On August 12, two representatives, Mr Anders Lindholm and Mr Bengt-Olof Grahn, from Gotland Municipality went to Öland to visit Borgholm Energy, the Municipality owned energy company on Öland. The mission was to present the TransPlan project for interested politicians, civil servants, energy consultants and energy engineers in Öland.
More than ten people were invited to the meeting, and the meeting was finally held for seven people from , Borgholm Municipality, Borgholm Energy company, Mörbylånga Municipality and the Regional Development Office from Öland.
Bengt-Olof Grahn made a presentation of the TransPlan project and described what has happened in the project so far. Anders Lindholm explained the work with the energy planning tool and the energy balance for Gotland.
The presentation was followed by a discussion about what could be done on Öland. There was a big interest for the energy planning tool and the project itself but Öland has not been able to find time and recourses to make an energy balance within the frames of TransPlan. However, Öland and Borgholm Energy will consider if they can try to use energy planning tool in a more moderate way during the last phase of the project.
Öland has had a good experience of the training sessions in Gotland and also the Midway meeting, many new important contacts have been taken and also a lot of new knowledge has been gained in the project.
Energy initiatives that has been taken on Öland during the TransPlan or since 2007 are:
- electrical car project
- electric fuel station with electricity produced by wind power
- investigation for production of electricity integrated in a power plant for district heating
- biogas investigation
17th to 19th of November, a youth conference will be held on Öland for youngsters aged 15 to 18. The Chairmanship also opens for older participants should it be requested from other islands. The conference is meant to be a continuation of the last B7 youth conference held on Bornholm 2007. The participants will get the chance to give their view on development of the Baltic Sea Islands. What would make them stay/return after University studies, for instance.
Tommy Eliasson 
Anders Nyholm
Susanne
Jörgen Samuelsson 
Seppo Ekelund 
Mats Lindahl 
First out was Ulf Johansson, a veteran from the early years of B7, who now lives in the Estonian capital,Tallinn. He spoke out of perspecitve from both the eastern and the western side of the Baltic Sea. Catharina Sörensen, Danish expert at the DG Regio gave us the latest update on the outcome of the Baltic Sea Strategy.She was followed by another Dane, 
Mr. Knud Andersen from Danish Regions who is also a board member of BSSSC as well as representative at the EU Committee of the Regions. He shared his vision of the future with the audience. From the Kalmar region, that Öland belongs to, Chief Executive Officer, Håkan Brynielsson, and socialdemocratic MP, Lena Hallengren, gave their views on the regions work in the past and possibilities in the future. A panel discussion, led by B7 facilitator, David Hunt, ended the day.
During the last weekend of September the B7 Board and Steering Committee met on Öland to visit the yearly Harvest Festival. This event has been going on for thirteen years and is still growing in numbers both in visitors and in activities. The visitors are guided to the different activities listed in the official catalogue by pumkins balancing on a bale of straw, the pumpkin being the official symbol of the event. The Chairmanship organised a seminar on agriculture and environment together with the Farmers Association. The seminar gathered almost 90 people who recieved information both about B7 and the new Sea environment proposition that the Swedish agricultural department has handed in to the parliament, and the local farmers' view on the same.
During September, Öland artist, Susanne Nyholm, shows 20 of her paintings at Town museum of Bergen, Rügen. It is a separate exhibition with only her work that opened first week of September and will go on until the end of the same month. The picture is from the Öland local paper, "Ölandsbladet", that gave this B7 related event good space. This is a good example of the different kind of exchanges that take place outside the normal B7 agenda. Susanne Nyholm has earlier had an exhibition in Paris, and will continue internationally in Haag, Holland and Bytow, Poland.
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