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Ms. Bulc is locally recognized as an opinion maker for advanced technologies and innovative business models. She is an excellent promoter of change with great people skills and a visionary sense for development of business stories based on a long term sustainable growth strategy. She believes in the power of networks, holistic individual, and positive energy. She has received 4 years in a row an award for business innovation, as well as, 2 national FENIKS Awards for Consulting Project of the Year 04, 06. The European Commission has appointed Ms. Bulc to its Advisory Board for the e-Europe Action and Strategic Plans initiative for 2012 and 2020. She was named to the. Among her latest achievements are the establishment of the MPI business partnership (Power of Business Innovation) and the Institute for Business Growth and Creativity. Ms. Bulc is the author of many professional articles on innovation, expert studies, electronic publications and a co-author of a popular business show called "Poslovni Ritmi«. She runs a well recognized blog on innovation ( www.vibacom.si/violeta). As a member of the Advisory Board for the development of Innovation Journalism Program at Stanford University (www.innovationjournalism.org), an outspoken promoter of its mission in the region. Her first independent book called “Ritmi poslovne evolucije” is an important contribution to the understanding of the behavior of business ecosystems.
has a master degree in Economic Science from Faculty of Economy and a science degree from the Faculty of Chemistry, both from University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. She is currently managing director of Anteja ECG, a firm specialised in assisting regions to develop and implement action-oriented economic development strategies, having occupied the position of State Undersecretary in the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Slovenia for several years. Mateja is a member of the Board of Directors of The Competitiveness Institute, Barcelona, Spain, a non-profit network of competitiveness practitioners from around the world, member of the advisory board of the Institute for Competition and Collaboration at Faculty of Economy, University of Ljubljana, expert of Innovating Regions networks in Europe. She has more then 10 years experience as a consultant and researcher working with ITEO, Center of International competitiveness and several experts group within EU and OECD in the field of network for clusters, innovation, networks and economic development policies and programs.
Marko
Milosavljevič
Born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in 1972. Graduated at Faculty of Social
Sciences, University of Ljubljana, in 1996 at the Department of
Journalism with the thesis The influence of media corporations on the
attention of audiences for which he received a prestigious Slovene award
for students' excellence, Presern Award. He received his M.A.degree in
1999, with thesis in communication sciences on journalistic discourse
and genres, titled Narrative dimensions of feature stories. In 2002, he
received Ph.D. in communication sciences with the thesis Journalistic
narration in the context of political economy of mass media. Since 1996
he works at the Department of journalism at Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, since 1996. He lectures courses News
reporting (2nd year), History of Journalism (3rd year) and News writing
(4th year of study). He speaks Slovene, English, Serbian, Croatian and
Bosnian.
In 2004, he published book Feature story, on the basis of the research
of conteporary news discourse in Slovenian media. He also published book
(together with Sandra Bašić-Hrvatin) Media policy in Slovenia in 1990s –
Regulation, privatisation, concentration and commercialisation of the
media. The book was published in Slovene and English language. His
research of media and journalism in Slovenia and post-socialist
countries was published in books in Germany, France (at Council of
Europe), United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Austria, Croatia and Netherlands, in
German, French, Croatian and English language.
His research of television broadcasting in Slovenia has been published
in 2005 by Open Society Institute in Budapest, Hungary, as part of EUMAP
and Network Media Program and three-volume book, titled Television
across Europe: Regulation, policy and independence. The research was
presented in October 2005 at Council of Europe in Strasbourg and
Brussels. For German corporation Bertelsmann, he made an analysis of
regulation of ownership of Slovenian media and the new Law on Media. He
is author of comparative research The Influence of the Public on the
Management of Public Broadcasting. He was co-author of the scientific
research The Structure of the ownership of selected European print media
and Legal and financial situation and structure of the programmes of
Slovenian public television in comparison with selected public
televisions in countries-members of EU.
He is a chairman of Expert commission for radio and television
programmes at Slovenian Ministry of Culture. He contributed keynote
address at 6th Discussions on the future of Slovenia at President of
Slovenia, on the topic The future of democracy in Slovenia (2004). As an
invited contributor, he participated on the 2nd Discussion on the future
of Slovenia at President of Slovenia, on the topic Values (2003). He
contributed the keynote address at the round table Standards of
programming – what must and what should be achieved by the national
Public Radio and Television, organized by National Council of Republic
of Slovenia.
He lectured and contributed to various conferences, congresses and
faculties, including University of Manchester, Bradley
University-Chicago (USA), Institute of Communication at University of
Lund (Sweden), University FH Joanneum in Graz (Austria), Paris (on
digitalisation of media), Vienna, Budapest (on education and
professionalisation of journalists), Trieste, Graz (on censorship and
limits of free speech), Belgrade (on print media and youth, and on print
media and advertising), Dubrovnik (on new democracies in Central and
Eastern Europe and the role of the media), Sarajevo (on media in
multicultural societies), Opatija, Neum and Zagreb.
His work was published, among others, by Hans Bredow Institut Hamburg,
University of Lutton Press (England), Council of Europe Strassbourg,
European Federation of Journalists (Netherlands), Donau Universitat an
Krems (Austria), LIT Verlag (Austria).
He participated at a number of professional and expert meeting and round
tables, as contributor, among others at 10th meeting of Council for
Culture at government of Slovenia with the explanation of draft of new
Law on Media (1999), as expert on policy of media development in
Slovenia (1998), at the round tables Media owners: fight for profit or
influence on editorial decisions (Cankarjev dom, 2000), The state and
the media in Slovenia (Cankarjev dom, 2001), Perspectives of public
radio and television in Slovenia (Cankarjev dom, 2001), The Media and
the power (The association of Slovenian writers, Nova revija, Josip
Jurčič fund, 2001) and at the 1st Congress of Social Work in Portorož
(Media, journalism and responsibility, 2002). He was a member of the
jury for journalistic work at 1st Festival of regional, local and cable
television in Medijske toplice (1999), in the expert jury at the
Magdalena festival (2000) and in the expert Jury for awards for internet
creativity and media Izidor (2005).
He initiated and edited Slovenian magazine for media and journalism
issues Media Watch (published by Open Society Institute Slovenia) from
1998 to 2000. He is a member of Media Watch editorial board. He is
regularly contributing and writing comments and analysis on media and
journalism issues for leading Slovenian daily Delo, Razgledi, Novinar,
Balkanis, Emzin, and Media Watch.
is Senior Research Scholar at Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and Special Advisor to the Director General at VINNOVA, the Swedish Agency for Innovation Systems. He introduced the concept of innovation journalism in 2003. He founded the Innovation Journalism programs at Stanford and in Sweden, which he is leading today. He is the Commissioner for Innovation Journalism of The Competitiveness Institute based in Barcelona. He was Science Editor of Datateknik, Sweden's largest magazine for IT professionals. He founded "IT och Lärande" (IT & Learning), the largest Swedish newsletter for educators, which he headed as publisher/editor. He was Editor for the Internet Societal Task Force, affiliated with the Internet Society. He was the director of research funding of the Knowledge Foundation, KKstiftelsen, one of the largest Swedish research foundations, where built up the research funding programs and also designed the programs for information dissemination and public understanding of science. He initiated and headed the first symposium about the Internet to be held in the Swedish Parliament. David Nordfors has a Ph.D. in molecular quantum physics from the Uppsala University.
Jan Sandred, Office of the Director General at VINNOVA, Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. Jan Sandred was an Innovation Journalism Fellow in 2004, hosted by San Francisco Chronicle. He has been working as a Reporter, Editor and Editor-in-chief since 1984, mostly with Swedish and international trade and business publications. IN 2005 he worked as Senior Consultant at public relations and public affairs consultancy Grey Communications Europe (Stockholm, Sweden). Between 1994 and 1999 he was a member of the Board of Directors, Talentum Sweden AB (formerly E+T Förlag AB). He has done reference documentation for World Wide Web Consortium and has written several books on IT, the latest being "Managing Open Source Projects" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in Japanese at Ohmsha, Ltd.). Jan Sandred has a M.Sc. in IT and Mathematics from Uppsala University, a degree in Chemistry, as well as a degree in Journalism. Jan Sandred is a frequent speaker and chair at seminars and conferences and has appeared as a guest commentator on Swedish TV2 news program Rapport and News TV4. He also has a Master's Certificate and is President of the Chamber Choir of Uppsala Cathedral.
Dušan Snoj has a degree in English language with literature and Comparative literature (Ljubljana University) and upgraded his knowledge in Stanford Professional Course at Stanford University. His professional positions held: correspondent of daily Delo and Slovenian RTV from Nato, EU and Benelux in Brussels; editor-in-chief of Gospodarski Vestnik Publishing Group; from 1995 to 2000 was Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Russian Federation, Belarus, Kazahstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgystan and Turkmenistan. After diplomatic mission in Moscow he occupied the position of board member and editor-in-chief of GV Group. From 2005 he is CEO of Vigeo Consulting. Award: yearly Award of the Chamber of Commerce of Slovenia for Outstanding Business Achievements, 1996. Books: Slovenia and European Communities, The European Challenge, Pharos: For Slovenia in Europe.