The International Conference
MODERN CITY Programme
Friday, September 6, 2002, Riga Congress Center 8.00-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.15 Opening address to the conference
Gundars Bojars, Chairman of Riga City Council 9.15-10.30 PLENARY SESSION I (New Hall)
“Urban Development under Existing Geopolitical Situation”
Moderator: Gundars Bojars, Chairman of Riga City Council The keynote addresses: • The Post-Socialist Cities in the Global Metropolitan Network
Grzegorz Gorzelak, Prof., EUROREG Director, Warszawa University, Poland • Optimization of Urban Construction and Improvement in Kiev
Sergey Babushkin, Chief Architect of the Kiev city, Ukraine • Modern City – Healthy City?
Mårten Kvist, Healthy Cities Office of Baltic Region, Director, Finland • Introduction of New Technologies in the Municipal Economy of Moscow
Victor Kozlov, Governor of the Northwestern Administrative Region of Moscow, Member of Moscow Government, Russia • Strategic Plan for Vilnius City 2002-2011
Vitas Machiulis, Vice-mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania 10.30-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-12.30 PLENARY SESSION II (New Hall)
“Urban Development under Existing Geopolitical Situation”
Moderator: Aivars Guntis Kreituss, Deputy Chairman of Riga City Council The keynote addresses: • Traffic Infrastructure of Riga City – Part of VIA Baltica
Aivars Guntis Kreituss, Deputy Chairman of Riga City Council • Aalborg – Modern City in Favourable Reconversion Process
Reiner Dannemare, political spokesman, Aalborg municipality, Denmark • Construction of Dwelling Houses in Moscow and Central Russian Cities – Social-economic Factor of Region Development
Timur Timerbulatov, Adviser to Plenipotentiary of the President of Russian Federation in the Central
Federal District, Company KONTI President, Moscow, Russia • Balanced Development of City and Port: the Necessity to Co-operate. Example of Rotterdam City
Henk de Bruijn, Director of the Department for Strategic Planning and Research, Rotterdam, Netherlands • Comprehensive Plan of Tallinn. Cooperation of Cities in Baltic Sea Region
Ike Volkov, Head of the Department of Sustainable Development, Tallinn City Council, Estonia • Project "22@bcn"
Oriol Clos, Expert of Department for Planning, Barcelona, Spain • International and External Economic Relations – Effective Branch of Economy
Vladimir Churov, Vice-chairman of External Relation Committee of St. Petersburg Municipality, Russia
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-18.00 WORKSHOPS WORKSHOP I (New Hall)
“City Dimensions: Development and Planning”
Moderator: Vilnis Shtrams, Director of Department for Development of the Riga City Council, Latvia The keynote addresses: • Vision and Practice of Riga City Development
Vilnis Shtrams, Director of Department for Development of Riga City Council, Latvia • Importance of Strategic Planning for City Governing
Ramunas Kalvaitis, Chief of Department for Strategic Planning and Analysis of Vilnius City, Lithuania • “Vodokanal Sanktpeterburga” – yesterday, today, tomorrow
Mykhail Probirsky, Deputy Director-General on Production and Develpoment of Company “Vodokanal Sanktpeterburga”, Russia • Development of Riga Historical Center in XXI Century
Aigars Kuskis, Director of Department for Development of Riga City Council, Latvia • Re-conquered City
Helle Soholt, Architect and Partner of GEHL ARCHITECTS, Denmark • Maintenance and Development of Riga Historical Center “Vision 2020”
Andris Roze, Latvian Association of Territorial planners, Latvia 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break • Rostock – Hanseatic City – 12 Years of Urban Development
Dr. Andreas Schubert, Expert of the Department of Economic and Marketing, Rostock, Germany • City of Ideas
Juris Poga, President of Latvian Architects Association, Latvia • Model of Sustainable City – Vision And Practice
Mara Zeltina, Coordinator of Programme “Agenda 21” in Liepaja, Latvia • Development of Riga as Modern City
Gunars Asaris, Consultant of Department for Development of Riga City Council • Simulation-Based Optimization and Planning of Urban Transport System
Yuri Merkuryev, Prof.Dr.habil.sc.ing., Head of the Department of Modelling and Simulation, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Valery Lopatenok, MSc, president of “Solvers” Ltd., Latvia WORKSHOP II (Room 301)
“City and Inhabitants”
Moderator: Andris Jaunsleinis, Chairman of Union for Local and Regional Municipalities of Latvia The keynote addresses: • Restoring the Number and Content of Population in Large Cities
Parsla Eglite, Dr.hab.oec.(demogr.), Dr.geogr., NPA SIA LAS Institute of Economics, Head of Scientific Project, Latvia • Possibilities for Privatization of Dwelling Houses in Riga
Indulis Krauze, Responsible Secretary of Central Commission for Privatization of Dwelling Houses, Latvia • Topical Issues of Dwelling-House Politics in Riga City
Inara Marana, Vice-director of Project “Riga Historical Center Preservation and Development Plan” • Dwelling House and Possibilities for its Development
Valdis Zakis, Central Commission for Dwelling-house Privatization • Perspectives of Development of Riga International Bus Station
Vaira Gromule, Chairman of the Board of Riga International Bus Station, Latvia 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break • Problems of Transport Infrastructure in Riga City
Nikolay Sprancmanis, Dr. habil. oec., Professor, Riga Technical University, Latvia • Some Issues on City Transport System
Olita Sproge, mag.econ., Transport Department of Riga City Council, Director of International Projects, Latvia • Drugs and Safety of Latvia
Janis Strazdins, Director of Drug Addiction Prophylaxis Center, Latvia • Volunteers Patrol Office
Yury Chernousov, Homeless Children, Crime, Drug and Alcohol Addiction Prophylaxis Center, Moscow, Russia • Local Government Measures for Supporting Health – Unlimited Possibilities For Improvement
Ina Behmane, SO Association of Health-supporting Local Governments, Chairman of Council, Executive Director of Saldus Regional Council, Latvia WORKSHOP III (Room 215)
“Modern Technologies and Entrepreneurship in the urban context”
Moderator: Janis Stabulnieks, Director of Latvian Technological Center The keynote addresses: • Introducing Modern IT in Riga City Council: On the Way to Effective Communication with Employers and Inhabitants of the City
Eriks Zegelis, Director of Information Technologies Center, Riga City Council, Latvia • On the Way to E-Town
Imants Freibergs, President of Latvian Information Technologies and Telecommunications Association, Latvia • Modern Technology and New Business in Helsinki
Nyrkki Tuominen, Director of Helsinki Department for Business Development, Finland • How Modern City Encourages SME’s to Apply for International and EU-Funded Projects
Heikki Rautvuori, Senior EU-consultant and Managing Director, EU-Info Finland Ltd., Finland • State and Private Sector Partnership
Sol Bukingolts, President of “Intersource International”, Latvia 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break • Local Government Information Network: Building a Regional Information Exchange for Municipal Decision Makers
Christoph Zoltan Varga, Project Manager of “Logencee.org” Hungary • Experience of Cooperation Between Private Construction Company and Municipality
Demura Vladimir, KONTI Corporation Director-general, Russia • Self-Governing Institutions Procurement Policy in Correlation with SME Development
Andreys Tiknuss, Ministry of Finance, Head of State Purchase Supervisory Office, Latvia • E-Principles for Entrepreneurs
Maris Gulbis, State Chief Notary of Enterprise Register, Latvia • Cesis City and E-Tools
Janis Rozenbergs, Manager of Department for Planning and Development of Cesis city, Latvia • Treatment of Water and Air Without Any Chemicals
Olgerts Berzins, President of SIA “EKO Tehnologijas”, Latvia • Innovations – Process That Stimulates the Development of Progressive Technologies and Entrepreneurship
Janis Stabulnieks, Director of Latvian Technological Center • City Investment Profile and Quality of City Investment Projects
Tatyana Laizane, Coordinator of Latvian Association of Territorial planners, Latvia WORKSHOP IV (Small Hall)
“Cultural Environment and Tourism”
Moderator: Juris Dambis, State Inspection for Protection of Cultural Heritage, director The keynote addresses: • What is Cultural Heritage of the World?
Dace Neiburga, Secretary General of Latvian National Commission of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Latvia • Cultural and Historical Aspects of City Development
Peteris Blums, “Riga Historical Center Preservation and Development Plan” project cultural heritage Coordinator, Latvia • Baltic Tourism Council and Marketing of Baltic Sea Region as Tourism Destination
Thomas Mielke, Executive Director of Baltic Tourism Council, Sweden • Tourism Development Perspectives in Historical Cities
Аgrita Tipane, Director of Riga Tourism and Information Center, Latvia 15.00-15.30 Coffee Break • Tourism in Riga in Context of Development of Tourism in Latvia
Edvins Buka, Latvian Tourism Development Agency, Information Department and Projects Manager, Latvia • Urban Marketing: Objectives and Strategies. What should Be Done to Make Image of Riga Recognizable, in Order to Increase Tourist Flow as Well as the Number of Conferences to Be Held.
Igor Klapenkov, Director of Inspiration Riga, Latvia • Tendencies Towards Development of Tourism in Jurmala City
Armands Muiznieks, General Manager of Jurmala City Council Concerning Tourism • Modern Marketing as One of the Most Important Urban Development Field
Zigurds Zakis, “Domino” Marketing Communications Agency, Director for Marketing & Strategic Planning, Latvia 18.00 Official End Note of the Conference
Cocktail party
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