Location: Federation of Chambers

08:30 – 09:20 AM

Accreditation & Networking, B2B meetings

09:30 – 10:30 AM

Al Rasheed Roudtable Hall

H.E Minister Andres Sutt

Minister of Energy and the Environment of the Republic of Estonia

Taavi Einaste, Facilitator

Nortal CEO, Saudi-Estonian Business, Council Co-Chairman

Saudi-Estonian Business Council Official Roundtable Meeting with H.E Minister Andres Sutt

Room

Roundtable 1
Roundtable 2
Roundtable 3

11:00 – 11:45 AM

Roundtable Room 1

Roundtable: Unlocking Circular Economy Investments in Saudi Arabia — Practical Collaboration Models for Regional Impact

Facilitators: Mr. Badri Alkadhim, Board member, KOVA
Sami Kivisalo, Chairman, KOVA
Roundtable Room 2

Roundtable: Estonia–KSA High-Level Energy Roundtable

Facilitator: Ben Queisser, CEO, Apex Ventures

Roundtable Room 3

Roundtable: EE–MEWA Circular Economy Working Group: Bridging Regions for Scalable Solutions

Facilitator: Helen Aavisto, Green Tiger

11:50 – 12:35 AM/PM

Roundtable Room 1

Roundtable: Smart Cities & Circular Infrastructure

Facilitator: Salem Banafa, Business Development Manager, LADEC

Roundtable Room 2

Roundtable: Data-Driven
Compliance & AI-Enabled Optimization

Facilitator: Taavi Einaste, Artur Assor, Nortal

Roundtable Room 3
Roundtable: Driving Circular Economy with Industrial Automation and Digital Intelligence

Facilitator: Pekko Luumi, Director, Valmet

12:40 – 13:25 PM

Roundtable Room 1

Universities Roundtable: University Research Collaboration for Circular Economy

Facilitator: Karin Käär, Taltech

Facilitator: Dr. Antti Kappanen, LAB University of Applied Sciences

 

Roundtable Room 2

Roundtable: Circular Business Models, Reverse Logistics & Consumer Platforms

Facilitator: Mirjam Sokka, CEO, Kaiko

Roundtable Room 3

Roundtable: Food, Water & Agri-Circular Systems

Moderator: Kaia Gil,  Baltic Id, Partner

Facilitator: Siim Kabrits, Shroomwell Group, Founder & CEO
Facilitator: Kristel Vene Tallinn University of Technology/Raw Edge Co-founder

12:00 – 14:25 PM

Luch & Networking time
Forum Formal Forum ending ceremony. High Level closure and Next steps.

15:30 – 16:00 PM

Sami Kivisalo

Chairman of CircuSaudi and Kova PMC

Ben Queisser

CEO, Apex Ventures

Helen Aavisto

CleanTech Entrepreneur, Green Tiger

Salem banafa

Business Development Manager, Ladec

Taavi Einaste

Co-Chairmen of the Saudi-Estonian Business

Plenary PanelI: Global Best Practices & Next Steps

This closing session brings together all facilitators from the day’s roundtables to share key insights, lessons learned, and actionable recommendations. The panel will consolidate findings on global benchmarks, scaling challenges, and enabling conditions, while outlining next steps for cross-border collaboration, joint testbeds, and harmonised metrics. It sets the roadmap for the coming year and marks the formal conclusion of the Forum with a focus on collective priorities and future partnerships.

16:05 – 16:35 PM

Arpit Bhutani, Moderator

COO, Circular Innovation Lab (DK)

Pekko Luumi

Valmet Director

Mirjam Sokka

CEO of Kaiko

Tiit Land

Professor Dr Tiit Land, Tallinn University of Technology, Rector

Kaia Gil

Baltic Id, Partner

Plenary PanelI: Global Best Practices & Next Steps

This closing session brings together all facilitators from the day’s roundtables to share key insights, lessons learned, and actionable recommendations. The panel will consolidate findings on global benchmarks, scaling challenges, and enabling conditions, while outlining next steps for cross-border collaboration, joint testbeds, and harmonised metrics. It sets the roadmap for the coming year and marks the formal conclusion of the Forum with a focus on collective priorities and future partnerships.

16:40 – 16:50 PM

Kadri Land

Deputy Secretary-General for Strategy and Innovation, Ministry of Climate, Republic of Estonia

Speech

Vision of the bilateral and business relations between Estonia and KSA for the forthcoming visits. How to continue on follow-up’s and targets set by our nations on circular economy and climate goals.

16:50 – 17:00 PM

Taavi Einaste

Nortal CEO, Saudi-Estonian Business, Council Co-Chairman

Amal Baswaid

Saudi-Estonian Business, Council Co-Chairman

Closing Remarks

17:00 PM

End of Day 2