Event Category: Maritime Forums

Speaker: Maria Derlõš The Maritime Forum will be opened by Maria Derlõš, who will speak about Lasnaidee and other initiatives of the Urban Lab (Linnalabor) concerning modern urban communities. Later…

Speaker: Tiit Kändler Our culture, appearance, existence, health and well-being have been deeply influenced by the sea. In consideration of this, we have provided the sea not only with pollution…

Speaker: Aleksei Turovski This Maritime forum will be held outdoors! On the beaches of Tallinn, one may meet interesting creatures from the modern ecosystem as well as signs from hundreds…

Speaker: Robert Treufeldt This Maritime forum will be held outdoors! Walking from the Great Coastal Gate, i.e. Fat Margaret tower, towards the Seaplane Harbour, we will talk about the military…

Speaker: Vladislav Koržets This Maritime forum will be held outdoors! The hundreds of urban fishers in Tallinn: who are they and what do they think about? We will talk about…

Speaker: Tiina Peil The city of Paldiski is well known and, at the same time, rather unknown, mysterious and, therefore even a bit scary, a place shaped by foreigners and…

Alexey Ekaykin (Russia) What do modern limnologists do in Antarctica? Alexei Yekaikin, a scientist working in Russia’s Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute will speak about Lake Vostok, the largest in…

Andres Sööt and Enn Kaup (Estonia) We will study why the Antarctic continues to fascinate people and discuss various popular works, like Juhan Smuul’s Antarctica Ahoy! Enn Kaup has worked…

Enn Kreem (Estonia) and Priit Tisler (Estonia/Finland) How has scientific research in the Antarctic changed after the first polar researchers from Estonia? What does the future hold for science in…

Geir Kløver (Norway) This autumn’s first Maritime Forum will be about the heritage of Scott and Amundsen and their role in the Antarctic exploration that followed. Geir Kløver is the…