Kurzeme Business Forum
BALTIC DEFENCE INVESTMENT PITCH 2025
November 28
Ventspils Science Center VIZIUM
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Armands Puče
Moderator
Jānis Vītoliņš
Chairman of the Ventspils City Municipality Council
Viktors Valainis
Minister of Economy of the Republic of Latvia
Artis Pabriks
Executive Director of the Military Technology, Drones and Robotics Association ("MilTech")
Igors Udodovs
Acting CEO of the Freeport of Ventspils, Deputy CEO, Head of the Marketing and Development Department
Agenda
Part 1
Is Latvia ready to Host Defense 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
Aivars Puriņš, State Secretary, Ministry of Defence
Representative of LIAA (TBD)
Challenges and Opportunities in the Development of Defense Industry Manufacturing
11:30 EU and National Funding for the Defense Industry
Reinis Bērziņš,
Chairman of the Board, ALTUM
TBD
12:15-13:00 Panel Discussion
Reinis Bērziņš, Chairman of the Board, ALTUM
Mart Luide, Chief Technology Officer, Ardlat
Elīna Egle, Chairwoman of the Board, Federation of Security and Defence Industries of Latvia
Lunch Break*
* Complimentary lunch will be provided for event participants by the organizers.
Part 3
Defence investment pitch
14:00 - 17:00
Moderator: Jānis Lielpēteris
Forum language: Latvian. Interpretation at the forum will be provided by the TILDE MI tool.
Registration
Organizers
