New City Landscape: Green Solutions and Technologies of Success in Nordic Countries

29 September 2010, 16.00-18.30, St Petersburg
- a seminar-dialogue during the Nordic Week in St Petersburg and in frames  of the St Petersburg International Innovation Forum. The seminar is thought out to bring together Nordic and Russian representatives of government, business, public sector, international financial institutions and innovation centers.

Three panel discussions:

• GREEN CITIES: Ecological solutions and innovations in city planning
• SMART CITIES: Information and communication technologies in urban management
• SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS HUB: Innovation Networks and Resources for Sustainable Development

15.30 - Registration

16.00: Opening. Welcome Addresses

CHAIRMAN: Mika Boedeker, Director of Nordic Council of Ministers’ Information Office in St. Petersburg

SPEAKER:

• New city landscape: green solutions and technologies of success in Nordic countries
  Kim Luotonen,  Government of Finland, Ministry for Foreign Affairs,  Chief of the Secretariat for Nordic Cooperation, representative of Finland in the Nordic Committee for Co-operation of Nordic Council of Ministers. Finland holds the Presidency in the Nordic Council of Ministers in 2011.

Panel Session 1. GREEN CITIES: Ecological Solutions and Innovations in City Planning

MODERATOR: Irina Karelina, Director-General of International Centre for Social and Economic Research “Leontief centre”

SPEAKERS:

• Stockholm - European Green Capital
  Per Unckel, Governor of Stockholm County
  
• Malmö – the Transformation of a City
  Ilmar Reepalu, Mayor of Malmö
  
• A Sustainable City - and how to get there
  Kaarin Taipale, Ph.D. (Urban Studies), Visiting Researcher, Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research / The Aalto University School of Economics
  
• Hammarby Sjöstad – New Cities with Emphasis on Water and Ecology
  Erik Freudenthal, Head of Communications of GlashusEtt, Hammarby Sjöstad – Stockholm Vatten AB
  
• Green Lappeenranta - Foremost in Energy Research, Sustainable Development & Environment Protection
  Seppo Miettinen, Mayor of Lappeenranta

Panel Session 2. SMART CITIES: Information and Communication Technologies in Urban Management

MODERATOR: Grigory Rozhkov, General Director of NP «Saint Petersburg – London 2003»

SPEAKERS:

• Smart Cities - Better E-Services for Citizens and Businesses
  Ellen Karin Toft Larsen, Special Advisor of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities
• Dublin City of  Open Innovation
  Peter Finnegan, Director of Office of International Relations and Research, Dublin City Council
• Innovative Cities for the Next Generation
  John Donovan, Dublin Institute of Technology, co-coordinator of Project ICING – Innovative Cities for the Next Generation
• Trinity College Dublin
  James Callaghan, Associate Director Research & Innovation, Trinity College
• Building Ecosystems of Value
  Noel Crawford, International Relationships Manager IBM Global Innovation Campus Dublin

Panel Session 3. SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS HUB: Innovation Networks and Resources for Sustainable Development

MODERATOR: Igor Kuprienko, Director of Finnish-Russian innovation centre in Saint Petersburg

SPEAKERS:

• SBHUB and Business Development within the Swedish GreenTech Sector
  Carlos S. Sandskär, Project Executive of Sustainable Business Hub, GreenTech Cluster
  
• Strategic Sustainable Development
  Jimmy Sjöblom, Senior Advisor of the Natural Step International
  
• NIB – Promoting Sustainable Growth
  Igor Kovtun, General Representative in Russia of Nordic Investment Bank
  
• Vnesheconombank’s PPP Center: Driving Forward Regional PPP Projects Market in Russia
  Anastasia Baboshkina, Manager of PPP Programs Planning and interaction with IFO, PPP Centre,
  State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs" (Vnesheconombank)
  
• Emerging Innovation in Northern Europe Programme
  Sophie Fyrk, Programme Manager of Nordregio – Nordic Centre for Spatial Development
  

 OTHER EUROPEAN GUESTS:

• Katarina Pelin, Director of Environmental Department, Malmö City Council
• Ulf Borbos, CEO of Movexum AB
• Mike Hogan, manager (Russia & CIS), Enterprise Ireland, Commercial Counselor, Embassy of Ireland
• Kirsten Mogensen, Associate Professor, Innovation in Business and Information Technologies, Roskilde University
• Anne-Marie Salmi, Project manager, Aalto University/School of Economics/Cemat
• Katja Ruutu, Coordinator, researcher, Aalto University/School of Economics/Cemat
• Jari Varis, Programme director, Researcher, M.Sc. (Tech.), Northern Dimension Research Centre, Lappeenranta University of Technology