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?

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