Programme Overview

Conference registration

Official welcome by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Mr Gerhard Fuchs
State Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development and Environment
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

Opening by the Federal Republic of Germany
Mr Manfred Sinz
Head of Spatial Planning Group
Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs
Berlin, Germany

Opening by the Managing Authority of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
Dr Klaus Rave
Managing Director of the Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein,
Kiel/Germany

Transnational territorial co-operation in Europe 2007-2013
Mr Colin Wolfe
Regional Policy DG / Unit Territorial Cooperation
Brussels, Belgium

Welcome to the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
Ms Giedrė Švedienė
Joint Programming Committee
Undersecretary
Ministry of the Interior
Vilnius, Lithuania

Coffee break

The Gothenburg process - Safer environment and sustainable development in the Baltic Sea Region
Mr Sauli Rouhinen
Director/Sustainable Development
Ministry of the Environment
Helsinki, Finland

Lunch break

The Lisbon Strategy – Innovation and Growth, Competitiveness and Employment
Ms Claudia Dörr
Director General European Policies
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Berlin, Germany

Mr Adam Kanne
Associate Director
Baltic Development Forum
Denmark

The “Territorial Agenda” for Europe – Effects on the Baltic Sea Region
Dr Wilfried Görmar
Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning
Bonn, Germany

Coffee break

Northwest Russia’s and Belarus's position in Baltic Sea co-operation under the European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument (ENPI)
Mr Martin Eisenbeis
European Commission
EuropeAid Co-operation Office
Brussels, Belgium

Official Reception of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
"Louisiana Star" Boat Trip,
Landungsbrücken, Port of Hamburg
Mr Gerhard Fuchs
State Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development and Environment
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

Plenary Session:
Impact Lecture – The New Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013
Ms Susanne Scherrer
Director of the Joint Secretariat,
Rostock, Germany

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1: Fostering innovations
Workshop 2: External and internal accessibility
Workshop 3: Baltic Sea as a common resource
Workshop 4: Attractive and competitive cities and regions
Workshop 5: Interregional co-operation in Europe under Objective 3 (future of current "C" strand)

Coffee Break

Summing up and closing of the conference
Ms Susanne Scherrer
Director of the Joint Secretariat,
Rostock, Germany

and
Mr Gerhard Fuchs
State Secretary
Ministry of Urban Development and Environment
Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

Lunch

Moderation of the conference:
Ms Ann Irene Sæternes
Deputy Secretary General of BSSSC and
Member of the Joint Programming Committee.
Lillehammer, Norway