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Five Strategic Pillars

Accelerating Baltic Competitiveness

Exponential economic growth requires precision focus on areas with the highest value-add potential.
Our agenda eliminates theoretical debates and focuses entirely on five value-creation pillars:

Programme Topic Highlights

Closing the €150 Billion Gap:

Unlocking Baltic GDP Potential

Smart Capital:

Lowering Your Cost of Capital in a High-Risk Region

Board Liability & Governance:

The End of Personal Immunity

Regulation vs. Reality:

Escaping the Compliance Trap to Drive Growth

AI ROI:

Driving Efficiency to Free Up Growth Capital

The Algorithmic Boardroom:

Fiduciary Duty in AI Decisions

The Vanishing Workforce:

Who Will Run Your Company in 2030?

The Brussels Effect:

Using Compliance as a Global Export Advantage

Energy Predictability:

How to Lock In Stable and Competitive Prices

Escaping the Founder’s Trap:

Building a Professional Board to Scale or Sell

Strategic Foresight:

Adjusting 2027 Strategies for Economic Resilience

Supply Chain Integrity:

Competing on an Uneven Playing Field

AI Governance:

Transforming the EU AI Act into a Business Asset

The Strategic Tax Radar:

Smart Optimisation for Domestic and Cross-Border Growth

The CFO as a Strategic Co-Pilot:

Navigating Smart Growth in the New Reality

Meet the first speakers of CS26

CORE Summit brings You more than 50 expert speakers

James Butcher

Innoscope Ltd, Founder & CEO

My background is in technology, BEng (Hons) but I’m a serial entrepreneur in manufacturing, factory automation, SaaS and supply chain transformation. I believe in the power of stakeholder engagement, technical innovation. An alumnus of University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) I have spent the last decade working with global brands and retailers to engage their suppliers to drive positive change for more successful, sustainable brands. I am now an independent strategic consultant and speaker focus on risk mitigation, business adaptation and evolving toward more impact driven and sustainable businesses green growth.

James Butcher

Innoscope Ltd, Founder & CEO
Anu Bradford

(Joining virtually) Columbia University, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization Director, The European Legal Studies Center

Anu Bradford is Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organizations at Columbia Law School. She is also a director for Columbia’s European Legal Studies Center and a Senior Scholar at Jerome A. Chazen Institute for Global Business at Columbia Business School. She is an expert on European Union law, digital regulation, international trade law, and comparative and international antitrust law. Bradford is the author of “The Brussels Effect: How the European Union Rules the World” (OUP 2020), which was named one of the Best Books of 2020 by Foreign Affairs. Her most recent book “Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology” (OUP 2023) was recognized as one of the best books of 2023 by Financial Times and awarded the 2024 Stein Rokkan Prize for Comparative Social Science Research.

Anu Bradford

(Joining virtually) Columbia University, Henry L. Moses Professor of Law and International Organization Director, The European Legal Studies Center
Erik Sakkov

Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance, Vice President

I am a multidisciplinary professional with a track record of leading and delivering large-scale, high-impact projects across different fields. Over the years, I’ve been involved in building ambitious initiatives that require both strategic vision and hands-on execution. At the same time, I value balance and perspective beyond traditional professional roles. Alongside my business and work, I serve as an honorary consul of Belgium, while also being an active member of a rock band (www.panto.ee) – an outlet that keeps creativity and energy at the core of everything I do. This combination of large-scale responsibility and personal passion defines my approach: thinking big, staying grounded, and never losing the human side of what I create.

Erik Sakkov

Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance, Vice President