Biggest event for managers ever in Athens in October
More than 700 business leaders from 40 countries are projected to attend what organizers hope to be Europe’s biggest management event ever in Athens, October 1-3, 2007. The conference, budgeted to cost -2 million, is hosted by the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) and the Greek Management Association (EEDE) and will focus on the theme of «Building High-Performing Organizations in Europe.» Participants will have the opportunity to hear an array of distinguished speakers, including Nobel-laureate Muhammad Yunus, founder of Bangladesh’s Grameen Bank (the so-called «bank of the poor»), Chan Kim, professor of strategy and international management at Insead Business School, Francois Barrot, president of British Telecom International, and Rene Carayol, an expert on business leadership issues. A number of others will present papers on entrepreneurial excellence and case studies. The conference will be followed by the presentation of EFQM’s European and Greek Excellence Awards 2007. Events will also include a CEO Summit, at which about 150 top European and Greek executives will discuss the topic of optimum practices for high-performing businesses in highly competitive environments. The CEO Summit is an EEDE initiative, planned to become an annual Greek event, and is also sponsored by the Federation of Greek Industries.
