BALTIC SYMPOSIUM 2012
Baltic Tigers? Security Challenges, Contemporary Cultural Processes, New Directions

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Institute of Archaeology Lecture Theatre, 31-34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY

Friday 20th April 2012

The sixth symposium in a series sponsored by:
Embassy of the Republic of Estonia, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia,
Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania, Baltic Council in Great Britain,
UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies
Baltic International Bank

Attendance free but registration essential.
Please register at: http://balticsymposium2012.eventbrite.co.uk/

08.30-09.15	Registration
09.15-09.30	Introduction - Housekeeping Information
09.30-10.00	KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Chair:	HE Ms Aino Lepik von Wirén, Estonian Ambassador to London
Keynote Speaker:	Prof Andres Kasekamp, Tartu University
10.00-11.30	BALTIC TIGERS?
Chair:	Prof Slavo Radošević, UCL SSEES
Panel:	Prof Petras Baršauskas, Kaunas University of Technology Universities' of Technology Role in Creating Innovation Driven Economies Kalle Killar, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London Baltic Tigers are Back but are They Ready for the Challenges Ahead? Vjačeslavs Dombrovskis, Chairman of the Economic, Agricultural, Environmental and Regional Policy Committee of the Latvian Parliament
11.30-11.45	Tea/Coffee
11.45-13.15	SECURITY CHALLENGES
Chair:	Dr Peter Duncan, UCL SSEES
Panel:	Andis Kudors, Centre for East European Policy Studies, Riga Securitization of Culture: Russian Foreign Policy toward Latvia Dr Margarita Šešelgytė, Vilnius University Strategic Cultures of the Baltic States Romas Švedas, Security Consultant, Vilnius Energy Security
13.15-14.30	Buffet Lunch in SSEES Masaryk Common Room
14.30-16.00	CONTEMPORARY CULTURAL PROCESSES
Chair:	Dr Robin Aizlewood, UCL SSEES
Panel:	Dr Paul Jordan, Cardiff University The Eurovision Song Contest: Nation Branding and Nation Building in Estonia Dr Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Lithuanian Literature and Folklore Institute, Vilnius Literature and Lithuania's Social Transformations since the 1990s Rolands Lappuķe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riga The Latvian Diaspora - Past and Future
16.00-16.15	Tea/Coffee
16.15-17.45	NEW DIRECTIONS
Chair:	Dr Allan Sikk, UCL SSEES
Panel:	Tadas Jucikas, Cambridge University Creating Healthcare, Biotech and Pharmaceutical Translational Research and Enterprise Opportunities in the Baltics Kärg Kama, St Catherine's College, Oxford Energy Governance in Estonia Tauri Tuvikene, University College London Post-Socialism and State-Phobia: The Challenges of Regulating Car Parking in Tallinn
18.00-20.00	Reception for Symposium participants SSEES, 16 Taviton Street, Masaryk Common Room (4th floor)

Also sponsored by:
BELLA, British-Latvian Association, British-Lithuanian Society, Estonian House London,
Latvian Educational Foundation, Latvian Welfare Fund (DVF), Neil Taylor

Report on the Symposium

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BALTIC SYMPOSIUM 2012 Baltic Tigers? Security Challenges, Contemporary Cultural Processes, New Directions

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Report on the Symposium

BALTIC SYMPOSIUM 2012
Baltic Tigers? Security Challenges, Contemporary Cultural Processes, New Directions