FICE Conference - Do foreign companes want to stay in Estonia ?

💡 What do you think? Do Foreign Companies Want to Stay in Estonia?  On Wednesday, April 17, FICE is organizing a major event on this urgent issue. Join us for lively discussions!  🏆 On this occasion, the chamber of the year will be announced!  ✅ Go to https://lnkd.in/d9_3MbGy for the programme and your early bird ticket. Price: 85 € (incl. VAT) for regular ticket, 60 € for FICE members (discount code : FICE2024)  Two panels will bring together CEOs, economists, entrepreneurs, politicians, and policymakers to dissect the survey results and address critical questions about the future of foreign business in Estonia.  

First panel: 'Concerns of foreign companies in Estonia', Speakers: 

🟥 Tiit Riisalo, Minister of Economic Affairs and Information Technology, Estonian Government 

🟥 Sirli Männiksaar, Ericsson Estonia Country Manager and Chairman of the Board 

🟥 Karsten Staehr, Professor of Macroeconomics at TalTech – Tallinn University of Technology, and a part-time research advisor at Bank of Estonia 

🟥 Dr Scott Levy, CEO BlueMount Capital (UK) Ltd. 

🎤 Moderator: Kris Leinatamm, Effectiveness Consultant for Organisations and Teams  

Second panel: 'What do foreign companies in Estonia need to flourish?', Speakers: 

🟥 Lenno Uusküla, Luminor Group Estonia Chief Economist and Associate Professor in Macroeconomics at the University of Tartu 

🟥 David Clark, Venture partner, Tera Ventures 

🟥 Edmund Smolarek, Executive of Möhring Group, CEO of Balti Spoon OÜ 

🎤 Moderator: Bart Cosijn, Secretary of FICE and founder Estonian Dialogue Academy

Program : 

9.00–9.15  Welcome coffee + bite

9.15–9.30  Opening speech by FICE chairman Peter Thomsen                      Warm up by moderator: brief interaction with the audience to hear their questions for the day

9.30–10.00  Presentation of the FICE Executive Survey 2024 report by FICE chairman Peter Thomsen and Joseph Duggan, Economic Advisor to FICE Handing over of report to Minister of Economic Affairs & IT Tiit Riisalo

10.00–10.45  First panel with the Minister Tiit Riisalo, Sirli Männiksaar, Karsten Staehr and Scott Levy, + Q & A

10.45–11.00  Coffee break

11.00–11.15  Presentation by Madis Ostra, Foreign Investment Screening Expert + Q & A

11.15–11.25  Announcement of the FICE ‘Chamber of the Year’ including trophy handling

11.25–12.15  Second panel with Lenno Uusküla, David Clark and Edmund Smolarek, + Q & A

12.15–12.30  Closing remarks by FICE Chairman12.30Lunch and networking

We look forward to seeing you there !