Seminar

September 22, 2010

Investing in Poland Seminar • Helsinki • September 22, 2010

Seminar
11:45 – 12:15
Registration

12:15 – 12:20
Opening of the Seminar – Mika Ruotsalo, Finnish Polish Chamber of Commerce

12:20 – 12:30
Poland – exciting investment destination
– Mrs Joanna Hofman, Poland’s Ambassador to Finland

THE BIG PICTURE

12:30 – 13:00
How Poland avoided the crises and is heading for growth again. The Macroeconomic
view – presentation by representative of Danskebank
13:00 – 13:20
“The Special economic zones – choose the right location and benefit from it”
– PAIiIZ

CHALLENGES IN SETTING UP THE BUSINESS

13:20 – 13:40
Legal issues on setting of a company, hiring staff, court system
– Andrzej Tokaj, Managing Partner, Magnusson Poland

13:40 – 14:00
Accounting – challenges, the pitfalls, costs
– Tomi Ranta, Managing Director, Poland Leinonen accounting

14:00 – 14:20
Coffee Break

14:20 – 14:40
Finding office and commercial space in Poland – speaker to be confirmed

14:40 – 15:00
You have your office, but how to find the young, well-educated and motivated staff?
– Mika Eskola, Managing Director, Opteam

15:00 – 15:20
You’ve hired the staff, but how to communicate? Cultural differences – what can go
wrong and what to look out for – Anitta Koskio, Managing Director Expat House
 Seminar • Helsinki • September 22, 2010 Investing in Poland

Schedule
MANUFACTURING – Where to locate
15:40 – 16:10
Benchmarking the manufacturing costs in Eastern Europe with focus on Poland
– Sami Humala, Head of Trade Center, FINPRO Praque

16:10 – 16:45
DISCUSSION PANEL
Why Poland and what practical challenges we faced there
– moderated by Mika Ruotsalo, Finnish Polish Chamber of Commerce
C
 ASE STUDY: Cargotec “Why we moved our production to Poland”
– Mika Selänne, Vice President, Operations Europe, Cargotec Product Supply
C
 ASE: UPM Raflatac “From a sales office to building a factory”
– Jon Lenck, Managing Director

16:45
Closing (Bus transport to Residence of Ambassador of Poland)

17:30 – 20:00
Reception & Coctails at the Residence of Ambassador of Poland
Address of the Residence: Armas Lindgrenin tie 21 00570 Helsinki

Event held at:

Ilmarinen auditorium, Porkkalankatu 1, 00180 Helsinki
Date: 22.9.2010

Investing in Poland Seminar has been organized by

The Finnish Polish Chamber of Commerce
and Warsaw Business Journal Group
under the auspices of the Embassy of Poland in Helsinki

Honorary Partner:

Embassy of the Republic of Poland

in Helsinki

Partners: