East-Europe & Asia
Amy L Sommers
LAWYER, CONSULTANT, CO-CHAIR OF THE CHINA LAW COMMITTEE, AUTHOR. Amy L Sommers counsels clients on mergers and acquisitions, cross-border business transactions such as distribution, manufacturing and various strategic arrangements, real estate development and investment in regulated sectors such as education, financial services and value-added telecommunications. She is fluent in Mandarin Chinese as well as English.
Dr. Christa Uehlinger
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION, MANAGING DIVERSITY. Dr. Uehlinger brings long years of experience in the service-, finance-, energy-, pharma- and food-industries as well as in NPO and public institutions into her speeches focussing on „how to make difference & diversity and asset in global companies (and those that want to become such)“.
Selma Prodanovic
CONNECTION is her favourite word and business concept. Selma Prodanovic is the first CNO (Chief Networking Officer) worldwide and an expert in bridging the gaps between – obviously - diverging businesses, cultures and attitudes for to make them work together. The first having spoken about “CREATIVE INDUSTRIES” brings now concepts like “Sustainable Luxury” to her audiences, inciting them to make an audacious step out of their regular box of thinking. With her South-Eastern roots and her base in Vienna she is herself a wonderer and point of connection between the Eastern & Western culture.
Cécile Bonnefond
BRAND & COMPANY DEVELOPMENT, VEUVE CLIQUOT. Cécile Bonnefond made history back in 2001 when Veuve Clicquot appointed her CEO – she was the first ever female global leader of a grande marque. Bonnefond did not inherit, but worked her way into the Champagne business, though. Her impact on it is already impressive and she is praised for her excellent marketing strategies that have made her an expert in Brand and company development, restructuring (of traditional Houses and Companies) and appropriate leadership behaviour.
Dragica Karaic
SME SPECIALIST, SPECIALIST in DYNAMIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP, ENTREPRENEURSHIP in the EUROPEAN UNION. Dragica Karaic claims many faceted qualifications her own, all of them relevant to Economic development & SME Management. She acquired specific experience when lecturing on Dynamic Entrepreneurship, and further economic theories, principles and applications relating to the management of a growing company, as well as on the private sector, when working for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. In her present position as Head of Department for International Institutions and the Ministry of Economy, Labour and Entrepreneurship and National Co-ordinator of EU Charter for Small Enterprises, Dragica Karaic is also the national observer for the new Framework Programme for Competitiveness and Innovation of the European Union.
MBA Katherine Zhang Ting
CHINA FOCUS, EXPERT ON CHINA MARKET & BUSINESS. Zhang Ting consults many leading companies and government agencies in England and Europe. She is a regular speaker on all aspects of China at academic conferences and business seminars and has published various articles on issues related to trade with China as well as she is highly regarded and recognized by the Chinese Government who regularly turn to her insight in helping to support Chinese businesses.
KR Martina Dobringer
INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT, CHANGE MANAGEMENT, HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT, EASTERN EUROPE, EXPANSION, ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS. KR Martina Dobringer is THE front-woman of Austrian female entrepreneurship with international recognition. 2006 she was given the highest French honour „Chevalier dans l’ordre de la Légion d’Honneur“ by Frances’ President Jacques Chirac.
Elena Panfilova
CORRUPTION FIGHTER. In her function as head of Transparency International Russia, an organisation that is part of a global network of institutions setting out for the fight against corruption, Elena Panfilova brings together all relevant players from government, civil society, business and the media to promote transparency in elections, in public administration, in procurement and in business. Elena Panfilova´s work contributed a great deal to reforms being made in many countries and in companies, deciding then on a course of integrity, of respectable action and legal positions.
Mag. Ewa Fedorowicz
CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE. Ewa Federowicz was born in Poland to Russian parents. How cultural intelligence can be converted into creative potential and made useful for career and success is one of the principal issues tackled in her speeches. Federowicz inspires businesses and organization to use cultural intelligence as a strategy, in order to remain competitive in future markets.