Program 2021

WEDNESDAY 11 AUGUST

12.00-13.00War has a woman’s face
Author Sirpa Kähkönen and author, Chechen
refugee Polina Zerebtsova
13.00-14.00Can art be used to create peace or to provoke
contention?
Composers Heikki Sarmanto and Olli Kortekangas, author
Sirpa Kähkönen and graphic artist Hella Pakaslahti
16.30-17.30Who was Dietrich Bonhoefer and how did the opera
Ende und Beginn come about?
Bishop Emeritus Kaarlo Kalliala, composer Olli Kortekangas
18.00-19.00Premiere of the opera Ende und Beginn
New Church, Uusikaupunki

THURSDAY 12 AUGUST

Cultural Centre Cruselli, moderated by journalist Rauli Virtanen

10.00-11.00Coffee for visitors
11.00-11.10Opening of the Third Peace Symposium –
Hymn to the World
Joy Babatunde, song, Heikki Sarmanto, piano
11.10-11.40Welcome speeches
Tarja Halonen, Former President of Finland
Atso Vainio, Mayor of Uusikaupunki
Wolfgang Lutz, Professor
11.40-12.00Life in Uusikaupunki in the 18th century
Tomi Kangas, MA
12.00-13.30Finland in eighteenth-century Europe
Tapio Onnela, University of Turku

INTRODUCTIONS

Is less more? Comparing Sweden’s eastern border in
1617 and 1721

Nils Erik Villstrand, Professor Emeritus, Åbo Akademi

Start of the period of liberty: the ideological foundation
of the post-war society

Charlotta Wolff, Professor, University of Turku

Finland, year zero. Surviving the war after 1721
Petri Karonen, Professor, University of Jyväskylä

After the introductions, there will be a panel discussion
on Finland in 18th century Europe
13.30-14.30Lunch
14.30-15.15What if Finland was still Swedish?
Mark Levengood, author, journalist, producer
15.15-16.00What if Finland was still part of Russia?
Marja Manninen, journalist
René Nyberg, Ambassador, author
16.00-17.00How do we create dialogue between religions?
Kaisamari Hintikka, Bishop
Juhana Markkula, Rector
Araf Al Bayaty, Media and communications Committee
Officer, Turun Islamilainen Yhdyskunta

FRIDAY 13 AUGUST

Stability and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea region 2021

Cultural Centre Cruselli, moderated by journalist Jussi-Pekka Rantanen
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters is responsible for the day’s programme

10.00-10.15Greetings from the Ministry
10.15-10.30Opening speech of the Finnish Society of Sciences
and Letters

Hannu Koskinen, Professor Emeritus,
President of The Finnish Society of Sciences And Letters
10.30-12.00BALTIC SEA OF THE FUTURE

Marine environments – our resources for a sustainable
future in  a changing climate
Anna Törnroos-Remes, Associate Professor, Åbo Akademi

Well-being in the Baltic Sea region for the whole planet –
an impossible illusion or an opportunity for the future
?
Eeva Furman, Professor, Director of the Environment
Policy Centre at the Finnish environment institute
12.00-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.45WHAT DOES THE POPULATION LOOK LIKE?

How is Finland ageing? Population policy challenges and
opportunities

Anna Rotkirch, Research Professor, Family Federation of
Finland

Drivers of long-term trends in human numbers and
capabilities for sustainable development
Wolfgang Lutz, Professor, IIASA
14.45-15.15Coffee
15.15-16.45CAN A LIE BECOME THE TRUTH?

Media and information literary – a prerequisite for an
inclusive and competent society

Gunilla Widén, Professor, Åbo Akademi

Beyond polarization and populism – strengthening
Finnish democracy
Kim Strandberg, Professor, Åbo Akademi

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST

Cultural Centre Cruselli, moderated by journalist Rauli Virtanen

10.00-11.00Peace in the Middle East now?
Tuomo Melasuo, Professor Emeritus,
Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI)
Tiina Järvi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Tampere Uni
Pertti Multanen, Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki
Mikko Lohikoski, Senior adviser to the Mayor, City of Turku
11.00-12.00Money and Peace – what is the price of peace?
Erkki Liikanen, former Governor of the Bank of Finland
Olaf Bongwald, CEO of Valmet Automotive
12.00-13.00Lunch
13.00-14.00Foreign policy as the scene of peace
Konrad Arz von Straussenburg, German Ambassador
14.00-15.00Towards the end of our century: what to expect and
how to prepare for it
Markku Wilenius, Professor of Future Studies