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| Event Review: AmCham AGM & Christmas Party 2009 |
  
AmCham Estonia AGM & Christmas Party 2009 took place on Tuesday, December 8th , 2009 in Meriton Old Town Hotel. This closing event of the year gathered more than 60 chamber members who came together to take a glance at the year of 2009, share their favorite memories of the year and enjoy the great fellowship of AmCham members as well as toast to a happy new year ahead.
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| Event Review: AmCham Annual Thanskgiving Dinner 2009 |
AmCham Annual Thanksgiving Dinner 2009 Review
  
It was the first ever family style Thanksgiving Dinner in the AmCham History which gathered more that 100 participants and created an authentic atmosphere of the biggest American holiday Proclamation from President Obama read by Brian Frere from the U.S. Embassy Tallinn, special Thanksgiving Grace by Reverend Gustav Piir, silent charity auction, generous charity raffle, special entertainment program for kids, delicious Thanksgiving meal with a perfect match of wines provided by Altia Eesti created a very special atmosphere that will be hard to forget.
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| Young Professionals Workshop # 4 - 05.11.2009 |
  
On November 5th, 2009 AmCham gathered its young professional for the final YPC workshop in 2009 devoted to
Topic: "Measuring Event ROI" Guest Speaker: Karel Kulbin, Event Architect & Lecturer at Tallinn University
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| AmCham Halloween Bash 2009-31.10.2009 |
  
It was a very fun and colorful evening as more than 60 AmCham members and US embassy repsentatives gathered at Goodwin Steak House to celebrate Halloween. This year all event participants suprised each other with very creative and bright costumes, some of which were totally astonishing!
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| Review: October Speaker Luncheon with Siim Kallas |
  
On Friday, October 2nd, 2009 AmCham Estonia gathered its members as well as members of British, Swedish, Danish Chambers of Commerce and Holland Business Club to discuss the topic of "Estonian Interests in the EU" with a very special guest speaker - Vice President of the European Commission Mr. Siim Kallas.
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| AmCham-BECC Pub Quiz - 01.10.2009 |
  
This year AmCham members were challenged by the British-Estonian Chamber of Commerce to a very popular British game called Pub Quiz. So on October 1st eight teams representing AmCham Estonia met 3 teams from the British Chamber at the Drink Bar & Grill to compete and pick their brains on some of the general knowledge facts & figures.
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| AmCham IPR Seminar – 17.09.2009 |
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On the 17th of September 2009 AmCham Estonia invited its members to participate in the seminar on the topic “What Affects Your Business? Money. Trademark. Software. Profit.” in cooperation with the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Participants had a possibility to hear interesting presentations and discuss the subject on more details.
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| Jeep Jamboree by Silberauto - 10.09.2009 |
 
This was probably the most memorable and adventureous event of the year! There were 28 fearless and adventurous AmCham members who gathered at the off road track grounds to test out 5 different Jeeps!
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| Annual American Independence Day Picnic |
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This year AmCham Estonia celebrated its Annual American Independence Day Picnic at the Ambassador’s Residence in Pirita which was a perfect place for this family style event. More than 130 participants gathered on Saturday, June 27th to enjoy an ample supply of barbequed food, salads, beer, great wine and all the fixings. The band Pay Back played some old time American rock and roll hits and Olavi Andla from Blue Drum OÜ, dressed in his Superman costume, led many fun family games. Segway carts turned out to be one of the biggest hightlights of the event as those who dared to take them for a test drive, rode them around the residence to the delight of the children. However, nothing could outdo McDonalds face painting, balloons and happy meals that are always one of the biggest enjoyments of the children present!
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| AmCham Estonia Summer Kick-Off Event |
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On Thursday 28 May, AmCham Estonia together with Meriton Conference and Spa Hotel invited its members to join the AmCham Summer Kick-Off Party at the new SPA hotel in the center of Tallinn.
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| MAY SPEAKER LUNCHEON Employment Contracts Act |
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On Friday 25 May, AmCham Estonia held May Spaker Luncheon with the Minister of Social Affairs Mr. Hanno Pevkur, as event keynote speaker. This event gathered over 30 members and partners of AmCham Estonia.
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| AmCham Estonia Exclusive Charter Gold Event at the U.S. Ambassador Residence |
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On Thursday 14 May, AmCham Estonia together with U.S. Embassy Tallinn invited held the second exclusive event for its Charter Gold members. This time it was a movie screening at the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to Estonia.
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| OSAC POWER BREAKFAST Event Review |
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On Tuesday 28 April, former FBI Director, Louis J. Freeh, met with AmCham members in an OSAC power breakfast event at the Radisson SAS hotel in Tallinn.
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| April Speaker Luncheon Event Review |
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On April 24th AmCham Estonia in cooperation with other foreign chambers in Estonia held its April Luncheon with a very special keynote speaker - the Prime Minister of Estonia Mr. Andrus Ansip.
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| Tex-Mex evening at Texas Honky Tonk & Cantina |
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On Wednesday, April 8th AmCham members gathered at the Texas Honky Tonk & Cantina for a fun Tex-Mex evening in the center of the Old Town!
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| A Special Event for Charter Gold Members: Uncovering the Mysteries of Pu Er Tea |
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On Thursday, March 26th AmCham Charter Gold members gathered at the Schlossle Hotel for a very special evening in the comfortable atmosphere of Schlössle Hotel to spend a relaxedevening with Steve Kokker, a local specialist tea importer for FirstFlush.
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| St. Patrick’s Day Celebration & Meet the New AmCham President and Board Members Event |
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On Tuesday, March 17th AmCham members gathered at the St. Patrick’s Pub to have a toast to the St. Patrick’s Day that is widely celebrated in the United States. Event participants had a chance to taste holiday’s famous green beer, meet AmCham President Stefano Grace and several other Board Members who were able to attend and just enjoy a great fellowship of other chamber members and colleagues.
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| The re-opening of restaurant Nevskij |
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| Career Advice Workshop with CVO Recruitment Estonia - Event Review |
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|  CVO Professionals |  Questions??? |  Mr. Robbins and Viktoria | On February 12th AmCham Young Professionals Committee held this year second interactive workshop. We were happy to welcome our guest speakers from CVO Recruitment Estonia, who gave a very interesting presentation on labour topics. It was a successful event that gathered more than 20 young professionals from such companies as TEVA, Premier Restaurants Eesti, Ühinenud Ajakirjad, Luiga Mody Hääl and Borenius, etc.
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| February Speaker Breakfast - 06.02 2009 |
|  Mr. Jürgen Ligi |  Questions and answers |  Mr. Hanno Lndpere | On February 6th American Chamber of Commerce Estonia held a very successful business Breakfast at Lounge 24 in Radisson SAS Hotel. It was Chamber opening speaker event for 2009 that gathered 30 Estonian and foreign businessmen and investors, who came to listen to our experts in terms of economical situation and predictions for Estonian economy for the current year.
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| Salsa Dancing “Workshop” with Casa de Baile - 30.01.2009 |
|  Salsa Professionals |  Jelena & Olga |  Salsa Steps | On January 30th 2009 Young Professionals Committee launched this year first workshop for young professionals. We decided to start the year with positive emotions and teach some Salsa to our young professionals. Event took place in Casa de Baile Dancing School and gathered more than 30 young professionals.
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