Nordic Resilience Summit 2025 by CIREN is a must-attend event for leaders and professionals in resilience, preparedness, civil protection. Hosted at the iconic National Library of Latvia, this summit will gather key players from across sectors, including business, government, military, and technology, to engage in high-level discussions on the future of resilience and preparedness (critical infrastructure, weaponization of narratives, cyberspace, public and private sector interaction), connect leaders and experts, and also create opportunities to enjoy the vibrant and hidden spaces across Rīga, guided by your enthusiastic local hosts.
CIREN (Civilian Resilience Nordic) is a community initiative for building societal resilience. The mission of CIREN as a non-governmental organization is to protect communities in Northern Europe by improving the regional capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, terror, hybrid threats/gray-zone and military activity, or other man-made disasters. This is supported by greater resilience of businesses, civil societies, and the public sector.
Raimonds Vējonis
President of Latvia (2015-2019)
Co-founder of CIREN
LOCATION
September 10, 2025
Venue On-Site: National Library of Latvia,
Mūkusalas iela 3, Zemgales priekšpilsēta, Rīga, LV-1423, Latvia
On-Line: Link to be provided – LIVE Broadcast (DELFI in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) starts 9:00
AGENDA
September 10, 2025
8:30 – 8:55 Registration & Coffee/Refreshments
8:55 Guests and Speakers seated, ready for Live Broadcast
9:00 – 9:15 OPENING by Jānis Vanags (CIREN Board Member), & Live Broadcast start Delfi.lv, Delfi.lt and Delfi.ee
9:15 – 9:25 Opening Keynote by Baiba Braže (Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia)
9:25 – Setting the scene: Nordic Study on Resilience
10:00 – 10:45 I PANEL: Societal Resilience and Leadership: how whole-of-society approach and civilian-military partnerships enhance overall preparedness; approaches to achieve societal resilience overall and in specialised areas such as hybrid- and cyber-threats.
Panellists:
Robert Ezelle (Director, Emergency Management Division, Washington State Military Department, USA),
Linda Ezera (CEO of Norstat Latvia, LV),
Jānis Karlsbergs (Chairman of Board Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO)/Senior Policy and Publications Officer at the NATO Stratcom, LV),
Baiba Kaškina (General Manager, CERT.LV, LV),
Jānis Kažociņš (Geopolitics Adviser, former National Security Adviser to the President of Latvia, LV)
10:45 – 11:30 II PANEL: Strong Economy for Resilience: Economic activity and output as a key element in supporting and financing resilience, the role to strategic and critical infrastructure for reinforcing regional resilience; who should pay for maintaining preparedness in communities and organisations.
Panellists:
Jonny Andersen (Strategic and Critical Assets expert in 3 continents – Europe, Latam, Africa; Founder of AirportWorks),
Toms Auškāps (Balticovo Board Member, LV),
Gediminas Almantas (Chairman of the Board, Lithuanian Airports; Board Member in energy, infrastructure and transportation companies),
Krišjānis Krūmiņš (Board Chairman of Rīgas Ūdens SIA, LV),
Andrii Yarmak (Director of UkSATSE – Ukrainian State Air Traffic Services Enterprise (Ukraine’s ANSP), UA)
11:30 – 12:15 III PANEL: SYNERGIES – Multi-sector approach : Psychological resilience, attacks on narratives, and synergies to counter adverse actors.
Lead by Dagnija Baltiņa (Director of the National Libary of Latvia, LV)
Panellists:
Monika Garbačiauskaitė-Budrienė (Director General at LRT, LT),
Urmo Soonvald (Editor-in-Chief, Delfi Estonia),
Agrita Vītola(State Fire and Rescue Service, Civil Protection Department, LV),
Kristīne Skrīvere (Director of Latvian War Museum, LV),
Arvis Zīle (Head of Crisis Management Centre of Latvia)
12:15 – 13:00 (on-site only, 8th Floor Reading room)
MASTERCLASS: Crisis Preparedness for Companies:
Hands-on approach in resilience, lead by Ojārs Stūre, Vitālijs Rakstiņš and Guntis Balodis (Civilian Resilience Nordic (CIREN))
Onsite attendance is restricted, if you would like to request in-person participation please send your details to summit@ciren.ngo.
Disclaimer: CIREN Nordic Resilience Summit is a non-commercial and mission-driven initiative, part of CIREN’s wider effort to protect communities in Northern Europe by improving the regional capability to mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from threatened or actual natural disasters, terror, hybrid threat/grey zone and military activity, or other man-made disasters, supporting greater resilience of businesses, civil societies, and the public sector. CIREN sincerely thanks all the volunteers, experts, supporters, partners and paying customers whose contribution made this initiative possible.