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PROGRAMME

 

08:30 – 09:30 Registration and morning coffee

 

09:30 – 09:40 Official Opening of the Forum

 

                         Dr. Ojārs Kehris, President, Economists Association 2010 

 

09:40 – 11:00 Session 1

 

The global financial crisis has led to a significant economic downturn in the EU and particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. Possible solutions to overcome the economic crisis.

 

Moderator:   Mārtiņš Bondars, Member of the Board, Economists Association 2010

 

Speakers:      H.E. Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia

H.E.Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

 

How Latvia turned from the highest growth rates to the most troubled economy in the EU?

Will Estonia and Lithuania follow the same path?

How Baltic States will recover from the recession?

 

Panelists:

Vasily Melnik, President, Eiroholdings

Marius Busilas, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Lithuanian Trade Enterprises

                        Juris Gulbis, Chairman of the Board, Lattelecom

                   Jānis Naglis, President, Association of Hotels and Restaurants of Latvia

                        Jānis Vanags, Vice President, airBaltic

 

11:00 – 11:30 Networking coffee break

 

11:00 – 11:30 Press conference of H.E. Valdis Dombrivskis, H.E. Andrius Kubilius and Henrik Hololei (for media only)

 

11:30 – 13:00 Session 2.  Roundtable Discussion

 

Possible scenarios and main indicators for the Baltic States in 2009 and 2010.

Impact of the global financial crisis on the Baltic banking systems.

How to provide sufficient volumes of credit for national economies.

Major European banks policies in Central and Eastern Europe.

Baltic banks recapitalization.

 

Moderator:   Andris Ozoliņš, Chairman of the Management Board, DnB NORD Banka, Chairman of the Council, Latvian Commercial Banks Association 

 

Speakers:

Henrik Hololei, Head of Commissioner Siim Kallas’ Cabinet, European Commission

Dr. Stasys Kropas, President, Lithuanian Banks Association

Matti Hyyrynen, Head of Vilnius Office, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development

  

Panelists:

                        Håkan Berg, Head of Baltic Banking, Swedbank

Ainārs Ozols, Chairman of the Board, SEB Latvia

Robert Idelson, Head of Private Capital Management Division, Parex banka

 

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch (Panorama Restaurant & Bar - Radisson SAS Daugava Hotel)

 

ENERGY SECTION                                                                              

14:00 – 15:00 Session on Energy. Part I

 

Strategies for the energy sector in a time of economic crisis.

 

Opening

speech:         Artis Kampars, Minister, Ministry of Economics of Latvia

 

Moderator:    Andris Lauciņš, Partner, Ernst & Young

 

Speakers:

Opportunities for further integration of energy island Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania

Mario Nullmeier, Head of Representative Office for the Baltic States, E.ON Ruhrgas International

 

Development of the power sector in a time of economic crisis

Māris Balodis, Research and Development Department Director, Latvenergo

 

Rehabilitation and development of district heating systems

Johannes Jungbauer, European Affairs, Euroheat & Power

 

15:00 – 15:30 Networking coffee break

 

15:30 – 17:30 Session on Energy. Part II

 

15:30 – 16:10 Transformational Forest BioRefinery Technologies

 

Special guest: Professor Arthur Jonas Ragauskas, Fulbright Chair Alternative Energy; Chalmers University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden; Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia USA

 

At the cornerstone of this green industrial revolution is the integrated biorefinery. This is a biomass processing facility that integrates our ability to tailor biomass productivity and processability with conversion processes, and the equipment to produce a range of fuels, power, and chemicals from biomass.  The forest products industry has a unique opportunity and responsibility to shepherd this vision in the USA, Northern Europe and the Baltic.  The development of the next generation ‘biofuel/biochemicals/biomaterials mills’ is being actively investigated on several fronts including dedicated wood to biofuels / biopower operations to integrated biomaterials/biofuels operations. High priority opportunities center about the next generation wood processing facilities to extract select hemicelluloses and wood extractives from woodchips, enzymatic conversion of cellulose to bioethanol and the conversion of lignin to green diesel/carbon fibers. This presentation will examine recent developments and how all of these advances are contributing to the new Forest Products Industry.

 

16:10 – 17:30

 

         Renewable Energy fits Eesti Energia's portfolio

Ando Leppiman, Renewable Energy Business Unit Director, Eesti Energia

 

Baltic energy market failure case

Nauris Kļava, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young

 

Energy Efficiency - a need for sustainable quality

Raimonds Ķeirāns, Head of Construction Department, Energy Efficiency Association of Latvia

 

17:30 End of the Forum

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