The goal of the Summit100 is to demonstrate readiness and willingness of the business elite from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro, as well as of the highest political officials from the region, to take their share of responsibility for creating a vision for strengthening the competitiveness of the national economies, but also of the overall competitiveness potential of Southeast Europe.
Summit100 business leaders, initiative started in 2011 on the annual meeting in Arandjelovac, is the first and unique event of this kind in the region. It is designed to be the first annual high-level regional business-government dialogue, to forge a strong, cohesive voice of future economic and business cooperation in the region. The Summit100’s goal this year is to once again demonstrate the determination of business leaders to take on their share of responsibility in creating the vision and defining terms for fortifying competitiveness of national economies but also competitive potential of the whole Southeastern Europe.
Last year’s Summit100 brought together top 100 business leaders in the region, more than 30 special guests from the most renowned international institutions, presidents of Serbia and Slovenia – Boris Tadić and Danilo Türk, and over 75 media representatives from around the region. The first tangible result of the Summit100 is foundation of the construction consortium Fenix in January 2012. Fenix has originally brought together more than 40 Serbian and Slovenian companies with the aim of cooperation and joint act on third markets. The initiators of this project are the Serbian PSP Farman and Slovenian Hidria. In May 2012, construction companies from Bosnia and Herzegovina have joined the Fenix.
In January 2012 the Managing Board of the Summit100 was formed, with the mission to coordinate tangible actions in order to implement agreements adopted in October 2011, in Arandjelovac. In order to ensure further political support for this initiative, the delegation of Summit100 organized meetings with the President of Slovenia Danilo Türk in November 2011, Serbian President Boris Tadić in January, President of Croatia Ivo Josipović in March, and Montenegrin President Filip Vujanović in May of this year.
The Managing Board of the Summit100 selected three key regional topics for this year: food as growth potential of the region, creative consortiums for entries on third markets and tackling human capital market at the regional level as a way of preventing “brain drain” in the region.
At the closing panel of the Summit100 business leaders shall present joint declaration to political officials from the region, in which they will communicate messages and expectations of business elite, in order to support joint efforts to establish a unified, competitive and prosperous market and better life for all citizens of the region. The political officials will be requested to accept their share of responsibility for achieving the mission and vision of the Summit100 by signing the Declaration.

The Format of the Summit100:

• Two working days event
• Participants:
• 100 business leaders from the region
• Highest political officials from the region
• Guests from international institutions – European Commission, UN, World Bank, IMF, EBRD, EIB, IFC, etc.
• Media
• Agenda: panel discussions around predefined topics for this year’s Summit100, closing panel with the highest political officials from the region, networking
• Rule of communication: managers in the role of panelists and moderators (equal with equal), with the participation of economic experts and VIP guests

• Initiation and institutionalization of intensive dialogue between the most prominent regional business leaders on business and economic situation in the region and ways to improve it
• Creation of the network of business leaders in the region dedicated to achieving goals formulated in the Summit100’s Declaration
• Assumption of responsibility by business leaders for strengthening regional ties, improvement of the business environment and competitiveness of the region as a whole
• Creating conditions for constructive dialogue with the highest political officials of the region aiming at synergizing efforts to establish a unique, competitive and prosperous market and improve the living standard of all citizens in the region
• Removing barriers and creating opportunities to increase market competitiveness of the region despite the effects of the global financial crisis and the uneven dynamics of EU integration processes
• Identification and anticipation of new challenges that the region and the world may face exiting the crisis
• Increasing the quality of life and improving the conditions for doing business in the region.

ORGANIZERS:

• Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) www.sam.org.rs
• Atlas Foundation http://www.atlasfoundation.me/
• Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP) www.hup.hr
• Managers’ Association of Slovenia (ZM) www.zdruzenje-manager.si

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• Conference Republic (www.conferencerepublic.com) – Event Management Partner
• Leo Burnett (www.leoburnett.rs) – Brand Identity Partner
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SUMMIT 100 is organized with financial support from the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (www.gmfus.org)

In January 2012 the Managing Board of the Summit100 was formed, with the mission to coordinate tangible actions in order to implement agreements adopted in October 2011, in Arandjelovac.
Until the formal establishment on the Summit100 2012 in Arandjelovac, the Managing Board operates as Founding Managing Board. Three founding associations, SAM, HUP and ZM nominate members of the Managing Board and additional members are representatives from Macedonia and Montenegro by invitation of founding associations.
Members of the Managing Board:

• Serbian Association of Managers (SAM):
• Milan Petrović, Centro Štampa Holding, General Manager and President of SAM
• Bojan Radun, Nectar (Fructal), executive director
• Branko Radujko, Telekom Srbija, general manager
• Maja Piščević, SAM, AmCham, executive director
• Managers Association of Slovenia (ZM):
• Franjo Bobinac, Gorenje, general manager and vice president of ZM
• Iztok Seljak, Hidria, CEO
• Sonja Šmuc, ZM, executive director,
• Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP):
• Damir Kuštrak, Agrokor, executive vice president
• Davor Majetić, HUP, executive director
• Montenegro
• Duško Knežević, Atlas grupa, president
• Macedonia
• Živko Mukaetov, Alkaloid, CEO

Mandate of the Board members is three years and the Board agreed to elect for one year term President and two Vice Presidents. President will be from the Association of the country that is organizing next annual Summit100, and Vice Presidents are from the countries that will organize the annual gathering in the following two years.

President of the Board for 2013 is Milan Petrović, General Manager of Centro Štampa Holding and President of SAM. Vice President is Iztok Seljak, Hidria, CEO.

Honorary member of the Summit100 Management Board is Mike Zafirovski, special advisor, Blackstone.

Goals/ objectives of the Managing Board :

• Determines program for the Summit100 annual meeting
• Organizes and realizes meetings of the Managing Board’s members with Presidents of the countries in the region, Prime Ministers and Ministers with the aim to inform and ensure the support from the high political officials about the activities of the Summit100 and regional projects
• Organizes and realizes road show of bilateral and multilateral business delegations at the President of the countries in the region, Governments and Ministers
• Initiates projects and offers tangible support to the projects’ realization

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With financial support from the Balkan Trust for Democracy, a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States

Preliminary Program of the Second
Summit100 Business Leaders of Southeast Europe 2013
23-24 May 2013, Hotel Splendid, Bečići, Montenegro
(as of 22th May, 2013)

Thursday, 23th May 2013

14:30 – 16:30
Gala Opening/ Cocktail lunch
Welcome speeches

• Duško Knežević, Member of the Board Summit100 and President, Atlas Group
• Milan Petrović, President of the Board, Summit100, President, Serbian Association of Managers and CEO, Centro Štampa Holding

Special Guest:

• Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister, Republic of Montenegro

Official Ceremony – construction companies from Montenegro joining the regional construction consortium Phoenix

16:30 – 17:45
Introductory Plenary Panel: Perspectives and Potential of the Region from a Foreign Investor’s Point of View

• Is strong regional business cooperation a potential that adds value to an investment in the region?
• What type of coordination (political, administrative, business) is needed to have the region appear as one market

Panelisti:

• Turgut Gülcihan, Ziraat Bank, Head of Department of Enterpreneur Marketing
• Goran Stojilković, NIS-Gazprom Neft, Deputy CEO for petro- chemistry business
• Enrico Malerba, Elektroprivreda Crne Gore – A2A, Executive Director
• Andreas Beikos, Head of EIB Regional Office for the Western Balkans
• Giulio Moreno, EBRD, Senior Banker and Head of Montenegrin Office

Key note remarks and Co- moderator:

• Emmanuel Koenig, PWC Srbija, Country Managing Partner

Co-moderator

• Branislav Grujić, PSP Farman, President

17:45 – 18:15
Coffee Break, networking

18:15 – 19:30
Working Panel 1:Human capital – innovations and creativity as region’s potential
Shared local culture, habits, general social environment and common language represent enormous, but unutilized potential of the region. Is it possible to convert this potential into capital that would contribute to increased competitiveness of the region and to the growth of the national economies? How to utilize creativity and innovations of managers from different areas, how to consolidate information on their skills and make this pool of local talents available to all the companies in the region?

• What are the obstacles to managers’ mobility and prevention of the »brain drain« in the region?
• How to identify, retain and nourish local talent?
• How to return successful managers back to the region?
• Is the liberalization of the human capital market possible on the regional level?
• Reform the immigration policies
• Cancel working visas for »foreigners« from the region
• Equalize employment policies of the »foreigners« from the region with »domestic« cadre
• How to provide resources for education of the quality managers to fit the needs of the regional business?
• Potential for creation of the PPP (public private partnerships) between businesses and universities/faculties of the region
• Creation of »ecosystems« – cooperative network of large employers with strategic partners, clients, vendors, educational bodies and Government institutions which will enable development of managers with optimum skills

Panelists:

• Živko Mukaetov, Alkaloid, CEO and President of the Board
• Cvetka Selšek, SKB banka, President of the Board
• Duško Knežević, Atlas Group, President and member of the Board, Summit100
• Davor Majetić, Croatian Associaton of Employers, General manager

Key note remarks:

• Jugoslav Pirić, Microsoft Serbia, General Manager (TBC)

Moderator

• Milan Petrović, Centro Štampa Holding – CEO , SAM – President and President of the Board Summit100

20:00 – 23:00
Cocktail and dinner

21:30 – 22:30
Off-on the record discussion during dinner time: Media as Catalyst of the New Deal for a New Age

• Role and responsibility of media in the continuing business reintegration of the region
• Potential for regional media platform which would support business reintegration of the region
• Is it possible to create wider consensus among media from the region, which would encourage elimination of the prejudices and would allow further, more successful reintegration of the region, aiming to increase regional competitiveness?

Panelists:

• Violeta Bulc, Vibacom, director and initiator and coordinator of InCo Movement
• Branka Đukić, Tanjug, director
• Ljupčo Zikov, Kapital, owner and director
• Draško Đuranović, Analitika portal, editor in chief and co-owner

Key note remarks:

• Theodore M. Kyriakou, Antenna Group – International media company, Shareholder and CEO

Moderator

• Sonja Šmuc, Managers Association of Slovenia, Executive Director and member of the Board, Summit100

Friday, 24th May 2013

08:30 – 10:00
Workshop 2: Creative partnerships as regional potential – consortiums for creative export and entries on local and third markets

• Fenix, construction consortium made up of firms from Serbia, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as paradigm, inspirational business model for other sectors
• Different cooperation models that should be identified – consortiums, resources utilization, establishing conglomerates …
• Different sectors – food, energy, tourism, automobile industry…

Introductory remarks and moderator of the workshop:

• Iztok Seljak, Hidria, CEO and Vice President of the Board, Summit100 and Co-Chair, Fenix, regional construction consortium – On Fenix as an inspirational model of regional cooperation

Discussion will be held at 5 round tables with each having a Moderator-Rapporteur whose role is to lead the discussion and to rapport the findings at the end
After the introduction, Mr. Seljak will invite hosts of the roundtables to start the discussion at their table (estimated time for discussion – 45 minutes).
Each of the hosts will have 5 minutes at the end of the panel to report back on potential regional consortiums.

• Food and Agriculture – host Miodrag Kostić, MK Group, President
• Energy – host Vojin Lazarević, Rudnap, President
• ICT – host Slobodan Đinović, Orion telekom, CEO
• Tourism – host Janko Andabak, Sunce koncern, President of the Board
• Construction – host Faruk Širbegović, Širbegović Group, President

10:00 – 10:20
Coffee Break, networking

10:20 – 12:10
Closing Plenary Panel: A New Deal for a New Age


Guest panelists:

• Milo Đukanović, Prime Minister of the Republic of Montenegro
• Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia
• Vjekoslav Bevanda, Chairman of the Council of Ministers, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Stanko Stepišnik, Minister of Economic Development and Technology and a representative of President of the Government Ms. Alenka Bratuše
• Hristijan Delev, Deputy Minister of Economy of the Republic of Macedonia

Key note remarks:

• Kirill Kravchenko, CEO of NIS and Deputy CEO for Foreign Assets Management in JSC Gazprom Neft – Future of the region from the perspective of one of the biggest foreign investors

Moderators :

• Maja Piščević, Amcham Serbia, Executive Director and member of the Board, Summit100
• Miodrag Kostić, MK Group

12:15 – 14:15
Closing Gala Cocktail and Lunch


Disclaimer:
Organizers deserve right to amend the preliminary program

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