STENBÄCK SYMPOSIUM

Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre
http://www.hanaholmen.fi

OPENING

13.00 Gunvor Kronman, Director, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre

13.10 Keynote 1: President Martti Ahtisaari, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2008

13.30 Keynote 2: Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish Prime Minister 1986–1991

13.50 Keynote 3: Margareta Wahlström, Assistant Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations

Moderator: Gunvor Kronman, Director, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Hanasaari – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre

14.10 Discussion, comments

14.30 Coffee

15.30 Panel discussion:

Pekka Haavisto, Member of the Finnish Parliament

Olle Schmidt, Member of the European Parliament

Kristiina Kumpula, Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross

Jan-Erik Enestam, Chairman, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Director, the Nordic Council

Ingrid Johansson, Charge d’Affaires a.i. Embassy of Sweden in Kosovo

Chair of the panel: Carl Haglund, Member of the European Parliament

15.30 Panel discussion:

Pekka Haavisto, Member of the Finnish Parliament

Olle Schmidt, Member of the European Parliament

Kristiina Kumpula, Secretary General of the Finnish Red Cross

Jan-Erik Enestam, Chairman, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, Director, the Nordic Council

Ingrid Johansson, Charge d’Affaires a.i. Embassy of Sweden in Kosovo

Chair of the panel: Carl Haglund, Member of the European Parliament

16.30 Björn Teir, Chairman of the Board, Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland: “Less is more”

Comments from a travelling companion: Christoffer Taxell

16.45 Conclusion: Pär Stenbäck

17.00– Reception