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Time: 26th January 2022 at 14:00 CET (Finnish time at 15:00)
Venue: Microsoft Teams
Registration here by 24th January 2021.
The link to join will be sent to those registered on 25th January 2021.
The Finland Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Enterprise Europe Network, the Chamber of Commerce Finland-Switzerland, Switzerland Global Enterprise and the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce are pleased to invite you to “Swiss market opportunities” webinar.
The economic and commercial relations between Finland and Switzerland are of long standing and well established. Switzerland has well developed business infrastructure and its purchasing power is one of the world’s highest. Switzerland has a strategic location, which often serves as test market for multilingual and -cultural expansions. Switzerland ranks top 1 in innovation, R&D, FDI and global talent list, which means the country has highly skilled workforce and highly developed industries. It offers potential for partnerships in many areas; to mention few: biotech, medtech, nanotech, cleantech and renewable energy.
Join us on January 26th and learn more about various clusters and access to Swiss market and to a wealth of talent. Discover the assets of the various cantons and regions and deepen your knowledge of Swiss import and location promotion.
15.00 Opening of the webinar – greetings by Ambassadors
H.E. Mr. Valtteri Hirvonen, Ambassador for Finland in Berne, Switzerland „Trade relations between Finland and Switzerland”
H.E. Ms. Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Ambassador for Switzerland in Helsinki, Finland
Enterig the Swiss Market
15.20 “Why setting up an operation in Switzerland?”
Ms. Sirpa Tsimal, Director Investment Promotion of Switzerland Global Enterprise
15.30 “The Swiss business climate, sunnier than you think”
Mr. Michel Patteet, Managing Director, Prodigo
15.50 “Trade Advisor observations on Swiss market past few years”
Mr. Philipp Jordi, Trade Advisor, Team Finland, Embassy of Finland in Berne
16.00 Discussion
16.15 Moderation and closing the event
Mr. Yrjö Närhinen, Advisor of the Board at Chamber of Commerce Finland- Switzerland.
The webinar will be moderated by Mr. Yrjö Närhinen, Advisor of the Board at Chamber of Commerce Finland-Switzerland.
Warm welcome.
Learn more about the speakers
H.E. Mr. Valtteri Hirvonen, Ambassador for Finland in Berne, Switzerland, CV
H.E Ms. Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Ambassador for Switzerland in Helsinki, Finland , CV
Mr. Philipp Jordi, Trade Advisor, Team Finland, Embassy of Finland in Berne, CV
Mr. Michel Patteet, Managing Director, Prodigo, CV and Prodigo brochure
Ms. Sirpa Tsimal, Director Investment Promotion of Switzerland Global Enterprise, CV
Mr. Yrjö Närhinen, Advisor of the Board at Chamber of Commerce Finland-Switzerland, CV