U.S.- Baltic Forums (chronological order, partial list)
USBF has hosted a series of U.S.- Baltic Forums -- luncheons, briefings, lectures and receptions -- designed to give leaders from the Baltics and the U.S. an opportunity to discuss current issues with representatives from the government, business and policy communities in Washington, DC and other U.S. cities, as noted.
The Foreign Service Institute of the State Department invited USBF to brief staff going to the U.S. Embassies in the Baltics from 1994 through 1997.
In 2001, USBF launched a new series of events as part of the USBF Ambassadors Council program.
- Tunne Kellam, President, Congress of Estonia, September 1990
“From Central Planning to Free Markets; the Economic Policies of the congress of Estonia”
Co-sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
- Vytautas Landsbergis, President of Lithuania, May 1991
Co-sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Chamber Foundation
- Arnold Ruutel, President of Estonia, July 1991
Co-sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Central European Development Corporation and National Chamber Foundation
- Stasys Kropas, Chairman of the Lithuanian Parliament Committee on Local Authorities, and Member of the Commission drafting the new Lithuanian Constitution, January 199
- Paul Lettens, Director of the Estonian Public Health Center in Tallinn, Estonia, January 1992
- Pers Sternins, Deputy State Minister of Latvia, February 199
- Valdis Pavlovskis, Deputy Minister of Defense of Latvia, March 1992
- Jonas Birziskis, Minister of Transportation of Lithuania, April 1992
- Aivars Millers, Minister of Industry and Energy of Latvia, July 1992
- Iveta Stepite, Head Nurse of Latvia, August 1992
Co-sponsored by the American Red Cross and American Nursing Association
- Aleksandras Abisala, Prime Minister of Lithuania, with Stasys Lozoraitis, Lithuanian Ambassador to U.S., November 1992
- Gvido Zemribo, Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice, March 1993
- Vytautas Landsbergis, Former President of Lithuania, April 199
- Ojars Kalnins, Latvian Ambassador to the U.S., May 1993
- Robert C. Frasure, U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, May 1993
- Adolfas Slezevicius, Prime Minister of Lithuania, June 1993
- Vygintas Grinis, Kaunas City Council Chairman, October 1993
- Maris Gailis, Latvia’s Minister of Government Reform, November 199
- Egidius Bickauskas, Vice Chairman of Parliament of Lithuania and Chairman of the Presidential Commission on Organized Crime and Government Corruption, November 1993
- Povilas Gylys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, April 199
- Larry Napper, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia, and Larry Taylor, U.S. Ambassador to Estonia, June 1995
- Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, Guntis Ulmanis, President of Latvia, Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania, June 199
- Lennart Meri, President of Estonia, Guntis Ulmanis, President of Latvia, Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania, January 1998 in New York and Washington
- Brian Carlson, U.S. Ambassador to Latvia and Joseph DeThomas, U.S. Ambassador to Estonia on Capitol Hill in November 200
- Vaira Vike Freiberga, President of Latvia, February 2002 Co-sponsored by the Baltic American Freedom League and the Joint Baltic American National Committee
- Inese Voika, President of Transparency International Latvia (DELNA), February 2002 at PBN Company headquarters in Washington
- Alexandr Vondra, Czech Commissioner for NATO Summit in Prague, March 2002 in the U.S. Capitol, Co-sponsored by American Friends of the Czech Republic
- Ron Asmus, Council on Foreign Relations, and Jolanta Taruskiene, Lithuanian & US Initiatives (formerly U.S.- Baltic Foundation Lithuania), April 2002 at Williams in Washington