Participants List

Mats ABERG

Secretary General of the Swedish Atlantic Council, Sweden

Reinis ABOLTINS

Energy Policy Researcher at the Public Policy Centre PROVIDUS

Javid AHMAD

Programme Director at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, United States of America

Grigory AMNUEL

Director of the Open Club International Dialogue, Russia

Frank ARNAUTS

Ambassador of Belgium to the Republic of Latvia

Bakhtiyar ASLANBAYLI

Professor of Security and Energy Policy, Baku State University, Azerbaijan

Andris AUKMANIS

Executive Director of the Soros Foundation –Latvia

Nino BAAKASHVILI

Councellor at the Embassy of Georgia in Riga, Latvia

Nato BACHIASHVILI

Chairperson of the International Centre for Geopolitical Studies,Georgia

Alise BALODE

Advisor at the Office of the Prime minister, Latvia

Danijela BARISIC

Porteparole of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Andro BARNOVI

Dean of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the Tbilisi State University

Lena BARTHOLDSON

Secretary General of the Folk och Försvar (Society and Defence), Sweden

Kristian BERG-HARPVIKEN

Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway

Anda BERGMANE

Senior Desk Officer of Defence Policy and Strategy Section at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Anders BERGSMO

Minister’s Military Assistant, Norway

Samantha BOMBAYL

Counsellor at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France

Edgars BONDARS

Head of the Firts Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Zoran BOSNJAK

Ambassador, Head of the Department for Western and Northern Europe in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Hans BRASK

Director of the Baltic Development Forum, Denmark

Philippe BRAVARD

Economic Counsellor at the Embassy of France in Latvia

Baiba BRAZE

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

Ilmars BREIDAKS

Head of the Division for NATO and European Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Britt BRESTRUP

Defence Attaché at the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Carsten BREUER

Branch Chief in the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Defence, Germany

Ieva BRIEDE

Minister's Advisor, Head of Minister's bureau at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Markus BRÜGGEMEIER

Desk Officer for Latvia in the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Defence, Germany

Tomislav CAR

Head of the Minister's Office at the the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Per CARLSEN

Ambassador of the Royal Danish Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Antonella CERASINO

Head of NATO Countries Section at the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, Belgium

Gabriele CHECCHIA

Diplomatic Counsellor of the Minister, Italy

Marek CICHOCKI

Program Director at Natolin European Centre, Poland

Michal CIZ

Manager of the GLOBSEC Forum, Slovak Republic

Carlo CORSI

Assistant at the Embassy of Italy to Latvia

Stéphane CROUZAT

Deputy Director of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Marek DABROWSKI

Research Fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Research (CASE), former President of the CASE in Warsaw, Poland

Robert DALSJO

Senior Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden

Ricardas DEGUTIS

Ambassador of Lithuania to the Republic of Latvia

Marks DEITONS

Senior Desk Officer, NATO and European Security Policy Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Andis DILANS

Chief of Staff at the Joint Headquarters, Deputy Chief of Defence, Latvia

Gábor DOBOKAY

Ambassador of Hungary to the Republic of Latvia

Ernst EGELID

Department of Security Policy, Commander, Norway

Lars EKEMAN

Senior Advisor at the Folk och Försvar (Society and Defence), Sweden

Veronika ERTE

Head of the European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Emilio LAMO de ESPINOSA

Chairman of the Elcano Royal Institute, Spain

Claudio FAZARI

Defence Attaché, Italy

Consuelo FEMENÍA

Ambassador of Spain to the Republic of Latvia

Mark FISCHER

Director of Major Conferences at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Belgium

Andre FLAMMANG

First Secretary at the Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Poland

Philipp FLURI

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

Elin FLYGENRING

Ambassador of Iceland to the Republic of Latvia

Antra FRICBERGA

Assistant at the Embassy of Italy to Latvia

Jan GEHLERT

Royal Danish Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Artur GHAZINYAN

Director of the Centre for European Studies, Professor of EU Law, Armenia

Natalia GHERMAN

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moldova

Tengiz GOGOTISHVILI

Director of the Information Centre on NATO, Georgia

Giorgi GOLETIANI

First Secretary and Acting Consul at the Embassy of Georgia in Riga, Latvia

Giovanni GREVI

Acting Director of FRIDE -Think Tank for Global Action, Belgium

Jan GREVSTAD

Ambassador of Norway to the Republic of Latvia

Cornelis GROENEVELD

Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands in Latvia

Walter HAFFNER

Ambassador of Switzerland to the Republic of Latvia

Pirkko HAMALAINEN

Ambassador of Finland to the Republic of Latvia

Nikolina HERCBERG-KOLLMANN

Advisor in the Minister's Office at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Croatia

Hans HEUMANN

President of the Federal College for Security Studies, Germany

Wolfram VON HEYNITZ

Research Commissioner, Office of Policy Planning, Federal Foreign Office, Germany

Siriol HUGH-JONES

Freelance legal translator (Russian and German to English) and editor at the Siriol Hugh-Jones, United Kingdom

Konstantine IONATAMISHVILI

Chairman of the Investment Policy and International Relations Commission at the Tbilisi City Assembly Economic Development, Georgia

Marita ISAKSEN-WANGBERG

Senior Adviser to the Minister of Defence, Norway

Juris JANSONS

Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia

Balazs JARABIK

Head of Pact Ukraine in Kiev and associate fellow at FRIDE's Democratisation programme in Madrid, Slovak Republic

Anna JARDFELT

Vice President of the The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden

Kristaps JERUMS

Assistant at the Embassy of Italy to Latvia

Ingrid JOHANSEN-AUNE

Political Adviser to the Minister of Defence, Norway

Pal JONSON

Vice –President of the Swedish Atlantic Council, Sweden

Patrick JOUBERT

Deputy Director of the French Ministry of Defense

Rastislav KACER

President of the Slovak Atlantic Commission, Slovak Republic

Riina KALJURAND

Researcher of the International Centre for Defence Studies, Estonia

Krisjanis KARINS

Member of the European Parliament, Latvia

Andres KASEKAMP

Director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Estonia

Patrick KELLER

Coordinator of foreign and security policy at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Germany

Aidan KIRWAN

Ambassador of Ireland to the Republic of Latvia

Edgars KIUKUCANS

Senior Desk Officer of Defence Policy and Strategy Section at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Una KLAPKALNE

Executive Director of the National News Agency, Latvia

Ilgvars KLAVA

Ambassador of Latvia to Germany

Druvis KLEINS

Director of the Recruiting and Youth Guard Center, Latvia

Andra KOKE

Head of Trade and Economic Section at the EU Delegation in the Russian Federation, Russia

Oleg KONDRATIEV

Col., Military Air and Naval Attaché at the Russian Embassy in Riga, Latvia

Pawel KONZAL

Director of Head of Oil & Gas Industries at the World Economic Forum, Switzerland

Konstantin KORKELIA

Ambassador of Georgia to the Republic of Latvia

Dalia KRAULYTE

Minister Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Latvia

Kristine KREILE

Media Expert of the Press and Culture Division, U.S. Embassy in Riga

Mikhail KRUTIKHIN

Partner & Analyst at the RusEnergy Consultancy, Russia

Andis KUDORS

Executive Director of the Centre for East European Policy Studies, Latvia

Ingrida LACE

Director of International Affairs and Branding, Latvenergo AS, Latvia

Hamid LADJEVARDI

Manager of American Baltic Investments, Latvia

Margus LAIDRE

Foreign Policy Adviser to the President, Estonia

Liga LAKUCA

President of the European Military Press Association, Latvia

Elina LANGE

NATO Manager at the Professional Development Programme, Georgia

Rolands LAPPUKE

Ambassador at Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Giorgio LAZIO

Rear Admiral, Chief of the Military Policy Office Ministry of Defence, Italy

Gita LEITLANDE

Director of Defence Policy Department, The Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Atis LEJINS

Founder of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs; Deputy Chairman of the European Affairs Committee, Latvia

Gautier LEKENS

Counsellor of the Minister at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Göran LENNMARKER

Chairman of the Governing Board, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Sweden

Einars LEPS

Senior Desk Officer of Bilateral Co-operation Section at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Egils LEVITS

Judge at the European Court of Justice, Latvia

Imants LIEGIS

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Latvia’s Former Ambassador to NATO

Nicola LIGHTNER

Deputy Director, Economic Policy Program, German Marshall Fund of the United States, United States of America

Kadri LIIK

Senior Researcher at the International Centre for Defence Studies, Estonia

Kari LIUHTO

Director of the Pan-European Institute, Director of the Centrum Balticum, Professor on the Russian economy at the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Finland

Fredrik LOJDQUIST

Ambassador of Sweden to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (as of September 1st 2012), Sweden

Wojciech LORENZ

Researcher at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, journalist of the Daily Newspaper Rzeczpospolita, Poland

Jean LUC-LOPEZ

Defense Counsellor at the French Embassy in Latvia

Trond LUNDBERG

Department of Security Policy, Ministry of Defence, Norway

Magnus LUNDGREN

Defence Attaché at the Embassy of Sweden

Heike MACKERRON

Senior director for German Marshall Fund of the United States, United States of America

Agnieszka MAGDZIAK-MISZEWSKA

General Counselor of Undersecretary of State for Defense Policy Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Poland

Merle MAIGRE

Security Policy Adviser to the President, Estonia

Viktors MAKAROVS

Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Klaudijus MANIOKAS

Associate professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

Eerik MARMEI

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

Nadia MARSAN

Policy Adviser to Alexander Vershbow, NATO, Belgium

Petr MARTSEV

Editor-in-Chief of online Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta, Belarus

Iivi MASSO

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

Vladimir MATEK

Ambassador of Republic of Croatia to the Republic of Latvia

Janis MAZEIKS

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

Endrik MOISTLIK

Senior Aide-de-Camp to the President, Estonia

Ieva MORICA

Program Director at the Soros Foundation –Latvia

Rihards MUCINS

Head of the Second Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Krista MULENOK

Secretary General of the Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association, Estonia

David NARDAIA

Deputy Minister of Defence, Ministry of Defence of Georgia

Achim NEITZERT

Defence Attaché at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Karlis NERETNIEKS

Senior Analyst at the Department of Defence Analysis, Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences, Sweden

Luan NGUYEN

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of France in Latvia

Bartek NOWAK

Executive Director of the Center for International Relations, Poland

Jerzy NOWAKOWSKI

Ambassador of Poland to the Republic of Latvia

Meelis OJASSOO

Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Latvia

Ingmar OLDBERG

Research Associate at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden

Anatoliy OLIYNYK

Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Latvia

Alar OLLJUM

Advisor at the European External Action Service, Belgium

Takashi OSANAI

Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Latvia

Bilgin OZKAN

Consellor at the Turkish Embassy to Latvia

Zaneta OZOLINA

Professor of Political science at the University of Latvia

Juris OZOLINS

Freelance Consultant at the IK Juris Ozolins, Latvia

Yannos PAPANTONIOU

President, Center for Progressive Policy Research; Former Greek Minister for Economy & Finance, Greece

Stefan PEHRINGER

Ambassador of Austria to the Republic of Latvia

Mark PEKALA

U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia

Constance PHLIPOT

Lecturer in the Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, Poland

Irina PIGOZNE

Swedbank Latvia Board Member, Latvia

Alexei PIKULIK

Academic Director of the Belarus Institute of Strategic Studies, Belarus

Andrejs PILDEGOVICS

Political Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Tengiz PKHALADZE

Chairman of the International Centre for Geopolitical Studies, Georgia

Juris POIKANS

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

Chantal POIRET

Ambassador of France to the Republic of Latvia

Giovanni POLIZZI

Ambassador of Italy to Latvia

Fabrice POTHIER

NATO Head of the Policy Planning Unit at the Private Office of the Secretary General, Belgium

Jessica PRENDERGAST

Z-punkt The Foresight Company, Germany

Victoria PUNGA

Board Member of Estonian Atlantic Treaty Association

Aivars PURINS

Director of Defence Planning and Analysis Department at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Egon RAMMS

General (ret.), former Commander of Joint Forcer Command Brunssum, NATO Allied Command Operations, Germany

Fabrizio RAVONI

Speaker of the Minister, Ministry of Defence, Italy

Horst RIEGER

Chargé d'Affaires a.i.at the Embassy of the Order of Malta in Riga, Latvia

Maris RIEKSTINS

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Latvia to NATO, Belgium

Raul RIKK

Head of Cyber Security Department at the Trustcorp, founder of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence, Estonia

Airis RIKVEILIS

Director of Military Public Relations Department at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Andrew ROBERTS

Bilateral Affairs Officer at the Office of Defense Cooperation, Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia

James ROGERS

Academic, International Studies, Baltic Defence College

Giuseppe ROMEO

Col. “Carabinieri”, Aid du Camp of Ministry of Defence, Italy

Alexander RONDELI

President of the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, Georgia

Toms ROSTOKS

Associate Professor at the University of Latvia

Raimonds RUBLOVSKIS

Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Latvia

Michael SAHLIN

PhD, Ambassador (ret.), President of the Swedish Atlantic Council, Sweden

Marcello SALA

Executive Vice Chairman of the Management Board, Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A, Italy

Robertas SAPRONAS

Lithuanian Representation to the EU in Brussels Defence Adviser, Lithuania

Janis SARTS

State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Christian SCHMIDT

Executive Officer, LtCol (GS), Germany

Daniela SCHWARZER

Head of Research Division, EU Integration, Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik, Germany

Edvards SELISKA

Senior Expert of Defence Policy and Strategy Section at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Pavol SEPELAK

Ambassador of Czech Republic to the Republic of Latvia

Serife SERAP-OZCOSKUN

Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the Republic of Latvia

Margarita SESELGYTE

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

Martti SETALA

Consultant at Capful Ltd, Finland

Tornike SHARASHENIDZE

Head of the International Affairs Programme at the Georgian Institute of Public Affairs, Georgia

Toomas SILDAM

Public Relations Adviser to the President, Estonia

Janis SILIS

Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Christopher SILL

Defence Attaché at the Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia

Zane SIME

Senior Desk Officer of Defence Policy and Strategy Section at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Henning SIMON

Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Andrey SKACHKOV

Minister-counsellor at the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Latvia

Janina SLEIVYTE

Ministry of National Defense Senior Ministerial Advisor, Lithuania

Marek SLOBODNIK

Deputy Secretary General for International Partnership, Slovak Republic

Gunta SLOGA

Media Program Director at the Soros Foundation – Latvia

Ivars SLOKENBERGS

President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia

Katarzyna SMYK

Deputy Director, Secretariat of the Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Poland

Andrew SOPER

Ambassador of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Latvia

Domenico SPIGONARDI

Chief WO5, Secretary and Administrator Italian Delegation, Italy

Veiko SPOLITIS

Parliamentary Secretary at the Ministry of Defence of Latvia

Andris SPRUDS

Director of Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Latvia

Mats STAFFANSSON

Ambassador of Sweden to the Republic of Latvia

Deividas STANKEVICIUS

Minister Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Latvia

Gabriele DE STEFANO

First Secretary at the Embassy of Italy to Latvia

Karlheinz STEINMUELLER

Z-punkt The Foresight Company, Germany

Constanze STELZENMULLER

Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany

Amy STORROW

Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy in Riga

Andris STRAZDS

Senior Economist at the Nordea Bank Finland, Latvia

Dovile SUKYTE

Policy Analyst at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre

Regina SVIRSKA

Communication Director at SJSC "Latvijas dzelzceļš", Latvia

Oktay TANRISEVER

Chairperson of PhD Program in Area Studies at the Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Jan TECHAU

Carnegie Europe Center in Brussels Director of the Carnegie Europe Center in Brussels, formerly at NATO Defense College in Rome, Germany

Andris TEIKMANIS

State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Vita TERAUDA

Director of Centre of Public Policy PROVIDUS, Latvia

Björn THEIS

Z-punkt The Foresight Company, Germany

Stanislav TKACHENKO

St. Petersburg State University, Director of Diplomatic Studies, Russia

Ilter TURAN

Istanbul Bilgi University Political Science professor in International Relations, Turkey

Juris ULMANIS

MBA Professor at the Riga Business School, Latvia

Mati VAARMANN

Ambassador of the Republic of Estonia to the Republic of Latvia

Gregory VADNAIS

The Adjutant General of Michigan at the Michigan National Guard, Embassy of the United States in Riga, Latvia

Kristina VAICIUNAITE

Eastern Europe Studies Centre Director, Lithuania

Inese VAIDERE

Member of the European Parliament, Latvia

Eugenia VALISEVSKA

Assistant at the Embassy of Italy to Latvia

Nora VANAGA

Researcher at the National Defence Academy Defence Scientific Research Centre

Jana VANAVESKI

Head of the Foreign Policy Department, Office of the President, Estonia

Jordi VAQUER

Barcelona Center for International Affairs (CIDOB) Director, Spain

Gediminas VARVUOLIS

Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

Edgars VIGANTS

Latvian Bioenergy Association Board Member

Andris VILCANS

Head of the Policy Planning Unit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia

Ramunas VILPISAUSKAS

Institute of International Relations and Political Science Director, Lithuania

Peteris VINKELIS

Policy Advisor at the European Parliament, Latvia

Andis VITMANIS

Sales Manager of Moller Auto Riga, Latvia

Evgeny VOROBYEV

Consellor-Minister, Embassy of the Republic of Belarus in Riga, Latvia

Douglas WAKE

OSCE -Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights First Deputy Director, Poland

Ian WATTS

Defence Attaché at the British Embassy in Latvia

Rob DE WIJK

Director of the The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, Netherlands

Mike WINNERSTIG

Deputy Director of Research, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden

Klaus WITTMANN

Senior Fellow of the Aspen Institute Germany, Germany

Thomas WRIGHT

Fellow at the Brookings Institution, United States of America

Hagit YAAKOV

Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Latvia

Hu YESHUN

Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the Republic of Latvia

Zhang YUANQIU

Military Attaché at the Embassy of China in Latvia

Valdis ZATLERS

Former President of Latvia, Member of the Parliament, Chairman of the Reform Party, Latvia

Gaidis ZEIBOTS

Member of the Council, Riga Shipyard, Latvia

Roberts ZILE

Member of the European Parliament, Latvia