Category: AmCham News
AmCham’s latest Sustainability Forum convened at Roche’s Oslo headquarters. Focusing on the corporate sustainability journey, the forum was kicked off by presentations from Roche Director of Public Affairs and Communications Hans Christian Hansson and ReputationInc Managing Partner Dennis Larsen, who discussed the diverse range of issues related to both communicating sustainability issues and better integrating sustainability practices across the entirety of a business.
Source: AmCham
Published: February 11, 2020
Category: AmCham News
Featuring a diverse selection of wines from 12 US producers from California, Oregon, and Washington, AmCham hosted a masterclass tasting for the Norwegian press and industry experts at US Ambassador Kenneth Braithwaite’s residence, Villa Otium.
Source: AmCham
Published: February 3, 2019
Category: AmCham News
Chaired by AmCham and hosted by Microsoft, key public and private stakeholders met with both Anniken Krutnes, Deputy Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Liga Rozentale, Director of EU Government Affairs Cyber for Microsoft Europe.
In her unique role as one of 25 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE), Ambassador Krutnes presented Norway’s position on cyber diplomacy at the UN level. “There is no international treaty on cyberspace, nor is one needed. In our opinion, international law applies to cyberspace.”
Source: AmCham
Category: Accounting / Financial
AmCham welcomed financial leads from Accenture, AIG, GIEK, Harvey Nash, IBM, Kluge, KPMG, Manpower, OSM Aviation, Pfizer, Sonitor, TGI Friday’s, and Verizon to Raise Gruppen‘s downtown Oslo offices for the first AmCham Financial Forum of 2020.
Source: AmCham
Category: AmCham News
The global economy is changing more quickly than ever before. Emerging markets are rapidly developing the infrastructure, talent, and funding to compete with their established peers. Global economic headwinds and an uptick in political volatility have made investors and multinational companies decidedly more cautious regarding long-term investments.
In short, the global battle for investment and jobs will increasingly affect Norway in the years to come.
Source: AmCham
Published: January 7, 2020