**FINAL AGENDA** (update: 15 March 2017)
9h00 Coffee
Moderator Ansis Bogustovs
9h30 – 10h45 Opening
9h30 – 9h45 General overview of situation in Latvia, Edmunds Beļskis, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia, Deputy State Secretary
9h45 – 9h55 Introduction, Alexandra Smigiel, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt, Coordinator of SKILLS+ Project
9h55 – 10h05 Digitalization and its impact on the economy, Dr. Signe Bāliņa, Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association, President
10h05 – 10h25 Entrepreneurs at the beginning of change management - problems and challenges, Katrīna Zariņa, The Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Political Department Director, Member of the Board
10h25 – 10h45 IT Cluster Central Germany, Andreas Vierling, Director (Germany)
10h45 – 11h10 Coffee break
11h10 – 13h00 Learning from SKILLS+ Good Practices
11h10 – 11h30 E- Leadership skills for SMEs growth and innovation: Latvia experience, Dr. Māra Jākobsone, Latvian Information and Communication Technology Association, Vice-president (Latvia)
11h30 – 11h50 Network of State and Municipal Unified Customer Service Centres, Maija Anspoka, Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia (Latvia)
11h50 – 12h20 Support for commercialization of innovative products, processes and providing innovative Service, Vladimir Penov, Bulgarian SMEs Promotion Agency (Bulgaria)
12h20 – 12h40 Technological transfer from Universities to SME´s, Ing. Marie Kubankova, Ph.D. Expert VSB, Technical University Ostrava (Czech Republic)
12h40 – 13h00 Farmer’s Portal and Integrated Plant Protection Portal, Ing. Antonín Kintl, stakeholder of VSB, Technical University Ostrava, Agrolab, Ltd. Troubsko, (Czech Republic)
13h00 – 14h15 Lunch (Auditory 109)
14h15 – 15h25 Experience of SMEs
14h15 – 14h35 To dance tango, has to be two, Jānis Pikmanis, “EuroAudit” Ltd, Head of the Board (Latvia)
14h35 – 14h55 Tech in Tech Company. Has the magic “e-” brought any changes to the way we do business within last 5 years? Juris Pūce, “KleinTech Services” Ltd, (Latvia)
14h55 – 16h00 Discussion & Outlook, Alexandra Smigiel, Ministry for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt
Closure
The programme continues for project partners on the next day with a peer review training and Steering group meeting