TUESDAY 9:00-11:50 BDF SUMMIT

Tim
e

Registration opens at 8:00

Plenary

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkaden

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creative
Lounge

Priority Area
Health:
activating
youth
through
social
innovation
(Reach for
Change)

Fisheries as
part of
integrated
Baltic Sea
marine
managemen
t what are
the
challenges
and
opportunitie
s?
(FISHSEC)

Why Gender
Matters
(Winnet)

Voices from
the farm +
Water
managemen
t as a driver
for
sustainable
and resilient
BSR
communitie
s (SLU)

9:00

9:30
10:30
09:00 BDF
SUMMIT

10:40
11:50

Myth
Busting
Trafficking
in Human
beings
(PAC
Secure)

Cultural
gaming as
an
innovative
and
interactive
tool for
modelling
smart,
inclusive &
sustainable
regions:
Now +
future
(NCM in
Latvia)

Finding
motivation
How to
boost crosssectoral
action to
save the
Baltic Sea
(Helcom)

How to
embed
inland
navigation
in transport
chains?
(Interreg
BSP project
EMMA)

Fashion
Show during
lunch:
Bioeconom
y and
innovative
solutions
for a
sustainabl
e Baltic
fashion
industry in
2030

12:00-13:00 NCH
12:00-13:00 LUNCH IN THE RESTAURANT BEYOND THE CREATIVE

TUESDAY 13:15-15:00

Inspiration session Key note speakers and Foresight 2030

Ti
me

Plenary

Creative
Lounge

13:1
5
13:4
5

KEY NOTE
Stefan Lfven, Prime Minister of Sweden
Juha Sipil, Prime Minister of Finland, Precidency of the Nordic Council
of Ministers
Corina Cretu, European Commissioner for Regional Policy (tbc)

13.5
0
14:3
0

STRATEGIC FORESIGHT REPORT

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REGION IN A
GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
Kai Bhme, Director Spatial Foresight GmbH,
Janne Antikainen, Design Director and partner of MDI

14:3
0
15:0
0

PANEL DISCUSSION
Niklas Zennstrm
+ 3 panelist

12:00-13:00 NCH

TUESDAY 15:00-17:30

Tim
e

15:00
16:20

Plenary

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creativ
e
Lounge

How do CCS
encourage
cooperation,
innovation
and inclusion
in a culturally
diverse BSR?
(PAC Culture)
+ Hot Seat

How to
harness
Flexible
Mechanisms
for Saving
the Sea?
The potential
and
challenges
for using
flexible
mechanisms
in the Baltic
Sea context
(Nurminen
found.)

Fostering
innovation
and growth
in the
Bieoconomy
through
smart
specialization
(Nordic
Council of
Ministers)

Nothing
about us
without us
-Sustainable
and a green
future and
Prosperity,
growth and
jobs from a
youth
perspective
(BSSSC)

How do we
plug the
marine
plastic litter
tap? The
project
BLASTIC will
give you the
tools

An Agenda
for
Sustainable
Tourism in
the BSR
(PAC Tourism)

NonHazCity
Hazardous
substances
from cities
a bigger
threat to
Baltic Sea
health than
eutrophicatio
n?
(Stockholm
City)

Hot Seat:The
Political State
of the Baltic
Sea Region
Challenges
and
opportunities
for regional
cooperation.

Main Session
1
Connecting
for a Digital
Market in the
Baltic Sea
Region
(Baltic
Development
Forum et.al.)

Main Session
2
16:30
17:30

Bioeconomy
for the Baltic
Sea Region
(Nordic
Council of
Ministers)

Cultural
gaming as an
innovative
and
interactive
tool for
modelling
smart,
inclusive &
sustainable
regions: Now
+ future
(NCM in
Latvia)

Where are
we heading
wealthier and
healthier in
the decades
to come, or
just the
opposite?
(NDPHS)

How to
ensure that
vision for the
BSR can be
reached in
the light of
changing
climate?
(SMHI)
Climate
change the
need for
transboundar
y actions
(HAC
Climate, PAC
Secure)

Internationali
sation
models for
digital startups in the
BSR
(BDF/NCM/TV
V)

17:30 End of seminars

12:00-13:00
19:00
Dinner atNCH
City Hall

WEDNESDAY 9:00-10.30

Registration opens at 8.00

Inspiration session Key note speakers and Foresight 2030

Ti
me
9:0
0

9:1
5

9.3
5

9.5
5

Plenary

Creative
Lounge

Key Note Speaker (tbc)

UN Agenda for 2030 and the Global
Sustainability Goals from a Baltic Sea
Region Perspective (20 min) Alan
Atkisson
EU-perspective for 2030 (20 min) Pawel
Swieboda, Deputy Head of European
Political Strategy Centre
Panel discussion

12:00-13:00 NCH

WEDNESDAY 10:40-12:00

Ti
me

10:40
12:00

1
Plenary

Main
Session 3
Impleme
nting the
Sustaina
ble
Develop
ment
Goals in
the Baltic
Sea
Region

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

Saving
the Baltic
Sea in 20
years
innovativ
e
methods
to extract
nutrients
surplus
from the
sea water

Is there
so much
phosphor
ous
leaching
from the
Baltic
Sea
sediment
s? A new
vision for
EBM in
the Baltic
Sea
region

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creativ
e
Lounge

If you
cant
measure
it, you
cant
manage
it
Monitorin
g&
evaluatin
g the
developm
ent t of
the
EUSBSR
Worksho
p

Youth
social
entrepre
neurship
developm
ent in the
Baltic
Sea
Region
Do we
need
youth in
the rural
areas?

Clear
Waters
and Blue
Growth
Added
value in
cooperati
on
clusters
Two
workshops

Digital
applicati
on for
Maritime
spatial
planning.

12-14 Lunch

12:00-13:00 NCH

WEDNESDAY 14:00-15:50

Tim
e

14:00
14:50

15:00
15:50

Plenary

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
NorthWest
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creativ
e
Lounge

Main
Session 4
Sustaina
bility of
the
Shipping
Industry
(Zero
Vision Tool,
ZVT)

Achieving
knowledge
-driven
innovation
and
growth in
the Baltic
Sea
Region

Main
Session 5
Cooperati
on on the
TEN-t
Cooridors
of the
BSR
(PAC
Transport)

Thinking
outside
the box.
Finding
innovativ
e ways to
fight the
eutrophic
ation in
the Baltic
Sea

How to
enhance
the role
of cities
and
regions
in the
Baltic
Sea
cooperati
on?
Do we
need a
macro
regional
dimensio
n in
higher
educatio
n,
science &
research
policy in
the BSR?

Closed
loops:
Innovativ
e
solutions
in sludge
managem
ent for a
toxin free
environm
ent

Blue
growth
agenda
for the
Baltic
Sea
Concrete
Actions

Russian
Strategy
meets EU
Strategy
for the
Baltic
Sea
Region:
Building
dynamic
regional
cooperati
on across
the
borders
Enterpris
e Europe
Network
and
Internati
onalisatio
n of SMEs

Energy
Union
solution
for
sustainab
le energy
market
developm
ent
Bioenerg
y can
replace
more
fossil
energy How to
release
potential
s for
sustainab
le
bioenerg
y

Bioecono
my and
innovativ
e
solutions
for a
sustainab
le Baltic
fashion
industry
in 2030
Hot
Seat:Whi
ch way is
up?
Youth
perspecti
ve:
desired
options
for the
Baltic
Sea
future

16:00 CONCLUDING SEMINAR

Summing up and key messages from the conference, handing
over to Germany and the
8th Strategy
12:00-13:00
NCHForum of the EU Strategy
for the Baltic Sea Region

Inspirations session Key note speakers and

Foresight 2030

TUESDAY 15:00-17:30

Tim
e

Plenary

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creativ
e
Lounge

15:00
16:20

Main Session
1
Connecting
for a Digital
Market in the
Baltic Sea
Region
(Baltic
Development
Forum et.al.)

Main Session
2
16:30
17:30

Bioeconomy
for the Baltic
Sea Region
(Nordic
Council of
Ministers)

17:30 End of seminars

12:00-13:00
19:00
Dinner atNCH
City Hall

WEDNESDAY 10:40-12:00

Ti
me

Plenary

10:40
12:00

Main
Session 3
Impleme
nting the
Sustaina
ble
Develop
ment
Goals in
the Baltic
Sea
Region

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

the
Gallery

Worksho
p

12-14 Lunch

12:00-13:00 NCH

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Two
workshop
s

Creativ
e
Lounge

WEDNESDAY 14:00-15:50

Tim
e

Plenary

Room
Lindgre
n

Room
Arkade
n

the
Gallery

Room
Fogelstr
m

Room
Riddars
alen

Creativ
e
Lounge

14:00
14:50

Main
Session 4
Sustainability
of the
Shipping
Industry
(Zero
Vision Tool,
ZVT)

15:00
15:50

Main
Session 5
Cooperati
on on the
TEN-t
Cooridors
of the
BSR
(PAC
Transport)

16:00 CONCLUDING SEMINAR

Summing up and key messages from the conference, handing
over to Germany and the
8th Strategy
12:00-13:00
NCHForum of the EU Strategy
for the Baltic Sea Region

Monday

08.00 Registration opens for all participants Strategy

Forum/BDF Summit

Plenary
09:00
BDF SUMMIT

Room Lindgren
9:30 -10:30
Myth Busting
Trafficking in
Human beings
(PAC Secure)

The Gallery
09:30-10:30
Finding
motivation How
to boost crosssectoral action to
save the Baltic
Sea (Helcom)

Room Fogelstrm
09:30-10:30
Priority Area
Health: activating
youth through
social innovation
(Reach for
Change)

10:40-11:50
Cultural gaming
as an innovative
and interactive
tool for modelling
smart, inclusive &
sustainable
regions: Now +
future
(NCM in Latvia)

10:40 -11:50
How to embed
inland navigation
in transport
chains? (Interreg
BSP project
EMMA)

10:40-11:50
Why Gender
Matters
(Winnet)

Room Riddarsalen
09:30-10:30
Fisheries as part of
integrated Baltic
Sea marine
management
what are the
challenges and
opportunities?
(FISHSEC)

10:40-11:50
Voices from the
farm How do we
connect the region
and save the sea
(WWF)
+ Water
management as a
driver for
sustainable and
resilient Baltic Sea
Region
communities
(Swedish
UniversityofAgricul
tural Sciences, SLU)