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Competitiveness, innovation and the path to development agreement

Arturo Bris

Arturo Bris13
Keynote speaker, Director of the IMD Center for Competitiveness, will talk about competitiveness, Slovenia and the policies of cohesion.

8.30–9.00

Arrival of participants and registration

9.00–9.15

Welcome address: 
Andrej Kren, CEO, Delo
dr. Metka Tekavčič, Dean, School of Economics and Business
Luka Podlogar, President of the Management Board, Generali Investments

9.15–9.25

Why the Development Agreement
Aleksander Zalaznik, President, MAS

9.25–10.00

Keynote speech: Competitiveness, Slovenia and the policies of cohesion
dr. Arturo Bris, Director of the IMD Center for Competitiveness, Lausanne 

10.00–10.20

Chances for Slovenia’s competitiveness breakthrough: Priority areas
Interview and Q&A session with Arturo Bris, the moderators and the audience

10.20–10.45

The future of the economic policy in Slovenia: Can the Slovenian social-market model survive?
Sustaining social balance and cohesion at given challenging demographics
dr. Dušan Mramor, Chair of MAS Observatory

10.45–11.10

Social progress, perception of limitation of goods, weighed by the sense of merit and equality 
dr. Ali Žerdin, Editor-in-chief, Sobotna priloga, Delo

11.10–11.30

Break

11.30–11.50

The state of law, respect of private property and economy
dr. Verica Trstenjak, Professor of European Law

11.50–12.30

Economy in the year 2020
mag. Veljko Bole, Chief economist, EIPF

12.30–13.40

Roundtable: Cohesive leadership for progress
mag. Sibil Svilan, President of management Board, SID banka,
mag. Tomaž Berločnik, MAS Manager of the Year 2019, former President of management board, Petrol,
Vojko Čok, President of Honorary Tribunal, MAS,
mag. Maja Krumberger, Director, Slovenian Insurance Association
Roundtable moderated by: Jurij Giacomelli

13.40–13.45

Conclusions and gratitude

13.45–15.00

Buffet lunch and informal part of the event

15.00 Conclusion of the event

*Moderation by Saša Mrak, Executive Director, MAS, and Jurij Giacomelli, Editor-in-chief, Outlook.
Programme is subject to change.
The event is held in English and Slovenian. Simultaneous translation is available between Slovenian and English. Each Participant receives a copy of Outlook 2020.

Outlook Delo dec19

Outlook December 2019 was published in Delo, Outlook's media partner.

Competitiveness, innovation and the path to development agreement

When? December 4, 2019

Where? Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana

Outlook is a new project of the Managers' Association of Slovenia. It's mission is to evaluate the economic situation and policies and thus enable a constructive dialogue and decision-making for the material welfare of Slovenia by increasing competitiveness and productivity, with a focus on sustainability and social responsibility.

Through the evaluation of the economic situation and policies, the mission of the Outlook project is to enable a dynamic discussion and decision-making for the material well-being of Slovenia by increasing competitiveness and productivity, with a sustainable and socially responsible stance.

Therefore, at the beginning of December, the publication Pogled 2020 (English edition: Outlook 2020) was published, presenting scenarios of future economic development, forecasts of economic trends and evaluation of economic policy in Slovenia and the role of professional management in society.

We have addressed issues such as:
• How does Slovenia face the challenge of maintaining and enhancing social well-being in the face of demographic challenges and the threat of climate change?
• What is the path to a development agreement?
• Do economic policy measures promote the competitiveness of the Slovenian economy, increase productivity and enhance social cohesion?

The publication is the result of the work of an expert advisory group - the ZM Observatory of the Managers' Association. Its authors are Dr. Ali Žerdin, Prof. Dr. Verica Trstenjak, Prof. Dr. Dušan Mramor and Velimir Bole, M.Sc.

Arturo Bris2The keynote speaker at the event was Dr. Arturo Bris, Professor of Finance at the IMD Business School in Lausanne, one of the most successful business schools in the world, and Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Centre. Dr. Bris is ranked among the most widely read academics in the world and is especially enthusiastic about global competitiveness, financial development, and macroeconomics.

In the publication Outlook 2020 and at the event we have highlighted:

  • An evaluation of the current economic policy in 2019 in the light of long-term developmental challenges, general economic conditions and current events;
  • Scenarios of long-term sustainability of public finances, with particular reference to demographic projections. We will complement the forecasts of the sustainability of the pension system with those of the sustainability of the health care system and, on the basis of the overall estimated impacts, formulate recommendations and measures to increase productivity and competitiveness along the five points of the development agreement;
  • The issue of accepting inequalities on the basis of merit-based principles of performance and social responsibility will be addressed in terms of linking them with the capacity to strengthen and sustain social well-being in the long term;
  • We will look for solutions for the proper functioning of the rule of law and respect for private property;
  • We will place Slovenia in the context of the challenges of sustainable development, innovation and the European "green agreement";
  • We will directly represent good management practices in Slovenia in the publication and dialogue at the event.
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