JBANC 2009 Conference
Baltic Regional
Security – Old Threats and
New Challenges
Friday Program, May 15, 2009
EVENT 1:
1:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Congressional Briefing on cyber security and related issues.
Moderator – Dr. Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Michael Russell, House Committee on Homeland Security
Paul Joyal, National Strategies, Inc
staff members from Homeland Security committee
EVENT 2:
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Presentation/panel discussion at Heritage
Foundation, co-hosted by Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.
Presenters include representatives from the VOCMF’s Global Museum on
Communism, GMOC and the Swedish-based Institute for Information on the
Crimes of Communism IICC/UOK.
5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Reception.
Presenters include:
Dr. Lee Edwards Chairman, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
Marcus Kolga Global Museum on Communism
Anders Hjemdahl UOK, The Institute for Information about Crimes of Communism
Camilla Andersson UOK, The Institute for Information about Crimes of Communism
Pavel Morazau Third
Way coordinator, Belarus
Daris Delins (Perry Street Advisors, New York, “The Soviet Story" www.sovietstory.com
Saturday Program, May 16, 2009
(Renaissance M. St. Hotel, 1143 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20037)
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00 - 9:15 Opening Remarks:
JBANC President Marju Rink-Abel
Estonian American Nat’l Council
Diplomatic Welcome:
Ambassador Andrejs Pildegovics, Embassy of Latvia
9:20 KEYNOTE SPEECH:
His Excellency Valdis Zatlers, President of Latvia
Introduction by
Mr. Bruce Rogers, Charge d'Affaires, United States Embassy to Latvia
9:45-11:00
PANEL 1 - Regional Geopolitics: Current and Future Security Threats
Robert Nurick, Monterrey Institute
Janusz Bugajski CSIS
Harri Tiido Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30
PANEL 2 – Ensuring Stability: Strategic Solutions and Regional Partnerships
Julianne Smith, Dept. of Defense
Andris Teikmanis, State Secretary, Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nicholas Kralev, The Washington Times
12:30-2:00
Keynote Speaker - Stewart Baker,
former Assistant Secretary for Policy at U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
2:00-3:15
PANEL 3 Policies of the new U.S. Administration and Congress: Baltic-U.S. Relations
Matt Kaminski Wall Street Journal
Alan Meltzer Deputy Director, Office of Nordic and Baltic Affairs, State Dept.
Vytautas Nauduzas, Lithuanian Foreign Ministry
3:15 – 3:30 Break
3:30-4:45
PANEL 4 Diaspora Relations and Citizen Diplomacy: Views across the Atlantic
Aho Rebas Office of the Minister for Population and Ethnic Affairs, Estonia
Mendy Nitsch, International Affairs, Office of the Secretary of State, Maryland
Andrea Strano, Regional Public Diplomacy Desk Officer, EUR, State Dept
Martins Sausins President, World Federation of Free Latvians
4:45-5:00 Conclusion, New JBANC Chairman (American Latvian Association)
