EVENTS IN 2016
8.12.2016
Atlantic Council of Finland Annual Autumn Meeting
Venue: Hotel Kämp, more about Helsinki
8.12.2016
Finland och Sverige: Utredningar och politik gällande säkerhet och Nato
(”Finland and Sweden: Reports and Politics of Current Security and NATO”)
Speakers:
Ambassador Krister Bringéus
Ambassador René Nyberg
Chair of the event:
Ambassador: Leif Blomqvist
Venue: Hotel Kämp, buy information pills Helsinki
28.9.2016
“Turning Point in World Politics and Finland’s Position in it”
Venue: Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, store Mikkeli
Speaker:
Jukka Valtasaari, Ambassador (ret.), Atlantic Council of Finland Board Member
Chair of the event:
Pentti Mäkinen, Executive Director of the office of the Regional Council of South Savo, Chairman of the Paasikivi Society of Mikkeli
The language of the event was Finnish
14.10.2016
US Presidential Elections 2016: What would the Two Presidential Candidates bring to the Transatlantic Relationship and the NATO relationship?
Speakers:
Mr Scott King
PA Director at Foley & Lardner LLP.
Former Republican Member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin
Mr Larry LaRocco
Principal at LaRocco & Associates Inc.
Former Democratic Member of the United States House of Representatives from Idaho
Discussion moderated by:
Mr T.J. Grubisha
Counselor for Press and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Embassy Helsinki
Venue: U.S. Embassy, Helsinki
12.9.2016
Warsaw NATO Summit in View of Security Situation in Baltic Sea Region
Opening remarks: H.E. Mr Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Ambassador of the Republic of Poland in Finland
Keynote speech: Mrs Beata Peksa, Director of the Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland
Comments: Mr Timo Kantola, Deputy Director General of the Political Department
Chair of the event: Mr Pertti Salolainen, MP, Minister (Hon.), Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland
The seminar was organized by The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Helsinki and the Atlantic Council of Finland in co-operation with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Venue: House of the Estates, Helsinki
23.5.2016
The Road to the Warsaw Summit
Keynote Speech by Ambassador Tacan Ildem, Assistant Secretary General of NATO
Comments to the keynote speech: Mrs Anne Sipiläinen, Undersecretary of State, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Chair of the event: Mr Pertti Salolainen, MP, Minister (Hon.), Vice-Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Finland
Venue: House of the Estates, Helsinki
23.5.2016
Atlantic Council of Finland Annual Spring Meeting
Venue: House of the Estates, Helsinki
16.2.2016
NATO’s current agenda and the Warsaw summit preparations
Speaker: Mrs Piritta Asunmaa, Finland’s Ambassador to NATO
Chair of the event: Mr Timo Kantola, Deputy Director General of the Political Department, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
The event was organized by the Atlantic Council of Finland and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Venue: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki
The language of the event was Finnish
