WBCB panel discussion featuring Ambassador Beyer, Christa Markwalder-Baer, Andre Myburgh, Nicholas Staheyeff, and Donald Businger

Ambassador Beyer participates in WBCB panel discussion

Guest speaker at the annual "Bridge Point Bern"

Bern, November 10, 2009:  Donald S. Beyer, Jr., U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, participates in the panel discussion following his remarks as the guest speaker at the annual "Bridge Point Bern" event organized by the WBCB (Wirtschaftsberatung-Cluster Bern), an association of businesspeople in the Bern region, supported by the Bern Economic Development Agency and including U.S. subsidiaries in the Canton. The 2009 event featured the USA and included remarks by Ambassador Beyer, Senior Commercial Officer Donald Businger, and Nicholas Staheyeff of Ebay.

Deputy Advisor Andrew Reynolds and Astrophysicist Barbara Burtscher

Deputy Advisor to Secretary of State and USAID Administrator Andrew Reynolds in Bern

Ambassador Beyer host lunch in his honor

Bern, November 13, 2009:  Ambassador Beyer hosts a lunch in honor of Deputy Advisor to Secretary of State and USAID Administrator Andrew Reynolds. 

Swiss officials and experts from various areas of science and technology participated in the lunch, including Swiss astrophysicist Barbara Burtscher.