26-27 MARCH, KIEL - European Commission

MARITIME
STAKEHOLDERS
PLATFORM IN THE
BALTIC SEA REGION
26-27 MARCH, KIEL
PROGRAMME
26 March
13.30 -14.00 Registration and networking
14.00 -14.15 Welcome
• Reinhard Meyer, Minister of Economic Affairs, Employment, Transport and Technology,
Schleswig-Holstein
14.15 -15.30 Setting the scene
• Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Maritime Affairs and
Fisheries
• Kaspars Briškens, Advisor to the Transport Minister, Latvia
• Ulrike Rodust, Member of the European Parliament
15.30 -16.00 Coﬀee break and networking
16.00 -17.30 Session 1: Smart specialisation: unlocking the potential of the blue economy
• Prof. Dr. Peter M. Herzig, Executive Director, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean
Research Kiel, Germany
• Anders Carlberg, Maritime Expert, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden
• Juha Valtanen, Programme Manager, Machine Technology Center Turku Ltd, Finland
• Joanna Przedrzymirska, Maritime Institute in Gdańsk, Poland
• Allan Larson, Senior Advisor, Sweden
Discussion and conclusions
19.30 -21.00 Evening reception
Maritime Aﬀairs
and Fisheries
27 March
8.30 -9.00 Welcome Coﬀee
9.00 -9.15 Setting the scene
• Uwe Beckmeyer, Secretary of State, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy,
Germany and Federal Government Co-ordinator for the Maritime Industry
9.15 -10.45 Session 2: Maritime technology and the Baltic Sea Strategy
• Ari-Pekka Saarikangas, Director, Asset Performance Optimisation , Wärtsilä, Finland
• Carl Carlsson, Head of Unit Environment & Sustainability, Swedish Shipowners’
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Association, Sweden
Angela Schultz-Zehden, Managing Director of the SUBMARINER Network, Germany
Dr. Christiane Gätje, Schleswig-Holstein Agency for Coastal Defence, National Park
and Marine Conservation, Germany
Ottilia Thoreson, Manager, WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme, Sweden
Discussion and conclusions
10.45 -11.00 Coﬀee break and networking
11.00 -12.30 Session 3: Skills in the Baltic maritime economy
• Steen Sabinsky, CEO, Danish Maritime Development Center, Danemark
• Dr. Kaisa Kononen, Executive Director, BONUS, Finland
• Anne-Bénédicte Genachte, Key Account Manager, European Wind Energy Association
• Prof. Gerhard Graf, Head of the Department „Maritime Systems“, University of Rostock,
Germany
Discussion and conclusions
12.30 -13.00 Final conclusions and closing remarks
• Lowri Evans, Director-General, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries,
European Commission
• Kurt-Christoph von Knobelsdorff, Deputy State Secretary in the Ministry of Economy,
Employment, Transport and Technology Schleswig-Holstein
13.00 End of conference
Maritime Aﬀairs
and Fisheries

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