24 BSPC List of Participants

List of participants of the 24th Baltic Sea ParliamentaryConference in Rostock, 30 August – 1 September 2015Member Parliaments and Parliamentary OrganizationsBaltic AssemblyDr. Giedrė Purvaneckienė PresidentJānis Vucāns Vice President of theBaltic Assembly, ViceChairman of the BSPC,Head of the LatviandelegationRomualds Razuks Vice-Chairman LatvianDelegation, MemberPresidium Baltic AssemblyMarika Laizāne-Jurkāne Secretary GeneralEuropean ParliamentJørn Dohrmann MP, SINEEA-DelegationAmelia Padurariu Secretary of the SINEEADelegationFederal Assembly of the Russian FederationValentina Pivnenko MP, Head of RussianDelegationOleg Nilov MPYulia Guskova AdvisorAnna Zhiltsova AdvisorEkaterina Jordan AssistantSvetlana Shelest InterpreteurNordic CouncilHöskuldur Thórhallsson PresidentWille Rydman MP1Jóhanna María Sigmundsdóttir MPBritt Bohlin Secretary GeneralNicolai Stampe Qvistgaard Senior AdvisorTorkil Sørenson International AdvisorJan Widberg Director of Minister ́sOffice in LatviaParliament of ÅlandJörgen Petterson MPAnnette Holmberg-Jansson MPAxel Jonsson MPNiclas Slotte Legal Advisor, Secretaryof DelegationParliament of BremenSülmez Dogan Vice President of theParliament of BremenAntje Grotheer MPParliament of DenmarkKarin Gaarsted MPAnnette Lind MPCaroline Magdalene Maier MPKamilla Kjelgaard AssistantParliament of EstoniaHelir-Valdor Seeder Vice President of theParliamentAadu Must MPAndre Sepp MPEne Rongelep Senior AdvisorParliament of Finland2Hanna Kosonen MPRiitta Myller MPWille Rydman MPSaara-Sofia Sirén MPMika Laakson Secretary for InternationalAffairsParliament of the Federal Republic of GermanyFranz Thönnes MP, Head of theDelegationHerbert Behrens MPFrank Junge MPSonja Steffen MPPeter Stein MPThomas Stritzl MPNicole Tepasse Secretary of DelegationTorsten Schneider Delegation SecretariatParliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of HamburgCarola Veit President of the HamburgParliamentDr. Kurt Duwe MPSören Schumacher MPMichael Westenberger MPJohannes Düwel DirectorUlfert Kaphengst Head of DepartmentPublic Relations andProtocolMarco Wiesner Deputy Head ofDepartment PublicRelations and ProtocolParliament of Latvia3Jānis Vucāns Vice President of theBaltic Assembly, ViceChairman of the BSPC,Chairman of the LatviandelegationRomualds Razuks Vice-Chairman LatvianDelegation, MemberPresidium Baltic AssemblyAtis Lejiņš MPVeiko Spolītis MPJuris Viļums MPIngrīda Sticenko Senior AdvisorLinda Kalniņa Project coordinator,Saeima protocol devisionParliament of LithuaniaIrena Siauliene MPLinas Balsys MPRaimundas Paliukas MPParliament of Mecklenburg-VorpommernSylvia Bretschneider Chair of BSPC, Presidentof the LandtagMecklenburg-Vorpommern, MPJulian Barlen MPDr. André Brie MPDietmar Eifler MPSilke Gajek MPJörg Heydorn MPDetlef Müller MPJochen Schulte MPWolfgang Waldmüller MP4Manfred Dachner MPArmin Tebben DirectorDirk Zapfe Leader President’s OfficeStefan Janssen Unit Leader ProtocolGeorg Strätker Unit Leader EU and LegalAffairs CommitteeParliament of NorwayPer Rune Henriksen MP, Head of DelegationOlaug Bollestad MPSonja Mandt MPBente Stein Mathisen MPMichael Tetzschner MPBjørn Andreassen Senior AdvisorMarianne Seip Political AdvisorJulie Helmersvik Brevik AdvisorParliament of SwedenPyry Niemi MP, Head of SwedishDelegationPer-Ingvar Johnsson MPRickard Persson MPSuzanne Svensson MPCecilia Widegren MPPetra Sjöström International SeniorAdviserParliament of PolandRyszard Górecki Head of the Polish5Delegation, Member ofPolish SenatePiotr Bauć MPPiotr Koperski Secretary of theDelegationParliament of the City of St. PetersburgTatiana Zakharenkova MPVatanyar Yagya International AdvisorParliament of Schleswig-HolsteinBernd Heinemann Vice President of theLandtag Schleswig-Holstein, Head ofDelegationAngelika Beer MPAstrid Damerow MPDr. Ekkehard Klug MPRegina Poersch MPBernd Voß MPJette Waldinger-Thiering MPJutta Schmidt-Holländer Unit Leader,AdministrationLegislative Assembly of The Leningrad RegionAleksandr Petrov MP, Head of theDelegation – theChairman of the StandingCommission on Healthand Social PolicyLudmilla Teptina Deputy to the Chairman ofthe Standing Commissionon Health and SocialPolicy6BSPC and ObserversBSPC – Baltic Sea Parliamentary ConferenceBodo Bahr Head of theBSPC SecretariatBaltic Sea ForumJürgen Schmidt Member of the Board BSFBSSSC Brussels AntennaJanne Tamminen Head of OfficeCBSS - Council of the Baltic Sea StatesMichał Czyż Ambassador for PolandRaul Mälk Ambassador for EstoniaGudmundur Arni Stefánsson Ambassador for IcelandJan Lundin Director General of theCBSS SecretariatDr. Iris Kempe Senior AdvisorHELCOM- Helsinki CommissionHarry Liiv ChairmanHelsinki - Uusimaa Region, Uusimma Region CouncilOssi Savolainen Regional MayorAssociation forcooperation with BSC“Norden”, NGO ForumNetworkDaria Akhutina General DirectorNDPHS SecretariatMarek Maciejowski DirectorWiebke Seemann Project Assistant8ͦRegion SkaneStefan Lamme Member of the RegionalAssemblyBengt Stavenow E-Health Strategist9Speakers and other ParticipantsBioCon ValleyProf. Dr. Dr. Horst Klinkmann PresidentLars Bauer ManagerBirgit Pscheidl Manager for InternationalAffairsThomas Karopka Project ManagerChamber of Industry and Commerce NeubrandenburgDr. Wolfgang Blank DirectorChamber of Industry and Commerce SchwerinStefanie Scharrenbach Area Manager RegionalPolitics, InternationalEmbassy of the Republic of LithuaniaRamūnas Misiulis First Embassy CounselorEIZ – Europäisches Integrationszentrum Rostock – European IntegrationCentre RostockMandy Kröppelien ChairPeter Boldt Coordinator BMBF ProjectSilversurferJana Kasten Member of the BoardEuropean CommissionGünther Oettinger Commissioner for DigitalEconomy & SocietyEUCC – EU Coastal and Marine UnionNardine Stybel ManagerFederal Ministry for Families, Senior Citizens, Women & YouthManuela Schwesig Federal Minister10Finnish Confederation of Salaried Employees STTKRiitta Työläjärvi Senior Advisor Health andSocial PolicyFoundation Alfried Krupp Kolleg GreifswaldProf. Dr. Bärbel Friedrich Scientific DirectorGreifswald UniversityWomen's HospitalProf. Dr. Marek Zygmunt DirectorHerbert QuandtFoundationDr. Roland Löffler Head of FoundationInstitute for Political and Administrative Sciences University of RostockProfessor Dr. Nikolaus Werz Chair of ComparativeGovernment and PoliticsMartin Koschkar Administrative ConsultantKiel Week Youth ForumMadara Muizniece RapporteurMaximilian Priebe RapporteurLife Science Nord Management GmbHDr. Hinrich Habeck ManagerLund UniversityPhD Björn Ekmann ResearcherMecklenburgerFoundationDr. Wolf Schmidt ChairMinistry of Economy Mecklenburg-VorpommernHarry Glawe MinisterDr. Anja Gelzer Advisor11Ministry of Education Mecklenburg-VorpommernKatja Steinfeld AdvisorMinistries of Foreign AffairsErja Tikka Finland, Ambassador forBaltic Sea AffairsMichał Czyż Poland, Ambassador forCBSSRaul Mälk Estonia, Ambassador forCBSSGudmundur Arni Stefánsson Iceland, Ambassador forCBSSSergey Petrovich Deputy Director, RussiaMinistries for HealthRimanté Šalaševičiūtė Lithuania, Minister ofHealthAnnette Widmann-Mauz Germany, ParliamentaryState Secretary of theMinistry of HealthDmitry Kostennikov Russia. Vice Minister ofHealth, State SecretaryBo Könberg Former Minister of HealthSwedenThomas Ifland Germany, Senior Advisor,Ministry of HealthJurgita Kinderiené Lithuania, Advisor, Ministryof HealthEduard Salakhov Russia, Head of Divisionfor InternationalCooperation in PublicHealthModeratorSusanne Kluge Moderator and TVPresenterRobert Koch InstituteProf. Martin Mielke Head of Department of12Infectious DiseasesRosa-Luxemburg-FoundationProf. Dr. Werner Pade ChairScanBaltPeter Frank General SecretaryJaanus Pikani Vice ChairState Chancellery Mecklenburg-VorpommernErwin Sellering Prime Minister ofMecklenburg-VorpommernAndrea Herrmannsen Head of DivisionUniversitair Medisch Centrum Groningen/NetherlandsProf. Dr. Gerhard Rakhorst EmeritusUniversity of Applied Sciences WismarProf. Dr. Bodo Wiegand-Hoffmeister RectorUniversity RostockProf. Dr. Wolfgang Schareck RectorWHO – World Health Organization, Regional Office for EuropeDr. Nedret Emiroglu Deputy DirectorWifOR – Wirtschaftsforschung – Economy ResearchDr. Dennis A. Ostwald Manager13