Programme
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RIGA 27-29 NOVEMBER 2006
NATO SUMMIT
MEDIA PROGRAMME
As of 17:00 on Friday, 24 November 2006
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MONDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2006
09:00 Opening of the Media Accreditation Office;
13:45 Press meeting point, Media Centre. Departure of pool (white card) to cover the display of the C-17 airlifter at the Riga Airport;
For pool cards, please contact Mr Damien Arnaud; Tel: +371 2 206 75 52
15:00 Riga airport. Display of C-17 airlifter in the presence of the Secretary General of NATO, the President of Latvia and NATO senior military authorities.
Remarks to the press by the Secretary General and the President of Latvia.
Coverage by pool (white) card
Coverage by Host Broadcaster (LTV) played back at the Media Centre and played back on free downlink satellite. Technical details in a separate advisoy posted on the NATO website;
14:30 Riga City Council building. Opening session of the Young leaders Forum.
Limited space; presence of the media possible. Please contact:
Ms Dagnija Stukena; tel: +371 2 947 07 08; +371 701 77 54
16:45 Press Theatre, Media Centre. News conference by the President of Latvia;
Open coverage.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
17:25 Press Theatre, Media Centre. Secretary General and Prime Minister of Latvia joint press availability;
Open coverage;
19:00 Small Guild House. Opening gala dinner of the Riga Conference 2006 to “Transforming NATO in a new Global Era” hosted by the President of Latvia, attended
21:30 by the Secretary General of NATO and organised by the Latvian Transatlantic Foundation, the Commission of Strategic Analysis and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Remarks by the Secretary General.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster and live on free downlink satellite.
24:00 Closing of the Media Accreditation Centre
TUESDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2006
07:00 Opening of the Media Accreditation Centre;
08:00 Opening of the Media Centre;
09:00 to 17:00 Blackheads House. Riga Conference 2006;
See details on http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/id/cats/nid/652/
08:00 to 11:45 Riga City Council. Young Leaders Forum.
See details on http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/id/cats/nid/652/
09:30 Blackheads House. NATO Secretary General’s keynote address to the Riga Conference 2006.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster and live on free downlink satellite.
See details on http://www.rigasummit.lv/en/id/cats/nid/652/
09:15 Press meeting point, Media Centre. Departure of media pool Pool 1(blue card) to cover the NATO Secretary General’s address to the Young Leaders Forum.
For pool cards, please contact Ms Dagnija Stukena; tel: +371 2 947 07 08;
+371 701 77 54
Pool cards for agreed members of Pool 1 will be made available for pick up at the Media Centre information desk ;
10:45 Riga City Council. NATO Secretary General’s address to the Young Leaders Forum.
Coverage by Pool 1 and Host Broadcaster (played back at the Media Centre);
12:00 Riga Arena. Inauguration of the NATO Summit Transformation Exhibition with the participation of the President of Latvia, the Secretary General and senior NATO military officials;
All media are invited to participate.
12:45 Arena Riga. Signing of the first major contract for a NATO Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence System.
16:45 Press Theatre, Media Centre. News conference by the NATO Spokesman (to be confirmed);
18:00 Dining Hall, Media Centre. Reception for all accredited media representatives hosted by
Mr Edgars Rinkēvičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and Head of the NATO Summit Task Force;
19:15 Latvian National Opera. Cultural programme hosted by the President of Latvia for Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation;
Arrivals covered by Host Broadcaster.
Cultural programme transmitted live by Host Broadcaster;
20:15 Latvian National Opera. Working dinner of Heads of State and Government/heads of Delegation. Video and photo spray at the beginning by NATO/Latvian restricted pool 2 (yellow card); Play back at the Media Centre and play back on free downlink satellite.
WEDNESDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2006
The live coverage of Summit public events by the Host Broadcaster on this day will also
be live on satellite with free downlink. Technical information in separate advisory.
07:15 Press meeting point, Media Centre. Departure of pools A (red card) to cover arrivals outside the Olympic Sports Centre (OSC) and B (green card) to cover the arrivals inside the OSC;
08:00 to 09:00 Olympic Sports Centre. Arrivals of Heads of State and Government/Heads of to Delegation in protocol order.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
08:00 to 09:00 Press Theatre, Media Centre. Some NATO Heads of State address Young
to Leaders Forum participants.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
Open coverage;
08:15 Press meeting point, Media Centre. Departure of pools C (blue card) to cover the beginning of the Summit meeting;
09:10 Main conference room, Olympic Sports Centre. Ceremony honouring military personnel for service in the operational theatres of the Alliance; Remarks by the NATO Secretary General. Coverage by pools C and D.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
09:20 Main conference room, Olympic Sports Centre.
Beginning of the North Atlantic Council meeting at the level of Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation. Coverage by pools C and D.
Opening remarks by the Secretary General and the President of Latvia;
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
09:30 to 12:00 Blackheads House. Continuation of the Riga Conference and the Young Leaders to Forum. Details on www.rigasummit.lv
11:40 Press meeting point, Media Centre. Departure of pool E (brown card) to cover the Official Group Photograph of Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation;
12:10 Official Group Photograph of of Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation.
Coverage by pool E. Live coverage by Host Broadcaster;
12:20 Press Theatre, Media Centre. NATO Secretary General’s news conference followed by other news conferences. Open coverage.
Live coverage by Host Broadcaster.
All news conferences to be announced on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV);
All timings are subject to change
All changes to be announced on CCTV monitors
