Conference-2023 – Vilnius Conference

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Speakers

Ingrida Šimonytė

Prime Minister of Lithuania

Dr. Danas Tvarijonavičius

Roquette Amilina AB, Member of the Board

Prof. Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė Keen

Department of Archaeology, VU

Martin Wolf

Financial Times, Chief Economics Commentator

Angela Paolini Ellard

WTO, Deputy Director-General

Fabrizia Lapecorella

OECD, Deputy Secretary General

Valdis Dombrovskis

Vice-President, European Commission

Prof. Colin Mayer

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler

Wageningen University

Gintautas Jakštas

Gintautas Jakštas, Minister of Education, Science and Sport

Alison Wolf

King’s College London

David Zilberman

University of California, Berkeley, Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2019

Yishai Ashlag

CEO Goldratt consulting

Agnė Selemonaitė

ConnectPay, Chair of the Board

Nerijus Buivydas

Democratic School, Co-Founder

Prof. Avishay Braverman

Prof. Emeritus, former President Ben-Gurion University

Nerijus Mačiulis

a chief economist at Swedbank Lithuania

Andrius Kubilius

MEP, former Prime Minister of Lithuania

Tom Okman

Tesonet, Nord Security, co-founder

Zoja Antuchevič

Solutionlab, CEO and Partner

Edvinas Kerza

Business Resilience Expert

Aleksandras Abišala

Former Prime Minister of Lithuania

Unė Kaunaitė

EDU Vilnius, Director

Žilvinas Mecelis

Covalis Capital, Managing Partner

Prof. Daniel Kaufmann

Founder, Natural Resource Governance Institute

Jiri Svarc

Head of CEE3 & Baltics, J.P. Morgan

Michał Mierzejewski

Area Vice President, Philip Morris International for Northeast Europe

Ivan Glasenberg

Glencore, Former CEO

Algimantas Markauskas

Chairman of the Board, Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics

Saulius Adomaitis

EY, Global Energy Enterprise Asset Transformation Leader

Liudas Ališauskas

Director, National Cyber Security Centre of Lithuania

Simonas Černiauskas

CEO, INFOBALT

Programme

SEPTEMBER 7, THURSDAY

1:15 pm – 2:00 pm

Welcome coffee

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Greetings

Rolandas Valiūnas, Chairman of the Board, Investors’ Forum, co-chair of the conference steering committee
Dr. Artūras Vasiliauskas, Pro-Rector for Partnerships, Vilnius University

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LESSONS OF THE PAST AND CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE

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2:15 pm – 3:30 pm

Prime Ministers in Times of Crisis

Panel discussion moderated by Prof. Avishay Braverman
Denys Shmyhal, Prime Minister of Ukraine (TBC)
Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania
Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
Aleksandras Abišala, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania

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3:30 pm – 4:00 pm

Coffee break

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS

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4:00 pm – 4:45 pm

The Future of Democratic Capitalism

Martin Wolf, CBE, Chief economics commentator, Financial Times
Conversation with Martin Wolf
Led by Nerijus Mačiulis, Chief Economist of Swedbank

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4:45 pm – 5:10 pm

The Corporations - Will They Destroy or Save The World?!

Prof. Colin Mayer, CBE, Said Business School, Oxford University

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5:10 pm – 5:30 pm

Embrace the Pressure: Forecast, Adapt, Succeed

Michal Mierzejewski, Philip Morris International, Area Vice President for Northeast Europe

LITHUANIA’S CYBER SECURITY ECOSYSTEM: powered by Invest Lithuania

5:30 pm – 6:15 pm

Securing our digital future: how Lithuania became a rising cybersecurity hotspot

Panel discussion moderated by Gintarė Bačiulienė, Invest Lithuania
Edvinas Kerza, Business Resilience expert
Liudas Ališauskas, Director of National Cyber Security Centre
Simonas Černiauskas, CEO of Infobalt
Zoja Antuchevič, CEO and Partner at Solutionlab

ACCESS TO FINANCE: presented by Ellex Valiunas

6:15 pm - 7:00 pm

Panel discussion moderated by Ieva Dosinaitė, Partner, Ellex Valiunas

Žilvinas Mecelis, Covalis Capital, Managing Partner
Jiri Svarc, J.P. Morgan, Managing Director, Country Head of Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary & Baltics

7:15 pm – 8:30 pm

GALA dinner at Renaissance Hall (with GALA ticket or invitation)

SEPTEMBER 8, FRIDAY

OPENING SESSION

8:30 am - 9:00 am

Welcome coffee

9:00 am - 9:15 am

Opening address (Public broadcasting)

HE Gitanas Nausėda, President of the Republic of Lithuania
Mathias Cormann, OECD, Secretary-General (Video address)

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9:15 am - 9:30 am

Setting the agenda

Prof. Avishay Braverman, Prof. Emeritus, former President Ben-Gurion University, Israel Prize 2020, co-chair of the Conference Steering Committee

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BUILDING A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM

9:30 am – 9:50 am

Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission

9:50 am – 10:10 am

Angela Paolini Ellard, WTO, Deputy Director-General

10:10 am – 10:30 am

Fabrizia Lapecorella, OECD, Deputy Secretary General

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH LITHUANIAN APPLICATIONS

10:30 am – 11:00 am

From the Lab to the Consumer

Panel discussion moderated by Živilė Kropaitė-Basiulė, Journalist, LRT
Prof. David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley, Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2019
Algimantas Markauskas, Chairman of the Board, Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics

11:00 am – 11:40 am

Competing for the future: shifting into high gear

Panel discussion moderated by Rita Sakus, Board Member at European Business Angel Network EBAN
Yishai Ashlag, CEO Goldratt consulting
Agnė Selemonaitė, Chair of the Board, ConnectPay, Vilnius Techfusion member
Tom Okman, Co-founder, Tesonet, Nord Security

11:40 am – 1:00 pm

Lunch

12:30 am – 1:00 pm

Discussion "Investigative journalism and progress: why it’ s worth building a relationship with journalists"

Moderated by Indrė Makaraitytė, Head of the Investigative Journalism Department, LRT

THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

1:00 pm – 1:20 pm

Building Resilience, War in Ukraine, Natural Resources and the Global Economy

Daniel Kaufmann, Founder and President Emeritus, Natural Resource Governance Institute

1:20 pm – 1:40 pm

The Baltic Path to Energy Independence

Saulius Adomaitis, EY, Global oil and gas sector lead

1:40 pm – 2:00 pm

Would the World Natural Resources Become Unavailable?

Ivan Glasenberg, Former CEO of Glencore

2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Panel discussion

moderated by Rolandas Valiūnas

FOOD SECURITY AND THE BIOECONOMY

2:30 pm – 2:50 pm

The Present and Future of EU Agriculture in the Bioeconomy

Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler, Head of Group Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy, Wageningen University

2:50 pm – 3:20 pm

Panel discussion

moderated by Rolandas Valiūnas
Prof. David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley, Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2019
Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler, Head of Group Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy, Wageningen University
Prof. Dr. Giedrė Keen Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė, Prof. in bioarchaeology at Vilnius University
Danas Tvarijonavičius, Head of R&D Global Business Unit Foundation Products, Roquette Freres S.A

3:20 pm – 3:45 pm

Coffee break

3:45 pm – 5:00 pm

Universities as Anchors for Inclusive Growth

Panel discussion moderated by Prof. Avishay Braverman, Prof. Emeritus, former President Ben-Gurion University, Israel Prize 2020
Gintautas Jakštas, Minister of Education, Science and Sport
Professor the Baroness Alison Wolf of Dulwich, CBE, King's College, London
Unė Kaunaitė, “Edu Vilnius”, CEO
Dr. Artūras Vasiliauskas, Pro-Rector for Partnerships, Vilnius University
Nerijus Buivydas, Co-Founder, Democratic School

5:00 pm – 5:10 pm

Closing remarks by

Prof. Avishay Braverman, Rolandas Valiūnas

5:10 pm – 6:00 pm

Networking cocktails

Partners

INVESTORS’ FORUM
Totorių st. 5-21, LT-01121 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 60403516
Email: info@investorsforum.lt

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Speakers

Ingrida Šimonytė

Dr. Danas Tvarijonavičius

Prof. Giedrė Motuzaitė Matuzevičiūtė Keen

Martin Wolf

Angela Paolini Ellard

Fabrizia Lapecorella

Valdis Dombrovskis

Prof. Colin Mayer

Prof. Dr. Justus Wesseler

Gintautas Jakštas

Alison Wolf

David Zilberman

Yishai Ashlag

Agnė Selemonaitė

Nerijus Buivydas

Prof. Avishay Braverman

Nerijus Mačiulis

Andrius Kubilius

Tom Okman

Zoja Antuchevič

Edvinas Kerza

Aleksandras Abišala

Unė Kaunaitė

Žilvinas Mecelis

Prof. Daniel Kaufmann

Jiri Svarc

Michał Mierzejewski

Ivan Glasenberg

Algimantas Markauskas

Saulius Adomaitis

Liudas Ališauskas

Simonas Černiauskas

Programme

Welcome coffee

OPENING SESSION

Welcome coffee

Closing remarks by Prof. Avishay Braverman, Rolandas Valiūnas

Networking cocktails

Partners

Closing remarks by

Prof. Avishay Braverman, Rolandas Valiūnas