Programme

8:30-9:00

Morning coffee and registration

9:00-9:10

Conference opening

• Vilius Šapoka, Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
• Rimantas Šadžius, Member of the European Court of Auditors  

09:10-9:25

Less is more – Benefits of revolving investments

• Loreta Maskaliovienė, Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania

09:25-09:40

Efficient use of financial instruments – Lessons to be learned 

• Iliana Ivanova, Member of the European Court of Auditors  

9:40-9:55

The way forward for financial instruments 

• Vazil Hudák, Vice President of the European Investment Bank 

9:55-10:10

ESIF and EFSI – Best practice

• Wilhelm Molterer, Managing Director of EFSI

10:10-11:10

Panel discussion: Insight into public finances – From subsidies to investments

Panellists:  

• Rimantas Šadžius, Member of the European Court of Auditors  
• Vazil Hudák, Europos investicijų banko vicepirmininkas
• Loreta Maskaliovienė, Vice Minister of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania 
• Arnoldas Pranckevičius, Head of European Commission Representation in Lithuania 
• Vytautas Sinius, CEO of Šiaulių Bankas
• Audrius Zabotka, Member of the fi-compass expert group 

11:10-11:40 

Coffee break

11:40-11:55

EU wide picture of use of financial instruments

• Elina Hakonen-Meddings, Deputy Head of Unit (DG REGIO) of the European Commission

11:55-12:10

Alternative financing – Development of capital markets

• Sigitas Mitkus, Director of the Financial Markets Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance 

12:10-13:10

Panel discussion: What’s next? Thinking about the future now

Panellists: 

• Przemysław Cieszyński, Member of the Board of Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Poland
• Marius Jurgilas, Board Member of the Bank of Lithuania
• Arvydas Saročka, Board Member, Lithuanian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
• Sigitas Mitkus, Director of the Financial Markets Policy Department of the Ministry of Finance
• Peter Dittrich, Chief Investment Officer, SZRB Asset Management, Slovak Republic   

14:30-14:45   

Financial instruments in Poland

• Rafał Staśkowiak, Department for the Development of Financial Instruments, Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Poland

Financial instruments in Lithuania​

• Rūta Dapkutė–Stankevičienė, Deputy Director of the EU Investment Department of the  Ministry of Finance

15:00-15:15 

Supply map of financial products in Lithuania 

• Dr. Rūta Čiutienė, Board Member at Lithuanian Project Management Association

15:15-15:35

Best practice: Brolis Semiconductors

• Dominykas Vizbaras, CEO of Brolis Semiconductors 

15:35-15:55

Best practice: Business accelerator – Startup.lt 

• Arvydas Bložė, CEO of Startup.lt

15:55-16:00

Closing remarks