The Icelandic Economy and Outlook

Iceland Heading in the Right Direction

The Icelandic American Chamber of Commerce conference took place on April 7th at the Scandinavia House in New York.

The conference was very well attended by US and Icelandic businesses and there was a consensus among presenters and participants that Iceland is heading in the right direction and that the market outlook for the industries is positive.

Mr. Mark Flanagan, Deputy Division Chief, IMF’s European Department, Mission Chief for Iceland

Mr. Birkir Holm Gudnason, CEO, Icelandair

Dr. Gudni A. Johannesson, Director General, National Energy Authority of Iceland

Mr. Daniel A. Murphy Jr., Executive Vice President, Icelandic® USA, Inc.

Mr. David O. Beim, Professor of Professional Practice, Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School.

Conference Chair was Mr. Olafur Johann Olafsson, Executive Vice President, Time Warner and Chairman of IACC and panel moderators were Mr. Kjartan Olafsson, Director, Business Development Bertelsmann Inc. and Mr. Isaac Kato, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Verne Global ehf.

After the conference Dr. Gylfi Magnusson, Minister of Business Affairs was interviewed on Bloomberg and CNBC Europe, for the Bloomberg interview, please click on the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j36ZxWUDVa4&feature=channel_page

Image: From left: Dr. Gylfi Magnusson, Minister, Ministry of Business Affairs in Iceland, Mr. Mark Flanagan, Deputy Division Chief, IMF’s European Department, Mission Chief for Iceland and the panel moderator Mr. Kjartan Olafsson, Director, Business Development Bertelsmann Inc.