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Evening Reception, 17. January 2008

16:00 Registration

17:00 Welcome
Dr., Prof. Baiba Rivža, Minister of Education and Science, LV
Dr., Prof. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, Rector, LV

17:30 Keynote Speech
- Dr., Prof. Jānis Stabulnieks, Latvian Technological Center, Director

18:00 Reception (Hotel “Konventa sēta”)

Conference, 18. January 2008

9.00 Registration and Coffee

9.30 Opening Remarks
Dr., Prof. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, Rector, LV

9.40 Female Scientists and Entrepreneurs
- Christina Diegelmann, Ministry of Economic Affairs Baden-Württemberg, DE
- Dr. Maija Bundule, represented by Dr. Gita Rēvalde, Ministry of Education and Science, LV
- Tiia Raudma, Estonian Ministry of Education and Research, EE
- Dr. Aurelia Novelskaite, Institute for Social Research, LT
- Dr. Kirsti Dautzenberg, University of Potsdam, DE

Moderator/Chairperson: Dr. Ineke Jenniskens, Nikos – University of Twente, NL

11.00 Coffee Break

11.30 Programmes and Policies Supporting Technology Oriented Female Entrepreneurship
- Dr. Ilze Beverte, University of Latvia Institute of Polymer Mechanics, Latvian Technological Center, LV
- Aiva Vīksna, Association “Lidere“, LV
- Līga Vecā, EQUAL project “Reducing Causes of Professional Segregation”, LV
- Veneta Ivanova and Wolfgang Kniejski, INI-Novation GmbH, SWITCH project, DE

Moderator/Chairperson: Dr. Gheorghe Valentin Roman, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Bucharest, RO

13.00 Lunch

14.30 Panel Discussion: Female Entrepreneurship-Personal Experience, Problems and Challenges, Future Vision and Tasks
- Dr.,Prof. Dagnija Blumberga, Riga Technical University, “Ekodoma”, LV
- Dr. Monika Pramann Salu, Inotex Grupp OÜ, EE
- Dr. Edīte Kaufmane, Latvia State Institute of Fruit-Growing, LV
- Dr. Gunta Šlihta, Institute of Physical Energetics, Latvian Academy of Science, LV
- Dr. Erna Gailīte-Karule, Institute of Atomic Physics and Spectroscopy, LV

Moderator/Chairperson: Prof. Dr. Tatjana Volkova, BA School of Business and Finance, LV

15.45 Summarising Remarks

16.00 End of the Conference