Programme on 16 April 2026 in Rostock

 Status: 08.04.2026

From 9:00 a.m. Registration
Venue: Stadthalle Rostock, Südring 90, D-18059 Rostock
10:00 a.m. Opening by Manuela Schwesig,
Minister-President oft the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
 

Welcome address
Dr. Anna-Kaisa Ikonen
Minister of Local and Regional Government, Finland

Viesturs Kleinbergs
Mayor of Riga, Latvia
 

Keynote 

“Why digital sovereignty determines the ability of companies and states to act.”

Gerd Chrzanowski
General Partner of the Schwarz Group, Neckarsulm, Germany
 

Interactive motivating session with Heike Drechsler Bryggare
two-time Olympic champion and multiple world champion
11:00 a.m.

Podium Talk
„Security, Innovation, Sustainability: for a sustainable Baltic Sea Region”

  • Dr. Wolfgang Blank, Minister of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour MV
  • Julia Braune, Managing Director „Germany Trade & Invest“, Berlin
  • Klaus-Jürgen Strupp, President Chamber of Commerce and Industry Rostock
  • Dr. Julian Pawlak, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin
  • Eyk-Uwe Pap, CEO Baltic Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH
  • Dipl.-Ing. Wolf Münchmeyer, CEO AIRSENSE Analytics GmbH, Schwerin

Moderation: Karolin Kandler, Journalist

The plenary session wil be interpreted simultaneously (GE/EN)
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break and Networking

-  B2B Matchmaking Event
-  StartUp & Company-Area
-  Meeting Point Embassies and Chambers of Commerce Abroad
-  Invest in MV and Business development agencies (WfG) in discussion
2:00 p.m. Parallel sessions:

All session will be conducted in English.
Session 1
Maritime Security and Protection of Critical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea Region
-  Ports as critical Infrastructure
-  Shipping & Navigational Safety
-  Physical Infrastructure in the Baltic Sea

Session 2
Innovations for the sustainable use of the Baltic Sea
-  Underwater noise
-  Ammunition recovery
-  Focus: Seawater desalination

Session 3
 Aligning Corporate Success with Employee Well-being
-  The correlation between economics performance and employee well-being
4:00 p.m. Networking

-  B2B Matchmaking
-  StartUp & Company-Area
-  Meeting Point Embassies and Chambers of Commerce Abroad
-  Invest in MV and Business development agencies (WfG) in discussion
from 5:00 p.m. Get together with refreshments

closing remarks:
Dr. Wolfgang Blank, Minister of Economics, Infrastructure, Tourism and Labour

 

You can download the programme here (PDF, 0.13 MB)

Organisation

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