VIII ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM 2020

Matchmaking for circular recovery

The eighth edition of the Italian Business Forum brings together entrepreneurs and experts from both countries focusing on finding ways to cooperate in seizing sustainable business opportunities. The programme is laid out in three sessions:

Opening of VII IBF 14th October 2020 10:30 – 12:30 Workshop I: Sustainable Materials 28th October 2020 10:30 – 12:30, 14:30 – 16:30 Workshop II: Sustainable Cross-border tourism 5th November 2020 10:30 – 12:30, 14:30 – 16:30

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Concept

I. Opening session

In the introductory session we give floor to institutions, organiser and partners. We closely address the aim of VIII Italian Business Forum and present the agenda of the two match-making sessions.

II. Format of matchmaking workshops Matchmaking workshops are intended for participating companies to expose their needs and present what they offer in a potential partnership. The first session will be dedicated to sustainable and innovative materials and the second one on sustainable cross-border tourism. Morning sessions from 10.30 - 12-30: - Welcome and presentation of the agenda of the day, introduction to the tropic (short expert presentation or a best practice) - Company's presentations: o Who we are and what we do; o What we are looking for in terms of partnerships o What we can offer in a partnership, 8 minutes each plus 5 minutes for questions Afternoon sessions 14.30 - 16.30 - Company presentations continued - Evaluation of proposals from a tech / industry expert (10') - Evaluation of proposals from a banking expert; (10') - Reversed pitching: Second round addresses to participating companies from interested participants - Conclusions and follow-up (ICE, CBA)

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III. Participation Free of charge, limited seats (max 100)

IV. Selection of participating companies

Four companies are selected per each session to present their needs and proposals: They are selected upon invitation or upon their own initiative and by approval by the organisers (ICE, CBA).

V. Organisers

Embassy of the Republic of , Italian-Slovenian Forum, Italian Trade Agency, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Jozef Stefan Institute, Circular Business Academy, Javni zavod za štipendiranje in razvoj kadrov (Public fund of RoS for HR development), SDGZ-URES (Slovenian Regional Economic Union)

VI. Supporters of the Italian Business Forum

Eni-Adria Plin, Generali, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, Unicredit Bank

VII. Partners

SPIRIT SRIP - Networks for the circular economy SRIP - Factories of the Future SRIP - Materials

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VIII. ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM 2020: Matchmaking for circular recovery Opening session Programme

14th October 2020 at 10.30 (Optional date, tbc), Zoom or live or hybrid (tbc); Language: English

10:30 Opening of VIII ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM 2020 Jurij Giacomelli, President, Italian-Slovenian Forum

10:40 Italy and : Partners in sustainable EU recovery H. E. Carlo Campanile, Italian Ambassador in Slovenia

10:50 Italy and Slovenia: Fostering prospering relations between two Institutional representative of the Republic of Slovenia European neighbours (tbc) EU Recovery Plan and joint opportunities 11:00 Italy and Slovenia: Opportunities to broaden bilateral cooperation Serenella Marzoli, Director, Italian Trade Agency, Ljubljana Doing culture together as a precursor of good business – and Stefano Cerrato, Director, Italian Cultural Institute, tourism Ljubljana 11:10 EU Recovery Plan funding landscape Peter Wostner, Government Advisor, Policy Expert & Researcher UMAR 11:20 Science and humanity at test in 2020 - What is the outcome? Jadran Lenarčič, Director, Jožef Stefan Institute

11:30 Q&A 11:40 Crisis in resources and deglobalisation of industrial value chains Edi Kraus, General Manager, AquafilSLO

12:00 Human resources transformation through the post-pandemic Irena Kuntaric, Director, Public fund of the Ro S for HR recovery development

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12:10 Lessons in tourism from 2020, an introduction Andrej Sik, Director of SDGZ-URES, /Trst

12:20 Q&A 12.30 Conclusion of the programme

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VIII ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM 2020: Matchmaking for circular recovery Matchmaking workshop I EU recovery through sustainable innovative materials Programme

28th October 2020 at 10.30 and 14.30, Zoom; Language: English

Part I 10:30 Opening of the Matchmaking workshop, house rules Jurij Giacomelli, President, Italian-Slovenian Forum and CBA, (moderator) 10:40 Global Best Practice: ENI going circular Andrea Quarta*, Managing Director, Eni Adriaplin

10:55 Challenges of the factories of the future: Rudi Panjtar, Director, SRIP – Factories of the New materials, renewable energy, 4.0 technologies future, Jožef Stefan institute 11:05 Solutions for sustainable materials Bojan Podgornik, SRIP – Matpro

11:15 Q&A 11:35 Upscaling used beverage cartons, best practice Niko Kumar, founder, Circular Shield, in cooperation with Lucart Group 11:45 Circular economy ways of Lucy Plast Giovanni Belia, International key account manager 11:55 Q&A 12:05 Wrap up, Part I

*tbc

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Part II 14:30 Recap of the Matchmaking workshop Jurij Giacomelli, President, Italian-Slovenian Forum and CBA, (moderator) 14:35 Evaluation solutions for sustainable plastics and their fit with the circular Dragica Marinič, Director, SRIP – networks for economy networks the Circular Economy

14:45 TECOS’s solutions for smart plastics Aleš Hančič, Managing director, TECOS

14:55 Q&A 15:15 Reuse and upscaling of glass: Nicola Dalmasso, General Manager, Ecopaté Impact on material consumption, transportation and substitution 15.25 Renewable materials and its impact on the logistics in global value chains Matilde Cecchi, Area Science Park, Trieste

15.35 Expert questions, reflections from presenter and questions by participants Expert: Alessandro Pontoglio, Head of Corporate and Investment Banking at Unicredit Bank Presenters: TECOS, Lucart, Ecopate, Area Science Park. 16:05 Instructions for the next step in matchmaking: B2B introductions

16:15 Wrap up

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VIII ITALIAN BUSINESS FORUM 2020: Matchmaking for circular recovery Matchmaking workshop II EU recovery through sustainable cross-border tourism Programme

5th November 2020 at 10.30 and 14.30, Zoom; Language: Italian and Slovenian, simultaneous translation

Part I 10:30 Opening of the Matchmaking workshop Jurij Giacomelli, President, Italian-Slovenian Forum and CBA, (moderator) 10:40 Trends and challenges (I): First lessons in tourism in 2020 in Friuli- Representative of Promo turismo FVG Venezia Giulia 10:50 Trends and challenges (I): First lessons in tourism in 2020 in Slovenia Representative of STO

11:00 Short Q&A 11:10 Collio – Brda: Resilience thanks to educated guests and tradition Joško Sirk, owner of the restaurant La Subida, Cormons/Krmin

11:20 Vipavska dolina: From global stars to the new local Tomi Kavčič, masterchef at Pri Lojzetu, Zemono, Vipava

11:30 A Taste of Carst in 2020 Niko Tenze, owner of the restaurant La Lampara, Santa Croce/Križ (TS) 11:40 Q&A Moderated by; Saso Dravinec, Journalist and Editor, Primorske novice, Koper/Capodistria 11:55 Sustainable fish farming and tourism Irena Fonda, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Fonda Fish Farm, Piran/Pirano 12:05 Olive oil in 2020 and beyond Elena Parovel, Director of Parovel Group, Dolina

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12:15 Q&A Moderated by__ journalist, , Trieste/Trst 12:30 Wrap up, Part I

Part II 14:30 Recap, part II

14:35 Future of work in tourism: lessons from the pandemic Federica Suban, Presidente della Federazione italiana pubblici esercizi di Trieste 14:45 Challenges of corporate transformation in tourism Marjan Batagelj, CEO of Postonjska jama and Jezersko, President of Slovenian business club 14:55 Alpine destination in the times of the pandemic Renzo Tondo, former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Tarvisio/Trbiž 15:05 The destiny of a bar in the pandemic Fabrizio Polojaz, Associazione Caffe’ Trieste

15:15 Our project for the entrepreneurial recovery in tourism Alberto Manzin, Incubator, Lucija/Santa Lucia

15:25 Q&A Moderated by: Stefano Lusa, Radio Capodistria 15:45 Nova Gorica and Gorizia: One European Capital of Culture 2025? Vesna Humar, Coordinator of the initiative

15:55 Piran/Pirano, Revival through culture – European Capital of Culture Martina Gomboc, Coordinator of the initiative 2020? Piran/Pirano

16:05 Ljubljana: The case of a capital under the pressure of the pandemic Eliano D’Onofrio, entrepreneur, tourist guide, Ljubljana 16:15 Q&A Moderated by: journalist, RAI Trieste 16:35 Lessons learned: Opportunities in Sustainable innovative materials Bojan Brezigar and Sustainable cross-border tourism Serenella Marzoli (ITA) 9

Jadran Lenarcic (ISJ) Andrej Sik SDGZ-URES)

16:50 Conclusive address of IBF Ambasciatore Campanile

17:00 End of programme

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