Hanseatic Conference 2018

 5th – 6th June 2018 in Riga at the
Islande Hotel, Kipsalas str. 2, 1048 Riga
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Before the conference, the annual members meeting of the Hanse-Parlament and Baltic Sea Academy as well as some project workshops will be organised. You will receive seperate invitations.

Monday,  June 4th, 2018 at Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 35 Krisjana Valdemara str., 1010 Riga

09.30 INBETS Workshop

10.00 Master BSR Workshop

14.00 Members Meeting Baltic Sea Academy

16.00 Members Meeting Hanse-Parlament

19.00 Dinner Ethnographic Musuem Riga, Priedes Krogs, 21 Brīvdabas str., 1024 Riga

 

Tuesday, June 5th, 2018

08:30  Welcome coffee and registration

09:00 Part I: Welcome, support activities for entrepreneurs

Moderation: Elina Priedulena, Hanse-Parlament

Jānis Endziņš, Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry: Welcome address and perspectives of entrepreneurship in Latvia

Diāna Karaša, President of the Latvian Chamber of Crafts: Welcome address

Gunta Arāja, Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Education and Sciences, Director of the Policy Initiative and Development Department: From school desk to leader

Gatis Silovs, Director of the Department of Sectorial Policy, Ministry of Economics: Policies and support for entrepreneurship in Latvia

Dr. Max Hogeforster, Chairman of the Hanse-Parlament and the Baltic Sea Academy: Support for entrepreneurs through trainings and securing business transfers in the Baltic Sea Region

Discussion

10:30 Part II: New entrepreneurs and managers for SMEs: they have never been more valuable than today

Moderation: Dr. Jürgen Hogeforster, Hanse-Parlament

Dr. Jürgen Hogeforster, Hanse-Parlament: Common vocational training to Master in the Baltic Sea Region

Dr. Jörg Dittrich, President of the Dresden Chamber of Crafts: Promoting entrepreneurship: Master craftsman education in Germany

11:00 – 11.30 Coffee break

Renata Černeckienė, Vilnius Builder Trainings Centre: Experiences with the new Master craftsman training in Lithuania

Kirsten Bach Kjeldal and Mette Kronborg Laursen, International Business College Innovation Factory: Experiences with the new Master craftsman training in Denmark

Grzegorz Dettlaff, Director of the District Guild of Crafts Small and Medium Enterprises – Employers in Wejherowo: Experiences with the new Master craftsman training in Poland

Diana Karaša, President of the Latvian Chamber of Crafts: The new school for Master craftsman training in Latvia

Discussion

13:15 Business lunch and international exchange of experiences

14:30 Part III: Aims and strategies of promoting and securing business transfers

Moderation: Mira Alexander, Hanse-Parlament

Ilze Zumente, KPMG Baltics SIA: The road to exit – the factors that maximize value

Normunds Bomis, N. Bomis bakery: Experiences of an entrepreneur, recommendations for supporting and planning business transfers to the younger generation (inheritance of generations in business)

Māris Bambis, IU Vidzeme suburbs chimney sweep: Experiences of an entrepreneur in the start-up process and support of business transfer

Jānis Skrūzkalns, Academia: BOSI (Entrepreneurial DNA): tool for risk reduction in succession planning

Dr. Max Hogeforster, Chairman of the Hanse-Parlament and the Baltic Sea Academy: Promotion of innovative business transfer models for SMEs in the BSR

Discussion

16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break

16:30 Part IV: Innovative Business Transfer Models for SMEs

Moderation: Dr. Max Hogeforster, Chairman of the Hanse-Parlament and the Baltic Sea Academy

Prof. Dr. Uwe Schaumann, Hamburg University of Corporate Education: Evaluation tool and assessment procedures to determine entrepreneurial suitability and competences

Dr. Marzena Grzesiak, Dr. Anita Richert-Kaźmierska, Gdańsk University of Technology: Best Practice models for business transfers in the Baltic Sea Region

Dr. Susanne Durst, University of Skövde: Best Practice financing models for business transfers in the Baltic Sea Region

Mira Alexander, Hanse-Parlament: New Skills for new entrepreneurs – attraction and qualification of refugees as successors

Discussion

19:30 Dinner and international exchange of experiences in the restaurant “Kaļķu vārti”, 11A Kalku str., 1050 Riga

06 June 2018

08:30  Welcome coffee and registration

09:00 Part V: Innovative solutions to support enterprises in product development

Moderation: Dr. Max Hogeforster, Chairman of the Hanse-Parlament and the Baltic Sea Academy

Dr. Beata Fabisiak, Poznan University of Life Sciences: The Baltic Sea Region is getting older. How to transfer the challenge into a business opportunity?

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bock, Technical University Munich: Technology and skill fusion for future furniture markets

Jan Sedenka, University of Skövde: Branding as a valuable resource within the silver economies

Discussion

10:30 – 11.00 Coffee break and international exchange of experiences

Presentation of selected results of the BaltSe@nioR project

Discussion with participants

12:00 Lunch

13:00 End of conference

13:00 – 16:00 Guided city tour of Riga

Meeting Point for the guided city tour: 13:00 in the foyer of the ISLANDE HOTEL