09:15 - 10:30 IAPMEI - Presentation of PME Líder by Mr. Luís Santos | 10:00 - 12:45 Welcome by: . H.E. Regional Secretary of Economy . Chairman of Mission-Azores, from Kymenlaakson Liitto . Cursor presents the profile of investments to be funded by SMEs of Kymenlaakso . Investors present the investment intentions :: Investors from Finland
** Mr. Tapani Ranta :: Investors from Continent ** Mr. João Matos ** André Teixeira | 10:30 - 11:30 Signature of the Cooperation Platform - Cooperation Platform between the Portuguese
Speaking World and the Nordic Russia
World by: :: Câmara Municipal Cidade Praia da Vitória by Mr. Paulo Manuel Àvila Messias
:: Câmara Comércio e Industria de Angra do Heroísmo by Mr. Sandro Paim :: NERLEI (Business Association of Portugal) by Mr. Jorge Santos :: Cursor Oy (Regional Development Society from Finland) by Mr. Markku Merovuo
This is historical moment in the history of globalization! It is the first time that a bottom up cooperation frame work is established with such rich terms regarding geography (phisical and human)! Something that would make Joseph Schumpeter, Elinor Ostrom or Peter Palchinsky proud! | 09:00 - 12:30 MEETINGS (organized by APIA, suggested by KIIC, powered by cursor) Kymenlaakson Liitto (Mr. Juha Haapaniemi) Cursor (Mr. Markku Merovuo, Mr. Mikko Kähärä) EKAMI (Mr. Paavo Ahosola) Helmivisio (Mr. Tuomas Muurikainen) Leet International (Mr. Keni Simola) EdapCO (Mr. Tapani Ranta) RVB.ARQ (Mr. Rui Vale) NGNS-IS (Mr. João Matos) JLM (Mr. Jaime Guerra) Brightfloats (Mr. Vasco Monteiro) 10.00 a.m. – Signing the educational / training cooperation protocol between TETRAPI, Centro de Atividades Educacionais, SA and EKAMI. |
14:30 - Check in Royal Garden Hotel | 13:00 - 15:45 Lunch & presentation of Colégio do Castanheiro To be highlighted that Colégio do Castanheiro will have the "Finland Day" in this particular day. IMPORTANT: The full program of the is in the PDF down in this page! 14:45 - Transfer from Colégio do Castanheiro tp Chamber of Commerce of Ponta Delgada | 13:30 – Lunch offered by Câmara Municipal da Praia da Vitória e Fundação de Ensino Profissional da Praia da Vitória | 11:45 Gathering at the Hotel Royal Garden
12:00 Check out of the Hotel (all delegates)
12:15 Transfer from the Hotel to the Azores School of Tourism and Hospitality
12:30 Farewell lunch at Anfiteatro Restaurant - Azores School of Tourism and Hospitality (offered by APIA)
14:45 Transfer from Anfiteatro Restaurant to João Paulo II Airport In the bottom of this page are the meeting organized by APIA! Please, print the PDF file as well! |
Some members of Mission will have already meetings | 16:00 - 18:00 Two different activities at the same time (Conference AND Meetings): 1) PUBLIC CONFERENCE Conference in Chamber of Commerce of Ponta Delgada with the theme "Azores Exports to Russia/Nordic markets through Kymenlaakso" with participation of speakers from Kymenlaakso (15 minutes each presentation plus Q&A): Kymenlaakson Liitto, Mr. Toni Vanhala, Head of International Affairs of the Region of
Kymenlaakso, “Kymenlaakso the Gateway to Russia” Cursor, Mr. Toomas Lybeck, Program Manager, “How
to conquer market share in Russia through Kymenlaakso – Non Food Products” Straightway/Censos, Mr. Tommi Laaksonen, Vice-Chairman
of Straightway
and the CEO of CENTOS,“Logistics: How the products
enter in Russia through Kymenlaakso” ProAgria, Mrs. Tuula Repo, Rural Advisory Centre of
Kymenlaakso as a Development Director, “How to conquer
market share in Russia through Kymenlaakso – Food Products” The speakers and attendants of the Conference are firms from S. Miguel and Santa Maria that want to export to Russia/Nordic Markets through Kymenlaakso 2) MEETINGS (organized by APIA, suggested by KIIC, powered by cursor) Kymenlaakson Liitto (Mr. Juha Haapaniemi) Cursor (Mr. Markku Merovuo, Mr. Mikko Kähärä) EKAMI (Mr. Paavo Ahosola) Helmivisio (Mr. Tuomas Muurikainen) Leet International (Mr. Keni Simola) EdapCO (Mr. Tapani Ranta) Pescarade (Mr. André Teixeira and Mrs. Marta Apolónia) RVB.ARQ (Mr. Rui Vale) NGNS-IS (Mr. João Matos) Brightfloats (Mr. Vasco Monteiro) JLM (Mr. Jaime Guerra) 18:00 - Transfer from Chamber of Commerce of Ponta Delgada to the Hotel Royal Garden From Hotel Royal Garden to Restaurant Anfiteatro the participants of Mission:Azores will go by their own means (taxi, for example). Suggestion time of departure 19:40 | 15:00 - 18:45 Two different activities at the same time: 1) PUBLIC CONFERENCE Conference in Chamber of Commerce of Angra do Heroísmo with the theme "Azores Exports to Russia/Nordic markets through Kymenlaakso" 15:00 Câmara Municipal de Praia da Vitória "The investment orientation" 15:10 Chamber of Commerce of Angra do Heroísmo 15:20 Presentation of Businessmen from the Islands of Terceira, Graciosa and S. Jorge 16:30 with participation of speakers from Kymenlaakso(10 minutes each presentation plus Q&A): Kymenlaakson Liitto, Mr. Toni Vanhala, Head of International Affairs of the Region ofKymenlaakso, “Kymenlaakso the Gateway to Russia” Cursor, Mr. Toomas Lybeck, Program Manager, “How to conquer market share in Russia through Kymenlaakso – Non Food Products” Straightway/Censos, Mr. Tommi Laaksonen, Vice-Chairman of Straightwayand the CEO of CENTOS,“Logistics: How the products enter in Russia through Kymenlaakso” ProAgria, Mrs. Tuula Repo, Rural Advisory Centre of Kymenlaakso as a Development Director, “How to conquer market share in Russia through Kymenlaakso – Food Products” 17:00-18:45 Meetings between Businessmen the Mission participants 18:45 - Transfer from Chamber of Commerce of Angra do Heroísmo to the Terceira Airport 19:55 - Departure to São Miguel 20:35 - Arrival to Ponta Delgada 20:50 - Tranfer to the Hotel Note: Might be that certain Mission participants arrive and return at different hours as the ones presented here! | 16:10 - Ponta Delgada 19:15 - Lisbon |
Dinner at Restaurant "100 ESPINHAS" in Ponta Delgada at 19:00. It is an informal dinner. Each person pays his/her bill. Information, please, contact Mr. +358.406.708.173 | 20:00 - 22:30 Restaurant Anfiteatro at Escola de Turísmo e Hotel de Turismo. Welcoming words, video about Santa Maria and dinner | Participants are free to explore Ponta Delgada for the dinner. More information, please, contact Mr. +358.406.708.173 | 22:15 - Lisbon (Thursday) 04:55 - Helsinki (Friday) |