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Hanaholmen Initiative Summit

Finland and Sweden showing the way for a new European Comprehensive Security Model

Past event

Date

12.11.2024

Time

07.00 - 11.00

Location

Hanaholmen, Espoo

Event type

For invited guests

Language

English.
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This year’s high-level forum consists of three parts. The first session will address the work on strengthening comprehensive security / total defence in Europe. The second session focuses on cybersecurity as a prerequisite for functioning societies. The event will conclude with a discussion where participants from the Hanaholmen initiative’s education program will share their insights on the Swedish-Finnish preparedness cooperation.

TimeProgramme

8.15

Registration, coffee

9.00

Welcome: Gunvor Kronman, CEO, Hanaholmen

Moderators:Hanaholmen Initiative Alumni Karl Lallerstedt and Riikka Joukio

9.05

Session 1: A Comprehensive Security Strategy for Europe

Keynotes:
Ursula von der Leyen
, President of the European Commission
Petteri Orpo, Prime Minister, Finnish Government

9.30

Comments and discussion:
Per Bolinder
, Civil Defence Policy Director, Ministry of Defence, Sweden
Teija Tiilikainen, Director, The European Centre of Excellence on Countering Hybrid Threats
Jan Joel Andersson, Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security

10.30

Coffee Break

11.00

Session 2: Cyber Preparedness – a prerequisite for functioning societies

Johan Berggren, State Secretary for the Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
Lulu Ranne, Minister of Transport, Communications and the Interior, Finland
Luca Tagliaretti, Executive Director, The European Cybersecurity Competence Centre

11.40

Dialogue:
Andreas Aurelius
, Director cyber security, Research Institute RISE
Peter Sund, CEO, Finnish Information Security Cluster

12.10

Concluding session: Swedish-Finnish Cooperation Moving Forward

Concluding Dialogue
Christer Brown
, Head of Section, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency MSB
Abigail Choate
, Acting Head of Centre for Societal Security, Swedish Defence University
Katri Liekkilä, Head of International Relations, National Emergency Supply Agency
Kari Pelkonen, Special Advisor, Finnish Security Committee Secretariat

12.30

Moderated discussion with participants in the HHI Executive Programme

12.50

Presentation of diplomas to Executive Education Programme participants
Peter Hultqvist, Chairman of the Swedish Defence Committee
Gunvor Kronman, CEO, Hanaholmen

13.00

Lunch

Do you find the event relevant from the point of view of your profession? To find out more about participation, please contact mikael.hiltunen(at)hanaholmen.fi.

Read more about the Hanaholmen initiative

Photos: Lauri Heikkinen, Prime Minister's Office (Orpo) & European People's Party (von der Leyen)

Contact details

Mikael Hiltunen

Project Manager (politics and society)

mikael.hiltunen@hanaholmen.fi