FEC FAIR PROGRAMME
Friday, 29 May 2015
HOTEL ROYAL – Congress Hall
CONFERENCE ABOUT FRANCHISING BUSINESS (09:00-17:30)
„How to start business by buying franchise“
„Franchising business as excellent growth model of successful business“
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OPENING CEREMONY (11:00-12:00)
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B2B BUSINESS MEETINGS ORGANISED BY
ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK (13:00-16:00)
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ROUND TABLE: FRANCHISING BUSINESS – WAY FOR INTERNATIONALISATION
OF CROATIAN ENTREPRENEURS – FRANCHISING BUSINESS IN EU (12:30-14:00)
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PANEL DISCUSSION: EU FUNDS AND OTHER EU FINANCING SOURCES FOR
ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY (14:30-16:00)
FRIDAY, 29 May 2015.
08:00 - 08:45 Rarticipants' registration
08:45 - 09:00 Foreword by organiser
09:00 - 13:30 HOW TO START BUSINESS BY BUYING FRANCHISE
	09:00 - 09:30     FRANCHISE, PURCHASE OF AN ESTABLISHED „TURNKEY BUSINESS“
	Ljiljana Kukec, M.Sc. President of Croatian Franchise Association and Vice President of European Franchise Federation
	09:30 - 10:00     MASTER FRANCHISE, HOW TO BE A FRANCHISE GIVER AND FRANCHISE RECEIVER AT THE SAME TIME
	Nikola Oršanić, Master receiverRedoc point, Dama toneri LTD i IQS (I quit smoking)
10:00 - 10:30 Pek-Snack FRANCHISING, Nermin Merdžanović
11:00 – 12:00 OPENING CEREMONY AND INTRODUCTION OF FEC EXHIBITORS
	12:00 - 12:30     BODY CREATOR – HOW TO MAKE HEALTH AND BEAUTY A PROFITABLE BUSINESS
	Maja Justinijanović, franchising department director
12:30 - 13:00 HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT FRANCHISE, Edita Becić, consultant, FranAdria
13:00 - 13:30 - introduction of FEC exhibitors
13:00 - 16:00 B2B BUSIONESS EETINGS ORGANISED BY ENTREPRISE EUROPE NETWORK
12:30 - 14:00 ROUND TABLE: FRANCHISING BUSINESS – WAY FOR INTERNATIONALISATION FOR CROATIAN ENTREPRENEURS – FRANCHISING BUSINESS IN EU (working language: English)
moderator: Ljiljana Kukec, M.Sc. president of Croatian Association for Franchising
	Participats:
	- dr. Katalin Mandel, representative of Hungarian Franchising Association
	- Igor Pavlin, representative of Slovenian Franchising Association
	- Igor Bogojević, direktor of PROFIT franchise services LTD and director of Franchising portal, Adriatic region
	- Milan Ristić, independent adviser, Serbian Chamber of Commerce
	14:30 - 16:00     PANEL DISCUSSION: EU FUNDS AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES FOR ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL CTIVITY
	moderator: prof. Mladen Vedriš, Ph.D. Department for Economic Sciences, Faculty of law, Zagreb
	- EBRD: financing and economic role
	Vedrana Jelušić Kašić, EBRD Croatia, director
	- Crediting programmes and measures for credit activity development
	Vesna Bartolović, HBOR, Head of the Regional office for Primorje i Gorski Kotar
	- EU funds for entrepreneurs
	Vesna Torbarina, EU adviser, CCE, EEN (Entreprise Europe Network )
	- Bank role in tender for SMEs competitivenes (Competitivenes and cohesion 2014 - 2020)
	Barbara Bernetić Ćiković, commercial centre Rijeka director, Economic Department
	- E-business and electronic signiture
	Andreja Kajtaz, centre for e-business head, FINA (Croatian Financial Agency)
	- Presentation of Italian economy and Croatian - Italian foreign trade indicators
	Ilija Želalić, Minister Counselor, Embassy of Croatia in Italy
	- Equity and Financing for Regional cooperation with North East of Italy
	Alessandro Morelli, head of market and operations, strategic development, FINEST
	- Network Agent321
	Enrico Seminara, vice president of Network agent321
14:30 - 17:30 FRANCHISING BUSINESS AS EXCELLENT GROWTH MODEL OF SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
	14:30 - 15:00     RETAIL NETWORK SPREADING THROUGH FRANCHISING
	Davor Čović, Chairman of the Board, Narodne novine
	15:00 - 15:30     INTELECTUAL PROPERTY – UNUSED CAPITAL OF OUR ENTREPRENEURS
	Andrej Matijević, solicitor, Amatlaw
	15:30 - 16:00     FRANCHISE DESIGN IN PRACTICE
	Ljiljana Kukec, M.Sc. president of Croatian Franchise Association
	16:00 - 16:30     LEGAL ASPECTS OF FRANCHISING BUSINESS
	Mladen Vukmir, solicitor, Vukmir&associates
	16:30 - 17:00     CROATIAN BRAND, FUTURE WORLD KNOWN BRAND
	Andrija Čolak, Surf'n'Fries, Co-founder
17:00 - 17:30 - Introducing of FEC fair exhibitors
Note: the oganiser reserves the right to change the schedule, topics and lecturers of conference .
SATURDAY, 30 May 2015
10:00 - 17:00 Opening hours of FEC fair
	Participation in conference, round table and pannel discussion is free of charge and does not require prior confirmation.
	For participation at B2B – Business meetings organised by Entreprise Europe Network Croatia – EEN please make on-line application: http://fec2015.talkb2b.net/hr, where you can find additional information.
	Place of the event: Hotel Royal
	                                  V. C. Emina 10, 51410 Opatija
	Organiser:               HGK Županijska komora Rijeka
	                                  tel: 051/ 209-116
	                                  e-mail:info-fec@hgk.hr

