09.00-09.10 Welcome Speech
The Chairman of the AICIS Foundation, Göran Lindholm
09.10-09.30 AICIS – A New Actor in the Knowledge Economy of Åland
AICIS Director, Agneta Karlsson
09.30-10.10 The Baltic Archipelago of Innovation
Professor Per-Olof Berg, Stockholm University, Chairman of the AICIS
Scientific Board

10.30-11.10 The Innovative Practices of Norwegian Regions
Professor Johan Olaisen, Norwegian School of Management, BI, Oslo
11.10-11.50 Radical Makeover of the Structure of HEI (Higher Education Institute)
Professor Janerik Gidlund, President of Örebro University
11.50-12.30 Merger Management and Strategic Communication in Private and Public Mergers
Professor Anne-Marie Søderberg, Copenhagen Business School

13.30-13.50 Panel Discussion 1
Coordinator Agneta Karlsson

13.50-14.30 “ISLANDS, SIZE, VOLCANOES. On the study of the physical settings of politics”
Professor Emeritus Dag Anckar, Åbo Akademi University
14.30-15.10 Insularity, Other Geographical Characteristics and the Economic Performance of Small States and Autonomous Regions
Professor Harvey Armstrong, University of Sheffield, UK
15.10-15.50 Patterns in Diversity: Exploring Sub-National Island Jurisdictions and What Makes Them Tick
Professor Godfrey Baldacchino, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada

15.50-16.10 Panel Discussion 2
Coordinator Bjarne Lindström

16.10  End of Conference.