Dagskrá viðskiptadags í Milanó 26.maí

Staðsetning: Milanó

The Icelandic-Italian Business Day

Palazzo Marino (Sala dell’Alessi), Piazza della Scala 2, Milano

 26 May 2008  

09:30 – 10:00         Registration

10:00 – 10:20         Opening of the event
Moderator:
Guðjón Rúnarsson, Chairman, Icelandic-Italian Chamber of Commerce.
     Speakers:
     Letizia Moratti, Mayor of Milan
     H.E. Guðlaugur Þ. Þórðarson, Icelandic Minister for Health

10:20 – 10:35         The Icelandic Economy
     Speaker: Grétar Már Sigurðsson, Permanent Secretary of State, Ministry for          Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.

10:35 – 11:00         Coffee Break

11:00 – 11:25         Investment opportunities in

Iceland: Why do business in Iceland? Speaker: Þórður Hilmarsson, Director, Invest in Iceland Agency

Data Centres in Iceland
Carbon Fibre Manufacturing
Biotechnology Opportunities
Iceland as an International Finance Centre

11:25 – 11:40         Expanding Italian business to Iceland
     Speakers:
     Rosanna Foresti Rosenthal, President, Becromal
     Aldo Fasan, Vice President, Becromal

11:40 – 12:00         The Icelandic export sectors
     Speaker: Guðjón Svansson, Director, Market Development, Icelandic Trade           Council

12:00 – 12:30         Bridging the Gap: From Iceland to Italy and vice versa
     Speakers:
     A representative from Landsbanki Iceland;
     Antonio Urbano, Managing Director, Landsbanki / Kepler, Milan.
     Sigurður Þorsteinsson, Partner of Design Group Italia and Managing          Director of Blue Lagoon Spa and Skincare: “Islanda e Italia creano         insieme”

12:30 – 13:00         Tourism introduction
     Speakers:
     Davíð Jóhannsson, Director, Continental Europe, Icelandic Tourist Board:             “Tourism in Iceland & the Italian Market”
     Guðrún Sigurðardóttir, Director, Island Tours, Lecco
     Stephen Brown, Director, Icelandair, Paris: “Quest’estate vado in Islanda!”

13:00 – 14:30         Buffet luncheon with Icelandic delicacies at Palazzo Marino, prepared by Icelandic Master Chef, Leifur Kolbeinsson

14:30 – 16:30         B2B meetings between potential business partners

20:00                      “Nature and beyond!” at Residenza Liberty, Corso
                                Vercelli 57    An evening of Icelandic  culture and travelling possibilities in Iceland.

Info by jonas@mfa.is