Mission Program (Draft)

Mission Program Lithuanian IT Group February 5-8th Tuesday-Friday Sunday, February 3, 2002

Flight No. KL 6035 from Amsterdam

2.20 p.m. - Arrival to Dulles aitport Receiver: Gintas Valys, mobile 202 550 7455

Transportation to the Howard Johsnon Hotel

Accommodation at Howard Johsnon Hotel Address: 1430 Rhode Island Ave. NW, Washington DC, 20005

Monday, February 4, 2002

8.15 - Transportation to the Ronald Reagan Building Address: 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230. Contact person: Ms. Andrea Lupo, tel. 202-482-2645

8.30 - Breakfast and stands preparation for the seminar

Breakfast Briefing hosted by the Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center (CEEBIC) at the USA Trade Center Address: Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230.

8:45- 9:00 a.m. -Registration

9:10 a.m. - Opening Remarks Mr. Jay Burgess, Director of the Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center and the Central and Eastern Europe Division at the U.S. Department of Commerce

9:15 a.m.- Introduction Ambassador Vygaudas Usackas Embassy of Lithuania

9:25 a.m. - “The Current Investment Climate in Lithuania” Mrs. Raimonda Sadauskiene, Investment Department Director Lithuanian Development Agency

9:40 a.m. - “Information Society Development in Lithuania” Mr. Juozas Zalatorius, Director Information Society Development Committee of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania

10:00 a.m.- “Potential of IT and High-Tech Industry in Lithuania” Mr. Vytautas Vitkauskas, President INFOBALT Association Mr. Dziugas Juknys, General Manager INFOBALT Association Editor, IT magazine "Infobalt Time"

10:20 a.m. - “Doing Business in Lithuania: A Success Story” Mr. Boyd Bishop, U.S. representative for Sintagma

10:30 a.m.- Questions and Answers 10:40 a.m.- Closing Remarks Mr. Jay Burgess, Director of the Central and Eastern Europe Business Information Center and the Central and Eastern Europe Division at the U.S. Department of Commerce

10:45 a.m.- Network with members of the delegation

11:00 a.m.- Private meetings

11:45 a.m.- Lunch

1:30 p.m. – Travel to Northern Virginia to visit the Northern Virginia Technology Council for introductions and to meet with a few of their members. Address: 2214 Rock Hill Rd., Suite 300; Herndon, VA 20170.

5:00 p.m. - Leave for the Lithuanian Embassy Address: 2622 16th Str., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20009.

6:30 p.m. - … Reption at the Lithuanian Embassy

Tuesday, February 5, 2002

9.15 ------Transportation to the World Bank (Driver - Gintas Valys, Receivers - N. Zambaitė, R.Alisauskas)

10:00 a.m. - World Bank Address: 1818 H Street, N.W., Office F5P - 158 Washington, DC 20433 Contact: Mr. Vivek Chaudhry , tel. 202 473 3880 1. Grants for IT companies in the emerging markets 2. Incubator Initiative

2.00 p.m. Transportation to Baltimore airport (from the hotel)

Flight No. 473 Baltimore – Manchester (Departure from Baltimore - 5:15 p.m., arrival in Manchester - 6:30 p.m.)

Transportation* from the airport to the hotel Seeking sponsorship for this

Accommodation at Sheraton Wayfarer Inn, Manchester NH area Price – 79$ plus taxes per night at expense of travelers

February 6th, Wednesday

8:00AM Transportation to the metropolitan Boston area (seeking sponsorship)

Business meetings, individually tailored programs

10:00AM Mass Dept of Economic Devt. Office of Foreign Trade- State Office Building at Park Square. (list of companies to be determined on Jan 24th mtg with Ms. Clary) Requested mtg. for Technogama - Dragon Systems (Waltham, MA) and/or WildFire (Waltham, MA)

Break for Lunch

Meetings in PM

Hospitality in Metro Boston area (seeking sponsorship)

Transportation to the Sheraton Wayfarer Hotel, Manchester, NH.hotel (seeking sponsorship) February 7th, Thursday

8:00AM Transportation to Concord NH (seeking sponsorship)

Meeting with the NH State Department of Resources and Economic Development

Greeting from the Governor Shaheen/representative (proposed)

Tour of State Capitol of NH

Interview with the Manchester Union Leader

11:00 Conf. NH Software Association (tentative Mr. James McKim)

12:00 Lunch in Capitol Building Dining Room

1:00 PM Transportation to the Hanover NH (~1.5 hr) (seeking sponsorship)

2:30 IT Seminar at Cummings Hall of Thayer School of Engineering- at Dartmouth College, Hanover NH

2:30 to 2:40 Greeting by Dean of Engineering Dr. Lewis M. Duncan.

2:40 to 2:50 Greetings by Ms. Raimonda Sadauskiene, Lithuanian Development Agency.

2:50 to 3:02 Dr. Elsa Garmire (Fibre Optics) Thayer School of Engineering

3:02 to 3:14 Dr. Edmund Cooley (Wireless Networking) Thayer School of Engineering

3:14 to 3:26 Dr. Ulf Osterberg (Bandwidth) Thayer School of Engineering

3:26 to 4:00 Open floor, questions and discussion

4:10 to 4:15 Coffee

4:15 to 4:27 Dr. Michael Horvath (Entrepreneurship, Capital Formation for Technology Companies). Tuck School of Business

4:27 to 4:40 Dr. Juozas Zalatorius - (Lithuanian Transition to the Information Society.) Government of Lithuania Information Society Committee

4:40 to 5:00 Open floor, questions and discussion.

5:00 to 5:12 David Foote (Information Technology initiatives for non-urban areas). University of New Hampshire

5:12 to 5:30 Open floor, questions, and discussion.

5:30 to 5:42 ?? tentative Dr. L. Goodridge (Information Technologies as enablers for wealth creation)former Dean of Whittemore School of Business at University of New Hampshire, now Professor in Resource Economics and Development (Information Technologies as enablers for wealth creation) not confirmed-

5:42 to 6:00 Open Floor, questions and discussion.

Dinner at Dining Hall of Tuck School Complex. Business, Engineering and University Community welcome, (seeking sponsorship) Otherwise each participant will pay for his own meals

Transportation back to Sheraton Wayfarer Hotel, Manchester (NH) (seeking sponsorship) February 8th, Friday

8:00AM Check out from Hotel. Transportation from Sheraton Wayfarer Hotel to Pease Tradeport, Portsmouth, NH. Arrive 9:00AM.

9:00 to 9:15 Greetings by NH State Office of International Commerce – Michelle Oullette

9;15 to 9:30 Presentation Jennifer XX the New Hampshire e-coast project. – Jennifer Quinlan

9:30 to 9:50 Gerry Crawford -New Hampshire honorary commercial consul in Thailand. (IP techonolgy for virtual trade missions support) Demonstration to technology with Irish Office (if possible?)

9:50 to 10:00 coffee break

10:00 to 10:50 One on One NH to LT company meetings.

11:00 to 11:50 Second session of One on One meetings.

Tentative and proposed meeting match ups.

Skaidula- Intersys (Cabletron spin off) and Aprisma; APEX(?) - Metrobility??

Omnitel- Globophone

LDA- John DuClois of NH DRED

Sintagma- Lilly Software; "Russian" software devt.. co.

Technogama - TBD

Verslo Tinkas -possible matchups Wunderkind (?), Managed Ops (?), Micro Arch (?), MV Communications

Techno Orbis - Soft Landing (AS-400)???

Informacinia Projecktai- Need more info on interests.

12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Lunch to be determined. Sponsorship needed

1:00 pm. To 2:30 p.m. Transportation to the: Manchester Airport (domestic travelers) or Downtown Boston railway station (for those who take the train to NY or staying in Boston) (seeking sponsorship)

Flight No. 161 Manchester – Baltimore (Departure from Manchester - 5:25 p.m., arrival in Baltimore - 6:45 p.m.)

Coming back to Washington – 1. Evaldas Drasutis 2. Raimonda Sadauskiene 3. Boyd Bishop 4. Arvydas Arnasius

Other travellers are taking the train to New York.