Does your company want to come on board to Rail Baltic?
Work opportunities are opening up for skilful companies in the Baltic Countries.
Come and hear how your company can participate!
With the help of the European Union, the Baltic Countries Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania will
invest 3.6 billion to planning railway traffic and developing rail infrastructure. In addition,
large building projects for terminals and their urban environments are being planned.
An information and discussion event for companies regarding railway investments and related
tenders will be held on 18.5.2015 at 12 pm -16 pm at Helsinki Exhibition and Convention
Centre (Messukeskus). Address: Holiday Inn Helsinki Messukeskus, Messuaukio 1, Helsinki.
The event is free of charge.
Program
18.5.2015 at 12 pm - 16 pm
Moderator: Pia Pakarinen, Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce
12:00
Coffee
12:30
Opening words, Markku Markkula, President of European Committee of
the Regions
12:45-14:15 Finnish representatives and Team Finland at your service, Olli Kantanen,
Finnish Ambassador, Riga
The state of the Rail Baltic project - Finnish perspective, Olli Keinänen,
Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council
Tenders and procurement of Rail Baltic, Indrek Orav, RB Rail Estonia AS
Discussion
14:15
Coffee break
14:40-15:30 Finnish expertise and business in planning and building railway services,
Timo Riihimäki, VR Track Oy
Discussion
Services of Finpro, Tero Nummila, Finpro
15:30
Summary of the event, Paavo Syrjö, Infra ry
Changes to speaker information are possible.
Registration
Send your registration by 8.5.2015 by e-mail to assistant Tiina Öhman to
[email protected]
In your message, include the name of your company, your contact information and the
amount and names of participants Please also let us know if you have any special dietary
requirements.
Additional information
The event will be arranged at the Holiday Inn Helsinki Messukeskus hotel. Entrance at Messuaukio 1, 00520 Helsinki.
The nearest parking space is the Exhibition and Convention Centre car park or the Congress
car park at Ratamestarinkatu 13.
Additional information on the event is provided by:
Chief advisor Olli Keinänen, Helsinki- Uusimaa Regional Council
[email protected], +358 50 540 2260
Manager, Business affairs Ilmi Tikkanen, Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council
[email protected], +358 40 512 2254
UUDENMAANLIITTO.FI
FACEBOOK.COM/UUDENMAANLIITTO
The event is arranged by the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council together with the Helsinki
Region Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise Europe Network, Western Nyland Chamber of
Commerce, Riihimäki-Hyvinkää Chamber of Commerce and Amcham Finland.