Bank of Lithuania
Event date
March 10 09:00 - 12:00

Lietuvos bankas is organising a roundtable discussion titled “Baltic Economic Resilience: Why Investors Stay – and the Faith Behind Investment”, which will take place on 10 March.

  • The event will be livestreamed online.
  • The event will be held in English.

This event will provide a candid, forward-looking platform to examine Baltic economic resilience and the decisions that shape it. As John Maynard Keynes observed, “Investment is an act of faith in the future.” Against this backdrop, the discussion will focus on a central question: what sustains that faith today – and why investors continue to choose Lithuania despite an increasingly complex global environment?

Industry leaders and investors will share the practical reasons why they continue to invest in the region – from talent and productivity to stability, institutional trust, speed of execution, and strategic clarity. The discussion will offer honest perspectives on what works well, what requires improvement, and what we must do next to remain competitive in a rapidly changing world.

Agenda

08:30 – 09:00  Registration
09:00 – 09:10 Opening remarks
Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of Lietuvos bankas
09:10 – 09:40 Conceptual Overview
Kotryna Tamoševičienė, Director of the Economics Department of Lietuvos bankas
09:40 – 10:40

Panel Discussion I: The Price of Proximity: Stability at Europe's Frontier

  • Moderator: David Barwick, Editor in Chief at Econostream Media
  • Edward Lucas, journalist and writer
  • Madis Müller, Governor of Eesti Pank
  • Laura Solanko, Deputy Head of BOFIT
  • Gediminas Šimkus, Chair of the Board of Lietuvos bankas
10:45 – 11:45

Panel Discussion II: Capital Stays Where Confidence Pays

  • Moderator: David Barwick, Editor in Chief at Econostream Media
  • Vladas Algirdas Bumelis, Director General of Northway Biotech
  • Kinga Stanisławska, Co-Founder and President of European Women in VC
  • Vida Staskonienė, Director of the Investment Development Department of Invest Lithuania
  • Rolandas Valiūnas, Chair of the Board of the Investors' Forum
11:45 – 11:50 Closing remarks
Last update: 10-03-2026