We cordially invite you to join us at the sixth edition of our annual summit, Macedonia2025 Summit 2017, that will take place on November 1 and 2 in Skopje, Macedonia, at the Marriott Hotel. The Macedonia2025 Summit is a Platform for sharing knowledge and inspiring change in a region that is eager to transform.

The event will feature over 30 top notch speakers and a diverse audience consisting of over 250 diplomats, executives, entrepreneurs, academics and young leaders. The Summit will cover a wide range of topics relevant to the economic development of the country and the region, such as:

  • Sharing best practices that have enabled small states comparable to Macedonia to build sustainable economic models for growth
  • Foreign Direct Investments – benefit or burden to the local economy
  • The role of women in shaping the future along lines that are sustainable and cutting-edge
  • The importance of IT, technology, and R&D sectors
  • The role of social media in changing the social landscape of small countries
  • Best practices in smart technologies and renewable energy
  • Transforming Macedonia into a hub for smart industries

Past Summit speakers include such great business, science and technology minds as: Dr. Guruduth Banavar, Chief Science Officer and Vice President, IBM Research; Harry Kraemer, Kellogg School of Management professor and former CEO of Baxter; Nika Gilauri, former Prime Minister of Georgia; Samih Elhage, COO at Nokia; Gidi Mark, CEO of Birthright Israel; Chris Galvin, former CEO of Motorola; Sandy Ogg, Partner at the Blackstone Group; Mike Zafirovski, President of the Zaf Group, Board Member at Boeing and the Blackstone Group; Marko Butkovic, European Space Agency, Germany; Zdravko Pocivalšek, Minister of Economic development and technology, Slovenia; and many others.

It presents us a great pleasure to invite you to join us for this event and we hope you can leave your own mark in the shaping of a better, more efficient and more economically diverse future for the south-east Europe region and the Republic of Macedonia.

Sincerely,

Zoran Martinovski,

IFC World Bank Country Manager

Ana Arsov,

Managing Director in Moodyʼs U.S. Financial Institutions team

Meet Our Staff

BILJANA MARKOVIC STAMENOVA

Executive Director

MAJA STALESKA

Event Coordinator

DIMITAR CHATLESKI

Research Assistant

VASE GEORGIEVSKA

Financial Manager

ALEKSANDRA KOLOZHEG

Marketing and Communications Officer

ELENA ZHURKOVA

Education Programs Coordinator

BRENDAN FILIPOVSKI

Research Manager

Last year’s testimonials

Another successful Macedonia 2025 Summit! Euromax is proud to be a great supporter of such a distinguished organization, dedicated to helping create a stronger nation and prosperous economic climate in Macedonia.
- Euromax Resources
It was a very enlightening summit and I learned a lot. Thank you very much from the very bottom of my heart for providing me with this opportunity.
- Shuichi Fukuda, Professor of System Design and Management, Keio University (Tokyo)
I would like to thank you for an experience that was more than perfect. Every aspect of the summit was so well thought over and executed with distinction. It was one of the best conventions that I have ever participated in, and I have a firm belief that it would lead to many fantastic collaborations between Israel and Macedonia. We will definitely keep in touch, and I'm looking forward to see you in the very near future.
- Michael Mizrahi, Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development at Azrieli College, and Director of AtoBe
There cannot be a better way of helping the country then by investing in the education of capable people who are going to oversee and compel the business sector in Macedonia and help the country develop. Macedonia2025 provides ways for motivated people to expand their education and give everything they have to contribute to the overall situation in the country and from within the country. At the same time it lobbies among influential business people around the world. If you only knew how many successful Macedonians there are around the world, who are prepared to give for free their knowledge and help us, you wouldn't be so indifferent! I want to thank everyone for their selfless dedication. With that kind of attitude we should expect change. By commenting, making general conclusions and by simply attacking political figures, we are never going to achieve the desired outcomes. Helping build a stronger nation!
- Mitko Andonov, Kolid Macedonia
I would like to thank you and your team from the Macedonia 2025 office in Skopje for a most professional and well organized Summit. I attended the Summit in Ohrid in October 2012, and that was quite excellent; however the October 2016 Summit has set a new level of excellence. I must say that I found the whole arrangement to be most enjoyable. I was particularly impressed with the quality of the presentations. They covered many different aspects and subjects of business; and for those of us who were not involved in every subject they were informative and most enlightening. Once again, a most successful event and I am already looking forward to next year’s Summit.
- Prof. Slavica Waite Managing Director, PEC International Limited, UK