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Voices from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: In memory of Per Carlsen

Tuesday 19 January 2021 14:00–16:30 (CET)

The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) is pleased to announce a webinar in memory of Ambassador Per Carlsen, former Director of DIIS, who sadly passed away in December 2020. This webinar will bring together prominent voices from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania – and Denmark. The speakers all have a close, personal connection to Per Carlsen.

This webinar is the first in a series of two memorial webinars. The second webinar – “Voices from Russia: In memory of Per Carlsen” – will be held on Wednesday 20 January 2021.


Who and what:

Speakers
Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Marina Kaljurand, Member of the European Parliament (former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador), Estonia
Vygaudas Ušackas, Member of the Board of Directors, Avia Solutions Group (former Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador), Lithuania
Žaneta Ozoliņa, Professor, University of Latvia, Latvia
Andris Sprūds, Director, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Latvia
Flemming Splidsboel Hansen, Senior Researcher, DIIS, moderator

Programme
14.00-14.05 Welcome, Flemming Splidsboel Hansen
14.05-16.25 Uffe Ellemann-Jensen
Marina Kaljurand
Vygaudas Ušackas
Žaneta Ozoliņa
Andris Sprūds
16.25-16.30 Concluding remarks, Flemming Splidsboel Hansen

Jan 19, 2021 02:00 PM in Copenhagen