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Joint Nordic ICT Forum, 23 January 2008

Martin Falch - Norwegian Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday 23 of January members of the Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Danish Chamber of Commerce were invited to the Joint Nordic ICT Forum. The event was hosted by the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce and Martin Falch, the Vice President of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce, welcomed the delegates. Three guest speakers provided new interesting perspectives on future communication on the web.

Rikard Steiber - Google

The first speaker was Rikard Steiber, Director of Product Marketing EMEA Google, who was presenting the shift from using the internet to seek information and further on to communicate online. He stated that the consumers of today are no longer sceptic towards security on the internet and the balance of power is shifting thus consumers can use each others’ experiences at the web and stand together to make changes. Mr Streiber predicted that networking and entertainment will be the future of the internet. Finally he presented a business idea which had become a success using the internet and thereby showing how businesses can grow via networking and forums at the internet.

John Horsley - Marzar

The second speaker was John Horsley from Marzar which is a website for B2B consumers. He also stated that networking is a great part of social life as well as business life. Mr Horsley predicted the future will bring us web 3.0 where voice and live pictures will be used when communicating electronically among business associates.

George Berkowski - WooMe

The third speaker was George Berkowski who is one of the entrepreneurs of www.woome.com. The idea behind the website is to provide speed-dating in electronic media. The users are to put a profile on the web and thereafter make sessions of 60 seconds talks to people whom they find interesting. Using web cameras to see the person you are talking to and at the same time hearing their voice is more effective, according to Mr Berkowski, as you immediately get an impression of the person.

All three guest speakers agreed that entertainment and networking will be a great part of the future web and it can be use both for socialising as well as business. After the presentations different questions were discussed by the guest speakers and the delegates and thereafter drink and canapés were served.

Martin Falch - Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Melani Nair - Top Language Jobs	Kenneth Refshauge - Barclays Financial Planning Per Kaag Andersen - Royal Danish Embassy	Guests
Guests	Guests	Charlotte Madsen - Madsen Food Claus Sørup Rasmussen - Danske Bank
Hildegunn Andersen - Norwegian Chamber of Commerce Hilde Johanson Igballe Miftari - South East England Development Agency	George Berkowski - WooMe Liza Bergstöm - Goodwille Limited	Annette Juhl Nielsen - Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce Michaela Horn Simonsen - Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce
Paul Lockenwitz - Nokia Vibeke Ulmann - Catalyst Communications	Guest Johan Bull - A2Z Media Tore Lande - GBOB International Ltd

Thursday Drinks 31 January 2008

Rupert Nelson - Thomson Thomas Winterh - Thomson Susanne Pedersen - Grundberg Mocatta Rakison LLP

The 31st of January was the first Nordic Thursday Drinks of the year.  

Martin Mortensen - Danish-UK Chamber  of Commerce Christin Olsen - Infinicor

The members who had signed up before hand were offered a free drink and delicious canapés sponsored by the Radisson SAS Portman.


The first Thursday Drinks of the year had a good turnout. Members from the Danish, Norwegian and Finish chambers were present; the conversation flowed and business cards were swopped.

Claus Andersen - Bevan Kidwell Tom Schrøder - Grundberg Mocatta Rakinson LLP	Paul Lokenwitz - Nokia Michaela Horn Simonsen - Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce Mads Næsholt Jensen - IBM

The next Nordic Thursday Drinks will be on the 28th of February.
We are looking forward to seeing you there.

 News from the Director

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Best regards,

Martin Mortensen
Executive Director
Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce

Annette Juhl Nielsen is the new intern at the Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce. She started at the office on 11 February 2008 and will be here until 1 August 2008. She has a Bachelors Degree in English and communication from the Aarhus School of Business and is currently doing a master degree in professional language also at the ASB.

Annette can be reached at the following address: ajn@ducc.co.uk

New blog by the Danish Ambassador





The Danish Ambassador Mr. Birger Riis-Jørgensen has started a new blog on the Danish Embassy's website. On the blog he will write about things happening at the Embassy as well as events going out in the UK and outside UK.
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Marianne Thomsen

Member of the Danish-UK Chamber of Commerce, Founder and Managing Director of Summit Production Marianne Thomsen has been chosen to be a judge at Brit Awards 2008 along with other big names from the music industry. She is the first Dane ever to be a judge on the show. The show will be held the 20^th of February 2008 and hosted by Ozzy and Sharon Osborne. To see the show and perhaps a glimpse of Marianne take a look at ITV1 the 20^th of February.

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