09:00
09:00 – 10:00
Arrival and registration
10:00
10:00 – 10:05
Administrative remarks
Mr. Art Johanson
Conference Director and Baltic Defence College lecturer in Military History and Strategic Planning
10:05
10:05 – 10:20
Welcoming Remarks / Opening of the conference
Welcoming remarks are given by the director of the Estonian War Museum Mr Hellar Lill and the Baltic Defence College JCGSC/CSC Course Director COL Andriejus Grachauskas
10:20
10:20 – 10:30
Hendrik Sepp Award
Presented by Mr. Hellar Lill
10:30
10:30 – 11:00
Opening Keynote Address – People’s Warfare: The Historical Dimensions
Prof. Jeremy Black presentation: People’s warfare: the historical dimensions
11:00
11:00 – 12:00
Keynote Panel
Keynote panel is focusing on the theoretical aspects of the contemporary resistance operating concept and historical experience. The speakers in the panel have extensive experience in their field and the discussion is supported by our keynote speaker. Speakers are: MG Michael Repass, Dr. Byron Harper and Prof. Jeremy Black.
12:45
12:45 – 14:15
PANEL 2 – Armed resistance: history and military significance
General Principles of Resistance
LTC (ret) Valerijus Šerelis (Lithuania)
The significance of special operations forces (SOF) in conducting irregular warfare in the Baltics in a modern conflict. Taking lessons from the forest brothers and the Russo-Ukrainian war
Mr. Jakub Knopp (Poland)
Polish resistance movement during and after WWII
COL Michał Małyska (Poland)
14:15
14:15 – 15:30
Lunch break
15:30
15:30 – 17:30
Panel 3 – Armed resistance in the Baltic states during 1940’s
Sustainability of the fight for freedom in Lithuania after WWII
MSG Ernestas Kuckailis (Lithuania)
Latvian national armed resistance during the summer of 1941 through the eyes of German military units
Mr. Jānis Tomaševskis (Latvia)
Soviet NKVD-MGB countering the resistance in Estonia
MAJ Artur Zirul (Estonia)
The Secret Missions from Sweden to Estonia 1948–1956
Dr. Meelis Saueauk (Estonia)
09:00
09:00 – 09:30
Arrival
09:30
09:30 – 09:35
Welcoming remarks
Mr. Toomas Hiio
Head of Research of the Estonian War Museum – General Laidoner Museum
09:35
09:35 – 11:00
PANEL 4 – Comparisions and examples: from irregular warfare to regular troops
Conducting successful irregular warfare. History lessons from World War I’s Arab Revolt and the Forest Brothers
Ms. Julia Zalewska-Biziuk (Poland)
Forest Brothers: from Unorganized Guerrillas to Volunteer Units
Ms. Ariane Bousquet (Canada)
11:00
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30
11:30 – 13:00
PANEL 5 – Case studies
The influence of the partisan movement in the Baltic countries on the shape of the security infrastructure of the NATO Eastern Flank
Ms. Agnieszka Homańska (Poland)
The Effect of Activity and Passivity on Survival of Armed Resistance Movement: The Example of National Partisans in Northern Vidzeme (1944–1953)
Mr. Reinis Ratnieks (Latvia)
Bunkers and fortifications of partisan movements in Lithuania during and after the Second World War
Mr. Titas Tamkvaitis (Lithuania)
13:00
13:00 – 13:10
Concluding Remarks
Mr. Art Johanson
Conference Director and Baltic Defence College lecturer in Military History and Strategic Planning