List of Participants

List of ParticipantsMember Parliaments and Parliamentary OrganizationsMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany1. H. E. Sigmar GabrielFirst Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg2. Olaf ScholzÅland3. Jörgen Pettersson , Mem ber of the Åland Parliament , Vice -President of the BSPC4. Sara Kemetter , Member of the Åland Parliament5. Annette Holmberg -Jansson , Member of the Åland Parliament6. Ingrid Johansson , Member of the Åland Parliament7. Sten Eriksson , Secretary of the delegation of th e Åland Parliament8. Maj Falck , Member of Staff of the Åland ParliamentBaltic Assembly9. Prof Aadu Must , President of the Baltic Assembly and Member of the Estonia Parliament10. Prof Jānis Vucāns – Vice President of the Baltic Assembly and Member of the LatvianParliament, Vice -President of the BSPC11. Marika Laizane -Jurkane , Secretary GeneralBremen12. Sülmez Dogan , Vice -President of the State Parliament of Bremen13. Antje Grotheer , Member of the State Parliament of BremenDenmark14. Karin Gaardsted , Member of the Danis h Parliament15. Peder Pedersen , Advisor of the Danish Parliament16. Louise Egholm Hattens , Advisor of the Danish ParliamentEstonia17. Johannes Kert , Member of the Estonian Parliament18. Ene Rongelep , Senior Advisor of the Parliament of EstoniaFinland19. Veera Ruoho , Head of the Delegation of the Finnish Parliament20. Hanna Kosonen , Member of the Parliament of Finland21. Riitta Myller , Member of the Parliament of Finland22. Maria Tolppanen , Member of the Parliament of Finland23. Anne -Mari Virolainen , Member of the Parliament of Fi nland24. Anna Kiiskinen , Secretary for International Affairs of the Parliament of Finland25. Hans Häyrynen , Advisor of the Parliament of FinlandGermany26. Franz Thönnes , Member of the German Bundestag, Chairman of the German delegation to theBSPC27. Jürgen Klimke , Member of the German Bundestag28. Peter Stein , Member of the German Bundestag29. Sonja Steffen , Member of the German Bundestag30. Herbert Behrens , Member of the German Bundestag31. Nicole Tepasse , Secretary of the delegation of the German Bundestag32. Petra Grätz , Secre tary of the delegation of the German Bundestag33. Doris Schächter , Political Advisor at the German BundestagHamburg34. Carola Veit , President of the BSPC, President of the State Parliament of Hamburg35. Dr Kurt Duwe , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg36. Norbert Hackbusch , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg37. Prof Jörn Kruse , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg38. Sören Schumacher , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg39. Ulrike Sparr , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg40. Michael Westenberger , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg41. Barbara Duden , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg42. Murat Gözay , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg43. Gulfam Malik , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg44. Dorothee Martin , Member of the State Parliamen t of Hamburg45. Olaf Steinbiß , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg46. Dr Sven Tode , Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg47. Johannes Düwel , Director of the Parliament of Hamburg48. Florian Lipowski , Advisor of the Parliament of Hamburg49. Friederike Lünzmann , Advisor of the Parliament of HamburgIceland50. Teitur Björn Einarsson , Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council51. Hrannar Arnarsson , Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council52. Brynjar Nielsson , Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic Council53. Helgi Thorsteinsson , Member of the Icelandic Delegation to the Nordic CouncilKaliningrad54. Aleksandr Musevich , Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma55. Leonid Stepanyuk , Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad Reg ional Duma56. Iuliia Velichko , Employee of the Kaliningrad Regional DumaKarelia57. Dr Leonid Liminchuk , Member of the Parliament of the Karelia Regional DumaLatvia58. Dr Romualds Razuks , Member of the Parliament of Latvia59. Atis Lejins , Member of the Parliament of Latvia60. Veiko Spolitis , Member of the Parliament of Latvia61. Juris Vilums , Member of the Parliament of Latvia62. Ingrida Sticenko , Senior Advisor of the Interparliamenta ry Relations BureauLeningrad63. Regina Illarionova , Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma64. Ivan Khabarov , Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma65. Andrey Lebedev , Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma66. Alexander Perminov , Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma67. Nikolay Pustotin , Member of the Leningrad Regional Duma68. Zoya Rodina , Advisor of the Leningrad Regional DumaMecklenburg -Vorpommern69. Beate Schlupp , Vice -President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern70. Dirk Friedriszik , Member of the State Parlia ment of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern71. Nikolaus Kramer , Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern72. Karsten Kolbe , Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern73. Dirk Zapfe , Head of Division at the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern74. Georg Strätker , Senior Advisor of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern75. Julien Radlof f, Advisor of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg -VorpommernNordic Council76. Wille Rydman , Member of the Parliament of Finland and Nordic Council77. Sigurður Ingi J óhannsson , Member of the Parliament of Iceland and Nordic Council78. Arne Fogt Bergby , International Advisor of the Nordic CouncilNorway79. Per Rune Henriksen , Member of the Norwegian Parliament80. Sonja Mandt , Member of the Norwegian Parliament81. Ingebjørg Godskes en, Member of the Norwegian Parliament82. Marianne Seip , Political Advisor of the Norwegian Parliament83. Trine Eskedal , Head of Section of the Norwegian Parliament84. Bjørn Andreassen , Senior Adviser of the International Department of the N orwegian ParliamentParliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europa (OSCE PA)85. Isabel Santos , OSCE PA Vice -PresidentPolandSejm of the Republic of Poland86. Dorota Arciszewska -Mielewczyk , Chair of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of theRepublic of Poland to the BSPC, Sejm of the Republic of Poland87. Jerzy Borowczak , Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic ofPoland to the BSPC , Sejm of the Republic of Poland88. Zbigniew Gryglas , Member of the Delegation of the Sej m and the Senate of the Republic ofPoland to the BSPC , Sejm of the Republic of Poland89. Grzegorz Matusiak , Member of the Delegation of the Sejm and the Senate of the Republic ofPoland to the BSPC , Sejm of the Republic of PolandSenate of the Republic of Po land90. Piotr Koperski , Office for International and European Union Affairs, Chancellery of the Senate ofthe Republic of PolandRussian FederationCouncil of the Federation91. Anna Zhiltsova , Councilor of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Council of theFederationState Duma92. Valentina Pivnenko , Chair of the Russian Delegation to the BSPC, Member of the State Duma93. Vladimir Bortko , Member of the State Duma94. Oleg Nilov , Member of the State Duma95. Alexey Veller , Member of the State Duma96. Yulia Guskova , Advisor o n International Relations at the State Duma97. Ekaterina Jordan , Assistant to the Head of the Delegation98. Anna Priemysheva , InterpreterMinistry of Foreign Affairs99. Sergey Petrovich , Deputy Director of the Second European Department, Russian SeniorOfficial a t the CBSS Committee of Senior OfficialsSaint Petersburg100. Dmitry Tugov , Member of the Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly101. Prof Vatanyar Yagya , Plenipotentiary of the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly forInternational RelationsHuman Rights Ombudsman102. Alexander ShishlovSchleswig -Holstein103. Rasmus Andresen , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein104. Wolfgang Baasch , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein105. Hartmut Hamerich , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein106. Step han Holowaty , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein107. Volker Schnurrbusch , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein108. Jette Waldinger -Thiering , Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig -Holstein109. Jutta Schmidt -Holländer , Secretary f or International Affairs of the State Parliament ofSchleswig -HolsteinSweden110. Staffan Danielsson , Member of the Swedish Parliament111. Ann-Charlotte Hammar Johnsson , Member of the Swedish Parliament112. Pyry Niemi , Member of the Swedish Parliament113. Daniel Riazat , Member of the Swedish Parliament114. Suzanne Svensson , Member of the Swedish Parliament115. Petra Sjöström , Senior Advisor of the Swedish ParliamentBSPC and ObserversBaltic Sea Parliamentary Conference116. Bodo Bahr , Secretary GeneralBaltic Development Forum117. Flemming Stender , DirectorBaltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN)118. Kari Hyppönen , PresidentBaltic Sea States Sub -regional Cooperation (BSSSC)119. Roger Ryberg , Chairman120. Hilde Beate Aaro , Senior Advisor121. Malgorzata Ludwiczek , CoordinatorBaltic Sea Fo rum122. Prof Kurt Bodewig , President123. Uwe Döring , Board Member124. Jürgen Schmidt , Treasurer125. Markus Köhl , Head of the Office of the BoardCouncil of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)126. Hans Olsson , Chair of the Committee of Senior Officials of the Council of the Baltic SeaStates, Ambassador of Sweden127. Guðmundur Árni Stefánsson , Outgoing CBSS Chair, Committee of Senior Officials,Ambassador of Iceland128. Maira Mora , Director General of the SecretariatCPMR Baltic Sea Commission129. Jari Sainio , President130. Ossi Savolainen , Region al Mayor of Helsinki -Uusimaa Regional CouncilHelsinki Commission (HELCOM)131. Monika Stankiewicz , Executive SecretaryParliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)132. Prof Asaf Hajiyev , Secretary GeneralParliamentary Association of N orth -West Russia (PANWR)133. Dr Victor Novozhilov , Chairman of the Archangelsk regional CouncilUnion of the Baltic Cities (UBC)134. Mikko Lohikoski , Strategy CoordinatorConsular CorpsFinland135. Hans -Christoph StadelLatvia136. Sabine Sommerkamp -HomannNorway137. Detlef PalmPoland138. Piotr Golema139. Mariusz PindelRussian Federation140. Ivan KhotulevSweden141. Dr Sven I. OksaarSpeakers Carola Veit , BSPC President and President of the Hamburg Parliament Olaf Scholz , First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Guðm undur Árni Stefánsson , Outgoing CBSS Chair Hans Olsson , Chair of the CBSS Committee of Senior Officials Prof Jānis Vucāns , BSPC Vice -President Jörgen Pettersson , MP Åland, Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy Sonja Mandt , MP Norway, Rapporteur on Cultural Affairs Franz Thönnes , MP Germany, Rapporteur on Labour Market and Social Welfare Prof Jobst Fiedle r, Hertie School of Governance, Professor Emeritus Alexander Shishlov , Saint Petersburg Human Rights Ombudsman Veiko Spolitis , Member of the Parliament of Latvia Valentina Pivnenko , Member of the Parliament of the State Duma Frank Rieger , Chaos Computer C lub, Speaker Espen Krogh , President Nordic Youth Council Prof Bathmann , Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Director Jari Haapala , Finnish Meteorological Institute, Head of Unit Marine Research Prof Robert Feidenhans’l , European XFEL, Director Monik a Stankiewicz , HELCOM Executive Secretary Maira Mora , Director General of the Secretariat of the CBSS Sara Kemetter , Vice -Chairperson of the BSPC WG on Sustainable Tourism and Member of theParliament of the Åland Islands Friederike Schick , Baltic Sea Yout h Parliament Elias Lindström , Baltic Sea Youth Parliament Camilla Gunell , Deputy Prime Minister of the Åland Islands Dr Monika Griefahn , AIDA Cruises, Chief Sustainability Officer Aleksandr Sirchenko , Vice -Director General on the Development on Internal To urism, TUI Russia Arild Molstad , Author and Journalist Michael Otremba , Hamburg Tourismus GmbH , Director Isabel Santos , Vice -Chair of the OSCE PA ad hoc Committee on Migration and former OSCE PAVice -President Pedro Roque , Parliamentary Assembly of the Med iterranean, PresidentGuestsDeutsches Elektronen -Synchrotron142. Christian Harringa , Director of Administration143. Uwe Sassenberg , Coordinator Baltic TRAMGerman Institute for Trust and Security on the Internet (DIVSI)144. Michael Schneider , Head of Unit Communic ationHamburg Centre for Political Education145. Dr Sabine Bamberger -Stemmann , DirectorHamburg Data Protection Officer146. Prof Johannes CasparHamburg Institute for Social Research147. Sabrina Broocks , Administrative Director148. Victoria Romano , AdvisorHamburg Min istry for Science & Research149. Klaus von Lepel , Head of Unit150. Katariina Röbbelen -Voigt , Project Manager Baltic Science NetworkHamburg Tourismus GmbH151. Michael Otremba , Director152. Dr Larissa Wolf , AdvisorHamburg University – Center of Teaching and Learning153. Prof Kerstin Mayrberger , Deputy HeadHamburg Youth Parliament154. Nicloas Kleenworth , Member of the PresidiumHouse of Representatives of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Belarus155. Prof Valery Voronetsky , Chairman of the Permanent Commission for I nternational AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finland156. Erja Tikka , Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs and EUSBSR CoordinatorParliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)157. Dr Pedro Roque , President158. Dr Renato Sampaio , President of the Portuguese PAM DelegationParliamentary Forum Southern Baltic Sea159. Jan Bobek , Chairman160. Maciej Zasada , Member of the Assembly of Warmia and Mazury VoivodshipAdministration of the Hamburg Parliament161. Marco Wiesner , Head of the Projects and Events Department162. Ulfert Kap hengst , Head of the Protocol Division163. Katrin Dreyer , Head of the IT Department164. Markus Pawelczyk , Personal Advisor to the President165. Sascha Balasko , Press Secretary166. Kerstin Kuhlmann , Event Manager167. Brigitte Stein , Assistant at the Protocol Division168. Sabine Grählert , Assistant at the Protocol Division169. Thomas Felskowsky , Shuttle Coordinator170. Susanne Ahrens , Internet and Social Media, Publications171. Christin Schmidt , staff172. Manuela Knieler , staff173. Dr Monika Potztal , staffOther ParticipantsWikipedia174. Ralf Boesch , Photographer175. Olaf Kosinsky , Photographer176. Ralf Roletschek , Phot ographerrodenb.org177. Achim Schnell , Director178. Nina Bruun , AssistantInterpreters179. Elena Almas180. Maria Hemph Moran181. Aleksandr Jakimovicz182. Catherine Johnson183. Piotr Krasnowolski184. Stein Larsen185. Aleksei Repin186. Aleksandre Tchekhov187. Gyda Thurow188. Martina Würzburg