic Sea Region 3/2008 Olli Manner President, CEO Baltic region strategy for the Elomatic technical consulting business? Finland 3/2008 Torbjörn Becker Director Baltic Sea neighbors – time to The Stockholm Institute of engage with Belarus Transition Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics Sweden 3/2008 Matti Aura Managing Director Is the heyday of the transit Finnish Port Association traffic via Finnish ports to Finland Russia over? 3/2008 Alfred Hecht Associate Director, PhD, Dr. (h,c,) The ‘Baltic Main Street’ Viessmann European Research highway proposal Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University Canada 3/2008 Elena G. Efimova Associate Professor Ports as gateways and hubs of St.Petersburg State University Baltic Sea Region

279 3/2008 Hans Brask Director Visions for the future Baltic Sea Baltic Development Forum Region cooperation – an EU Denmark avant-garde in promoting the fifth freedom of the internal market? 3/2008 Kari Liuhto Director The many challenges of the Pan-European Institute Baltic Sea Region Finland 2/2008 Ján Figel’ European Commissioner for Why we need to modernise Education, Training, Culture European universities and Youth 2/2008 Tarja Cronberg Minister of Labour We need a Baltic Sea Stern Ministry of Employment and Review the Economy Finland 2/2008 Maciej Nowicki Minister of Environment Is Poland really the biggest Ministry of Environment polluter of the Baltic Sea? Poland 2/2008 Saara Kankaanrinta Co-founder of the Foundation for a Living Saving the Baltic Sea with Baltic Sea /Baltic SeaAction Group (BSAG) public-private cooperation, Finland result-orientated actions 2/2008 Aliaksandr Chairman Belarus and Baltic Sea Region Milinkevich Movement for Freedom — common interests and Belarus challenges 2/2008 Erkki Kotiranta Vice President Shipping of oil products in the Neste Shipping Ltd Baltic region Finland 2/2008 Kari Raivio Chancellor University reform — a global University of Helsinki phenomenon Finland 2/2008 Maria Tengroth Policy Manager Ranking of Swedish higher Chamber of Commerce and Industry of education institutions Southern Sweden Sweden 2/2008 Niina Nummela Professor, International Business Finnish SMEs in the Baltic Sea Turku School of Economics Region — growth potential and Finland challenges 2/2008 Žaneta Ozoliņa Professor Searching for a new leadership University of Latvia in the Baltic Sea Region Latvia 2/2008 Tapio Välinoro Executive Director The third stage of regional Regional Council of Kymenlaakso economy — integration of the Finland east and west

280 2/2008 Alexei Principal Leningrad region — Prazdnichnykh Bauman Innovation capitalizing geographical Associate Professor advantage Academy of National Economy under the Government (Moscow) Russia 2/2008 Mika Akkanen Manager of International Affairs Today’s possibilities for city City of Turku twinning relationships in the Finland Baltic Sea Region 2/2008 Vladimir Kuzin Head The role of the special economic The strategic planning department of socio- zones in attracting foreign economic development of the Kaliningrad investment to the Kaliningrad region region Russia 2/2008 Arto Luukkanen Adjunct Professor of Russian Studies Medvedev´s new agenda for Renvall Institute Russia — reforming a system University of Helsinki that can not be reformed? Finland 1/2008 Andrus Ansip Prime Minister Estonia’s development Estonia perspectives 1/2008 Joe Borg European commissioner for Fisheries and A new European Policy: the Maritime Affairs Integrated Maritime Policy, an ocean of opportunity for Europe 1/2008 Yegor Gaidar Director of the Institute for the Economy in Europe and Russia, new Transition relations Former Prime Minister of Russia 1/2008 Jan Egeland Director of the Norwegian Institute of Affluent Baltic region must International Affairs increase its assistance Former UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs 1/2008 Matti Halmesmäki President and CEO, Kesko Kesko – a retail specialist 1/2008 Hans Brask Director, Baltic Development Forum, The State of the Region Report Denmark 1/2008 Timo Karttinen Senior Vice President, Corporate Market-based investment into Development, Fortum Corporation Russian power sector

Pirja Heiskanen Vice President Russian Generation Business, Fortum Power and Heat

1/2008 Tatiana Romanova Dr., Associate Professor at the Department of Energy and transport into the European Studies School of International Northern Dimension?: Russian Relations of St. Petersburg State University perspectives 1/2008 Aku Sorainen Managing Partner at Sorainen, Finland Managing a modern business law firm through values in the Baltic States 1/2008 Iwona Wiśniewska Senior Researcher State corporations – state Center for Eastern Studies property in de facto private Poland hands

281 1/2008 Urpo Kivikari Professor Emeritus EU and Russia as neighbours Pan-European Institute and partners – the specific role Turku School of Economics of the Baltic Sea Region 1/2008 Alari Purju Professor, Estonian Business School, Estonia Transit trade through Estonia: problems and developments 1/2008 Tomasz Dolegowski Associate professor, World Economy Faculty, SGH – Warsaw School of SGH - Warsaw School of Economics Economics and the Baltic Poland Region 1/2008 Samu Numminen Project manager, Southwest Finland Regional Coastal management and Environment Centre regional cooperation in saving Pro Saaristomeri Coastal Forum the Baltic Sea 1/2008 Wojtek Dorabialski Adviser to the President Can competition protection in Office of Competition and Consumer Poland become more effective? Protection Poland 1/2008 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Future of the EU-Russia Pan-European Institute relations Turku School of Economics 6/2007 Ene Ergma President The Baltic Sea Region: the The Parliament of Estonia region in global competition 6/2007 Gediminas Kirkilas Prime Minister Think neighbourly, create value Lithuania added 6/2007 Benita Ferrero- Member of the European Commission European Neighbourhood Policy Waldner 6/2007 Jyri Häkämies Minister of Defence, Finland Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation 6/2007 Christopher Beazley Member of the European Parliament A EU-Strategy for the Baltic Sea region: making a success of the 2004 enlargement 6/2007 Henrik Lax Member of the European Parliament Elections in Russia - what turn in the relations to the EU? 6/2007 Pertti Salolainen Minister, Member of the Parliament of The Baltic Sea – beauty in Finland, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs serious danger Committee 6/2007 Blanka Kalinova Senior Economist Investment climate in Russia: a Investment Division, OECD Russian paradox? 6/2007 Seppo Remes UES, Member of the Board Russia forerunning EU in EOS Russia, Chairman of the Board power sector forum Russia 6/2007 Kalman Kalotay United Nations Conference on Trade and A Baltic perspective on OMV’s Development bid for MOL Switzerland 6/2007 Pertti Lintunen Mayor Imatra – a Finnish border town Town of Imatra in the economic region of St. Petersburg

282 6/2007 Marek Menkiszak Head of the Russian Department Centre for Russia's policy towards Central Eastern Studies – Eastern Europe after Poland the EU enlargement 6/2007 Yrjö Myllylä An expert on regional foresight Russia tries to control the Oy Aluekehitys RD transport routes of its own products itself 6/2007 Antoni Kukliński Professor, Poland Baltic Europe 2050 challenges of the future, heritage of the past 6/2007 Pirjo Vuokko Director, Adjunct Professor Management challenges - what TSE exe, Turku School of Economics is in the air? 5/2007 Günter Verheugen Vice-President of the European Commission Baltic Sea region – at the head and Commissioner for Enterprise and of the reform process Industry 5/2007 Petras Vaitiekūnas Minister of Foreign Affairs Lithuania European solidarity is the best investment into the future 5/2007 Ingibjörg Sólrún Minister for Foreign Affairs Iceland and her companies in the Gísladóttir Iceland Baltic Sea region 5/2007 Jaanus Tamkivi Minister of the Environment Estonia protects the Baltic Sea Estonia along with its neighbours 5/2007 Ojārs Kalniņš Director, The Latvian Institute A Baltic Sea Strategy – acting regionally, thinking globally 5/2007 Jerzy Samborski Executive Director, European Enterprise What Europe has done for Institute, Belgium competition 5/2007 Urve Tiidus Mayor of Kuressaare Islands are part of the main Estonia 5/2007 Eeva-Liisa Director General , Finnish Institute of The Baltic Sea – threats and Poutanen Marine Research expectations 5/2007 Pauliina Doctor of Theology How can we find the Kainulainen motivation required to protect the Baltic Sea? 5/2007 Eero O. Kasanen Rector, Helsinki School of Economics HSE expanding operations in the Eastern Baltic Sea Region 5/2007 Paula Lindroos Director, PhD, Centre for Continuing Connecting competitiveness and Education, Åbo Akademi University, Finland regional sustainable development Senior Adviser to the Finnish Lead Party for Baltic21 Education 5/2007 Horst Brezinski Professor, Dr., TU Bergakademie Freiberg, The new law on special Germany economic zones (SEZ): A better catalyst for the region of Kaliningrad ? 5/2007 Matti Nojonen Post-doc researcher, Pan-European Institute China’s ’Go-abroad’ strategy and the case of Baltic Sea region 5/2007 Matti Palo Doctor, Independent scientist High export duties for roundwood in Russia?

283 5/2007 Atso Uusiaho CEO Increasing traffic in the Gulf of Ice Advisors Ltd Finland presents challenges for winter navigation 5/2007 Bo Österlund Commodore Safe seaway connections are our Finland life blood 4/2007 Stavros Dimas European Commissioner for the Environment The European Union's role in protecting the environment of the Black Sea region 4/2007 Ainārs Šlesers Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia – transit land and Latvia destination 4/2007 Piia-Noora Kauppi Member of the European Parliament (EPP- May the Baltic way be the ED Group) European way 4/2007 Antti Peltomäki Deputy Director-General, Information I regard myself as a son of the Society and Media DG Baltic Sea European Commission 4/2007 Yury Savenko Head of the City of Kaliningrad, Mayor of Kaliningrad is the city to invest the City in 4/2007 Raimo Väyrynen Director of the Finnish Institute of The Baltic Sea in the new International Affairs strategic context 4/2007 Paavo Okko Professor of Economics The Baltic Sea Region as an Turku School of Economics arena for income level convergence 4/2007 Hans Dalborg Chairman, Nordea Nordea plans for growth in the Baltic Rim markets 4/2007 Hannu Penttilä CEO of Stockmann Group Stockmann has succeeded in President of the International Association of internationalisation of its Department Stores department store operation 4/2007 Paavo Wihuri Director of Maritime Safety and Security, Safety on the Baltic Sea and Finnish Maritime Administration protection of the marine environment - risk anticipation 4/2007 Christian Ramberg Managing Director, Port of Turku Trends and challenges for ports in the Baltic Sea region 4/2007 Harry Piela Member of the Executive Committee, The changing role of the trade Finnish-Lithuanian Trade Association association 4/2007 Veikko Kärnä M. Sc. (Economics) A new mesostructure for Russian mining industry 4/2007 John JA Burke Principal Corporate governance in European Institute of Law and Finance Estonia: Intact despite 2007 amendment to Commercial Code 3/2007 Olli Rehn Member of the European Commission Patience is virtue in EU-Russia relations 3/2007 Juhan Parts Minister of Economic Affairs and The future of Estonian economy Communications, Estonia and economic policy 3/2007 Andrei Yeudachenka Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the The role of Belarus in the Baltic Republic of Belarus Sea region

284 3/2007 Alexander Ambassador of Russia to Finland Russian-Finnish neighbouring Rumyantsev area cooperation 3/2007 Satu Hassi Member of the European Parliament 4 times Chernobyl on the shorelines of the Baltic Sea 3/2007 Kurt Bodewig Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman Metropolitan centres of the of the Baltic Sea Forum Baltic region 3/2007 Jussi Pajunen Lord Mayor of Helsinki Helsinki and regional challenges in the Baltic Sea region 3/2007 Valery Serdyukov Governor of the Leningrad Region The Leningrad region – is an investment magnet 3/2007 Juhani Korpela Former Secretary General of Finland’s Progress in logistics cooperation Ministry of Transport and Communications, between the European Union operates within the context of TEDIM and Russia 3/2007 Nina Oding Leontif Centre, St Petersburg Updating St. Petersburg economy: new heights, old problems 3/2007 Tuomas Mikkola Liaison Manager of Pilot Turku Ltd The Turku region is a junction point for Scandinavian and Baltic transport – a bridgehead between east and west 3/2007 Juha Kaskinen Director, Dr. Soc. Sc. Finland Futures Climate change and futures of Research Centre Turku School of Economics Baltic Sea 3/2007 Magnus Ericsson Chairman and founder Raw Materials Group Towards a Baltic mining cluster 3/2007 Christer Pursiainen Senior Research Fellow Nordregio – Nordic How to improve the EU’s centre for Spatial Development Stockholm economic and trade strategies towards Russia? 3/2007 Valtteri Kaartemo Research Associate, Pan-European Institute Beware: dragons out of cage 2/2007 Danuta Hübner Member of the European Commission in The Baltic Sea cooperation Charge of Regional Policy 2/2007 German Gref Minister of Economic Development and Russia’s role in the Baltic region Trade, The Russian Federation 2/2007 Michal Sewerynski Minister of Science and Higher Education, Structural funds and Poland perspectives for Polish science 2/2007 Eija-Riitta Korhola Member of the European Parliament The Baltic Sea needs to be politicized 2/2007 Uffe Ellemann- Chairman, Baltic Development Forum Branding the Baltic Sea Region: Jensen “Just do it” 2/2007 Antti Herlin Chairman, the Confederation of Finnish The Baltic Economic Area Industries, Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto represents a major opportunity for Finnish industry 2/2007 Teija Tiilikainen Director, The University of Helsinki Network The challenges of the EU’s for European Studies Baltic Sea strategy 2/2007 Amelia Hadfield Lecturer in European International Nuclear energy in the Baltic-3: Relations, University of Kent Dilemmas and determination

285 2/2007 Tadeusz Palmowski Professor, University of Gdańsk TriCity – Kaliningrad – Baltic Europol? 2/2007 Alvydas Director, International Policy Centre, Vilnius Challenges to the efficient EU Medalinskas border with Russia at the Kaliningrad enclave: A view from Lithuania 2/2007 Antti Saurama Head of Research and Consulting Services Maritime transports and their Unit, Centre for Maritime Studies, future prospects in the Baltic University of Turku Sea Region 2/2007 Kristian Nygaard Senior Consultant, International Tourist Kaliningrad and the benefits of Consultants, ITC gambling 2/2007 Nikita Lomagin Professor, Department of World Economy, Quiet Russia: St. Petersburg as St. Petersburg State University a mirror of Putin’s political stabilisation 2/2007 Kari Liuhto Director, Pan-European Institute (PEI), St. Petersburg: The most Turku School of Economics important foreign city for the Finnish economy 1/2007 Andris Piebalgs Member of the European Commission in Energy policy for Europe: Charge of Energy current energy issues in the Baltic States 1/2007 Mauri Pekkarinen Minister of Trade and Industry, Finland Lessons from the Finnish presidency of the autumn 2006 1/2007 Heidi Hautala The chairperson of the Green parliamentary The Baltic Sea gas pipeline - group in the Finnish Parliament, the power or partnership? founding member of the EU-Russia Centre 1/2007 Valentina The Governor of the City of St. Petersburg St. Petersburg – the leader of Matvienko Russian modernisation 1/2007 Aleksi Randell Chairman, City Executive Board of Turku, Protection of the Baltic Sea Vice-president, Union of the Baltic Cities urgent task: local actors have (UBC) key role in EU maritime policy 1/2007 Jari Luukkonen Conservation Director, WWF Finland Let's save the Baltic Sea! 1/2007 Madis Habakuk Rector, Estonian Business School The effect of labour shortage on Estonian enterprises 1/2007 Stanislav Dr., Vice-Rector, Saint-Petersburg State The economy of Saint- Tkachenko University Petersburg – recent trends 1/2007 Carsten Schymik Dr., Department for Northern European BalticStudyNet – promoting Studies, Baltic Sea School, Humboldt- Baltic Sea region higher Universität zu Berlin education worldwide 1/2007 Kari Liuhto Professor, Turku School of Economics Saving the Baltic Sea: small acts more crucial than grand speeches 6/2006 Antti Kalliomäki Minister of Education and Science, Finland Education and research — Key factors in development in the Baltic Sea Region 6/2006 Carl Bildt Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden Sweden’s role in the Baltic Sea region

286 6/2006 Georgy Boos The Governor of the Kaliningrad region, the Kaliningrad region – a new Russian Federation development strategy 6/2006 Sauli Niinistö Vice-President, European Investment Bank European Investment Bank’s financing in the Baltic Rim Region 6/2006 Tapio Reponen Rector, Turku School of Economics The role of scientific research and higher academic education in the Baltic Sea region 6/2006 Niels Mygind Professor, Director of Center for East The Euro-rule for inflation is European Studies, INT, Copenhagen Business too strict for the Baltic School economies 6/2006 Timo Hellenberg Dr (Int.Rel), Chairman of the BSR Research Baltic Sea energy roulette: is a Network on Civil Protection survival kit on civil protection needed? 6/2006 Elena Kropinova Associated Prof. of the Immanuel Kant State Will tourism become “pole of University of Russia, Kaliningrad growth” of the Kaliningrad economy? 6/2006 Tapio Aho Chairman, Finnish-Latvian Trade Finnish – Baltic Trade Association Associations Case: Finnish- Latvian Trade Association 6/2006 Raita Karnite Dr. (Econ), Director, Member of the Board, Threats and opportunities Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of regarding Latvia’s economy Sciences 5/2006 Erkki Tuomioja Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland The role of the Northern Dimension in the Baltic Sea cooperation 5/2006 Jonas Gahr Støre Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway Norway’s role in the development of the Baltic Sea Region 5/2006 Ilmārs Rimšēvičs Governor of the Bank of Latvia Latvia: new transformation challenges ahead 5/2006 Christian Ketels Doctor, Harvard Business School, Center for The Baltic Tigers – An end in Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm sight for the growth story? School of Economics 5/2006 Ville Kaitila Researcher, The Research Institute of the Experiences of Finnish firms in Finnish Economy ETLA, Finland Poland

Maarit Lindström Project Manager, Prime Minister’s Office, Secretariat of the Economic Council, Finland

5/2006 Juha Beurling President of the Socialdemocratic The Baltic Sea – The most Environmental League in Finland, Head of polluted sea area in the world the Socialdemocratic group of the environmental committee in Helsinki 5/2006 Lars Rydén The Baltic University Programme, Uppsala The Baltic Sea region a University forerunner towards sustainability!

287 5/2006 Artur Usanov Doctoral Fellow, Pardee RAND Graduate Kaliningrad’s industry – a School double-headed bird: will it fly?

5/2006 Filipp Kazin Baltic Research Center The city and the state foreign policy. St. Petersburg after G8 5/2006 Markku Sippola Researcher, Social and Public Policy Unit, Nordic manufacturing University of Jyväskylä companies in the Baltic States – are they diffusing or evading the Nordic industrial relations practices? 4/2006 Günter Gloser Minister of State for Europe in the Federal Creating an innovative Europe Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany 4/2006 Andrzej Szynka Ambassador, Embassy of Poland in Helsinki Post accession developments in economic relations between Poland and Finland: Challenges ahead 4/2006 Gerhard Lohan Head, Unit Russia, European Commission Kaliningrad Transit: Achievements and perspectives 4/2006 Mikko Pukkinen Mayor, City of Turku United by the Baltic Sea 4/2006 Keijo Virtanen Rector, University of Turku The shared longstanding history of Finland and Estonia provides the basis for EU cooperation 4/2006 Jarkko Heinonen Assistant Manager, Economist, Turku The promotion of mutual trade Chamber of Commerce, BCCA Office is an important way of Representative developing the competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region 4/2006 Katja Heiskanen Researcher, Pan-European Institute, Turku Baltic Sea region’s new EU School of Economics member states increasingly important in the internationalisation of Finnish small and medium-sized companies 4/2006 Kari Liuhto Professor, Turku School of Economics Kaliningrad turns into an EU- flanked tax haven for Asian firms? 3/2006 Andres Lipstok Governor, Eesti Pank Estonia's Path to Euro Area 3/2006 Anne Christine Executive Secretary, HELCOM HELCOM – creating a new Brusendorff environmental strategy for the Baltic Sea 3/2006 Eufemia Teichmann Professor, Head of Institute of Baltic States’ European and Baltic dimension Economy, WSE, Warsaw, Former of strategic partnership between ambassador of Poland in Lithuania Poland and Lithuania 3/2006 Esko Antola Jean Monnet Professor Third Wave cooperation needed University of Turku in the Baltic Sea Region 3/2006 Esa Kokkonen Director A New Wave of the Baltic Sea The Baltic Institute of Finland Cooperation on the Rise: Focus on St. Petersburg

288 3/2006 Gennadiy Fedorov Pro-Rector of Research, the Immanuel Kant The Kaliningrad oblast and State University of Russia cooperation in the Baltic region 3/2006 Eric Brunat Managing Director, EuropeAid in The importance of higher Kaliningrad education to attract investment Faculty of Law and Economics and contribute to sustain University of Savoie economic growth and competitiveness in Kaliningrad 2/2006 Per Stig Møller Minister of Foreign Affairs A Good Foundation for the Denmark Future 2/2006 Alexander Stubb Member of the European Parliament Baltic Window of Opportunity 2/2006 Gabriele Kötschau Director of the CBSS Secretariat Perspectives of Baltic Sea Co- operation and the Role of the Council of the Baltic States (CBSS) 2/2006 Felix Lapin Minister of Economic Development, The Development of the Kaliningrad Government of the Kaliningrad region Region – New Perspectives 2/2006 Elina Pelto Senior Researcher Prospects and Challenges of the Pan-European Institute New Law on Kaliningrad Special Economic Zone 2/2006 Juha Nurminen Chairman Co-operation and New Thinking John Nurminen Foundation Required for Protecting the Baltic Sea 2/2006 Thomas Mielke Baltic Sea Tourism Commission (BTC) Tourism Development in the Baltic Sea Region in 2005 1/2006 Aivars Aksenoks Chairman of the Riga City Council Riga - the Capital City of Latvia 1/2006 Alexei Ignatiev Founder and President of the Association of Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea International Experts on the Development of Region the Kaliningrad Region 1/2006 Urpo Kivikari Professor Emeritus Baltic Rim Integration - Pan-European Institute Opportunity and Necessity Turku School of Economics and Business Administration 1/2006 Marcus Svedberg Chief Analyst The Baltic Rim Model Stockholm Institute of Transition Economies Stockholm School of Economics 1/2006 Erik Terk Director Futures Scenarios for the Baltic Estonian Institute for Futures Studies Sea Economic Space 6/2005 Stefan Meller Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic Poland and Baltic Sea Regional of Poland Cooperation 6/2005 Stephan Müchler President of Baltic Sea Chambers of Triple Trade in Ten Years – a Commerce Association Vision for the Baltic Sea Region 6/2005 Kari Jalas The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland European Integration is Bearing Fruit

289 6/2005 Ralf Wiegert Country Intelligence Group – Europe Global Poland after the Elections: Insight (Germany) Addressing the Nexus between Fiscal and Labor Market Reform 6/2005 Kari Liuhto Professor The China Phenomena in the Turku School of Economics and Business Baltic Sea Region Administration 5/2005 Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Republic of More Than a Decade of Estonia Purposeful Economic Policy 5/2005 Ville Itälä Member of the European Parliament, Vice- New Impetus for the Baltic Sea President of the Group of the European Co-operation People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats 5/2005 Johnny Åkerholm President and CEO, The Nordic Investment Why a Baltic Sea Economic Bank (NIB) Region? 5/2005 Tomas Hanell Research Fellow, Nordregio – Nordic Centre Spatial Polarisation of the for Spatial Development Baltic Sea Region 4/2005 Kęstutis Daukšys Minister of Economy, Republic of Lithuania Lithuania – Ambitious Plans in the New Space 4/2005 Mart Sörg Chairman of the Board of Eesti Pank, Baltic Banking is Modern and Professor of Money and Banking of the Concentrated University of Tartu, Head of Institute of Finance and Accounting 4/2005 Juha Savo – Hannu Executive Director – Senior Adviser, The Position of Southwest Elo Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland as a Baltic Growth Centre 3/2005 Artis Pabriks Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs The New Latvian Role in the Baltic Sea Region 3/2005 Jari Hyvärinen Senior Adviser, Economist, PhD, Tekes, the The Baltic Countries and National Technology Agency of Finland Integration into the EU Innovation Environment 2/2005 Kari Liuhto Professor, Turku School of Economics and A Common Baltic Sea Business Administration Investment Agency Could Attract New Capital into the Region 2/2005 Riitta Kosonen Director, HSE / CEMAT, Professor, Finnish Firms Expanding their University of Joensuu Operations in the Baltic Sea

Piia Heliste Project Manager, HSE / CEMAT Region 1/2005 Paula Lehtomäki Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, The Baltic Sea – A New Finland Dimension? 1/2005 Jorma Rytkönen Group Manager, VTT Industrial Systems, On the Marine Oil Maritime Operations and Environment Transportation and Terminal Development in the Gulf of Finland

290 6/2004 Thomas Laursen – Lead Economist for Central Europe and the Doing Business in the Baltics – Roger Grawe Baltic States – Country Director for Central a World Bank Perspective Europe and the Baltic States, the World Bank 6/2004 Hannu Halinen Ambassador CBSS and the Economic Director of the Secretariat Cooperation in BSR Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) 5/2004 Audrius Brūzga Ambassador Lithuania in the Baltic Sea Rim Embassy of Lithuania after EU Enlargement Helsinki 5/2004 Alari Purju Professor of Public Economics at Tallinn Internationalisation of University of Technology, Faculty of Estonian Economy through Economics and Business Administration Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) 4/2004 Valdis Krastins Ambassador Latvia on the European Ship Embassy of Latvia Helsinki 4/2004 Lauri Ojala Professor of Logistics Key Trade and Transport Turku School of Economics and Business Facilitation Issues in the Baltic Administration States 3/2004 Stanislaw Stebelski Ambassador of Poland to Finland Poland in the Baltic Sea Rim – Challenges Ahead 3/2004 Kazimiera Wójcik Head of the Press Center Foreign Direct Investments in Information Department Poland Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ) 2/2004 Matti Maasikas Ambassador of Estonia The Challenge Ahead – Estonian Embassy in Helsinki Estonia’s Vision 2/2004 Kari Alho Research Director Finnish Firms Look Forward to Ville Kaitila Research Fellow Growth Prospects in the New EU Countries Markku Kotilainen Head of Unit ETLA The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy 1/2004 Kari Liuhto Director, Pan-European Institute, Turku The EU Accession of the Baltic School of Economics and Business States and Poland Creates an Administration Integrating Bridge between the East and the West

291