Programm der Internationalen Konferenz der Nord-Süd-Initiative am 29./30. September 2010

29th September 2010

12.30 Registration and Networking lunch

14.00 Opening

Gian Angelo Bellati, Director of the Regional Union of Chambers of Commerce of Veneto Region

Maria Krautzberger, State Secretary for Transport and Urban Development , State of Berlin

Christian Wiesenhütter, Deputy Managing Director, Chamber of Commerce Berlin

Dariusz Więcaszek, President of the Northern Chamber of Commerce in Szczecin, Poland

Giuseppe Fasiol, Special Commissioner for the enforcement of general framework agreement Transport Sector Logistic Unit of Veneto Region

Paola Nardini, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Venice


14.45 Evaluation of Freight Transport Corridors between Baltic and Adriatic Sea

Panajotis Babakoudis, Project manager, UNICONSULT Universal Transport Consulting GmbH, Germany

15.15 Two thematic Working Groups

- Working Group 1 - Transport and logistic: the importance of investment 
   in the transport network for regional development
- Working Group 2 - Renewable energies and Energy Efficiency

Working group 1
Transport and logistic: the importance of investment in the transport network for regional development

Coordinator: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Sonntag, Vice-President, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, Germany

SoNorA project: input on opportunities for the development of the Central Europe transport network
Riccardo Maratini, Project Manager SoNorA project, Transport Sector Logistic Unit of Veneto Region

Northern Adriatic Port Association as Multiport Gateway System for Europe
Antonio Revedin, Port Authority of Venice

Seaports as Intermodal Hubs in the TEN-T Network
Ulrich Bauermeister, Managing Director, Port of Rostock Development Company and Vice-President of the Association of German Seaport Operators

TEN-T methodology and priorities with reference to trends at European level
Horst Sauer, Head of Division European Spatial Development - Land Berlin Brandeburg, Germany

Clean Baltic Sea Shipping
Tommy Halén, Managing Director, Port of Trelleborg, Sweden

Working group 2
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency: strengthening competitiveness through the development of the green economy and business opportunities in the market of the Scandriatic Corridor

Coordinator: Francesco Pareti, Regional Chambers of Commerce of Veneto Region – Enterprises European Network

Perspectives for Windenergy in the South Baltic Sea Region – Networking for Development
Bent Christoffer, Wind Energy Network Rostock, Germany

Site development in the Capital Region Berlin - Competitive real estates based on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
Frank Weber, Managing Director, Biq Standortentwicklung und Immobilienservice GmbH, Germany

Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Carlo Tricoli, Research Centre ENEA, Italy

18.00 Plenary session – follow up by the coordinators of the two working groups and definition of EU strategy for the Scandinavia – Adriatic Development Region

Chairman: Gian Angelo Bellati

Follow up by coordinators of the two working groups: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Sonntag and Mr. Francesco Pareti.

19.00 Cocktail


30th September 2010

9.00 – 11.30 Round Table: regional development in the Scandinavian-Adriatic Development Region

8.00 Registration

9.00 Welcome and Opening
Presentation of the results of North - South Initiative a new economic Region in Europe
Gian Angelo Bellati, Director of Regional Union of Chambers of Commerce of Veneto Region - Enterprise European Network

9.30 Round table: discussion of the achieved results

Federico Tessari, President of the Regional Union of Chambers of Commerce of Veneto Region

Paolo Costa, President of the Venice Port Authority

Maria Krautzberger, State Secretary for Transport and Urban Development, State of Berlin

Renato Chisso, Regional Minister for the Mobility and Infrastructures Policies of Veneto Region

Ulrich Bauermeister, Managing Director, Port of Rostock Development Company and Vice-President of the Association of German Seaport Operators

Christian Wiesenhütter, Chamber of Commerce and Industry Berlin

Dariusz Więcaszek, President of the Northern Chamber of Commerce in Szczecin; Poland

Presentation of the draft of Memorandum of Understanding among the Chambers of Commerce of the North – South Initiative

Closing at 11.30

13.00 – 15.30 Visiting Programme
Working Group on Logistics: Port of Venice or Logistic Hub
Working Group on Energy Efficiency: Veneto Nanotech - Nanofab Labs