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Annual Security and Defence Forum

of the Defence Committees of the Nordic, Baltic,

Polish and German Parliaments

Szczecin, 22-24 April 2018

Programme

List of Members of Parliaments

Short Biographies of Speakers

Contact Information

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P r o g r a m m e_______________________________

Sunday, 22

April

14:30

Arrival of delegations according to schedule (Denmark,

Finland, Poland, Sweden) Flight LO3933 from Warsaw

Transfer to Dana Business & Conference Hotel

aleja Wyzwolenia 50

Check-in, time at leisure

17:30

Passage to Westpomeranian Dukes’ Castle

ul. Korsarzy 34

18:00

Guided (English) sightseeing of Westpomeranian Dukes’ Castle

along with knights battle show

Return to hotel, time at leisure

20:35

Arrival of delegations according to schedule (Estonia, Latvia,

Lithuania, Norway) Flight LO3935 from Warsaw

Transfer to Dana Business & Conference Hotel

aleja Wyzwolenia 50

Check-in, time at leisure

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Monday, 23

April

08:25

Arrival of Swedish delegation at Szczecin Airport and Deputy

Chairman Mr. Wojciech Buczak. Flight LO3931 from Warsaw

Transfer to Dana Business & Conference Hotel

aleja Wyzwolenia 50

Check-in

09:49

Arrival of German delegation at Szczecin Main Station by train

RE 66 (5800) from Berlin

Transfer to Dana Business & Conference Hotel

aleja Wyzwolenia 50

Check-in

Attention:

As we won’t come back to hotel until 18:00 please

dress comfortable (no skirts

advisable)

as there will a ride on military vehicle and shooting exercise on

simulation facility

11:30

11:55

12:00

Departure by bus to HQ NATO Multinational Corps Northeast

Arrival at HQ NATO MNC NE

Welcome by the Commander (COM)

Lieutenant General Manfred HOFMANN (German Army)

with participation of Deputy Commander Maj. Gen. Krzysztof

KRÓL (PL) and Chief of Staff, Brig. Gen. Per Orluff KNUDSEN

Intro by COM, promo video

Opening remarks by the Chairman of the National Defence

Committee of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Michał

JACH

12:20

Tailored briefing:

- MNC NE roles and responsibilities in the region - 40’

- Baltic Region Security Briefing – 15’

- Questions & Answers

12:10

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13.25

13.30

13:35

Official photo

Passage to building no. 3

Buffet lunch

Meeting with respective SNO (national officers)

Signing the Guest Book

Interview with Framework Nations Heads of Delegations

(DK/D/PL)

Farewell and departure by bus to 12

Mechanized Division and 2nd

Mechanized Brigade military facilities

14:30

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14:45

15:00

16:00

16:45

17:00

17:15

Welcome by the Commander

Briefing on history, tradition, structure and tasks of 12

Mechanized

Division, Q&A

Display of equipment

Transfer to Krzekowo shooting facility

Coffee break

Demonstration and shooting exercise on Śnieżnik Simulation

Training Facility, ride on KTO Rosomak

(Wheeled

Armored

Vehicle "Wolverine")

17.50

Farewell and return to hotel

Time at leisure

19:15

Departure by bus to Matejki8 Restaurant

ul. Matejki 8, Szczecin

19:30

Official dinner hosted by the Chairman of the National Defence

Committee of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland, Mr. Michał

JACH

(business attire)

Transfer to Dana Business & Conference Hotel

Time at leisure

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Tuesday, 24

April

Breakfast in hotel in private

Welcome

08:30

Part 1:

Keynote address:

Security in the Baltic Sea Region – Polish perspective in

European and Transatlantic context

Mr. Marek Łapiński (Retd. Gen.) – Undersecretary of State,

Ministry of National Defence

09:45

Part 2:

10:15

Hybrid war threats – Russian way for destabilisation in the

region

- Mr. Piotr Szymański – Research fellow – Centre for Eastern

Studies

Closing remarks

Coffee break

Conference Hall A of the Hotel

Opening remarks by Mr. Michał JACH – Chairman of the National

Defence Committee

11:55

Buffet lunch

12:00

Buffet lunch in the adjacent Hall B&C

Check-out

13:15

14:55

15:17

Departure by bus from the hotel

Departures of delegations to Warsaw – Flight LO3934

Departure of German delegation by train

(RB66 to Angermünde and further to Berlin)

transfer to Szczecin Main Station will be provided

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M e m b e r s o f P a r l i a m e n t s________________

DENMARK

Mr. Rasmus JERLOV

Chairman

Defence Committee

The Conservative Party

Mr. Jan Erik MESSMANN

Member

Defence Committee

The Danish People’s Party

E S T O N I A

Mr. Hannes HANSO

Chairman

National Defence Committee

Social Democratic Party

Mr. Johannes KERT

Member

National Defence Committee

Estonian Reform Party

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Mr. Ants LAANEOTS

Member

National Defence Committee

Estonian Reform Party

Mr. Margus TSAHKNA

Member

National Defence Committee

F I N L A N D

Mr. Mikko SAVOLA

Member

Defence Committee

Center Party

G E R M A N Y

Mr. Wolfgang HELLMICH

Chairman

Defence Committee

Social Democratic Party of Germany

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L A T V I A

Mr. Ainars LATKOVSKIS

Chairman

Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption

Prevention Committee

Unity Party

Mr. Aleksejs LOSKUTOVS

Member

Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption

Prevention Committee

Unity Party

Mr. Jānis RUKS

Member

Defence, Internal Affairs and Corruption

Prevention Committee

Latvian Regional Alliance

LITHUANIA

Mr. Vytautas BAKAS

Chairman

Committee on National Security

and Defence

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

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Mr. Arvydas ANUŠAUSKAS

Member

Committee on National Security

and Defence

Homeland Union- Lithuanian Christian

Democrats

NORWAY

Mr. Christian TYBRING-GJEDDE

Second Vice Chair

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

and Defence

Progress Party

Mr. Hårek ELVENES

Member

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

and Defence

Conservative Party

Mr. Martin KOLBERG

Member

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

and Defence

Labour Party

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Mrs. Liv Signe NAVARSETE

Member

Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs

and Defence

Centre Party

POLAND (SEJM)

Mr. Michał JACH

Chairman

National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

Mr. Wojciech BUCZAK

Deputy Chairman

National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

Mr. Artur SZAŁABAWKA

Member

National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

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Mr. Krzysztof ZAREMBA

Member

National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

POLAND(SENATE)

Mr. Jarosław RUSIECKI

Chairman

National Defence Committee

Law and Justice

S W E D E N

Mrs. Åsa LINDESTAM

Deputy Chair

Committee on Defence

Swedish Social Democratic Party

Mr. Roger RICHTOFF

Member

Committee on Defence

The Swedish Democrats

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S p e a k e r s – D a y 1 __________________________

Lieutenant General Manfred Hofmann

has been

the Commander of the Multinational Corps Northeast

(MNC NE) since 13th August 2015. Lieutenant

General Hofmann was born in 1954. During his

military career, which started in 1974, he served on

various positions within the Bundeswehr Personnel

Office and Ministry of Defense being responsible for

personnel matters. He commanded the 21st

Armoured Brigade, and was also Chief of Staff of the

Army Forces Command. Prior assuming the post at

MNC NE, he was Deputy Director of the Federal

Office of Bundeswe hr Personnel Management in

Cologne.

Major General (PhD) Krzysztof Król

has been the

Deputy Commander of Multinational Corps Northeast

since 25 January 2016. During his professional

career he served, among other positions in the Polish

Land Forces Command. He has also gained wide

experience in missions: he was a Company

Commander in the United Nations Interim Force in

Lebanon, a Senior Officer in Regional Headquarters

South in Kosovo and the Chief of the Operational

Division of the Polish Contingent in Ira q. Prior

assuming the position in Szczecin, Major General

Krzysztof Król was the Commander of the Command

Support Brigade of Multinational Corps Northeast in

Stargard.

Brigadier General Per Orluff Knudsen

assumed the

position of the Chief of Staff on 25 January 2016. He joined

the Danish Army in 1981 in the Jutland Dragoon Regiment. In

his military career he served, among other positions, as a staff

officer on the Balkans during UNPROFOR and as the Chief of

Staff of the Danish Battle Group in Kosovo. He also gained

more international experience as the Danish National Liaison

Officer to the United States Joint Forces Command in Virginia

as well as the Course President, Senior Course 125 at the

NATO Defence College in Rome. Before joining MNC NE,

he was the Commander of the 1st Brigade in Haderslev.

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S p e a k e r s – D a y 2__________________________

Marek Łapiński

was born on 10 March 1963 in Zamość.

He is a graduate of the Faculty of Law and Administration at

the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin and the

European Studies on Crime-related Problems at the University

of Lodz.

In 2004, he completed the controller’s training at the Supreme

Audit Office. From 1993 (with breaks) he served as an officer

of the Polish Border Guard. He was appointed as the

Commander-in-Chief of the Border Guard on 31st December

2015. On 16th May 2017, he was appointed as the Brigadier

General of the Border Guard.

Between 2002-2015 (with breaks) he worked in the Supreme

Audit Office as the chief specialist of state control in the

Department of Communications and Transport Systems.

He served in the Office for State Protection. In 1998-2001

he was the deputy of the General Inspector of Customs

Service. He co-created the " Customs Police".

He organized and supervised the operational, investigation,

control and registry division, as well as archives and the

forensic laboratory. He was chairman of the Departmental

Adjudicating Committee for violation of the Public Finance

Discipline at the Ministry of Interior and Administration.

He is the co-author of project of reforms for the Democratic

Republic of Georgia, the security sector, internal affairs,

as well as customs and tax control, which he prepared

between 2002-2003.

In 1989, he finished military service in the Reserve Officer

Cadet School. On 22nd January 2018, he was appointed

as Deputy Minister - Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry

of National Defense.

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Piotr Szymański

is research fellow at the Centre

for Eastern Studies (OSW) in the project

“Security and Defence in Northern Europe”.

He focuses mainly on security and defence polices

of Finland, Denmark and the Baltic states as well

as military cooperation in the region.

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