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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

2/2013 Klavs A. Holm Under-Secretary for Arctic Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs Denmark

The Arctic – regional challenges with global consequences

2/2013 Hannu Halinen Ambassador for Arctic Affairs Finland

Arctic cooperation and business

2/2013 Martti Hahl President Barents Center Finland Oy Finland

What’s next in the Arctic?

2/2013 Kirsi-Maarit Poljatschenko

Head of Trade Center Finpro ry, Operations and Network Finland Trade Center in St. Petersburg Russia

Arctic of Russia – freezing hot business topic

2/2013 Kari Synberg

Ph.D in Geography University on Eastern Finland Committee member of Geographical Society of Finland

Russia and the Arctic

2/2013 Katri Pynnöniemi

Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Russia’s new Arctic strategy identifies vulnerabilities but targets modernization

2/2013 Timo Koivurova

Research professor, Director The Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law Arctic Centre, University of Lapland Finland

Resource exploitation in the Arctic: incorrect diagnoses, misinterpretations and wrong solutions – how to avoid these?

2/2013 Vladimir Didyk and Larissa Riabova

Research Director of the IES KSC RAS

Head of department of social policy in the North

Luzin Institute for Economic Studies The Kola Science Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Socio-economic development of the Murmansk region – trends and prospects

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2/2013 Vesa Rautio

Academy Research Fellow Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

The Russian North going global

2/2013 Morten Anker Principal Pöyry Management Consulting AS Norway

The Norwegian Barents Sea adventure

2/2013 Geir Hønneland

Research Director Fridtjof Nansen Institute and University of Tromsø Norway

The Barents Sea – successful fisheries management

2/2013 Lawson W. Brigham

PhD, Distinguished Professor of Geography and Arctic Policy University of Alaska Fairbanks The USA

Arctic marine transport driven by natural resource development

2/2013 Yrjö Myllylä and Jon McEwan

Senior Research Scientist, Ph.D. RD Aluekehitys Oy

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

Finland’s world class Arctic marine technology know-how

2/2013 Eini Laaksonen

Project Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Business prospects for the Finnish maritime industry in the Arctic

2/2013 Adam Grydehøj Director of Island Dynamics Copenhagen Denmark

Opportunities for local development in a nationally contested Arctic – when Nordic communities engage with Asian economies

2/2013 Masahiro Tokunaga Ph.D., Associate Professor Kansai University Japan

Japanese-Russian business on a brink – how to go with Gazprom?

2/2013 Timothy Heleniak

The American Geographical Society Associate Research Professor The Department of Geography The University of Maryland The USA

The migration of people in the Arctic

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1/2013 Per Westerberg Speaker Swedish Parliament Sweden

The Baltic Sea Region – a Swedish perspective

1/2013 Zoran Milanovic Prime Minister The Republic of Croatia

Croatia – becoming the 28th member state of the European Union

1/2013 Maria Lohela Member (The Finns Party) Parliament of Finland Finland

Mutual trust and reciprocity – a key to success in the Baltic Sea Region

1/2013 Katja Taimela Member Parliament of Finland Finland

Towards a more responsible Baltic Fisheries Policy

1/2013 Xing Huang Ambassador Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland

Maintaining a sound all-win relationship between China-Finland in the future

1/2013 Veiko Spolitis Parliamentary secretary The Latvian Ministry of Defence Latvia

Latvian defence planning in transforming security environment – political perspective 2011–2013

1/2013 Hannu Miettunen

Head News Department Turun Sanomat Finland

Finland and Sweden – military allies? Never and yet for all times

1/2013 Erwin Sellering Prime Minister Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and its relations with the countries of the Baltic Sea Region

1/2013 Alexander Khudilainen

Head The Republic of Karelia Russia

Cooperation of the Republic of Karelia with Finland at the present stage of development

1/2013 Janne Virtanen

Acting Director Regional Promotion Regional Council of Southwest Finland

Northern growth corridor – an opportunity for Southwest Finland

1/2013 Sergei Guriev Professor of Economics and Rector New Economic School Russia

Is Russian economy overheated?

1/2013 Piia-Noora Kauppi

Managing Director Federation of Finnish Financial Services Finland

Nordic-Baltic financial zone needs a well-functioning banking union

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1/2013 Leszek Balcerowicz and Aleksander Łaszek

Professor of Economics, Head International Comparative Studies Department

Ph.D. Candidate

Warsaw School of Economics Poland

Internal devaluation can work

1/2013 Vlasta Macku

Chief UNCTAD Virtual Institute United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Academic capacity building on trade for development in Belarus and Russia –contribution of the UNCTAD Virtual Institute

1/2013 Jan Lundin Director General CBSS International Secretariat

The Council of the Baltic Sea States in the era of regional strategies, networks and projects

1/2013 Kari Liuhto

Professor Turku School of Economics University of Turku

Director Pan-European Institute, Centrum Balticum Finland

The Baltic Sea region and the Pan-European Institute

1/2013 Hans Brask Director Baltic Development Forum Denmark

Energy efficiency in Russia – experiences from Kaliningrad region

1/2013 Eero Toivainen Senior Consultant Finpro, Life Sciences Finland

FinlandCare – health from Finland

1/2013 Alan Riley

Professor City Law School City University The United Kingdom

Gazprom on the antitrust ropes

1/2013 Taavi Veskimägi CEO Elering AS Estonia

Liberalisation of the Estonian gas market

1/2013 Irina V. Zeleneva

Professor Department of World Politics School of International Relations Saint Petersburg State University Russia

Russian geostrategy in the energy sphere in the Baltic Sea region

1/2013 Agnia Grigas

PhD, CEO OneGo Inc. Author of “The Politics of Energy and Memory between the Baltic States and Russia” The USA

Gas – the last frontier in the bilateral relations between the Baltic States and Russia

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1/2013 Reinis Āboltiņš

Researcher Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS Latvia

A game of power – the Baltic States and energy security

1/2013 Mikhail Krutikhin Partner, Analyst RusEnergy independent consultancy Russia

Gas and oil reserves in Russian Arctic seas remain out of reach to all but two state-run giants

1/2013 Maria L. Lagutina

PhD, Senior Lecturer World Politics Department School of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia

Nord Stream pipeline – an energy dialogue or deadlock?

1/2013 Tomas Malmlöf

Scientist Department for Security Policy & Strategic Studies Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Sweden

Interpretations of energy security in the Baltic Sea region

1/2013 Satu Viljainen, Olga Gore and Mari Makkonen

Professor (Electricity markets)

M.Sc., Researcher

M.Sc., Researcher

Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Russian electricity market reform – deregulation or re-regulation?

1/2013 Eero Vanaale

Consultant Drewry Shipping Consultants The UK

The Baltic Sea ports – resonance of trends in the container shipping

1/2013 Tuomas Kiiski

Doctoral student Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

The Northern Sea Route – a viable alternative to Suez Canal Route as a liner shipping route?

1/2013 Viacheslav M. Shavshukov

Doctor of Economics, Professor St. Petersburg State University Russia

Immediate tasks for G20, regional associations and international economic organizations

1/2013 Ilmari Larjavaara

Dr.Soc.Sc, BBA Adviser EUROFACTS Ltd. Finland

“Clash of civilizations” in the Finnish-Russian relations?

1/2013 Vladimir G. Sherov-Ignatyev

Associate Professor World Economy Department St. Petersburg State University Russia

Eurasian integration – a positive view

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1/2013 Elina Kahla PhD, Director The Finnish Institute in St. Petersburg

Finnish window in St.Petersburg – beyond its size?

1/2013 Inari Helle and Sakari Kuikka

Researcher

Professor

Fisheries and Environmental Management Group (FEM) Department of Environmental Sciences University of Helsinki Finland

The challenge of keeping the Gulf of Finland clean from oil – what should we do?

1/2013 Kari Hyytiäinen Principal Research Scientist MTT Agrifood Research Finland

Does it pay to combat eutrophication in the Baltic Sea?

1/2013 Vanessa Ryan Marine Conservation Officer WWF Finland Finland

Oil transportation in the Baltic Sea – environmental impacts and future challenges for maritime transport

1/2013 Markku Kotilainen

Dr., Research Director Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA) Finland

What explains foreign direct investment in the Baltic Sea Region?

1/2013 Ilkka Henrik Mäkinen

Professor of Sociology Stockholm Centre on Health of Societies in Transition (SCOHOST) School of Social Sciences Södertörn University Sweden

The East is – empty

1/2013 Ruslanas Iržikevičius

Editor-in-Chief The Lithuania Tribune

Director BaltoScandia Media Lithuania

Lithuania's Berlusconi – the Viktor Uspaskich phenomenon in Lithuania

1/2013 Jordan Gans-Morse

Assistant Professor Political Science Northwestern University The USA

Evolving threats to property rights in Russia

1/2013 Sergey Balandin President FRUCT Oy Finland

FRUCT – Academia-to-industry cooperation engine and incubator of new competences and businesses

1/2013 Julija Bendikienė

Deputy Director Marine Science and Technology Centre Klaipėda University Lithuania

The marine valley in Klaipėda – for development of Lithuanian maritime sector

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1/2013 Irina Ledchenkova

Head of Project Office International Cooperation Centre Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) Belarus

The Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno (YKSUG) and its international projects in the Baltic Sea region (BSR)

1/2013 Karri Kiiskinen

PhD student European ethnology University of Turku Finland

Borders to define a Baltic Sea region

6/2012 Mikhail V. Myasnikovich

Prime Minister The Republic of Belarus Professor, Doctor in Economics and Associate Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Belarus – joining Europe and Eurasia together (Integration of Integrations concept)

6/2012 Pekka Salminen and Hannamaria Yliruusi

Project Manager

Project Manager

Union of the Baltic Cities Commission on Environment Finland

Direct investments in city-to-city cooperation between Belarus and EU

6/2012 Artis Pabriks Dr., Minister of Defence The Republic of Latvia

Security issues in the Baltic Sea region

6/2012 Petri Sarvamaa Member The European Parliament

Rail Baltica as a stimulant to Baltic economies

6/2012 Jessica Polfjärd

Member of Parliament Moderate Party Chair Committee on industry and trade Sweden

Nordic competitiveness in trade and commerce – a strong and secure future established by growth

6/2012 Franz Thönnes

MP, former Parliamentary State Secretary Deutscher Bundestag Member of the BSLF Steering Committee Germany

The Baltic Sea Labour Forum (BSLF) is working

6/2012 Ann-Kristine Johansson

Member of Parliament Chair of the Nordic Council Environment Committee Sweden

A cleaner Baltic Sea – a task for parliamentarians across borders

6/2012 Hannu Himanen Ambassador of Finland to the Russian Federation

The reluctant partner – Russia in WTO

6/2012 Maimo Henriksson Ambassador of Finland to Norway

The dynamic corner of Europe – the High North as a strategic survival strategy for Finland

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6/2012 Riho Terras Brigadier General Commander The Estonian Defence Forces Estonia

Security and defense in the Baltic Sea region – what to expect?

6/2012 Stephen Blank Professor Strategic Studies Institute The USA

European and Asian rivalries over the Arctic

6/2012 Timo Rautajoki CEO Lapland Chamber of Commerce Finland

The great future of Murmansk is still based on visions

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 Barents Center Finland Finland

The bridge over troubled waters of North West Russia

6/2012 Philip Lowe Director-General DG ENERGY European Comission

Baltic energy infrastructure – from isolation towards integration

6/2012 Torstein Indrebø Secretary General International Gas Union, IGU

Natural Gas, LNG and the Baltic Sea

6/2012 Esa Härmälä

Director General Energy Department Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland

Europe needs energy investments

6/2012 Rokas Masiulis CEO Klaipėdos Nafta AB Lithuania

LNG terminal in Lithuania – a small solution to a very large problem

6/2012 Monika Rozmarynowska

Assistant Department of Transport and Logistics Gdynia Maritime University Poland

LNG import terminals in Baltic Sea Region – review of current projects

6/2012 Juha Kettunen Rector Turku University of Applied Sciences Finland

Environment projects in the Central Baltic Programme

6/2012 Markus Granlund

Director, Professor Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Responsible university education of business and economics in the BRE

6/2012 Janis Stonis Administrative Director University of Latvia Latvia

Link in the Baltic Sea region chain

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6/2012 Ari Niemi Editorial Writer Turun Sanomat, Daily Newspaper Finland

Child welfare with a double-headed eagle as a partner

6/2012 Hannele Pokka Permanent Secretary Ministry of the Environment Finland

Why Gulf of Finland Year 2014?

6/2012 Kari Häkämies

Director-General Regional State Administrative Agency for Southwestern Finland Finland

Integration of the Baltic Sea labour market

6/2012 Stefan Herms

Director General Department International and European Affairs

Senate Chancellery Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Germany

Cooperation between Hamburg and other partners in the Baltic Sea region

6/2012 Heikki Pälve CEO Finnish Medical Association Finland

Patient mobility in the Baltic region

6/2012 Jussi Järventaus Managing Director Federation of Finnish Enterprises Finland

Entrepreneurship as a source of growth and competitiveness in the Baltic Sea Region

6/2012 Hans Skov Christensen

Chairman Baltic Development Forum Denmark

The almost forgotten digital single market

6/2012 Thomas Steger

University of Regensburg Editor-in-chief Journal for East European Management Studies Germany

Management research on Central and Eastern Europe

6/2012 Pauls Raudseps Commentator Weekly magazine Ir Latvia

Latvia and the euro – a date with destiny

6/2012 Hiski Haukkala Professor of International Relations University of Tampere Finland

The Baltic Sea region needs more mutual trust

6/2012 Christian Ramberg Managing Director Port of Turku Finland

Port of Turku takes strongly part in LNG projects

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6/2012 Ulrich Bauermeister

Dr., Managing Director Rostock Port Hafen-Entwicklungsgesellschaft Rostock mbH Germany

Port of Rosrock – serving the Baltic Sea

6/2012 Jaakko Tikka CEO Forum Marinum Foundation Finland

Maritime memories, history and experiences at the same place

6/2012 Julian Cooper

Professor of Russian Economic Studies Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham The United Kingdom

Eurasian Economic Integration – different this time?

6/2012 Irina V. Starodubrovskaya

Department Director Political economy and regional development Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia

Do Russian innovators need creative cities?

6/2012 Marko Torkkeli

Professor of Technology and Business Innovations Faculty of Technology Management LappeenrantaUniversity of Technology

Director of Publications at International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Finland

Innovation in and for Russian markets

6/2012 Anni Kangas

Academy of Finland Post-Doctoral Research Fellow School of Management (International Relations) University of Tampere Finland

Neoliberalism meets economic nationalism – the Skolkovo innograd

6/2012 Teemu Makkonen

Postdoctoral Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

The geography of innovation in the Baltic Sea region

6/2012 Alexander Dynkin

Professor, Director IMEMO, Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russia

Russia and WTO – challenges after accession

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6/2012 Grigory Dudarev Partner Evli Bank Plc Finland

Russia as an investment destination – the recent accession of Russia to WTO and its impact on the investment in Russia

6/2012 Lilia Shevtsova

Senior Associate Moscow Carnegie Centre Russia

Associate Fellow Russia and Eurasia Program The Chatham House The United Kingdom

Russia – is there a way out of the dead end?

6/2012 Tommi Lappalainen

Major, Lecturer Department of Strategic and Defence Studies National Defence University Finland

Russia increasing its military expenditure

6/2012 Irina Novikova

Professor, Dean School of International Relations Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Russia’s WTO entry – consequences for higher education

6/2012 Jari Jumpponen Head of rep. office East Office of Finnish Industries Advisor to Co-Chairman of the NDBC

How to get more boost to the Northern Dimension?

6/2012 Katja Novikova and Maija Kuiri

Director for Russian Affairs

Project Manager

Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Russian higher education reform – designed to approach world top universities

6/2012 Sean P. Roberts

Dr, Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Party-system reform in Russia

6/2012 Roger Roffey

Senior Scientist Division of Defence Analysis The Swedish Defence Research Agency FOI Sweden

Russia and migration in the light of the demographic crises

6/2012 Roland Gustbée President Euroregion Baltic

Euroregion Baltic – tool to tackle common challenges in the South Baltic area

6/2012 Torben Dall Schmidt

Professor in Regional Economics Department of Border Region Studies University of Southern Denmark Denmark

Borders and foreign labor – the importance of foreign labor at the Danish-German land border

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6/2012 Robert Hall Head of Baltic Sea Unit Swedish Institute Sweden

The Swedish Institute’s role in Baltic Sea cooperation

6/2012 Kristi Raik

Researcher Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Estonia and Finland diverge over Europe, but cherish Nordic-Baltic ties

6/2012 Anna Zasova

Research Fellow Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies Latvia

Slow recovery of Latvian labour market – shaped by lack of demand, not by labour market institutions

6/2012 Jessica Ålgars-Åkerholm

Communications Manager Regional Council of Southwest Finland

What is the WOW of your region?

6/2012 Sari Ruusumo

Convention Director City of Turku Turku Touring Southwest Finland Tourist and Convention Bureau Finland

Important meetings and passion since 1229

6/2012 Mika Kallioinen Lecturer of Finnish History University of Turku Finland

The Hanseatic League – past and present

6/2012 Anna Karhu

Doctoral Student Department of Marketing and International Business Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Pharmaceutical retail as a part of healthcare provision in the future

5/2012 Eini Laaksonen

Project Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Introduction to SmartComp – Smart Competitiveness for the Central Baltic region

5/2012 René Sirol Capt., Deputy Director General, Head of Maritime Safety Division Estonian Maritime Administration

Factors for safer shipping in the Baltic Sea

5/2012 Karl-Heinz Breitzmann

Prof., Dr Managing Director Baltic Institute of Marketing, Transport and Tourism at the University of Rostock Germany

Baltic maritime transport – tense relationship between logistics and environmental regulations

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5/2012 Pentti Kujala

Professor Department of Applied Mechanics School of Engineering Aalto University Finland

Increasing marine traffic challenges the Baltic Sea

5/2012 Monika Stankiewicz

Executive Secretary HELCOM (Baltic Sea Marine Environment Protection Commission)

Marine nature does not have an owner – reflections on the future of the Baltic maritime sector

5/2012 Jerzy Hajduk

PhD, Master Mariner, Professor Dean of Navigation Faculty Maritime University of Szczecin Poland

The future of vessel traffic safety in the Baltic Sea

5/2012 Robert Aps

Dr, Head of Marine Systems Department Estonian Marine Institute University of Tartu Estonia

Sea transportation of oil in the Baltic Sea – enhancing safety and security

5/2012 Juhani Talvela

Lic.tech, Research Director Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Finland

Enhancing logistics competitiveness on a regional scale

5/2012 Rima Mickeviciene

Dr, Assoc. Professor in Marine Engineering, Dean Faculty of Marine Engineering Klaipeda University Lithuania

Maritime technology industry – to fit for the green future

5/2012 Elisa Holma

Researcher Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

Baltic Sea cargo volumes at their highest in 2011

5/2012 Eva Branten and Alari Purju

Research Associate

Professor of Public Economics

Department of Public Economics Tallinn University of TechnologY Estonia

Recent developments in the Estonian maritime cluster

5/2012 Hanna Mäkinen

Project Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

The current state and future of the Finnish maritime cluster

5/2012 Ulla Tapaninen

Ph.D., Expert in International Logistics City of Helsinki Finland

Finnish foreign trade will find new transport routes

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5/2012 Mervi Pitkänen and Juha Valtanen

Programme Director

Programme Manager

Machine Technology Center Maritime Cluster Programme Finland

Finnish maritime industry – innovating the future

5/2012 Jukka Seppänen and Mirva Salokorpi

Project Manager of CAFE project

Research Manager of maritime and logistics

Kymenlaakso University of Applied Science Finland

EU-project develops skills and increases safety capital of maritime domain

5/2012 Lan Le, Nina Luostarinen and Timo Parkkola

Project Producer Kaleidoskooppi

Project Planner TKI-HUMAK Meri

RDI Manager TKI-HUMAK Meri

Finland

Uncharted waters

4/2012 László Andor Commissioner European Commission

Employment and social development in the EU and in particular in the Baltic Sea region

4/2012 Edgars Rinkēvičs Minister of Foreign Affairs Latvia

Why Eastern Partnership still matters?

4/2012 Edit Herczog Member of the European Parliament East-West pipelines – integrating Europe

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Marjo Matikainen-Kallström

DI, eMBA, Member of Parliament Parliament of Finland

Chairperson Finnish Karelian League Finland

Controversial real estate ownership

4/2012 Christel Happach-Kasan

Dr. MP Chairwoman of the German-Baltic Friendship Group The German Bundestag

A view on the German Presidency of the Council of the Baltic Sea States

4/2012 Mikaela Nylander Member of Parliament Parliament of Finland

Minorities around the Baltic Sea

4/2012 Kimmo Tiilikainen

Chairman The Finnish Centre Party Parliamentary Group

Member of Parliament Parliament of Finland

Building sustainable growth in the Baltic Sea region

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4/2012 Walter Deffaa Director-General Regional Policy DG European Commission

The EU strategy for the Baltic Sea region – the next phase of the strategy

4/2012 Pauliina Haijanen

Member of the Committee of The Regions Member of the Board of The Regional Council of Southwest Finland

Updated European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea region

4/2012 Jukka-Pekka Ujula Mayor City of Porvoo Finland

The City of Porvoo in Baltic area cooperation

4/2012 Ricardo Carvalho Bruno Ferreira

Policy Officer European Commission – DG Education and Culture

University business cooperation in education

4/2012 Philipp Schwartz

Dr., Head of the Joint Technical Secretariat Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013

Use the “today” to shape the “tomorrow” or the impact of 2007– 2013 on 2014 – 2020

4/2012 Gabriel Alvarez Communication Officer INTERACT Point Turku Finland

Territorial cooperation in the Baltic Sea region and the supportive role of INTERACT Point Turku

4/2012 Kai Paananen CEO SET Petrochemicals Oy / SET Group Finland

Oil spill risks can be reduced through concrete cooperation

4/2012 Olli-Pekka Brunila

Researcher University of Turku Centre for Maritime Studies Maritime Logistics Research Unit in Kotka Finland

Development of oil transportation in the Gulf of Finland

4/2012 Anders Åslund

Senior Fellow The Peterson Institute for International Economics The USA Author of the book “Russia’s Capitalist Revolution”

Russia’s future reforms

4/2012 Kari Liuhto

Professor on the Russian economy Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

Russia after Putin?

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4/2012 Mikhail Dmitriev and Svetlana Misikhina

President Center for Strategic Research Russia

Director Center of Social Policy of the Institute of the Applied Economic Research The Russian Academy of National Economy and Civil Service Russia

Good-bye, poverty – Russia’s quiet social revolution

4/2012 Vesa Korhonen

Senior economist Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) Finland

Russia’s budget priorities shaped by the leadership, and the outcome by an uneven inflation landscape

4/2012 Tom Colbjørnsen President BI Norwegian Business School

BI Norwegian Business School and its activities in the Baltic Sea region

4/2012 Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

Expert Russian Department Centre for Eastern Studies Poland

The limits of Eurasian integration

4/2012 Filip Hamro-Drotz

Senior Advisor Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland

The Baltic Sea region and business – a model for European macro regions?

4/2012 Jorma Alanne

Executive Vice President Baltic Banking Pohjola Bank plc Finland

Pohjola’s growing interest in the Baltic markets

4/2012 Keijo Koskinen Key Account Manager AEL Finland

Why some companies succeed

4/2012 Janne Tienpää MSc in Geography and Economics Senior Sales Manager S-Group Hotels Finland

Event sourcing: a new approach to destination marketing – case City of Turku, Finland

4/2012 Janne Hirvonen

Analyst East Office of Finnish Industries, Helsinki Finland

State-financed investment – the Achilles’ heel of Russia’s rents-addicted economy?

4/2012 Markku Sippola Postdoctoral Researcher Karelian Institute University of Eastern Finland

The impact of investment climate on the ease of investment: a comparison between Russia and the Baltic States

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4/2012 Martin Hurt

Member of the Executive Board International Centre for Defence Studies Estonia

Nordic-Baltic defence cooperation: opportunities and challenges

4/2012 Jonas Grätz

M.A., Researcher Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich Switzerland

Unconventional resources and energy security in the Baltic Sea region

4/2012 Mikhail Grigoryev

Co-owner and Director Consultation Centre GECON

Expert Scientific Council of Security 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

Euro-Arctic cross-border cooperation for development of the Russian Arctic offshore oil & gas reserves

4/2012 Eva Hjälmered Head of Secretariat UBC Energy Commission Union of Baltic Cities

The ”small” actors are the major actors

4/2012 Eugenijus Uspuras and Vaclovas Miskinis

Director

Head

Laboratory of Energy Systems Research Lithuanian Energy Institute

Energy infrastructure projects in Lithuania

4/2012 Frederic Hauge President The Bellona Foundation Norway

Plans for Baltic nuclear power plant financially unviable and ecologically hazardous

4/2012 Marijuš Antonovič

MA in International Relations and Diplomacy Vilnius University Lithuania

The political project of the Baltic nuclear power plant

4/2012 Bo Österlund Commodore (One Star Admiral, retired) Finland

A drastic change to be expected in the energy map of the Baltic region

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4/2012 Vitaliy V. Yermakov

Director, Russian and Caspian Energy IHS CERA Russia

Cold February of 2012 – European gas system passes test, but questions remain

4/2012 Kari Liuhto

Professor Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku

Director Centrum Balticum Finland

The revolution of gas logistics in the Baltic Sea region?

4/2012 Olli-Pekka Hilmola and Eugene Korovyakovsky

Professor Department of Industrial Management, Kouvola Unit Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Head of Department Department of Logistics and Commercial Operations St. Petersburg State Transport University Russia

Russian railway sector transformation – opportunity for larger Europe

4/2012 Vladas Sturys

Consultant, Researcher in transport and logistics

Director Baltic R&D Centre Lithuania

Baltic transport research agenda – a strong demand

4/2012 Ilya Shegelman and Pavel Shchukin

Administration Counselor, PhD, Professor

Head of Innovation Projects and Innovative Infrastructure Developing Department, PhD

Petrozavodsk State University Russia

Environmentally safe transportation and packaging unit for transportation and storage of spent nuclear fuel

4/2012 Egon G. Nordström

PhD, Docent Åbo Akademi University Senior Officer Ministry of Environment Finland

Sustainable water management in the Baltic Sea region and the Kingisepp phosphorus case

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4/2012 Anna Korppoo

Postdoctoral Researcher of the Academy of Finland Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

Senior Research Fellow Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway

What next in Russia’s climate policy?

4/2012 Tuomas Räsänen

PhD Student Department of General History University of Turku Finland

Environmental lessons from the past

4/2012 Vera Barinova

Head of Innovation Economy Department Center for Real Sector Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia

Fostering innovation in Russia – time to set priorities

4/2012 Virpi Herranen Director FinNode Russia

Finland and Russia – how good partners may contribute in developing innovations

4/2012 Liliana Proskuryakova

Researcher Laboratory for S&T Studies National Research University “Higher School of Economics” Russia

Science and innovation policy of the new Russian cabinet

4/2012 Natalya Volchkova Professor New Economic School Russia

Russia – an unattainable goal of diversification

4/2012 Triin Kask CEO BluNavi Estonia

The real challenges of start-ups who want to make people’s lives better

4/2012 Dovile Jakniunaite

Associated Professor Institute of International Relations and Political Science Vilnius University Lithuania

Baltic States – three states, but no region

4/2012 Ralph Tuchtenhagen

Professor, Dr. Chair of Cultural Studies Deputy Head Department of North European Studies Humboldt University, Berlin German

The Baltic Sea Dimension at the Department of North European Studies, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

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4/2012 Tatjana Muravska and Roswitha King

Jean Monnet Professor Director Centre for European and Transition Studies University of Latvia

Associate Professor of Economics University of Latvia Ostfold University College Norway

Peripheral regional universities – what role within the Baltic Regional Forum?

4/2012 Markku Jokisipilä

and Tarja Hyppönen

Academic Director

Coordinator University of Turku

BSRS – making sense of regional realities for 15 years

4/2012 Elżbieta Fonberg-Stokłuska

Head of International Centre Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) Poland

The Warsaw School of Economics (SGH) and its collaboration within the Baltic Sea region (BSR)

4/2012 Tiina Tervaniemi

Project Manager Best practices in the Baltic Sea Area Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo Finland

Knowledge, networks and regional growth through best practices within the Baltic Sea region

4/2012 Regina Karvelienė

Director The Department of International Programmes and Relations Šiauliai University Lithuania

Internationalisation process in high education – a practise of Šiauliai University

4/2012 Alyson JK Bailes

Adjunct Professor Faculty of Political Science University of Iceland Visiting Professor at the College of Europe

Iceland facing the Artic – Baltic lessons?

4/2012 Aleksandra Kuźmińska-Haberla and Marcin Haberla

Ph.D., Lecturer Department of International Economic Relations

Ph.D., Lecturer Department of Marketing Research Wroclaw University of Economics Poland

EURO 2012 in Poland – was it worth it?

4/2012 Pauli Heikkilä Research Fellow University of Tartu Estonia

Paneuropean and Baltic Estonian Diplomat

3/2012 Ilkka Räisänen

Lic.Sc.(Econ) Minister Counsellor Head of Liaison Office of the Embassy of Finland

How Belarus could gain of the Eurasian economic integration and of the WTO membership?*

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3/2012 David R. Marples Distinguished University Professor University of Alberta Canada

Belarus – back to mother Russia?

3/2012 Alexander Brakel Country Representative Belarus Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

The “ambassador war” – lessons learned from a recent episode in European–Belarusian relations

3/2012 Sergey A. Kizima

Head of Department of International Relations Academy of Public Administration Belarus

Lost chances of the EU for cooperation with Belarus

3/2012 Kataryna Wolczuk

PhD Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham UK

The EU strategy on Belarus – in need of ‘smart pragmatism’

3/2012 Anaïs Marin

Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs (Helsinki) Finland

EU–Belarus relations – which way out of the vicious circle?

3/2012 Torbjörn Becker

Director Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) Stockholm School of Economics Sweden

Belarus – expect no free lunches

3/2012 Alexander Chubrik Director of the IPM Research Centre CASE Fellow Belarus

Belarusian economy after the balance of payments crisis – time to change the model

3/2012 Kateryna Bornukova

Research fellow Belarusian Economic Research and Outreach Center (BEROC) Ukraine

Currency crisis in Belarus – social impact and redistributive effects

3/2012 Irina Yeremeyeva PhD, Associate Professor Belarusian State Economic University Belarus

Budget deficit in Belarus, ways of reducing

3/2012 Olga Malashenkova

PhD, Associate Professor Department of International Economic Relations of the Belarusian State University Belarus

The consolidated budget of the Republic of Belarus

3/2012 Andrei Rusakovich

Chairman of the Board Public Association «Foreign Policy and Security Research Center» Belarus

Investment advantages of the Republic of Belarus in connection with its participation in the Eurasian integration

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3/2012 Helen Semak

PhD, Associate Professor Department of International Economic Relations of the Belarusian State University Belarus

Russian investments in the economy of the Republic of Belarus

3/2012 Pavel Shvedko

Senior researcher Institute of Economics National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Belarusian–Chinese trade and economic cooperation

3/2012 Aleksandra Hiachai

PhD, Associate Professor Department of International Economic Relations of the Belarusian State University

Energy sector of the Republic of Belarus

3/2012 Hanna Smith

Researcher Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Belarus at a crossroads

3/2012 Kamil Klysinski

Specialist in Belarusian Affairs Department for Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)Poland

The paradoxes of Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s foreign policy

3/2012 Matthew Frear

Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham UK

Opposition strategies for the 2012 elections in Belarus

3/2012 Anna Maria Dyner

Specialist in Eastern European affairs Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland

The future of Belarus

3/2012 Grigory Ioffe

Professor Department of Geospatial Science Radford University The United States

Belarusian identity

3/2012 Jovita Neliupšienė

Lecturer Institute of International Relations and Political Science Vilnius University Lithuania

Belarus – stuck between the nation and state building processes

3/2012 Per A. Rudling

Postdoctoral research fellow Department of History Lund University Sweden

Nationalism in modern Belarus

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3/2012 Jussi Seppälä Chairman Finland-Belarus Society Finland

Belarus in our minds – a point of view from the level of the civil society

2/2012 Pascal Lamy Director-General World Trade Organization

WTO membership will change Russia

2/2012 Tunne Kelam

Member The European Parliament The Chairman of the Baltic Europe Intergroup The European Parliament

Challenges for the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

2/2012 Gunnar Hökmark Member The European Parliament

The Baltics can move Europe ahead

2/2012 Morten Løkkegaard

Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Vice-chair of the Education and Culture Committee (Denmark, the ALDE group)

The Baltic Pioneer

2/2012 Joanna Mucha Dr., Minister of Sport and Tourism Ministry of Sport and Tourism The Republic of Poland

What can Poland gain from hosting Euro 2012?

2/2012 Egemen Bagis Minister for European Union Affairs and Chief Negotiator Turkey

Turkey as a key to Europe's energy diversification

2/2012 Pirkko Mattila Member of Parliament Muhos, Finland

Turning global into local – distributed bio-based energy production

2/2012 Vladimir Drazhin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus in Lithuania and Finland

Development of economic ties of Belarus and EU in the light of relations with Lithuania and Finland

2/2012 Andres Lipstok

Governor of Eesti Pank Member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank Estonia

Changeover to the Euro – the Estonian experience

2/2012 Minna Arve Chairman City Board of Turku Finland

Turku – connecting Baltic Cities

2/2012 Monika Stankiewicz

Executive Secretary Helsinki Commission Finland

Setting the goals, measuring the progress – HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan

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2/2012 Tellervo Kylä-Harakka-Ruonala

Director, Business Infrastructure Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland

The Baltic Sea transport corridor – changes ahead?

2/2012 Kari Liuhto

Editor-in-Chief Baltic Rim Economies review Director Pan-European Institute Director Centrum Balticum Professor on the Russian Economy Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku Finland

One thousand and one articles on the Baltic Rim Economies

2/2012 Leszek Jesień Dr., Lecturer Collegium Civitas University Warsaw, Poland

Change the Euro pattern and strategy

2/2012 Leonid Grigoryev and Anna Chaplygina

Professor, Chair of World economy HSE, Moscow Russia

Ph.D (Econ.), Consultant to the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation Russia

Russia – at the door of WTO

2/2012 Sergei F. Sutyrin

Professor, Head World Economy Department St.Petersburg State University The WTO Chair Holder Russia

Russian way to the World Trade Organization (WTO) – why did it take so long?

2/2012 Karina Pētersone Director Latvian Institute Latvia

Where to look for the Baltic Sea region identity?

2/2012 Richard Connolly

Dr., Lecturer in Political Economy Centre for Russian and East European Studies School of Government and Society University of Birmingham The United Kingdom

The development of the nanotechnology industry in Russia

2/2012 Mikko Kaarela and Pekka Koponen

Senior Consultant Spinverse Ltd. Finland

CEO Spinverse Ltd. Finland

Commercialization as the bridge from Russian science to prosperity

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2/2012 Olga Garanina

Ph. D., Associate Prof. Head of the Center for Energy Policy Research and Training St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russia

Energy security, oil prices and modernization in Russia

2/2012 Alexander Ghaleb

Energy security Ph.D. student Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Central European University Hungary

Bribe Europe’s center, divide the Euro-Atlantic Alliance, and rule the periphery – Putin’s grand strategy for a strong Russia

2/2012 Marek Maciejowski and Silvija Juscenko

Head of the NDPHS Secretariat

Senior Adviser NDPHS Secretariat

NDPHS urges for more health on the regional agenda

2/2012 Meelis Mandel Editor-in-Chief The Estonian business daily Äripäev Estonia

Feared loan – unused opportunity for Estonia

2/2012 Epp Lauk

Professor of Journalism Department of Communication University of Jyväskylä Finland

What is happening to (foreign) ownership in the Baltic media markets?

2/2012 Konstantin von Eggert

MBE, Commentator and Host Kommersant FM radio in Moscow Russia

For Putin and Russia the moment of truth approaching fast

2/2012 Konstantin Sonin

SUEK Professor of Economics and Vice Rector New Economic School Russia

Russia 2012 – is the glass half full or half empty?

2/2012 Gabriele Kötschau

Dr., Deputy Managing Director Hamburg Chamber of Commerce Head of the representation in St. Petersburg Germany / Russia

Hamburg and St. Petersburg – two metropolises in the Baltic Sea region

2/2012 Niko Kyynäräinen Business Development Director City of Turku Finland

Turku Region – for future success

2/2012 Stephan Stein

Dr., Head of the representative office of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg in Kaliningrad 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

Rise, fall and resurgence of the Special Economic Zone of Kaliningrad/Russia

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2/2012 Marko Joas

Professor in Public Administration Prefekt (Dean) Department of Political Sciences Åbo Akademi University Finland

Baltic Sea region networking – the road ahead?

2/2012 Anu Keltaniemi

Project Manager c/o Union of the Baltic Cities Environmental and City Planning Department Environmental Protection Office Turku, Finland

New opportunities for the Central Baltic maritime cluster through SmartComp project

2/2012 Alexander Sergunin Professor of International Relations St. Petersburg State University Russia

Russia’s Baltic policy – new horizons?

2/2012 Lidia Puka

Researcher The Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland

Energy policy of Norway and its implications for the Baltic Sea region

2/2012 Maritta Hiltunen and Ain Hinsberg

Project Manager Turku Touring Finland

Member of Innovative Marketing WP and Follow-up Task Force Head of R&D Unit Estonian School of Hotel and Tourism Management EHTE Estonia

Cultural tourism 2011 – reaching beyond capitals of culture and cultural tourism in the Baltic Sea region

2/2012 Christian Krötzl

Professor of History School of Social Sciences and Humanities University of Tampere Finland

Networks across the Baltic – back to history?

2/2012 Jens E. Olesen

Professor, Dr. Chair of Scandinavian and Finnish History University of Greifswald Germany

History of the Baltic Sea region

2/2012 Kari Alenius Associate Professor University of Oulu Finland

The Second World War as a problem between the Baltic countries and Russia

2/2012 Kristian Gerner Professor of History (Emeritus) Lund University Sweden

The Baltic States – an imagined community turned real

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2/2012 Ainars Lerhis

Dr. (Hist.), Chairman of the Board Centre for East European Policy Studies Latvia

Latvia and the U.S. – potential for strengthening energy security

2/2012 Christer K. Lindholm

Researcher in Economics The Åbo Akademi School of Business and Economics Finland

Does austerity work? Lessons from the Latvian crisis in 2008–2010

2/2012 Tiina Ritvala

Dr., Researcher, Program Director Department of Management and International Business School of Economics Aalto University Finland

The Baltic Sea and the quest for authentic leadership

2/2012 Petri Kahila Dr., Docent Senior Research Fellow Nordregio

Quality of life in urban-rural interference

2/2012 Panu Kalmi and Andro Roos

Professor of Economics University of Vaasa Finland

Chairman of Management Board Tartu Credit Union Researcher University of Tartu Estonia

The development and potential of financial co-operatives in Estonia

2/2012 Luis Felipe Mohando and Toomas Prangli

Associate Regional Knowledge Management Lawyer SORAINEN Estonia

Partner Regional Head of the M&A and Private Equity Team SORAINEN Estonia

Baltic M&A studies suggest trends for the future

2/2012 Mekhail Mustak Doctoral Researcher Turku School of Economics Finland

When the focus is on international students, Finland can do better!

1/2012 Günther Oettinger EU Energy Commissioner European Commission

Europe's energy future is in gas and in Central Asia

1/2012 Gediminas Kazlauskas

Minister Ministry of Environment Lithuania

The Baltic Sea protection – a challenge for Lithuania and for the whole Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Lambert van Nistelrooij

Member of the European Parliament Joint efforts in the Baltic Sea Strategy

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1/2012 Alexander Graf Lambsdorff

German Liberal Party Member of the European Parliament Vice President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

EU-Ukraine relations – a decisive year ahead

1/2012 Vladimir Chizhov Ambassador Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the European Union

The Russia-EU Partnership for Modernisation

1/2012 Juris Bone Ambassador of Latvia to Finland From Baltic Tiger to Baltic Phoenix

1/2012 Jussi Huttunen Region Mayor Regional Council of Pohjois-Savo Finland

Mobilising the regional assets through joint efforts – Pohjois-Savo looks at the Baltic Sea region in cooperation

1/2012 Nikolay Tsukanov Governor The Kaliningrad region The Russian Federation

Energy deficit of Kaliningrad region is passing

1/2012 Jan Owe-Larsson President East Sweden Region Sweden

Territorial cooperation – an asset for East Sweden and the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Pekka Myllymäki

2nd Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board The Regional Council of Southwest Finland Chairman of the Municipal Council of Mynämäki Finland

Rural Mynämäki community on the way to competitiveness, employment and safe energy supply

1/2012 Akko Karlsson

Vice chairman Kalmar Regional Council Member of ERB Sweden

Territorial review and regional development in the Baltic area

1/2012 Slava Khodko

Vice-President, Chairman of the Executive Committee Association North-West Russia

Cooperation development in the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Boedker Andersen President Union of the Baltic Cities, UBC

Union of the Baltic Cities 20 years – inspired by the past, heading for the future

1/2012 Jyrki Myllyvirta Mayor The City of Lahti Finland

The power of two metropoles

1/2012 Mikael Pentikäinen Editor-in-Chief The Helsingin Sanomat Finland

Water flows down from Russia’s mountains

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1/2012 Börje Svanborg Vice President, Regional Cooperation Invest Sweden Sweden

Cooperation within Baltic Sea region (BSR)

1/2012 Kaisa Kononen Dr., Executive Director BONUS Finland

Towards the Rio+20 in the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Allan Alaküla Head Tallinn European Union Office Estonia

BSR deserves a communication strategy

1/2012 Anna Saarentaus Senior Consultant Pöyry Management Consulting Oy Finland

Communication is the key – towards a successful network

1/2012 Alain Roggeri Former Head of Unit Estonia, Finland and Latvia D.G. REGIO European Commission

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – from good intentions to effective implementation and results

1/2012 Ellinor Ivarsson, Tommy Holm and Fredrik Gunnarsson

Expert - cohesion policy

Expert - cohesion policy

Expert - cohesion policy

Growth and Community Development Division Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions Sweden

The municipal authorities and the Baltic Sea Strategy – conditions for greater local involvement

1/2012 Colin Wolfe and Malgorzata Pekala

Head of Unit

Programme Assistant

DG Regional Policy European Commission

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – "business as usual" in the EU?

1/2012 Janne Jõesaar-Ruusalu

National Contact Point of the Baltic Sea Strategy Ministry of Foreign Affairs Estonia

The European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region – where do we stand today?

1/2012 Rikard Bengtsson

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Deputy Director, Centre for European Studies Lund University Sweden

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region in 2012 – implementation challenges

1/2012 Eeva Rantama

PhD, Project Team Leader Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 Joint Technical Secretariat Germany

The EU Baltic Sea Region Programme as major start-up support to the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

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1/2012 Gunnel Gustafsson Professor and Director NordForsk

Research collaboration – a way to turn grand challenges into opportunities

1/2012 Levan Mindeli

Professor Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Science Director of Institute for the Study of Science of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

The role of science in Russia's modernisation

1/2012 Jan Widberg Head of Secretariat Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference, BSPC

Multi-dimensional challenges and governance in the Baltic 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 EBRD Regional Office St Petersburg Russia

NDEP – a partnership delivering concrete results for the Baltic and Barents Seas

1/2012 Bernd Henningsen

Professor, Dr. Nordeuropa-Institut Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany

Germany and the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Gunnar Lassinantti Member of the board The Swedish OSCE-network Sweden

Baltic Sea region cooperation at a crossroad

1/2012 Bjarke W. Bøtcher

Chief Adviser Danish Maritime Authority Priority Area Coordinator for maritime safety in the EUSBSR Denmark

Growth in vessel transport necessitates regional cooperation on maritime safety and security

1/2012 Mervi Pitkänen

Programme Director The Finnish Maritime Cluster Programme (OSKE) Finland

Baltic Sea region clusters as platforms for a global maritime growth potential

1/2012 Julian Skelnik

M.Com., Marketing Director Port of Gdansk Authority SA BPO President, ESPO Vice Chairman Poland

Regional and European determinants in favour of the development of the port of Gdansk

1/2012 Gunnar Prause

Professor Wismar Business School / Tallinn University of Technology Germany / Estonia

Air cargo in the Baltic Sea region

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1/2012 Jussi Rautsi Counsellor, Spatial Planning Ministry of the Environment Finland

The new EU Territorial Agenda – a Baltic Sea region perspective

1/2012 Tobias Etzold

Dr., Researcher Baltic Sea and Northern Europe Studies Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs Germany

Nordic cooperation – the adaptation process continues

1/2012 Johanna Reiman

M.Sc. (Agriculture) and M.Sc. (Economics), Executive Director The Baltic Region Healthy Cities Association - WHO Collaboration Centre of Urban Health and Healthy Cities in the Baltic Region Finland

WHO Healthy Cities promote cross-sectoral work to tackle unhealthy lifestyles

1/2012 Jacob Carstensen

Professor Department of Biosciences Aarhus University Denmark

The Baltic Sea below the surface

1/2012 Grazyna Sapota Assistant Professor Maritime Institute in Gdansk Poland

Sustainable Development Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

1/2012 Andrzej Jagusiewicz

Ph.D., Chief Inspector Environmental Protection Poland

“Three in one”– the recipe to save the Baltic waters and its ecosystems

1/2012 Lotta Nummelin

Coordinator for the Baltic Sea Challenge City of Helsinki Environment Centre Finland

The Baltic Sea and cities – the flow goes both ways

1/2012 Andrzej Tubielewicz and Marcin Forkiewicz

Professor Gdansk University of Technology Faculty of Management and Economic Poland

Professor Assistant Gdansk University of Technology Faculty of Management and Economic Best Agers – GUT team leader Poland

How an age friendly environment can be promoted in the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Agata Mężyńska

Director Economic Information Department Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency Poland

What is there in between competition and competition? – investment promotion in Policy Action Plan for the Marketing of the Baltic Sea Region

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1/2012 Daniel de Graaf PhD , SPIN Project Manager Federal Environment Agency Germany

Boosting sustainable production in SMEs in the Baltic Sea region – challenges and solutions identified by the SPIN project

1/2012 Agnieszka Kowalcze

Director Scandinavian-Polish Chamber of Commerce Poland

Why stay in the Baltic Sea region?

1/2012 Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen

Professor in Russian energy policy Aleksanteri Institute / Department of Social Research University of Helsinki Finland

Russia as an environmentally responsible energy superpower?

1/2012 Leonid Karabeshkin

PhD, Associate Professor, Acting Dean Faculty of International Relations Euroacademy Estonia

Energy nationalism and cooperation in the Baltic Sea region

1/2012 Jörg Hackmann

DAAD Alfred Döblin Professor of East European History Dept. of History and International Relations University of Szczecin Poland

Does history pose an obstacle to Baltic identity?

6/2011 Štefan Füle

European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy European Commission

A renewed approach to the Eastern Partnership

6/2011 Konrad Niklewicz Spokesman for the Polish Presidency of the EU Council Poland

Six months of the Polish Presidency

6/2011 Andrii Deshchytsia Ambassador Embassy of Ukraine to Finland

Ukraine-EU relations – overview of the recent developments and perspectives for the nearest future

6/2011 Stanisław Koziej Head National Security Bureau Republic of Poland

Towards a new European Security Strategy

6/2011 Beata Wojna

PhD, Head of Research Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland

The Polish Presidency and the Eastern Partnership

6/2011 Agnieszka Łada

PhD, Head of the European Programme Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw Poland

Polish EU Council Presidency – efficient presidency in the difficult times

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6/2011 Adam Eberhardt Dr., Deputy Director OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) Poland

Eastern Partnership and Poland’s EU presidency

6/2011 Alex Nice

Coordinator Russia and Eurasia Programme Chatham House, London UK

Belarus and the Eastern Partnership in 2011

6/2011 Agnieszka Wójcicka

Doctor of Political Science Until 2010 Faculty of Political Science and 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

The Polish Presidency in the European Union in 2011

6/2011 Rafał Sadowski Senior Analyst The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) Poland

The Polish EU Presidency and the Eastern Partnership

6/2011 Janusz Wróbel Mayor of Pruszcz Gdański City of Pruszcz Gdański Poland

Together faster and more efficiently

6/2011 Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Energy Policy Analyst OSW (Centre for Eastern Studies) Poland

The European Union’s external energy policy and its relations with its neighbours to the East

6/2011 Adam Łukaszewicz

Professor Institute of Archaeology University of Warsaw Poland

Between the Baltic and the Mediterranean

6/2011 Ewa Dziedzic

Ph. D., Associate Professor, Chair of Tourism Warsaw School of Economics Poland

Poland as a tourism destination – looking for a place in the market

6/2011 Elzbieta Kawecka-Wyrzykowska

Prof. Dr, Vice Rector for International Co-operation Warsaw School of Economics Poland

Warsaw School of Economics and its international co-operation with Belarus and Ukraine

6/2011 Michael Gonchar

President Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI Ukraine

Ukrainian mainstream and dream stream of Russian energy policy

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6/2011 Andriy Chubyk

Executive Director Centre for Global Studies Strategy XXI Ukraine

South Stream – behind rhetoric

6/2011 Anaïs Marin

Researcher Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Belarus – the thwarted partnership

6/2011 Anton Lobach

MBA, Researcher National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Belarus

Belarus's energy security

6/2011 Eduard Simchanka Candidate of Economy Independent researcher Belarus

Currency crisis 2011 in Belarus

6/2011

Murman Margvelashvili and George Mukhigulishvili

Director of Energy Studies Researcher in Energy Studies World Experience for Georgia Georgia

Georgia and its role in energy transit towards the West

5/2011 Jose Manuel Barroso

President of the European Commission Bringing EU-Russian relations to a new level

5/2011 Jyrki Katainen Prime Minister Finland

The great potential of the Baltic Sea cooperation

5/2011 Mart Laar Defence Minister Estonian Ministry of Defence Estonia

The new threats to Northern-Europe

5/2011 Diana Wallis

Liberal Democrat MEP for Yorkshire & the Humber Vice President of the European Parliament responsible for the Northern Dimension including the Arctic and the High North

The stalemate in Spitsbergen could be used to Norway's advantage

5/2011 Olavi Ala-Nissilä Member of the European Court of Auditors, Dean European Court of Auditors

Challanges for the EU from the perspective of external audit and accountability

5/2011 Petteri Orpo Parliamentary representative National Coalition Party Finland

Our common bond – ties that bind us

5/2011 Matthew Lodge Ambassador British Embassy Finland

A shared vision for promoting sustainable growth

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5/2011 Aleksi Randell

Mayor, City of Turku Chairman, Centrum Balticum Foundation Finland

The Turku process – promoting concrete cooperation with Russian partners

5/2011 Henry Lindelöf Mayor City of Kotka Finland

The City of Kotka looks to the East

5/2011 Veli-Jukka Pennala Rear Admiral, Commander Finnish Navy Finland

Maritime situational awareness across borders

5/2011 Detlef Müller

Member of Parliament of the Landtag Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Chairman of the Committee on European and Legal Affairs Member of the Committee of the Regions Germany

“Friction generates heat” – tourism, cooperation and the Baltic Sea identification factor

5/2011 Jorma Korhonen

Director-General Department of External Economic Relations Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

The Baltic Sea and the Arctic will increase their importance in the energy security for the European Union

5/2011 Suvi Innilä Programme director Turku 2011 Foundation Finland

Positioning Turku on the world map – the city’s year as the European Capital of Culture

5/2011 Arne Grove

Director Nordic Council of Ministers Information office Kaliningrad Russia

Role and achievements of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) on environment and energy in North-West (NW) Russia, as a part of the Baltic Sea Region

5/2011 Bo Österlund Commodore (retired) Finland

Piracy is a menace to international sea traffic

5/2011 Nina Vaskunlahti

Director General Department for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

Russia and the European Union – a multilayered relationship

5/2011 Sergey Dubinin Chairman of the Supervisory Council JSC VTB Bank Russia

Russian finance system on the waves of global finance crisis

5/2011 Mika Kaukonen CEO VMP Group Finland

Finland needs a strategy for immigration

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5/2011 Irinja Paakkanen Head of International Affairs University of Turku Finland

Current trends of internationalisation within the University of Turku

5/2011 Mathias Bergman

Ph.D., Doc Secretary General Baltic Sea Action Group/Foundation for a Living Baltic Sea Finland

Not why?, not when? – but how! – innovative solutions for the Baltic Sea

5/2011

Vicente Carabias, Karel Haegeman, Alexander Sokolov, Manfred Spiesberger, Klaus Schuch, and Irina R. Kuklina

Scientific Officer JRC-IPTS Institute for Prospective Technological Studies European Commission

Scientific Officer JRC-IPTS Institute for Prospective Technological Studies European Commission

Deputy Institute Director HSE Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia

Project Manager & Researcher ZSI Centre for Social Innovation Austria

Managing Director ZSI ZSI Centre for Social Innovation Austria

Executive Director ICISTE International Centre for Innovations in Science, Technology and Education Russia

Foresight for EU-Russia S&T and innovation cooperation

5/2011 Marina Bouianov

Lis.Sc. (Tech.) Development Co-ordinator Business Development, CSC – IT Centre for Science Finland

Some observations on today’s European and Russian innovation process

5/2011 Charles Wessner

Director Technology, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship The U.S. National Academies USA

R&D procurement and the role of the SBIR program

5/2011 Ivan Bortnik

Professor Chairman FASIE Russia

Innovative entrepreneurships in Russia

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5/2011 Nikolai Puntikov and Stanislav Tkachenko

President MIT Enterprise Forum of Russia

Dr. Director of Diplomatic Studies Programme Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Does the Russian economic system support technological entrepreneurship?

5/2011 Fredrik Westerlund

Senior scientist at the Department for Security Policy & Strategic Studies Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Sweden

Russian intelligence services can help domestic nanotechnology – by keeping at arm’s length

5/2011 Andrei G. Zabrodskii

Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Director of the Ioffe Institute Russia

Ioffe Institute and its contribution in the development of nanotechnology in Russia

5/2011 Ruslan Shafiev Doctor of Economics, Professor Moscow (VNIKI) Russia

On innovation activity in Russia

5/2011 Kalman Kalotay Economic Affairs Officer United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Internationalization of high-tech industries – lessons for the Russian government

5/2011 Adugna Lemi

Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Massachusetts Boston USA

Internationalization of R&D – implications for Russia

5/2011 Kari Liuhto

Member The Working Group “Transition to Innovation-based Growth” contributing to the 2020 Strategy for the Russian Government

Professor Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Some policy proposals based on the Finnish-Russian innovation collaboration

5/2011 Irina Sarno

Kandidat Nauk Russia-team leader project manager The Baltic Institute of Finland Finland

Learning economy in the Baltic Sea region – an experience of the Finnish-Russian cooperation

5/2011 Sergey Tsybukov

General Manager LLC SPA on plastic processing named after ‘Komsomolskaya Pravda’ Russia

The "Triple Helix" of the Polymer Cluster

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5/2011 Alasdair Reid

Director Technopolis Group (Brussels & Tallinn) Belgium & Estonia

Integrating national innovation strategies to leverage the potential of the Baltic Sea region

5/2011 Eero Vuorio Professor, Director Biocenter Finland Finland

Biocenter Finland – a novel way to restructure national research infrastructures

5/2011 Pekka Ihalmo

Ph.D. Project Manager HealthBIO Centre of Expertise Culminatum Innovation Ltd Finland

Culminatum works to develop an attractive innovation environment for biotechnology in the BSR

5/2011 Sergey Shishkin

Dr. Sc., Professor The National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow Russia

Modernization of public health care system in Russia

5/2011 Simo Mannila

Dr, Senior Expert International Affairs, National Institute for Health & Welfare Finland

Future perspectives of Finnish-Russian cooperation in neighbouring areas in the field of social affairs and health

5/2011 Maarit Valo

Professor, Department of Communication, University of Jyväskylä Chair of the Finnish Union of University Professors Finland

Technologically-mediated communication in working life – a rich area for both basic and applied research

5/2011 Jorma Nieminen

PhD student Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

The emergence in the 1970s of the Nordic mobile phone services and industry – learnings for today

5/2011 Anna Wziątek-Kubiak

Professor Head of Department Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Science Poland

Heterogeneity of innovation strategies of Poland’s firms

5/2011 Marjukka Mäyry

Chairperson of the Union of the Finnish-Polish Associations in Finland Finland

Friendship between Finland and Poland

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5/2011 Hans Langh

Maritime Counsellor, Honorary Honorary Doctorate in Economic Sciences Founder and Managing Director Oy Langh Ship Ab Finland

Maritime transport in winter is necessary for Baltic Sea states

5/2011 Elisa Holma

Researcher Centre for Maritime Studies at the University of Turku Finland

Strong recovery in maritime transport volumes stalled with economic uncertainty

5/2011 Vladimir Miklashevsky

Analyst East Office of Finnish Industries Ltd. Helsinki Finland

Real investment in Northwest Russia – Ground Zero for reindustrialization?

5/2011 Kim Wikström and Elena Ganskau

Professor at Åbo Akademi University Founder of PBI Research Institute Finland

Dr. and Managing Director PBI Research Institute St. Petersburg Russia

Adaptation of business models to local conditions in Russia – five Nordic companies' experience

5/2011 Esa Rautalinko President and CEO Honkarakenne Oyj Finland

Implementing a luxury strategy in Russia

5/2011 Pekka Kuusniemi President and CEO Oras Group Finland

Sanitary ware market differences in the Baltic Sea region

5/2011 Nodari Simoniya Full member of Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Russia – facing new challenges on the world gas markets

5/2011 Viesturs Ozolins Export Director Gebwell Ltd Finland

Russia towards energy saving and renewable energy

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5/2011 Svetlana Avdasheva and Guzel Yusupova

Vice-Director Institute of Industrial and Market Studies National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

Researcher Institute of Industrial and Market Studies National Research University Higher School of Economics Russia

Antitrust cases against Russian oil companies – battle for cheap petrol is under way

5/2011 Stanislav Tkachenko and Dmitry Tkachenko

Dr., Director of Diplomatic Studies Programme Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

School of Economics Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Special Economic Zones in Russia – new trends

5/2011 Lena Jonson

PhD, Head of Russia Research Program Swedish Institute of International Affairs Sweden

Six more years with Vladimir Putin

5/2011 Kirill Rodionov Research Associate Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Russia

The outline of political reforms in future Russia

5/2011 Anaïs Marin

Researcher Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Belarus – no economic miracle for free

5/2011 Barbro Widing Chief Counsellor Ministry of Employment&Economy Finland

Economic cooperation around the Baltic Sea – in search of efficiency and good governance

5/2011 Dmitri Lanko Associate Professor St. Petersburg State University Russia

Russia’s 2012/2013 CBSS Presidency

5/2011 Ismo Söderling Director Institute of Migration Finland

Finland, and migration in the Baltic Sea Region

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5/2011 Malla Paajanen and Riitta Kosonen

Project Manager

Professor, Director

Aalto University School of Economics Center for Markets in Transition, Helsinki Finland

Joint promotion of the Baltic Sea Region – triple helix cooperation in practice

5/2011 Liisa Rohweder CEO, PhD (Econ.) WWF Finland Finland

Words cannot save the Baltic Sea

5/2011 Mikko Nikinmaa

Professor Department of Biology University of Turku Finland

Dioxin in Baltic salmon and herring – is it a toxicological problem?

5/2011 Kim Jordas Managing Director Finnish Fishermen´s Association Finland

The challenges of professional fishery in the Baltic Sea – a Finnish point of view

5/2011 Irina Sennikova

Dr.oec., Asoc. Prof. Rector RISEBA (Riga International School of Economics and Business Administration) Latvia

Intellectual entrepreneurship as a way to innovation economy

5/2011 Erik Terk and Jüri Sakkeus

Professor, Director Tallinn University Estonian Institute for Futures Studies

H-T Transplan Research Coordinator Tallinn University Estonian Institute for Futures Studies Estonia

Future of North-South connections – about transportation, but not only transportation

5/2011 Esa Sallinen Independent researcher Turku School of Economics Finland

How to select international distribution channels for business software products?

4/2011 Martti Ruokokoski Consul Murmansk Office of the Consulate General of Finland in St Petersburg

Tourism in the Arctic region and the Kola Peninsula

4/2011 Clive Archer Emeritus Professor in Politics Manchester Metropolitan University UK

The United Kingdom and the Arctic

4/2011 Lev Voronkov

Doctor of History Professor of the Chair of European Integration at the MGIMO – University Russia

Russia as the partner in the Arctic

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4/2011 Gleb Yarovoy

Member of the Thematic Network on Arctic Geopolitics and Security PhD, Associate Professor at the Department of the International Relations Petrozavodsk State University Russia

Russia’s Arctic – a call for the new Arctic thinking

4/2011 Marlène Laruelle

Research Professor Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) The Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University

Russia’s narrative on the Arctic – from patriotic rhetoric to the Arctic ‘brand’

4/2011 Lassi Heininen

Chairman of the Northern Research Forum University Lecturer and Adjunct Professor (Docent) Faculty of Social Sciences University of Lapland Finland

Globalization and Arctic Strategies indicators of a new significant geopolitical change in the Arctic region

4/2011 Charles Emmerson

Senior Research Fellow Chatham House (the Royal Institute for International Affairs) UK

Inside out – the emerging geopolitics of a changing Arctic

4/2011 Alyson JK Bailes Adjunct Professor Faculty of Political Science University of Iceland

Why does the Arctic matter for the Baltic (and the Baltic States)?

4/2011 Alf Håkon Hoel Regional Director Institute of Marine Research Norway

International cooperation in the Arctic – 20 year anniversary

4/2011 Regis Rouge-Oikarinen

Research Director ThinkBarents-project University of Lapland

What future for Barents cooperation?

4/2011 Kristine Offerdal

Dr., Associate Professor Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Norwegian Defence University College

New optimism in the Barents Sea

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4/2011

Tatiana Petrovna Skufina and Sergey Vladimirovich Baranov

Professor (of economy) The Luzin Institute for Economic Studies (Kola Science Centre of RAS)

Ph.D. (Physics-Mathematics) Senior Researcher The Luzin Institute for Economic Studies (Kola Science Centre of RAS)

Russia

Complex estimation of socio-economic development of municipalities of Murmansk Region

4/2011 Frank Sejersen

Ph.D., Associate Professor Waterworlds, funded by ERC Center for Anthropological Climate Research Department of Anthropology University of Copenhagen Denmark

Climate change and the emergence of a new Arctic region

4/2011 Erik Gant Executive Secretary Arctic Council Indigenous Peoples Secretariat (IPS)

Arctic strategies – from an indigenous perspective

4/2011 Liisa Holmberg Rector Sámi Education Institute Inari, Finland

Arctic indigenous peoples and innovations

4/2011 Tamara Semenova

Senior Researcher Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural Heritage named after Dmitry Likhachev Moscow, Russia

What future awaits indigenous peoples in Russia?

4/2011 Stefan Walter PhD, Researcher Arctic Centre University of Lapland

Resource management in the North

4/2011 Frédéric Lasserre

Project Director ArcticNet Laval University Canada

Arctic shipping – the ships will come, but not for transit

4/2011 Tero Vauraste CEO Arctia Shipping Finland

Strong Arctic marine expertise from Finland

4/2011 Eini Laaksonen

University Teacher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Identifying challenges of Finnish companies in entering the Murmansk region

4/2011 Jingchao Peng

Research Assistant China and Global Security Programme Stockholm International Peace Research Institute

What is China doing in the Arctic?

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4/2011 Sanna Kopra PhD Candidate University of Tampere Finland

The rise of China and international politics on climate change

4/2011 Mia Bennett Arctic Blogger Foreign Policy Association USA

Canadian and American perspectives on the Arctic

3/2011 Eero Heinäluoma Speaker of the Parliament Finland

The Nordic-Baltic cooperation

3/2011 Guido Westerwelle Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs Germany

The importance of the Baltic 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 Spokeswoman on energy industries of the Green Parliamentary Group Germany

Germany’s future energy policy

3/2011 Mikko Pukkinen Director General of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) Finland

Finnish business and the Baltic Sea region

3/2011 Timo Rajakangas Ambassador for Baltic Sea Issues Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

Instead of three no’s it is four aye’s that apply to the EUSBSR

3/2011 Sten Nordin Mayor City of Stockholm Sweden

Stockholm calls for greater commitment to the well-being of the Baltic Sea

3/2011 Vladimir Kuzin

PhD in Economics Head of the Economic Development Department Kaliningrad City Administration Russia

Post crisis economic growth in Kaliningrad region

3/2011 Andrey Klemeshev

Dr of Political Science, Professor Rector of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad) Russia

Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University as an example of EU-Russia cooperation

3/2011 Bernard Lammek Professor, Rector University of Gdańsk Poland

The University of Gdańsk – the largest institution of higher education in Northern Poland

3/2011 Edgar Öhberg Director The Baltic Sea Fund

The importance of fishery

3/2011 Mika Vehviläinen President and CEO Finnair

The Baltic Boutique and the future of air travel

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3/2011 Anneli Pauli

Deputy Director-General Innovation and ERA Directorate General for Research & Innovation European Commission

EU-Russia cooperation in promoting innovation

3/2011 Riitta Mustonen Vice President for Research Academy of Finland Finland

Significance of international activities to the research system

3/2011 Michael Schlicht and Marion Mienert

Director Division 213: Cooperation with Russia, CIS Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Head of Unit: Cooperation with Russia and CIS countries International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research

German-Russian collaboration in research and innovation

3/2011 Vladimir V. Okrepilov

Corresponding Member of RAS Deputy Chairman of St. Petersburg Scientific 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

Economic development based on the economics for quality

3/2011 Frank Schauff CEO Association of European Businesses in the Russian Federation

Russia-EU partnership for modernisation – words and reality

3/2011 Oleg Luksha

Senior consultant, Chairman of the board Russian Technology Transfer Network Russia

Russian Technology Transfer Network – gate to Russia’s innovations

3/2011 Igor Kuprienko

CEO, European-Russian InnoPartnership Head, Lappeenranta Representative Office in St.Petersburg Director, Finnish-RussianInnovation Centre St.Petersburg Russia

Finnish-Russian Innovation Centre – main results of activities

3/2011 Turo Uskali

Senior research Scholar Department of Communication University of Jyväskylä Finland

Innovation and journalism – convergence

46

3/2011 Hanna Mäkinen

Doctoral Student Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland

Innovations – a key to the future competitiveness of the Baltic Sea region

3/2011 Richard Connolly

Lecturer in Political Economy Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham United Kingdom

Financial constraints on the modernization of the Russian economy

3/2011 Alexander Chulok Head of Division Interdepartmental Analytical Center

Using Foresight as an instrument for constructing future vision for key sectors of Russian economy – results and lessons

3/2011 Anders Björnsson Editor-in-Chief Baltic Worlds

Science as an engine of integration – academic environments as common public spheres

3/2011 Klaus Schuch, George Bonas and Jörn Sonnenburg

ZSI – Centre for Social Innovation

International Center for Black Sea Studies and National Hellenic Research Foundation Greece

International Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research at the Project Management Agency c/o German Aerospace Center (DLR)

International science and technology cooperation in Eastern European countries

3/2011 Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius

Professor, Department of History, University of Tennessee, USA Director, Center for the Study of War and Society President, Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies

War and conflict in the Baltic Sea region – a historical perspective

3/2011 Artur Usanov Strategic Analyst The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

Kaliningrad Nuclear Power Plant – economics and geopolitics

3/2011 Pekka Salomaa

Director, Electricity Supply and Trading Finnish Energy Industries Finland

The electricity market around the Baltic Sea – still political

3/2011 Bo Petersson

Professor of International Migration and Ethnic Relations Malmö University Sweden

Master of the house – Putin, the presidency and political myth in Russia

3/2011 Konrad Popławski Analyst – German Desk Centre for Eastern Studies

Is Russia still a bric country – exports to Russia during the global crisis from German perspective

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3/2011 Urban Wråkberg

PhD, MScMetE, Senior Researcher The Barents Institute of the University of Tromsø Norway

The challenges of forecasting Arctic energy projects

3/2011 Mai-Brith Schartau Associate professor in political science Södertörn University, Stockholm Sweden

The work of German environmental organization in the Baltic Sea region

3/2011 Timo Korpela

Director, Joint Biotechnology Laboratory University of Turku Finland

Joint Biotechnology Laboratory, twenty-two years Finnish-Russian successful collaboration in biotechnology

3/2011 Erik Bonsdorff

Department of Biosciences, Environmental and Marine Biology Åbo Akademi University, Turku Finland

Some ecological and political challenges for the Baltic Sea

3/2011 Mia Crawford Senior Adviser & Head Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat

Baltic Sea region rides on the green economic wave

3/2011 Eero Yrjö-Koskinen

Executive director Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Finland

From voluntary to legally binding measures in the Baltic Sea

3/2011 Níels Einarsson

Director of the Stefansson Arctic Institute Akureyri Iceland

Fisheries governance, equity, and externalities in post-crisis Iceland

3/2011 Wolf Born

Coordinator of Priority Area Tourism, EUSBSR Head of Unit in the State Chancellery, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany

After two years of implementation – The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea region at a crossroads?

3/2011 Juha Aaltonen Airport Manager Turku Airport Finland

Turku Airport

3/2011 Arto Asikainen Area manager Finnish Tourist Board (Visit Finland) Finland

Russian tourists in Finland – national success story of Finland

3/2011 Juhana Tuomola Information Officer Europe Information Finland

EU information services in the Baltic Sea region

3/2011 Petteri Siika-aho

Planning Officer University Planning and Development University of Turku Finland

Multidisciplinary university and societal interaction

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3/2011 Timo Koivumäki Managing Director Business Park Vyborg Ltd

Industrial business parks – SMSE employment platform in Russia

3/2011 Tero Vauraste President and CEO Arctia Shipping Ltd.

Efficiency gains through combination of oil spill recovery, icebreaking and cross-border cooperation

3/2011 Tero Hemmilä CEO Yara Suomi Oy

Towards environmental friendly and productive agriculture – Yara’s solutions for a cleaner Baltic Sea

3/2011 Pasi Lähdetie Vice President, Green Economy Raisio Group

Enough food to feed the world?

3/2011 Elisabeth Lind

Elisabeth Lind Communication and Marketing Manager AB Bostaden in Umeå

Affect peoples energy consumption by design?

3/2011 Katri Savijärvi Marketing Manager Molok Oy

A better solution for waste management

2/2011 Karel De Gucht Trade Commissioner European Commission

Overview of current EU-Russia trade and investment relations

2/2011 Artis Pabriks Dr., Minister of Defence Latvia

Challenges and solutions to the regional security

2/2011 Dirk Ahner

Director-General Directorate General for Regional Policy European Commission

Completing the Circle – Russia and the European Union Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

2/2011 Björn Grönholm Head of Secretariat Union of the Baltic Cities – Commission on Environment

Cooperation in change in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2011 Marko Pomerants

Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Estonia 2009-2011 Member of the Riigikogu 2011- Head of the Legal Affairs Comittee Pro Patria and Res Publica Union faction Estonia

About the underlying documents that have shaped Estonia’s policy of internal security

2/2011 Aino-Maija Luukkonen

Mayor City of Pori Finland

Pori–Riga – cooperation in the future

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2/2011 Fred Karlsson, Henrik Lax and Henrik Meinander

Professor of General Linguistics University of Helsinki Finland

Member of the European Parliament 2004-2009 and the Parliament of Finland 1987-2004 Finland

Vice Dean and Professor of History University of Helsinki Finland

Finland in need of a strategy for promoting language skills

2/2011 Andrea Goldstein Head Global Relations OECD Investment Division

Big business in the BRICs

2/2011 Kai Mykkänen

Economist East Office of Finnish Industries Oy Finland

Russia’s WTO accession might be a game-changer

2/2011 Vladimir Baranovsky

Deputy Director Institute of World economy and International Relations (IMEMO) Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

What is bringing the United States, Europe and Russia together

2/2011 Mikko Ruohonen and Lea Ahoniemi

Professor

Adjunct Professor, Ph.D.

Center for Research on Information, Customer and Innovation Management University of Tampere Finland

China is ruling rare earth elements and oxide production

2/2011 Anders Blom and Ossi Tuusvuori

Chairman Supervising Board

Advisor

Europe Foundation Finland

The Europe Foundation focuses its future action on the Baltic Sea Region – Baltic Sea strategy and protection is a priority area in Europe

2/2011 Silke Lorenz and Katariina Röbbelen-Voigt

Project Coordination Education and Training Service for Hamburg Businesses (BWH)

Project Manager BSLN Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Ministry of Science and Research

Germany

Forum for social dialogue in the Baltic Sea Region – a model for Europe

2/2011 Marko Lönnqvist Journalist Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE Finland

Shale gas can shake up the European gas market

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2/2011 Lars Petter Lunden Researcher Econ Pöyry Norway

Russian gas price reform and its impact on exports to Europe

2/2011 Markku Kivinen

Professor, Director The Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Energy superpower of business as usual?

2/2011 Pentti-Oskari Kangas

Steamship Captain 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

I am a happy man

2/2011 Seppo Knuuttila

Senior Research Scientist SYKE Finnish Environment Institute Marine Research Centre / State of the Marine Environment Finland

Can the Baltic Sea recover from eutrophication?

2/2011 Juha Salonen Managing Director Salonen Bakery (Leipomo Salonen Oy) Finland

Eating bread to clean up the Archipelago Sea

2/2011 Irina A. Shmeleva

PhD, Associate Professor School of International Relations Saint Petersburg State University Russia

Sustainable development of Saint Petersburg – goals, problems, strategies

2/2011 Ilppo Vuorinen

Professor Environmental Research Centre University of Turku Finland

Climate change in the Baltic Sea marine environment

2/2011 Stanislav E. Shmelev

Ph.D., Research Associate Oxford Department of International Development Queen Elizabeth House Oxford University UK

Dynamic sustainability assessment – the case of Russia in the period of transition (1985-2007)

2/2011 Martti Komulainen and Katariina Kiviluoto

Project Manager

Project Coordinator

BalticSeaNow.info project Finland

Baltic Sea needs public involvement

2/2011 Aleksandr Nikitin

Chairman ERC (Environmental Rights Centre) «Bellona» (St.Petersburg) Russia

Nuclear problems of the North-West of Russia (from Fukushima perspective)

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2/2011

Anne Gry Rønningen and Ksenia Vakhrusheva

Project manager The Bellona Foundation, Oslo Norway

Project Manager The Environmental Rights Center Bellona, St. Petersburg Russia

Renewable future in the Russian Barents Region

2/2011 Ingmar Oldberg

Associate Researcher Swedish Institute of International Affairs Sweden

Security challenges in the Baltic Sea region – a Swedish perspective

2/2011 Mikhail Belkin Assistant to Director General ROSATOMFLOT Russia

Northern Sea Route enters international shipping business

2/2011 Yrjö Myllylä

Doctor of Social Sciences Senior Researcher Finland Futures Research Centre University of Turku Finland

The North-East Passage is already a fact

2/2011 Valery Mitko

President Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Arctic Public Academy of Sciences

Chairman of Saint-Petersburg Branch of Geo-Policy and Safety Section Russian Academy of Natural Sciences Russia

Evolution of geopolitical factors, determining innovative directions of the Arctic regions sustainable development

2/2011 Julian Cooper

Professor Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham UK

Russia’s human capital and the task of modernisation

2/2011 Valdar Liive Director Enterprise Estonia Helsinki

Estonian-Finnish cooperation in the fields of innovation, and R&D as a start-up company

2/2011 Jukka Viitanen and Martti Launonen

Dr., CEO

Dr., Chairman

Hubconcepts Inc. Finland

Transferring innovation system knowledge to every-day best practices

2/2011 Henri Vogt Professor of International Politics University of Turku Finland

Estonia – ever more firmly in the nation-liberal course?

52

2/2011 Laura Kauhanen and Pekka Koponen

Consultant, Dr.

CEO

Spinverse Oy Finland

Materials technologies transform Estonian economy

2/2011 Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov

Director Center for Regional Political Studies Professor Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia

Professor Department of Political Science Binghamton University (SUNY) USA

Modernization and innovative development in Russia – what lacks?

2/2011 Päivi Karhunen and Riitta Kosonen

Dr., Head of Research

Prof. , Director

Center for Markets in Transition Aalto University School of Economics Finland

Russia’s modernization program as opportunity for Baltic Rim economic cooperation

2/2011 Sinikukka Saari

Dr., Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

The boom and crash of modernisation zeal in EU–Russia relations

2/2011 Sergey Filippov

Dr., Assistant Professor of Innovation Management Delft University of Technology The Netherlands

Innovation strategies of emerging Russian multinational companies

2/2011 Katja Weckström

University Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law Faculty of Law University of Turku Finland

Law in the information society – a platform for cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

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2/2011

Csaba Makó, Péter Csizmadia, Miklós Illéssy, Ichiro Iwaskai, Miklós Szanyi and Péter Csizmadia

Institute of Sociology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Hungary

Institute of Sociology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary

Institute of Sociology Hungarian Academy of Sciences Hungary

Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubahsi University (Tokyo) Japan

Institute for World Economics Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Hungary

Institute for World Economics Hungarian Academy of Sciences Debrecen University Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Hungary

Innovation and knowledge development in the knowledge intensive business service sector (cross-country comparison – Hungary versus Slovakia)

2/2011 Leena Lehtinen

D.Sc.(Business Adm.), LL.Lic. Docent, University of Turku Legal Expert Law Firm Lex Leena Lehtinen Tampere Finland

Are there any landowners in Russia?

2/2011 Jukka Pietiläinen

Postdoctoral researcher Aleksanteri-Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Is a new glasnost era beginning?

2/2011 Galina Shmarlouskaya

Doctor of Economics, Professor of Economics Dean of School of International Economic Relations Belarus State Economic University Belarus

Benefits and challenges in developing regional integration (the case of the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan)

2/2011 Matthew Frear

Dr. Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham UK

The EU and Belarus after the 2010 presidential election

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1/2011 Solvita Āboltiņa Speaker The Saeima The Republic of Latvia

Stability, partnership, responsibility – Latvia’s way out of the global financial crisis

1/2011 Olli Rehn Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs

Working for revival of the European economy

1/2011 Riikka Manner

Member of European Parliament (Centre Party) Member of European Parliament Committee on Regional Development

Regional policy ensures an intact future for the European Union

1/2011 Ulla-Maj Wideroos Member of Parliament Finland

Nordic cooperation – as important as ever

1/2011 Arja Karhuvaara

Member of Parliament (National Coalition Party) Member of the Employment Committee Finland

The many faces of natural gas

1/2011 Krista Kiuru and Vera Lindman

Member of Parliament STETE’s Chair

Secretary General STETE Finland

Arctic – the world’s new playground

1/2011 James Zhan and Astrit Sulstarova

Director

Economic Affairs Officer

Investment and Enterprise Division, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Foreign direct investments in Baltic States – lessons learned and prospects for the future

1/2011 Maria Gaidar Deputy Governor The Kirov Region Russia

Health care reform in the Russian Federation

1/2011 Volker Schlotmann

Minister for Transport Building and Regional Development of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as logistics hub for Baltic Sea transport

1/2011 Knud Andersen

Member of the BSSSC Board Member of the Board of Danish Regions Denmark

Baltic Sea organisations put budgetary pressure on EU decision-makers

1/2011 Hannu Halinen Arctic Ambassador Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

Arctic challenges – a Finnish view

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1/2011 Valery Shlyamin

Doctor of Economics Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Finland Russia

Modernisation of Russian economy in collaboration with Finnish partners

1/2011 Olli Perheentupa Consul General of Finland in St. Petersburg

Finnish presence in St. Petersburg

1/2011 Ramune Zabuliene Deputy Chairperson Bank of Lithuania Lithuania

Lithuania – the adjustment process towards the euro

1/2011 Maria Kaisa Aula

The Ombudsman for Children in Finland The Office of the Ombudsman for Children in Finland

It pays to invest in the welfare of children and families

1/2011 Tuula Teeri President Aalto University Finland

Aalto University – think again

1/2011 Tapio Reponen Vice-rector University of Turku Finland

The University of Turku has its roots far behind and a look into the future

1/2011 Marja Makarow

Chief Executive European Science Foundation France

Professor of Applied Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Helsinki Finland

The European Research Area needs to go global

1/2011 Joseph Nye Professor Harvard University USA

Russia and reform

1/2011 Fyodor Lukyanov Editor Russia in Global Affairs Russia

Russia at another cross-road

1/2011 Seija Lainela Senior Economist Bank of Finland – BOFIT Finland

Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan on way to closer economic co-operation

1/2011 Sergei F. Sutyrin

Professor, Head World Economy Department St.Petersburg State University The WTO Chair Holder Russia

Russia and World Trade Organization (WTO) – end of journey or endless one?

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1/2011 Jukka Ruusunen President and CEO Fingrid Oyj Finland

Baltic Sea electricity market needs a functioning grid infrastructure – EstLink 2 will be one of the main electricity highways in the region

1/2011 Aloyzas Koryzna Director General LIETUVOS ENERGIJA Lithuania

Lithuanian Energy after the decommissioning of the Ignalina nuclear power plant

1/2011 Sergei Pereslegin and Artiom Zheltov

Director

Senior Analyst

Non-profit public think-tank Encyclopaedia Russia

A new nuclear race

1/2011 Alan Riley

Professor City Law School, City University, London The United Kingdom

Whither Gazprom – can Gazprom survive in a shale gas world?

1/2011 Jaanus Mutli Member of the board Foundation Tallinn 2011 Estonia

Tallinn 2011 invites the world to hear its sea and its people

1/2011 Anne-Marget Niemi

Director of Tourism Turku Touring – Southwest Finland tourist and convention bureau Finland

Through great commitment a new tourist destination in the Baltic Sea is created!

1/2011 Wolfgang Blank, Leonas Grinius and Peter Frank

BioCon Valley and Chairman of ScanBalt

Lithuanian Biotechnology Association

ScanBalt

Creation of a healthy and wealthy Baltic Sea Region (BSR)

1/2011 Pirjo Karhu and Manfred Janoschka

Chairman of the Board Konsu ACCOUNTOR GROUP Finland-Russia-Ukraine

CEO/Managing Partner Konsu ACCOUNTOR GROUP

New trends in business in Moscow–St. Petersburg

1/2011 Markku Mylly Managing Director Finnish Port Association Finland

Port development in the Baltic Sea Area

1/2011 Karl-Heinz Breitzmann

Prof., Dr., Managing Director Baltic Institute of Marketing, Transport and Tourism University of Rostock Germany

Impact of the recession on Baltic maritime transport

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1/2011 Natalia Ivanova

First Deputy Director Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Russia’s innovation policy and modernization agenda

1/2011 Marja-Liisa Tenhunen and Irja Leppisaari

Rector, PhD (Econ)

Principal Lecturer, PhD (Ed)

Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences Finland

The National Innovation Strategy’s impact on university of applied sciences learning environments

1/2011 Leonid Polishchuk Professor Higher School of Economics Russia

“Modernization from above” in historical perspective

1/2011 Markku Kangaspuro

Dr, Director of Research Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Russia's search for modernizaton

1/2011 Karri Hautanen

Head of Services Technopolis

Founder The Finnish Mobile Association Finland

Baltic Region will be the Silicon Valley of Europe

1/2011 Manfred Spiesberger Researcher & project manager Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) Austria

R&D and innovation – a window of opportunity for enhanced cooperation with Russia?

1/2011 Jukka Pietiläinen

Postdoctoral researcher Aleksanteri-Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Russian modernisation – technological or socio-cultural one?

1/2011 Félix Krawatzek

MSc Candidate Russian and East European Studies University of Oxford United Kingdom

Modernisation of Russia – moving beyond rhetoric?

58

1/2011 Thorsten Posselt and Mathias Rauch

Dr., Director Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Leipzig Professor for Innovation: Management and Economics University of Leipzig

Deputy Director Fraunhofer Center for Central and Eastern Europe Leipzig Germany

Internationalization activities of German cluster initiatives – the role of CEE

1/2011 Sam Inkinen Media Scholar, Futures Researcher, Senior Consultant Finland

Innovation and “innoflation” – challenges of creative processes, systemic innovations, and ubiquitous technologies

1/2011 Alexey Ignatiev

Program and Development Director Kaliningrad Regional Economic Development Agency Russia

The Kaliningrad Region as a modernization model of modern Russia

1/2011 Jouko Grönholm Free lance editor Finland

How to make the challenges of Kaliningrad to become true?

1/2011 Tatiana Chekalina

Doctoral Student European Tourism Research Institute (ETOUR) Mid-Sweden University Sweden

Kaliningrad as an international tourism destination – still a challenge

1/2011 Ivan Samson and Marina Krasilnikova

Professor of Economics UPMF, University Grenoble France

Sociologist, Research Director Levada Centre Moscow Russia

The middle class in Russia – emerging reality or old myth?

1/2011 Andrey Pavlov

Ph.D., Associate Professor Chair of the Master Program “Strategic Studies” School of International Relations Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Russian military reform – what’s next?

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1/2011 Joachim Diec

Adjunct Professor, dr hab. Chair of Russian History and Political Thought Institute of Russia and Eastern Europe Department of International and Political Studies Jagiellonian University Cracow, Poland

The perspectives of Russian radical nationalism

1/2011 Markku Jokisipilä

Academic Director Baltic Sea Region Studies Master’s Programme University of Turku Finland

Kremlin takes its sport seriously

1/2011 Thomas Lundén

Professor of Human Geography (em.) Center for Baltic and East European Studies Södertörn University Sweden

Szczecin – center of a truncated border region with geopolitical dilemmas

1/2011 Markku Ollikainen

Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics Department of Economics and Management University of Helsinki Finland

Protecting the Baltic Sea – a challenge to the international environmental policy

1/2011 Håkan Knutsson

Managing Director Sustainable Business Hub Scandinavia AB Sweden

Baltic Rim countries in pole position in the eco-efficiency race?

1/2011 Juha Ruokonen

Manager, Market Analysis and Policy Design GreenStream Finland

Carbon markets in transition – opportunities and challenges

1/2011 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial attaché Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden

Through the integration in the Nordic Europe to the global value chains

1/2011 Andres Kasekamp

Professor of Baltic Politics University of Tartu

Director Estonian Foreign Policy Institute Estonia

The Baltic States – moving together or apart?

1/2011 Päivi Toivanen

Publishing Editor Europe Information Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

‘Focus on the Baltic’ book sums up the facts

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1/2011 Alexander Kulakov Independent Analyst Ukraine

Political and social stability in Ukraine after the first year of Yanukovych’s presidency

1/2011 Markku Tuomola

Lecturer Department of Management / Information Systems Science Turku School of Economics, University of Turku Finland

From industrial structures to agile global service networks – a disruptive revolution or led transformation?

6/2010 Egemen Bağış Minister for EU Affairs and Chief Negotiator Republic of Turkey

The future of Europe and Turkey on the basis of the report of the EU reflection group

6/2010 Dainius Kreivys Minister Ministry of Economy Lithuania

Post-crisis Lithuania ­ lessons and recovery

6/2010 Hannu Takkula and Vesa Kangaslahti

MEd., Member of the European Parliament

Ph.D., Special Advisor at the European Parliament

Education in times of recession and at the age of innovation

6/2010 Igor Yurgens

Chairman of the Management Board The Institute of Contemporary Development Russia

Russia’s modernization ­ a progress report

6/2010 Jaakko Iloniemi

Chairman, M. Pol. Sc., Dr. Pol. Sc. h.c. Advisory Board Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Modernization of Russia

6/2010 Alexander V. Khoroshilov

Professor, Ph.D. Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia

ICT competence and HRD in public administration sector of Russian Federation

6/2010 Seppo Honkapohja Member of the Board Bank of Finland Finland

Economic prospects for Russia and its implications for the Baltic Rim region after the global crisis

6/2010 Gennady G. Melikiyan

First Deputy Chairman The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia) Russia

Russian banking sector after global financial crisis

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6/2010 Stefan Widomski

Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Espoo/Finland

Chairman Forum Polonia Association

Former Senior Vice President / International Business Affairs Nokia Corporation

Finland

How to develop civic society in Eastern Europe? From an academic institute to a civic think tank. The example of activity of the Polish Gdańsk Institute for Market Economics.

6/2010 Niklas Mannfolk

University of Turku Student Union Council President

Finland

Quo vadis, Evropa? ­ A look at the future of European energy production

6/2010 Cay Sevón

Dr. Soc.Sc., CEO Turku 2011 Foundation

Finland

Turku 2011 European Capital of Culture in local and regional development

6/2010 F.V. Karmazinov

Director General SUE “Vodokanal of St. Petersburg”

Professor, Doctor of Engineering

Russia

Best practices to improve water quality in the Gulf of Finland as exemplified by Vodokanal of St. Petersburg

6/2010 Maija Saijonmaa and Karl-Johan Lehtinen

Project Manager Carbon Finance and Funds

Senior Manager, Environmental Affairs

NEFCO Finland

NEFCO’s role in improving the environmental status of the Baltic Sea

6/2010 Juhani Tervala Director General The Finnish Transport Agency Finland

Minimising close calls with intelligent transport systems

6/2010 Matti Aaltonen

Director Maritime Department / Traffic Management Finnish Transport Agency Finland

Safe shipping – the result of conserted effort

6/2010 Pekka Laaksonen Director, Tanker Safety project John Nurminen Foundation Finland

The biggest threat for the Gulf of Finland ­ oil catastrophe

6/2010 Tommi Kivilaakso

Head of Eastern Customs District Finnish Customs Finland

Changes in the Finnish-Russian border traffic and customs cooperation

62

6/2010 Katri Pynnöniemi

Researcher, Ph.D. The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

What makes modernization a political project?

6/2010 Einari Kisel

Deputy Secretary General of Energy Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications Estonia

Decisive years in creation of the Baltic power market

6/2010 Antero Jännes CEO Gasum OY Finland

Gas around the Baltic Sea

6/2010 Matti Hilli Managing Director Vapo Oy Finland

Renewable energy markets in Baltic Sea region from a perspective of a bioenergy company

6/2010 Pami Aalto

Jean Monnet Professor, Director The Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence University of Tampere Finland

How will Russia cope in the emerging new energy agenda?

6/2010 Joseph Dutton Energy Analyst Douglas-Westwood Ltd The United Kingdom

The Shale Gale – perfect storm or flitting breeze?

6/2010 H Kalervo Väänänen

MD, Ph.D., Academic Rector University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio Finland

University of Eastern Finland, an example of Finnish university reform

6/2010 Antti Valle and Pirjo Kutinlahti

Head of Division

Ministerial Adviser

Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland

Baltic Sea Region – a globally recognised innovation hub

6/2010 Ilya Romanovich Shegelman

Vice-rector for Innovations Professor, Doctor of Technical Engineering Petrozavodsk State University Russia

University in innovative space region

6/2010 Kai Savolainen

Research Professor Nanosafety Research Centre Finnish Institute of Occupational Health Finland

Assuring safe use of engineered nanomaterials and nanotechnologies ­ a challenge for the future or today?

63

6/2010 Alexey Prazdnichnykh and Kari Liuhto

Partner Strategy Partners Group Russia

Professor, Director Pan-European Institute, University of Turku Finland

The Russian CEOs analyse the innovation activity of their company

6/2010 Jarosław Ćwiek-Karpowicz

Research Fellow, Ph.D. The Polish Institute of International Affairs Poland

Partnership for modernisation – incentive to revise the EU-Russia relations

6/2010 Pasi Malinen

Prof., D.Sc. (Econ.&Bus. Admn.) BID Business Innovation and Development University of Turku Finland

Universities’ innovation and entrepreneurship activities at cross-roads in Baltic Sea Region – case Pskov

6/2010 Jari Lähteenmäki and Jarkko Heinonen

CEO

Assistant Manager

Turku Chamber of Commerce Finland

Finland should dare to take initiative ­ the strategy for the Baltic Sea region needs to be concretized

6/2010 Juha Stenholm

Area Director Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Representative office in Moscow

Way out of the crisis ­ privatization of Russian federal property

6/2010 Sergey Stefanishin, Alexey Skvortsov and Yulia Tsykalo

Partner, Tax and Legal

Senior Manager, Tax and Legal

Senior, Tax and Legal

Ernst & Young (Moscow office) Russia

Game rules for foreign investments in strategic companies in Russia

6/2010 Heli Pellikka

Senior Manager, Russia – Nordic Desk Ernst & Young Oy Finland

Combining the requirements of Russian Accounting Principles and IFRS – challenge for many international companies

6/2010 Krista Taipale

Head of Office Turku-Southwest Finland European office Belgium

It has been a year since the implementation of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region started – how is the situation today?

6/2010 Aku Alanen Senior Statistician, Researcher Statistics Finland Finland

Large towns dominant in the economy of culture in Finland

64

6/2010 Marcus Svedberg

Marcus Svedberg Chief Economist East Capital AB France

Herd mentality

6/2010 Irina Novikova

Professor Center for Gender Studies University of Latvia Latvia

Gender equality in Latvia – achievements and challenges

6/2010 Keir Giles

Director Conflict Studies Research Centre The United Kingdom

Russian military transformation – work in progress

6/2010 Dominik P. Jankowski and Barbara Kirejczyk

Expert-Analyst The National Security Bureau of Poland The Editor-in-Chief of the Pulaski Policy Papers Poland

Project Manager for Scandinavia and the Baltic States The Eastern Institute in Warsaw Research Fellow Casimir Pulaski Foundation Poland

Baltic Sea sustained stability vs. Black Sea geopolitical struggle ­ myth or reality?

6/2010 Marat Terterov Director and Principal Founder, Dr. European Geopolitical Forum Belgium

Bringing Russia into NATO ­ a Trojan horse in the making

6/2010 Bo Österlund Former Navy Commodore Finland

On security management and precautions on municipal level

5/2010 Mykola Azarov Prime Minister of Ukraine Ukraine – Finland: European rapprochement

5/2010 Johannes Hahn Commissioner for Regional Development The European Commission

A look at the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea

5/2010 Norbert Röttgen

Dr., Federal Environment Minister Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Germany

Germany – an important player in international Baltic Sea protection

5/2010 Knut Fleckenstein

Member of the European Parliament Chairman of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee

The EU-Russia modernisation partnership – what's in it?

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5/2010 Bruce J. Oreck

Ambassador Embassy of the United States of America Helsinki, Finland

New energy development in the Baltic

5/2010 Christer Michelsson Ambassador of Finland to Ukraine The relations between Finland and Ukraine in 2010

5/2010 Mikko Paatero National Police Commissioner, Chief of the National Police Board Finland

Baltic Sea Region Task Force on organised crime

5/2010 Jacqueline McGlade Professor, Executive Director European Environment Agency Denmark

The main environmental challenges of the 2010's in the Baltic Sea region

5/2010 Zygmunt Berdychowski

Chairman Economic Forum Programme Council

Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland – 20 years of rethinking the world and boosting the region

5/2010 Hans Brask Director Baltic Development Forum Denmark

The EU Strategy – keep focus on green and smart growth in the Baltic Sea Region

5/2010 Jaakko Kiander

Managing Director The Labour Institute for Economic Research Finland

European imbalances and Baltic region growth potential

5/2010 Klaus Wittmann Brigadier General (ret.), Dr.

Germany

Towards NATO’s new Strategic Concept

5/2010 Derek Averre

Dr., Director Centre for Russian and East European Studies University of Birmingham UK

Russia-NATO relations ­ time for a change?

5/2010 Riina Kaljurand Deputy Director of the International Centre for Defence Studies

Baltic Sea security ­ issue or non-issue?

5/2010 Risto Sulkava

Ph.D., President of the Board Finnish Association for Nature Conservation Finland

What is the right price for nature?

5/2010 Anne Berner

Managing Director Vallila Interior Chairman of the Board Finnish Family Firms Association Finland

Family business ­ does ownership matter?

66

5/2010 Harri Kerminen President & CEO Kemira Oyj Finland

Baltic Sea – Kemira at your service

5/2010 Aimo Eloholma Chairman of the Board of Directors “OJSC” MegaFon (Russia) Finland

Russia ­ affordable Internet access across the country

5/2010 Mikael Aro President and CEO VR Group Finland

Rail services connecting Finland and Russia

5/2010 Matti Miettunen

M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.) Managing Director Delta Freight Ltd. Finland

Take the A Train

5/2010 Darius Brekys

The Board Member Lithuanian National Freight Association LINEKA Lithuania

Lithuania ­ a narrow corridor for heavy transit freight

5/2010 Miroslawa Ponczek Marketing Specialist C. Hartwig Gdynia S.A. Poland

Simplified customs procedures on EU territory in international transport of goods by sea

5/2010 Nikolay Shavrov

Station manager Innovation Norway - St.Petersburg office Russia

Russian Maritime sector in 2010

5/2010 Nikolay Dobronravin

Professor School of International Relations St.Petersburg University Russia

Maritime issues in Russia’s energy politics in the Baltic Sea Region

5/2010 Claus Lassen Managing Director DHL Express Denmark Denmark

DHL Express Denmark – competing for a great future

5/2010 Kai Mykkänen

Economist East Office of Finnish Industries Oy Finland

What do Finnish investment in Russia tell us?

5/2010 Kalle Euro

Business Development Director City of Turku Director of Turku Region Development Centre Finland

Russia – not such a mystery after all

67

5/2010 Alexander Karlik and Olga Garanina

Dr., Prof., Vice Rector for Scientific Affairs

Dr., Head of Center for Energy Policy Research and Training

St Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russia

Unconventional gas and Russia

5/2010 Matthew Hulbert

Senior Fellow, Center for Security Studies ETH Zurich Switzerland

Europe’s lethargy ­ Russia’s opening

5/2010 Eric Brunat

Vice-president in charge of European and international relations

Faculty of Law and Economics IREGE Research Center University of Savoie France

Successful scientific and technological ‘Modernizatsia’ in Russia requires institutional and economic changes

5/2010 Viatcheslav Morozov

Associate Professor of International Relations University of Tartu Estonia

Dmitry Medvedev’s modernisation from above

5/2010 Stefan Hedlund

Professor Uppsala Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies Uppsala University Sweden

Economies in transition and transition economics

5/2010 Riitta Pyykkö

Chair of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council FINHEEC Professor of Russian Language and Culture

University of Turku Finland

Common understanding of quality as a basis for the development of cooperation in higher education between Finland and Russia

5/2010 Louis Clerc

Ph.D., University Lecturer Department of Political Studies University of Turku Finland

Trade, trade, trade ­ Russia from a French perspective in 2010

5/2010 Ilmari Larjavaara

Dr. (Soc.Sc), Researcher Tampere University of Technology (TUT) Finland

Do we need better "institutional marketing" in Russian trade?

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5/2010 Alexander Gogolevskiy

Professor, Doctor of History Rector Pskov State Pedagogical University Russia

Pskov State Pedagogical University on the way to the European higher education area

5/2010 Jesper Roine

Associate Professor of Economics and Deputy Director Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) Sweden

The Russia-Belarus energy relationship – a reluctantly continuing affair

5/2010 Gabriele Kötschau Lawyer in Flensburg

Germany Belarus ­ a Baltic Sea country?

5/2010 Juhani Salokannel Executive Manager Tuglas Society Finland

Two neighbours

5/2010 Pekka Räsänen Professor of Economic Sociology University of Turku Finland

ICT use and ageing populations in Baltic area

5/2010 Marko Lehti

Senior research fellow, Tampere Peace Research Institute, University of Tampere Academic Director of Baltic Sea Region Studies, University of Turku Finland

Baltic success story – but what next?

5/2010 Xiaotian Zhang

Ph.D. exp, Doctoral Researcher, Co-lecturer Faculty of Economics and Business Administration University of Tartu

Chairman & Founder Raatuse International Trade Estonia

“To Be or Not To Be” business relations between the Baltic States and China, example of Estonia

5/2010 Venelin Tsachevsky

Ph.D., Professor, Director Contemporary Foreign Policy Studies Centre Bulgaria

Black Sea economic cooperation – how good example it is for the Baltic Region?

5/2010 Zeki Kütük

Docent, researcher Tampere Peace Research Institute University of Tampere Finland

Turkey as an energy import corridor

5/2010 Andriy Chubyk

Executive Director Centre for Global Studies “Strategy XXI” Ukraine

Ukraine and its future role in the EU-Russia gas transit

69

5/2010 Petteri Hannonen CEO Ampparit Oy Finland

Entering Russian markets – a point of view of a Finnish SME

5/2010 Timo Painilainen

Master of Social Sciences Researcher Environmental Sociology University of Turku Finland

Finnish press presents an image of a nauseous Baltic Sea

4/2010 Vlad Filat Prime Minister The Republic of Moldova

Bringing Moldova closer to the European Union

4/2010 Libor Rouček Vice-President, S&D European Parliament

Endangered European security?

4/2010 Maud Olofsson Minister for Enterprise and Energy, Deputy Prime Minister Sweden

Energy co-operation in the Baltic Sea region

4/2010 Carl Haglund

Member European Parliament

Vice Chair of the Parliament Intergroup for the Baltic Sea

EU and Russia – why they matter for the Baltic Sea

4/2010 Jenni Kuronen

Researcher Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

Fundamental changes are needed in the governance of maritime safety

4/2010 Ramūnas Vilpišauskas

Director of the Institute of International Relations and Political Science Vilnius University

Former Chief Economic and Social policy Advisor to the President of Lithuania

Lithuania and euro – a second opportunity not to be missed

4/2010 Jukka Gustafsson

Project Director Sales & Marketing STX Finland Oy Turku, Finland

Current challenges of Finnish and Russian shipbuilding – collaboration in R&D and building of ice class special tonnage

4/2010 Bo Österlund Navy Commodore (ret) Finland

The Arctic region is warming up as a result of climatic change, and the repositioning of security policy

4/2010 M. de Haas

Lieutenant Colonel Dr. Senior Research Fellow The Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands

Russia’s future security stance versus friends and foes

70

4/2010 Seppo Ruohonen Lieutenant Colonel GS (ret) Finland

Changing Baltic Sea military threats

4/2010 Nikita Lomagin

Professor World Economy Department, St.Petersburg State University Russia

Medvedev’s fourteen points – any added value for global security?

4/2010 Peter F. Johnston

Strategic Analyst Defence Research and Development Canada – Centre for Operational Research and Analysis Canada

Arctic energy resources and security

4/2010 Timo Hellenberg Dr., Executive Director Hellenberg International Finland

How to secure the Arctic – more joint exercises, less high level declarations

4/2010 Katarzyna Zysk

Dr., Senior Fellow Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Norway

Visiting Research Scholar The U.S. Naval War College, Center for Naval Warfare Studies USA

Russian perspectives on Arctic security

4/2010 Teemu Palosaari

Research Fellow Tampere Peace Research Institute University of Tampere Finland

Ice melts, peace prevails. The race for resources in the Arctic?

4/2010 Joan Nymand Larsen

Senior Scientist Stefansson Arctic Institute Iceland

Northern economies in a time of change

4/2010 Timo Koivurova

LL.D., Research professor, director Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, Arctic Centre University of Lapland Finland

Who should be governing the Arctic?

4/2010 Tatiana Romanova

Dr, Associate Professor School of International Relations St. Petersburg State University School of International Politics and International Economics Higher School of Economics Russia

Russia in the Arctic area ­ more issues than it seems?

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4/2010 Roderick Kefferpütz

Associate Research Fellow Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) Belgium

Putting Russia’s Arctic policy into perspective

4/2010 Yrjö Myllylä

Managing Director, Doctor of Social Sciences RD Aluekehitys Oy Finland

Russia's geopolitical focus has moved to the North ­ the development of Murmansk region in the light of three scenarios

4/2010 Amelia Hadfield

Professor of European Affairs Vrije Universiteit Brussels

Senior Research Fellow Institute for European Studies Belgium

Arctic adventures ­ cold shoulder or hot prospects?

4/2010 Anna Sirina

Senior Researcher Department for Siberian and Northern Studies Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Indigenous peoples of the North in Russian politics today

4/2010 Eini Laaksonen

Research Associate Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics Finland

The uncertain future of the Shtokman gas field project in the Barents Sea

4/2010 Sami Andoura Research Fellow Notre Europe France

Towards a European Energy Community ­ an opportunity for the Baltic

4/2010 Dmitry V. Vasilenko

Dr., Vice-Rector on International Relations St. Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance

Head of Organizing committee of the International scientific conference “Energetika XXI: economy, policy, ecology” Russia

The EU gas market ­ doomed to Kalakh game

4/2010 Susanne Oxenstierna

Doctor of Economics Senior Researcher Swedish Defence Research Agency Stockholm

The Russian nuclear renaissance

4/2010 Peter Lund

Professor Aalto University School of Science and Technology Finland

It is time to think more with brain than muscles in the Baltic Sea Region energy debate

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4/2010 Asta Salmi

Professor of International Business, Aalto University School of Economics

Programme Manager for the Research Programme on Business Know-how, Academy of Finland Finland

Innovations and Finnish–Russian research co-operation

4/2010 Juha Väätänen

Professor, International business & transitional economies Academic Director, Global Management of Innovation and Technology - Master’s Degree Programme

Faculty of Technology Management Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) Finland

How do Russian companies innovate?

4/2010 Kristiina Helenius Managing Director AmCham Finland

It’s time to step up FDI efforts

4/2010 Ralph Hirdina and Thomas Jost

Professor of Law

Professor of Economics

University of Applied Sciences Aschaffenburg

Germany

German investment in the Baltic States

4/2010 Tauno Taajamaa Managing Director FINTRA Finland

We should know how to do business with Russia – but do we really?

4/2010 Andrei A. Tatarinov

Dr. Economics, Professor Department of Finance and Credit Sochi State University for Tourism and Recreation

Head of Laboratory of Regional Economics Sochi Research Centre Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Federation

Olympic winter games in Sochi – costs and expected benefits

4/2010 Kimmo Rentola Professor of Contemporary History University of Turku Finland

Post-Cold War politics of history

3/2010 Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science

The European Commission's Europe 2020 vision for research and innovation

3/2010 Tõnis Lukas Minister of Education and Research Estonia

R&D in Estonia – capacity building in progress

73

3/2010 Mitro Repo MEP European Parliament

The Baltic Sea – at the cross roads of politics and religion

3/2010 Mart Laar Member of the Estonian Parliament Estonia

Estonia joins Euro zone

3/2010 Susanna Huovinen

Representative (Social Democrat) Chair of the Environment Committee Parliament of Finland

The Baltic needs intensive measures

3/2010 Christina Gestrin MP Finland

Broad parliamentary support for Baltic Sea Region initiatives

3/2010 Alexander Prokhorenko

Chairman of the Committee for External Relations Saint Petersburg Russia

We are linked not only by pragmatics

3/2010 Armas Lahoniitty

The Finnish St.Petersburg Foundation acting councel Former Lord Mayor of Turku Finland

Turku and St. Petersburg

3/2010 Dmitriy Lisenkov Managing Director RUSNANO Russia

Natural cooperation takes a substantial effort to start

3/2010 Markku Mattila and Laura Raaska

Professor, President

Adjunct Professor, Director

Academy of Finland

Science to the rescue of the Baltic Sea

3/2010 Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara

Director General, CEO Tekes – Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation Finland

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and innovation policy

3/2010 Keith Silverang CEO Technopolis Plc Finland

Creating the world’s first global innovation hub chain: Technopolis is now operating in Finland, Russia and Estonia – and just getting warmed up

3/2010 N Tapani Saarinen

Vice President, Business Development Turku Science Park Ltd Finland

Is there a new Finnish Innovation System?

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3/2010 Simo Karetie

Chief Policy Adviser Trade Policy and International Relations Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland

Chinese innovation and it’s significance for Finland

3/2010 Tuomo Airaksinen CEO Invest in Finland Finland

International companies can boost Finland's innovation system

3/2010 Lauri Lajunen Rector The University of Oulu Finland

The University-Business Partnerships

3/2010 Leonid Gokhberg

First Vice-Rector, State University Higher School of Economics, and

Director, HSE Institute for Statistical Studies and Economics of Knowledge Russia

Principles for a new-generation innovation policy

3/2010 Gennady Korolyonok

Vice-Rector, Research and Development Belarus State Economic University Republic of Belarus

Trade relations between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Finland in progress

3/2010 Timur Gareev and Igor Denisov

Vice-rector for Innovation Immanuel Kant State University of Russia (IKSUR) Russia

Deputy director Kaliningrad Center of Technology Transfer (KCTT) Russia

Development of innovations in Kaliningrad Region ­ general characterization and overview of the perspectives

3/2010 Pirjo Vuokko

Adjunct Professor Director for Corporate Links and Adult Education Turku School of Economics at University of Turku Finland

Branding the university ­ why and how?

3/2010 Jaak Treiman and Liisa Välikangas

Honorary Consul of Estonia for California

Professor Aalto University Finland

Estonia and the EU – political innovation and the quest for independence

75

3/2010 Kari Liuhto

Leader of the project “Russia’s Innovation System” (Grant No. 118338) funded by the Academy of Finland

Professor, Director Pan-European Institute Finland

Rosnano and Skolkovo are Russia’s best innovation promoting measures, but they are not enough to modernise Russia as a whole

3/2010 Fraser Cameron Director The EU Russia Centre Belgium

The EU-Russia modernisation partnership

3/2010 Oleg N. Misko and Sergei F. Sutyrin

Chancellor City Agency for Industrial Investments Government of St. Petersburg

Professor, Head World Economy Department St. Petersburg State University Russia

Can Saint-Petersburg meet the challenge of innovation age?

3/2010 Hiski Haukkala

Special Adviser The Unit for Policy Planning and Research The Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

The EU and Russia already have what it takes to succeed

3/2010 Igor Torbakov

Senior Researcher Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Assessing the prospects of Russia’s modernization

3/2010 Stanislav Tkachenko and Dmitry Tkachenko

Dr., Professor of European Studies School of International Relations

School of Economics St. Petersburg State University Russia

Progress of the Special Economic Zones in North-West Russia

3/2010 Valtteri Kaartemo and Kari Liuhto

Lecturer of International Business

Professor Turku School of Economics Finland

The bumps in Russia’s innovation chase

3/2010 Irina Dezhina

Head of Economics of Science and Innovations Division, Ph.D.

Institute of World Economy and International Relations, RAS Russia

Big projects as a stimulus for innovation development in Russia

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3/2010 Kaisa-Kerttu Peltola

Researcher Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics Finland

Developing the Russian innovation system – potential for increased cooperation with Finland

3/2010 Leena Aarikka-Stenroos and Birgitta Sandberg

M.Sc. (Econ.), M. Sc. (Hum.) University Teacher, Marketing

D.Sc. (Econ.) Assistant Professor, International Business Coordinator of the Global Innovation Management Master’s Degree Programme Turku School of Economics, University of Turku

Commercialisation of innovations requires co-operation and networks

3/2010 Jari Kaivo-oja

PhD, Research Director Finland Futures Research Centre University of Turku Finland

Systemic innovation thinking as a tool for breakthrough innovations

3/2010 Tuomas Mylly

Acting Professor of European Law Faculty of Law, University of Turku Finland

Does the European Union overprotect intellectual property?

3/2010 Igor Nevzorov Manager Ernst & Young, Legal Services Russia

Main peculiarities of the Russian intellectual property legislation

3/2010 Mika Aaltonen and Michael Loescher

CEO

CIO Research and Analysis Corporation (RAC) of Finland

The perfect storm

3/2010 Christopher S. Chivvis

Political Scientist RAND & Adjunct Professor Johns Hopkins, SAIS”v USA

NATO, Russia, and the future of the European security system

3/2010 Tatu Laurila CEO Greater Helsinki Promotion Ltd Finland

EU? Baltic Sea Region? Finland? Helsinki? There are many to choose from, but which one will succeed?

3/2010 Iikka Korhonen

Director Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition, BOFIT Finland

Russia’s medium-term growth prospects still uncertain

3/2010 Ivan Korolev Deputy Director Institute of World Economy and International Relations

Russia ­ two years after the crisis

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3/2010 Andreas Klein and Catja Gaebel

M.A., Director

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s regional office for the Baltic States based in Riga and in charge for the Baltic Sea Cooperation of the Foundation

Nordic Researcher

The London office of the Kondrad Adenauer Foundation

Raising Germany’s awareness of the Baltic Sea region

3/2010 Maria-Elena Cowell Consultant, entrepreneur Vice Group Secretary, Nordic Council Conservative Group

Nordic co-operation ­ fading to oblivion or resurrection through regionalism?

3/2010 Anne Erkkilä

Director Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

Comprehensive coordination of environmental monitoring is necessary for ecosystem-based management of coastal and marine areas

3/2010 Hardo Pajula Economist SEB Estonia

In search of a narrative

3/2010 Harri Melin

Professor of Sociology Department of Social Research University of Tampere Finland

Enterprise´s social responsibility

3/2010 Jarkko Heinonen

Assistant Manager, Economist Turku Chamber of Commerce BCCA Office Representative Finland

Business in the Baltic Sea Region­ future perspective

3/2010 Saara-Sofia Sutela and Antti Koskinen

Independent researcher

Independent researcher Turku School of Economics Finland

Increasing tourism in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2010 Andrey Shadurskiy

Senior lecturer School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University Russia

Unconventional gas­ is there a quite revolution and what does it mean for the Russian energy policy?

3/2010 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Finland

On energy dependence and service security

2/2010 Maria Damanaki Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries

Making the sea a safer place

78

2/2010 Sirkka-Liisa Anttila Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Finland

Measures of Finnish farmers to prevent the eutrophication of the Baltic Sea

2/2010 Jürgen Ligi Minister of Finance Estonia

Estonia and Euro ­ continuation of long-term policy of fiscal prudence

2/2010 Arvydas Sekmokas Minister of Energy Lithuania

Changing energy security environment in Lithuania ­ old challenges and new responses

2/2010 Sergei Martynov Minister for Foreign Affairs Belarus

Hopes and concerns over the Eastern Partnership­ the Belarus’ view

2/2010 Jutta Urpilainen Chairman SDP Finland

The success of the Baltic Sea region is anchored to communality

2/2010 Anneli Jäätteenmäki

MEP European Parliament

The EEAS is coming ­ do not expect a big bang

2/2010 Sergey L. Katanandov

Head of the Republic of Karelia Russia

Main vectors of cooperation

2/2010 Heikki Aurasmaa

Undersecretary of State Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland

The Baltic Sea ­ example for the whole Europe

2/2010 Oleg V. Fomichev

Director Department of Strategic Management and Budgeting Ministry of Economic Development The Russian Federation

Innovation policy in Russia ­ new trends

2/2010 Vesa Häkkinen

Deputy Director Passport and Visa Unit Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

No shortcut to visa-free travel

2/2010 Vilius Navickas Mayor Vilnius Lithuania

Vilnius city ­ for the admirers of modern life and unique traditions

2/2010 Arto Mustajoki

Professor of Russian University of Helsinki Chair of the Board of the Finnish St Petersburg Foundation Finland

”Finnish House” in the heart of St Petersburg

2/2010 Lasse Paitsola President and CEO Nurminen Logistics Plc Finland

Those who adapt survive

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2/2010 Katri Pynnöniemi

Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Ten-year anniversary of the Russian international transport corridors ­ what lies ahead?

2/2010 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial attaché Embassy of Lithuania in Sweden

Growing role of sustained transport links and contribution to region’s competitiveness ­ news from Lithuania

2/2010 Timo Laukkanen

Senior Advisor Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland

The Baltic Sea Strategy and economic growth in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2010 Hans-Joachim Spanger

Dr, Member of the Executive and Head of Research Area Peace Research Institute Frankfurt Germany

De-securitize the Russia policy of the West

2/2010 Sven G. Holtsmark

Dean of the Norwegian Defence University College Senior Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies Norway

Arctic security – beating the alarm for the wrong reasons

2/2010 Philip Hanson

Professor, Associate Fellow Chatham House Russia and Eurasia Programme The Royal Institute of International Affairs The United Kingdom

Russia’s modernization campaign ­ towards a high-tech Potemkin village?

2/2010 Martin Vermeer Professor of Geodesy Aalto University Finland

Sea level rise in the Baltic Sea

2/2010 Philipp Schwartz

Dr, Head of the Joint Technical Secretariat Central Baltic INTERREG IV A Programme 2007-2013 Finland

The beginning of the end of European integration?

2/2010 Nils Muiznieks

PhD., Director Advanced Social and Political Research Institute (ASPRI) University of Latvia Latvia

Latvian-Russian relations ­ a new thaw?

2/2010 David J. Galbreath Senior Lecturer University of Aberdeen United Kingdom

Minority rights in the Baltic States

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2/2010 Vilana Pilinkaite-Sotirovic

Dr. Center for Equality Advancement Lithuania

Limits of Europeanization ­ policy discourses on minority rights in Lithuania

2/2010 Marek Tiits Chairman of the Board The Institute of Baltic Studies Estonia

The Baltic economies after a perfect storm

2/2010 Kirsi Stjernberg

Special Planner Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

EU Baltic Sea strategy: regions taking the chance – are they?

2/2010 Heiko Pääbo

Head Centre for Baltic Studies University of Tartu Estonia

Baltic Studies ­ a changing research agenda

2/2010 Pellervo Erkkilä Chairman Finnish- Estonian Trade Association Finland

Finnish investments in Estonia

2/2010 Kimmo Elo

Adjunct professor, lecturer of political science Department of Political Science and Contemporary History University of Turku Finland

The Baltic Sea ­ our common mare politicum

2/2010 Nina I. Bohdan Professor Belarus State Economic University Belarus

National innovative system in Belarus ­ glance at the regions

2/2010 Laurynas Kasciunas Expert Eastern Europe Studies Centre Lithuania

Interactions between a post-modern (the EU) and modern (Russia) players of international relations ­ setbacks for mutual integration

2/2010 Kirsi Kostia New business competence through executive MBA programmes

New business competence through executive MBA programmes

1/2010 Jerzy Buzek President The European Parliament

EU-Russia relations ­ getting it right

1/2010 Valdis Dombrovskis Prime Minister Latvia

Latvia’s lesson – from crisis to sustainable growth

1/2010 Mari Kiviniemi Minister of Public Administration and Local Government Finland

Baltic Sea region offers great potential

1/2010 Søren Gade Minister of Defence Denmark

Security in a modern world ­ the example of the Baltic States

81

1/2010 Sten Tolgfors Minister for Defence Sweden

Common and improved maritime surveillance

1/2010 Krišjānis Kariņš MEP Latvia

The Baltic energy sector

1/2010 Anne-Mari Virolainen

Member of Parliament Finland

Save the Baltic Sea and boost the economy

1/2010 Ilkka Pöyhönen and Minna Martikainen

Rector,

Vice Rector for International Affairs

Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland

Promising challenges for Finnish economy ­ Russian market and Northern Dimension

1/2010 Oleg V. Kharkhordin

Professor Rector of the European University at St. Petersburg Russia

Baltic Sea as Res Publica ­ limits and prospects

1/2010 Maija Palonheimo

Director University Communications University of Turku Finland

Education must be marketed

1/2010 Gerhard Sabathil

Dr., Director for Strategy, Coordination and Analysis Directorate General RELEX - L EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Baltic interconnections and beyond ­ how the European Commissions works towards energy security in Europe

1/2010 Leonid Grigoriev

President of Institute for Energy & Finance Moscow Russia

Happy end of pipeline conflicts?

1/2010 Boyan Kavalov and Hrvoje Petric

European Commission – JRC Institute for Energy Petten The Netherlands

The future role of LNG in EU’s gas supply – issues for consideration

1/2010 Pekka Sutela

Principal Adviser, Monetary Policy and Research Bank of Finland Finland

Eurasian oil and gas ­ are perceptions changing too fast?

1/2010 Rafael Fernández

Assistant Professor Ph.D. in Economics Complutense Institute of International Studies Spain

Russia’s future gas export capability

82

1/2010 Roderick Kefferpütz

Brussels-based Political Advisor specializing in Eurasian energy and foreign policy Belgium

Gazprom’s uncertain future within the gas market’s ‘quiet revolution’

1/2010 Indra Øverland

Acting Head of Department of Russian and Eurasian Studies, NUPI Associate Professor II, University of Tromsø Norway

The surge in unconventional gas ­ implications for Russian export strategies

1/2010 Andreas Heinrich and Heiko Pleines

Dr., Researcher

Dr., Head of the Department Politics and Economics Research Centre for East European Studies [Forschungsstelle Osteuropa] University Bremen Germany

Factors explaining the smooth co-operation between German and Russian gas companies

1/2010 David Dusseault

Acting Professor for Russian Energy Policy Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Russia’s Wild East ­ problematising Russia’s gas industry in Sakha

1/2010 Mikhail Korchemkin

Managing Director East European Gas Analysis Malvern, Pennsylvania USA

Russian gas exports in 2010s

1/2010 Laura Solanko

Senior Economist Bank of Finland Institute for Economies in Transition (BOFIT) Finland

Increasing energy efficiency is vitally important for the Russian economy

1/2010 Vadim Kononenko

Researcher Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Russia energy efficiency initiatives ­ a window of opportunity for the EU?

1/2010 Andres Mäe Researcher Estonian Foreign Policy Institute Estonia

Vulnerability in interdependent energy relations

1/2010 Simon Pirani Senior Research Fellow Oxford Institute for Energy Studies UK

Russian natural gas production and exports ­ the outlook to 2020

1/2010 Danila Bochkarev Associate EastWest Institute Belgium

Energy diversification towards the East ­ strategic imperative and operational response to the uncertainty of energy demand

83

1/2010 Maija Hyypiä

Research Assistant The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Nord Stream project – as seen from the Swedish point of view

1/2010 Joanna Hyndle

Department for Ukraine, Belarus and the Baltic States Centre for Eastern Studies Poland

Consequences of the decommissioning of Lithuanian nuclear power plant

1/2010 Hanna Mäkinen

Researcher on Jenny & Antti Wihuri Foundation’s grant Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics Finland

Shale gas – a game changer in the global energy play?

1/2010 Anna Kotsalo-Mustonen

Ph.D.(Econ.), Co-founder of the foundation and responsible of the commitment acquiring Elävä Itämeri säätiö, known as ‘BSAG foundation’

‘The BSAG way’ ­ new ideas to rescue the Baltic Sea

1/2010 Pertti Joenniemi Senior Research Fellow DIIS Denmark

The EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region ­ a first step

1/2010 Timo Kuusakoski President and CEO Kuusakoski Oy Finland

Baltic Sea Region, environment and recycling

1/2010 Risto Nieminen

Distinguished Professor COMP/Department of Applied Physics Aalto University School of Science and Technology Espoo Finland

Nanotechnology on the northern shores

1/2010 Boris Porfiriev

Dr., Prof., Head of Laboratory Institute for Economic Forecasting Russian Academy of Sciences Russia

Economic crisis in Russia ­ specificity of management policy and lessons for economic policy making

1/2010 Jon Hellevig

Managing Partner Moscow-based Hellevig, Klein and Usov, attorneys at law, and Avenir Group accounting and consulting firm Russia

Russia’s social model of bureaucracy

84

1/2010 Aleksei Bykov and Svetlana Vertai

Professor

Doctorate student Belarus State Economic University Republic of Belarus

Challenges and prospects in economic use of local natural resources in Belarus

1/2010 Lassi Heininen

Dr., University Lecturer Faculty of Social Sciences University of Lapland Chairman of the NRF Steering Committee Finland

Thematic network on geopolitics and security

6/2009 Sergei Sidorski Prime Minister Belarus

Belarus is open for co-operation

6/2009 Imants Lieģis Minister of Defence Latvia

A Latvian view on regional security challenges

6/2009 Päivi Lipponen Ph.D., Member of Parliament Finland

Us and them

6/2009 Valery Shlyamin

Doctor of Economics Trade Representative of the Russian Federation in Finland Russia

Place and role of the Russian-Finnish economic cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region

6/2009 Merja Hannus Secretary-general Finland-Russia-Society Finland

Participation of NGOs in the Baltic Sea area cooperation

6/2009 Nils Ušakovs Chairman Riga City Council Latvia

Riga nowadays

6/2009 Edgar Savisaar Mayor of Tallinn Estonia

Not the western or eastern, but the Baltic Sea

6/2009 Seppo Miettinen Mayor of Lappeenranta Finland

From Saimaa to continental Europe

6/2009 Eva Nypelius Mayor of Gotland Sweden

Gotland – pearl of the Baltic!

6/2009 Mikhail Oseevskiy Vice Governor, St. Petersburg Russia

St. Petersburg – the centre of innovative development of Russian Federation

6/2009 Peeter Kross PhD, Rector Estonian Business School Estonia

Challenges for Estonian higher education 1991–2020

85

6/2009 Olga Shumylo and Jakub Parusinski

Director International Centre for Policy Studies, Kyiv Ukraine

Expert International Centre for Policy Studies, Kyiv Ukraine

The Eastern Partnership and Ukraine – plus or minus?

6/2009 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Finland

Russian oil on the Baltic Sea

6/2009 Jakub M. Godzimirski

Senior Research Fellow Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies NUPI Norway

The role of the Arctic in Russian energy strategy in Europe

6/2009 Bartosz Cichocki Analyst National Security Bureau of Poland Poland

Prospects and consequences of START follow-on treaty

6/2009 Andres Hunt

Vice Chairman of the Management Board AS Tallink Grupp Estonia

Travelling by sea has a bright future

6/2009 Pekko Kohonen

Development Director, International Business Development Lassila & Tikanoja plc Finland

Russia takes action towards ecological future

6/2009 Ralf Wiegert Dr., Senior Economist IHS Global Insight Germany

The Baltic recovery – anything else but a long hard slog?

6/2009 Peter Zashev

Dr. Emerging Markets Research Group Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Finland

Building innovation economy in Russia – big ambitions are build by small steps

6/2009 Irina Yeremeyeva Dr., Associate Professor Belarusian State Economic University Belarus

Belarus and its economic relations with the countries in the Baltic Sea Region

6/2009 Georgy Dykhanov

General Director Kaliningrad Consulting Centre Business-Expert Russia

Kaliningrad – unsustainable economy (was growing better and now is decreasing faster)

6/2009 Volkmar Wulf Europa Consultant Langeneslbold / Kaliningrad Germany / Russia

Current economy of Kaliningrad and the situation of energy demand

86

5/2009 Matti Vanhanen Prime Minister Finland

Baltic Sea cooperation – from strategies to results

5/2009 Laine Jänes Minister of Culture Estonia

The Baltic Sea region at the crossroads of culture and economy

5/2009 Sinikka Hurskainen

Chair of the Sub-Committee on Belarus of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Member of the Parliament of Finland Chair of the Council of Europe Finnish delegation

Belarus on the road towards the Council of Europe

5/2009 Mikhail Dmitriev President The Center for Strategic Research Russia

Russia’s challenges in the global crisis

5/2009 Kimmo Lundén

Journalist Fellow 2008-2009 Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford Economic journalist, M.Sc. Kauppalehti, Finnish Business Daily Finland

The death of print? The challenges and opportunities facing the print media on the web

5/2009 Ulla Tapaninen

Professor Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Kotka Maritime Research Centre Finland

Environmental regulations are a challenge for the shipping industry

5/2009 Stepan Sulakshin

Professor, Director Governance and Problem Analysis Center (GAPAC), Moscow Russia

A view on the world economic crisis

5/2009 Ionut Purica

Dr., Senior Researcher Institute for Economic Forecasting Romanian Academy Romania

Expectations on energy and climate change

5/2009 René Nyberg CEO, Ambassador (ret) East Office of Finnish Industries Finland

Transport of oil and gas – safety and security of the Baltic Sea

5/2009 Łukasz Antas

Analyst German Department Centre for Eastern Studies Poland

Nord Stream – how feasible is the project?

5/2009 Edward Hunter Christie

Economist The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)

The battle of Nord Stream

87

5/2009 Jukka Nurminen

Underwater photographer Managing director Abyss Art Oy Finland

The Baltic Sea – a vibrant ecosystem in peril

5/2009 Nils Wang Rear Admiral Admiral Danish Fleet Denmark

Climate change and Arctic security

5/2009 Clive Archer

Emeritus Professor Manchester European Research Institute Manchester Metropolitan University England

Arctic security – zero sum or working together?

5/2009 Lotta Numminen

Lotta Numminen Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Renewed governance is the key for the future of the Arctic

5/2009 Olga Kryshtanovskaya and Stephen White

Director The Elites Department of the Institute of Sociology The Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia

James Bryce Professor of Politics University of Glasgow The United Kingdom

After Pikalevo

5/2009 Alexander Gaponenko and Michael Rodin

Dr. Institute of European Studies Latvia Ph.D. Institute of European Studies Latvia

Latvia’s fiscal system – the need for new approaches

5/2009 Stephen Fortescue

Associate Professor in the School of Social Sciences & International Studies University of New South Wales Australia

The crisis in Russia and the oligarchs

5/2009 Irina Kobrinskaya

Leading research fellow IMEMO Russian Academy of Science Russia

BMD-Day for global security – new opportunities – old uncertainties

5/2009 Jukka-Pekka Bergman

Director, Professor Northern Dimension Research Centre Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Do we have enough university collaboration?

88

5/2009 Måns Nilsson

Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow Stockholm Environment Institute Sweden

Towards a European eco-efficient economy

5/2009 Miina Mäki

Project Manager / Marine Biologist Clean Baltic Sea Project John Nurminen Foundation Finland

Innovative thinking on environmental issues – the Baltic Sea is in urgent need for protection

5/2009 Toni Ahlqvist Senior Research Scientist, PhD VTT Technical Research Centre Finland

Towards understanding of spatial and temporal differentiation of innovation activities in Baltic Sea region

5/2009 Irina Dezhina

Head of Division Institute of World Economy and International Relations Russian Academy of Sciences. Russia

Innovation policy in Russia during the economic crisis

5/2009 Tuomo Uotila

D.Sc. (Tech.), Senior Researcher Lappeenranta University of Technology Lahti School of Innovation Finland

Challenges and new directions for Finnish innovation policy

5/2009 Anatoly Zhuplev

Professor Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, California U.S.A.

Small business in Russia – trends and outlook

5/2009 Maksim Salahub Partner Sorainen Belarus

Recent trends in M&A and privatization in Belarus

4/2009 Mariann Fischer Boel

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development European Commission

The future challenges of agriculture in the Baltic Sea region

4/2009 Henna Virkkunen Minister of Education and Science Finland

Aspects of sustainable development in education in the Baltic Sea region

4/2009 Rasa Juknevičienė Minister of National Defence Lithuania

Baltic Sea region security – a view from Lithuania

4/2009 Markku Laukkanen Member of the Finnish Parliament Chairman of the Karelian League Finland

Regional cooperation in the Baltic Sea area – the potential of Karelia

89

4/2009 Mats Hellström

Former Governor of the Province of Stockholm Former Ambassador to Germany Former Minister of Nordic and European Affairs of Sweden Sweden

Storm over the Baltic Sea – is innovation a safe haven?

4/2009 Raimo Valo CEO OAO Swedbank Russia

Global financial crisis and the Russian banking system

4/2009 Ingrida Lace

Director Communication and International Affairs Latvenergo AS Latvia

Future international challenges of Latvenergo Group

4/2009 Igor Maksimtsev and Sofia Rekord

Ph.D, Professor Rector of Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russian Federation

Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Chair of International Economic Relations Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance Russian Federation

Industrial-innovative networks as an opportunity to raise productivity of the Russian North-west

4/2009 Kari Kaunismaa Doctor of Social Sciences, Headmaster Vista School, Paimio Finland

From the red star to the double-headed eagle

4/2009 Vladimir Shimov Rector Belarus State Economic University Republic of Belarus

Republic of Belarus – ways of economic stabilization in the context of the world financial and economic crisis

4/2009 Kiryl Apanasevich Partner at Sorainen Law Firm Belarus

Belarusian anticrisis program – pragmatic conservatism or market reforms

4/2009 Terhi Suominen Secretary General Atlantic Council of Finland Finland

NATO in Finland – Finland in NATO?

4/2009 Marcel de Haas

Marcel de Haas Lieutenant Colonel Senior Research Fellow Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael The Netherlands

Russia’s Arctic strategy – challenge to Western energy security

90

4/2009 Margarete Klein

Researcher The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Germany

A new pan-European security regime?

4/2009 Timo Koivurova and Ismo Pölönen

Research Professor Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law Arctic Centre University of Lapland Finland

Senior Researcher Environmental Law University of Joensuu Finland

The Baltic Sea gas pipeline – can we manage it sustainably?

4/2009 Hans-Robert Metelmann and Peter Frank

Chairman ScanBalt

General Secretary ScanBalt

EU kicks the ball to ScanBalt BioRegion – The green valley, the health region

4/2009 Conrad Stralka and Katarina Veem

Executive Director Baltic Sea 2020

Programme Director Baltic Sea 2020

Sustainable management of the Baltic Sea

4/2009 Anna Korppoo

Senior Researcher The Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

Russia and climate – on the road to Copenhagen

4/2009 Sigitas Brazinskas Commercial Attaché of Lithuania in Sweden Lithuania

Lithuania – demanded synergy between economic promotion and development

4/2009 Petri Leino

Team Leader Arctic Oil and Gas Project Finpro, Murmansk Finland

Opportunities for foreign companies in Kola Peninsula

4/2009 Thomas Johansson Team Director The Sida Baltic Sea Unit Sweden

Time for the next level of cooperation around the Baltic Sea

4/2009 Timo Koponen

Director Finnode Russia The Finnish Innovation Center in Russia

Opportunities of Finland in Russian innovation environment

91

4/2009 Kalman Kalotay and Sergey Filippov

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Switzerland

United Nations University (UNU-MERIT) The Netherlands

The global crisis and FDI in new Europe

4/2009 Risto Venermo

Leader, Partner Russia - Nordic Desk Ernst & Young Oy Finland

Acquisition opportunities in adversity – but don't be late

4/2009 Ville Korpela Managing Director Voskhod Consulting

Reliable intelligence and due diligence are keys to success in turbulent M&A market in Russia

4/2009 Joanna Grudzińska Polish Candidate for the European Parliament 2009 Poland

Role of young people from Baltic Sea Region in rising its potential

4/2009 Silvia Magnoni

Project Manager for International Affairs Baltic Sea Solutions (DK), Lolland CTF concept developer and strategic partner to Lolland Municipality Denmark

So far (away), so good – when peripheral communities lead the way

4/2009 Arno Tanner

Dr., Adjunct Professor Population Studies University of Helsinki and Political Science University of Tampere Finland

Human migration to and in the Baltic Rim – past, present and future

4/2009 Anna B. Kisiel-Łowczyc

Professor University of Gdańsk Poland

Poland's trade in the BSR after the EU enlargement

4/2009 Ulla Nygrén

Director Library and Information Services Turku School of Economics Finland

The benefit of library and information services to the competitiveness of a university

3/2009 Jan Fischer Prime Minister The Czech Republic

A strategic partnership with Russia remains our goal

3/2009 Astrid Thors Minister of Migration and European Affairs Finland

The Baltic Sea is to remain a safe and attractive place

3/2009 Henrik Lax Member of the European Parliament Finland

The Baltic Sea Region – A bridge between EU and Russia? – EU energy strategy and the Nord Stream gas pipeline

92

3/2009 Janina Andersson Member of the Finnish Parliament (the Greens) Finland

The Baltic Sea needs reform of European Union agricultural subsidies

3/2009 Juhani Kaskeala Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces Finland

International sea surveillance co-operation in the Baltic Sea region

3/2009 Stephen Blank

Professor Strategic Studies Institute US Army War College USA

The future of Russia-US relations

3/2009 Ilkka Laitinen Executive Director Frontex

The Baltic Sea – model for well functioning cooperation and simultaneously a challenge from the Frontex’ point of view

3/2009 Vladimir Mau

Rector Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation Russia

Crisis modernisation ― lessons of the past and tasks for the future

3/2009 Erkki Hämäläinen

Detective Chief Superintendent Licentiate of Laws National Criminal Police International branch Finland

Security as a competitiveness booster in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2009 Timo P. Nieminen Mayor The City of Tampere Finland

Involvement of the City of Tampere in the Baltic Sea cooperation

3/2009 Vasily Osipov

The Head of Vyborg City Administration Vyborg Russia

Vyborg Industrial Park

3/2009 Arno Miettinen Mayor Rauma Finland

Rauma - Unesco world heritage town

3/2009 Solomon Ginzburg

Deputy Head of the Committee for International and lnterregional Relations and Regulations Kaliningrad Regional Duma, Director of the Fund socio-economic and political studies "Regional Strategy" Russia

Five years in the European Union

3/2009 Maxim Shirokov General Director Ust-Luga Company, JSC Russia

Ust-Luga Sea Merchant port – a strategic port of Russia

93

3/2009 Alexei Moisseev

Head of Fixed Income Research Chief Economist for Renaissance Capital Russia

Russia: the loss of reserves and inflationary consequences of devaluation – the myth and the reality

3/2009 Natalia Orlova Chief Economist Alfa Bank Russia

The second wave of the banking crisis – to be or not to be?

3/2009 Timo Vihavainen

Professor Renvall Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Russia on the Baltic

3/2009 Andrei P. Tsygankov

Professor at Departments of International Relations and Political Science San Francisco State University USA

The post-western world – implications for Russia and the West

3/2009 Hans Brask Director Baltic Development Forum Denmark

Green valley on top of Europe – new and strong initiative can boost energy co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2009 Lars-Christer Lundin

Professor of hydrology Chair Baltic University Programme Uppsala University Sweden

The Baltic University – a network for sustainable development

3/2009 Jouko Rautava Economist Bank of Finland Finland

Times are also hard for Russia forecasters

3/2009 Philip Hanson

Associate Fellow, Chatham House London The United Kingdom

Russia’s crisis budget

3/2009 Anu Mai Kõll

Professor of Baltic History Centre for Baltic and East European Studies Södertörns högskola Sweden

The history of the Baltic States – a minefield

3/2009 Aarno Kotilainen

Dr., Research Professor Geological Survey of Finland Coordinator of the BONUS INFLOW -project Finland

Look back – and learn

94

3/2009 Pami Aalto

Jean Monnet Professor Director Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence University of Tampere Finland

Policy platforms for regionalizing EU-Russia energy relations

3/2009 Aki Koponen

Dr., Director Institute for Competition Policy Studies Turku School of Economics Finland

State enterprises are still a problem for common markets

2/2009 Andrius Kubilius Prime Minister Lithuania

Lithuania in the Baltic Sea region – a common destiny and shared responsibility

2/2009 Antonio Tajani Vice-President, Commissioner for Transport European Commission

Future challenges of transport in the Baltic Sea region

2/2009 Paavo Väyrynen Dr, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Finland

Neighbouring area cooperation and Baltic Sea Strategy of the EU – complementary instruments to support cooperation (and sustainable development) in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2009 Jānis Sārts State Secretary of Ministry of Defence Latvia

The Arctic region – shift in geopolitics?

2/2009 Martin Erdmann Ambassador Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy

A vital alliance turns 60

2/2009 Bo Österlund Commodore (ret) Finland

Baltic Sea gas pipeline in Finland's economic zone – project raises many questions

2/2009 Jaakko Smolander

Vice Admiral (ret) Finnish Border Guard: Assistant Chief 1998-2004 and Chief 2004-2008 Finland

Finland is developing the European Union's border security

2/2009 Hanna Foltyn – Kubicka

Member of the European Parliament Poland

Do we really need Nord Stream?

2/2009 Reino Paasilinna

Dr, Member of the European Parliament Vice-Chair of the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (PCC) Finland

The EU and Russia

95

2/2009 Aloyzas Sakalas Member of the European Parliament Lithuania

The EU's relations with Belarus – how to get things moving?

2/2009 Ville Niinistö

MP, Finnish Parliament Vice-Chair of the Green Parliamentary Group Chair of the Committee for Citizen and Consumer Rights in the Nordic Council

Towards a sustainable and secure energy policy in the Baltic Sea region

2/2009 Bernhard Vogel Dr, Chairman The Konrad Adenauer Foundation Germany

The Baltic Sea region is crucial to the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation

2/2009 Michael Butler Chargé d’Affaires US Embassy Helsinki

Climate crisis requires regional collaboration

2/2009 Andres Lipstok Governor of Eesti Pank Estonia

Estonian economy in anticipation of the euro

2/2009 Thomas Wilhelmsson

Rector University of Helsinki Finland

The University of Helsinki as an engine of Baltic sea research

2/2009 Konstantin Khudoley

Professor and Dean School of International Relations St.Petersburg University Russia

Russia-EU relations

2/2009 Arne Grove

Nordic Council of Ministers, Director of the NCM Information office in Kaliningrad Honorary consul of Denmark in Kaliningrad

Energy cooperation within the Baltic Sea Region. A Kaliningrad perspective.

2/2009 Lúcio Vinhas de Souza

Official Responsible for Russia Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG-ECFIN) European Commission

Effects of financial and economic instability in Russia

2/2009 Erik W Helin

CEO Specta / VolgaStrap Group Russia Member of the Executive Board Association of European Business, Moscow, Russia

Managing Business in today’s crises environment in Russia vs 1998 – a view from the field

2/2009 Miklos Losoncz

Jean Monnet Professor at Széchenyi István University Győr, Hungary Research Director at GKI Economic Research Co., Budapest

Some institutional factors of securing Europe’s supply of natural gas

96

2/2009 Alexey Ignatiev and Stephen Dewar

Program and Development Director Kaliningrad Regional Economic Development Agency Russia

Independent economic consultant Ireland

The South-Eastern Baltic Region as a model for European integration and true partnership

2/2009 Hanna Ojanen

Dr, Programme Director Finnish Institute of International Affairs Finland

What role for the EU in Finnish security policy?

2/2009 Erika Sumilo and Madara Apsalone

Professor University of Latvia

Researcher University of Latvia

The impact of international financial crisis on capital migration into Latvia

2/2009 Lassi Heininen Doctor University of Lapland Finland

From periphery to world politics – the changing geo-politics of the North

2/2009 Chloé Le Coq

Assistant professor Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics Stockholm School of Economics

Russian gas supply and common energy policy

2/2009 Johanna Särkijärvi

Project Manager Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

Growing volumes of containers and other unitised cargo go hand-in-hand with the concentration of maritime transport in major ports

2/2009 Sergey Volchenkov PhD of Economics Associate, Avanko Capital St. Petersburg, Russia

Specific features of inbound cross-border deals on the Russian M&A mid-market

2/2009 Alexander Gaponenko and Michael Rodin

Dr.E Institute of European Studies Latvia

Ph.D. International University Audentes Estonia

System crisis of the Latvian society – the reasons, scenarios of development, possibility of overcoming

2/2009 Jarna Heinonen Professor, Director TSE Entre Turku School of Economics

Entrepreneurship and the Baltic Rim

1/2009 Siim Kallas Vice-President for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud European Commission

Fighting fraud and corruption – the EU experience

1/2009 Alexander Stubb Minister for Foreign Affairs Finland

Baltic Sea Cooperation towards 2020 – serious challenges but bright opportunities

97

1/2009 Ville Itälä Member European Parliament Finland

Baltic Sea maintenance and budgetary control

1/2009 Antti Kaikkonen

Member of Parliament and vice chairman of the Grand Committee, Finland Member of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference Rapporteur of the Council of Europe on the economic potential of the Baltic Sea

Baltic cooperation needs freshening

1/2009 Thomas Mirow President The European Bank forReconstruction and Development

European cooperation crucial as banking sector in the East has to weather global crisis

1/2009 Paul Vandoren Deputy Head Delegation of the European Commission to Russia

Regional cooperation that works – the EU's Northern Dimension Policy

1/2009 Ari Korhonen Secretary General The Finnish Social Democratic Party Finland

Against the financial recession with Baltic cooperation

1/2009 Wojciech Kwaśniak Advisor of the President The National Bank of Poland Poland

The impact of the international financial crisis on the stability of banking systems in Central and Eastern European countries

1/2009 Oleg N. Misko and Sergei F. Sutyrin

Business Development Director City Agency for Industrial Investments Government of St. Petersburg The Russian Federation

Professor, Head World Economy Department / International Banking Institute St. Petersburg State University The Russian Federation

St. Petersburg's commercial real estate market – some recent trends

1/2009 Perttu Vartiainen

Rector and Professor of Human Geography University of Joensuu Finland

University of Joensuu as an active partner in cross-border cooperation in Northwest Russia

1/2009 Jonathan Stern Director of Gas Research Oxford Institute for Energy Studies The United Kingdom

The January 2009 Russia-Ukraine crisis and the imperative of bypass pipelines

1/2009 Leonid Grigoriev

President Institute for Energy and Finance, Moscow Russia

Forum of gas exporters – design

98

1/2009 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Pan-European Institute Finland

Ukraine’s energy lesson to the EU

1/2009 Mia Crawford and Risto Veivo

Acting Head Baltic 21 Secretariat

Adviser to Deputy Mayor City of Turku Head of Baltic 21 Secretariat 2006-2008 Finland

Living up to our promises – fostering a sustainable Baltic Sea Region

1/2009 Chris Weafer Chief Strategist Bank Uralsib Russia

GAS-OPEC – cooperation or confrontation?

1/2009 Hanna Smith

Researcher Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Russia and the European Union – partners in energy cooperation or rivals in “Great Game” confrontation?

1/2009 Raivo Vare

Vice-Chairman of the Estonian Cooperation Assembly Former Minister of State and Minister of Transport and Communications Estonia

EU – Russia – the Baltic angle

1/2009 David Dusseault

Project Coordinator Eurasia Energy Group Aleksanteri Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Plus ça Change – infrastructure & energy transit to Europe

1/2009 Laura J. Rantanen

Journalist Vihreä Lanka, Green Weekly newspaper Finland

Russia is digging its own grave by disturbing gas supplies to Europe

1/2009 Richard Sakwa

Professor of Russian and European Politics University of Kent at Canterbury The United Kingdom

The economic crisis and regime stability in Russia

1/2009 Peter Coachman Director of Russian Operations Technopolis Russia

High-tech response to modern challenges and new opportunities

1/2009 Jukka Mallinen

Translator, writer Chairman Finnish PEN Finland

The economy crisis is the moment of truth for Russia

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1/2009 Vesa Harmaakorpi

Professor Lahti School of Innovation Lappeenranta University of Technology Finland

Sustainable innovation – what is it?

1/2009 Wladimir Andreff

Professor Emeritus at the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne Honorary President of the International Association of Sport Economists France

Is Russian sports economy performing well?

1/2009 Viktor Trasberg

Associate Professor Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Head of Centre for Baltic Studies University of Tartu Estonia

Baltic States competitive position in the New Century

1/2009 Vyacheslav Dombrovsky

PhD, Assistant Professor Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies Latvia

Can we revive a ‘Baltic Tiger’?

1/2009 Alexey Prazdnichnykh

Principal Bauman Innovation Associate Professor The Academy of National Economy under the Government of Russian Federation Russia

Business life in a perfect Storm – the first results of a monthly monitoring of the effect produced by the economic crisis on small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in Russia

1/2009 Peeter Vahtra and Stefan Ehrstedt

Research Fellow Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics

Senior Research Associate Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics Finland

Russia’s energy supplies and the Baltic Sea Region

6/2008 Janez Potočnik European Commissioner for Science and Research

BONUS project – Baltic countries lead research for better use of the Baltic Sea

6/2008 Stefan Wallin Minister of Culture and Sport Finland

Mare nostrum – Sea of Culture

6/2008 Bogdan Klich Minister of National Defence Poland

Security challenges in the Baltic Sea Region

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6/2008 Sven Mikser

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Riigikogu - The Parliament of Estonia Estonia

Return of the cold war – mis-shapes and mirror images

6/2008 Wilfried Grolig Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Finland

Germany and the Baltic Sea cooperation – current common challenges and the Baltic Sea Strategy of the European Union

6/2008 Igor Yurgens

Chairman of the Management Board Institute of Contemporary Development Russia

Foreign investment in the strategic sector of the Russian economy – fundamentals and expectations

6/2008 Bo Österlund Commodore Finland

Significance of Russia’s Baltic fleet growing. Will nuclear weapons return to the Baltic Sea?

6/2008 Pekka Ruola

Municipal Councillor Vice Chairman of the Turku 2011 Foundation Chairman of the Turku Cultural Board Finland

Turku and Tallinn – work together for a better Baltic Sea environment

6/2008 Torsten Wöllert

Deputy Head of Unit at the Directorate-General of External Relations European Commission

Bridge over troubled waters? Managing EU-Russia energy relations

6/2008 Agata Łoskot-Strachota

Energy Policy Specialist Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich/Centre for Eastern Studies Poland

The Baltic Sea as the most important corridor for Russia’s oil exports

6/2008 Dan Steinbock

Dr, Research Director of International Business India, China and America Institute

Eclipse of export-led growth?

6/2008 Sergey M. Drobyshevsky

Ph.D., Head Macroeconomics and Finance Division Institute for the Economy in Transition Russia

Rouble devaluation – pros et contras

6/2008 Lars Tranberg Rasmussen

Emerging Markets Analyst Danske Macro Research Danske Bank Denmark

How to restore confidence and allow the rouble to weaken

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6/2008 Lassi Linnanen

Dr., Professor of Environmental Management and Economics Lappeenranta University of Technology Member of Board Baltic Sea Action Group Finland

Double environmental dividend – combining actions against climate change and pollution of the Baltic Sea

6/2008 Martti Lariola

Project Director Clean Baltic Sea Poland John Nurminen Foundation Finland

Reduction of nutrient discharges will turn the trend towards a cleaner Baltic Sea

6/2008 Antti Saurama

Head of Research and Consulting Services Unit Centre for Maritime Studies University of Turku Finland

Key figures on maritime transports and cargoes handled in the Baltic Sea ports in 2007, compiled by the Baltic Port List

6/2008 Kirsi-Maarit Poljatschenko

M.A. Finland

Containerized cargo market of the Baltic Sea and future of Mother Russia

6/2008 Wolfram Schrettl

Professor of Economics Department of Economics Director of Economics Institute for East European Studies Free University Berlin Germany

EU and Russia – are there limits to “common values”?

6/2008 Urmas Varblane Professor of International Economy University of Tartu Estonia

Why are economies of Estonia and Iceland different?

6/2008 Filip Hamro-Drotz

Communications Coordinator Confederation of Finnish Industries EK Finland

Priorities of business for the EU’s Baltic Sea Strategy

6/2008 Rünno Lumiste, Robert Pefferly and Alari Purju

Associate Professor Tallinn University of Technology Estonia

Associate Professor Estonian Business School Estonia

Professor Estonian Business School Estonia

Estonia’s economic development – trends, practices and sources

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6/2008 Jacek Batóg

Doctor Faculty of Economics and Management University of Szczecin Poland

Virtual Baltic Development Agency – a network for international links and investment spillovers in BSR

6/2008 Mika Widgrén

Professor Turku School of Economics Vice-Director Public Choice Research Centre Finland

Paul Krugman and the Baltic Rim

5/2008 José Manuel Durão Barroso

President of the European Commission

EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

5/2008 Paula Lehtomäki Minister of the Environment Finland

Cleaner, safer and brighter future of the Baltic Sea

5/2008 Jaak Aaviksoo Minister of Defence Estonia

Events in Georgia provoke discussions on security in good, old, peaceful Europe

5/2008 Siiri Oviir Member European Parliament Estonia

Gas pipeline to the Baltic Sea – should it come in a civilized way or under the dictate of the big and the powerful?

5/2008 Artis Pabriks

Ex-foreign minister of Latvia (2004-2007) Professor in Vidzeme University College Latvia

Baltic security reflections in the aftermath of the Russian-Georgian conflict

5/2008 Efthimios E. Mitropoulos

Secretary-General International Maritime Organization

Busy Baltic to benefit from global pollution measures

5/2008 Jari Luoto

Ambassador for Baltic Sea Issues Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

EU focuses on the Baltic Sea

5/2008 André Mernier Secretary General Energy Charter Secretariat

A role for the Energy Charter in a new Russia-EU Partnership Agreement

5/2008 Timo Rajala President, CEO Pohjolan Voima Finland

Finland is facing major energy decisions

5/2008 Karlis Mikelsons President, CEO Latvenergo AS Latvia

Environmentally friendly for sustainable growth

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5/2008 Reinier Zwitserloot

Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors Wintershall Holding AG Germany

Nord Stream – making more European energy solidarity possible

5/2008 Viktoras Valentukevicius

General Manager AB Lietuvos Dujos Lithuania

Current and future activities of Lietuvos Dujos AB

5/2008 Seppo Remes

Member of Board, the Federal Grid Company, Russia Member of Board, RusHydro, Russia

Russian gas can unite Europe – if we allow it

5/2008 Aleksandra Mierzyńska – Krzysztof Parkoła

Financial Analyst PGNiG SA Poland

PGNiG – trying to be one step further

5/2008 Tapio Reponen Rector Turku School of Economics Finland

Profiling as a key success factor in modern university strategies

5/2008 Markus Ederer

Head, Policy Planning Ministry of Foreign Affairs Germany

Germany and the Baltic Sea Region – challenges and opportunities for cooperation on energy security

5/2008 Jyrki Terva

Consul for Trade, Economy and Cooperation with Neighbouring Regions Consulate General of Finland in Saint-Petersburg

Russia’s ability to use its energy might

5/2008 Tomasz Zadroga

President and CEO PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. Poland

Activities of the Polish Energy Group

5/2008 Yury S. Kadzhoyan Director General OOO LUKOIL-Kaliningradmorneft Russia

D-6 development – dialogue with the local communities and the government

5/2008 Janek Parkman Chairman of the Board Viru Keemia Grupp AS Estonia

Estonian oil shale sector undergoing changes

5/2008 Christian Lund

Public Affairs Manager, Energy & Retail Europe StatoilHydro ASA Norway

Energizing opportunities

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5/2008 Erkki Kotiranta Neste Shipping Oy Vice President Finland

The Russian Arctic is turning into an important energy supply route to Europe alongside the Baltic Sea

5/2008 Jyrki Vähätalo Senior Maritime Inspector Finnish Maritime Administration Finland

Safe and reliable global maritime transport of dangerous chemical cargo via the Baltic Sea

5/2008 Peter F. Johnston

Strategic Analyst Defence Research and Development Canada – Centre for Operational Research and Analysis Canada

Al Qaeda’s threat to oil and gas assets in the Baltic Region

5/2008 Arild Moe – Lars Rowe

Fridtjof Nansen Institute Norway

Russian shipbuilding – is a rapid turnaround possible?

5/2008 Urpo Kivikari

Former Director and Professor Emeritus Pan-European Institute Finland

Institute’s turning points and highlights

5/2008 Simon-Erik Ollus

Adviser and Economist The East Office of Finnish Industries Finland

The global financial turbulence and Russia

5/2008 Rainer Nõlvak Chairman of the Board Estonian Nature Fund Estonia

From Russia, with gas

5/2008 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director Pan-European Institute Finland

EU's growing energy import dependency a major risk

4/2008 László Kovács EU Commissioner for Taxation and Customs Union

EU-Russia customs cooperation − solving border congestion

4/2008 Kaspars Gerhards Minister of Economics Latvia

Economy of Latvia − on the path to stabilization

4/2008 Algirdas Butkevičius

Minister of Transport and Communications Lithuania

Lithuanian transport sector – perspectives for development

4/2008 Halldór Ásgrímsson Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers

Globalisation and the Baltic Sea Region

4/2008 Pekka Haavisto

Member of the Finnish Parliament and former Minister of Environment Finland

Baltic Sea as an energy route

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4/2008 Kimmo Kiljunen Doctor, Member of Parliament Finland

Russian politics

4/2008 Reijo Karhinen

Executive Chairman OP-Pohjola Group Finland

OP-Pohjola Group – appraising expansion opportunities in the Baltic countries

4/2008 Anders Paalzow

Rector Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Latvia

Challenges facing the higher education in the Baltic countries

4/2008 Hanna Lehtinen

Head of the Unit for the Northern Dimension Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland

The EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region and its links to the Northern Dimension

4/2008 Fraser Cameron – Aaron Matta

Director EU Russia Centre in Brussels Belgium – Researcher European University Institute in Florence Italy

Prospects for EU-Russia relations

4/2008 Kalle Euro

Director of Business Development City of Turku Director Turku Region Development Centre Finland

Creative dissent will enhance Baltic business

4/2008 Ole Damsgaard

Director Nordregio Sweden

Disparities and potentials in the BSR

4/2008 Jarkko Heinonen

Assistant Manager, Economist Turku Chamber of Commerce BCCA Office Representative Finland

Cluster approach as a tool of industrial policy in the Baltic Sea Region

4/2008 Harri Ekebom

Representative Protection Fund for the Archipelago Sea Finland

Problems of the Archipelago Sea are self-created

4/2008 Hanna Mäkinen

Project Planning Officer Pan-European Institute Turku School of Economics Finland

Energy security and environment – energy challenges in the European Union

3/2008 Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Prime Minister Denmark

Energy challenges and opportunities in the Baltic Sea Region

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3/2008 Vladimír Špidla EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities

Recent European Court of 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 The Nordic Council Finland

Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2008 Anu Vehviläinen

Transport Minister The Ministry of Transport and Communications Finland

Logistics unites markets

3/2008 Andreas Carlgren Minister for the Environment Ministry of the Environment Sweden

The EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region as a tool for implementing the HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan

3/2008 Anita Mäkinen Head of Marine Programme, Dr. WWF Finland

More maritime safety for the Baltic Sea – what are the options?

3/2008 Ma Keqing Chinese Ambassador to Finland China

Economic and trade cooperation between China and Finland − mutually beneficial and win-win development

3/2008 Merle Pajula Ambassador of Estonia to Helsinki Estonia

Estonia – the country we are building together

3/2008 Tapani Erling

Director-General The Finnish National Board of Customs Finland

Customs administrations and economic crime

3/2008 Risto Ervelä – Hannu Elo

Chairman of the Assembly The Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland – Head of the International Affairs The Regional Council of Southwest Finland Finland

Need for a Baltic Sea Region strategy from the viewpoint of Southwest Finland

3/2008 Aimo Ahti Mayor City of Kouvola Finland

Innorail – facilitating the renaissance of railways in Northern Europe

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3/2008 Nikolai M. Kropachev

Acting Rector, Professor Saint-Petersburg State University Russia

Saint-Petersburg State University performance in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2008 Olli Manner President, CEO Elomatic Finland

Baltic region strategy for the technical consulting business?

3/2008 Torbjörn Becker

Director The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics at the Stockholm School of Economics Sweden

Baltic Sea neighbors – time to engage with Belarus

3/2008 Matti Aura Managing Director Finnish Port Association Finland

Is the heyday of the transit traffic via Finnish ports to Russia over?

3/2008 Alfred Hecht

Associate Director, PhD, Dr. (h,c,) Viessmann European Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University Canada

The ‘Baltic Main Street’ highway proposal

3/2008 Elena G. Efimova Associate Professor St.Petersburg State University

Ports as gateways and hubs of Baltic Sea Region

3/2008 Hans Brask Director Baltic Development Forum Denmark

Visions for the future Baltic Sea Region cooperation – an EU avant-garde in promoting the fifth freedom of the internal market?

3/2008 Kari Liuhto Director Pan-European Institute Finland

The many challenges of the Baltic Sea Region

2/2008 Ján Figel’ European Commissioner for Education, Training, Culture and Youth

Why we need to modernise European universities

2/2008 Tarja Cronberg

Minister of Labour Ministry of Employment and the Economy Finland

We need a Baltic Sea Stern Review

2/2008 Maciej Nowicki Minister of Environment Ministry of Environment Poland

Is Poland really the biggest polluter of the Baltic Sea?

2/2008 Saara Kankaanrinta

Co-founder of the Foundation for a Living Baltic Sea /Baltic SeaAction Group (BSAG) Finland

Saving the Baltic Sea with public-private cooperation, result-orientated actions

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2/2008 Aliaksandr Milinkevich

Chairman Movement for Freedom Belarus

Belarus and Baltic Sea Region — common interests and challenges

2/2008 Erkki Kotiranta Vice President Neste Shipping Ltd Finland

Shipping of oil products in the Baltic region

2/2008 Kari Raivio Chancellor University of Helsinki Finland

University reform — a global phenomenon

2/2008 Maria Tengroth

Policy Manager Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Southern Sweden Sweden

Ranking of Swedish higher education institutions

2/2008 Niina Nummela Professor, International Business Turku School of Economics Finland

Finnish SMEs in the Baltic Sea Region — growth potential and challenges

2/2008 Žaneta Ozoliņa Professor University of Latvia Latvia

Searching for a new leadership in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2008 Tapio Välinoro Executive Director Regional Council of Kymenlaakso Finland

The third stage of regional economy — integration of the east and west

2/2008 Alexei Prazdnichnykh

Principal Bauman Innovation Associate Professor Academy of National Economy under the Government (Moscow) Russia

Leningrad region — capitalizing geographical advantage

2/2008 Mika Akkanen Manager of International Affairs City of Turku Finland

Today’s possibilities for city twinning relationships in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2008 Vladimir Kuzin

Head The strategic planning department of socio-economic development of the Kaliningrad region Russia

The role of the special economic zones in attracting foreign investment to the Kaliningrad region

2/2008 Arto Luukkanen

Adjunct Professor of Russian Studies Renvall Institute University of Helsinki Finland

Medvedev´s new agenda for Russia — reforming a system that can not be reformed?

1/2008 Andrus Ansip Prime Minister Estonia

Estonia’s development perspectives

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1/2008 Joe Borg European commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs

A new European Policy: the Integrated Maritime Policy, an ocean of opportunity for Europe

1/2008 Yegor Gaidar Director of the Institute for the Economy in Transition Former Prime Minister of Russia

Europe and Russia, new relations

1/2008 Jan Egeland

Director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs Former UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs

Affluent Baltic region must increase its assistance

1/2008 Matti Halmesmäki President and CEO, Kesko Kesko – a retail specialist

1/2008 Hans Brask Director, Baltic Development Forum, Denmark

The State of the Region Report

1/2008 Timo Karttinen – Pirja Heiskanen

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, Fortum Corporation –Vice President Russian Generation Business, Fortum Power and Heat

Market-based investment into Russian power sector

1/2008 Tatiana Romanova

Dr., Associate Professor at the Department of European Studies School of International Relations of St. Petersburg State University

Energy and transport into the Northern Dimension?: Russian 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 Center for Eastern Studies, Poland

State corporations – state property in de facto private hands

1/2008 Urpo Kivikari Professor Emeritus, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics

EU and Russia as neighbours and partners – the specific role 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 Economics, Poland

SGH – Warsaw School of Economics and the Baltic Region

1/2008 Samu Numminen Project manager, Southwest Finland Regional Environment Centre Pro Saaristomeri Coastal Forum

Coastal management and regional cooperation in saving the Baltic Sea

1/2008 Wojtek Dorabialski Adviser to the President Office of Competition and Consumer Protection, Poland

Can competition protection in Poland become more effective?

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1/2008 Kari Liuhto Professor, Director, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics

Future of the EU-Russia relations

6/2007 Ene Ergma President, The Parliament of Estonia The Baltic Sea Region: the region in global competition

6/2007 Gediminas Kirkilas Prime Minister, Lithuania Think neighbourly, create value added

6/2007 Benita Ferrero-Waldner

Member of the European Commission European Neighbourhood Policy

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 Finland, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee

The Baltic Sea – beauty in serious danger

6/2007 Blanka Kalinova Senior Economist

Investment Division, OECD

Investment climate in Russia: a Russian paradox?

6/2007 Seppo Remes UES, Member of the Board EOS Russia, Chairman of the Board Russia

Russia forerunning EU in power sector forum

6/2007 Kalman Kalotay United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Switzerland

A Baltic perspective on OMV’s bid for MOL

6/2007 Pertti Lintunen Mayor, Town of Imatra Imatra – a Finnish border town in the economic region of St. Petersburg

6/2007 Marek Menkiszak Head of the Russian Department Centre for Eastern Studies Poland

Russia's policy towards Central – Eastern Europe after the EU enlargement

6/2007 Yrjö Myllylä An expert on regional foresight Oy Aluekehitys RD

Russia tries to control the 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 TSE exe, Turku School of Economics

Management challenges - what is in the air?

5/2007 Günter Verheugen Vice-President of the European Commission and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry

Baltic Sea region – at the head of the reform process

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5/2007 Petras Vaitiekūnas Minister of Foreign Affairs Lithuania

European solidarity is the best investment into the future

5/2007 Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir

Minister for Foreign Affairs Iceland

Iceland and her companies in the Baltic Sea region

5/2007 Jaanus Tamkivi Minister of the Environment Estonia

Estonia protects the Baltic Sea 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 Institute, Belgium

What Europe has done for competition

5/2007 Urve Tiidus Mayor of Kuressaare Estonia

Islands are part of the main

5/2007 Eeva-Liisa Poutanen

Director General , Finnish Institute of Marine Research

The Baltic Sea – threats and expectations

5/2007 Pauliina Kainulainen

Doctor of Theology How can we find the 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 Education, Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Senior Adviser to the Finnish Lead Party for Baltic21 Education

Connecting competitiveness and regional sustainable development

5/2007 Horst Brezinski Professor, Dr., TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany

The new law on special 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?

5/2007 Atso Uusiaho CEO, Ice Advisors Ltd Increasing traffic in the Gulf of Finland presents challenges for winter navigation

5/2007 Bo Österlund Commodore, Finland Safe seaway connections are our 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

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4/2007 Ainārs Šlesers Minister of Transport of the Republic of Latvia

Latvia – transit land and destination

4/2007 Piia-Noora Kauppi Member of the European Parliament (EPP-ED Group)

May the Baltic way be the European way

4/2007 Antti Peltomäki Deputy Director-General, Information Society and Media DG, European Commission

I regard myself as a son of the Baltic Sea

4/2007 Yury Savenko Head of the City of Kaliningrad, Mayor of the City

Kaliningrad is the city to invest in

4/2007 Raimo Väyrynen Director of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

The Baltic Sea in the new strategic context

4/2007 Paavo Okko Professor of Economics, Turku School of Economics

The Baltic Sea Region as an 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, President of the International Association of Department Stores

Stockmann has succeeded in internationalisation of its department store operation

4/2007 Paavo Wihuri Director of Maritime Safety and Security, Finnish Maritime Administration

Safety on the Baltic Sea and 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, Finnish-Lithuanian Trade Association

The changing role of the trade association

4/2007 Veikko Kärnä M. Sc. (Economics) A new mesostructure for Russian mining industry

4/2007 John JA Burke Principal, European Institute of Law and Finance

Corporate governance in 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 Communications, Estonia

The future of Estonian economy and economic policy

3/2007 Andrei Yeudachenka Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus

The role of Belarus in the Baltic Sea region

3/2007 Alexander Rumyantsev

Ambassador of Russia to Finland Russian-Finnish neighbouring area cooperation

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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 of the Baltic Sea Forum

Metropolitan centres of the 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 Ministry of Transport and Communications, operates within the context of TEDIM

Progress in logistics cooperation between the European Union 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 Research Centre Turku School of Economics

Climate change and futures of 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 centre for Spatial Development Stockholm

How to improve the EU’s 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 Charge of Regional Policy

The Baltic Sea cooperation

2/2007 German Gref Minister of Economic Development and Trade, The Russian Federation

Russia’s role in the Baltic region

2/2007 Michal Sewerynski Minister of Science and Higher Education, Poland

Structural funds and 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-Jensen

Chairman, Baltic Development Forum Branding the Baltic Sea Region: “Just do it”

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2/2007 Antti Herlin Chairman, the Confederation of Finnish Industries, Elinkeinoelämän keskusliitto

The Baltic Economic Area represents a major opportunity for Finnish industry

2/2007 Teija Tiilikainen Director, The University of Helsinki Network for European Studies

The challenges of the EU’s Baltic Sea strategy

2/2007 Amelia Hadfield Lecturer in European International Relations, University of Kent

Nuclear energy in the Baltic-3: Dilemmas and determination

2/2007 Tadeusz Palmowski Professor, University of Gdańsk TriCity – Kaliningrad – Baltic Europol?

2/2007 Alvydas Medalinskas

Director, International Policy Centre, Vilnius

Challenges to the efficient EU border with Russia at the Kaliningrad enclave: A view from Lithuania

2/2007 Antti Saurama Head of Research and Consulting Services Unit, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku

Maritime transports and their future prospects in the Baltic Sea Region

2/2007 Kristian Nygaard Senior Consultant, International Tourist Consultants, ITC

Kaliningrad and the benefits of gambling

2/2007 Nikita Lomagin Professor, Department of World Economy, St. Petersburg State University

Quiet Russia: St. Petersburg as a mirror of Putin’s political stabilisation

2/2007 Kari Liuhto Director, Pan-European Institute (PEI), Turku School of Economics

St. Petersburg: The most important foreign city for the Finnish economy

1/2007 Andris Piebalgs Member of the European Commission in Charge of Energy

Energy policy for Europe: 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 group in the Finnish Parliament, the founding member of the EU-Russia Centre

The Baltic Sea gas pipeline - power or partnership?

1/2007 Valentina Matvienko

The Governor of the City of St. Petersburg

St. Petersburg – the leader of Russian modernisation

1/2007 Aleksi Randell Chairman, City Executive Board of Turku, Vice-president, Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC)

Protection of the Baltic Sea urgent task: local actors have 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

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1/2007 Stanislav Tkachenko

Dr., Vice-Rector, Saint-Petersburg State University

The economy of Saint-Petersburg – recent trends

1/2007 Carsten Schymik Dr., Department for Northern European Studies, Baltic Sea School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

BalticStudyNet – promoting Baltic Sea region higher 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

6/2006 Georgy Boos The Governor of the Kaliningrad region, the Russian Federation

Kaliningrad region – a new 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 European Studies, INT, Copenhagen Business School

The Euro-rule for inflation is too strict for the Baltic economies

6/2006 Timo Hellenberg Dr (Int.Rel), Chairman of the BSR Research Network on Civil Protection

Baltic Sea energy roulette: is a survival kit on civil protection needed?

6/2006 Elena Kropinova Associated Prof. of the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia, Kaliningrad

Will tourism become “pole of growth” of the Kaliningrad economy?

6/2006 Tapio Aho Chairman, Finnish-Latvian Trade Association

Finnish – Baltic Trade Associations Case: Finnish-Latvian Trade Association

6/2006 Raita Karnite Dr. (Econ), Director, Member of the Board, Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences

Threats and opportunities regarding Latvia’s economy

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

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5/2006 Christian Ketels

Doctor, Harvard Business School, Center for Strategy and Competitiveness, Stockholm School of Economics

The Baltic Tigers – An end in sight for the growth story?

5/2006 Ville Kaitila – Maarit Lindström

Researcher, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA, Finland – Project Manager, Prime Minister’s Office, Secretariat of the Economic Council, Finland

Experiences of Finnish firms in Poland

5/2006 Juha Beurling

President of the Socialdemocratic Environmental League in Finland, Head of the Socialdemocratic group of the environmental committee in Helsinki

The Baltic Sea – The most polluted sea area in the world

5/2006 Lars Rydén The Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University

The Baltic Sea region a forerunner towards sustainability!

5/2006 Artur Usanov Doctoral Fellow, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Kaliningrad’s industry – a 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, University of Jyväskylä

Nordic manufacturing 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 Foreign Office, Federal Republic of Germany

Creating an innovative Europe

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 Chamber of Commerce, BCCA Office Representative

The promotion of mutual trade is an important way of developing the competitiveness of the Baltic Sea Region

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4/2006 Katja Heiskanen Researcher, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics

Baltic Sea region’s new EU 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 Brusendorff

Executive Secretary, HELCOM HELCOM – creating a new environmental strategy for the Baltic Sea

3/2006 Eufemia Teichmann

Professor, Head of Institute of Baltic States’ Economy, WSE, Warsaw, Former ambassador of Poland in Lithuania

European and Baltic dimension of strategic partnership between Poland and Lithuania

3/2006 Esko Antola Jean Monnet Professor, University of Turku

Third Wave cooperation needed in the Baltic Sea Region

3/2006 Esa Kokkonen Director, The Baltic Institute of Finland

A New Wave of the Baltic Sea Cooperation on the Rise: Focus on St. Petersburg

3/2006 Gennadiy Fedorov Pro-Rector of Research, the Immanuel Kant State University of Russia

The Kaliningrad oblast and cooperation in the Baltic region

3/2006 Eric Brunat Managing Director, EuropeAid in Kaliningrad, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Savoie

The importance of higher education to attract investment and contribute to sustain economic growth and competitiveness in Kaliningrad

2/2006 Per Stig Møller Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark A Good Foundation for the 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 Government of the Kaliningrad region

Development of the Kaliningrad Region – New Perspectives

2/2006 Elina Pelto Senior Researcher, Pan-European Institute

Prospects and Challenges of the New Law on Kaliningrad Special Economic Zone

2/2006 Juha Nurminen Chairman, John Nurminen Foundation

Co-operation and New Thinking Required for Protecting the Baltic Sea

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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 International Experts on the Development of the Kaliningrad Region

Kaliningrad and the Baltic Sea Region

1/2006 Urpo Kivikari Professor Emeritus, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

Baltic Rim Integration - Opportunity and Necessity

1/2006 Marcus Svedberg Chief Analyst, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economies, Stockholm School of Economics

The Baltic Rim Model

1/2006 Erik Terk Director, Estonian Institute for Futures Studies

Futures Scenarios for the Baltic Sea Economic Space

6/2005 Stefan Meller Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

Poland and Baltic Sea Regional Cooperation

6/2005 Stephan Müchler President of Baltic Sea Chambers of Commerce Association

Triple Trade in Ten Years – a Vision for the Baltic Sea Region

6/2005 Kari Jalas The Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland

European Integration is Bearing Fruit

6/2005 Ralf Wiegert Country Intelligence Group – Europe Global Insight (Germany)

Poland after the Elections: Addressing the Nexus between Fiscal and Labor Market Reform

6/2005 Kari Liuhto Professor, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

The China Phenomena in the Baltic Sea Region

5/2005 Urmas Paet Minister of Foreign Affairs, The Republic of Estonia

More Than a Decade of Purposeful Economic Policy

5/2005 Ville Itälä

Member of the European Parliament, Vice-President of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats

New Impetus for the Baltic Sea Co-operation

5/2005 Johnny Åkerholm President and CEO, The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)

Why a Baltic Sea Economic Region?

5/2005 Tomas Hanell Research Fellow, Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Development

Spatial Polarisation of the Baltic Sea Region

4/2005 Kęstutis Daukšys Minister of Economy, Republic of Lithuania

Lithuania – Ambitious Plans in the New Space

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4/2005 Mart Sörg

Chairman of the Board of Eesti Pank, Professor of Money and Banking of the University of Tartu, Head of Institute of Finance and Accounting

Baltic Banking is Modern and Concentrated

4/2005 Juha Savo – Hannu Elo

Executive Director – Senior Adviser, Regional Council of Southwest Finland

The Position of Southwest 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 National Technology Agency of Finland

The Baltic Countries and Integration into the EU Innovation Environment

2/2005 Kari Liuhto Professor, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

A Common Baltic Sea Investment Agency Could Attract New Capital into the Region

2/2005 Riitta Kosonen – Piia Heliste

Director, HSE / CEMAT, Professor, University of Joensuu – Project Manager, HSE / CEMAT

Finnish Firms Expanding their Operations in the Baltic Sea Region

1/2005 Paula Lehtomäki Minister for Foreign Trade and Development, Finland

The Baltic Sea – A New Dimension?

1/2005 Jorma Rytkönen Group Manager, VTT Industrial Systems, Maritime Operations and Environment

On the Marine Oil Transportation and Terminal Development in the Gulf of Finland

6/2004 Thomas Laursen – Roger Grawe

Lead Economist for Central Europe and the Baltic States – Country Director for Central Europe and the Baltic States, the World Bank

Doing Business in the Baltics – a World Bank Perspective

6/2004 Hannu Halinen Ambassador, Director of the Secretariat, Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)

CBSS and the Economic Cooperation in BSR

5/2004 Audrius Brūzga Ambassador, Embassy of Lithuania, Helsinki

Lithuania in the Baltic Sea Rim after EU Enlargement

5/2004 Alari Purju

Professor of Public Economics at Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Internationalisation of Estonian Economy through Foreign Direct Investments (FDI)

4/2004 Valdis Krastins Ambassador, Embassy of Latvia, Helsinki

Latvia on the European Ship

4/2004 Lauri Ojala Professor of Logistics, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

Key Trade and Transport Facilitation Issues in the Baltic States

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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, Information Department, Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency (PAIiIZ)

Foreign Direct Investments in Poland

2/2004 Matti Maasikas Ambassador of Estonia, Estonian Embassy in Helsinki

The Challenge Ahead – Estonia’s Vision

2/2004 Kari Alho – Ville Kaitila – Markku Kotilainen

Research Director – Research Fellow – Head of Unit, ETLA The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

Finnish Firms Look Forward to Growth Prospects in the New EU Countries

1/2004 Kari Liuhto Director, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration

The EU Accession of the Baltic States and Poland Creates an Integrating Bridge between the East and the West