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2020Regional AmCham Conference “The Future of Investing”
AmCham Croatia, Romania, Czechia, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Montenegro are organizing a regional virtual conference on the topic of investments in the Central and Eastern Europe, November 10, 2-5pm.
High profile investors will discuss implications a global pandemic has on the future of investing. This event will provide insights into how investors are thinking, their outlook, priorities and plans regarding investments in COVID and post-COVID times.
The Conference will be divided into three thematic panel discussions: Digital Economy, Tourism Industry and Sustainable Manufacturing. Specific topics will include state of play and perspectives for ICT, artificial intelligence, Cyber security, 5G; hospitality, hotels, traveling; logistics, automotive and aviation industries.
Program:
14:00 – 14:45 – Digital Economy Panel Discussion
Ondrej Vlcek, CEO, Avast
Dorin Pena, Director of Cisco in CIS and Romania
Dalibor Kacmar, National Technology Officer, Microsoft
Predrag Lešić, CEO, doMEn
Moderator: John Gasparac, Managing Partner, PwC Croatia
14:45 – 15:00 – Digital Economy Q&A
15:00 – 15:45 – Tourism Industry Panel Discussion
Marcus Eklund, Global Managing Director of FCM Travel Solutions
Željko Kukurin, President and CEO, Valamar
Kai Dieckmann, General Manager, Regent Hotel, Porto Montenegro
Moderator: Siniša Topalović, Partner and Global Head of Tourism Advisory at Horwath HTL
15:45 – 16:00 – Tourism industry Q&A
16:00 – 16:45 – Sustainable Manufacturing Panel Discussion
Milan Slapak, Country Head, Czech Republic, GE Aviation
František Verdenšteter, Director of Finance EMEA for Trim & Foam Business in Adient
Ivan Mihaylov, Chairman of the Automotive Cluster Bulgaria
Moderator: Michel Perret, General Manager Europe, Managing Director, Refrigeration
16:45 – 17:00 – Sustainable Manufacturing Q&A
Participation is free of charge for AmCham members. Official language is English.
Please register for the event via info@amcham.me no later than Friday, November 6, 2020, 4pm.
Day before the event you will be given instructions on how to connect to the Conference.