PEI Presentation Awards In autumn 2003 the Pan-European Institute started a tradition of granting Presentation Awards to distinguished visiting lecturers. The award is given in recognition of expertise and a high-quality presentation. The Presentation Award has been granted to following speakers. 11 April 2019: Pekka Hirvonen, Team Leader, Unit of Russia, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland 15 January 2019: Aleksei Samosuev, Ambassador of Belarus to Finland 11 January 2019: Alexey Kuznetsov, Professor, Institute of World Economy and International relations (IMEMO) 27 November 2018: Jarosław Suchoples, Ambassador, Embassy of Poland in Helsinki 27 November 2018: Tomasz Orłowicz, Head, Foreign Trade Office in Helsinki, Polish Agency of Trade and Investment 6 November 2018: Anders Ahnlid, Ambassador, Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki 30 October 2018: Shawn Waddoups, Head, Political-Economic Affairs Section, U.S. Embassy in Helsinki 6 February 2018: Dmitry Chuikov, First Secretary, Embassy of Belarus in Finland 6 February 2018: Evgeny Lebedev, Attaché, Embassy of Belarus in Finland 24 January 2018: Igor Gurkov, Professor, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 21 November 2017: Minna Arve, Mayor, City of Turku, Finland 21 November 2017: Kai Mykkänen, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland 21 November 2017: Jens D. Müller, Deputy Communications Director, Nord Stream 2 AG, Switzerland 21 November 2017: Vygaudas Ušackas, Director, European Institute, Kaunas Technological University, Lithuania 21 November 2017: Veijo Hyvönen, Journalist, Turun Sanomat, Finland 21 November 2017: Andrei V. Belyi, Associate Professor, University of Eastern Finland, Finland 21 November 2017: Vladimir Gelman, Professor, European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia 21 November 2017: Peter W. Schulze, Professor, University of Goettingen, Germany 21 November 2017: Hanna Smith, Director of Strategic Planning and Responses at the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats and Aleksanteri Fellow at the University of Helsinki, Finland 21 November 2017: Juha Väätänen, Professor, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland 21 November 2017: Jussi Niemeläinen, Journalist, Helsingin Sanomat, Finland 21 November 2017: Dmitry Gudimenko, CEO, Capital Development Group, Finland 21 November 2017: Juha Palokangas, Manager, Russia Affairs, Finnish Forest Industries, Finland 21 November 2017: Otso Torniainen, CFO, Fennovoima, Finland 21 November 2017: Kimmo Lundén, Journalist, Maaseudun Tulevaisuus, Finland 15 November 2017: Jan Feller, Deputy Managing Director, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce 7 November 2017: Meelis Kitsing, Associated Professor, Estonian Business School, Estonia 3 October 2017: Arimo Källi, Chief Superintendent, FSIS, Finland 20 March 2017: Aki Pulli, Chairman, Suomi-Ukraina –silta ry (Finland – Ukraine Association) 17 February 2017: Petri Vuorio, Director, Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, Finland 15 February 2017: Pia Kinnaslampi, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young, Finland 15 February 2017: Heli Pellikka, Director, Russia Desk Leader, Ernst & Young, Finland 10 February 2017: Jarmo Lindholm, Executive Vice President, Atria plc, Finland 3 February 2017: Ari Kurvi, Data Center Manager, Yandex, Finland 23 January 2017: Mika Koskinen, Executive Vice-President, Valio, Finland 20 January 2017: Lauri Veijalainen, CEO, Stockmann Group, Finland 10 January 2017: Joni Hautojärvi, Managing Director, Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta, Finland 30 November 2016: Tapani Mylly, Communications Manager, Meyer Turku, Finland 17 November 2016: Kyösti Järnefelt, Senior Advisor, Finpro, Finland 16 November 2016: Micael Blomster, Managing Director, M Blomster Consulting Oy, Finland 10 November 2016: Maarit Keitanen, Consul, Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg 9 November 2016: Minna Sundelin, Stakeholder Relations Manager Finland and Estonia, Nord Stream 2 AG 3 November 2016: Glenn Gassen, Head of Market Entry and Business Development, German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce 2 November 2016: Aki Kangasharju, Chief Economist, Nordea 27 October 2016: Jonas Wendel, Minister Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Sweden in Helsinki 15 March 2016: Andrey Kletrov, Independent Expert on the Arctic Industries, Russia 8 March 2016: Ilona Mettiäinen, Researcher, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland 9 February 2016: Tapio Pekkola, Communications Manager EU Nordic Policies, Nord Stream AG 28 January 2016: Olha Bas, Third secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in Finland 26 January 2016: Pekka Puolakka, Managing Partner, Law Firm Sorainen 21 January 2016: Sergey Ilyukhin, Head of Long Term Analysis, Fortum Corporation, Finland 12 January 2016: Ilkka Salonen, Member of Board of Directors of various companies 1 December 2015: Viktorija Cohen, Lecturer, Vilnius University, Lithuania 26 November 2015: Alise Barvika, Head of the Representative Office of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia in Finland 26 November 2015: Uģis Bambe, Ambassador of the Embassy of Latvia in Finland 5 November 2015: Pavel Vetrenko, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University of Economics, Russia 9 April 2015: Ilkka Kanerva, MP and President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the OSCE, Finland 9 April 2015: Olavi Ala-Nissilä, Former MP and Member of the European Court of Auditors, Finland 10 March 2015: Andrii Olefirov, Ambassador of Ukraine in Finland 6 February 2015: Jadwiga Rogoża, Senior Fellow, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland 3 February 2015: Elisa Markula, Managing Director, Paulig Coffee Division, Finland 29 January 2015: Maisa Romanainen, Senior Vice President, Passenger Services, VR, Finland 27 January 2015: Jussi Soini, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in Ukraine 22 January 2015: Timur Uzbjakov, Country Manager, Sormat Oy, Finland 20 January 2015: Olli Pohjanvirta, CEO, Nurminen Logistics, Finland 19 & 20 January 2015: Natalia Zaslavskaia, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 15 January 2015: Topi Paananen, CEO, Peikko Group, Finland 2 December 2014: Jonne Pöyhtäri, Managing Director, East Consulting Oy, Finland 27 November 2014: Olga Trofimenko, Associate Professor, St. Petersburg State University, Russia 20 November 2014: Svetlana Samsonova, Head of the International Student Academic Unit, National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia 18 November 2014: Anna Pełka, Counsellor, Embassy of Poland in Finland 6 November 2014: Anu Fredrikson, Adviser, Embassy of Finland in Norway 4 November 2014: Anders Lidén, Ambassador of Sweden in Finland 30 October 2014: Esa Hämäläinen, Professor, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku, Finland 10 October 2014: Venelin Tsachevsky, Professor, Ambassador of Bulgaria in Finland 2003–2006 19 September 2014: Sergey Drobyshevsky, Director of Research, Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy, Russia 19 September 2014: Yuri Piskulov, Professor, Russian Academy for Foreign Trade, Editor-in-Chief of the journal International Economy, Russia 19 September 2014: Mikhail Pliukhin, Deputy Governor, Kaliningrad region, Russia 19 September 2014: Boris Mints, Chairman of Managing Board, Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Russia 19 September 2014: Ari Niemi, Editorial Writer, Turun Sanomat, Finland 19 September 2014: Yakov Urinson, Deputy Chairman, Yegor Gaidar Foundation, Minister of Economy 1997-1998, Russia 19 September 2014: Oleg Fomichev, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Russia 19 September 2014: Markus Granlund, Dean, Turku School of Economics, Finland 19 September 2014: Juho Savo, Region Mayor, Regional Council of Southwest Finland 10 June 2014: Eero Nelimarkka, Chief Superintendent, FSIS, Finland 14 April 2014: Tero Vauraste, President & CEO, Arctia Shipping, Finland 14 April 2014: Tuomas Kiiski, Doctoral Candidate, Turku School of Economics, Finland 10 April 2014: Nils Torvalds, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Sampo Terho, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Petri Sarvamaa, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 10 April 2014: Mikael Pentikäinen, Candidate for the European Parliamentary elections, Finland 8 April 2014: Peter Ingman, Member of the Board, Ingman Group, Finland 8 April 2014: Alexander Bolshakov, Director, Energopro, Belarus 8 April 2014: Alexander Martinkevich, Deputy Director, High Technology Park, Belarus 8 April 2014: Elvira Karnitskaya, Chair, Economy Committee of Gomel region, Belarus 8 April 2014: Sergei Tkachenko, Head of Administration, FEZ Grodnoinvest, Belarus 8 April 2014: Andrei Khudyk, Mayor, City of Grodno, Belarus 8 April 2014: Sergei Chizhik, Deputy Chairman, National Academy of Sciences, Belarus 8 April 2014: Natalia Grintsevich, Director of Investment Department, National Agency of Investments and Privatization, Belarus 8 April 2014: Vladimir Ulakhovich, Deputy Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Belarus 8 April 2014: Björn Grönholm, Director, UBC Environmental Commission, Finland 8 April 2014: Christian Ramberg, Managing Director, Port of Turku, Finland 8 April 2014: Rikumatti Levomäki, Managing Director, Turku Science Park, Finland 8 April 2014: Lasse Aho, Managing Director, Olvi Oyj, Finland 8 April 2014: Kalervo Väänänen, Rector, University of Turku, Finland 8 April 2014: Alexander Guryanov, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Belarus 8 April 2014: Pekka Sundman, Director of City Development Group, City of Turku, Finland 10 March 2014: Martti Hahl, President, Barents Center Finland 6 February 2014: Bakhtiar