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SSCC Business Talk with Ambassador Ivo Germann, SECO – Zurich

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The Swedish Swiss Chamber of Commerce are pleased to invite you to a Business Talk with  Ambassador Ivo Germann, SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs) on Thursday 7 March 2024 in Zurich.
Ivo Germann will talk about Switzerland’s foreign economic policy in the face of global challenges. He will outline the current state of affairs with regard to the consolidation and further development of Switzerland’s bilateral path with the EU. Finally, his presentation will focus on economic relations between Sweden and Switzerland.

Programme

18:00 – 18:15 Registration
18:15 – 18:45 Keynote by Ambassador Ivo Germann, SECO
18:45 – 19:00 Q&A
19:00 – 20:30 Networking and apéro riche
This event follows the SSCC Annual General Meeting and gives an excellent opportunity to meet and network with the members of the Board of Directors and the SSCC members.
If you have registered as a member for the SSCC AGM, you do not need to register for this event as well. This keynote will follow directly after the AGM.
Link to the SSCC AGM event page
Welcome!

Speaker

Ambassador Ivo Germann

Head of the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate at SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)
Ambassador Ivo Germann, lic. oec. publ., has been head of the Foreign Economic Affairs Directorate since 1 February 2023. Previously, he headed the Macroeconomic Support Section in the Economic Cooperation and Development Division. From 2019 to 2022, he was head of Economic, Trade and Financial Affairs at the Swiss Embassy in Washington, D.C. Ivo Germann joined SECO’s Macroeconomic Support Section in August 2000 and was promoted to Deputy Head of Section in 2004. From 2007 to 2010, he was seconded to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London serving as principal economist. On returning to SECO in 2010, he took over as head of Private Sector Development and was promoted to head of Operations South/East in January 2013.

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Terms & Conditions

For event registrations our general policy is that refunds will only be issued for cancellations occurring 3 days or more prior to the event start date. For cancellations 1-2 days before a refund of 50% will be issued. In case of cancellations the same day or non-attendance (“no-show”) the entire participation fee will be charged. In case of no-show for events free of charge, the SSCC will charge a no-show fee of CHF 50.
Any variation from the above stated policy must be clearly indicated at the time the event registration occurs, and the policy above shall be deemed applicable in the absence of any other notification.

Date

07. Mar 2024
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Time

17:45 - 20:30

Location

Glockenhof Zürich
Sihlstrasse 33, 8001 Zurich
SSCC

Organizer

SSCC
Phone
+41 (0)43 343 10 51
Email
info@swecham.ch
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