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Program 2007
THE NORWEGIAN ATLANTIC COMMITTEE’S
42ND ANNUAL LEANGKOLLEN CONFERENCE
5TH AND 6TH FEBRUARY 2007
OSLO, NORWAY
”THINKING STRATEGICALLY ABOUT THE FUTURE “
PROGRAMME
Monday 5th February
10.00 Opening session at The Norwegian Nobel
Institute
• Espen Barth Eide (State Secretary MoD)
“Why is Norway in Afghanistan? How can we best
complete our mission?”
• Chris Donnelly (Advanced Research Assessment
Group, UK Defence Academy) ”The role of the
region as a whole in finding or undermining a
solution”
11.00 Q&A session
12.00 Lunch
13:15 Panel debate – “Afghanistan and the way
forward”
Participants:
• Kai Eide (Political Director MFA)
• Kristian Harpviken (Dep. Dir. Peace Research
Institute of Oslo)
• Col. Odin Johannessen (Norwegian Army Military
Academy)
• Adrian Kendry (Senior Advisor, NATO)
• Pål Kulø Lønseth (Public Prosecutor)
• Chris Donnelly (Advanced Research Assessment
Group, UK Defence Academy)
• Espen B. Eide (State Secretary MoD)
15.45 Q&A session
16.15 End
Tuesday 6th February
08:30 Panel discussion - ”Energy security -
Policies”
Chaired by Rolf Tamnes (Director Norwegian
Institute for Defence Studies)
Introductory speakers:
• Adrian Kendry (Senior Advisor, NATO) “NATOs
role in energy security in the light of the RIGA
summit statement”
• Faouzi Bensarsa (Energy Advisor, EU Commission)
“EUs view on energy security in the light of the
EUs recent statements on Energy Security Policy”
• Stanislav Zhizhnin (Senior Advisor at MID in
Moscow) “Priorities of the Energy Diplomacy of
Russia”
• Ole Lindeman (Research Fellow, Norwegian
Institute for Defence Studies) “Fuelling
Friendship – Energy Cooperation in the North"
Panel participants:
Chris Donnelly (UK Defence Academy), Ole Gunnar
Austvik (Lillehammer University College) Alan
Riley (City Law School, City University,
London), Keith Smith (CSIS).
10.30 Coffee break
11.00 Panel discussion - ”Energy Security and
Energy Dependence - Issues”
Chaired by Arild Moe (Deputy Director Fridtjof
Nansen Institute)
Introductory speakers:
• Ole Gunnar Austvik (Lillehammer University
College) “Market liberalisation and security of
supply”
• James Sherr (CSRC London) “Prospects for
Russian-EU energy agreements”
• Alan Riley (City Law School, City University,
London) “The gas deficit”
• Keith Smith (CSIS)“The politics of
transportation”
Panel participants:
Stanislav Zhizhnin (MID, Moscow), Ole Lindeman (Norwegian
Institute for Defence Studies) Adrian Kendry (NATO) Irakli
Menagarishvili (Strategic Research Center,
Tiblisi).
12.30 Lunch
13.30 Panel discussion - ”A regional perspective
and general discussion”
Chaired by Chris Prebensen (Secretary General,
Norwegian Atlantic Committee)
Introductory speakers:
• Irakli Menagarishvili (Director Strategic
Research Centre, Tiblisi) “A Georgian
perspective”
• Liviu Muresan (Eursic Foundation, Bucharest)
“The role of transit countries”
15:30 End
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