THE NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC COMMITTEE
THE 44TH ANNUAL LEANGKOLLEN CONFERENCE 2 - 4 FEBRUARY 2009
Monday 2 February 2009
1000
Ms Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, The Norwegian Minister of Defence.
“NATO in the 21st Century”.
1030
Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani Journalist and Author
“The security of the Central Asian Region, with focus on Afghanistan/Pakistan/India.
1055
Dr. Zalmai Rassoul, National Security Advisor of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
“The challenges and priorities from an Afghan perspective”
1120
Q&A
1140
Buses leave for the Leangkollen Conference Centre, Bleikeråsen 215, 1370 Asker
1200-1315 Lunch at the Leangkollen Conference Centre
1315
Panel discussion on “NATO, a regional organisation in a global world”
Panel members:
Jan Petersen, Chairman of the Norwegian Defence Committee;
Espen B. Eide, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence;
Kim Traavik, Norwegian NATO ambassador;
Ahmed Rashid, Pakistani author and journalist;
Chris Donnelly, Senior Advisor of the UK Defence Academy;
Janne Haaland Matlary, Professor at the University of Oslo.
1430
Coffee break
1450-1615
Q&A.
1630
Buses return to Fridtjof Nansens Plass (next to the city hall) in Oslo, estimated arrival time at 1700.
Tuesday 3 February 2009
09.00-10.10 Senior Researcher Paal Sigurd Hilde (Institute for Defence Studies) speaks about the research project Geopolitics in The High North.
Kristine Offerdal talks about ”the engery situation in the north: myths and realities” and Katarzyna Zysk talks about ”Russia and the High North: security and defence issues”
10.10-10.30 Coffee break
10.30-12.30 Jahn Otto Johansen, journalist and author, introduces about his upcoming book ”Russia, with the past towards the future”
Comments:
Julie Wilhelmsen
Nils Morten Udgaard
Helge Blakkisrud
Kjell Dragnes
Pavel Baev
12.30-13.30 Lunch