PROGRAM 2018
Investments, Competitiveness & Startups
Venue: City of Kemi, Kemi Cultural Centre (address: Marina Takalon Katu 3, 94100 Kemi)
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11th
9.00 OPENING SESSION
Mr. Juha Mäkimattila, Chairman of Board, Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Tero Nissinen, Mayor of Kemi, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Sun Liwei, Economic & Commercial Counselor, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Finland, China (Presentation)
09.45 CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION IN THE EUROPEAN ARCTIC
Mr. Harri Mäki-Reinikka, Ambassador, Senior Adviser, Northern Policies Department of Europe, Finland
Mr. Peter Waara, Chair Haparanda Municipal Council, Sweden
Mr. Anatoly Glushkov, President, Murmansk Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Russia (Presentation)
11.30 ARCTIC BUSINESS AND INVESTMENT POTENTIAL IN 2018
Mr. Timo Rautajoki, President & CEO, Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Mikå Mered, Professor of Arctic/Antarctic economics & geopolitics – Free Institute of International Relations Studies (ILERI, Paris), France
12.15 NETWORKING LUNCH
13.15 THE GREAT ARCTIC RAILWAY DEBATE
Moderator: Mr. Timo Rautajoki, President & CEO, Lapland Chamber of Commerce, Finland
Keynote: Mr. Pirkka Hartikainen, Area Manager, Sitowise Oy, Finland (Presentation)
Keynote: Mr. Kjell Stokvik, Managing Director, Centre for High North Logistics / Kirkenes, Norway (Presentation)
Mr. Andreas Lind, Business and Development Director, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Sweden
Mr. Marko Varajärvi, CEO, Council of Torne Valley, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Jaakko Ylinampa, Director General, Lapland’s Centre for Economic Development, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Harri Mäki-Reinikka, Ambassador, Senior Adviser, Northern Policies Department of Europe, Finland
Mr. Kustaa Valtonen, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Marco Graziotto, Director of Promintergroup AG, Director Arctic Bulk, Italy
Mr Yuri Sekretev, Director of Representative office in Russia, Promintergroup AG and Director of Arctic Bulk AG, Russia (Presentation)
15.30 COFFEE BREAK
16.00 ARCTIC STARTUPS – NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP CREATES GROWTH
Mr. Kustaa Valtonen, Entrepreneur & Angel Investor, Finland
Mr. Marko Alamartimo, Business Advisor, Growth and International Business at Business Rovaniemi, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Markus Pellikka, CEO, Santa Water Group, Finland
Mr. Antti Haukipuro, CEO, Suvanto Care, Finland (Presentation)
Mr. Kaj Kostiander, Director, Tornio Brewery, Finland
Ms. Sirly Schinmann, Chef and owner at Aurora Estate – Boutique Hotel and Restaurant, Finland (Presentation)
17.30 END OF DAY 1
20.00 CONFERENCE DINNER
(HOTEL MERIHOVI RESTAURANT, 2ND FLOOR, KESKUSPUISTOKATU 6, 94100 KEMI)
THURSDAY, APRIL 12th
9.30 OPENING SESSION OF THE 2nd DAY
Mr. Timo Vuori, Executive Director at ICC Finland and Executive Vice President Finland Chamber of Commerce, Finland (Presentation)
Mrs. Mirva Antila, Country General Manager, IBM Finland (Presentation)
10.15 COFFEE BREAK
10.45 COMPETITIVENESS IN THE ARCTIC BUSINESS
Mr. Tomi Seppä, Vice President, Kemi Board and Pulp Mill at Metsä Group, Finland (Presentation)
Mrs. Tuula Untinen, Manager-Logistics Services, Outokumpu Stainless Oy, Finland (presentation)
Mr. Andreas Lind, Business and Development Director, County Administrative Board of Norrbotten, Sweden
Mr. Robert Hess, Vice Chairman, Global Strategy Team Leader, Newmark Global Corporate Services, United States (Presentation)
Mr. Kun Zhang, President of TUNGTAI International Holding Group, China
11.55 SIGNING CEREMONY
12.00 NETWORKING LUNCH
13.00 WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE EUROPEAN ARCTIC
Ms. Anu Fredrikson, Director, Arctic Economic Council (Presentation)
Ms. Satu Luiro, Senior Advisor in Tourism, Creative industries and Culture, Regional Council of Lapland, Finland (Presentation)
Mrs. Jaana Koivumaa, Manager, Hannukainen Mining Oy (Presentation)
Mr. Vladimir Masloboev, Deputy Chairman of the Kola Science Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, member of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of the Murmansk Region, Russia (Presentation)
Ms. Clara Dumard, CEO Vaimiti Events – Nautical events in the Arctic, France (Presentation)
Mr. Christian Dumard, CEO – founder at Hokulea – Weather Analysis, France
Other Speakers TBC.
15.00 END OF PROGRAM IN KEMI CULTURAL CENTER
15.15 VISIT TO THE SNOWCASTLE OF KEMI
Duration: 30–45 minutes
Address: LumiLinnankatu, 94100 Kemi
Registration for the visit to the SnowCastle of Kemi at the same time as you will register to the Arctic Business Forum at Kemi Culture Centre. Distance to the SnowCastle from the venue for Arctic Business Forum is approx. 1 kilometer. One guided tour will have 15–20 visitors. Free pass to the tour is for everyone attending the Arctic Business Forum. Welcome to explore the beautiful SnowCastle of Kemi!
More info about the SnowCastle of Kemi is here.
Other speakers to be confirmed.
