Conference programme – Vilnius Conference

Programme

SEPTEMBER 7, THURSDAY

3:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Welcome coffee

4:00 pm - 4:15 pm

Greetings

Valdas Benkunskas, Mayor of Vilnius
Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas, Rector, Vilnius University
Rolandas Valiūnas, Chairman of the Board, Investors’ Forum, co-chair of the conference steering committee

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4:15 pm - 4:45 pm

Special address

Denys Shmyhal (TBC), Prime Minister of Ukraine

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4:45 pm - 5:45 pm

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

The Future of Capitalism and Democracy

Martin Wolf, CBE, Chief economics commentator, Financial Times

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Conversation with Martin Wolf

Led by Nerijus Mačiulis, Chief Economist of Swedbank

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

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

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5:45 pm - 7:00 pm

INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP WITH LITHUANIAN APPLICATIONS

From the Lab to the Consumer

Prof. David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley, Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2019

Panel discussion "Innovation and Entrepreneurship"

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
Tomas Okmanas, Co-founder, business accelerator Tesonet

7:15 pm - 9:00 pm

GALA dinner (limited seats)

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

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9:15 am - 9:30 am

Setting the agenda

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

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9:30 am - 10:30 am

BUILDING A RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commissioner for Trade
Representative of the World Trade Organization
Fabrizia Lapecorella, OECD, Deputy Secretary General

10:30 am - 11:30 am

LESSONS OF THE PAST AND CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE

Panel discussion “Prime Ministers in Times of Crisis”

Moderated by Avishay Braverman
Denys Shmyhal (TBC), Prime Minister of Ukraine
Ingrida Šimonytė (TBC), Prime Minister of Lithuania
Andrius Kubilius, MEP, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania
Aleksandras Abišala, Former Prime Minister of Lithuania

11:30 am - 12:20 pm

FOOD SECURITY AND THE BIOECONOMY

The Present and Future of EU Agriculture in the Bioeconomy

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

Panel discussion

Discussion moderated by Rolandas Valiūnas
Prof. David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley, Wolf Prize in Agriculture 2019
Justus Wesseler, Head of Group Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy, Wageningen University
Eric Sievers, Director of Investments, ClonBio Group

12:20 pm - 1:30 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm - 2:45 pm

THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE, ENERGY, AND NATURAL RESOURCES

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

Daniel Kaufmann, Founder and President Emeritus Natural Resource Governance Institute

The Baltic Path to Energy Independence

Saulius Adomaitis, EY Global Energy Enterprise Asset Transformation Leader

Would the World Natural Resources Become Unavailable?

Ivan Glasenberg, Former CEO of Glencore

2:45 pm - 3:30 pm

Coffee break, light snacks

3:30 pm - 4:45 pm

RETHINKING EDUCATION

Universities as Anchors for Inclusive Growth

Panel discussion
Avishay Braverman, Prof. Emeritus, former President Ben-Gurion University, Israel Prize 2020
Prof. Alison Wolf, CBE, King's College, London
Prof. Rimvydas Petrauskas, Rector of Vilnius University
Nerijus Buivydas, Co-Founder, Democratic School

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm

Closing remarks by

Avishay Braverman, Rolandas Valiūnas

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Networking cocktails

Partners

INVESTORS’ FORUM
Totorių st. 5-21, LT-01121 Vilnius, Lithuania
Phone: +370 5 275 52 58
Email: info@investorsforum.lt

Roberta Vaitkevičiūtė
+370 638 34984
roberta@investorsforum.lt