Date
November 9th, 2017Venue
SHERATON Bucharest HotelThe Speakers
Diplomats, Businessmen and other International ExpertsOrganizers
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
WHY ATTEND?
Find out how you can see and understand the world beyond appearances, through the eyes of diplomats that are specially educated to solve critical situations and develop relationships in a global environment characterised by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, because this is the new normality. Business paradigms are changing rapidly, being sensitively influenced by geo-political, technological and economic factors that are not related to the national context only. These changes can generate both threats and opportunities for companies.
The international perspective is increasingly important for any organization.
Companies need to collaborate with governments and diplomats, NGOs and other local and international economic influential groups to maintain and develop their market place and solve problems whose solving is no longer only in their power.
In order to operate sustainably and protect their interests in the markets, companies need to develop internal competencies that enable them to create, cultivate and manage high-level relationships with interest groups, governmental, non-governmental and private factors that are influential and relevant to the company’s activity.
This requires a way of being.
Diplomacy can provide visionary businessmen with kind of tools and methods that they need to succeed in the 21st Century. Diplomat-businessman relationship is mutually beneficial.
Who are the participants?
Officials, diplomats accredited to Bucharest, business people, business executives both from Romanian and Multinational companies and other international experts and business organisation’s representatives.
The speeches will be presented both in English and Romanian language as the case may be, with simultaneous interpretation RO/EN.
Conference Program : 20 speakers, four panels
9:00 – 9:45 — Registration & Wecome Coffee & Networking
9:45 — Opening speech – Introduction on Business Diplomacy. Why the business people need to access diplomatic competences when going international, opening new markets and developing global business partnerships.
- Harry Ilan LAUFER – Minister of Business Environment, Trade and Entrepreneurship: The role of Romanian Economic Counselors abroad, in attracting foreign investments and internationalisation of Romanian companies;
- Gabriela CIOT – State Secretary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Shaun RIORDAN – British Career Diplomat: BREXIT – Challenges and Opportunities for Romanian companies.
- Sjaak PAPPE – Hofstede Insights, The Netherlands office: Culture eats Strategy for Breakfast!
- Stefan GLAVAN – Career Ambassador: Economic Diplomacy in the globalisation era and the relationship between diplomats and business people;
11:35 – 11:50 — Coffee Break
- Milan PEPRNIK – Minister Counselor – Czech Embassy in Bucharest: Diplomatic methods and techniques recommended to business people;
- Ayman Aly Osman Hassan – Minister Plenipotentiary Commercial – Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt: Synergies between Diplomacy and Business;
- Ionut RITES – Head of Classified Documents, Chamber of Deputies: Cyber security and data protection for diplomats and businessmen;
- Nineta BARBULESCU – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Australia and New Zealand (skype intervention from Canberra – Australia)
13:00-13:45 — Lunch Break
- Stefan POPESCU – Diplomat MAE: The new dynamics of international relations from a diplomatic and business perspective.
- Liviu DANILA – Gl.bg(r) Head of Special Emergency Situations of MAE: Crisis negotiations – diplomatic strategies to deal with tough situations.
- Colin LOVERING – Chairman at British Romanian Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) and Senior Vice President – Avison Young: Business, Cultural and Political Diplomacy in Real Estate;
- Bogdan BRANDIBURG – Arhitect @ Satul Scandinav
- Dante STEIN – Founder AUTO-ITALIA and RE-START ROMANIA: Business Situations resolved through Diplomatic methods.
- Mihai MARCOCI – President of the Strategic Management and Lobby Association : Diplomatic Negotiations techniques that can be assimilated by business people.
15:05-15:15 — Coffee Break
- Sarmiza ANDRONIC – Profiling. Non-verbal and paraverbal communication:
- George LUPASCU PRUNA – Hofstede Insights / Ukraine’s Office: The impact of Culture on International Business
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Dorel CAPRAR – President of the Committee for Defence, Public Order and National Security – Chamber of Deputies: Strategic Networking
- Gheorghe DINICA – Career Ambassador: Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
16:45 — Valentin PREDA – CEO of The Romanian Business Exchange: Conclusions & Brief Presentation of the future Training Program on Business Diplomacy
SUPPORTING PARTNERS
Diplomacy = Business / About Diplomacy and International Business. Synergies.
“Diplomacy: The business of handling a porcupine without disturbing the quills.”
“Diplomacy is to do and say The nastiest thing in the nicest way.” – Isaac GOLDBERG
by Isaac GOLDBERG
“Diplomaţia este arta de a-i lăsa pe alţii să facă de bună voie ceea ce le spui tu” – Abraham LINCOLN
by Abraham LINCOLN
“When diplomacy ends, War begins.” – Adolf Hitler
by Adolf Hitler
“Business Diplomacy este un instrument la fel de important pentru o companie cu viziune internationala aflata in expansiune, cat si pentru o companie locala interesata de supravietuire” – Valentin PREDA, CEO Bursa Romana de Afaceri
by Valentin PREDA
“In secolul XXI daca nu esti diplomat, esti in afara jocului” – Shaun RIORDAN, Diplomat Britanic de Cariera