—————————————————————————————— 3rd September 2014 Parallel seminars: 14:00 Comprehensive and semi-sized ports in the Baltic – facing future challenges 14:00 Tourist/leisure and fishery ports in the Baltic – stimulating the cooperation 19:00 | Welcome reception in ‘Kysten’ and ‘Pause området’, Hotel Griffen

—————————————————————————————— 4th September 2014 07:30 - 08:45 | Breakfast and the BPO Board meeting 09:00 – Opening of the first day of the Baltic Ports Conference Moderator: Bogdan Ołdakowski, Secretary General, BPO 09:00 - 09:30 | Official speeches: 09:00 - 09:10 | Winni Grosbøll, Mayor of Bornholm 09:10 - 09:20 | Gitte Lillelund Bech, Former Minister and current CEO of the Danish Port Association 09:20 - 09:30 | Thomas Thors, Chairman of the Board of the Port of Rønne 09:30 - 09:45 | The economic and political environment around Baltic ports - the main challenges Julian Skelnik, Chairman, BPO 09:45 SESSION: EU Port Policy review 09:45 - 10:05 | Update on Port Policy Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit ‘Ports and Inland Navigation’, European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) 10:05 - 10:25 | Port policy in the EU – the latest up-date and outlook. Impact of the new European Parliament Isabelle Ryckbost, Secretary General, ESPO Views from ports: • Tommy Halén, Managing Director, Port of Trelleborg 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00 SESSION: Geo-politics and macro-economy – driving forces for trade and the port industry 11:00 - 11:20 |Keynote speech: Global shipping market overview – implications for regional markets Dr. Vincent F. Valentine, Officer-in-Charge, Transport Section Division on Technology and Logistics, UNCTAD 11:20 - 11:40 | Russia – Economic relations with the world, the EU and its neighbours – prospects for the future Prof. Kari Liuhto, Professor of Russian Economy, Turku School of Economics View from ports • Allan Kiil, Member of the Management Board, Port of Tallinn • Martynas Armonaitis, Chief Accountant, Klaipėda State Seaport Authority • Kimmo Mäki, Managing Director, Port of Helsinki 12:00 SESSION: Risk and performance of port activities 12:00 - 12:20 | Level playing field and private sector participation Victor van Leengoed, Senior Manager, MTBS 12:20 - 12:40 | How to reduce accidents and insurance claims in ports and terminals Andrew Huxley, Regional Development Director, TT Club 12:40 - 13:00 | Portopia – port performance management tool Reima Helminen, Senior Researcher, Centre for Maritime Studies Q&A 13:10 – 14:10 | Lunch time 14.10 SESSION: Maritime transport in Europe and in the Baltic region- SECA challenges 14:10 - 14:30 | The competiveness of ro-ro and container sectors in Europe and in the Baltic Sam Graham, Shipping Data Analyst, MDS Transmodal Ltd 14:30 - 14:50 | Maritime Transport Strategy for Finland – 2014 -2022. Finnish case study on how the government is tackling the SECA challenge within industry Leena Sirkjärvi, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Transport Policy Department 14:50 - 15:10 | Compliance challenges with the new SECA rules Poul Woodall, Director, Environment & Sustainability, DFDS A/S 15.10-15:40 | Coffee Break

4th September 2014

15:45 PANEL DISCUSSION: Competitiveness of the shipping and port sector after 2015 Moderator: Annaleena Mäkilä, Excutive Director, Finnish Port Association Introduction speech: 15:50 - 16:10 | An overview of compliance strategy of shipowners in the SECA area Henning Mohn, Principal Consultant, Maritime Advisory, Environmental Technology and Compliance, DNV GL 16:10 - 17:20 | With participation of speakers and panelists - Per Bondemark, Chairman, Swedish Shippers Council - Kimmo Naski, CEO, Managing Director, Port of HaminaKotka - Ulrich Bauermeister, Managing Director, Port of Rostock - Poul Woodall, Director, Environment & Sustainability, DFDS A/S Questions to be tackled: - SECA compliance strategies; - Short and long term consequences of new SECA rules. - Who will lose, who will win? - How to comply and stay competitive? - Ports role in increasing the competiveness of the maritime transport - Level playing field in Europe – region competiveness issue. 17.20 | Panel summary 17:30 | End of the first day of the Conference ————————————————————————————————————————————— EVENING PROGRAMME: 19.00 - 19.30 | Bus leaves for Gala Dinner Departure from Hotel Griffen to Radison Blu Fredensborg Hotel 19.30 - 23.00 | Gala Dinner 23.30 Bus returns to Hotel Griffen

4th September 2014

07.45 – 09.00 | BPO General Assembly 2014 09.00 Morning coffee and refreshments 09.15 Opening of the second day of the Baltic Ports Conference Moderator: Julian Skelnik, Chairman, BPO 09:15 - 09:35 | Opening speech by Jeppe Sebastian Kofod, Member of the European Parliament 09:35 - 09:55 | Keynote speech: Cooperation and competitiveness of the Baltic Sea region: trends and potentials Torben Aaberg, Head of Public Affairs, Baltic Development Forum 10:00 SESSION: Role of ports in efficient multimodal transport corridors and matching the Motorways of the Sea with the Corridor concept 10:00 - 10:20 | View from the European Commission: Dimitrios Theologitis, Head of Unit ‘Ports and Inland Navigation’, European Commission, DG Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) 10:20 - 11:00 | View from ports: - Isabelle Ryckbost, Secretary General, ESPO - Gert Nørgaard, Manager Strategy & Planning, Copenhagen Malmö Port AB - Christian Ramberg, Managing Director, Port of Turku - Björn Boström, CEO, Port of Ystad 11.00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break 11:30 SESSION: TEN-T Policy and CEF for years 2014-2020 - opportunities for the Baltic ports 11:30 - 11:50| Baltic Ports in TEN-T policy - achievements and future challenges - the report’s results Bogdan Ołdakowski, Secretary General, Baltic Ports Organization 11:50 - 12:50 | Presentations of potential MoS Projects - Per Olof Jansson, LNG Project Leader, LNG in Baltic Sea Ports Project - Emil Arolski, Project Manager, LNG in Baltic Sea Ports - next steps - Carl Carlsson, Head of Unit Environment and Sustainability, Swedish Shipowners’ Association, “Zero Vision Tool and the Baltic Toolbox” - BPO Office, Potential Projects: Management of new types of wastes in ports, cold ironing in ports 12:50 - 13:00 | Discussion 13:00 - 13:05 | Summary of the conference & announcement of the Baltic Ports Conference 2015 13.05 - 14:05 | Lunch Shuttle busses from Hotel Griffen to the airport Tour around Bornholm

5th September 2014

The Baltic Ports Organization is an active business organization inspiring and supporting its members while cooperating pro-actively with relevant partners. Currently, included in BPO are 45 of the most significant ports in the nine countries surrounding the Baltic Sea as well as seven friendship members. BPO is well-recognized within the BSR, in EU bodies and other European regions. The organization's mission is to contribute to economic, social and environmental sustainable development of maritime transport and the port industry in the Baltic Sea region, thereby strengthening its global competitiveness.