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Day 1 - Wednesday, April 20th 2011 |
| 9.00–9.30 |
Registration |
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Michelle E. Messina is a market entry strategist and CEO of Explora International LLC, firm for strategic consulting to international companies expanding globally. She will focus on practical cases, which will present the key reasons why technology companies should enter Silicon Valley. There is a plenty of opportunities to cooperate with good partners and exploit other strategic factors that enable creation of globally successful ventures.  "How innovative companies can enter markets in India: opportunities and pitfalls"India has succeeded in developing a superior location for the development of biotech companies called Genome Valley, what represents a great opportunity for European biotech companies. Deepanwita Chattopadhyay, CEO of IKP Knowledge Park, has been responsible for developing the first technology park for biotech sciences in India and she will present opportunities and pitfalls by entering the Indian market. She will also provide first-hand information about model of sustainable innovation and clustering of companies and knowledge institutions, based on the Public-Private Partnership model in their region.  "Global entrepreneurship with the platform for open innovation"Prof. Luca Iandoli, ECSB and University of Naples Federico II, Italy Associate Professor Luca Iandoli will present a platform for networking, which supports teamwork and distributed decision making in virtual communities and is a product of development and collaboration activities with MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. He also works on the exploration of knowledge management, organizational learning and collaborative technologies and mass collaboration in organizational systems and networks of small firms. He is President-elect for 2011/2012 of the European Council for Small Business and entrepreneurship (ECSB). |
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| 11.30–12.00 |
Coffee break and Opening of the Arena Exhibition
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| 12.00–13.00 |  "Building global competitiveness with innovation strategy and internationalisation activities"Prof. Maja Bučar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Presentations of real life business cases, which allready succeeded to build global competitiveness with innovation strategy and internationalisation activities. Support measures for internationalization of companies provided by the state will be also presented. Invited participants:
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| 13.00–14.00 |
Lunch |
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| 14.00–16.00 |  "The importance of global VCs for creating global ventures in the region: Real case Vatera.com"Laszlo Czirjak, iEurope Capital, USA and Hungary, Introduction to Round table  "Italian case of going global with support of a VC"Luca Goldoni, Chief Strategy Officer, Techgenia SpA: spin-off from Solgenia Group, Italy  ROUND TABLE: "The importance of venture capital founds for creating global ventures"Chair: Andraž Tori, co-founder and CTO, Zemanta Ltd., Slovenia and UK Round table guests:
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| 16.00–16.30 |
Coffee break |
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| 16.30–17.45 | ROUND TABLE: "Effective ways to build a global venture” Invited participants:
       Chair: Peter Frankl, Director and Chief Editor, Business Daily Finance, Slovenia |
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17.45–18.00 |
Reception with Start-up cocktail |
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| 18.00–19.00 Zmagovalni kipec:   |
Slovenian start-up competition Start:up Slovenia 2011 prize-winner award ceremony Guest of Honour and Keynote Speaker: Mag. Darja Radić, Minister, Ministry of the Economy  Concert: NEISHA |
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| 19.00-21.00 | Networking dinner |
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"Introduction to the topic of the 31st PODIM Conference" 
"The entrepreneurial mindset: What makes Silicon Valley rock!" 
Day 2 - Thursday, 21st April 2011
.| RESEARCH PAPERS AND BEST PRACTICE CASES RECEIVED UPON THE CALL FOR PAPERS |
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| 9.00-10.30 | Presentation of research papers and best practice cases from participating authors. TRACK 1: "Innovative entrepreneurship education: From aversion to excitement - how to win over students who see themselves as future employees", Stefan Blachfellner, Thomas Wallner, Austria "Cost effective window of opportunity for global success is closing", Sergej M. Rinc, Slovenia "DE-LAN: Digital Ecosystems – Learning Application Network", Davorin Rogina, Slovenia "Importance of branding in small and medium businesses", Franc Vidic, Jaka Vadnjal, Slovenia "Strategy as a fit or stretch? Implications for international entrepreneurship", Mariola Ciszewska-Mlinarič, Poland TRACK 2: "Global entrepreneurship as idea from multi-criteria analysis", Tomaž Kostanjevec, Metka Kostanjevec, Slovenia "The knowledge transfer process as a driving force for innovation", Romana Rauter, Stefan Vorbach, Austria "Is China too big for Slovene small and medium size companies?", Mia Miše, Slovenia "Interdependence of organizational learning and innovativeness in Croatian firms", Ivan Matić, Croatia "Slovene innovation system regarding SME, implementation strategies, needs, requirements and feedback to overcome barriers for innovation activities", Špela Stres, Primož Kunaver, Slovenia |
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10.30-11.00 |
Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.45 |
"Locus of control of the entrepreneur and its impact on intrapreneurship and company growth",
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| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch |
| WORKSHOP FOR ENTREPRENEURS: HOW TO IMPROVE THE LEVEL OF READINESS TO EXPAND GLOBALLY? |
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| 9.00-12.30 |  "The Practical & Tactical for International Growth."Michelle E. Messina, CEO, Explora International, USA This hands-on workshop focuses on establishing a solid foundation for international growth rooted in market analysis and validation. It is designed to focus company resources and leverage from a position of product, customer or regional strength. The program provides actionable information, checklists and tips for success that reinforce the value of maintaining a close connection and dialog with customers and prospects. |
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12.30-14.00 |
Lunch |