Czech Republic – your next destination to find business and partners 29.9.2022 Hybrid

Time: Thursday 29th September 2022 at 15.00 – 17.00 o’clock.

Place: Hybrid event, WTC Helsinki, Marski Hall, address: Aleksanterinkatu 17, 00100 Helsinki or through Teams online connection (WTC Helsinki, no-show payment 25 euros after 26th September 2022).

Contact person: Johanna Marin-Hyppönen, johanna.marin-hypponen@helsinki.chamber.fi

Registration: At latest on the 26th September 2022.

29.09.2022 - 29.09.2022

Czech Republic is a strong growing economy in the Central Eastern Europe. It is the wealthiest country of the CEE region, and with 10 million inhabitants and GDP growth on long term at level of 4%, it is an attractive market. It is located right in the middle of the Europe and having short distance to all European markets; thus, Czech Republic records very high export figures. The country has a very strong manufacturing industry, and in particular automotive industry, but it excels not only in the traditional engineering areas but also in novel technologies such as ICT. Czech Republic is very strong in e-commerce for example. In recent IMD World Competitiveness Ranking Czech Republic advanced to 26th place.

Program

15.00
Opening of the event
Mr. Raine Pulkkinen, Chair, Finland-Central Eastern European Countries Business Association

15.05
Greetings and news from the Embassies
H.E. Mr. Pasi Tuominen, Ambassador of Finland to Czech Republic
Mr. Daniel Horak, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Czech Republic

15.25
Green transition in Czech Republic
Mr. Michal Hrubý, Research FellowEUROPEUM Institute for European Policy

15.40
Case Huld: From Prague to Space
Dr. Kimmo Kaario | Business Unit Director, Space & Defence

15.55
Company case – Vaisala Corporation
Mr. Tapio Makkonen, Sales Manager, Vaisala Corporation

16.10
EU – Presidency and the Czech Republic
Ms. Päivi Wood, Senior Advisor, Finland Chamber of Commerce

16.20
Discussion

17.00
End of the event 

In co-operation with

The event is co-organized by the Chair, Enterprise Europe Network, the Embassy of Finland to the Czech Republic, Finland Central Eastern European Countries Business Association, and the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce.

Join the event to learn more about the market opportunities in the Czech market.


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