TO NEW

OPTIMISM

FROM

DOOMSDAY

Connect with leaders
who make a difference

Esko Aho

Former Prime Minister of Finland

Mate Rimac

Rimac Group

Muhtar Kent

Former CEO, Coca-Cola Company

Carin-Isabel Knoop

Harvard Business School

Our business environments have since the turn of the century been marked with a string of crises. They differed greatly one from another, both in causes and in their implications for the companies in different parts across the world. Some of the companies fell victim to those crises, while others thrived.

While no recipes from the past can be taken as assurance for future success, facing another period of uncertainty leaders should use every opportunity to consider how to improve their own performance and come to reach better outcomes for their companies. Speaking to those leaders, who have proven their ability to lead through adversity, as well as discussing what the future may look like, adds valuable insights to such considerations.

SPEAKERS

Esko Aho
Former Prime Minister of Finland

Muhtar Kent
Former CEO, Coca-Cola Company

Mate Rimac
Rimac Group

Gordan Kolak
Končar Group

Iztok Seljak
Hidria Holding

Klemen Šešok
Iskra d.o.o.

Carin-Isabel Knoop
Harvard Business School

Michael Stanley
Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Petra Juvančič
Managers’ Association of Slovenia

Irena Weber
HUP

Lidija Žigić
NLB Banka d.d., Sarajevo

Ajša Vodnik
AmCham

Victoria Zinchuk
EBRD

Katja Stadler
DeSlo – AHK

Danica Purg
IEDC-Bled School of Management

AGENDA

May 19^th, 2023

ALL TIMES ARE IN CET

09:00 – 09:30

Registration and Coffee

09:30 – 09:40

Welcome words by IEDC President Ms. Danica Purg

09:40 – 10:30

“Thinking about the Crisis Environment at the Highest Level”

Keynote address by Mr. Esko Aho, Former Prime Minister of Finland
Questions from public

10:30 – 11:00

Interview 1:1 with Mr. Mate Rimac

Mr. Mate Rimac, Founder and President, Rimac Automobili and CEO, Bugatti Rimac (online),
led by Mr. Marko Perožić, Bloomberg Adria

11:00 – 11:20

Conversation with Prime Minister of the Republic of Slovenia Dr. Robert Golob

11:20 – 11:50

Coffee Break

11:50 – 12:30

Panel: Surviving the Crisis and Going Beyond: Lessons from Business

Mr. Gordan Kolak, CEO, Končar Group, Croatia
Ms. Lidija Žigić, CEO NLB Sarajevo
Mr. Klemen Šešok, Chief Future Officer at Iskra
Discussion led by Mr. Iztok Seljak, Managing Director, Hidria Holding

12:30 – 13:10

Crisis Environment and the Benefits of Networking

Ms. Petra Juvančič, Executive Director, Managers’ Association of Slovenia
Ms. Irena Weber, President of HUP (Croatian Employers’ Association)
Ms. Ajša Vodnik, CEO, AmCham Slovenia Vice President, AmChams in Europe
Ms. Katja Stadler, Managing Director at Deslo – AHK, poslovne storitve d.o.o.
Discussion led by Ms. Danica Purg

13:10 – 14:20

Lunch

14:20 – 14:50

How can Leaders keep their Employees onboard? Neuroleadership & Leading through Listening.

Ms. Carin-Isabel Knoop, Executive Director, Harvard Business School
Mr. Michael P.H. Stanley, Mass General Hospital, Director of Outreach and Engagement, Boston Society of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry

14:50 – 15:30

From doomsday to new optimism: The real scenario for next decade?