Productivity and financing 2007 -seminar

Replicon Group arranged high level Productivity and financing –seminar in Helsinki. Main guest speaker in the Seminar was the governor of Bank of Finland, Mr. Erkki Liikanen. He gave a remarkable speech on European vs. USA productivity growth (Presentation on productivity prepared by the Bank of Finland). Before joining the Bank of Finland, Mr Liikanen acted for a long time as the technology commissar of the European Union.

Other speakers in this top event were Mika Maliranta, researcher from ETLA, Pekka Bask, executive from Canon Finland and entrepreneurs from successful ICT companies, Qentinel Ltd., Xtract ltd. and Houston Inc. Petteri Hirvonen, CEO of Replicon Group, opened the Seminar and acted as a moderator in panel discussion with ICT companies. Below please find some pictures from the event.

Graph 1. Governor of Bank of Finland speking on productivity, Europe vs. USA. Petteri Hirvonen from Replicon sitting in the back ground.

Graph 2. Seminar participants

Graph 3. Panelists from Houston Inc. / Tomi Ruotimo, Qentinel Ltd. / Esko Hannula and Xtract Ltd. / Jouko Ahvenainen (speaking)