• 12/09/08/EDGE - Smart people, great ideas

    • Quotes
      • It was wonderful to meet people from all over Europe. Rui Delgado, Portugal
      • To speak to the young people is to speak to the future. Ernesto Illy
      • Talking to people from Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and other countries is a great opportunity to find out what’s happening in Europe. Pau Collado, Spain
      • It is one of the best experiences I have had so far. Orkun Tosun, Turkey
      • I hope I come back to EDGE soon. Marco Pezinni, Belgium
      • I will again join everybody at the EDGE Conference. Rocco Abram, Italy
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    • Programme

    • Thursday / September 11
      • 17.00 - 20.00
      • Sightseeing and Afternoon reception with the Mayor of Ljubljana.
    • Friday / September 12
      • 10.00 - 11.00
      • Presidency meeting
      • 11.00 - 12.00
      • Execom meeting
      • 12:00 - 13.00
      • Registration for the EDGE Brainstorm and Lunch
      • 13.00 - 13.45
      • prof. Miroslav Radman, one of the World's most prominent biologists and a member of the French Academy of Sciences, focusing on DNA repair
      • 13.45 - 14.30
      • Itay Talgam, one of the leading figures in the Israeli music scene, exploring the relationship between conductor, musician and audience to achieve inspiring new insights into leadership, management and team work.
      • 14.30 - 15.00
      • BREAK
      • 15.00 - 16.00
      • Workshops
        "Private Equity in SE Europe", Slavko Andrejevič, associate director at Rothschild, focused on private equity and M&A deals in Central Europe and Turkey. Previously, he was a private equity investor with Apax Partners in London as well as advisor to the minister of energy and the national bank governor of Serbia.
        "Online collectivity in business and politics", Vuk Ćosić, co-founder of Ljubljana Digital Medialab and of international internet theory forum Nettime, key figure in international net.art movement.
        "Experience of sign", Tilen Žbona, artist (Academy of Fine Art, Venice), focused on new media and psychology of art.
        "Outdoor workshop" with Denis Crovella, French circus performer (juggling, partner akrobatiks, balloon modeling).
      • 16.00 - 17.15
      • Morten Lund, entrepreneur, 'archangel investor', startup 'ideologist' and 'visionary', founded or co-invested in more than 40 high-tech start-ups, most famously Skype, the VoIP star bought by eBay for $2.6 billion in 2005. Today he is one of the most active seed investors in Europe.
      • 17.15 - 18.00
      • The New News: Andrej Nabergoj, entrepeneur, co-founder of Parsek, Httpool and Noovo
      • 18.00 - 18.30
      • BREAK
      • 18.30 - 19.00
      • dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia
      • 19.00 - 21.00
      • Gala Dinner
    • Saturday / September 13
      • 09.00 - 13.00
      • Visit to Postojna (optional)
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