Denmark/Russia conference Friday the 25 September at Christiansborg

Moderator: Samuel Rachlin, former correspondent in USSR for the Danish Broadcasting Cooperation and Russian born

9.00-9.30 Registration

9.30 – 10.00 Opening speeches:
• Radikale Venstre: Morten Østergaard, Chairman
• Yabloko: Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, Professor of the Higher School of Economics, Chair of the YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, YABLOKO Founder
• ALDE: Olle Schmidt, Vice president of the ALDE Party and former MEP for Folkepartiet (SWE)
10.00-11.30 Building strong institutions for a transparent and democratic society

Speakers:
Denmark:
• Knut Godtfredsen, Chairman Transparency International Denmark
• Jolanta Gaizutiene, Member of the board of Transparency International Denmark and Member of
Radikale Venstre’s International Committee
Russia:
• Dr. Galina Mikhaleva, Prof. of the Russian Humanities University, YABLOKO Bureau member, Secretary of YABLOKO Political Committee
• Dr. Alexander Kobrinskiy, MP, Legislative Assembly, St. Petersburg, Professor of the Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University

11.30- 12.30 Trade and economics

Speakers:
Denmark:
• Martin Lidegaard, MP and Former minister for foreign affairs, Radikale Venstre
• Peter Bay Kirkegaard, Chief advisor, Confederation of Danish Industries
Russia:
• Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, YABLOKO founder, Professor of the Higher School of Economics, Chair of the YABLOKO faction in St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, YABLOKO Founder

12.30-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 Mutual perception and the role of mass media

Speakers:
Denmark:
• Per Carlsen, Former ambassador to Russia and Senior adviser at Baltic development forum
• Charlotte Flindt Petersen, Director of Danish Foreign Policy Society
Russia:
• Olga Bobrova, journalist from the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, prize-winner of the Press Freedom Award of the Reporters Without Borders
14.00-15.30 Engaging civil society in east-west dialogue

Speakers
Denmark:
• Dagfinn Høybåten, General Secretary of the Nordic Council
• Ilvija Puce, Senior advisor, Danish Institute Against Torture – DIGNITY and European Committee for the prevention of torture – Council of Europe
Russia:
• Maria Mokhova, Head of the Sisters Centre
EU:
• Kristina Smolijaninovaitė, Project coordinator at the secretariat of the EU-Russia Civil Society Forum
15.30-16.00 Coffee break
16.00-17.30 Human rights

Denmark:
• Ole Olsen, Board member, Danish United Nations Association
• Louise Holck, Deputy director for the National Area, Danish Institute for Human Rights

Russia:
• Valeriy Borschyov, member of the Moscow Helsinki Group, Co-Chair of the Association of Independent Observers (observation of prisons and police stations), Chair of the Commission for Human Rights in the Penitentiary System of the Expert Council under Russian Ombudsman, member of the Expert Council under Public Prosecutor of the RF
• Nikolai Kavkazsky, Member of the board, Committee for the Human Rights, YABLOKO Regional Council member, LGBT activist
• Olga Radayeva, Deputy Chair of Gender Faction, YABLOKO
Liberal International:
• Frank Van Dalen, Chair of the Liberal International Working Group on LGBTI
17.30-18.00 Closing remarks
• Radikale Venstre: Charlotte Burgess, Member of International Committee
• Yabloko: Dr. Grigory Yavlinsky, Professor of the Higher School of Economics, Chair of the YABLOKO faction in St.Petersburg Legislative Assembly, YABLOKO Founder
• ALDE: Olle Schmidt, Vice president of the ALDE Party and former MEP for Folkepartiet (SWE)

18.30-21.00 Reception for speakers and organizers
• Reception will take place at the Parliament