INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE „BALTIC MARINE INNOVATION FORUM“

15th of May, 2009

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Venue of the conference: Klaipeda University Campus, „Aula Magna“, (H. Manto Str. 84, Klaipėda, Lithuania)

9.00 – 9.15 Registration

9.15 – 9.30 Welcoming remarks

9.30 – 10.15 Opening session with the participation of the ministers (moderator: V. Žulkus, Rector of Klaipėda University)

Keynote speakers:

• Vygaudas Ušackas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania
• Igor LEVITIN, Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
• Eligijus Masiulis, Minister of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania

10.15 – 10.30 Coffee break

10.30 – 11.30 First session – New Opportunities for the Baltic Sea Cooperation (moderator: V. Žulkus, Rector of Klaipėda University)

Speakers:

• Jose Palma Andres, Director, Directorate E – Territorial Cooperation Objective, Belgium, France, Ireland, Luxembourg and United Kingdom, European Commission: Innovation - A Key Component To Make the Baltic Sea Region a Prosperous Place
• Piotr Serafin, Undersecretary of State of the Committee for the European Integration of Poland: EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region As Seen From Poland
• Nils Freivalds, State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Latvia
• Algirdas Šakalys, Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania: Development of the East – West Transport Corridor in Southern Part of the Baltic Sea Region

Questions from the audience (15 min.)

11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break

11.45 – 13.00 Second session – Innovations in the Baltic Marine Policies (moderator: V. Žulkus)

Speakers:

• Ernesto Penas Lado, Director for the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Landlocked countries, Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission: An Integrated Maritime Policy for the EU – An Innovative Approach to Policy Making
• Lina Domarkienė, Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Lithuania: Lithuania’s Advance in Business and Science Cooperation
• Frank Christoph Hansen, Scientific Secretary of Department Maritime System, Rostock University, Germany: Maritime Systems – A New Interdisciplinary Approach of Rostock University
• Hans-Robert Metelmann, Chairman of ScanBalt: Innovation on Top of Europe 2008-2011
• Wolfgan Scharek, Rector of Rostock University

13.00 – 14.15 Lunch

14.30 – 17.00 Third session – Round table and topical session: Science and Innovations: Baltic Marine Strategy (moderator: Artūras Razinkovas)

Round table participants:

Nerijus Blažauskas (KU CORPI), Darius Daunys (KU CORPI), Lina Domarkienė (LMES), Artūras Drungilas (KSA), Algimantas Grigelis (LAS), Kaspar Kalnins (RTU), Alminas Mačiulis (MT), Andreas Olsson (NMM), Kristina Pakalniete (AKTiiVS), Vytautas Paulauskas (KU), Gerald Schernewski (IOW),Viktoras Senčila (KU), Arnoldas Šileika (WS).

1. Integration of the Baltic marine science: European perspective (round table)

The integration of the Baltic marine science into the European Research area will be discussed as well as the recent initiatives such as BONUS ERA-NET PLUS and further regional and European integration of marine science organization and funding.

• Kaisa Kononen, BONUS EEIG, Finland: Integration of Baltic marine science
• Jurgita Stonytė, International Development agency, Lithuania
  
  

2. Baltic Sea environmental management (round table)

Discussion will cover the most prominent problems of the Baltic Sea management including the challenges for spatial planning and combating the eutrophication.

• Juliusz Gajewski, Maritime Institute in Gdansk, Poland: Problems of the environmental management in the Baltic Sea
  
  

3. Innovation in marine technology and linkage to research (round table & topical session)

This topic is devoted to the latest development, technological advancements and the marine applications in the Baltic Sea area. The future perspectives and innovativeness will be discussed.

• Svein Winther, Unifob Environmental Research, Norway: Co-operation between marine research and industrial clusters in Norway
• Joachim Brodda, Balance Technology Consulting GmbH, Germany Stefan Jankowski, Maritime University of Szczecin, Poland: The Pilot Navigation System worked out by Maritime University of Szczecin
• Kaspar Kalnins, Riga Technical University, Institute of Materials and Structures (RTU-IMS), Latvia

17.00 – 17.30 Adoption of the resolution

19.00 – 21.00 Windrose 2009 awards, Presentation of the nominated projects