12th of November, 9:00 –17:00 

Conference for business owners and strategists

→ The economic risks and opportunities for managing them according to the Governors of Central European Banks
→  How to transform business in 24 countries?
→  Business growth opportunities through the eyes of private equity funding providers
→  How to reach 50% annual growth from 100 mln EUR?
→  One of the key business transformations of the last decade, as recognized by Harvard Business Review – the story of Neste

TIME: 12th of November, 9:00 –17:00
ONSITE: Vilnius Grand Resort, Ežeraičių g. 2, Vilnius, Lithuania*
ONLINE: konferences.db.lv

PROGRAMME

8.30 – 9.00   Registration and morning coffee

9.00 – 9.05  Welcoming speech by Rolandas Barysas, editor-in-chief of Verslo Žinios

9.05 – 9.45  Panel discussion. Economic situation in 2022 – can we expect normalization of the monetary policy?
Participants:

• Gediminas Šimkus, Governor of the Bank of Lithuania
• Stefan Nils Magnus Ingves, Governor of Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden;
• Marta Kightley, Vice President – First Deputy President of the Narodowy Bank Polski
• Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland

Moderator: Vitas Vasiliauskas, former Governor of the Bank of Lithuania

9.45 – 10.20   Futureproofing Your Company – Harnessing creativity, innovation, and contrarian thinking in the contemporary organization 
Alf Rehn, Professor of Innovation, Design, and Management at the University of Southern Denmark
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10.20 – 10.50  Coffee Break
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10.50 – 11.10   Busy building a bank – story of Luminor 
Peter Bosek, CEO of Luminor Group

11.10 – 11.30  Crafting a sustainable future for food
Rolf Ladau, CEO of Paulig Group (Finland)

11.30 – 11.50  Title to be confirmed
Irmantas Norkus, PhD, Managing partner at law firm COBALT

12.00 – 12.35 Panel discussion. Business value growth opportunities as seen by private equity funding providers
Participants:

• Monika Nachyla, Partner at Abris Capital (Poland);
• Rob Genieser, Partner at ETF Partners (UK);
• Kristjan Kalda, Partner at BaltCap (Estonia)

Moderator: Irmantas Norkus, PhD, Managing partner at law firm COBALT

12.35 – 13.00  CEO of the Year Awards
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13.00 – 14.00   Lunch Break
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14.00 – 14.20  Sustainability as a driver for strategy
Salla Ahonen, Vice President, Sustainability at Neste (Finland)

14.20 – 14.40  How to transform business in 24 countries. Practical approach
Mohammed Salloum, Chief Transformation Program Officer at Intrum (Sweden)

14.40 – 15.00  Nasdaq: The future of financial markets and ESG as a catalyst for transformational change 
Bjørn Sibbern, President of European Markets at Nasdaq

15.00 – 15.30  Panel discussion. How to change and grow fast?
Participants:

• Andrius Mikalauskas, Chairman of Radas (Lithuania);
• Amir Gal-Or, serial entrepreneur and the founder of the Infinity Group
  (Izrael)

Moderator: Liucija Zubrutė, editor of VZ.LT
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15.30 – 16.00   Coffee Break
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16.00 – 16.20  Growth via decentralization
Otto Pukk, President and CEO of InCap (Finland), CEO of the Year 2020 in Estonia

16.20 – 16.40  To grow ten-fold over the next ten years. How?
Arvydas Paukštys, Founder and owner of Teltonika IoT Group (Lithuania)

16.40 – 17.00  Title to be confirmed
Steffen Fleck, Porsche CEE sales and operation director (Germany)

17.00 – 17.20  Creating multi-billion digital hobbies 
Victor Kislyi, founder and CEO of Wargaming (Global)

17.20   Closing and final remarques