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The Global Baltics: The Next Twenty Years

Speaker

Ambassador to the United States Marina Kaljurand (Estonia)

Ambassador to the United States Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania)

Ambassador to the United States Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia)

Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications, Speechwriting to the President of the USA

Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament
Date Apr 26, 2012 - Apr 28, 2012
Time All Day
Location

750 South Halsted Street, Chicago, IL (map of conference sites)
Cost AABS Member: $180; Non-member: $240; AABS Student member or member with annual income under $30,000: $90; Student non-member or non-member with annual income under $30,000: $130; Banquet dinner on Saturday, April 28: $50
Sponsor

Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, European Union Center
Contact Conference Planning Committee
E-Mail aabsconfinfochicago@gmail.com
Registration Registration
Event type Lecture
Views 5397
Originating Calendar European Union Center Events

**For much more information, please visit the conference website.**

Highlights:

Thursday, April 26

The Baltic Countries in a Globalizing World: The Next Twenty Years

Moderated by Bradley D. Woodworth (University of New Haven/Yale University) with panelists:

Ambassadors to the United States: Marina Kaljurand (Estonia), Zygimantas Pavilionis (Lithuania) and Andrejs Pildegovics (Latvia), along with Benjamin Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting to the President of the USA, Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council, The White House

Friday, April 27

Prelude to Baltic Linguistics: Baltic Languages and Nations in Renaissance Europe, Speaker: Pietro U. Dini, Linguist and translator, Universita di Pisa

Remarks on The Unbreakable U.S.-Baltic Partnership, Speaker: Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

Saturday, April 28

The Economic Crisis in Latvia: A Success Story?, Speaker: Vjaceslavs Dombrovskis, Member of Latvia’s Parliament

Note: The Thursday keynote panel and Friday remarks on The Unbreakable U.S.-Baltic Partnership are open to the public.