Global Estonian Virtual Forum

The Foreign Ministry’s 7th virtual forum for Estonians worldwide will be held May 2 at 9 a.m. Eastern (6 a.m. Pacific).

This time, the Forum looks at opportunities in Estonian available to young people of Estonian origin living abroad, Estonia is a land that is located on the coast of the Baltic Sea amidst forests and bogs, and is growing unicorns at a heady pace. We will look at the present and peek into the future. We are starting with a new format – a video postcard of the community. The forum is moderated by Ellen Valter, the soul and leader of KESKUS, the International Estonian Centre in Toronto, and music will be provided by musician and poet EiK, who just won the popular vote of the Language Achievement Award.

The virtual forum will be translated into English and Russian.

Participate to be entered into the prize drawing: Win a round-trip plane ticket for two to Estonia, plus two nights of hotel accommodation in Tallinn. The drawing will be held on May 10 at 12.00 Estonian time.

PARTICIPATION LINK:
https://worksup.com/app?id=FOORUM24

Programme

15.45

• Watch a live stream from an Estonian nature camera

16.00

• Introduction by Ellen Valter
• Words of welcome by Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Jonatan Vseviov
• Tartu – European Capital of Culture 2024
• Panel ‘Estonia as an opportunity’ (Rebeka Dronia, Kristi Marika Lampi, William Persson)
• First-hand experiences from the private IT school kood/Jõhvi (Egon Saks with his wife Cristina)
• Music by EiK

17.00

• Estonia is searching for whom – both today and 10 years from now? (Work in Estonia, Susanna Vatter)
• Estonia as the breeding ground for unicorns (Startup Estonia, Eve Peeterson)
• Video postcard from the Estonian community in Switzerland  
• Marin Mõttus talks to Ellen Valter
• Musical finale by EiK
• Estimated end of the event at 17.45/18.00

Speakers

Jonatan Vseviov
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Rebeka Dronia
an Estonian raised in Namibia

Kristi Marika Lampi
an Estonian raised in the USA

William Persson
an Estonian raised in Sweden

Egon Saks
student of the IT school kood/Jõhvi

Susanna Vatter
Work in Estonia

Eve Peeterson
Startup Estonia

Ellen Valter (Moderator)
leader of Toronto’s International Estonian Centre KESKUS

Marin Mõttus
Special Diplomatic Representative of Global Estonia

Music by EiK
musician and poet

 

The virtual forum’s prize drawing for plane tickets and more

• Everyone who watches the virtual forum for Estonians across the globe on 2 May 2024 at 16.00 Estonian time can enter a prize draw and win return plane tickets for two to Estonia.
• The prize draw is held on 10 May at 12.00 Estonian time, and if you register for subsequent viewing of the virtual forum, you can still enter the draw until 9 May at 23.00 Estonian time.
• The flight must take place during the 2024 calendar year.
• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will contact the winner and will put them in touch with the travel agency in Tallinn where the tickets must be bought (they can be replaced with bus, ferry or train tickets).
• The prize includes a two-night stay at the Hotel in Tallinn.
• We are also offering the winner a tour of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while they are in Estonia.
• As it is a big world and plane ticket fees vary enormously, there is a cap on the ticket price.
• Plane ticket price cap: economy class within Europe up to €600, rest of the world up to €1200.

Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/4XnZpeFs6

Participation link: https://worksup.com/app?id=FOORUM24

Programme and Prize Draw: https://globalestonian.com/en/news/virtual-forum-estonians-across-globe-will-be-held-may-2