[18.10.12] Global Crisis – what Future for Norway and Switzerland?
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The Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, NUPI, and the Swiss Embassy in Oslo have the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar:
Global Crisis – what Future for Norway and Switzerland?
Against the backdrop of the global crisis, the need for EU reform and the identity crisis of the old continent we look into the consequences and opportunities for these two independent European players.
The conference runs along three axes: the Norwegian and Swiss social model and the resulting economic punch; the policy of peace building and its impact in foreign relations; and the possible effects of the crises on the political and economic strategies of the two countries.
With Kristian Berg Harpviken, Nina Witoszek, John Stoll, Spyridon Arvanitis, Nikolai Astrup, Kjetil Wiedswang and others.
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Program 12:00-16:00
Welcome
Ulf Sverdrup, director NUPI
Two different social models. Similar results?
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Lectures and comparison
Atle Midttun (N), Professor Norwegian Business School, Norway
Spyridon Arvanitis (GR/CH), Head of the research section of the Swiss Economic Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
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Round table
– What system is “better”?
Erik Amble (CH), Managing partner NeoMed, Norway
Aline Bütikofer (CH), Assistant professor Norwegian School of Economics, Norway
Thomas Bull-Larsen (N), former McKinsey director for Switzerland, currently chairman for the Norwegian company Sensonor, Switzerland
Moderator: Ingrid Meissl Årebo (CH), Stockholm based Scandinavian correspondent for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Switzerland
Contributions to peace and reconciliation – charity or strategy?
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Lectures
Kristian Berg Harpviken (N), Director Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway
Daniel Möckli (CH), Head of Strategic Trends Analysis, Center for Security Studies, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
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Round table
– small countries punching above their weight?
Bente Angell-Hansen (N), Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
Georges Martin (CH), Deputy State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland
Moderator: Bjørn Hansen (N), journalist international affairs, Norway
Global crisis – two islands of prosperity seen from the outside
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Lectures
John Stoll (USA), Stockholm bureau chief for the Nordics and Baltics of the Wall Street Journal, USA
Lars Trägårdh (S), Professor Ersta Sköndal University College, Sweden
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Round table – Developments and strategies for Norway and Switzerland
Nikolai Astrup (N), MP for the conservative party since 2009 for the Oslo constituency, Norway
Daniel Klingele (CH) Deputy Head, Spokesperson, Mission of Switzerland to the European Union, Switzerland
Nina Witoszek (PL/N), Professor University of Oslo, Norway
Moderator: Kjetil Wiedswang (N), journalist Dagens Næringsliv, Norway
Summary
Ulf Sverdrup, NUPI
Reception
After the seminar, the Swiss Embassy will be offering refreshments and a selection of Swiss and Norwegian delicacies.
The seminar was developed by SorgConsulting in Zurich (www.sorgconsulting.com) together with NUPI in Oslo (www.nupi.no) and the Swiss Embassy in Norway.