Liepos 20,2012

Visaginas NPP construction: announcement on the international business conference

Management consulting company Ekonominės konsultacijos ir tyrimai (EKT) along with the Baltic Nuclear Consulting Group (BNCG) and an law office Raidla Lejins and Norcous presents a two-day international business conference for potential suppliers and subcontractors Preparation for the Construction of Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant, that will take place on 13- 14 September 2012 in Vilnius, Litexpo.

The conference (www.vaestatyba.lt) is exceptional as its main goal is to present the business community with the major ‘homework’ related to preparation for the construction of Visaginas NPP in great detail and in practice, as only this homework makes participation in construction project viable.

Presentations will be given by experienced nuclear energy experts for the first time in Lithuania, the top level professionals work on the construction site of Olkiluoto-3 the nuclear power plant in Finland for a number of years: Lars L. Lund, Safety Manager of the construction site of the Olkiluoto-3 NPP built in Finland and Raimo Prykäri, General Manager of the Baltic Nuclear Consulting Group (BNCG), project management expert in organisation of construction work.

Participants from more than 10 countries are invited to take part in the top level conference (Finland, Japan, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Romania, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Hungary), therefore it is likely that all the participants will have an opportunity to listen to valuable presentations, as well as make significant partnership contacts for the further regional cooperation.

On the second day of the conference representatives of construction companies, suppliers of metal, timber and construction materials, engineering houses, metal workshops, companies assembling structures and installations, scaffolds and tools rental companies, land surveyors, companies of geological, drilling and geodetic services, transport, logistics and forwarding companies, inspection and assessment organizations, laboratories, occupational health and safety, physical protection and other companies will have an unique opportunity to listen to representatives of a global management consulting company ATKearney, Przemysław Stangierski, Managing Partner, and Tomasz Narloch, Partner, who will present the principles of strategic sourcing of suppliers and organisation of procurement in large-scale business-to-business projects, at the end of the day all the questions presented the participants in advance will be discussed by the speakers in a special afternoon session.

According to Justas Gavėnas, EKT Business Development Manager and one of the organisers of the event, “business companies show great interest in this conference – even before advance registration had been announced many companies that see their future in contracts related to the construction of NPP started to look for information actively and are planning that not only one, but two, three or even five employees will attend the event.” Businesses that are seriously planning to take part in the EUR 5 billion project, should use this conference as an opportunity to network and get some substantial advice from the general contractor, principal operator, lawyers, State Nuclear Safety Inspectorate, inspection organizations as well as representatives of the most important public authorities. Advanced registration has already started and more information on the conference is available on the internet at www.vaestatyba.lt

Contact information:

Justas Gavėnas
EKT Business Development Manager, Certified Management Consultant
GSM: +37068537666
E-mail: justas@ekt.lt

Information on the conference & registration atwww.vaestatyba.lt