The aim of the 10 th Nordic – Baltic Sustainable Business Summit is to demonstrate how AI can be used to influence company sustainability and promote the creation of technologies that allow businesses to work together for sustainability. The Summit will introduce the best of Nordic and Baltic businesses and showcase sustainable solutions that can transform business productivity and improve company sustainability levels. Various speakers from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will discuss how AI can be a successful tool for improving the environment and the sustainability goals of different companies. They will also discuss the possible negative impacts of AI.

The Summit will be held as a part of three-day Sustainable Perspective event, that aims to unite business, organizations and institutions, and grow over the years into one of the largest sustainability-themed events in Lithuania, and create a more sustainable future together.

📆 DATE: November 23, 2023
⏲ TIME: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (EEST)
📍VENUE: Litexpo, Laivės ave. 5, Vilnius

📝REGISTRATION: is required

PROGRAMME:

9.30-10.00 Registration and coffee

10.00-10.10 Opening of the Summit: H.E. Arja Makkonen / Ambassador of Finland

10.10-10.20 KEYNOTE: Elina Valtonen / Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland

10.20-10.40 Financial Institution’s role and rules on Sustainability Annina Tanhuanpää / OP Bank, Finland

10.40-11.00 Business applications of AI language models Toomas Möttus / Primend Group, Estonia

11.00-11.20 Access Control + AI = A key to more sustainable buildings Saulius Martinėnas / UAB Midpoint systems, Lithuania

11.20-11.50 Coffee break with Paulig Coffee + Hesburger veggie burgers

11.50-12.10 Application of data and AI in driving impact and creating sustainable digital solutions Suvi Valkama / Telia Company, Finland

12.10-12.30 Nordic Ethical AI & Data Ecosystem – how can we become world leading in ethical AI and responsible use of data? Olivia Rekman / Nordic Innovation (Nordic Council of Ministers)

12.30-13.00 FIRESIDE CHAT: AI Ethics and Regulations: Navigating the Sustainable Future Katerina Jarmolovičienė /Fondia. Lithuania and Paulius Pakutinskas / Telia, Lithuania

13.00 Closing remarks

Moderators:
Piotr Hajdecki, Business Finland, Finland
Audronė Alijošiūtė, Sustainability Expert, Lithuania

ORGANIZERS:
The Summit is organized by the Finnish – Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce and the Embassy of Finland, in partnership with the Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian and Latvian Chambers, the Lithuanian Responsible Business Association (LAVA), and the Nordic Council of Ministers Office in Lithuania.

The Summit will be held in the English language.