Press Conferences

Du­ring the event week Press Con­fe­ren­ces will be or­ga­ni­sed at the Mes­su­kes­kus room 208 as fol­lows:

Sun­day July 12th at 13:00 Ope­ning Ce­re­mo­ny
Spe­a­kers:
Ms Ma­ria Laak­so (FIN), LOC Sec­re­ta­ry Ge­ne­ral
Ms Kirs­ti Par­ta­nen (FIG), LOC Pre­si­dent
Prof Bru­no Gran­di (ITA), FIG Pre­si­dent
Ms Mar­ga­ret Sik­kens Ahl­quist (SWE), FIG Gym­nas­tics for All Com­mit­tee Pre­si­dent
Ms Riit­ta Kai­vos­oja, Di­rec­tor Ge­ne­ral, Mi­nist­ry of Edu­ca­ti­on and Cul­tu­re Chair­per­son of the LOC Coor­di­na­ting Com­mit­tee
De­pu­ty Mayor of Hel­sin­ki City Rit­va Vil­ja­nen

Mon­day July 13th at 10:00 Me­a­ning of the World Gym­na­est­ra­da to Fin­land and Fin­nish par­ti­ci­pants
Spe­a­ker: For­mer Pre­si­dent of Fin­land Tar­ja Ha­lo­nen

Tu­es­day July 14th at 10:00 Hel­sin­ki as the host city of the World Gym­na­est­ra­da
At the Bock Hou­se, Alek­san­te­rin­katu 20 (near the Se­na­te Squ­a­re)
Spe­a­ker: Di­rec­tor of Eco­no­mic De­ve­lop­ment of Hel­sin­ki City Mar­ja-Lee­na Rin­ki­neva.

Wed­nes­day July 15th at 10:00 Lar­ge Group Per­for­man­ces and new Mid­night Sun Spe­ci­al eve­ning
Spe­a­kers: Co­re­og­rap­hers of the Gym­na­est­ra­da World Team Lar­ge Group Per­for­man­ce Han­ne­le Ahl­qvist and Mar­ja Kal­li­o­nie­mi

Thurs­day July 16th at 10:00 FIG Gala
Spe­a­kers: Res­pon­sib­le per­sons of the gala.
Ms Mar­ga­ret Sik­kens Ahl­quist (SWE), FIG Gym­nas­tics for All Com­mit­tee Pre­si­dent
Mr Flem­ming Knud­sen (DEN), FIG Gym­nas­tics for All Com­mit­tee Mem­ber
Ms Lii­sa Ahl­qvist-Leh­ko­suo (FIN), FIG Gala Cho­re­og­rap­her

Fri­day July 17th at 15:00 Sum­ma­ry of the World Gym­na­est­ra­da 2015 Hel­sin­ki
Spe­a­kers:
Kirs­ti Par­ta­nen Pre­si­dent of LOC’s Exe­cu­ti­ve Com­mit­tee
Ma­ria Laak­so World Gym­na­est­ra­da 2015 Hel­sin­ki Sec­re­ta­ry Ge­ne­ral
Prof Bru­no Gran­di (ITA), FIG Pre­si­dent
Ms Mar­ga­ret Sik­kens Ahl­quist (SWE), FIG Gym­nas­tics for All Com­mit­tee Pre­si­dent
Prof Fried­rich Man­se­der (AUT), OeFT Pre­si­dent, rep­re­sen­ting Dorn­birn 2019

Pre­sent:
Anne Mar­ti­kai­nen Pre­si­dent of Fin­nish Gym­nas­tics Fe­de­ra­ti­on