Business Event: Stakeholders from Catalonia and Austria on Post-COVID Strategies and Opportunities
Channel: Acció Exterior i Unió Europea
Date: 2020-07-22

Austria and Catalonia: International Trade & Investment Locations exchanging ideas to face a successful post-COVID-19 future.

Countless countries in and outside Europe are facing economic struggle as a consequence of the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, platforms are an important forum to exchange ideas and share best practices to face these challenges together in a European context. 

As a result, this event is aimed at key stakeholders as well as the general public, who are interested in Catalonia and Austria, to share lessons learned and discuss ways forward. Specifically, the post-COVID debate of economic recovery within a sustainable framework is one of the main topics. 
 
Renowned institutions such as Austrian Business Agency, Vienna Business Agency, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce as well as stakeholders from private business related to banking, the economy and sustainable mobility will be holding presentations and debate topics of common interest such as economic situations, reactivation strategies, tourism and sustainable development as well as mobility in a post-COVID-19 world.


Program:
15:30 Presentation of the event and welcoming words by Delegate Ms. Krystyna Schreiber, Delegation of the Government of Catalonia to Central Europe

Part I Conference: European Cities as economic hubs: Barcelona – Vienna
15:35-15:45 Ms. Ute Stadlbauer. Regional Manager, Vienna Business Agency.
“Expanding to Vienna-Introducing the VBA and its’ services”.
15:45-16:00 Mr. Mario Rubert. Director of City Promotion, Barcelona City Council
“Barcelona, a City for all Life’s Ventures”.
16:00-16:10 Round of Q&A (open to the audience)

Part II Conference: Potential Trade & Investment locations
16:15-16:25 Ms. Gerlinde Gahleitner. Director for the UK / Ireland / Spain / South Eastern Europe, Austrian Business Agency. “The strength of the Business Location Austria –
how to get started?”
16:25-16:35 Ms. Elisabet Camprubi Homs. International’s President, Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. “Catalonia as a prosperous Business location”.
16:35-16:45 Round of Q&A (open to the audience)

Part III Round table: “How do companies face successfully post-Covid-19 future?”.
16:45 Mr. Denis Gloger. Co-Founder. NeDeNa- Netzwerk Deutschsprachiger Nachwuchskräfte / Circle of German speaking entrepreneurs (Barcelona)
Mr. Timo Buetefisch. Co-founder / CEO, Cooltra (Barcelona / Vienna)
Ms. Alejandra Chalupa Navarro. Attorney at Law, ANC Legal (Vienna)
Ms. Beatriz García Quintanilla. Spanish Desk Erste Group Bank AG
Mr. Arnau Turull Obre. Erste Holding. (Vienna)

17:15-17:30 Round of Q&A (open to the audience)

17:30 Closing remarks by Delegate Ms. Krystyna Schreiber