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With Danish elections on the
horizon in 2011, AmCham focused
on Access with the various party
leaders to ensure that our agenda
remained forefront.
Already in February, AmCham
members met with S & SF party
leaders, Helle Thorning-Schmidt
and Villy Søvndal. The roundtable
discussion focused on the needs
and issues of foreign investors
and multinationals in Denmark.
As 2011 was an election year, this
outreach was particularly critical.
In March, AmCham held its Spring
Member Reception at Rydhave,
with special guest, Justice Minister
Lars Barfoed. Ahead of the
reception, Minister Barfoed joined
the AmCham Board of Directors
for a roundtable discussion
focusing on competitiveness and
foreign investments. The informal
discussions touched on several
key issues, including Denmark’s
challenges with low labor productivity
growth and high cost of
doing business.
AmCham Hits the Ground Running in 2011: Access
Minister Barfoed then joined
Ambassador Fulton and AmCham
Chairman Kim Østrup in greeting
the many guests as they arrived
for this highly anticipated afternoon
reception. The timing was
perfect, since Ambassador Fulton
had just returned from Washington
DC, where she accompanied
the Danish Prime Minister Lars
Løkke Rasmussen for his personal
meeting with President Obama
the previous day.
In May, AmCham’s Healthcare
Committee met with the Danish
Regions to discuss healthcare
innovation as a growth driver.
The meeting’s goal was to open a
dialogue about public-private partnerships
in the area of health care.
The Healthcare Committee shared
its priorities of ensuring that
Denmark is a world leader in R&D
and clinical trials, the importance
of creating a healthy workforce
through innovative healthcare
solutions and to promote Denmark
as a showcase for IT and healthcare
solutions.
AmCham’s 5th Annual Foreign
Investor Summit took place in
november at the Danish Enterprise
Construction Authority on
Langelinie. Present at the event
was the new Minister of Trade and
Investment, Pia Olsen Dyhr.
The summit provided a forum
for business leaders and experts to
share their thoughts and concerns
over the future of foreign investment
in Denmark with the new
minister. Finn Lauritzen, Director
General of the Danish Enterprise
Construction Authority, kicked off
the program by welcoming guests
to Dahlerup’s Pakhus.
Lars Barfoed
speaks at
Rydhave in
March 2011
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