BLOG: Swiss Canadian Chamber of CommerceYou are kindly invited to a late afternoon cocktail event with a sampling of Swiss-style wines, gourmet charcuterie and fine cheeses.
When: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 • 5:30 – approx. 7:30 pm
Where: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, 12th floor, 200 Burrard Street, Vancouver
RSVP until December 13, 2011, to chamber@swissccc.com
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Topic: Currency Risk Management
Speakers: David Gibbs (CME Group), Rob Marsh (PwC)
When: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 • 4:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver
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No other country recycles more glass than Switzerland, no one travels further by train. Switzerland has Europe’s longest glacier and the greenest football stadium in the world. The Swiss hold many records, not only for their chocolate consumption.
To read the stories behind these and other records, click the following link
13-year-old Aiden Dwyer has managed to do something that grown-up scientists haven’t. He has wrung up to 50% extra electricity from regular solar cells. How? Brains, trees, and a dash of math geekery.
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Topic: Following the Money: Financing Green Building & Retrofits
When: Wednesday September 14, 2011 • 8:00 – 10:00 am
Where: UBC Robson Square Theatre (800 Robson Street, Vancouver BC)
Registration and breakfast begins at 7:30am. For more information click here
The annual fall conference: Generate 2011: ‘Backbone of a Sustainable Economy’ will soon be here!
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Don’t miss the premiere of NEUTRAL TERRITORY – a film by the Swiss born Josias Tschanz and Joel Mark Harris. The film about a Swiss immigrant family trying to find their new identity in the modern world was nominated for over 14 awards and won Best Cinematography and Best Feature Film.
To find out more about this premiere event and to buy tickets please click here
GLOBE 2012 will be the 12th event in one of the world’s largest and longest-running series dedicated to the business of the environment.
A Swiss booth double the size of the 2010 event will be featured at Globe 2012. We welcome your organization to participate in the SWISS Pavilion!
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The Government of Canada is showing its commitment to a green Canadian economy with a $53 million investment to help 17 new clean technology projects from across the country reach commercialization.
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The U.S. green building market value is expected to balloon to $163 billion by 2015. For Canadian companies, that means opportunity.
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