Follow the Safe Municipalities seminar online!

The IRWIN project will organise the Safe Municipalities seminar on 15th June 2022 at 9.00-16.30. You can also join the seminar online and follow the stream without prior registration. See the programme below and join us!

Programme

Chair, Petri Uusikylä, University of Vaasa, IRWIN-project

9:00 – 9:45 Opening remarks

Mari Vuolteenaho, Vice-rector, Laurea UAS
Annukka Jokipii, Vice-rector, PI IRWIN Project
Jari Heiniluoma, Deputy Managing Director, Association of Finnish Municipalities

Ritva Viljanen, Mayor, City of Vantaa

9:45 – 10:30 Key Note Information Resilience In a Wicked Environment

Sir David Omand, Visiting Professor, Department of War Studies, King´s College London

10:30 – 10:45 Break

10:45 – 11:00 Introduction to Nordic Safe Cities Network

Director Jeppe Albers, Executive Director, Nordic Safe Cities

11:00-12:30 Session 1. Violent Radicalisation and Extremism as a wicked problem

Moderator Magnus Ranstorp, Strategic Adviser, Swedish Defence University
Panelists: Olli Ruohomäki (FIIA), Katja Vallinkoski (University of Helsinki)

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

13:30 – 14:45 Session 2. Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Preparedness

Moderator Christian Fjäder, CEO, Geopolitical Intelligence Group
Panelists: Rainer Jungwirth (EC/Joint Research Centre), Lauri Holmström (Supo), Jukka-Pekka Schroderus (City of Pori)

14:45 – 15:00 Break

15:00 – 16:30 Session 3. Malign Influence against democratic decision-making processes and aggressive trolling

Moderator Hanna Smith, Research Director, Hybrid CoE
Panelists: Aki-Mauri Huhtinen (Professor, National Defence University), Mikael Tovfesson (Head of Unit, Swedish Psychological Defence Agency), Päivi Tampere (Prime Minister´s office, Finland) TBC, Harriet Lonka, Laurea UAS

Synthesis and Closing

Prof. Harri Jalonen, University of Vaasa