Coffee to connect: catching up with AmCham Slovenia

Thibaut L’Ortye, Associate Director of Public Affairs, AmCham EU joined Ajša Vodnik, Chief Executive Officer, AmCham Slovenia for a virtual ‘Coffee to connect’ discussion on Friday, 16 April. While the conversation kicked off looking at the transatlantic economy and the benefits of the EU-US relationship (highlighted in our recent report), the two also looked at how Slovenia benefits from the Single Market, why companies have a key role to play in speaking up on critical issues, why we need to strengthen trust in our societies and how we can all do a better job at telling the story of Europe. Re-watch the conversation in full on AmCham Slovenia’s Facebook account.

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18 Apr 2021
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Coffee to connect: catching up with AmCham Slovenia

Thibaut L’Ortye, Associate Director of Public Affairs, AmCham EU joined Ajša Vodnik, Chief Executive Officer, AmCham Slovenia for a virtual ‘Coffee to connect’ discussion on Friday, 16 April. While the conversation kicked off looking at the transatlantic economy and the benefits of the EU-US relationship (highlighted in our recent report), the two also looked at how Slovenia benefits from the Single Market, why companies have a key role to play in speaking up on critical issues, why we need to strengthen trust in our societies and how we can all do a better job at telling the story of Europe. Re-watch the conversation in full on AmCham Slovenia’s Facebook account.

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