Date: 18 September 2020
Time: 10:00 - 13:00
Language: English
Event is held digitally
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 Moderator: Raul Eamets, Professor of the University of Tartu, Dean of Faculty of Social Scienses

• September 18

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  Welcome notes

  10.00

  • Christer Haglund, Director of the Nordic Council of Ministers´ Office in Estonia
  • Riina Solman, Minister of Population of Estonia
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  Keynote I: Cross-Border Cooperation between Estonia and Finland

  10.20

  • Jussi Jauhiainen, Professor of University of Turku, Finland
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  Keynote II: Cross-border mobility: a regional matter of national importance

  10.40

  • Jonas Wendel, Chief of Staff at Nordic Council of Ministers´, Secretary General’s Office, Denmark 
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  Questions, discussion

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  I Panel: Cross-Border Mobility and Migration in the Baltic Region

  11.00

  • Zaiga Krisjane, Professor of the University of Latvia, Department of Human Geography
  • Donatas Burneika, Professor of the Vilnius University, Head of the Institute of Human Geography and Demography
  • Tiit Tammaru, Professor of Urban and Population Geography at the University of Tartu, Academician

  Moderator: Raul Eamets, Professor of the University of Tartu, Dean of Faculty of Social Scienses

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  Questions, discussion

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  II Panel: New Challenges in Cross-Border Mobility, Nordic-Baltic Region

  12.00

  • Rolle Alho, Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher, Swedish School of Social Science at the University of Helsinki
  • Jonas Wendel, Head of department at Nordic Council of Ministers´, Secretary General’s Office
  • Olle Järv, academy research fellow at the University of Helsinki
  • Uffe Palludan, Director of Palludan Fremtidsforskning

  Moderator: Saara Pellander, Director of the Migration Institute of Finland

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  Questions, discussion

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  Concluding remarks by the moderator