How two countries can strengthen and innovate their crisis preparedness together in the new security landscape

Tuesday, 7 November 2023, at 08.15 – 14.00 (Finnish time)
Hanaholmen, Hanasaarenranta 5, Espoo, Finland

In a radically changed security environment with strained public finances, there is an urgency and a growing demand for developing new co-operation models within all sectors of our governments and societies at large.

The Hanaholmen Initiative Summit 2023 will offer perspectives on how Swedish-Finnish and Nordic cross-border co-operation can strengthen resilience and innovate civil defence solutions. The Summit will also focus on the war in Ukraine, and how to secure critical infrastructure during Russia’s war of aggression.

In addition, we will also get an update on Nato’s work within civil defence, based on the results of the Vilnius Summit, which reiterated the importance of strengthening resilience as an essential basis for credible deterrence and defence.

PROGRAMME

08:15 Registration, coffee

Moderator: Minou Sadeghpour, Total Defence Senior Consultant, 4C Strategies

09:00 Welcome: Gunvor Kronman, CEO, Hanaholmen

09:05 Innovating Civil Defence through Swedish-Finnish co-operation

Jyri Häkämies, CEO, Confederation of Finnish Industries
Jan-Olof Jacke, CEO, The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise

Case Examples
Common stockpiling
Jarna Hartikainen, Head of preparedness planning, National Emergency Supply Agency NESA

Examples of modern and Innovative technology to improve crisis preparedness
Edvin Resebo, CEO, AMEXCI

Moderated discussion with Hanaholmen Initiative alumni on collaborations and projects inspired by participation in the programme
Johan Belfrage, Director, Innovation & Business Development, Saab
Catharina Candolin, Cyber Security Expert, OP Financial Group

10:15 Securing Critical Infrastructure in the new security landscape

Keynote: Jörg See, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, NATO
Comment: Axel Hagelstam, Director, Research and analysis, National Emergency Supply Agency NESA

Case Examples
Resilience in Ukraine – Securing Critical Infrastructure
Håkan Jyde, Managing Director, Scania Ukraine

Securing Maritime Transports
Tiina Tuurnala, CEO, Finnish Ship Owners’ Association

Training to tackle hybrid threats to renewable energy systems
Nordic Pine 2023 presented by Petri Puhakainen, Cybersecurity Lead, , VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

11:20 Coffee Break

11:45 The Hanaholmen Initiative – A Global Role Model for how two Countries Can Strengthen Their Crisis Preparedness Together

Carl-Oskar Bohlin, Minister for Civil Defence, Sweden
Mari Rantanen, Minister of the Interior, Finland

Moderated discussion with participants in the Executive Education Programme 2023

Concluding Dialogue
Camilla Asp, Deputy Director General, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency
Petteri Korvala, Secretary General, Security Committee, Finland

Presentation of diplomas to Executive Education Programme participants

13:00 Lunch

The Hanaholmen Initiative is a cross-sectoral, Finnish-Swedish crisis preparedness programme. The Initiative was launched in 2021, consisting of an Executive Education Course and a high-level forum, the Hanaholmen Initiative Summit.

During the Executive Education Course, participants from both countries have worked together on crisis scenarios, focusing on continuity management, cyber and hybrid threats, strategic communications, and local, regional and national coordination. Conclusions and reflections from this will be presented during the Hanaholmen Initiative Summit 2023.

The Hanaholmen Initiative is carried out by Hanaholmen on behalf of its principal, the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Foundation, in collaboration with Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and Defence University in Sweden, and the Security Committee and the National Emergency Supply Agency (NESA) in Finland with support from both countries’ governments.

Hanaholmen, the Swedish-Finnish co-operation centre, seeks to expand and develop collaboration between the two countries in all spheres of society. We pursue this mission by creating conditions for co-operation between organizations and individuals, and by fostering personal contacts.

Participation is by invitation only. Do you find the programme relevant from the point of view of your profession? To find out more about participation, please contact tina.raiha(at)hanaholmen.fi.

Additional information: Tina Räihä, Project Manager, tina.raiha(at)hanaholmen.fi