Vienna - BH Professionals Networking & Business Forum
Vienna – BH Professionals Networking & Business Forum 19.02.2020.

 

We are partnering with BH Futures Foundation in delivering a business networking forum that will connect professionals, entrepreneurs, companies, students & young professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina with those of Vienna and Austria.

About this Event

Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation in partnership with the Association of Business Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Diaspora4Development project is organising a business networking forum connecting professionals, entrepreneurs, companies, students & young professionals from Bosnia and Herzegovina with those of Vienna and Austria.

Drinks and finger food will be provided during the evening.

Background

We believe that with the 1.5 million or more in diaspora, of which a large proportion is highly qualified, influential and experienced, can be a game changer for Bosnia & Herzegovina. Furthermore, the extensive networks of our diaspora ensure that no corner of our planet can’t be reached and influenced. The goal of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Professionals Networking and Business Forum is to bring together companies, professionals as well as students from Bosnia & Herzegovina under the same roof as equivalent from the diaspora from the Vienna and Austria.

The Bosnia & Herzegovina Futures Foundation’s goal is to empower youth in our homeland through access to quality education, technology and global leadership development. In order to achieve our ambitious goals, we recognise the importance of professional networking and strengthening the connections between the different stakeholders.

You will have the opportunity to meet some of our students, partner companies and other professionals who all have one thing in common: Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Using rapid pitch presentations, companies will have the opportunity to present their portfolios and discover new opportunities for collaboration that can result in one or more of the following:

  • Exchange experiences and knowledge with local/international experts
  • Develop partnerships and outsourcing cooperation
  • Discover and develop joint venture opportunities
  • Exchange cultural best practices in business
  • Explore new markets and develop new business

Agenda

6:00 – 6:30 Registration and welcoming drinks

6:30 – 7:00 Icebreaker

7.00 – 7.05

– HE. BH Ambassador to Austria Kemal Kozaric

– Kemo Sarac, Assistant Minister – Department for Diaspora, Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees Bosnia & Herzegovina

7.05- 7.10 UNDP – Diaspora 4 Development, Industry Mentoring Program

7.10 – 7.15 BH Futures Foundation – Who are we & meet our students

7.15 – 7.20 Association of Business Women of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Enisa Beganovic

7:20 – 8:20 Opening and pitch presentations from companies

– DKR German Robotics Centre (Tuzla), Mr. Milan Kusmuk

– Softhouse Consulting (Sarajevo), Ms. Samira Nuhanovic

– JSGuru (Banja Luka), Andrej Kaurin

– AtlantBH (Sarajevo), Samra Tanovic

– Bawag P.S.K (Vienna/Sarajevo), Dr. Almir Mutapcic

– iPlatform (Switzerland/BiH), Nikola Buric

8:15 – 10:00 Networking session

Format

The event will consist of a formal presentation component as well as an open networking session.Using rapid pitch presentations, companies & individuals will have the opportunity to present their portfolios and discover new opportunities for collaboration that can result in one or more of the following:- Exchange experiences and knowledge with local/international experts- Develop partnerships and outsourcing cooperation- Discover and develop joint venture opportunities- Exchange cultural best practices in business- Explore new markets and develop new business.

Link for registration – below – via public event.

To register (the amount is in Australian dollars which equals to appx 15 euro)!

Register here:

 https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/wien-bosnien-herzegowina-vernetzung-wirtschaftsforum-tickets-85479007011

 

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Spaces Square One
Leopold Ungar Platz 2, 1 st Floor

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Member price: €0 per attendee
Non-member price: €35 per attendee

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