FACC Helsinki

Events

Past events

2007

April 18, 2007 "USA and Global Economy - What is going on?"
Speakers: Mr. Tom M.T. Niles, Vice President of US Council for International Business, Board Member of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, and Mr. Jorma Korhonen, Director General, Department for External Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

On January 11th, members of the FACC Helsinki board met with Ambassador Jukka Valtasaari. Past and current Finnish - U.S. relations was the theme of the luncheon meeting.

May 21, 2007 Annual General Meeting of the FACC Helsinki
Keynote address: "Finnish - US Defence Relations"
Speaker: Admiral Juhani Kaskeala, Chief of Defence, the Finnish Defence Forces

June 13, 2007 Briefing with Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao

May 30, 2007 Roundtable Discussion with Mr. Pekka Lintu, Ambassador of Finland to the United States of America

October 4, 2007 "Volvo Group and the US markets"
Speaker: Mr. Jorma Halonen, Executive Vice President of AB Volvo and Deputy CEO of the Volvo Group

November 29, 2007 "Benecol strikes back"
Speaker: Mr. Matti Rihko, Chief Executive Officer of the Raisio plc

2006

February 17, 2006 ”KONE Corporation’s experiences of the U.S. markets”
Speaker: Mr. Heimo Mäkinen, Executive Vice President, Area Director, North America, KONE Corporation.

April 28, 2006 “Paper industry today and tomorrow in the U.S.”
Speaker: Mr. Robert Olah, President and CEO, Myllykoski-North America

June 7, 2006 Annual General Meeting of the FACC Helsinki
Words of greeting by Ms. Marilyn Ware, United States Ambassador to Finland

November 13, 2006 “Finland and the U.S. – a Nokia perspective”
Speaker: Mr. Rick Simonson, Executive Vice President, CFO, Nokia Corporation

November 30, 2006 Briefing with Ambassador Eric S. Edelman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

2005

February 15, 2005 “What expectations are there on the George W. Bush's second term especially from the business point of view?”
Speaker: Mr. Jukka Valtasaari, Ambassador of Finland to the United States

June 10, 2005 Annual General Meeting of the FACC Helsinki
“The Fall and The Rise of Silicon Valley – Opportunites for Finnish Companies”
Speaker: Mr. Jussi Heinilä, Head of Trade Center, Finpro USA, Silicon Valley

October 6, 2005 “ICT Business in USA”
Speaker: Mr. Travis Witteveen, Executive Vice President of Americas, F-Secure Inc

November 22, 2005 “The US Financial Outlook: Dealing with Deficits"
Speaker: Ph.D. Mr. David A. Wyss, Chief Economist, Standard & Poor’s