The Baltic Development Forum Summit is very pleased to return to Riga on May 29-30, 2013, 10 years after the first BDF Summit in the Latvian capital. With the return to Riga, BDF embarks on a new tour de metropolis around the Baltic Sea - a tour which has been completed over the past 15 years. We begin this new journey optimistically as the Baltic Sea Region is again the Top of Europe after having come through the economic and financial crisis.

The DCCL has held the Annual General Meeting and the newly elected board is: Hans Kurt Pedersen, DCCL Chairman, Director at VT East SIA; Lars Møller, DCCL Vice Chairman, Country Manager at Pharma Nord SIA; Jakob Hauptmann, DCCL Board Member, Director at BAC Metal SIA; Claus Kastberg Olsen, DCCL Board Member, Director at Silver Star Agencies SIA; Michael Lundgreen, DCCL Board Member, Director at Cartex Latvia SIA; Petur Olsen, DCCL Board Member, Director at Seafood Production SIA; Jørgen Nellemann, DCCL Board Member, Director at AgriPro SIA.

A conference on Business Integrity in the Baltic Sea Region on 14 February 2013 at Riga Business School, Skolas 11. The conference is drawing together the most important business transparency initiatives in Latvia and region wide. The conference will present Corporate Transparency Index by Transparency International and Swedish National report. The minister of Economy of Latvia Daniels Pavļuts will put forward the pivotal points for improving accountability of state and municipal owned enterprises. Also, during the conference, the main business organizations of Latvia will present the reform agenda to the government of Latvia regarding integrity of the business environment. Corporate business leaders will present their cases of positive change and discuss challenges of putting business integrity into practice.

The 9th International Business Networking Event takes place on March 8, 2013 at the ''Citadele banka'' Conference Hall, Republikas laukums 2a, Riga, Latvia.