Location: online

• 10.00 Opening of Baltic Meeting Point 2022 by Mayor of Karlskrona Sandra Bizzozero. 
• 10.05 Presentation of programme, and Baltic Sea Youth Foresight. 
  Moderators: Marcus Fredriksson, Karlskrona municipality, Josefin Carlring, Secretary General, the Norden Association. Participant: Franziska Seufert, Project coordinator, CBSS, Baltic Sea Youth Foresight. 
• 10.15 ”The Baltic and Nordic community through the ages”, Gunnar Wetterberg, Historian and speaker. 
  The Baltic has been at the centre of regional history for thousands of years. It has been the arena of a struggle for influence and supremacy among the coastal states, but it has been even more important as a source of commercial and cultural development. The Baltic and the neighbouring countries have suffered during periods of war, but thrived under peaceful centuries. Gunnar Wetterberg traces the linkages between countries and peoples through the centuries. 
• 10.45 ” Current affairs: Gdynia and Karlskrona. Cooperation when it matters”, Anna Gyldén Stray, Security officer, Karlskrona municipality. 
  In the light of recent happenings in Europe, the Municipalities of Gdynia and Karlskrona now work together. An example of cooperation under new circumstances. 
• 10.55 Discussion and analysis of ”Cooperation when it matters”, Dr Maciej Zborowski, WSB University in Gdansk. 
  What role do cultural similarities and dissimilarities play in people to people cooperation? Insights and discussions with Dr Maciej Zborowski. 
• 11.15 ”Organizational and institutional build up for international civil cooperation?”, Patric Lindgren, Senior lecturer, Linnaeus University. 
  How development of international institutions and organizations could create enhanced possibilities for international civil cooperation. Possible outcomes from the current security crisis in Europe. 
• 11.35 Reflections on people-to-people of today. 
  Participants: Patric Lindgren, Maciej Zborowski, Anna Gyldén Stray. 
• 11.50 Summary 
• 12.00 Lunch 
• 12.30 Lunch across the Baltic Sea – (optional) digital lunch  
• 13.00 Baltic Sea Youth Foresight 
  An online youth conference discussing the future of the Baltic Sea region. Topics include Transport & connectivity, Culture, Student mobility, Climate change, Entrepreneurship. Students will be divided into international working groups discussing a chosen theme under the leadership of a facilitator from the Baltic Sea Youth Platform. BSYF is a side-event to Baltic Meeting Point which is taking place simultaneously, and broadcast live from Karlskrona, Sweden. Results from the group work will be presented to the participants of the conference at 1pm. The results will also be spread and included in the upcoming Baltic Sea Youth events during 2022. 
• 13.20 ”Two success stories in people to people” 
  The Kvarken collaboration Umeå-Vasa, Veronica Berg 
  Case, Euroregion Baltic, Elin Petersson. 
• 14.00 Coffee break 
• 14.15 ”Panel 1: people-to-people in the 2020s – what for?” 
  We take a step back to examine the foundations of transnational cooperation. Why is it important? What are the effects? And what will cooperation look like in the coming decade? 
  Participants: Franziska Seufert, Project coordinator, CBSS, Jaakko Turunen, Senior lecturer, Södertörn University, Elin Petersson, Chair of the Regional Development Board of Region Blekinge, Euroregion Baltic,  Martin Uggla, Chair, Östgruppen.   
• 15.00 ”Panel 2: Baltic cooperation in practice – who and how?” 
  A multitude of structures, networks and funding opportunities exist for transnational cooperation, and South Baltic cooperation in particular – But how do they connect? And how do we make use of it? 
  Participants: Anna Sośnicka, Administration and policy specialist, UBC, Johanna Rönn, International issues, Euroregion Baltic, Monika Pochroń-Frankowska, Deputy Director for International and Interregional Cooperation in the chancellary of the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship, Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC). 
• 16.00 Closing of Baltic Meeting Point 2022, summary, save the date for next year. Moderators: Marcus Fredriksson, Karlskrona municipality, Josefin Carlring, Secretary General, the Norden Association.