Speakers Photo Gallery





	
	
		
	
		
			
								
							
			Aleksi Randell, Mayor of Turku, Finland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Andreas M. Klein, Head of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Offices in the Baltic States
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Andrus Ansip, Prime Minister, Estonia
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Arkady Moshes, Programme Director, the Finnish Institute of International Affairs
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Arne Grove, Director, Nordic Council of Ministers Information Office in Kaliningrad
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Arvydas Sekmokas, Minister of Energy, Lithuania
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Bernd Henningsen, Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Bjarke Wiehe Bøtcher, Chief Adviser, Danish Maritime Authority
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Carla Montesi, Director, DG for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Charlina Vitcheva, Director, DG Regional Policy, European Commission
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Christian Ketels, Principal Associate, Harvard Business School
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Colin Carlile, CEO, the European Spallation Source (ESS)
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Cornelia Pieper, Minister of State, Germany
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Dan Jørgensen, MEP, Denmark
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			David Mothander, Director of Public Policy, Google, Sweden
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Dr David Skilling, Director, LANDFALL Strategy Group
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Frank Jensen, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Gatis Abele, Deputy State Secretary for Energy, Building and Housing Policies, Latvia 
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Gerhard Almer, Ambassador, German CBSS Presidency 
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Haitze Siemers, Head of Unit, DG Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Halldór Ásgrímsson, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Hanna Lehtinen, Deputy Director General, MFA, Finland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Hans Brask, Director, BDF
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Hans Jorgen Koch, Deputy State Secretary, Danish Energy Agency
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Hans Skov Christensen, Chairman, Baltic Development Forum
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Helle Thorning Schmidt, Prime Minister, Denmark
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Henrik Normann, President and CEO, Nordic Investment Bank
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Henryka Mosciska-Dendys, Vice-Director of the European Policy Department, MFA Poland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Jacek Walendowski, Senior Consultant, technopolis group, Belgium
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Jan Lundin, Secretary General, Council of the Baltic Sea States
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Jens Bjorn Andersen, CEO, DSV
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Kaisa Kononen, Executive Director, BONUS 
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Kaj Juul-Pedersen, President, Sitella AS, Denmark 
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Karel Beckman, Editor-in-chief, European Energy Review
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Kari Liuhto, Professor, Director, Centrum Balticum, Turku
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Karin Nygård Skalman, Program Manager BSR Stars, VINNOVA
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Kristin Vinje, Vice Mayor for Finance, City of Oslo
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Lars Kolte, Chief Negotiator for the Danish participation in ESS
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Lennart Svensson, Head of Innovation Department, Region Skåne 
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Leo Larsen, CEO, Femern, Denmark
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Linnar Viik, Associate Professor and Member of Board, IT College, Estonia
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Magnus Rystedt, Managing Director, Nefco
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Mari Lahtmets, Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Estonia
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Marita Ljung, State Secretary to the Minister for Enterprise, Sweden
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Martin Porsgaard, Director, Environment and CSR Infrastructure, SAS Group
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Michael Krug, Research Fellow, Freie University Berlin
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Michael Smyth, President, ECO Section, European Economic and Social Committee
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Mikko Lohikoski, Director for External Affairs, City of Turku
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Nicolai Wammen, Minister for European Affairs, Denmark
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Olgierd Geblewicz, Marshal, Westpomerania Region, Poland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Pauli Merriman, Programme Director, WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Paweł Świeboda, President, demosEUROPA, Poland (Moderator)
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Per Bodker Andersen, President, Union of Baltic Cities
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Philip Lowe, Director General, Energy, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Pia Kinhult, Chairman, Region Skåne, Sweden
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Pim van Ballekom, Vice President, European Investment Bank
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Piotr Serafin, Secretary of State, MFA, Poland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Rene Buch, CEO, NORDUnet, Denmark
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Rickard Gustafson, CEO, SAS Group
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Siim Kallas, Vice President, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Slava T. Khodko, Chairman, Executive Committee, Association North-West, Russia
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Sofia Rekord, Vice Rector, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics and Finance (FINEC), Russia
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Steen Bach Nielsen, Chairman, Region Zealand, Denmark
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Tero Ahonen, Researcher, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Tobias Etzold, Ph.D., German Institute for International and Security Affairs
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Ulrich Hausner, Dr, Director Cluster Dev. Dep., WTSH, Germany
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Uno Aldegren, Rapporteur for the Baltic Sea Region Strategy in the Committee of the Regions
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Verner Kristiansen, Communication Advisor, Denmark (Moderator)
		
	
			

	 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Vibeke Storm Rasmusen, Chairman, Capital Region, Denmark
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Walter Deffaa, Director General for Regional Policy, European Commission
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Werner Hoyer, President, European Investment Bank
		
	
		 		
	
		
			
								
							
			Yulia V. Mikhaylova, Dr., Prof., Federal Health Care Research Institute, Russia