Top success in sports and business - seminar
In cooperation with the Norwegian-Finnish Trade Association NOFI and the Finnish Olympic Committee
When: 13 March 2024 at 12 – 15 pm
Where: Finnish Olympic Committee, Taitotalo, Valimotie 8, Helsinki
Moderator: Tanja Piha, Head of Sales & Chief Inspirational Officer at Greenstep
Language: English
Warmly welcome to take part in our seminar about top success in both sports and business. Norway is known for producing top performing athletes. What is behind this success and what crucial differences exist among the Nordic models of producing high performance?
In Norway, sport activity is highly valued and elite athletes are sought-after employees even in the business world after their sports careers. How can we improve multi-professionality and societal support for top performers in Finland as well? Are there similar factors that contribute to success in both sports and business and what makes one strive and shine?
These thoughts will be highlighted and discussed by our seminar speakers Prof. Emer. Svein Andersen, from the Norwegian Business School, who has a long experience in the field. Chief Specialist at KIHU, Jari Lämsä will talk about the Finnish model for producing top athletes, supported by research. Director Matti Heikkinen, the Olympic Committee, will describe the role and responsibility of the society regarding national athletes. Thereafter the panel, with the addition of Riikka Heikinheimo, Director of the Confederation of Finnish industries and Jenny von Knorring, Head of International Services at Staffpoint, will assess these topics in further discussion with the audience. Warmly welcome to take part and please remember to sign up.
Program
12.00 Coffee and refreshments
12.30 Opening
Sandra Bergqvist, Minister of Youth, Sport and Physical Activity
Jan Vapaavuori, President of the Finnish Olympic Committee
Ane Ahnger, NOFI chair
12.45 Keynotes
Svein Andersen, Professor Emeritus, Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, BI
How Norway creates elite sportsmen and a comparison of the Nordic models
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Jari Lämsä, Chief Specialist, Finnish Institute of High performance Sport KIHU
The high-performance sport in Finland with its challenges and opportunities
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Matti Heikkinen, Director at the High Performance Unit at Finnish Olympic Committee, and a cross-country ski World Champion
The importance societal appreciation and support regarding high performance and multiprofessional achievement
14.15 Panel discussion
Svein Andersen, BI, Norway
Riikka Heikinheimo, Director, Confederation of Finnish Industries
Jari Lämsä, KIHU
Matti Heikkinen, Finnish Olympic Committee
Jenny von Knorring, Head of International Services, Staffpoint
Closing remarks
Taina Susiluoto, CEO of the Finnish Olympic Committee
15.00 Ending
