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Doing Business Abroad Seminar
21.1.2010 at 14.00-17.30

12.1.2010

AIESEC in cooperation with the Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business and Economics, the Oulu Business School and TEKES, cordially invite you to the

Doing Business Abroad -seminar

A significant challenge among Finnish companies is successfully penetrating foreign market. However, the lack of knowledge of the business culture of the target countries should not be the reason of a failure. All over the seminar, 10 students from 10 countries will be sharing their knowledge about doing business in their home country.

14.00

Welcome, Mr. Sauli Sohlo, Martti Ahtisaari Institute of Global Business and Economics / Oulu Business School

14.10

Key Note speaker, CEO, Ms. Lisa Sounio, Dopplr

14.55

Brazil, Mr. Pedro Nardelli
Russia, Ms. Svetlana Arkhipova
India, Mr. Raghavendra Sathyanarayana
China, Ms. Xiting Zhang
Poland, Mr. Waldemar Dzienisz

15.45

Coffee break

16.15

Nigeria, Mr. Goodluck Onwukwe
Ghana, Mr. Danny Mefful
Nepal, Mr. Binod Timilsina
France, Mr. Dorian Maillard
and Germany, Mr. Jan Hermes

17.15

Closure, AIESEC Oulu Local Committee President, Mr. Thystere Bangue-Tandet

Discussion and networking

For 10 minutes, the speakers will be giving the audience a brief update of the current economic situation of their country, and share the 3 most important factors foreign firms should take into account when starting business in their country. Further, they will also talk about their experiences in Finland and the differences in the culture they have faced.

Ms. Lisa Sounio, CEO of Sonay Ltd, Co-Founder of the travelling social website Dopplr Ltd, will give us the honour of opening the seminar by a presentation on the topic through the case Dopplr – Social Atlas.

To whom: Foreign trade oriented firms from the Oulu region
Event: Thursday January 21st, 2010 at 14:00 – 17:30
University of Oulu, room TA 105
Registration: http://dbaseminar.eventbrite.com
Contact Person: tuomas.seiko(at)aiesec.net, +358405775967

Seminar is free of charge.

The official seminar brochure (pdf)