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Summit News


22 April 2008
As Summit preparations proceed, we are pleased to present more and more newly confirmed speakers. Among others we are delighted to welcome President of Swedbank Carl Erik Stålberg, Chairman of Eesti Energia Sandor Liive and Managing Director of World Economic Forum Børge Brende. See the complete list here.

News photo by: Søren Madsen, Øresundsbro Konsortiet


'New Conditions, Regional Ambitions - Energizing the Climate for Business'

The above is the official Summit Title of the 10th annual Baltic Development Forum Summit to be held on 30 November-2 December 2008. The three main Summit themes are: 1) EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, 2) Energy and Climate, 3) Labour Market and Talent.  

We are delighted to present some of the early confirmed high-level participants:

Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Prime Minister, Denmark

Connie Hedegaard

Minister for Climate and Energy, Denmark

Steen Riisgaard

CEO, Novozymes

Brian Petersen

CEO, Copenhagen Airports

Olli Rehn

EU Commissioner for Enlargement

Carl Erik Stålberg

Executive Chairman, Swedbank

Christian Ketels

Principal Associate, Harvard Business School

Urmas Paet

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Estonia

Sandor Liive

Chairman of the Management Board, Eesti Energia

Karlis Mikelsons

President and CEO, Latvenergo

Ritt Bjerregaard

Lord Mayor, Copenhagen

Lise Kingo

Executive Vice President, Novo Nordisk

Børge Brende

Managing Director, World Economic Forum