True international outlook, substantial content and cross-sectoral agenda
where leading business- and policy makers taking thesis
for economic cooperation, business relations & sustainable development.
What Balkans & Black Sea Cooperation Forum reads on May 30-June 1 2018:
- Which alliances & investments in transports, communications & infrastructures in the CEE/SEE region? What about the influence of China? Who are leaders and who the followers?
- What is the readiness of digital markets towards Cyber security & ICT assurance? EU priorities, big-data protection, banking transformation, the realm of cryptocurrencies.
- What will the Energy Exchange bring to Greece and beyond in energy security, regulation, market attractiveness and competition?
- Who fears from women in leadership? Is it by symptom, stereotypes, social hierarchy or mens’ femiphobia? Should private sector advance gender equality and women’s empowerment?
- How green growth & circular economy is perceived? How new technologies and eco-innovation are supporting solid waste management and zero waste societies?
- How Ports in Greece and river Danube can be corridors serving half-Worlds trade exchanges? Assumptions and forecasts vs challenges and opportunities.
- How should Higher Education be connected with real-word business challenges? How digital transformation and technologies driving future changes?
- How sustainable can be massive Tourism? What the wow-effect from the Internet of things in Tourism & Cultural industries? What the trends of upscale travelers?
Among Businesses representatives:
- Anke den Ouden, General Manager, Microsoft Central & East Europe
- Celia Moore, Director Corporate Citizenship EMEA, IBM
- Bora Tuncer, Cluster President Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, Schneider Electric
- Marina Migliorato, VP CSR Europe, Head Innovation & Stakeholders, ENEL
- Frank Jansen, Executive Director Corporate & SME CIBANK & UBB Banks
- Arda Batu, Secretary General, Turkish Business Confederation
- Wim Mijs, CEO, European Banking Federation
- Zsuzsanna Hargitai, Director, Head of Western Balkans, EBRD
- Jürgen Priesters, Business Development Director Recycling, TOMRA Sorting GmbH
- Sotirios Theofanis, President & CEO, Thessaloniki Port Authority
- Panayotis Gavras, Head Policy & Strategy, Black Sea Trade Development Bank
- David Gorgiladze, Head PR & Corporate Responsibility, M2 Constructions Georgia
- Paul Hunter Director, Corporate Learning Network, IMD Business School Lausanne
- Danica Purg, President IEDC School of Management, President CEEMAN
- Kyriakos Pozrikidis, CEO, TIF-Helexpo
and more
Among Governments & Institutions representatives:
- Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner, Digital Economy & Society, European Commission
- Zorana Mihajlović, Dpt. PM,, Minister Construction-Transport-Infrastructures Serbia
- Ismir Jusko, Minister, Ministry Communications &Transport, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Mila Carovska, Minister Labor & Social Policies, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- George Stathakis, Minister, Hellenic Ministry of Environment & Energy
- Zeljka Cvijanovic, Prime Minister, Republika Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Elena Kountoura, Minister, Hellenic Ministry of Tourism
- Stergios Pitsiorlas, Deputy Minister, Hellenic Ministry of Economy & Development
- Ivailo Kalfin, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria
- Lise Kingo, Executive Director, United Nations Global Compact
- Georges Markopouliotis, Head of European Commission Representation in Greece
- Geoffrey R. Pyatt, Ambassador of the United States to the Hellenic Republic
- Michael B. Christides, Secretary General, Black Sea Economic Cooperation
- Oleg Tulea, Vice-President, Danube Commission
- Alia El-Yassir, Regional Director, UN Women Europe & Central Asia
- Alqi Bllako, Secretary General to the President Ilir Meta, Albania
- Georges Kremlis, EC Honorary Director, Chair of the Espoo Convention Bureau
- Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Sr. Research, Clingendael Institute of the Netherlands
and more
Registration fees increasing on May 1st, 2018
Secure you place now and benefit from the lower prices
Fees turn on Monday April 30th, 23:59 hrs
