Survey on the conference Vilnius StratCom'24
On 29 October, the Ministry of National Defence hosted the Vilnius StratCom'24 conference, which brought together over 120 experts of strategic communication and those interested in it. It was a pleasure to meet you!
Photos of the event are available on the Ministry of National Defence Flickr account: https://www.flickr.com/photos/krastoapsauga/albums/72177720321585174. The event was communicated using the hashtag #VilniusStratCom24. Full event details: https://kam.lt/en/vilniusstratcom24/.
In order to evaluate the event and to work towards improvement, we are asking the participants to answer a survey.
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Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Presentation “A Swedish Approach to Total Defence” by Henrik Olinder, Senior Expert in crisis communication and Editor at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB)
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Discussion “Total Defence and Strategic Communication as a Tool for Building a Secure Society Resilient to External Threats” (Kamilė Gogelienė, Vice-minister of National Defence, Henrik Olinder, Senior Expert in crisis communication and editor at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), Luka Lesauskaitė, historian with extensive experience in the NGO sector)
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Presentation “Are Russian Narratives Amplified by PRC Media? Case Study on Narratives Related to Sweden’s and Finland’s NATO Applications” by dr. Yukai ZENG, Senior Expert at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Discussion on “China’s Information Operations in the Region” (Dr. Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova, head of the China Studies Centre at Riga Stradiņš University, Head of the Asia Programme at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs, a member of European Think-tank Network on China, Dr. Yukai Zeng, senior expert at the NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, Dr. Konstantinas Andrijauskas, Associate Professor at the Institute of International Relations and Political Science at Vilnius University, Associate Expert at the Eastern Europe Studies Centre)
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Presentation on “The Impact of Military Organisation on the Transformation of the Russian Political System into a Militocracy during Putin’s Rule” by dr. Daivis Petraitis, military expert, author of studies on the Russian army, Lecturer at Baltic Defence College
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: LRT Investigations: “Kremlin brainwashing scheme for Lithuania” by journalists and experts of investigative journalism Indrė Makaraitytė, Mindaugas Aušra, Jurga Tvaskienė
Please rate how much you liked and appreciated this part of the conference programme: Discussion “Lithuanian StratCom: How to Reach People” (Assoc. prof. Dalia Bankauskaitė, Partnership Associate Professor at Vilnius University, Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis, Expert at the Sweden National Defense University, Marius Gurskas, Director of the Government Communications Department, Edita Banienė, Director of the Strategic Communication and Public Affairs Department at the Ministry of National Defence, Kęstutis Gečas, Head of integrated communication agency “INK agency”, strategist)
How would you rate the organisational aspects of the conference: Event hosting / moderation (Neringa Bliūdžiūtė)
How would you rate the organisational aspects of the conference: Venue of the event (Talent Gardent)
How would you rate the organisational aspects of the conference: Catering
Do you think such an event creates added value and is it worth organising in the future?
Your comment (free form, up to 50 words)
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- The Catering was great, except that the buns for lunch weren't very easy to eat.
- Great conference, thank you for organizing it! Interesting presentations and discussions, plenty of opportunity for networking. Excellent moderation of the whole event!
- From organizational part it would be more convenient to have more information how is organized lunch break and the places where to go for lunch. Also it would be better to have more space and tables for coffee breaks.
- Thank you for the opportunity to attend the conference and for your excellent work. However, I missed a unified and comprehensive analysis of the current issues, what has been done in Lithuania if day X comes, who is responsible for which issues and where to find specific information about it. In my opinion, once we know what the general purpose is (I believe to inform the citizens), we will be able to understand who is responsible for which groups and what is missing in order to achieve it. The very first question from the moderator: how many of the participants know what they would do in the case of a war in LT, pointed to a basic starting point. Thank you so much.
- The conference provided useful insights, especially on the topics related to China. The only suggestion I have in terms of the content of the event is related to the first and last discussions, which at times lacked concrete direction and clarity. However, it was an amazing opportunity to spend the day amongst stratcom professionals and I hope that this event will happen next year too.
- Thank you