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SSCC YEARBOOK 2016/2017
PAST EVENTS 2015/16
Photos: SSCC, Nordea Bank S.A., Courtesy Art Basel, Andaleeb Lilley Photography, Müller-Möhl Group
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September 2015 December 2015 Oil seminar with Thina Saltvedt, Nor-
SSCC Traditional Crayfish Party - Zurich Glögg evening in cooperation with SEB dea Private Bank - Lugano
Private Bank - Geneva
SSCC Golf Competition - Lugano Golf SSCC After Work - Zurich
Club Glögg evening in cooperation with SEB
Private Bank - Zurich Opening of the new Swedish Consula-
Nordea Private Bank event, Presentati- te in Lugano. Presentation by Christian
on by Carl Bildt - Zurich Lucia Celebrations - Lugano Vitta, State Councillor, Canton Ticino
- Lugano
“A Green Race is on”, presentation by January 2016
Prof. Björn Stigson - Zurich SSCC After Work - Zurich SSCC After Work - Geneva
SSCC After Work - Zurich SSCC After Work - Geneva May 2016
Nordea Golf Competition - Lugano
“Traceability and Transparency for a February 2016
Responsible” Economy by Robin Cor- Presentation by Peter Voser, Chairman SSCC After Work - Zurich
nelius - Geneva of ABB, “Innovate to compete” - Zurich
Presentation by Klas Petersson, Swe- SSCC After Work - Geneva
SSCC After Work - Geneva dish Defence Attaché - Geneva
October 2015 Ski World Cup, joint event with June 2016
Presentation with Dr. Percy Barnevik, SwissCham and SSCC - Stockholm Nordic Drink, joint event with Finnish
Hand in Hand - Geneva Chamber, Danish Chamber, Norwegian
After Work - Zurich Club and SSCC - Zurich
SSCC After Work - Zurich
March 2016 Art Basel, private event and guided
3rd Lugano Philanthropy Day, “Empo- SSCC Annual General Meeting - Bern tour for SSCC - Basel
wering Communities to Lead Change”
- Lugano SSCC After Work - Geneva
Dinner in conjunction with the Lugano Motor Show with Volvo Cars - Geneva
Philanthropy Day
Presentation by Kerstin af Jochnick,
SSCC After Work - Geneva First Deputy Governor, Riksbanken -
Zurich
November 2015
SWEA Business Forum - Zurich SEB Skiing Competition - Klosters
SSCC After Work - Zurich April 2016
Workshop with Prosensit, “Change
Presentation by Carolina Müller-Möhl, Management - Closing the Gap
“Another Perspective on Investing: between Strategy and Execution” -
Social Responsibility” - Zurich Geneva
SSCC After Work - Geneva
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PAST EVENTS 2015/16
Presentation by Dr. Percy Barnevik,
Hand in Hand International
Geneva, 20 October 2015
Dr. Percy Barnevik, former CEO/Chairman of ABB, Astra
Zeneca, Skanska, Sandvik and Investor held a presentation
giving us an insight to the important work of “Hand in Hand
”. Dr. Barnevik is the Co-founder and Honorary Chairman of
Hand in Hand.
Hand in Hand focuses on poverty reduction through job
creation. Women are mobilized into “Self-Help groups”,
empowered by business training and access to credit. Hand
in Hand has so far helped almost 1,7 million women entre-
preneurs and created 1,75 million enterprises; the goal is
to create 10 million jobs. Furthermore, more than 260,000
children have been taken out of child labour and moved into
Photo: Kim Norman schools.
3rd Lugano Philanthropy Day
“Empowering Communities to Lead
Change”
Lugano, 22 October 2015
SSCC and UBS had the pleasure of inviting members and
friends of the Chamber to the 3rd Philanthropy Day in Luga-
no. The forum had the focus on the conceptual and practical
issues in building empowered communities. The discussion
was led through examples and case studies from the field.
Speakers were: Percy Barnevik, Co-founder and Honorary
Chairman of Hand in Hand; Riccardo Braglia, Founder of the
Foundation New Flower in Africa; Ann-Marie Sevcsik, Pro-
gram Director at UBS Optimus Foundation; and Rajesh Panja-
bi, MD, MPH - Co-Founder and CEO of Last Mile Health. This
was a highly appreciated event and was followed by an ex-
ceptional dinner with top Chef Tommy Myllymäki combining
the Swedish and Ticino food cultures.
The dinner was taking place at the renowed Michelin Star
restaurant Arté in Lugano headed by Frank Oertle.
Photos: UBS
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SWEDISH SWISS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Photos: SSCC
THE SSCC OFFErS A WIDE rANgE OF EVENTS the Chamber to its annual skiing competition. As in previous
SUCH AS BUSINESS EVENTS, WOrKSHOPS AS years, the event took place in Klosters with a fun ski com-
WELL AS SOCIAL EVENTS. petition along with instructions by Nina Öqvist from Skiers
Accredited. After the competitive race we all enjoyed a
HErE IS A SELECTION OF SOME OF THE SOCIAL lunch at the Alte Schwendi restaurant on the slopes. In the
EVENTS OrgANISED DUrINg 2016. evening more guests joined the party for a dinner at the
Chesa grischuna restaurant. As well as SEB, Scott Sports and
SwissCham and SSCC World Cup Ski event Skiers Accredited sponsored with prizes for the winners and
Stockholm, 23 February 2016 the runner-up. Destination Davos Klosters also presented
The first joint event between SSCC and the Swiss Chamber during the evening.
of Commerce in Sweden was organised around the first
World Cup Ski event in Hammarbybacken in Stockholm. Anja nordic Drinks
Pärson joined us while watching the world champions com- Zurich, 2 June 2016
peting in parallel slalom and was the key note speaker in the The SSCC in cooperation with the Danish-Swiss Chamber
evening during our dinner in Hammarby Sjöstad. of Commerce, Handelskammer Finnland-Schweiz and
Norgesklubben Sveits organized the first joint Nordic event
The event was hosted by Magnus Hartog Holm, Ambassador with a Nordic Drinks event at the Blaue Ente in Zurich. Two
to Sweden in Switzerland, and gérald Délèze, Counsellor/ joint events per year will be organised following the success
Deputy Head of Mission of the Swiss Embassy in Sweden. of this event.
The event was a huge success and will be followed by more
joint events in both Sweden and Switzerland. And as “icing
on the cake” Sweden got 3 podiums (2 silver and 1 bronze)
and Switzerland 1 gold.
SEB Annual Ski Competition
Klosters, 12 March 2016
For the sixth year running, the SSCC in cooperation with
SEB had the pleasure of inviting members and friends of
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Photos: Andaleeb Lilley Photography
Peter Voser, Chairman of ABB
“Innovate to compete”
Zurich, 3 February 2016
The Swedish Swiss Chamber of Commerce (SSCC) in co- Widder, and members and friends of the respective
operation with the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce Chambers enjoyed the increased networking opportunities
(BSCC) had the pleasure of welcoming Peter Voser for a across the “borders” as well as listening to a highly in-
presentation on the topic “Innovate to compete”. Given teresting and inspiring speech by Peter Voser.
the increasingly competitive international environment,
companies that wants to remain successful in the future
must boost their capacity for innovation. This was a
very successful event. We filled the Widder Saal at Hotel
Impressum
Editor in Chief: Eva Fiorenzoni, Swedish Swiss Chamber of Commerce
Cover Photo: ABB
Print & Grahic Design: B. Blöchlinger AG, 6015 Luzern
Distribution: 1000 copies and digitally on www.swecham.ch
Advertising: Eva Fiorenzoni, eva.fiorenzoni@swecham.ch, +41 43 343 10 51
SSCC YEARBOOK no. 7, 2016/2017
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