List of Participants 32nd BSPC
The 32nd Baltic Sea Parliamentary ConferencePARTICIPANTSStrengthening the resilience of thedemocratic Baltic Sea RegionBoosting democratic, digital and maritime resilience based onreliable neighbourliness and close cooperation1List of Participants(as of: 24/08/2023, 18.00)Germany1. President of the German BundestagBärbel Bas2. Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vice President of the BundesratManuela Schwesig3. Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, GermanyAnnalena Baerbock (video message)Member Parliaments and Parliamentary OrganizationsÅland Parliament4. Wille Valve, Member of the Åland Parliament5. Jessy Eckerman, Member of the Åland Parliament6. Jesper Josefsson, Member of the Åland Parliament7. Simon Påvals, Member of the Åland Parliament8. Sten Eriksson, Secretary of the Delegation of the Åland Parliament9. Victoria Lindblom, Secretary of the Delegation of the Åland ParliamentBaltic Assembly10. Timo Suslov, President of the Baltic Assembly, Estonia11. Andrius Kupčinskas, Vice President of the Baltic Assembly, Lithuania12. Jānis Vucāns, Vice President of the Baltic Assembly, Latvia13. Agnija Antanoviča, Secretary General, Baltic AssemblyBremen14. Antje Grotheer, President of the State Parliament of Bremen15. Christine Schnittker, Vice President of the State Parliament of BremenDenmark16. Henrik Møller, Vice President of the BSPC and Member of Parliament of Denmark17. Kim Aas, Member of the Parliament of Denmark18. Maria Durhuss, Member of the Parliament of Denmark19. Per Husted, Member of the Parliament of Denmark20. Annette Lind, Member of the Parliament of Denmark21. Peder H. Pedersen, Secretary of the Delegation22. Joan Ólavsdóttir Secretary of the Delegation23. Simon Chrillesen, Secretariat of the Delegation24. Pernille Deleuran, Secretariat of the Delegation25. Annette Michelsen, Secretariat of the Delegation26. Søren Thomsen, Secretariat of the Delegation2Estonia27. Tiit Maran, Member of the Parliament of Estonia28. Peeter Tali, Member of the Parliament of Estonia29. Anu Mõtsla, Secretary of the DelegationEuropean Parliament30. Alessandro Panza, Member of the European Parliament31. Flavio Facioni, Staff32. Hana Idzko, Staff33. Algirdas Razauskas, StaffFinland34. Mikko Polvinen, Member of the Parliament of Finland35. Pauli Aalto-Setälä, Member of the Parliament of Finland36. Mika Laaksonen, Secretary of the DelegationGermany37. Johannes Schraps, President of the BSPC, Member of the German Bundestag38. Petra Nicolaisen, Member of the German Bundestag39. Claudia Müller, Member of the German Bundestag40. Gyde Jensen, Member of the German Bundestag41. Enrico Komning, Member of the German Bundestag42. Anna Kassautzki, Member of the German Bundestag, BSPC Rapporteur on Sea-Dumped Munitions43. Stefan Seidler, Member of the German Bundestag44. Michael Schäfer, Secretary General of the German Bundestag45. Silke Albin, Head of the Directorate-General for External Relations, Europe and Analysis46. Saskia Leuenberger, Head of the Directorate for International Relations47. Birgit von Pflug, Head of the Division for International Parliamentary Assemblies48. Katalin Zádor, Secretary of the Delegation of the German Bundestag49. Pia-Sophie Brandenburg, Secretariat of the Delegation50. Ana-Sofia May, Secretariat of the DelegationHamburg51. Carola Veit, President of the State Parliament of Hamburg, BSPC Rapporteur on Migration andIntegration52. Danial Ilkhanipour, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg53. Alske Freter, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg54. David Erkalp, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg55. David Stoop, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg56. Krzysztof Walczak, Member of the State Parliament of Hamburg57. Johannes Düwel, Director of the State Parliament of Hamburg58. Friederike Lünzmann, Secretary of the Delegation of the State Parliament of Hamburg3Iceland59. Bryndís Haraldsdóttir, Member of the Parliament of Iceland60. Helgi Thorsteinsson, Secretary of the DelegationLatvia61. Juris Viļums, Member of the Parliament of Latvia62. Antoņina Ņenaševa, Member of the Parliament of Latvia63. Uģis Rotbergs, Member of the Parliament of Latvia64. Kaspars Briškens, Member of the Parliament of Latvia65. Ingrīda Sticenko, Secretary of the DelegationLithuania66. Orinta Leiputė, Member of the Parliament, Lithuania67. Renata Godfrey, Adviser of the International Relations Unit, Office of the Seimas, LithuaniaMecklenburg-Vorpommern68. Birgit Hesse, President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, BSPC Rapporteur onSustainable Tourism69. Beate Schlupp, Vice President of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,BSPC Observer on HELCOM70. Philipp da Cunha, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,BSPC Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy71. Christian Albrecht, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern72. Sabine Enseleit, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern73. Katy Hoffmeister, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern74. Jens-Holger Schneider, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern75. Thomas Krüger, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern76. Anne Shepley, Member of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern77. Georg Strätker, Secretary to the Delegation of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern78. Evgeniya Bakalova, Secretary to the Delegation of the State Parliament of Mecklenburg-VorpommernNordic Council79. Jorodd Asphjell, President of the Nordic Council, MP Norway80. Hanna Katrín Friðriksson, Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council, MP Iceland81. Kathy Lie, Member of the Presidium of the Nordic Council, MP Norway82. Kristina Háfoss, Secretary General of the Nordic Council83. Arne Fogt Bergby, International Senior Adviser of the Nordic Council4Norway84. Himanshu Gulati, Member of the Norwegian Parliament85. Ola Elvestuen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament86. Kjerstin Wøyen Funderud, Member of the Norwegian Parliament87. Tove Elise Madland, Member of the Norwegian Parliament88. Lene Westgaard-Halle, Member of the Norwegian Parliament89. Thomas Fraser, Secretary of the Delegation of the Norwegian ParliamentPoland90. Jarosław Wałęsa, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland91. Maciej Konieczny, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland92. Grzegorz Matusiak, Member of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland93. Rafał Ślusarz, Member of the Senate of the Republic of Poland94. Piotr Koperski, Chancellery of the Senate of the Republic of PolandSchleswig-Holstein95. Eka von Kalben, Vice President of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein96. Marc Timmer, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein97. Rasmus Vöge, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein98. Mareike Watolla, Secretary of the Delegation of the State Parliament of Schleswig-HolsteinSweden99. Staffan Eklöf, Vice President of the BSPC, Member of the Swedish Parliament100. Emma Nohrén, Member of the Swedish Parliament101. Hanna Westerén Member of the Swedish Parliament102. Johanna Ingvarsson, Secretary of the Delegation of the Swedish Parliament5BSPC, Observers, Guests and Youth RepresentativesBaltic Sea Parliamentary Conference103. Bodo Bahr, Secretary General of the BSPCBaltic Sea NGO Network104. Jens William Grav, Coordinator at Baltic NGO Network, DenmarkBaltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum105. Jakob Oevensen Aanderaa, Norway106. Johannes-Emmanuel Allas, Estonia107. Amani Mahdi Basita Al-Mehsen, Finland108. Elias Arndt, Germany109. Roberta Bartkute, Lithuania110. Karolina Białczewska, Poland111. Linda Brikovska, Latvia112. Ray-Kevin Finger, Germany113. Sofiia Galaida, Ukraine114. Szymon Gorny, Poland115. Sidney Gregor-Wielan, Germany116. Karl Grotheer, Germany117. Simona Jakaitė, Lithuania118. Ignas Janeliūnas, Lithuania119. Gabriele Janilionyte, Lithuania120. Martin Johnsen, Norway121. Simon Erik Jyrkaes, Sweden122. Zuzanna Kalinowska, Poland123. Ēriks Kalniņš, Latvia124. Bakhtawar Khan, Pakistan125. Shahin Khosravi, Sweden126. Paulius Kliucininkas, Lithuania127. Markus Koski, Finland128. Stanisław Kostulski, Poland129. Silva Laure, Latvia130. Atte Leskinen, Finland131. Eduards Liepiņš, Latvia132. Maksims Lodiņš, Latvia133. Laura Lubahn, Germany134. Dominika Maria Łysień, Poland135. Tom Matzen, Germany136. Kate Melnalksne, Latvia137. Paulina Rozalia Moskal, Poland138. Inga Evelyne Suubo Mukose, Estonia139. Arnas Murauskas, Lithuania6140. André Nord, Sweden141. Sara Nyman, Finland142. Arturs Pīlācis, Latvia143. Sabrina Repp, Germany144. Johanna Scharf, Germany145. Chiara Schill, Germany146. Andreas Schoop, Germany147. Magnus Seufert, Germany148. Ingveldur Anna Sigurðardóttir, Iceland149. Katarzyna Stalmach, Poland150. Alicia Wach, Germany151. Antoni Wyligała, PolandBaltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC)152. Christopher Lucht, Youth coordinator of the BSSSC networkBaltic Security Foundation153. Otto Tabuns, Director of the Baltic Security Foundation, LatviaCouncil of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)154. Grzegorz Poznański, Director General of the CBSS Secretariat155. Bernd Hemingway, Deputy Director General of the CBSS Secretariat156. Aline Mayr, Policy Officer for Youth157. Dominik Littfass, Acting Senior Adviser for Regional Identity and Communications158. Marie Schädler, Intern for Regional IdentityNATO Parliamentary Assembly159. Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, France160. Ruxandra Popa, Secretary General of the NATO Parliamentary AssemblyParliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC)161. Anna Purtova, Vice President of PABSEC, Ukraine162. Asaf Hajiyev, Secretary General of PABSECNorthern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being Secretariat163. Wiebke Seemann, AdviserSkåne Regional County Council164. Annika Annerby Jansson, President165. Johanna Haward, Development StrategistFurther Guests166. Franz Thönnes, Former BSPC President7ExecutiveEuropean Commission167. Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU-Commissioner for Environment (video message)168. Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General, DG Energy169. Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor of the European Commission170. Ana Maria Sanchez Infante, DG ENERMinistriesMinistry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany171. Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety andConsumer Protection172. Kathrin Blaufuss, Advisor Minister Steffi LemkeMinistry for Foreign Affairs, Estonia173. Margus Tsahkna, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Estonia (video message)Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Finland174. Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland (video message)175. H.E. Helena Tuuri, Ambassador for Baltic Sea Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of FinlandFederal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Germany176. Maurice Gajan, Desk officer for Cooperation in the Baltic Sea Region177. Winfried Maier, StaffFederal Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Germany178. Jutta Bieringer, State secretary for federal affairs and authorized representative of the State ofMecklenburg-Western Pomerania to the Federal Government179. Vivianne Offenwanger, StaffEmbassies in GermanyEmbassy of Denmark180. H. E. Susanne Hyldelund, Embassy of DenmarkEmbassy of Estonia181. Helena Bonde, Embassy of EstoniaEmbassy of Finland182. H. E. Pasi Pöysäri, Deputy Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to the Federal Republic ofGermanyEmbassy of Iceland183. Ágúst Már Ágústsson, Embassy of the IcelandEmbassy of Latvia184. H. E. Alda Vanaga, Ambassador of the Embassy of Latvia in Germany8Embassy of Norway185. Kristin Johansen, Deputy Head of MissionEmbassy of Poland186. Łukasz Kaźmierczak, Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the Federal Republic of Germany187. Krzysztof A. Szymański, Embassy of the Republic of Poland to the Federal Republic of GermanyExperts188. Christoph Humborg, Professor of Coastel Biogeochemistry and Scientific Director of Baltic SeaCentre, Stockholm University, Sweden189. Ronald Lieske, Director of the Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat of Interreg Baltic SeaRegion190. Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Institute of Marine Research in Norway191. Daniela Jacob, Meteorologist and Director of the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)Other ParticipantsInterpreters192. Vivi Bentin193. Aleksander Jakimovicz194. Jan Klinghammer195. Piotr Krasnowolski196. Bianca WeilGerman Bundestag, Staff of offices of Members of Parliament197. Paul Hübner, MP Gyde Jensen198. Markus Börner, MP Anna Kassautzki199. Yannick van de Sand, MP Anna Kassautzki200. Henning Bartelsen, MP Stefan Seidler201. Ulrike Gruhl, MP Stefan Seidler202. Fred Felix Zaumseil, MP Stefan Seidler203. Helena Truchla, MP Johannes SchrapsBSPC Secretariat Support204. Jördis Palme205. Daniel Becker206. Marc Hertel207. Catherine Johnson208. Malgorzata Ludwicek209. Ralf Roletschek210. Daria Rulevska211. Daniela Kloth9Speakers• Bärbel Bas, President of the German Bundestag• Johannes Schraps, MP of German Bundestag, President of the BSPC 2022-2023• Annalena Baerbock, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Germany (video message)• Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland (video message)• Margus Tsahkna, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Estonia (video message)• Manuela Schwesig, Minister President of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vice President of theBundesrat• Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly• Anna Purtova, Vice President of PABSEC and Head of the Ukrainian PABSEC delegation• Grzegorz Poznański, Director General CBSS• Jens William Grav, Coordinator Baltic Sea NGO Network, Denmark• Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov, editor-in-chief of „Novaya gazeta“ (tbc) (video message)• Stefan Seidler, independent Member of the German Bundestag for the South-SchleswigianVoter’s Association, Member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Community• Recommendations of the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum by Representatives• Paul Nemitz, Principal Advisor of the European Commission• Otto Tabuns, Director of the Baltic Security Foundation• Virginijus Sinkevičius, EU-Commissioner for Environment (video message)• Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety andConsumer Protection, Germany• Emma Nohrén, Chair of the Committee on Environment and Agriculture, Member of the SwedishBSPC-Delegation• Anna Kassautzki, BSPC Rapporteur on Sea-Dumped Munitions• Christoph Humborg, Professor of Coastal Biogeochemistry and Scientific, Director of Baltic SeaCentre, Stockholm University, Sweden• Ronald Lieske, Director of the Managing Authority and Joint Secretariat of Interreg Baltic SeaRegion• Philipp da Cunha, Chairman of the BSPC Working Group Climate Change and Biodiversity• Ditte Juul Jørgensen, Director-General, DG Energy, European Commission• Lis Lindal Jørgensen, Institute of Marine Research in Norway• Daniela Jacob, Meteorologist and Director of the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS)• Birgit Hesse, BSPC Rapporteur on Sustainable Tourism• Carola Veit, BSPC Rapporteur on Migration and Integration• Philipp da Cunha, BSPC Rapporteur on Integrated Maritime Policy• Henrik Møller, Member of Parliament of Denmark, incoming President of the BSPC 2023-202410