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The 7th FDI Summit Slovenia, the major international business event focused on investment opportunities in Slovenia.
The FDI Summit Slovenia 2016 is structured around three key pillars:
Prosperity – Competitiveness –Talent,
which are perceived as strong magnets for future investors. The conference will open with a keynote address by Professor William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts Lowell (USA) and visiting professor at the University of Ljubljana.
So far, the FDI Summit has been attended by more than 1,000 top leaders from the region. Participation in this summit is by invitation-only.
MC Host: Tina Drolc, M.Sc., Editor in Chief, The Slovenia Times
14:30 – 15:00
Registration
15:00 – 15:15
Welcome and Opening of the Summit
Brane Krajnik, CEO, The Slovenia Times
Prof. Metka Tekavčič, Dean, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
Gorazd Mihelič, Director, SPIRIT Slovenia
15.15 – 15.35
Keynote speech
“The wealth of nations”
Prof. William Lazonick, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA and University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
15.35 – 15.55
Investors’ magnet: Prosperity
“Between the wealth and wellbeing”
Alexandra Mousavizadeh, Director, Global Property Index, the Legatum Institute, UK
15.55 – 16.15
Investors’ magnet: Competitiveness
“Why is stable business environment so desirable?”
Dr. Jure Stojan, Director of Research and Development, The Institute for Strategic Solutions, Slovenia
16.15 – 17.00
Panel with speakers & business leaders
Led by Tine Kračun, Director, The Institute for Strategic Solutions, Slovenia
Alexandra Muzavizadeh, Director, Legatum Institute, UK
Dr. Jure Stojan, Director of Research and Development, The Institute for Strategic Solutions, Slovenia
Imre Balogh, CEO, DUTB (Bank Assets Management Company), Slovenia
Branislav Vujovič, Founder and President, New Frontier Group, Austria
17.00 -17.30
Networking over a cup of coffee
17.30 – 17.50
Investors’ magnet: Talent
“Slovenia has the potential to be a talent hub”
Dr. Andreja Kodrin, strategist and founder of collaboration platform Challenge:Future
17.50 – 18.30
Panel with speaker & business leaders
Led by Marko Mlakar, Director and Partner, Amrop Adria
Dr. Maja Makovec Brenčič, Minister for Education, Science and Sport, Slovenia
Matej Potokar, General Manager Customer Service and Support, Microsoft Western Europe
Dr. Andreja Kodrin, Strategist
18.30 – 18.40
Closing Comments of the Summit
By keynote listeners:
Sonja Šmuc M.Sc., Managing Director, The Managers’ Association of Slovenia
Giles Dilnot, Legatum Institute, UK
18:40 – 20.00
Reception