JBANC's fifth conference on Baltic Security and NATO will take place March 6-8, 2003 in Washington, DC. The conference program and Registration form are available online at: http://jbanc.org
Sponsorship opportunities are also available. Please contact us for more
information: tel. 301-340-1954, e-mail:jbanc@jbanc.org
KARL ALTAU
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CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Thursday: March 6, 2003 Business in the Baltics
10:00am-12:00 Economic/Commercial Opportunities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Half-day seminar at U.S. Department of Commerce (sponsored by the Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center – CEEBIC and Estonian-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
Friday: March 7, 2003 Congress & Administration
10:00 Opening (the Capitol) - President of JBANC
10:05-10:15 Greetings by Co-chairs of Senate/House Baltic Caucus
(Presentations)
10:15-11:00 Presentations by Senate/House Foreign Relations and other
Committee staff
11:00-11:30 Refreshments
11:30-14:00 No-host lunch and visits to Senate and House members and staff
14:30-15:00 Transportation to National Security Council (NSC)/State Department
15:00-16:30 Briefing and Q&A’s with NSC/State Department policy level staff
16:30-18:00 Transportation back to hotel and free time
18:00-20:00 Baltic leadership meeting (at Hotel)
20:00-22:00 (JBANC Board of Directors meeting)
Saturday: March 8, 2003 Seminar Day (Washington Marriott)
8:00 - 9:00 Registration
9:00 - 9:15 Opening - President and chairman of JBANC
9:15 - 10:00 PANEL 1 The Baltic Neighborhood and Russia. Invited speakers: Russian government official, Paul Goble (VOA), Ron Asmus (German Marshall Fund).
10:00 - 11:00 PANEL 2 NATO and the Future. Invited speakers:
Robert Bradtke (Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian
Affairs, Dept. of State), Steve Flanagan (National Defense University), Radek Sikorski (American Enterprise Institute).
11:30-12:30 PANEL 3 Defense Preparedness and Anti-Terrorism. Speakers:
Girts Valdis Kristovskis (Minister of Defence, Latvia), Giedrius Cekuolis
(Secretary of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs),
Harri Tiido (Deputy Under-Secretary of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, recently named Estonian Ambassador to NATO).
12:30-2:30 Lunch: keynote speaker
3: 00-4:00 PANEL 4 - View from the Baltics - the Expatriate Experience.
Invited speakers:
Ojars Kalnins (Chairman, Latvian Trans-Atlantic Organization), Mari-Ann Kelam (Member of Parliament, Republic of Estonia), Linas Kojelis (co-founder, U.S.-Baltic Foundation)
4:00-5:00 PANEL 5 Senate NATO Ratification Issues. Proposed speakers:
Members of United States Congress and staff representatives.
5:00-5:30 Summary and Discussion.
6:00-7:00 Cocktail Reception (Hosted by U.S.-Baltic Foundation)
7:00-10:00 Dinner: keynote speaker
This agenda is subject to change. Please check the JBANC webpage for updates