4 February, 2004, 8.30-16.00

Parliament House, Auditorium (Entrance from the left hand side)

8.30 – 10.00

Chair                                             MP, Chair of STETE Sinikka Hurskainen

Speakers

GLOBAL THREATS CALL FOR JOINT EFFORTS
Professor, Director Raimo Väyrynen, Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies

RUSSIAN EXPECTATIONS OF GLOBALISATION
Political Projects Director Andrey Fedorov, Council on Foreign and Defence Policy, Moscow

OPENING REMARKS - THE NORTHERN DIMENSION
Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen
 

10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 11.30 CASE 1: ECONOMIC POSSIBILITIES

Chair                                 MP, Vice Chair of STETE Mari Kiviniemi

Speakers                                      * Executive Vice President Matti Vuoria, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
 
                                                    * Senior Vice President Veli-Jussi Potka, Stora Enso
 

11.30 - 12.15 CASE 2: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chair                                             Manager Timo Hellenberg, Aleksanteri Institute/ EU Affairs

Speaker                                       * Minister for Foreign Affairs Erkki Tuomioja

                                                    * Discussion with audience
 

12.15 – 13.45 Lunch break at restaurant "TAIDEHALLIN KLUBI", Ainonkatu 3

13.45 - 14.45 CASE 3: MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND HUMAN SECURITY

Chair                                             Manager Timo Hellenberg, Aleksanteri Institute/ EU Affairs

Speakers                                       * Special Adviser Olavi Elo, UNAIDS
 
                                                     * Chair Ilkka Herlin, Center Party's Russia Group

                                                     * Head of Unit Alexey Klimov, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation
 

14.45 – 16 CLOSING PANEL

Chair                                 Director Markku Kivinen, Aleksanteri Institute

Panelists                                       * MP Henrik Lax
                                                     * MP Kimmo Sasi
                                                     * MP, Vice Chair of STETE Anni Sinnemäki
                                                     * Counsellor Leonid Anisimov, Embassy of the Russian Federation in Helsinki
                                                     * Student Elena Gorschkow, Finnish Youth Co-operation Allianssi
 

CONCLUSIONS / SUMMARY OF THE SEMINAR by Director Markku Kivinen, Aleksanteri Institute
 

The seminar is sponsored by Stora Enso.