The Finnish American Business Council of the Greater Washington Area

Events

FABC organizes luncheons and cocktail buffets with guest speakers from Finnish or US business community and public sector. The annual membership fee entitles you to a reduced price for participation in these meetings. Pre-registration is required.

Future Events

Luncheon on June 13, 2007. “The image of Finland is great, now what? What six years on the media job has taught me”. Speaker: Kristiina Helenius, Press Counselor, Embassy of Finland and Managing Director Elect of the American Chamber of Commerce in Finland

Past Events

2007

• Luncheon and Annual general meeting on April 4, 2007. “Finland's Competitiveness from the Viewpoint of American Firms”. Speaker:  Mr. Teppo Rantanen, Chairman of AmCham Finland and Country Managing Partner at Deloitte Finland. 

2006

• Luncheon on Thursday, November 9, 2006, at 12:30 pm
  “Innovation and Competitiveness in the EU/Finland vs. the U.S.”
  Speaker: Mr. Esko Aho, President of The Finnish National Fund for Research and Development (Sitra)
  
• January 10, 2006 “Finland – and Her Economy – in the Euro Area”,
  Speaker: Mr. Pentti Hakkarainen, Member of the Board, Bank of Finland, Chairman of the External Audit Committee of IMF
• March 2, 2006
  “Finland’s Innovative Capacity: Is the Competitive Leadership Sustainable”,
  Speaker: Dr. Dan Steinbock, Director of the New York City office of the Academy of Finland
  
• July 10, 2006 “The Finnish EU Presidency – Challenges Ahead”,
  Speaker: H.E. Pekka Lintu, Ambassador of Finland to the United States

2005

• January 9, 2006 “Finnish-EU-US and Finnish-Russian Relations; Finnish-EU Energy Policy”, Speaker: Mr. Jouko Skinnari, Member of Finnish Parliament and Chairman of its Economic Affairs Committee
  This event was organized by Finlandia Foundation and FABC
• January 19, 2005 “Doing Business over Cultural Barriers - Difficult enough between the Nordics - Let alone with the Americans”, Richard D. Lewis, Chairman of Richard Lewis Communications, author of the book “When Cultures Collide”
• March 8, 2005 “The Promise of Stem Cells”,
  Dr. Ron McKay, Chief of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Dr. Mikko Laukkanen, National Heart Lung Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• May 17, 2005“Knowledge Economy in Finland - Successful Achievements and Demanding Future Challenges”. Professor Jorma Routti, Professor at the Helsinki University of Technology and the Executive Chairman of the Creative Industries Management Ltd, and Pekka Ylä-Anttila, Research Director at ETLA (The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy) and Managing Director of Etlatieto Ltd.

• September 16, 2005" Lucian's Finland - What can mighty Americans learn from the Finns? ", Robert G. Kaiser, Associate Editor at The Washington Post, and Lucian Perkins, Staff Journalist for The Washington Post and Pulitzer-winning photographer