SATURDAY 29 MAY

POLITICAL COMMITTEE – Hall A
Mr Aivis RONIS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Latvia's Foreign and Security Priorities (allows to refer to update of the new Srategic Concept) (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Ambassador Alexander VERSHBOW, US Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (ISA) on “Lessons learned from Afghanistan” (Confirmed) NATO PA

ECONOMICS AND SECURITY COMMITTEE  – Hall B
Mr Ilmars RIMSEVICS, Governor of the Bank of Latvia, A Profile of the Latvian Economy (Economic situation in Latvia and how the country is coping with it)  (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Mr Spyros ECONOMIDES, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and European Politics, London School of Economics, The Greek Financial Crisis: Implications for the European and the Global Economy (Confirmed)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE – Hall C
Mrs Vaira VIKE-FREIBERGA, former President of the Republic of Latvia, Vice-chair of the Reflection group on the future of the European Union, West and Russia – Reset Policy and Energy Security. View from the Baltics. (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Mr Michael RUEHLE, Head, Speechwriting, and Senior Political Advisor in the NATO Secretary General’s Policy Planning Unit, Strengthening the Global Nuclear Non‑proliferation Regime (Confirmed) NATO PA


SUNDAY 30 MAY

DEFENCE AND SECURITY COMMITTEE – Hall A
Mr Imants Viesturs LIEGIS, Defence Minister of Latvia, Latvia’s Overall Vision for NATO in the Context of the Strategic Concept, (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Major General Juris MAKLAKOVS, Latvian Chief of Staff, How a Small Country Can Contribute to Alliance Security, (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Jack SEGAL, Chief Political Advisor to the Commander, NATO JFC-Brunssum, Can we get to 'Success' in Afghanistan? (Confirmed)

COMMITTEE ON THE CIVIL DIMENSION OF SECURITY – Hall C
Mrs Žaneta OZOLIŅA, Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Latvia, Human Security - Addressing New Dimensions (Confirmed) Host Country (50 min)
Mr Alain DELETROZ, Vice President of the International Crisis Group (ICG), Central Asia: Sources of Instability and the Afghan Neighbourhood (Confirmed) NATO PA


MONDAY 31 MAY

NATO-RUSSIA PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
Professor Alexei PUSHKOV, Director of the Institute of Contemporary International Studies at the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Invited by the Russian delegation)


TUESDAY 1 JUNE

PLENARY SITTING
Hon. John TANNER, President, (15 min)
Mr Gundars DAUDZE, Speaker, Saeima of the Republic of Latvia (Confirmed) (10 min)
Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Prime Minister of Latvia (Confirmed) (45 - 60 min)
Gen. Abdul Rahim WARDAK, Defence Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Mr Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN, NATO Secretary General and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council (Confirmed) (1 hr – 20 + 40min Q & A)
General Egon RAMMS, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum (Confirmed) (45 min including Q&A)