Baltic Development Forum Summit 2009 will be held in Stockholm under the headline Boosting Top of Europe. The Summit is organised in association with the Swedish EU-Presidency and with Swedbank as Summit Partner.
Summit Programme This is the final version of the Programme for the BDF Summit 2009 in Stockholm.
As the regional “Davos” the Summit brings together all relevant actors from different sectors, countries and organisations to discuss the most pressing issues related to the Baltic Sea Region. On the Agenda are the competitiveness and future of the Baltic Sea Region, the economic and financial crisis, environmental challenges, climate and energy, the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, as well as other business and regional foreign policy issues.
The Summit will be opened by H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria. The Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will participate together with his Prime Minister colleagues of Finland, Latvia and Lithuania. A highly interesting speaker at the Summit is Jeremy Rifkin, the American advisor, author and lecturer who examines the impacts of new technologies introduced into the global economy. The Vice-President of the European Commission, responsible for enterprise and industry, Günter Verheugen is also speaker, as well as the liberal economist and advisor to Russian President Medvedev Igor Yurgens. Many CEO’s of large companies will participate in the debate, as well as representatives of enterprise organisations, business chambers and academia.
As the Swedish EU Presidency that has decided to place the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region at the very top of the EU agenda, the Summit gives all stakeholders and supporters of the Baltic Sea Region an exceptional chance to give the Region a political and economic boost.
In the Summit Programme you find Session themes, photos of some of the Summit speakers etc. The Prospectus contains general information about the Summit for exhibitors and participants. It was published in early spring 2009.
