The Working Group for Social Sciences: ”How to anticipate the future in Russia?”

The Working Group for Social Sciences under the Finnish-Russian Commission for Scientific and Technological Cooperation has the pleasure in inviting you to a seminar “How to anticipate the future in Russia?”

The seminar will take place on Tuesday, 26 September 2017, at 15:00 at the Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg (Preobrazhenskaya pl. 4, St. Petersburg).

In the seminar Finnish and Russian expert discussants will discuss their views about the future of Russia.

Please find below the program of the seminar.

The seminar is held in English. The seminar is free of charge and open to everyone interested in the topic. However, prior registration is required. Participants are invited to by using this link: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/60E2C0BDB5DF1AB6.par

Welcome to the seminar!

Please feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested in our seminar.

Programme:

15.00 Opening of the event

Consul General Anne Lammila, Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg

Prof. Riitta Kosonen, Director of the Center for Markets in Transition, Aalto University School of Business, Finnish Head of the Working Group for Social Sciences

15.15 Panel discussion among invited discussants:

(Confirmed panelists)

Alexei Levinson, Head of Sociocultural Research, Levada-Center

Oksana Karpenko, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Social Research (CISR)

Jarmo Lindholm, Executive Vice President, Atria Russia

Pekka Sutela, Professor of Practice, Lappeenranta University of Technology, LUT

Mikko Hietikko, Analyst, East Office

Discussion moderated by Susanna Niinivaara, Press Secretary, Consulate General of Finland in St. Petersburg

Q&A

Wrap-up

17.00 Cocktails and networking

Stay tuned for further updates on the programme here: http://www.finrusresearch.fi/tapahtumat/617-save-the-date-seminar-how-to-anticipate-the-future-in-russia-in-st-petersburg-on-26-september.html