Senator Kennedy passed away in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, USA.We speak out our condolences! 

We had our Annual Crayfish Party at Soukka Yacht Club in Espoo on August 26th. We ate, drank, and sung. We enjoyed the seaside atmosphere and good companionship. Thank you Kenneth for the food and you all who participated. Special thanks to our FAC1932 team who made this happen!

If you want to know how to improve your business, join our great breakfast event on September 9th, 2009
at 8:30 at Hotel Helka. Please, pre-register with vavihavainen@gmail.com
The cost will be only 7,- per person and includes breakfast.

Welcome!

FAC1932

Vesa Vihavainen
Chairman

KIINNOSTAAKO YRITTÄJYYS? ETSITKÖ UUTTA LIIKEIDEAA?

Yhdysvaltain suurlähetystön kaupallinen osasto avustaa amerikkalaista Dale Carnegie Training -yritystä löytämään Suomesta omalle liiketoimintamallilleen perustuvaa franchise toimijaa.Dale Carnegie Training:in tarjoama liiketoiminta perustuu monipuolisten ja ISO 9001 sertifioitujen koulutusohjelmien tarjoamiseen yrityksille. 

Dale Carnegie Training, http://www.dalecarnegie.com

on kansainvälisesti tunnettu, 78 maassa toimiva ja näissä yli 100 toimipistettä tarjoava menestyksekäs liiketoimintakonsepti. Dale Carnegie Training antaa myös kattavan koulutuksen liiketoiminnan aloittamiseen, toimipisteen perustamiseen ja sen kannattavaan ja tuottoisaan toimintaan.

 Berit Friman, Dale Carnegie Training Franchisee

  Stockholm , Sweden and Oslo , Norway

 

“There is a special benefit to being a franchisee of Dale Carnegie Training. While you have your own autonomous business, you can share the renowned branding of Dale Carnegie. DC&A’s strength is their fast feedback when we have questions and problems, their high standards on products and development processes and their distinct focus on profitability have been key to our success and progress. It’s a stimulating to see the progress around the world and also the strong global support within the organization”.

Kiinnostuitko? Ota yhteyttä, annan mielelläni lisätietoja:

Mia Mäki, kaupallinen avustaja

Yhdysvaltain suurlähetystö/kaupallinen osasto

E-mail: mia.maki@mail.doc.gov, puh: 09-6162 5140

The FACC Helsinki breakfast meeting

If you have not yet registered, there is still time to do so!

Time: Friday, August 28^th, 2009 starting at 8:00 am 

Place: Hotel Kämp, Pohjoisesplanadi 29, Helsinki

 

The FACC Helsinki is delighted to have

Mr. Pekka Lintu, Ambassador of Finland to the United States

as our guest speaker.

Ambassador Lintu will give a report on current Finnish-US relations.

Pekka Lintu has been the Finnish Ambassador to the United States in Washington since 2006. He entered the Foreign Ministry in 1972 and has worked previously in permanent representative offices in Geneva and the OECD in Paris. Between 1994-2000 he was Ambassador in Tokyo, Japan. He has also worked for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs as Deputy Director General, Acting Director General and Under Secretary of State at External Economic Relations.

Please confirm your attendance latest by August 21^st, 2009,

by e-mail: taina-tellervo.vilkama@wtc.fi or by phone (09) 6969 2021.

Please note that registrations are binding.

Participation fee € 40,- will be invoiced afterwards.

Welcome!

 

THE FINNISH AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Helsinki

Heikki Malinen
Chairman & President

Mousa likes to see the positive side and the beauty in the nature, in the people and in the art.Valokuvajournalisti M.E. Mousa kuvaa eksoottisia, väreissään ainutlaatuisia kohteita
Yhdysvalloissa ja Suomessa käyttäen H.D.R. tekniikkaa saadakseen kuviin maalauksen tunnelman.

Kairossa, Egyptissä syntynyt Mousa asuu suomalaisen vaimonsa Ann-Christine Westelundin
kanssa New Yorkissa ja vierailee kesäisin Suomessa.

He has exhibited his photographs in New York, Karjaa, Lappeenranta and Helsinki.

Näyttely avoinna yleisölle 28.-31.8. klo 12-17

G A L L E R I A   E.  P I N O M A A
Raatimiehenkatu 2 b, 00140 Helsinki     tel. 660 652,  040 741 9650

Tervetuloa Amerikan Päiville Hämeenlinnaan nyt viikonloppuna!

Hämeenlinnan Suomi-Amerikka Yhdistys isännöi SAYL:n 61. Amerikan Päiviä 14.-16. elokuuta. Ohjelmassa on sekä iloista yhdessäoloa että mielenkiintoista tietoa Yhdysvalloista. Hämeenlinassa nämä ovat jo neljännet Amerikan Päivät - myös vuosina 1946, 1955 ja 1989 kokoonnuimme kaupungissa.

Yleisölle avoimia tilaisuuksia ovat:
Amerikka, monen kulttuurin maa -seminaari Sokos Hotel Vaakunassa perjantaina 14.8. klo 13-15. Puhujina ovat lehdistö- ja kulttuuriasiainneuvos Nicole Conn USA:n suurlähetystöstä ja The 69 Eyes -yhtyeen kaulahahmo, laulaja Jyrki Linnankivi. Tilaisuuden vetää vuorineuvos Martin Saarikangas. Kahvitarjoilu, vapaa pääsy.

Viralliset avajaiset järjestetään Elomessualueen esiintymislavalla Hämeensaaressa lauantaina 15.8. klo 11.30 alkaen. Luvassa iloista ohjelmaa ja antoisia puheita.

Tervetuloa tutustumaan Suomi-Amerikka Yhdistysten toimintaan ja ihailemaan jenkkiautoja Elomessujen standille 150-153, jossa päivystämme lauantain ja sunnuntain 15.-16.8. klo 10-18.. Täällä voit samalla liittyä jäseneksi liittoomme - kaikkien elokuun aikana liittyneiden kesken arvotaan amerikkalaisia kirjapalkintoja!

Nähdään Hämeenlinnassa - See you in Hämeenlinna!

Hinnat:

- Osallistumismaksu 31.5. asti 24 € ja 1.6. alkaen 28 €
- Golf: Aulangon jäsenille 20 € ja ei jäsenille 52 €
- Get together-party Vanajanlinnassa 40 € (sis. San Francisco-drinkin ja California –buffeen, kuljetukset sekä ohjelman)
- Hämeen Linnan iltajuhla 52 € (sis. illallisen, kaksi kaatoa viiniä, kuljetukset sekä ohjelman)
- Majoitus Sokos hotelli Vaakunassa 2hh 116 € ja 1hh 96 €.

Voit myös varata Amerikan Päivien tilaisuudet kätevästi yhden tai kahden päivän pakettina:
Perjantai-lauantai -paketti: 116 €/hlö 31.5. asti, 120 €/hlö 1.6. alkaen
- Ohjelman mukaiset ohjelmat
- Perjantaina Vanajanlinnan Get together-party
- Lauantaina Hämeen Linnan iltajuhla

Lauantai -paketti: 76 €/hlö 31.5. asti, 81 €/hlö 1.6. alkaen
- Ohjelman mukaiset ohjelmat
- Lauantaina Hämeen Linnan iltajuhla

Ilmoittautuminen osoitteessa www.hmlsay.net

Mikäli sinulle ei ole mahdollisuutta ilmoittautua netissä, ilmoittaudu soittamalla:
Hämeenlinnan Suomi-Amerikka yhdistys, Pauliina Hatunen, puh. 040…

Guest of Honor and Guest Speaker: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President & CEO, Nokia
“Our Mobile Future: Transforming the Way We Connect”
FACC New York
Fall Season Networking Opener
Thursday September 10, 2009
Reception starting at 6:30 P.M.
Dinner and presentation at 7:30 P.M.

This event will not only feature a prominent speaker but offer a unique opportunity to
network with current and new members of the FACC as well as with participants from the
Nordic and other European Chambers. Kick off the fall season with this pinnacle event!
Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York, NY (between 5th & 6th Ave)
Members US$150, Non-Members US$175, Tables of 10 US$1,400
RSVP by September 1, 2009, by returning the attached form and your check to:
Mail: FACC, 866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 250, New York, NY 10017

Email: faccnyc@verizon.net, Fax: 212-750-4418, tel: 212-821-0225
866 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA • SUITE 250 • NEW YORK, NY 10017
(212) 821-0225 • FAX (212) 750-4418 • EMAIL: FACCNYC@VERIZON.NET
WWW.FACC-NY.COM

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia, a pioneer
in mobile telecommunications and the world’s leading maker of mobile devices.
Mr. Kallasvuo joined Nokia in 1980 as Corporate Counsel and has held positions of increasing
responsibility since then. He was named President and COO in 2005, and
took the helm of Nokia in June 2006. Mr. Kallasvuo has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia since 1990, and was nominated to the Nokia Board of Directors in May 2007. He has been Chairman of the Board of Nokia Siemens Networks since its formation in 2007.
Mr. Kallasvuo also serves on the board of the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK.
He holds a master’s degree in law from the University of Helsinki. Before joining Nokia, Mr. Kallasvuo held a variety of positions with the Union Bank of Finland.

Nicholas Kuchova, Regional Senior Commercial Officer

Nicholas is the incoming Regional Senior Commercial Officer (RSCO) and will arrive in September 2009.  He will direct the U.S. Department of Commerce’s programs in Finland , as well as in Norway and Estonia .  His tour ends in 2013.  Until recently, Nicholas was the SCO in Panama City , Panama , where he arrived in 2008.  Prior to Panama , he served eighteen months as the Director of the U.S. Export Assistance Center in Savannah , Georgia .  Previously, Nicholas served as the Deputy SCO in Madrid , Spain , from 2002-2006.  Joining the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service in 1997, he served his first tour in Ankara , Turkey .  Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Nicholas was a teacher in an urban public school system.  As an entrepreneur, Nicholas successfully started and ran a charter airline, built homes and exported building materials to Japan, developed commercial fishery projects in Turkey and Mexico , and exported consumer goods to South America and Japan .  Previously, he worked in a division management position with US Home Corp.  Active in community affairs, Kuchova was an elected county official involved with a state constitutional change leading to legalized gambling in Atlantic City , New Jersey .  Nicholas is married to Robbin Calvert, his steady date since high school.  She will accompany him to post.  Off hours find them kayaking, hiking or mountain biking

Look at his comments about the state of Georgia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxNa5clJMGY

Please, take the chance and visit the “Connections” exhibit at Hotel Klaus K, Bulevardi 2-4, Helsinki.
The opening party takes place on August 13th at 5 pm. All painting are also for sale. Mr. Mousa uses digital photography and H.D.R. to give his photographs a feeling of paintings. The exhibit stays in the lobby until October. Welcome! Registrations for the opening ceremony at restaurants@klauskhotel.com