Team Finland launching event 10th of September – Join us!

Team Finland is a response to the export and internationalisation needs of Finnish companies. It brings together enterprises and public service providers. The goal of the network is to create a strong, dynamic team that facilitates the international breakthrough of Finnish companies.

Team Finland will be launched on Monday, September 10th at 8.00-16.30 at the Finlandia Hall. Companies and public service providers will gather to discuss the future of internationalisation services. The purpose of the event is to hear especially the views of SMEs on the challenges of internationalisation and how the Team Finland network should meet these challenges.

The event will be opened by Sauli Niinistö, President of the Republic of Finland. The speakers include Jyrki Katainen, Prime Minister of Finland, Jyri Häkämies, Minister of Economic Affairs,  and Alexander Stubb, Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade in addition to the company representatives,

Concrete suggestions for action, resulting from the speeches, panels and workshops, will be handed to the Team Finland steering group at the end of the day.

Participation in the event is free of charge, but requires registration. Please note that two of the workshops will be in English , but the event in itself will mostly be in Finnish. To register for the event visit http://www.ek.fi/TeamFinland/ilmo_teamfinland_10092012.php (Finnish) or http://www.ek.fi/TeamFinland/ilmo_teamfinland_10092012_english.php (English). The program of the event can be seen from http://www.ek.fi/TeamFinland/ohjelma.php (Finnish).

For further infromation contact: Simo Karetie or Outi Ervasti