International Congress of Family Businesses

A unique meeting of family businesses from Slovakia and abroad dedicated to the development and networking of family businesses.

The International Congress of Family Businesses brings many hours of quality meetings, lectures, discussion panels and workshops important from the perspective of family businesses. Speakers include Slovak and international family business experts as well as owners of the largest family businesses in Slovakia and around the world, who are willing to share their knowledge and experience in managing family businesses, dealing with the challenges of family business, and guidelines for nurturing good family relationships.

PROGRAM:

7:30 – 8:30 Registration

8:30 – 8:40 Opening of the Congress

8:40 – 9:30 Conflicts in the entrepreneurial family – What’s next?

Erika Matwij and Ales Bednařík (Slovakia)

9:30 – 10:15 Honorary Trader

Stefan Hipp, board member and grandson of the founder of the family business HiPP (Switzerland)

10:15 – 10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:15 The Gucci Family Story – Strength, Power and a Name

Patrizia Gucci, 4th generation of the Gucci family, great-great-granddaughter of Guccio Gucci, founder of the global fashion empire Gucci (Italy)

11:15 – 12:00 Innovation through tradition in family businesses

Alfredo de Massis, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Business, Free University of Bolzano (Italy), IMD Business School (Switzerland) and Lancaster University (UK)

12:00 – 12:30 Family business and strategic plan for assistance based on the values of the family constitution

Jiří and Eva Grund, Grund family business (Czech Republic)

12:30 – 13:00 Current state of family business support in Slovakia

Ján Oravec, State Secretary, Ministry of Economy (Slovakia)

13:00 – 13:10 Christening of the book Family Constitution

13:10 – 14:00 Tasty lunch and pleasant conversations

14:00 – 14:30 1st round of workshops of your choice*

14:40 – 15:10 2nd round of workshops of your choice*

15:20 – 15:50 3rd round of workshops of your choice*

16:00 – 16:30 4th round of workshops of your choice*

16:30 – 17:00 Drawing for valuable prizes and closing ceremony

17:00 – 19:00 Networking, getting to know each other and chatting together at the evening buffet

Location: Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Hviezdoslavovo námestie, Bratislava, Slovakia
Date: Thursday, 08.09.2022
Start: from 7:30 a.m.
Admission: 199,00 €

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