List of Participants
29.08.2021, 21.00List of ParticipantsKingdom of Sweden1. Speaker of the RiksdagH.E. Dr Andreas Norlén2. Minister for Foreign Affairs, SwedenH.E. Ann LindeMember Parliaments and Parliamentary OrganizationsÅland Parliament3. Wille Valve, Member of the Åland Parliament4. Jessy Eckerman, Member of the Åland Parliament5. Liz Mattsson, Member of the Åland Parliament6. Simon Påvals, Member of the Åland Parliament7. Jesper Josefsson, Member of the Åland Parliament8. Jörgen Pettersson, Member of the Åland Parliament9. Sten Eriksson, Secretary of the Delegation of the Åland ParliamentBaltic Assembly10. Andrius Kupčinskas, President of the Baltic Assembly, Lithuania11. Agnija Antanoviča, Senior Consultant, Baltic Assembly Secretariat12. Rovena Berga, Baltic Assembly SecretariatBremen13. Antje Grotheer, Vice President of the State Parliament of Bremen14. Ute Reimers-Bruns, Member of the State Parliament of Bremen1Denmark15. Christian Juhl, Member of the Danish Parliament16. Karin Gaardsted, Member of the Danish Parliament17. Kamilla Kjelgaard, Secretary of the Delegation of the Danish ParliamentEuropean Parliament18. Aušra Rakštelytė, Secretary of the Delegation of the European ParliamentFinland19. Sakari Puisto, Member of the Parliament of Finland20. Riitta Mäkinen, Member of the Parliament of Finland21. Mai Kivelä, Member of the Parliament of Finland22. Mika Laaksonen, Secretary of the Delegation of the Parliament of FinlandGermany23. Johannes Schraps, Vice President of the BSPC, Member of the German Bundestag24. Peter Stein, Member of the German Bundestag25. Petra Nicolaisen, Member of the German Bundestag26. Enrico Komning, Member of the German Bundestag27. Katalin Zádor, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag28. Pia-Sophie Brandenburg, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag29. Lynda Lawrence, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag30. Friederike Fritz, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag31. Aleksandra Tryapitsyna, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag32. Kristina van Deest, Secretary of the Delegation of the German BundestagHamburg33. Carola Veit, President of the State Parliament of Hamburg34. Danial Ilkhanipour, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg35. Dagmar Wiedemann, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg36. Alske Freter, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg37. Ulrike Sparr, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg38. David Erkalp, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg39. Dr Carola Ensslen, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg40. Stephan Jersch, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg41. Johannes Düwel, Director of the Parliament of Hamburg42. Friederike Lünzmann, Secretary of the Delegation of the Parliament of Hamburg43. Barbara Ketelhut, Press officer of the Parliament of HamburgIceland44. Kolbeinn Óttarsson Proppé, Member of the Parliament of Iceland45. Helgi Thorsteinsson, Secretary of the Delegation of Parliament of Iceland2Kaliningrad46. Evgeny Mishin, Member of the Parliament of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma47. Marina Prozorova, Secretary of the Delegation of the Kaliningrad Regional DumaKarelia48. Elissan Vladimirovich Shandalovich, Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Republicof KareliaLatvia49. Arvils Ašeradens, Member of the Parliament of Latvia50. Jānis Vucāns, Member of the Parliament of Latvia and Former President of the BSPC51. Iveta Benhena-Bēkena, Member of the Parliament of Latvia52. Ingrīda Sticenko, Secretary of the Delegation of the Parliament of LatviaLeningrad53. Sergei Bebenin, Chairman of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly TBC54. Nikolay Pustotin, Vice-Chairman of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly TBC55. Iurii Terentev, Member of the Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly TBC56. Maxim Gindin, Secretary of the Delegation of the Parliament of LeningradLithuania57. Renata Godfrey, Secretary of the Delegation of the Parliament of LithuaniaMecklenburg-Vorpommern58. Beate Schlupp, Vice President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern59. Philipp da Cunha, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern60. Dirk Friedriszik, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern61. Karsten Kolbe, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern62. Nikolaus Kramer, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern63. Jochen Schulte, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern64. Georg Strätker, Secretary to the Delegation of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern65. Evgeniya Bakalova, Secretary to the Delegation of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-VorpommernNordic Council66. Michael Tetzschner, Member of the Parliament of Norway and the Nordic Council67. Kristina Háfoss, Secretary General of the Nordic Council68. Arne Fogt Bergby, Senior Adviser of the Nordic Council3Norway69. Jorodd Asphjell, Member of the Norwegian Parliament TBC70. Ulf Leirstein, Member of the Norwegian Parliament TBC71. Ove Trellevik, Member of the Norwegian Parliament TBC72. Torhild Bransdal, Member of the Norwegian Parliament TBC73. Thomas Fraser, Secretary of the Delegation of the Norwegian ParliamentPoland74. Jarosław Wałęsa, Member of the Sejm Parliament of Poland75. Kacper Płażyński, Member of the Sejm Parliament of Poland76. Jerzy Materna, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland77. Grzegorz Matusiak, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland78. Sławomir Rybicki, Senator of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland79. Piotr Koperski, Secretary of the Delegation for International and European Union AffairsRussian FederationCouncil of the Federation80. Sergey Perminov, Member of the Council of the Federation81. Elena Bibikova, Councilor of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Council of theFederation82. Anna Zhiltsova, Councilor of the Committee for Foreign Affairs of the Council of theFederationState Duma83. Valentina Pivnenko, Member of the State Duma and Former President of the BSPC84. Oleg Nilov, Member of the State Duma85. Alexey Veller, Member of the State Duma86. Sergey Karseka, Deputy Head of the Department of International Relations87. Yulia Guskova, Secretary of the Delegation of International RelationsSaint Petersburg88. Dmitry Tugov, Member of the Delegation of Saint Petersburg Legislative Assembly89. Nikolai Polevikov, Secretary of the Delegation of Saint Petersburg Legislative AssemblySchleswig-Holstein90. Hartmut Hamerich, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein91. Regina Poersch, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein92. Stephan Holowaty, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein93. Bernd Voß, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein94. Jette Waldinger-Thiering, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein95. Joschka Knuth, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein96. Mareike Watolla, Secretary of the Delegation for International Affairs of the StateParliament of Schleswig-Holstein4Sweden97. Pyry Niemi, President of the BSPC, Member of the Swedish Parliament98. Cecilie Tenfjord Toftby, Member of the Swedish Parliament99. Pernilla Stålhammar, Member of the Swedish Parliament100. Aron Emilsson, Member of the Swedish Parliament101. Ingvar Mattsson, Secretary-General of the Swedish Parliament102. Anna-Karin Hedström, Head of the International Department103. Johanna Ingvarsson, Secretary of the Delegation of the Swedish Parliament104. Dan Alvarsson, Secretary of the Delegation of the Swedish Parliament5BSPC and ObserversBaltic Sea Parliamentary Conference105. Bodo Bahr, Secretary General of the BSPCBaltic Sea NGO Network106. Ole Meldgaard, Baltic Sea NGO Network Denmark107. Honoratte BNN Muhanzi, CEO of Baltic Sea NGO Network Norway108. Kirsten Rytter, Baltic Sea NGO Network Norway109. Anders Bergström, Norden Association Sweden110. Felix Schartner-Giertta, Norden Association SwedenBaltic Sea Region University Network (BSRUN)111. Kari Hyppönen, President of the BSRUN112. Andreas Zaby, Vice-President of the BSRUN113. Dmitry Vasilenko, Vice-President of the BSRUNBaltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC)114. Mieczysław Struk, Chairman of the BSSSC115. Monika Pochroń-Frankowska, Deputy Director of Chancellery of the Marshal forInternational and Interregional Cooperation of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, Secretariatof the BSSSC116. Agata Birecka, Secretariat of the BSSSCBaltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum117. Liviu Pintilie, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2021, Estonia118. Kamila Ciok, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2021, Poland119. Jonas Færgeman, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2021, DenmarkCouncil of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)120. Grzegorz Marek Poznański, Director General of the CBSS Secretariat121. Bernd Hemingway, Deputy Director General of the CBSS Secretariat122. Daria Akhutina, Senior Adviser for Sustainable & Prosperous Region123. Thorvaldur David Kristjansson, Senior Adviser Regional Identity124. Aline Mayr, Project Coordinator for Regional Identity125. Paulina Ek, Media & Communication Team Leader126. Silvija Marcinkeviciute, Media & Communication Officer127. Ligia Broström, Senior Administrative Officer128. Vendela Gebbie, CBSS SecretariatCPMR Baltic Sea Commission129. Jari Nakhanen, President of the CPMR BSC130. Lucille Ehrhart, Executive Secretary6Interparliamentary Assembly of Member Nations of the Commonwealth of IndependentStates (IPA CIS)131. Maksimillian Selyutin, Head of the Department for International RelationsNorthern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS)132. Ülla-Karin Nurm, Director133. Silvija Geistarte, Senior AdviserOrganization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA)134. Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE PAParliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)135. Prof Asaf Hajiyev, Secretary General of the PABSEC136. Miltiadis Makrygiannis, Deputy Secretary General of the PABSECParliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM)137. Hon Pedro Roque, Vice President and President Emeritus of the PAM138. Amb. Sergio Piazzi, Secretary General of the PAM139. Vladimir Kirushev, Deputy to the Secretary General of the PAM140. Irene Pasqua, Program Officer of the PAM141. Giacomo Bogo, Researcher of the PAMParliamentary Association of the North-West Russia (PANWR)142. Natalia Vedischeva, Chair of the Standing Committee on Inter-parliamentarycooperation and Vice-Speaker of the Murmansk Regional DumaSkåne Regional County Council143. Annika Annerby Jansson, President, Region Skåne144. Lennart Pettersson, Vice President, Region Skåne145. Ewa Pihl Krabbe, Vice President, Region Skåne146. Anna Mannfalk, Vice Chair of Region Skåne Health Care Committee147. Maria Lindbom, Senior Advisor, Region SkåneFormer Presidents of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference148. Franz Thönnes, Former President of the BSPC, Germany149. Christina Gestrin, Former President of the BSPC, Finland, Video message7ExecutiveMinistriesMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Norway150. H.E. Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, CBSS Presidency151. Olav Berstad, Senior Adviser152. Hanne Brusletto, Minister Counsellor153. Snøfrid Byrløkken Emterud, CounsellorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania154. Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of LithuaniaMinistry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Germany155. H.E. Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister, HELCOM Chair, Video messageFederal Foreign Office, Germany156. H.E. Michael Roth, State Minister for Europe, Video Message157. Maurice Gajan, Advisor for Baltic Sea PolicyMinistry for Environment and Climate, Sweden158. Anders Mankler, State Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Climate, Sweden159. Micael Hagman, Deputy Director160. Andrea Josephson, Desk OfficerMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Finland161. Helena Tuuri, Ambassador for Baltic Sea AffairsMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Russia162. Alexey Ivanov, Head of SectionMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden163. Eva Ekmehag, Senior Advisor164. Jonas Norling, Deputy Director Arctic AffairsEmbassies to the Kingdom of Sweden in StockholmEmbassy of Finland165. H. E. Liisa Talonpoika, Ambassador of Finland to the Kingdom of SwedenEmbassy of Latvia166. H. E. Marģers Krams, Ambassador of Latvia to the Kingdom of Sweden8Embassy of Lithuania167. H. E. Giedrius Čekuolis, Ambassador of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden168. Donatas Butkus, Counsellor at the Embassy of Lithuania to the Kingdom of Sweden169. Deimante Telycenaite, Intern at the Embassy of Lithuania to the Kingdom of SwedenEmbassy of Norway170. Kirsten Hammelbo, Embassy of Norway to the Kingdom of SwedenExperts171. Erik Halkjaer, President of the board of the Swedish section of Reporters withoutborders172. Prof Dr Jeanette Hofmann, Weizenbaum Institute Berlin173. Erwin Sellering, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Foundation for Climate andEnvironmental Protection and former Prime-Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern174. Katja Enderlein, Manager of MEDIGREIF Parkklinik & digitization ambassor ofMecklenburg-Vorpommern175. Dr Vadim Sivkov, Director of the Atlantic branch of the Institute of Oceanology of theRussian Academy of Sciences, Kaliningrad9Other ParticipantsInterpreters176. Catherine Johnson177. Astrid Geese178. Martina Würzburg179. Gyda Thurow180. Aleksei Repin181. Margarita Höckner182. Elena Buggeskova183. Stein Larsen184. Piotr Krasnowolski185. Aleksander JakimoviczBSPC Secretariat Support186. Malgorzata Ludwiczek187. Marc Hertel188. Gildo Kweton189. Roman Kweton190. Jördis PalmeTechnical Support - Professional Conference Systems (PCS)191. Nils Fuchs, technical moderator192. Sebastian Meyer, technical moderator10Speakers• Dr Andreas Norlén, Speaker of the Riksdag• Ann Linde, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden• Pyry Niemi, MP of Sweden, President of the BSPC• Ine Eriksen Søreide, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway• Michael Roth, MP and State Minister for Europe, German Presidency 2022–2023 of the CBSS• Margareta Cederfelt, President of the OSCE PA• Prof Dr Jeanette Hofmann, Weizenbaum Institute Berlin• Oleg Nilov, Member of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation• Erik Halkjaer, President of the board of the Swedish section of Reporters without borders• Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania• Svenja Schulze, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and NuclearSafety, Germany• Cecilie Tenfjord-Toftby, MP of Sweden, Chair of the BSPC Working Group on ClimateChange and Biodiversity• Anders Mankler, State Secretary to the Minister for Environment and Climate, Sweden• Erwin Sellering, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Foundation for Climate andEnvironmental Protection and former Prime-Minister of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern• Liviu Pintilie, Estonia and Kamila Ciok, Poland, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum2021• Liz Mattsson, MP of Åland Islands, Vice-Chair of the BSPC Working Group on ClimateChange and Biodiversity• Dr Vadim V. Sivkov, Director of the Atlantic Branch of the Shirshov Institute ofOceanology of Russian Academy of Science and the Federal State Budgetary Institution ofScience, Kaliningrad region• Prof Jānis Vucāns, Former President of the BSPC, Latvia• Valentina Pivnenko, Former President of the BSPC, Russia• Franz Thönnes, Former President of the BSPC, Germany• Christina Gestrin, Former President of the BSPC, Finland• Jonas Færgeman, Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum 2021, Denmark• Pedro Roque, Vice President and President Emeritus of the PAM• Prof Asaf Hajiyev, Secretary General of the PABSEC• Ambassador Grzegorz Marek Poznański, Director General of the Council of the Baltic SeaStates Secretariat• Mieczysław Struk, Chairman of the Baltic Sea States Subregional Cooperation, BSSSC,Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship• Jari Nakhanen, President of the Baltic Sea Commission of the Conference of Peripheraland Maritime Regions (CPMR BSC)• Anders Bergström, Baltic Sea NGO Network, Policy Area Coordinator, PA Education,Science and Social Affairs• Anna Mannfalk, Vice Chair of Region Skåne Health Care Committee, responsible forcooperation public sector – Civil Society/NGOs• Peter Stein, BSPC Rapporteur on Sea Dumped Munitions• Carola Veit, BSPC Rapporteur on Migration and Integration• Jörgen Pettersson, BSPC Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy11