EVENTS
EVENTS
WOMEN INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING EVENT, NOVEMBER 6, 2014
SACC-Philadelphia partnered up with Global Philadelphia and the German-American Chamber of Commerce
and sponsored the 1st Women International Networking event in Philadelphia. This event was highly appreciated where the guests had the opportunity to network with like-minded, professional women. The program
consisted of guest speaker is Donna Serdula, who shared 5 top tips on how to showcase one’s international
experience at the social media channel - Linkedin, a wine-tasting session by Sommelier-conseil, Lauriann
Greene, a free professional headshot by Chris Burkett of Resolution Art, and an exhibition of international K-8
educators on raising global kids. n
Foundation and the Wall Street Journal conduct annually. They look at regulatory efficiency, government size, openness of competition, rule of law,
property rights, intellectual rights, judicial fairness, and tolerance for corruption. Denmark ranks 11, Finland 19, Sweden 23, Norway 27. “You have a
conservative think tank and the leading business and financial newspaper in
the United States ranking these so-called socialist or welfare-oriented countries in the top 15% of economic freedom, which is free market capitalism,”
Miller said. “Words like socialism and capitalism can obscure, as much as
illuminate, what is going on. When 25,000,000 people on the planet are
happy, those countries must be doing something right.”
Miller’s struggle was in accepting the high taxes and government spending
in the Nordic countries. He noted they have not been affected by the debt
other countries with similar policies experienced. “Are the Nordic countries
above average because of a Nordic model?” he posed. “What are the characteristics? Is it nothing more than welfare states or a form of socialism of
high taxes and spending? Is it something else, individual and cultural characteristics? What is the interplay of culture and government?”
THE NORDIC ECONOMIC MODEL, DECEMBER 15 2014
(Source: Norwegian American Weekly)
Every year surveys show the Nordic countries—Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland—ranking among the
world’s best in livability, prosperity, and gender equality. Is there some secret that these countries have that
could be replicated elsewhere?
On December 15, the issues were discussed in a program: The Nordic Economic Model: Successes, Challenges, and the Future, at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The program was sponsored by Norwegian
American Chamber of Commerce Philadelphia and Global Interdependence Center, in partnership with The
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce - Philadelphia and Global Philadelphia. Speakers pondered whether
there is a model or if particular characteristics pertain to the four nations, be they cultural or political. Ambassador Terry Miller, Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics and the Mark A. Kolokotrones
Fellow in Freedom, The Heritage Foundation, was the keynote speaker.
Two panels followed: The Government View featured Leif Trana, Minister Counsellor for Economic Affairs,
Royal Embassy of Norway, Washington; Jukka Pietikäinen, Consul General of Finland in New York; and moderator R. Anthony Salgado, Partner, Blank Rome, while A View of the Markets included Robert Bergqvist, Chief
Economist at SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken); Lars Björk, CEO of Qlik, a business intelligence software
company; and moderator Kathleen Stephansen, Chief Economist at AIG. Jarl Frijs-Madsen, Consul General
of Denmark in New York, was unable to attend. Ambassador Miller had the diffic [ \