Agenda

Part 1
Is Latvia ready to Host Defence Industry Manufacturing?
10:00 - 13:00

Moderator: Armands Puče

9:30 Registration and Coffee

10:00 Opening remarks

Jānis Vītoliņš, Chairman of the Ventspils City Council
Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economics of the Republic of Latvia

Uģis Norītis, Deputy State Secretary for Planning Issues of the Ministry of Defence

Laura Štrovalde, Deputy Director of LIAA - Director of the Investment Attraction and Business Development Department

Elīna Egle-Ločmele, Chairwoman of the Board, Federation of Security and Defence Industries of Latvia

10:50-11:30 Diskusiju panelis
Igors Udodovs, Acting CEO of the Freeport of Ventspils, Deputy CEO, Head of the Marketing and Development Department
Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Latvia

Uģis Norītis, Deputy State Secretary for Planning Issues of the Ministry of Defence

Artis Pabriks, Executive Director of the Military Technology, Drones and Robotics Association (“MilTech”)

Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Defence Industry Manufacturing

11:30 EU and National Funding for the Defence Industry

Jēkabs Krieviņš, Member of the Board, ALTUM

11:45 How a Company Should Prepare for Raising Capital
Sintija Radionova, Partner at Law Office WALLESS, Attorney-at-Law

12.00 From Cartridge to Patriotism: Challenges in Small-Caliber Ammunition Production in Latvia
Beate Krauze-Čebotare, Managing Director of AMMUNITY Ltd., Board Member of the Military Technology, Drone and Robotics Association

12.15 Dual-Use Innovative Product Implementation Challenges
Jānis Garisons, Chairman of the Board, SIA NEWT21

12:30-13:15 Panel Discussion (in English)

Egidijus Gaidamavicius, CEO at E-STRATEGIJA

Mart Luide, Chief Technology Officer, ARDLAT
Elīna Egle-Ločmele, Chairwoman of the Board, Federation of Security and Defence Industries of Latvia

Laura Štrovalde, Deputy Director of LIAA - Director of the Investment Attraction and Business Development Department

Lunch Break*

* Complimentary lunch will be provided for event participants by the organizers.

Part 2
Defence investment pitch
14:15 - 17:00

Moderator: Jānis Lielpēteris

14:15 Moderator's Introduction
14:20 Opening Remarks by Investors
14:30 Aspired Ltd, Oskars Šļakota
14:40 GSMD Ltd, Liene Meldere
14:50 Falcon Sapphire Ltd, Kristofers Tjunitis, Rihards Tarvids
15:00 Onipipe Ltd, Oskars Strēlnieks
15:10 AGM Orthopaedics Ltd, Agris Mertens, Sergejs Lučkinskis
15:20 Biorefic NRG Ltd, Raitis Kalniņš
15:30 Airglade Ltd, Kaspars Mežapuķe, Rihards Sprukulis

15:40 Ajelix Ltd, Agnese Jaunošāne
15:50 Nexis Fibers Ltd, Toms Andersons
16:00 Ascent Lumina Ltd, Krišs Osmanis

Forum language: Latvian. Interpretation at the forum will be provided by the TILDE AI tool.