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Euregio 6th forum

Twin Region, Dream or Reality?

23-24.9. 2008

Venue:

University of Helsinki, pieni juhlasali 4th floor

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

12:30 Registration

13:00 Opening Session

Mayor Jussi Pajunen, City of Helsinki and

Mayor Edgar Savisaar, City of Tallinn

Key-note speakers:

Speaker Ene Ergma, Parliament of Estonia

Director General Esko Aho, Sitra

14.00 Coffee break

14.15 Regional Economic Integration: Infrastructure

Moderated by Deputy Mayor Jaanus Mutli, City of Tallinn

Transport Hubs, Missing Links and Competitiveness of Metropolitan

Regions

Deputy Mayor Hannu Penttilä, City of Helsinki

BSR Transport Network

Director-General Juhani Tervala, Ministry of Transport and

Communications, Finland

Rail Baltica future

Counsellor Anti Moppel, Ministry of Economics and Communications,

Estonia

Changes in economic relations and transport flows as a result of the

accession of Finland and Estonia to the EU and the opportunities of

Tallinn and Helsinki for becoming a cooperating metropolis

Riivo Sinijärv, NaviRail Ltd. board member

Discussion

16.00 Break

16:15-17:45 Citizens and Twin Cities Jubileum-Seminar

moderated by City Secretary Toomas Sepp, City of Tallinn

The session is devoted to celebration and the fifteen years of

co-operation between citizens of Helsinki and Tallinn.

History of Helsinki and Tallinn

Juhani Salokannel, Tuglas Seura

Visions of Co-operation in Modern Administration

Professor Jussi Jauhiainen, University of Oulu

Helsinki-Tallinn Friendship Societies

Seppo Kannelsuo, Ülle Lõhmus

19:00 Reception

Deputy Mayor Jaanus Mutli, City of Tallinn

Deputy Mayor Pekka Sauri, City of Helsinki

Helsinki City Hall, Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13

Performing Aarne Saluveer and Musette

Juha-Pekka Linna (guitar) and Joonas

Outakoski (saxophone)

Wednesday 24 September

9:30 Culture and Creative Industries

Moderated by Sten-Kristian Saluveer, PLEKTRUM festival,

main producer

New Models of Urban Entrepreneurship

Professor Alf Rehn, University of Turku

New media festivals – R&D value shaping and citizen democracy

Juha Huuskonen, Pixelache festival, main producer

How Web 2.0 changes politics?

Daniel Vaarik, PR Consultant

Questions and answers, Discussion: how to bridge decision makers,

entrepreneurs, grass root innovation developers and artistic

community?

11:00 Coffee Break

11:15 Building a Region of Innovation and Competiveness

Moderated by Regional Mayor Ossi Savolainen, Uusimaa Regional

Council

Welcome

Vice-Rector Matti Tikkanen, University of Helsinki

Helsinki and Tallinn, Finland and Estonia in the Global Economy

H.E. Jaakko Blomberg

Cross-roads Model in Innovation-building

Professor Erik Terk, Institute for Future Studies

Co-operation of Universities in Creating Excellence

Professor Mart Saarma, University of Helsinki

Coopertion of universties of technology on both side of the Gulf

Professor Jakob Kübarsepp, Tallinn University of Technology

Twin-innovation ecosystem of Helsinki and Tallinn regions

Director Innovation Research, Antti Hautamäki, Sitra

Forum Virium and Living Labs – perspective tools in

making cities innovative

CEO Jarmo Eskelinen, Forum Virium Helsinki

Citizens’ TV as a possibility for joint information space between

Helsinki and Tallinn

Chairman Toomas Vitsut, Tallinn City Council

13:00 Conclusions and future co-operation

Deputy Mayor Pekka Sauri, City of Helsinki

Mayor Edgar Savisaar City of Tallinn

Deputy Mayor Hannu Penttila City of Helsinki

Juhani Tervala BSR Transport Network

Rail Baltica future Counsellor Anti Moppel

Jussi Jauhiainen University of Oulu

Jaanus Mutli vastuvotu kone