Participants List

Indulis Ābelis

Director, European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Gundars Ābols

Brigade General, Executive Secretary on Development of Military Capabilities, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Gregory Amnuel

Director, Open Club "International Dialogue", Russia

Andrus Ansip

Prime Minister of the Republic of Estonia

Tomasz Arabski

Secretary of State, Head of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Poland

Bakhtiyar Aslanbayli

Senior Researcher/Lecturer, Department of Diplomacy and Integration Process, Baku State University

Hasan Aygün

Polital Advisor for Joint Force Command Lisbon, NATO

Nino Bakaashvili

Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Georgia

Nato Bachashvili

Board member, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Georgia

Manizha Bakhtari

Ambassador of Afghanistan to Nordic countries

Uldis Bariss

Member of the Management Board, Latvenergo AS

Andro Barnovi

Deputy Minister of Defense of Georgia, Rector of the National Defense Academy

Adam Kapitan Bergmann

Bergmann & Associates, Poland

Artis Bērtulis

Director General, European Union Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Juris Bone

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Spencer Boyer

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, United States

Hans Brask

Director, Baltic Development Forum

Baiba Braže

Director General, Security Policy and International Organisations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Ilmārs Breidaks

Head of NATO and European Security Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Ieva Briede

Head of Minister's Bureau, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Marita Briede

Senior Expert, Defence Planning and Analysis Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Łukasz Broniewski

Chief Advisor of the Prime Minister, Poland

Hermann Bünz

Büroleiter, Fridrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V.

Niels Christian Bøgegaard

Political Trainee, Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark

Fraser Cameron

Director, EU-Russia Centre

Per Carlsen

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of Denmark

Maija Celmiņa

Freelance Advisor to the Prime Minister of Latvia for Project Management Affairs

Rinalds Celmiņš

Board Member, Latvian Transatlantic Organisation

Edward C. Chow

Senior Fellow on Energy and National Security Program, Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Robert Cottrell

Editor, The Browser

Marek Dabrowski

President of the Management Board, Center for Social and Economic Research, Poland

Robert Dalsjö

Senior Analyst, FOI - Swedish Defence Research Agency

Gabriele de Stefano

Chargé d'Affaires, Embassy of Italian Republic

Rob de Wijk

Director, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

Andis Dilāns

Brigadier General, Chief-of-Staff of the NAF Joint HQS, Latvian National Armed Forces

Hüseyin Diriöz

Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO

Gábor Dobokay

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Hungary

Dace Dobrāja

Counsellor, Head of the External Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Rudolf Dolzer

Member of the Steering Group of the German-Russian-Forum on Raw Materials

Vyacheslav Dombrovsky

Assistant Professor, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga

Peter B. Doran

Senior Policy Analyst of the Center for European Policy Analyses (CEPA), United States

Mikołaj Dowgielewicz

Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Ilona Dreģe

Undersecretary of State for Administrative and Legal Matters, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Mark Durham

2nd Secretary, Political Section, British Embassy in Latvia

Dace Dzenovska

Researcher, University of Latvia

Olof Ehrenkrona

Senior Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden

Anas El-Gomati

Libyan Political Analyst

Sarmīte Ēlerte

Minister of Culture of the Republic of Latvia

Inga Ernstsone

Head of the Economic Relations and Development Cooperation Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Dace Ezeriete

Communication specialist, AUDI - Moller Auto Latvia Ltd.

Consuelo Femenía

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain

Mark C. Fischer

Director of Major Conferences, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Philipp Fluri

Deputy Director, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces

Judith Garber

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the United States of America

Jānis Garisons

Political Director, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Paweł Graś

Secretary of State, Speaker of the Government, Poland

Cameron G. Greaves

Chairman of the Board, British Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

Jan Grevstad

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Royal Norwegian Embassy

Ivan Grinevich

First Secretary, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus

Daniel Grzenda

Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy in Latvia

Jan Havranek

Deputy Director for Defense Policy, Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic

Robert Scott Heatherington

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Canada

Konstantin Ionatamishvili

Chairman, Economic Development, Investment Policy and International Relations Commission, Tbilisi City Council, Georgia

Joanne Jacobs

London based Social Media Consultant

Madina Jarbussynova

Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Laura Jewett

Regional Director, Eurasia, National Democratic Institute

Ieva Jirgensone

Head of Arms Control Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Pål Jonson

Vice-President, Swedish Atlantic Council

Markus Kaim

Head of Research Division, International Security, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Ojārs Kalniņš

Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament of Latvia

Arnold H. Kammel

Secretary General, Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES)

Tamar Kapanadze

Head of the Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Jānis Karlsbergs

Representative of the Ministry of Defence of Latvia to NATO and EU

Andres Ilmar Kasekamp

Director, Estonian Foreign Policy Institute

Jurga Kasputiene

Counsellor, NATO, USA and Canada Division, Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania

Jyrki Katainen

Prime MInister of the Republic of Finland

Teimuraz Kekelidze

Deputy Head of Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia

Craig Kennedy

President, the German Marshall Find of the United States

Aidan Kirwan

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Ireland

Sergey Kizima

Head of the Department of International Relations, Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the Republic of Belarus

Una Klapkalne

CEO, National News Agency LETA

Andreas Klein

Head of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Office in the Baltic States

Druvis Kleins

Director, Recruiting and Youth Guard Centre, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Raitis Kolesnikovs

Senior Expert, Defence Planning and Analysis Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

David Koranyi

Center for Transatlantic Relations, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Konstantin Korkelia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Georgia

Karel Kovanda

Deputy Director-General (ret.), External Relations, European Commission

Jurriaan Kraak

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Royal Netherlands Embassy in Riga

Dalia Kraulytė

Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania

Artur Krawczyk

Defence Attache, Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Diaga Krieva

Counsellor, Policy Planning Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Ģirts Valdis Kristovskis

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Iveta Krūma

Program Officer, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Mikhail Krutikhin

Partner & Analyst, RusEnergy Consultancy

Andrius Kubilius

Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

Andis Kudors

Executive Director, Centre for East European Policy Studies, Latvia

Natasha C. Kuhrt

Lecturer at the Department of War Studies, King's College London

Ingrīda Lāce

Director of Communication and International Affairs, Latvenergo

Liene Laimiņa

Political Officer, British Embassy in Latvia

Elīna Lange

Professional Development Programme Manager, NATO

Rolands Lappuķe

Policy Planning Unit, Ambassador at Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Gita Leitlande

Director, Defence Policy Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Atis Lejiņš

MP, Parliament of Latvia

Irena Lichnerowicz-Augustyn

Deputy Director of the State Protocol, Poland

Imants Lieģis

Chairman of European Affairs Committee , Parliament of Latvia

Kadri Liik

Director, International Centre for Defence Studies, Estonia

Tod Lindberg

Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University

Atis Lots

Counsellor, Ministe's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Magnus Lundgren

Defence Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden

James H. Mackey

Caucasus and Central Asia Officer, Euro-Atlantic Integration and Partnership Directorate, NATO

Viktors Makarovs

Director, Policy Centre "EuroCivitas", Latvia

Mikhail Marinich

Chairman, Association "European Dimension", Belarus

Eerik Marmei

Director of Security Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Petr Martsev

Editor-in-Chief, BDG-online, Belarus

Iivi Masso

Editor-in-Chief of Diplomaatia, International Centre for Defence Studies, Estonia

Jānis Mažeiks

Director General, Economic and Bilateral Relations Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Oleksiy Melnyk

Senior Fellow, Military Programme, Razumkov Centre, Ukraine

Leopold Merckx

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Royal Embassy of Belgium in Riga

Massimo Merighi

JASPERS - European Investment Bank

Monika Michaliszyn

Lecturer, Warsaw University

Einārs Miķeļsons

First Secretary, Policy Planning Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Aldis Miņins

Senior Expert of Defence Policy Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Arūnas Molis

Researcher, Energy Security Center under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Ieva Morica

Program Director, Soros Foundation – Latvia

Arkady Moshes

Programme Director, Finland Institute of International Affairs

Rihards Muciņš

Director of Second Bilateral Relations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Mārtiņš Mūrnieks

Program “Wider Europe” director, Soros Foundation – Latvia

Zhazira Myrzakassimova

Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Achim Neitzert

Defence Attache, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Karlis Neretnieks

Department for Defence Analysis, FOI - Swedish Defence Research Agency

Konrad Niklewicz

Speaker of the Polish EU Presidency

Jerzy Marek Nowakowski

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Poland

Gabriela Nützi Sulpizio

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Switzerland

Ingmar Oldberg

Associate in Research Department, Swedish Institute of International Affairs

Anatoliy Oliynyk

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Ukraine

Alar Olljum

Advisor, European External Action Service

Oleksandr Omelchuk

Souspilnist Foundation, Ukraine

Takashi Osanai

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan

Igor Ostachowicz

Secretary of State, Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Poland

Serap Ozcoskun

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Turkey

Žaneta Ozoliņa

Deputy Chairman of the Board, Latvian Transatlantic Organisation

Juris Ozoliņš

Energy Expert, Latvia

Heiko Pääbo

Head of the Centre for Baltic Studies, University of Tartu

Artis Pabriks

Minister of Defence of Latvia

Chryssanthie Panayotopoulou

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Latvia

Mārtiņš Panke

Press Secretary of the Prime Minister of Latvia

Gunta Pastore

Head of the East Europe and Central Asia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Amanda Paul

Policy Analyst, EU Eastern Neighbourhood, Russia, Turkey & Eurasia Issues, European Policy Centre

John Peet

Europe Editor, The Economist

Stefan Pehringer

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Austria

Karina Pētersone

Director, Latvian Institute, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Zane Petre

Head of Division, International Operations and Crisis Management Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Alexei Pikulik

Analyst, Belarus Institute of Strategic Studies

Tengiz Pkhaladze

Chairman, International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Georgia

Katarina Platare

First Secretary, Russia Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Juris Poikans

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Chantal Poiret

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic

Edgars Poļanskis

Third Secretary of the External Relations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Tomáš Pštross

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Czech Republic

Ivars Pundurs

Under-Secretary of State, Administrative Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Victoria Punga

Secretary General, Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association

Aivars Puriņš

Director of Defence Planning and Analysis Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Jia Qingguo

Associate Dean of the School of International Studies, Beijing University (Beida)

Pauls Raudseps

Commentator, Magazine IR

Andris Razāns

Political Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Jānis Reķis

Program director, The Soros Foundation - Latvia

Māris Riekstiņš

Ambassador, Permanent  Representation of Latvia to NATO

Airis Rikveilis

Director of the Military Public Affairs Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Alan Riley

Director of the LLM Programme, The City Law School

Edgars Rinkēvičs

Former Head of the President's Chancery of Latvia

Alexander Rondeli

President, Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies

Toms Rostoks

Assistant professor, Social Science Faculty, University of Latvia

Māris Rumpainis

Senior Expert, Logistics Policy Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Said Sadek

Professor of Political Sociology, American University in Cairo

Rafał Sadowski

Head of the Eastern Partnership Department, Centre for Eastern Studies, Poland

Robertas Šapronas

Director, International Relations and Operation Department, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

Jānis Sārts

State Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Christian Schmidt

Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence of Germany

Baiba Sējāne

Head of Minister's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Einārs Semanis

Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Simon Serfaty

Zbigniew Brzezinski Chair in Global Security and Geopolitics, Centre for Strategic and International Studies

Evgeny Sergeev

Counsellor, Embassy of the Russian Federation

Margarita Šešelgytė

Studies Director, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

James Sherr

Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program, Royal Institute of International Affairs

Abubakar Siddique

Senior Correspondent, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty

Jānis Silis

Press Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Solveiga Silkalna

Advisor to the Prime Minister for Foreign Affairs

Christopher Sill

Defense Attache, U.S. Embassy in Riga

Henning Georg Simon

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Andrei Skachkov

Minister-Counselor, Embassy of the Russian Federation

Ivars Slokenbergs

President, American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

Vladimir Socor

Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation

Andrew Soper

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, British Embassy in Latvia

Veiko Spolītis

Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Andris Sprūds

Acting Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs

Matts Staffansson

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden

Inna Šteinbuka

Head of the European Commission Representation in Latvia

Aigars Štokenbergs

Minister of Justice of the Republic of Latvia

Dagnija Lejiņa

Head of Public Relations, Nordea Bank Latvia

Naftali Tamir

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Israel

Andris Teikmanis

State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Horst Teltschik

former Foreign Policy Adviser to the German Chancellor Helmut Kohl

Bruno Tertrais

Senior Research Fellow, Foundation for Strategic Research, France

Stanislav Tkachenko

Vice Rector for International Relations, St. Petersburg State University

Dinu Toderascu

Program Officer, The Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation, The German Marshall Fund of the United States

Dimitrios Triantaphyllou

Director of the Center for International and European Studies, Kadir Has University, Istanbul

Ilter Turan

Istanbul Bilgi University

Donald Tusk

Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland

Juris Ulmanis

Board Member, Latvian Transatlantic Organisation

Jānis Ulpe

Senior Expert, Logistics Policy Department, Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Vytautas Umbrasas

Vice-Minister, Ministry of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania

Vygaudas Ušackas

EU Special Representative and the Head of EU mission to Afghanistan

Mati Vaarmann

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Estonian Embassy in Riga

Kristine Vaiciunaite

Director, Eastern Europe Studies Centre, Lithuania

Inese Vaidere

Member of European Parliament

Neringa Vaisbrode

Former NATO PDD Programme Coordinator for Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania

Grigol Vashadze

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Georgia

Robert Vass

Secretary General and Member of the Board, Slovak Atlantic Commission

Pēteris Veits

Civilian Mission Expert, Latvia

Ramūnas Vilpišauskas

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

Andžejs Viļumsons

Head of the Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Gediminas Vitkus

Professor, Political Science Department, Military Academy of Lithuania

Nathalie Vogel

Editor, Eastern Europe, World Security Network Foundation

Kurt Volker

Managing Director, Center for Transatlantic Relations, J.Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC

Märt Volmer

Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister of Estonia

Konstantin von Eggert

International Affairs Commentator, Kommersant FM Radio, Moscow

Evgeny Vorobyev

Counsellor-Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus

David C. Y. Wang

Representative, Taipei Mission in the Republic of Latvia

Chen Wei

Senior Colonel, Military, Naval and Air Attache, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Latvia

Agnieszka Wielowieyska

Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Poland

Andrew Wilson

Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Mike Winnerstig

Deputy Director of Research, FOI - Swedish Defence Research Agency

Joanna Wiśniewska

Department of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister’s Chancellery, Poland

Klaus Wittmann

Brigadier General (ret.), Germany

Yasar Yakis

former Foreign Minister of Turkey

Hu Yeshun

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Latvia

Marcin Zaborowski

Director, Polish Institute of International Affairs

Valdis Zagorskis

Deputy Head, European Commission Representation in Latvia

Valdis Zatlers

Former President of the Republic of Latvia

Rapil Zhoshybaev

Executive Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Āris Žīgurs

Chairman of the Board, Latvenergo