On June 15, over 50 AmCham members gathered at Patarei Merekindlus (the Sea Fortress (former Patarei Prison) to open the summer season 2021 with a fun mixer, tour of the former prison, news and updates from the event host and sponsor – FORUS Eesti, as well Avigilon, Coca-Cola Baltics.
The event began with the opening speech by Amcham President Mr. Indrek Laul and was followed by Mr. Jüri Teemant (CMO of the Forus Group) who gave a great overview of the Forus Company rebranding and history. He also spoke about the reconstruction plans for the Sea Fortress in the next two years. Mr. Steve Batt from Avigilon North Europe spoke about Forus and Avigilon’s relationships and their plans for the future in artificial intelligence.
The official part was followed by a guided tour of the sea fortress. The guide spoke about the history and showed the Sea Fortress from different perspectives to our members.
We want to thank our event sponsor Forus for helping us to organize such an interesting and great event to kick off this Summer season! Also a big thank you goes to the Patarei Merekindlus team that offered their location for the event. A big thank you to our second sponsor Coca-Cola Baltics for delivering drinks to our event and of course, our members who attended the event!
We wish everybody a great summer ahead and let’s get together in August for more in-person events!