1. Parental responsibilities (chaired by Iceland, moderator Ingi Valur Jóhannsson)

In Western society, many traditional gender roles are changing. The stereotypical roles of women and men as parents are among these. Representatives from three countries discuss developments in their home countries.
• Agnete Andersen, Legal adviser in the Ministry of Employment, Denmark
• Head of Social Payments Division Ramune Mikstaite, Social support centre of Vilnius municipality, Lithuania.
• Director Margrét María Sigurðardóttir, Centre for Gender Equality, Iceland

2. Women in private business (Russia, moderator Elena Kalinina)

• Senior Vice President Siv Hellén, Nordic Investment Bank
• Managing Director Ritva Nyberg, Women's Enterprise Agency

3. About rape and its consequences (Sweden, moderator Jenny Westerstrand) 

An analysis of gender-based violence with focus on rape as a way to uphold the old gender power order.
• Associate professor, psychologist Lars Jalmert, Stockholm University

Movie: "Bye bye pornstar"

Women subjected to sexual violence. Ten years´ experience from the National Center for Battered and Raped Women, Uppsala, Sweden
• Vice head Annika Björck, National Centre for Battered and Raped Women

Key speakers, former project leaders of BRYT:
• Professor Drude Dahlerup, Stockholm University
• Senior researcher Helle Holt, Danish National Institute of Social Research

Additional speakers:
• Valgerður H. Bjarnadóttir, then Icelandic project leader of BRYT
• Gunnel Brameus, then Swedish project leader of BRYT
• Leila Räsänen, then Finnish project leader of BRYT

2. Media reflecting decision-making (Estonia, moderator Ülle-Marike Papp)
Representation of women politicians in printed media

Content analysis on the representation of women politicians in mainstream printed media. How are the gender stereotypes and understanding of women’s position, and thus participating in political decision-making, (re)produced by the media texts and “traditional” journalistic choices? What is symbolic annihilation and trivialization of women politicians in media texts?
• BA student Helina Lindma, Tallinn Pedagogical University

3. Prostitution & Trafficking in women (Sweden, moderator Jenny Westerstrand)

A case study on trafficking in women through four countries - two women's destinies from the beginning to the end.
• Detective inspector Cajsa Ojakangas, Stockholm Police Department

Swedish policy and legislation concerning prostitution and trafficking in human beings.
• Special advisor Gunilla Ekberg, Swedish Division for Gender Equality

Gender and Economic Opportunities in Poland: Has Transition left Women Behind? Report of the World Bank, March 2004.
• Specialist Małgorzata Perkowska, Secretariat of the Government Plenipotentiary for Equal Status of Women and Men in Poland
• Deputy director Solvita Vevere, State Employment Agency, Latvia

2. The sex-industry - focus on pornography and children (Sweden, moderator Jenny Westerstrand)

The most brutal and disgusting category of crime: commercial sexual abuse and exploitation of children. The commercial sexual exploitation of children in Sweden, the Code of Conduct against child sex tourism, child pornography and how to protect children Online.
• Former police superintendent, Vice Chair Monica Dahlström-Lannes, ECPAT Sweden

The actual reasons behind the rapid growth of the global sex industry and how to fight it. Focus on the increasing demand of especially young girls and children as commodities for sexual exploitation in pornography and prostitution.
• Former Member of European Parliament Marianne Eriksson

3. Gender responsive budgeting (Nordic Council of Ministers, moderator Catharina Brottare Schmitz)

Gender budgeting is an application of gender mainstreaming in the budgetary process. It means a gender-based assessment of budgets, incorporating a gender perspective at all levels of the budgetary process and restructuring revenues and expenditures in order to promote gender equality (definition by The Council of Europe). The workshop will make a brief introduction to the rationality and motivation behind gender budgeting. Around the world some sixty initiatives are currently ongoing, some are run by the governments, some by NGO's and some in cooperation between the two. Two ongoing initiatives from the Baltic region will be presented. The workshop will also bring up experiences made so far and end with an open discussion.
• Senior adviser Søren Juel Andersen, The Nordic Council of Ministers
• Project director Catharina Brottare Schmitz, Gender responsive budgeting, The Nordic Council of Ministers
• Ann-Marie Sandquist & Marianne Laxén
• Ombudsman Indrė Mackevičiūtė, Office of the Equal Opportunities, Lithuania.

4. Women in local decision-making (Turku, moderator Ruth Hasan)

Trends in female representation, implementation of gender quotas in municipal boards and the impact of women in local decision-making.
• Researcher Sari Pikkala, Åbo Akademi University
• Eva Larsson, Member of the City Council, Stockholm.