BEFORE THE CONFERENCE
Welcome Reception
2 September • 19:00 • Suomen Joutsen
Baltic Ports Conference
Day 1: 3 September 2026
One large green shipping corridor
8:30 – 9:00
Registration & morning coffee
9:00 – 9:15
Introduction:
Bogdan Ołdakowski – Secretary General, Baltic Ports Conference
Minna Pirkkanen – CEO, Port of Turku
Introduction:
Bogdan Ołdakowski – Secretary General, Baltic Ports Conference
Minna Pirkkanen – CEO, Port of Turku
9:15 – 9:30
Welcoming speeches:
Alan Aleksandrowicz – Chair, Baltic Ports Conference
Piia Elo – Mayor of Turku
9:30 – 11:00
Ports in transition – pressures within, pressures without
Keynote speech:
The urgent need for long-term futures thinking
Leena Jokinen – Education Manager, Finland Futures Research Centre, University of Turku
Presentation:
New ferry terminal
Minna Pirkkanen – CEO, Port of Turku
Presentation:
Port claims, climate change adaptation & resilience – Short introduction to TT Club’s experience
Oskar Egerström – TT Club
Panel discussion:
Isabelle Ryckbost – Secretary General, European Sea Ports Organization
Joke Bamps – Policy Officer (SNE), European Commission
Mark Simmonds – Director of Policy & External Affairs, British Ports Association
Minna Pirkkanen – CEO, Port of Turku
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:45
How to make a shipping corridor green – exactly
Presentation:
Baltic Sea Green Shipping Corridors
Linda Styhre – Senior Expert and Team Lead, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Baltic Sea Green Shipping Corridors
Linda Styhre – Senior Expert and Team Lead, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Presentation:
Green Shipping Corridor Services
Speaker TBC – DNV
Panel discussion:
Cecilia Mårtensson – Project Leader, Ports of Stockholm
Dani Lindberg – Head of Sustainability & DPO, Viking Line
Jani Arala – Maritime Commercial Manager, Gasum
Linda Styhre – Senior Expert and Team Lead, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Mattias Sandell – Port Development Strategist, Ports of Stockholm
Cecilia Mårtensson – Project Leader, Ports of Stockholm
Dani Lindberg – Head of Sustainability & DPO, Viking Line
Jani Arala – Maritime Commercial Manager, Gasum
Linda Styhre – Senior Expert and Team Lead, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Mattias Sandell – Port Development Strategist, Ports of Stockholm
Peter Ståhlberg – Managing Director, Wasaline
12:45 – 13:45
Lunch break in hotel restaurant
13:45 – 15:00
Jumping the cargo fence – biodiversity, resilience, diversity
Presentation:
Evolving maritime leadership
Evolving maritime leadership
Irene Rosberg – Programme Director, Copenhagen Business School
Presentation:
The biodiversity roadmap
Kirsti Tarnanen- Sariola – Deputy Director, Finnish Ports Association
Panel discussion:
Edvard Molitor – Head of International Public Affairs & Sustainability, Port of Gothenburg
Małgorzata Żochowska – Business Manager, Dry Bulk, Race for the Baltic
Pauliina Roti – HR & Security Manager, Port of Turku
Piia Karjalainen – CEO, Finnish Ports Association
Uldis Hmielevskis – CEO, Liepaja Special Economic Zone
Edvard Molitor – Head of International Public Affairs & Sustainability, Port of Gothenburg
Małgorzata Żochowska – Business Manager, Dry Bulk, Race for the Baltic
Pauliina Roti – HR & Security Manager, Port of Turku
Piia Karjalainen – CEO, Finnish Ports Association
Uldis Hmielevskis – CEO, Liepaja Special Economic Zone
15:00 – 15:15
Coffee break
15:15 – 16:00
Parter spotlight:
Cover anything anywhere – Flexible warehousing and bulk storage solutions for modern ports logistics
Pål Espen Nordhaug – Export Director, Hallgruppen
Industrial logistics and packaging solutions
Riika-Maria Iljin – Forlog
Main port crane and breakbulk operator in Turku
Lauri Iljin – Turku Stevedoring
16:15 – 17:00
General Assemly – for BPO Members only