CONFERENCE OF THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE OF FINLAND AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

3 December 2019

Arrival of participants, accommodation

18.00 Evening informal reception - get together hosted by
H.E. Mr Pavel KUZNETSOV, Ambassador of the Russian Federation
Embassy of the Russian Federation to Finland
Tehtaankatu 1B, 00140 Helsinki
4 December 2019

Venue Hotel Scandic Park
Mannerheimintie 46, 00260 Helsinki

8.30 Registration and coffee
Lounge

09.30 – 12.00 CONFERENCE – FIRST PART

Chairs of the Conference
Mr Timo Rautajoki and Mr Felix Lapin

GREETINGS TO THE CONFERENCE
(Room: Imagine)

09.30 H.E. Mr Pavel KUZNETSOV, Ambassador of the Russian Federation
09.45 Mr Jari Gustafsson, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs
and Employment of Finland
In parallel/enterprises

10.00-12.00 B2B MEETINGS
(Room: Play)


10.00 – 12.00 CHAMBERS’ MEETING
- General
remarks
(Room: Imagine)

Opening words
10.00 Mr Juho Romakkaniemi, CEO, Finland Chamber of Commerce
10.10 Mr Sergey N. Katyrin, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation
10.20 Mr Timo Rautajoki, President and CEO, Lapland Chamber of Commerce
10.30 Mr Felix Lapin, Chairman of the Kaliningrad Chamber of Commerce and Industry
10.40 Cooperation between big entrepreneurs and start-ups
Mr Matti Rautkivi, Director, Sales and Marketing, Wärtsilä Corporation
10.55 Business Angels in the Finnish funding landscape
Ms Amel Gaily, Managing Director, Finnish Business Angels Network

11.10 How to collaborate with start-ups?
Mr Marko Silen, Director, Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce
11.20 Mr Artem Dalevich, Vice-President, Union Chamber of commerce and industry of the Moscow city
11.35 Artur Nikolayev, First Vice-Chairman, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Tatarstan
11.45 Conclusion
12.00 End of the event


12.00-13.30 LUNCH FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS
Restaurant & Bar Famu

CONFERENCE – SECOND PART
(Room: Imagine)

Chairs of the Conference
Mr Timo Rautajoki and Mr Felix Lapin

13.30 WASTE MANAGEMENT

13.30 Opening of the event
Mr Timo Rautajoki and Mr Felix Lapin

13.35 General overview
Mr Jarmo Heinonen, Senior Director, Business Ecosystems, Bio-, Circular Economy and Cleantech, Business Finland
13.50 Waste management as a part of planning modern living environment
Ms Venla Laakkonen, Marketing and Sales Director, Housing Russia
14.00 Waste Management in Russia
Mr Alexander Nenonen, Development Manager, Environmental
Services, Lassila-Tikanoja Oyj
14.10 Alexander Zhigulin, Co-founder, Commerial Director, EcoSystemService Ltd (Murmansk region)
14.25 Mr Mark Balanovskii, Deputy head, Regional Union of waste recyclers of the Kaliningrad region

14.40 Coffee
Lounge


15.05 E-ECONOMY/DIGITALIZATION

The Real Impact of Digital Transformation
Mr Seppo Heikura, Founding partner, Cybermind Oy, Senior Advisor and Board member, Houston Analytics Ltd

15.20 Challenges in Digitalization
Mr Peter Lindberg, Business Development Director, Reaktor
15.30 Boosting Digitalization in Construction Business
Mr Teemu Lehtinen, CEO, KIRAHub
15.40 Mr Alexey Kolbasov, JSC Engineering Firm (ITF)
15.50 Mr Arsenii Mayorov, Director, Scientific and Educational Center of Urban Studies and Cyberantropology (Leningrad region) - The phenomena of digital transformation: introducing actual case-study of digital business strategy in Russia
16.05 Discussion before the Plenary
16.30-17.00 Conclusions of the Plenary

17.00-19.30 Networking reception
Room: View 1

5 December 2019
VISITS TO THE COMPANIES

  • Ämmäsuo Landfill (waste management)
  • Reaktor (digitalisation)
  • Aalto Start-up Center or similar (start-ups)
  • Helsinki region chamber of commerce (Digitalization in chamber’s cervices)
  • Houston Analytics Oy (leader of advanced analytics skills and solutions)

ÄMMÄSUO LANDFILL
09.00 Departure (bus)
09.30 Ämmäsuo Landfill
Lecture and tour at the landfill
Ms Suvi Runsten
Managing Director, M. Sc. (Tech.)
Environmental Consulting EcoChange Ltd
Länsi-Keimolantie 23, 01750 Vantaa, Finland
p. +358-50-5690049
suvi.runsten@ecochange.fi
www.ecochange.fi
11.30 Departure to Helsinki
12.00 Arrival at Helsinki
(English-Russian interpreter)

AALTO START-UP CENTER
09.00 Departure (bus)
09.30 Ms Marika Paakkala, Head of Aalto Startup Center
Otakaari 5A, Espoo
Trainee Lucas (knows Russian)
10.30 Departure

11.00 Arrival in Helsinki
(https://startupcenter.aalto.fi/)
(Finnish-Russian interpreter)


REAKTOR HELSINKI
08.45 Departure (bus via Helsinki Chamber of Commerce)
09.30 – 11.00 Mr Peter Lindberg, Business Development Director, Reaktor
Yliopistonkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki
https://www.reaktor.com/
(English-Russian Interpreter)

HELSINKI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
09.30 – 11.00
08.45 Departure (bus)
Mr Antti-Pekka Hulkko, Director
Mr Max Moiseev, Head of IT and Digital Development
Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce
Kalevankatu 12, 00100 Helsinki
Contact: Mr Marko Silen, Director
https://helsinki.chamber.fi/fi/
(Finnish-Russian Interpreter)

HOUSTON ANALYTICS OY
09.00 – 11.00
08.45 Departure (bus)
Mr Tommi Tulisalo Chief Commercial officer +358407300067
Mr Antti Syväniemi, CEO
Konepajankuja 1, 00510 Helsinki
https://www.houston-analytics.com/
(English-Russian Interpreter)