Opening address for the conference delegates
Aspect of Riga city and port development
Gundars Bojārs - Mayor of Riga City, Latvia

Plenary session: Modern city-port within new EU boundaries
Moderator: Gundars Bojārs - Mayor of Riga City, Latvia

• Influence of European integration on Tallinn development
  Kaia Jäppinen – Vice Mayor of Tallinn City Council, Estonia

• The role of ports in transport policy of Latvia
  Vigo Legzdiņš – State Secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Latvia

• The port of Hamburg – gateway to the Baltic Sea Region
  Michael Heinrich - Head of the Port Economic Section of the State Ministry for Economic and Labour Affairs, Germany

• Amsterdam – an innovative harbour 
  Mannes Boelen – Director of Transport Marketing of the Amsterdam Port Administration, the Netherlands

Continuation of the plenary session
Moderator: Andris Ameriks - Head of the Riga City Council Development Committee, Latvia

• * Port as a resource for city development. Economic value of socially responsible business
  Leonid Loginov – Chief Executive Officer of the Freeport of Riga Authority

• Great port of St. Petersburg in the concept of general city development plan for the next quarter of the century  
  Boris Usanov – St. Petersburg Governor’s Adviser, Academician of the Russian and International Academy of Transport, Russia

• Efficient port development – catalyst of city development
  Riho Rasmann– General Manager of the company Audentes Ariko AS, Estonia

• Sea motorways and their influence on ports and cities development
  Vytautas Paulauskas – Professor of the Klaipeda University, Head of  Shipping Department, Lithuania

• Latvian Railway – reliable co-operation partner for Latvian port
  Andris Zorgevics – General Director of the State Joint Stock Company Latvijas Dzelzcelš, Latvia

WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1
Development and safety of ports
Moderator : * under coordination

• Port development and requirements of cooperation with the city
  Per Schmidt – General Manager of  Cruise&Pax – Copenhagen Malmo Port, Denmark

• The link between environment and commercial sense
  Hans de Goeij– Managing Director of the Green Award Foundation, the Netherlands

• Cooperation potential among Russian and Baltic ports – contribution to steady city development
  Mihail Bronshtein – Academician of the Academy of Science of Estonia

• Is it necessary to think of safety and protection of port?
  Ansis Zeltiņš – Director of the Maritime Administration of Latvia

• 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

• Legal base for port development
  Jānis Loze – Partner of the Law Offices Loze & Partners, Latvia

• Impact of growing container flows on port city: example of Klaipeda 
  Robertas Valantiejus – Head of the Strategic Planning Department of Klaipeda State Port Authority, Lithuania

• Competitiveness of Estonian transit corridors and impact of port on regional development
  Tatjana Jerjomina – Director of the company BaltMarketConsult, Estonia

• Workshop 2
  City-port: investment, construction. Coastal territories development
  Moderator: * Vilnis Štrams – Director of the Riga City Council Development Committee, Latvia
  

• Port and strategy for long-term development of Riga city
  Vilnis Štrams – Director of the Riga City Council Development Committee, Latvia

• The new waterfronts – a worldwide success story?
  Dr. Dirk Schubert– City Construction and Housing Planning Department of the Technical University Hamburg, Germany

• Ports and housing – unfortunate potential
  Kari Rahja – Director of the Port of Naantali Authority, Finland

• Liepaja development: today and tomorrow
  Gunārs Ansiņš- Head of the Development Directorate of Liepaja City Council, Latvia

 16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

• Riga port and the historic centre of Riga City
  Juris Poga – President of the Latvian Association of Architects

• Citadel and the role of castle site as the origin of port city in its further development
  Saulius Manomaitis – Member of the Board of the Klaipeda Department of the Lithuanian Association of Architects, Lithuania

• Waterfront projects
  Viesturs Koziols – Partner of the company Saliena, Latvia

• Identification of perspective territories for port development 
  Vadims Markovs – President of the company Nira Fonds, Latvia

Workshop 3
Transport infrastructure of port city
Moderator: Vaira Gromule – Chairman of the Board of the Riga International Bus Station, Latvia

• Transport infrastructure of Riga City
  Olita Sproģe – Head of International Projects of the Transport Department of Riga City Council

• Northern and Southern crossing of Daugava, link with port and VIA Baltiсa
  Eduards Raubiško – Head of Construction Planning and Development Department of the Riga City Council, Latvia

• Bus stations as a part of city infrastructure for securing passengers’ transportation
  Vaira Gromule – Chairman of the Board of the Riga International Bus Station, Latvia

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

• Public financing of port infrastructure
  Marcel Sames – Senior Project Manager and Transport Economist of the company Universal Transport Consulting Gmbh (Uniconsult), Germany

• Momentum of port cities and its role in transport logistics
  Igors Kabaškins – Professor of the Transport and Communication Institute, Member of the Technical Transport Committee of the European Commission, Latvia

• Information systems for decision making support in the context of city-port
  Irina Yatskiv - Professor of the Transport and Telecommunication Institute, Latvia 

18.00 - 20.00 Cocktail party at the hotel Radisson SAS Daugava