AmCham Breakfast Panel: Successful Companies welcome Change
The debate as part of the AmCham Reinvention Breakfast at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) concluded that what made companies successful was their willingness to cope with the challenge of reinventing themselves and adjusting to constant change brought by digitalisation and the rise of artificial intelligence. At the panel called Predicting the Unpredictable: How to…
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Tax Them If You Can: Fiscal (Re)sources in a Globalised World
A fundamental reform of the corporate tax system, which was designed 100 years ago and is failing to address issues related to globalisation and digitization, is needed as soon as possible. The case to be made for this is not only ethical or political but also economic, heard the panel moderated by Mr Martin Sandbu,…
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Speaks About the State Of Human Rights
Ms Michelle Bachelet Jeria, who took over as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights last year in a period when human rights, including women’s rights, have been experiencing a push-back globally, spoke at the BSF about her take on a number of issues currently plaguing the world. The former president of Chile, ostensibly selected by…
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Circular Economy can contribute to Fighting Climate Change
The panel on climate change and circular economy at the Bled Strategic Forum stressed that, as the former is becoming an alarming issue which needs to be addressed with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the latter could contribute a lot to the effort, but only if the idea becomes globalised and widespread. The panel Climate…
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Rules-Based Order Seen As Under Threat, New Forms of Cooperation Needed
The existing rules-based international order is indeed under threat as global power relations shift, which will require adaptation and potentially entirely new forms of cooperation, heard the panel entitled Rules-Based International Order or the Return of Geopolitics? Several possibilities going forward were offered, with the debate showing that countries and regions have their own distinct…
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Night Owl Session – Who Owns the Future? A Gallery Walk Of Resilience and Inclusiveness
The Night Owl Session at the Bled Strategic Forum delved into gender equality in the context of climate change and explored ways of how to make women agents of change by improving their participation in society and political decision-making. The debate, focusing on hard data and individual stories, showed there has been positive change, but…
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Mayor Fajfar and Riko CEO Škrabec Welcome Participants of BSF 2019
The BSF networking reception held traditionally at Bled’s Grand Hotel Toplice was addressed by Bled Mayor Janez Fajfar and Janez Škrabec, the head of engineering company Riko, a long-standing major partner of the forum. Mr Fajfar welcomed the guests with a recap of the hotel’s history, dating back to 1931, and of tourism in…
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Artists Seen as Politically Influential if Backed by Constituencies
The Bled Strategic Forum panel (Soft) Power of Creativity: The Entertainment Industry in International Relations concluded that artists and performers do have the power to influence politics as ambassadors and that politicians and government are in fact afraid of them if they have large constituencies behind them. Discussing the recent example of Italian Interior Minister…
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Europe Urged To Take the Lead on Sustainability
The Bled Strategic Forum panel on sustainability focused on how to translate sustainable development principles into policy action to tackle climate change and heard calls for a fundamental reform of production and consumption and a rejection of short-termism. The panellists agreed that Europe should take the lead at the global level. Prof Jeffrey Sachs, Director…
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Former Italian PM Enrico Letta honored with BSF Distinguished Partner Award
Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta has been honoured with the Bled Strategic Forum Distinguished Partner Award, conferred by BSF and the Slovenian Foreign Ministry on prominent and engaged individuals who embody the principles espoused by Slovenia’s largest foreign policy event. The presenter of the award, Ambassador Iztok Mirošič, spoke of individuals who are “a…
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