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expert on labor market trends
with widespread experience in
helping countries develop strategies
for their labor markets.
AmCham Healthcare Committee
Meets with Danish Regions
AmCham Denmark’s Healthcare
Committee conduc-ted
a roundtable meeting with
representatives from the Danish
Regions. The main objectives
for the meeting were to discuss
healthcare as a future driver of
growth in Denmark.
June
AmCham’s Education and
Integration Fund sends
Fulbright Scholar
to UC Berkeley
Copenhagen University
graduate student Anne Berg
Villumsen was awarded a grant
of DKK 85,000 at the University
of California Berkeley (Sept. to
June 2012)
July
AmCham Members Support
U.S. Embassy’s Independence
Day Celebration
Ambassador Laurie S. Fulton
hosted friends from the worlds
of politics, diplomacy, business,
culture and education for a
celebration of American Independence.
August
AmCham’s Annual Golf
Tournament at Simon’s
Golf Club
Twenty six teams from all
sectors of Denmark’s international
business community came
together in a fierce competition
to compete for the AmCham
Cup at Simon’s Golf Club.
AmCham Meets with
Representatives from the
U.S. Mission to the EU
AmCham Denmark met with
representatives from the U.S
Mission to the EU on August
23. On the agenda was the
upcoming EU Presidency.
Fulbright and AmCham’s Collaborate
on Entrepreneurship
Dr. Timothy Hatten, professor
at Colorado Mesa
University in Grand Junction,
Colorado was awarded DKK
100,000 as a 2-month guest
lecturer at the Innovation
House at Niels Brock
Copenhagen Business College
(Sept. to Oct. 2011).
September
AmCham Releases 2011
Business Barometer
AmCham Denmark releases
its annual survey of multinational
companies with activities
in Denmark. The survey
looks at each company’s prior
investments and reviews
their expecta-tions for 2012.
Nominations Open for the
Foreign Company of the
Year Award
AmCham meets with the
new U.S. State Department
Director
Dereck Hogan, newly appointed
U.S. State Department
Director, Office of Nordic
and Baltic Affairs, met with
AmCham for a briefing about
the Danish business environment
and the political
framework for doing business
in Denmark.
Danish Green Partnership
Delegation Visits
Washington, D.C.
U.S. Ambassador Laurie S.
Fulton led a Green Partnership
delegation to Washington,
D.C. Green Partnerships
is an ongoing collaboration
between the U.S. Embassy
in Denmark and the Confederation
of Danish Industry
(DI) with the primary focus of
building transatlantic bridges
in the cleantech sector.
October
Ambassador’s Reception
and Foreign Company of
the Year Award
Siemens is recognized for
its strategic investments
and significant contribution
to Danish job creation and
economic growth.
The beautiful “Festsal”
at Copenhagen’s City Hall
formed the backdrop for
this year’s reception.
Sponsored by United
Airlines and RiskPoint.
Foreign Investor Summit
”The Business of Growth
AmCham’s 5th Annual
Foreign Investor Summit
took place on November 1
at the Danish Enterprise
Construction Authority on
Langelinie. Present at the
event was the new Minister
of Trade and Investment,
Pia Olsen Dyhr.
november
AmCham EU Delegation
Visits Denmark
In preparation for the January
2012 Danish EU Presidency,
a delegation from AmCham
EU’s Presidency Group visited
Copenhagen to meet with
various stakeholders to
discuss top-line priorities for
the upcoming Presidency.
AmCham Welcomes New
Board Member, Emily Oatney
from Chevron
Family Thanksgiving Dinner
More than 320 guests gathered
in the Marriott’s beautiful
Vesterhavet Ballroom to celebrate
Thanksgiving, complete
with all of the trimmings. The
event was sponsored by Microsoft
and Microsoft Development
Center.
AmCham Releases 2nd
Edition Talent White Paper,
The Talent to Compete
Following on the success of
AmCham’s first talent publication,
”The Talent to Succeed,”
AmCham releases its 2nd
edition talent paper, noting
the critical and growing need
for a national talent strategy
in Denmark.
AmCham’s views on the
government’s new tax package
is published in Børsen.
December
Christmas luncheon with
U.S. Embassy’s Commercial
Service.
AmCham and the U.S.
Embassy’s Commercial Service
met at the Hard Rock Café to
discuss opportunities for collaboration
in 2012.
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