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THE NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC COMMITTEE
PROGRAM FOR THE 45th ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF
THE NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC COMMITTEE 1-2 FEBRUARY 2010
Monday 1st. Current and future
challenges for NATO’s revised strategic concept
10.00-10.05 Opening session at the main auditorium of the Nobel Institute,
Words of welcome by the Chairman of the Norwegian Atlantic Committee,
Kjell Engebretsen
10.05-10.40 Opening lecture by Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Støre
“Disarmament- Reframing the Challenge”
10.40 -11.15 UN Special Representative to Afghanistan, Kai Eide
“Afghanistan after the Elections and the Way Ahead”
11.15-11.30 Q&A
12.00-13.15 Lunch
13.15-15.00 NATO’s Revised Strategic Concept
13.15-13.35 Foreign Editor Aftenposten (R), Nils Morten Udgaard
“Russia`s “Sphere” in Europe”
13.35-13.55 Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO’s PDD, Stephanie Babst
“The NATO Process”
13.55-14.15 State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense, Espen Barth Eide
“The Norwegian Debate, Home and Away”
14.15-15.00 Panel: Comments and Discussion
Chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense,
Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide
Senior Defense Advisor, Nils Holme
Research Director at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI),
Iver Neumann
15.00-15.20 Coffee
15.20-17.00 Russia, the Baltic and Ukraine “The Energy Factor”.
15.20-15.30 Introductory remarks by Senior Researcher, Kate Hansen Bundt
“European Energy Security”
15.30-16.00 Senior Energy Advisor, Trygve Refvem
“Europe-Russia; Gas Security, Trade and Diplomacy”
16.00-16.20 Researcher Merle Maigre, International Centre for Defence Studies, Tallinn
“Baltic Energy Security Concerns“
16.20-16.30 Researcher, Roger Johansen
“Russian Gas Relations with Ukraine”
16.30-17.00 Discussion and Q&A.
Tues. 2nd Workshop on Afghanistan “Communication and Perception”
08.30-09.00 Coffee and registration
09.00-11.45 How do we communicate with and in Afghanistan and how do we communicate
Home?” How is it done by NATO and how is it done by Norway?
09.00-09.15 Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO’s PDD, Stephanie Babst
“How Does NATO Communicate?”
09.15-09.30 Director of Communication, Erling Bø, Norwegian Joint Headquarters
“Changes in the Communication on Afghanistan”
09.30-09.45 Lieutenant Colonel Geir Hågen Karlsen, Norwegian Defense,
“The Two Front War”
09.45-10.00 Dr. Carsten Rønnfeldt, Norwegian Military Academy
"How Should We Fight Wars of Ideas'?"
10.00-10.20 Coffee
10.20-10.35 Communication Advisor, Per Elvestuen
"The Value of Openness"
10.35-10.50 Discussant: Afghan Expert and Advisor in Southern Afghanistan
Sippi Azarbaijani- Moghaddam
10.50-11.45 Discussion
11.45-13.00 Lunch
13.00-16.00 Civil-Military Relations and the Practical Implementation of the Faryab
Strategy
13.00-13.20 Former Chief of Defense, General Sverre Diesen
“Civil-Military Cooperation in the Field and at Home-why is it so difficult?”
13.20-13.40 Former Development Advisor in Norwegian PRT, Hans Dieset
”Civil-Military Relations- What did we achieve?”
13.40-14.00 Dr. of Theology and Researcher to the Chaplaincy, Norwegian Defense,
Paul Otto Brunstad
“To Endure Military Boredom – from ego awareness to situational and cultural
awareness”
14.00-14.20 Coffee
14.20-14.40 Former Political Advisor in the Norwegian PRT and to the SRSG to Afghanistan,
Hanne Melfald
"Civil-Military Coordination: Time Constraints and Challenges. From a UN Perspective"
14.40-16.00 Discussion
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