15.00 – 15.15

OPENING OF THE CONGRESS: The Feat. Development. Breakthrough.

15:15 – 15:30

Opening address: dr. Iztok Seljak, MAS President

15:30 – 15:40

Venture for development breakthrough and competitiveness

Keynote address by Matjaž Han, Minister of Economy, Tourism and Sports

15:40 – 16:00

Dancing with uncertainty - from fear to optimism of the future

Main guest Tanja Schindler, president of the Association of Professional Futurists and this year's speaker at the World Economic Forum (WEF)

16:00 – 16:20

Entering an Augmented World: Creating Value from Future Technologies

Tibor Merey, Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), global head of BCG Web3 operations

16:20 – 16:45

BREAK

16:45 – 17:05

Necessary reforms to accelerate economic growth. What does this year's OECD Economic Review for Slovenia show?

Jan Stráský, senior economist and head of EU/Slovenia Desk at the OECD in Paris

17:05 – 17:15

Venture, development, breakthrough: What do we really want in Slovenia?

Findings of the Venture movement research: prof. dr. Tjaša Redek, Nika Đođ

17:15 – 18:15

MQ forum: A management venture for development and breakthrough

• Iztok Seljak, member of Hidria's board of directors and MAS President;
• Tomislav Čizmić, CEO Telemach Slovenia,
• Melanie Seier Larsen, directo generak and partner at BCG, member of the board of MAS and member of the board of the MAS female managers section,
• Marta Kelvišar, managing direct of Adria Dom and Manager of the Year 2023,
• Benedikt Ceglar, CEO of NIL, part of Conscia;
• Michal Maco, Country Manager of Corwin Slovenia and Youg Manager of the Year 2023;,
• Maja Bednaš, Acting Director of IMAD Institute.

MQ forum moderator: Petra Juvančič, MAS Executive Director

18:20 – 18:30

CONCLUSION OF THE MAIN PART OF THE CONGRESS