Speakers
Tiina-Katrina Kaber – Moderator
EnterTrainer Tiina-Katrina Kaber is fascinated by all things learning and growth related. Combining highly engaging teambuilding methods with concepts of change management and neuroscience in learning, she delivers events that engage, inspire and create a safe environment for learning. Running the show at EnterTraining and Catalyst Estonia, her main focus is on developing teams using the concept of entertraining: a combination of engagement, analysis and just the right amount of new info. Additionally, she often takes the stage at different events as a speaker, host and energizer, keeping boredom levels down and engagement levels up!
Inese Suija-Markova
Keynote on 26 November
Inese Suija-Markova holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Business and an MBA in Business Management and Innovation from Riga Technical University. She has over 16 years of leadership experience, heading the Institute for Environmental Solutions, a research and innovation organisation focused on environmental and natural resource issues. Since 2009, she has been a member of the municipal council of Cēsis, Latvia, and since 2022 she has served as the vice mayor of Cēsis.
Felix Schartner Giertta
Keynote on 26 November
Project coordinator of the BSR Cultural Pearls project.
Ramon Marrades
Keynote on 26 November
Ramon Marrades is an economist and urbanist with a passion for port cities, public spaces, culture, and innovation. He is currently Director at Placemaking Europe and strategy advisor to a number of cities and large-scale development projects. He holds a BA in Economics, an MSc in Economics and Geography, an Executive MSc in Cities and has been a researcher at different universities such as the Western Sydney University (Australia). He received the Spanish Social Entrepreneur Award in 2012 and co-authored four books and published more than a hundred columns on urban issues in some of the main Spanish newspapers. Ramon is co-editor of the book “Our City? Countering Exclusion in Public Space” (2019).
Jonas Büchel
Keynote on 27 November and workshops
Jonas Büchel is a social and cultural planner with more than 30 years of experience in design, strategic development and creative urbanism. Over the past 25 years, his work has focused on the Baltic Sea region, where he has led or supported transformation processes in a wide range of local communities.
Krista Petäjäjärvi
Workshop leader
Krista Petäjäjärvi is a Helsinki-based developer, expert, and researcher working at the intersection of art, societal change, and futures thinking. With a background in drama and performance art, she acts as an intermediary, bridging artists and creatives with professionals from other fields to foster meaningful partnerships.
Liene Jakobsone
Workshop leader
Liene Jakobsone is a cultural researcher, curator, and deputy head of culture for Valmiera municipality. Holding an MA in Art History & Theory, she works at the intersection of cultural policy, urban regeneration, and contemporary art, with a strong focus on participatory and site-specific approaches. She led Valmiera’s European Capital of Culture 2027 bid and now develops the city’s long-term cultural strategy and legacy programme Dynamic City (2025–2030). She also leads the transformation of KURTUVE, a former boiler house turned contemporary art space and finalist for the 2025 New European Bauhaus Prize.
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Anna Enemark
Workshop leader
Taiju represents The City of Espoo Cultural Unit, Partnerships and Promoting Culture. City of Espoo works as the Chair of the UBC Cultural Cities Commission and City of Kaunas will continue working as the Vice Chair, for the years 2024-2025. The UBC Cultural Cities Commission (CCC) promotes and develops tools for the cultural field to enhance professionalism in the field. In addition, it creates strategic partnerships with central national and international bodies dealing with policy making in the cultural field and stimulates third parties to provide research on cultural issues that are important for the local level.
