Conference Gallery Day One Day Two
Updated: 02/14/07
Friday, February 9,
2007
(L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480
L’Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC)
Gallery
10:00 a.m. - Director's Forum: Security
and Insecurity in the EU Neighborhood and Beyond: In Search of Solutions
Friday, February 09 2007, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania
(Woodrow Wilson Center, Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue)
10:00 - 11:15 Baltic-American Priorities
and Issues
(L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480 L’Enfant
Plaza, SW, Washington, DC)
(Bus leaves for Administration briefing
at 11:45 a.m. from hotel)
EVENT I:
(registration required)
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Administration Briefing
[PLEASE NOTE – THIS EVENT IS MOVED]
Woodrow Wilson Center, Reagan Building,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue
Speakers from the Department of State
and National Security Council will discuss e-PINE issues, energy security,
visa waiver program, etc.
EVENT II:
(registration required)
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Baltic Documentary
Film Showcase
(Woodrow Wilson Center)
Films Include: “Memories Denied”
(Estonia), Once There Was Siberia (Latvia), June Ice (Lithuania), The
Singing Revolution (U.S.)
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Reception
(Woodrow Wilson Center)
Saturday, February
10, 2007
(L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480
L’Enfant Plaza, Washington, DC)
8:00 - 9:00 Registration and coffee
9:00 - 9:15 Opening Remarks: JBANC President Martins Duhms
(American Latvian Association)
Diplomatic Welcome: Ambassador Jüri Luik
(Embassy of Estonia)
KEYNOTE SPEECH:
9:15-9:45 His Excellency Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic
of Lithuania
Introduction by U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania
John Cloud
9:45-11:00 PANEL
1 Energy Security – Coercion and Manipulation of Supply in Eastern
Europe
Panelists: Vladimir Socor (Jamestown Foundation), Zeyno Baran
(Hudson Institute), Amb. Keith Smith (CSIS), Moderator –
Joseph Bader (consultant to NATO on energy matters)
11:00-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:30 PANEL
2 Energy Alternatives – A New Vision for Powering the Baltics
Panelists: Vytautas Nauduzas (Lithuanian
Vice-Minister of Economy), Andris Kesteris
(Head of Cabinet, EU Energy Commission), Raul Mälk (Estonian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs),
Moderator – Ramunas Kondratas
(JBANC)
12:30-2:00 Luncheon
Speaker – The Honorable
Richard Lugar
Presentation of Baltic Democracy Award
2:00-3:00 PANEL
3 Hopes for Democracy in the Baltic Neighborhood
Panelists: David Satter (Hudson Institute), Andrei Nekrasov
(award-winning Russian filmmaker), Len Latkovski (Hood College),
Moderator – Paul Goble
3:00-4:30 PANEL
4 Legacy of Communism – Remembrance Projects
Panelists: Ina Navazelskis (Baltic Oral History Project),
Justin Riskus (University of Illinois, Chicago), Imbi Paju
(Director, “Memories Denied”), Jon Baltmanis
(Siberia’s Children Fund Support Group), Lee Edwards (Victims
of Communism Memorial Foundation), Moderator – TBD
4:30-4:50 Conclusion, new JBANC President
Saulius Kuprys (Lithuanian American Council)
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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. (Applause.) Please be seated, thank you. Welcome to the White House. I'm pleased to stand with the representatives of seven countries -- the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, and South Korea -- that have met the requirements to be admitted to the United States Visa Waiver Program. Soon the citizens of these nations will be able to travel to the United States for business or tourism without a visa. I congratulate these close friends and allies on this achievement, and I thank you for joining us here.