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| 16 NOVEMBER | ||
| 8.00–9.00 | Registration of participants (A. Juozapavičiaus g. 13-220) | |
| 9.00 | Opening of the meeting | |
| Welcoming statement D. Mikulėnienė, Chairperson, State Commission of the Lithuanian Language at the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania | ||
| Representatives of the expert groups from Latvia, Estonia and Russia | ||
| Discussion of the agenda | ||
| 9.45 | P. Päll. Information on the 20th Session of UNGEGN in New York (January 2000) | |
| Questions | ||
| 10.10 | Z. Goba. Impressions from the international symposium „GeoNames 2000" in Frankfurt | |
| Questions | ||
| 10.30 | National standardization of geographical names | |
| M. Razmukaitė. Some remarks on the standardization of toponyms in Lithuania | ||
| E. Sepp, T. Pikner, P. Päll, H. Laasi. Activities of the Place Names Board of Estonia and application of the Place Names Act | ||
| E. Sepp. Plans for reforming the administrative-territorial division in Estonia and their effects on place names | ||
| V. Boginskij. Information on the activities carried out in the Russian Federation on the standardization of geographical names | ||
| Questions | ||
| 11.15 | Coffee break | |
| 11.30 | Field collection and treatment of place names | |
| D. Mardosienė. Toponyms in the official maps of Lithuania and in the cartographic databases | ||
| Z. Goba. Geographical names on the Satellite Map of Latvia (1 : 50000) and in some toponymic dictionaries | ||
| T. Raudsepp. Sources of geographic names and application of the names on maps | ||
| L. Bilkis. Short linguistic description of the most important collections of Lithuanian toponyms | ||
| Questions | ||
| 12.30 | Demonstration of a Finnish videocassette on geographical names | |
| 13.10 | Lunch break | |
| 14.00 | T. Duksa. Principles of orthography of toponyms on sea charts and air navigation charts of Lithuania | |
| A. Brukas. Compilation and practical application of the cadastre on forests | ||
| R. Girkus. Names of lakes on the topographical maps of Lithuania | ||
| Questions | ||
| 14.40 | Coffee break | |
| 15.00 | Exonyms and possibilities of reducing their use | |
| O. Bušs. Traditional place names (exonyms) in the Latvian language [Photo.] | ||
| P. Päll. Estonian exonyms in the newest sources (dictionaries, maps) [Photo.] | ||
| M. Razmukaitė. Traditional place names (exonyms) in the Lithuanian language | ||
| V. Butkus. On the tradition of spelling foreign geographical names | ||
| 16.10–16.30 | Principles of writing foreign place names, transcription and romanization systems | |
| The discussion is lead by Ms. J. Palionytė, Vice-Chairperson of the State Commission of the Lithuanian Language | ||
| V. Boginskij. Information on the application of the system for romanization in the Russian Federation | ||
| 18.00 | Opera „Don Carlos" | |
| 17 NOVEMBER | ||
| 9.00 | Short discussion of the agenda | |
| 9.20 | Standardization of dialectal place names | |
| L. Leikuma. Problems of orthography of the Latgale place names | ||
| Z. Cekula. Toponyms of Latgale on maps compiled by the State Land Service | ||
| E. Saar. Võro toponyms on the Basic Map of Estonia (1 : 20000) | ||
| Questions | ||
| 10.00 | Databases on geographical names | |
| V. Boginskij. Information on the preparations for compiling the National Catalogue of Geographical Names of the Russian Federation | ||
| J. Aleknavičius. Toponyms in the computerized registers of Lithuania | ||
| M. Šterna. Database of Latvian geographical names at the State Land Service | ||
| M. Lakson. Preparatory works on the creation of the National Place Names Register in Estonia | ||
| Questions | ||
| 10.40 | Coffee break | |
| 11.00 | V. Strautniece. Preparations for the Eighth United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names (Berlin, 2002) (10 min.) | |
| Questions | ||
| Elections of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN | ||
| Work plan of the Baltic Division of UNGEGN (30 min.) | ||
| Other items | ||
| 12.30 | Closing of the meeting | |
| 13.00 | Lunch | |
| 14.00 | Excursion [Photo.] |
