Tuesday 13.4.2010

CHALLENGES IN BALTIC SEA TRANSPORTS, SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

9.00                Registration and coffee

Chairman: Mr Juhani Tervala, Director General, Finnish Transport Agency

9.30                CHAIRMAN’S INTRODUCTION TO THE CONFERENCE

9.35                OPENING OF THE CONFERENCE

Ms  Minna Kivimäki , Director-General, Transport Policy Department, Ministry of Transport and Communications of Finland 

9.55                WELCOMING ADDRESS OF THE CITY OF HELSINKI

Ms Paula Kokkonen, Deputy Mayor

SESSION I: OUTLOOK ON THE BALTIC SEA TRANSPORT

10.05              REVIEW AND CHALLENGES OF THE LATEST FINNISH MARITIME

REORGANIZATION

                      Mr Juhani Tervala, Director General, Finnish Transport Agency

10.20              Break

10.45              NEW HORIZONS, KEY DRIVERS OF FINNLINES` ECONOMICAL

AND LOGISTICAL FITNESS PROGRAM IN A DEPRESSED MARKET

                      Mr Uwe Bakosch, President, CEO, Finnlines Plc

11.15              RUSSIAN BALTIC SEA TRAFFIC SCENARIOS IN RELATION TO THE

DEVELOPMENT OF PORTS

Captain Yury Orlov, Deputy Harbour Master, St. Petersburg Maritime Port Administration

11.45              Lunch

SESSION II: SAFETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Chairman: Mr Esko Antola, Director, Centrum Balticum

13.30              ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS ARE A CHALLENGE FOR THE SHIPPING

INDUSTRY

Professor Ulla Tapaninen, Research Director, Centre for Maritime Studies, University of Turku

14.00              SHIPPING AS CHALLENGE FOR THE BALTIC SEA ENVIRONMENT

                      Dr Anita Mäkinen, Head of Unit, Finnish Transport Safety Agency TraFi

14.30              ON-LINE ACCOUNTING OF MARITIME EMISSIONS - A NECESSITY FOR POLICY

FORMULATION

                      Dr Jukka-Pekka Jalkanen, Finnish Meteorological Institute

15.00              Coffee break

15.30              NORD STREAM – SECURE GAS SUPPLY FOR EUROPE. PROJECT UPDATE.

                      Mr Simon Bonnell, Survey Manager, Nord Stream AG

16.00               FINNISH NAVY, INTEGRAL PART OF SAFETY AND SECURITY IN THE BALTIC

SEA

                       Vice Admiral Juha Rannikko, Commander of the Finnish Navy

16.30              THE GEOPOLITICAL IMPACT OF THE OFFSHORE PIPELINE BETWEEN RUSSIA

AND GERMANY

Dr Alpo Juntunen, Senior Researcher, Finnish National Defence University, Department of Strategic and Defence Studies

17.00              ACTIONS BY THE NATIONAL CONTROLLING AUTHORITY

Ms Sanna Sonninen, Director of Maritime Safety Department, Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TraFi), Maritime Sector

17.30-             DISCUSSION AND CLOSING OF THE DAY
    17.45

19.00–20.00    Evening reception at the Old Court Hall, Senate Square

                      Hosted by the City of Helsinki

Organiser reserves the right to make changes to the programme.