NRCC Networking Meeting in St. Petersburg

NRCC Networking Meeting in St. Petersburg - October 7th 2014

Some of the speakers at the network meeting, surrounded by organizers: From left: Jarle Forbord/NRCC, Heidi Olufsen/Norwegian Consulate General, Erik Gulbrandsen/Kværner, Ulrich Kreuzenbech/FIBA, Olga N. Agafonova/Orkla, Henrik Falck/Tschudi Shipping and Rune O. Methi/NRCC

Erik Gulbrandsen from Kværner is giving a corporate presentation.

Norwegian-Russian Chamber of Commerce has organized a networking meeting in St. Petersburg on October 7th. Present were some 70 representatives from Russian and Norwegian companies and organizations (Innovation Norway, SIVA, Norwegian Barents Secretariat and FIBA). The program consisted of interesting presentations of Norwegian enterprises located in the Murmansk region (Solarktik (GAC Norge), Tschudi Shipping, FIBA), followed by presentation of new NRCC member Maxima Legal LLC, presentation of Kværner offshore platform technology in the arctic by Erik Gulbrandsen and fruitful discussions on various trade issues. Public Relations Manager from Orkla Brands Ms. Olga Agafonova presented the chocolate “Osoby”. In conclusion, Managing Director of NRCC Jarle Forbord has informed participants of the meeting about Program Agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, discussing activities and perspectives of NRCC for the nextcoming years. Moderator of the meeting was Rune O. Methi, NRCC.

After the the networking meeting, the Norwegian Consul General in St. Petersburg Mrs. Heidi Olufsen hosted a reception for both Russian and Norwegian companies and organizations.

Networking Arena – St. Petersburg