MACEDONIA2025 SUMMIT
A dynamic platform for sharing knowledge on business and the economy, technology, leadership & innovation
We cordially invite you to join us at the seventh edition of the Macedonia2025 Summit that will take place on November 7 - 10 in Skopje, Macedonia. Macedonia2025 Summit is a premier regional business platform for sharing best practices, inspiring change and promoting collaboration.
For this year, we have confirmed around 70 top-notch speakers and we expect a diverse audience of 500 high officials, diplomats, executives, entrepreneurs, academia members and young leaders. We plan to have more than 10 panel discussions and 6 breakout sessions highlighting topics such as global economic trends, regional investments and trade, latest technological developments in IT and healthcare, digital transformation, establishing innovations hubs, etc. We will also Showcase globally successful Macedonian companies and we will discuss best practices in entrepreneurship and leadership.
Sincerely,
Zoran Martinovski - Macedonia2025 Summit Co-Chair
Ana Arsov - Macedonia2025 Summit Co-Chair
Macedonia2025 Summit Mobile Application
Late registration
October 1st, 2018 - November 6th, 2018
- Participation in all working sessions
- Refreshments during panel session breaks, lunch
- Access to High school student’s competition
- Invitation to Community Outreach Program
- Please note that this year all Summit materials will be in electronic form!
- -----
- -
Hereby, micro and small companies are considered to fulfill the following criteria:
- Number of employees – less than 10/ less than 50;
- Annual total turnover- less than 1,000,000 denari (not registered for VAT purposes)
- Participation in all working sessions
- Refreshments during panel session breaks, lunch
- Access to High school student’s competition
- Invitation to Community Outreach Program
- Please note that this year all Summit materials will be in electronic form!
- -----
- _
- _
- Single entry ticket for the Charity Gala.
- Date: November 8, 2025
- Time: 20:00 - 22:00
- Venue: Hotel Aleksandar Palace
- Skopje, Macedonia
- -----
- ----
-
-
Summit 2018 Speakers
Sponsors
In-kind
Communications Partner
Media Partners
Local Media Partners
Event Schedules
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | High School Students Competition | Radmil Polenakovikj | 10:00 - 12:00 | Marriott Hotel (ABC Room) |
| 2 | REGIONAL STARTUP BUSINESS PITCHING COMPETITION | John Bitove | 13:00 - 15:00 | Marriott Hotel (ABC Room) |
| 3 | PRE-REGISTRATION | 15:00 - 16:00 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 4 | LEADERSHIP THROUGH EDUCATION | Ilija Jolevski , Marta Naumovska Grnarova , Elena Fidanoska , Anastasija Dapchevska Adjieva , Filip Arsov | 16:00 - 17:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 5 | SUCCESS THROUGH INNER PEACE | Dragana Ognenovska | 17:00 - 17:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 6 | DISRUPTIVE MACEDONIAN STARTUPS | Igor Madzov , Nenad Cubrinovski , Emma Poposka , Igor Hristov , Gligor Dacevski | 18:00 - 19:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 7 | LEADERSHIP COCKTAIL - Sponsored by EUROMAX RESOURCES | Alek Icev , Kati Iceva | 20:00 - 22:00 | Portofino |
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESSES | Anthony B. Kim , Ana Arsov , Robert Arsov , Zoran Martinovski | 09:00 - 09:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 2 | GLOBAL ECONOMIC TRENDS AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE REGION | Ghassan Hasbani , Ana Arsov , Zoran Martinovski , Borko Handjiski , Laze Pejoski , Otto Georg Schily , Anita Angelovska Bezhoska | 09:30 - 11:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 3 | COFFEE BREAK | 11:00 - 11:30 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 4 | DEVELOPMENTS IN SEE - INVESTMENTS, TRADE AND PROSPECTS | Maximilien Lambertson , Andrew Wrobel , Pia Barboric Jurjasevic , Duško Krsmanović , Dubravka Nègre , Danela Arsovska | 11:30 - 12:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 5 | LUNCH BREAK | 12:30 - 14:00 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 6 | (BREAKOUT): COMPETITION LAW AND COMPLIANCE – THE CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR COMPANIES IN MACEDONIA (SPONSORED BY CMS) | Elena Miceva Stojchevska , Maja Andreevska-Blazevska , Marija Filipovska , Raško Radovanović , Valentina Nikolova | 14:00 - 15:30 | Marriott Hotel (ABC Room) |
| 7 | MACEDONIA THROUGH THE INVESTORS’ LENSES: MAIN POLICY LESSONS | Francesco Dagnino , Ilija Gospodinov , Stefan Peter , Christopher Nigel Sanders , Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski | 14:00 - 15:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 8 | SUCCESS FACTORS FOR DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MANAGEMENT IN CORPORATIONS | Jasmine Böhm | 15:00 15:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 9 | COFFEE BREAK | 15:30 - 16:00 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 10 | MACEDONIAN BUSINESS SUCCESS STORIES | Dejan Kalinikov , Zoran Radonjanin , Nina Angelovska , Kristijan Danilovski , Darko Fidanoski | 16:00 - 17:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 11 | THE BEST OF MACEDONIA: PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL CANNABIS | John Bitove , Vancho Tolomanosi | 17:00 17:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 12 | Macedonia2025 Fundraiser Gala | Catherine Constantinides , Robert Arsov , Ana Divac | 19:00 - 22:00 | Hotel Aleksandar Palace |
| # | Session | Speaker(s) | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AS A BUSINESS ENABLER | Cecilia Hjertzell , Kati Iceva , Vasko Kronevski , Christian Rupp , Marta Arsovska-Tomovska | 09:00 - 10:00 | Marriott Hotel |
| 2 | BUILDING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL NATION | Scott Resnick , Michael Cklamovski | 10:00 - 10:45 | Marriott Hotel |
| 3 | COFFEE BREAK | 10:45 - 11:15 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 4 | LATEST TECHNOLOGY APPLIED IN HEALTHCARE | Moisés Calderón Abbo , Jordi Serrano Pons , Jana Marin , Igor Tulevski , Venko Filipce | 11:15 - 12:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 5 | LUNCH BREAK | 12:30 - 14:00 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 6 | (BREAKOUT): HEALTH AND WELLBEING: TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE | Lily Stojanovska | 13:30 - 14:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 7 | FINTECH AND AI – DEMOCRATIZING AND PERSONALIZING FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR BUSINESSES | Alek Icev , Ilija Lalkovski , Panos Savvas | 14:00 - 14:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 8 | GREEN INDUSTRIES AS GROWTH GENERATOR | Yair Engel , Mihail Mateski , Ljupka Arsova , Dimitar Kovachevski , Filip Ivanovski | 14:30 - 15:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 9 | COFFEE BREAK | 15:30 - 16:00 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 10 | THE PATH TO MARKET VALIDATION AND BUSINESS TRACTION | Doron Ish Shalom | 16:00 - 16:30 | Marriott Hotel |
| 11 | COACHING THE LEADERS: THE MINDSET OF A GREAT LEADER | Kevin Murnane , Dan Braga | 16:30 - 17:15 | Marriott Hotel |
| 12 | CLOSING CEREMONY | 17:30 | Marriott Hotel | |
| 13 | INFORMAL GATHERING (PARTY) | 20:00 - 22:00 | The Loft |
Travel Information
Venue
Marriott Hotel
Skopje, Macedonia
Transport
Flight info and Ground transportation
Flight transportation: Austrian Airlines
Discount: 15% Code: MAC18
Ground transportation: Ultika
Kire Ignevski - +389 70 377 925
