Program Day 2: 3 April 2009.
USA - Opportunities and Obstacles.
| 08.15 | Check-in | |
| 09.00 | Welcome Address | Daniel Küng, CEO, Osec J.-D. Gerber Swiss Secretary of State Urs Ziswiler Swiss Ambassador to the U.S |
| 09.30 | USA: 150 days after the elections – a position finding | Shaun Donnelly, National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) |
| 10.00 | Switzerland – USA: The mouse and the elephant? | Martin Naville, CEO, AmCham |
| 10.30 | Break/Networking | |
| 11.00 | Power Play Switzerland - USA: Seller meets Purchaser | Marcel Hossli CEO, Zimmerli Textil AG Kabbaz-Kelly & Sons, NY Alexander S. Kabbaz Buyer from US firm CEO of Swiss supplier |
| 12.00 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 | Best Practice: Impetus speech Learning lessons from successful Swiss companies in the USA | Uwe Krüger CEO, OC Oerlikon AG Simon Michel VP, Ypsomed AG Thomas W. Jung CEO, Acutronic AG |
| Parallel Workshops | ||
| 15.30 | Break/Networking | |
| 16.00 | Keynote speech: The Obama Phenomenon and Leadership Lessons from a Presidential Campaign Manager | David Plouffe, campaign manager for Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign |
| 17.00 | End/aperitif |