Official Aftermovie
Keynote Speaker
For the first time Nobel Prize winner in economics is at conference in Zagreb
Forum topic
Challenges of competitiveness and "Why nations fail" - top current topics today
Program and Networking
A series of top speakers and influential panelists and Forum attendees
Welcome speech and opening of the Forum
Dr. Josip Muller, moderator and head of the Adria Business Forum
The AI revolution and its impact on business competitiveness
Prof. Dr. Slavko Vidović, InfoDom
PANTHEON Project
Mislav Crnogorac
Panel discussion: The role of artificial intelligence in building new sources of competitive advantage
Moderator: Martina Silov, Mindsmiths
Participants: Darko Jovišić, Robotiq
Dimitrije Trbović. Zubak Group
Marijo Volarević, JGL
Matija Žulj, Agrivi
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Green energy: opportunity, burden or necessity?
M.Sc. sc. Marijan Krpan, HYDROCARBONS AGENCY
Geopolitical changes and the development of a new global economic environment
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sc. Kristijan Kotarski, Faculty of Political Science
Panel discussion: "Development of competitiveness of Croatian companies"
Moderator: prof. Ph.D. Nataša Nater Drvenkar
Participants: Ivan Artuković, Franck
Gorki Bratim, MAR
Nikolina Dizdar Cehulic, Pliva
Gordana Kovačević
Break (lunch for attendees with VIP tickets)
Institutions, productivity and competitiveness
Prof. Dr. Sc. Darko Tipurić, President of the Croatian Society of Economists
Panel discussion: Croatia's competitiveness in the world
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Darko Tipurić
Participants: Dalibor Ćubela
Vedrana Pribičević
Prof. Dr. Velimir Srića
Davor Štern, M.Sc.
Prof. Mladen Vedriš, PhD
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James A. Robinson: "Why do some nations fail and some prosper?"
James Robinson, Nobel Prize winner, renowned world economist
Moderated Q&A with James A. Robinson
Moderator: Dubravko Merlić
VIP cocktail party with James Robinson:
book signing and Q&A interactive discussion for a select group of sponsors and VIP guests.
Insights from Keynote Speakers & Panelists
Business
- Guaranteed better seats (after the VIP area) and chairs with armrests
- Coffee during breaks
- Gift package with products from Forum sponsors
VIP
- Best seats, table seating (space next to the stage)
- Lunch included with socializing with speakers and dignitaries
- A copy of the book Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty"
- Entry to a VIP cocktail party with James Robinson and book signing
- Coffee and juices during breaks
- Gift package with products from Forum sponsors
Important notes:
* VAT is calculated in the amount of 25% on the stated prices.
* We offer a 10% discount on more than 5 tickets purchased for participants from the same company, and a 15% discount on over 10 tickets.
Academic partners
Institutional partners
ICPE (International Center for Business Education) has successfully organized more than 20 business conferences and meetings, bringing to Croatia as speakers many of the world's leading experts in leadership, management and innovation, such as Jack Welch, Tom Peters, Robert Kaplan, Nikolas Negroponte and Saul Singer. Company owner Muller Adria Ltd. (Josip Muller, PhD) as a co-owner of the aforementioned ICPE, arranged and organized the arrival of all these leading names in world business to Croatia. Now, in partnership with the Society of Economists, he continues to hold the largest conference previously organized by ICPE – called Adria Business Forum. As part of the Forum in 2026, the Nobel Prize winner in Economics and author of the world hit book “Why Nations Fail” will be coming to Croatia for the first time for a conference, Prof. James Robinson, PhD. In his live lecture, he will present the results of his Nobel Prize-winning research on the topic of why some nations are more and some less successful. The theme of the Adria Business Forum 2026 is "Challenges of competitiveness", so in addition to the competitiveness of Croatia, the Forum to discuss the challenges of competitiveness of Croatian companies.
Josip Muller, PhD, director of Muller Adria Ltd.
Croatian Society of Economists is dedicated to the promotion and development of the economic profession and science with the aim of developing the Croatian economy by involving academic, business, political and other representatives of society in shaping economic policies for sustainable economic growth and economic success of Croatia in the wider environment. Independent action in achieving the set goals with effective cooperation with scientific institutions, legal entities and societies and organizations that support activities aimed at the development of a sustainable and successful economy.
- Holding gatherings of economists and business people in the form of traditional conferences, international forums, round tables, public discussions and workshops. The largest of these is the annual, prestigious and traditional conference of economists in Opatija, which has been successfully held for the 33rd time so far!
- Publication of HDE's permanent journal - Economic Review, as well as occasional scientific, professional and informative publications.
- Cooperation with similar international institutions engaged in related activities
Prof. Darko Tipurić, PhD, President of the Croatian Society of Economists
Address
Slavonska Avenue 6/2,
10000, Zagreb
info@mulleradria.com
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