FINAL PROGRAMME

• 12.00 - 13.00Registration + Welcome luncheon
• 13.00 - 13.10Official opening of the conference
  Brane Krajnik, CEO The Slovenia Times
• 13.10 - 13.20Opening address
  Dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia
• 13.20 - 14.00Inroduction session
  Searching the path from stagnation - Investors & Management Perspectives on creating a Regional Hub
  Chairperson: Tine Kračun, Institute for Strategic Solutions
  Speakers: Žiga Debeljak, CEO, Mercator Group, Christof Droste, Hella Saturnus Slovenia,CEO, Biljana Weber, Director General, Microsoft Slovenija
• 14.30 - 15.30Keynote speech
  Crucial elements of the state competitiveness. What it takes to become a regional hub – Hong Kong and »Tuscany life sciencecase« case study
  Chairperson: Maja Makovec Brenčič, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
  Speakers: Stephen Kai Wang, Director of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, Branko Žibret, A. T. Kearney Slovenia, Partner, Luca Olivari, A. T. Kearney Italy
• 15.45 - 16.30Panel discussion
  Using the potential of Slovenia as a regional hub for the CEE and SEE markets
  Chairperson: prof. Marko Jaklič, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana
  Speakers: Matjaž Rakovec, Zavarovalnica Triglav, Chairman of the Board, Rudolf Klötscher, BSH Hišni aparati, CEO, Igor Plestenjak, JAPTI, Director
• 16.45 - 18.00Panel discussion
  The right recipe for strategic high value added FDI: a blend of R&D, production, effective logistics, marketing & sales (establishment of competence centers)
  Speakers: Thierry Villard, Director, GoodyearDunlop Central & South-East Europe, Giulio Bonazzi, Aquafil-Gruppo Bonazzi, President&CEO, Saša Bavec, Knauf Insulation, Chairman of the Board
  Moderated by Maja Dragovič, The Slovenia Times
• 19.30 - 22.00Special evening event
  FDI Awards 2011 – organised in partnership with Ljubljana Forum
  
  Award ceremony of the 6th annual campaign to present the best cases of foreign direct investments in Slovenia
  
  Venue: Ljubljana Castle
  Hosted by Zoran Janković, Mayor of Ljubljana

• 9.30 - 10.45Panel discussion
  On a hunt for development capital! How to establish effective platform for promotion and realisation of investments and development projects in increasingly volatile European and Global Economy?
  Speakers: Damir Kuštrak, Agrokor Group, Executive Vice President for Export markets, Levan Shalamberidze, IFC – International Finance Corporation, Senior Investment Officer, Peter Groznik, Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, owner of company NorthGrant and cofounder of BTP Indegra,Marjan Hribar, Director Internationalisation Directorate, Ministry of The Economy
  Moderated by Primož Cirman, Dnevnik
• 11.00 - 12.15Panel discussion
  Findig successfull development concept of Slovenia in Global Economy - Urgent improvement in state competitiveness, quality of governance, clear definition of strategic companies/sectors, credible strategy of state withdrawal from non-strategic part of the economy, effective exploatation of geostrategic location and implementation of sustainable development strategies
  Speakers: Marko Voljč, KBC Group, CEO for Central and Eastern Europe and Russia, prof. Dušan Mramor, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Iztok Lesjak, Technology Park Ljubljana, Director
  Moderated by Jernej Šmajdek, Economy Editor, STA
• 12.30 - 13.30Closing session
  Slovenia on the crucial crossroad - How to integrate professional economic principals and practical experience into daily state governance?
• 13.30Closing luncheon