Youth Conference
 „Youth Innovative Business Ideas”
 (Competition on youth business ideas
„Fair of Innovative Ideas 2007”)

September 15, 2007
Reval Hotel Latvija, 55 Elizabetes str.

09:00 – 10:00 Registration of the Conference Participants. Morning coffee
Exhibition of the competition „Fair of Innovation Ideas 2007” laureates’ projects

Part 1: Opening of the conference and presentations 

Moderator: Igors Graurs - Deputy Director of Riga City Development Department, Head of Economic Board, Riga City Council

10:00 – 10:10 Official Opening
Almers Ludviks – Deputy Chairman of the Riga Council

10:10 – 10:30 Business opportunities in Riga City
Igors Graurs – Deputy Director of Riga City Development Department, Head of Economic Board, Riga City Council 

10:30 – 12:00 Address to participants of the conference by:  
 
• Believe in yourself – road from a small Latvian enterprise to the international concern…
Uldis Pīlēns – Chairman, U.Pīlēna birojs“(UPB)

• *to be confirmed
Andrejs Vasiļjevs  – Head of Tilde software development

• IT – accelerator for innovations
Vita Viese – Executive Director of Rix Technologies

• Education as innovative business
Igor Kabashkin - President and Professor of Transport and Telecommunication Institute

• Development of creative agency – opportunities and risks in ideas-based business
Lev Ioffe– Member of the Board of Marshal Design, Latvia

12:00 – 13:30 Lunch

Part 2: Presentation of best youth innovative business plans and
awarding of the competition “Fair of Innovative Ideas 2007” winners

Moderator: Dīvs Reiznieks – LTV Journalist

13:30 – 13:50 Address by “Fair of Innovative Ideas 2007” strategic
partners 

• Barriers to starting a business – how to overcome?
Igors Graurs – Deputy Director of Riga City Development Department, Head of Economic Board, Riga City Council Latvia

• Being a mentor – how easy is it?
Viesturs Tamužs – Chairman of Eko investors JSC

• Innovative bank for fresh and risky ideas
Māris Avotiņš – Chairman of Hansabanka JSC

• State support for the entrepreneurship
Andris Ozols - Director of Investment and Development Agency of Latvia 

13:50 – 14:10 Presentation of “Fair of Innovation Ideas 2007”competition

Inese Andersone - Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Business Laboratory

14:10 – 15:00 Presentation of five best youth innovative business plans

15:00 – 16:00 Competition on youth business ideas „Fair of Innovative Ideas 2007” winners awarding with participation of Jurijs Strods – Minister of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

16:00 - 16:30  Competition special prize distribution