Agile. Networked. Forward-looking. How importers and ...

SIPPO Import Promotion Forum 2021

Agile. Networked. Forward-looking.

How importers and exporters contribute to resilient trade chainsThursday, 27 May 2021, livestream starting at 4 p.m. (with renowned representatives of the public and private sector and business associations)

Schedule

from 3:45 p.m. NILSA Music (live)

4 p.m. Welcoming remarks Fabienne-Alexia Muller, Head of Programme, SIPPO Martin Stricker, Co-Head of Economic Development, Office of Economy and Labour, Canton of Basel-Stadt 4:10 p.m. Am I resilient? Is my organisation resilient? Denis Mourlane, Founder and CEO, mourlane management consultants

4:40 p.m. Free trade agreements – how do they contribute to stable trade chains? Ambassador Markus Schlagenhof, Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreements and Member of the Board, SECO

4:55 p.m Intro to breakout sessions

5:10 p.m. Breakout sessions A: What impact do importers have on the resilience of trading partners? Host: Salome Hofer, Head of Sustainability/Economic Policy, Coop B: How can exporters build up resilient trade chains? Host: Edin Dacic, CEO, Daccomet AG C: Information as the basis for resilient trade relations Host: Sandro Kundig, Group CEO, Kundig Group

5:40 p.m. Break

5:50 p.m. Postulates in the plenary session; discussion; recommendations Hosts of break-out sessions; Feedback: Kaspar Engeli, Director, Swiss Trade

6:15 p.m. Final remarks & farewell Monica Rubiolo, Head of Trade Promotion, SECO Fabienne-Alexia Muller, Head of Programme, SIPPO

6:30 p.m. Virtual networking

Moderation: Marc Lehmann, Journalist, SRF

Speakers (in order of forum schedule)Fabienne-Alexa Muller,Head of Programme, SIPPOHead of Programme of SIPPO since 2020. Head of Operations of the current SIPPO programme since 2017 and SIPPO Programme Manager at Osec (now S-GE) from 2009 to 2013.

Martin Stricker,Co-Head of Economic Development,Office of Economy and Labour, Canton of Basel-StadtAdvocates for businesses in Basel-Stadt and for optimal framework conditions. Previously worked for many years in Japan, where he learned about the importance of resilience during the triple disaster of2011.

Denis Mourlane,Founder and CEO,mourlane consultantsHas been working intensively on the developmentof individual resilience since 2009 and is considered a pioneer and thought leader on this topic in the German-speaking business world.

Markus Schlagenhof,Delegate of the Federal Council for Trade Agreementsand Member of the Board of the State Secretariat forEconomic Affairs (SECO)Head of the World Trade Division at SECO and responsible for the WTO, free trade agreements (chief negotiator for Switzerland), and the OECD.

Salome Hofer,Head of Sustainability/Economic Policy, Coop With Coop for ten years, since 2019 as Head of Sustainability/Economic Policy. She has been a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Basel-Stadt since 2009 and served as its President in 2020/2021.

Edin Dacic,CEO, Daccomet AGChairman of the Board of Directors of the Standard d.o.o. furniture company (Bosnia and Herzegovina) since 2005 and Chairman of the Shareholders‘ Meeting of Standard Furniture Serbia doo (Serbia) since 2011. Both companies belong to Daccomet AG and employ 800 people. Member of the SIPPO Advisory Board since 2017.

Sandro Kundig, Group CEO,Kundig GroupWith Kundig Group since 2016. The 101-year-old family company produces and trades in high-quality food ingredients and employs a total of 170people in Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, and China.

Kaspar Engeli,Director, Swiss Trade In this position since 2006. The umbrella organi-sation advocates for free trade and the dismantling of trade barriers. Member of the SIPPO Advisory Board since 2005, serving as Host since 2017.

Monica Rubiolo,Head of Trade Promotion, SECOAt SECO, leads the promotion of socially responsible, environmentally friendly, inclusive, and thereby sustainable trade in developing countries.

Marc Lehmann,Journalist, SRFDirector of the Tagesgesprach daily talk show on Swiss Radio SRF. He previously reported on Central/Eastern Europe from Prague as an SRF correspondent. He graduated from Cardiff University with a degree in History and Journalism.

Swiss Import Promotion Programme SIPPO, Gutenbergstrasse 14, 3011 Bern, Switzerland, +41 31 555 99 60, [email protected], www.sippo.chHandel Schweiz, Postfach/Guterstrasse 78, 4010 Basel, Switzerland, +41 61 228 90 30, [email protected]

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