FRANCHISE MEETING POINT
8.-9.3. 2013

The ”roundtable“ will be held on the very first day of the Franchise Meeting Point fair in presence of the leading franchising experts. The ”roundtable“ will be dedicated to franchising issues from the point of view of the Czech and Slovak Republics.

Current information from the world of franchising
The discussions will focus on a number of interesting topics such as the existing development, current status, trends, importance and possibilities of applying franchising. Another part will be dedicated to the interest in franchising by general public and professionals, as well as the emerging generation of young entrepreneurs, and to franchising as a chance for the unemployed. What will certainly be also interesting is the possibility of gaining up-to-date information about funding, legislation, but also the most frequent issued related to small and medium size enterprises, practical experience and recommendation for starting entrepreneurs.

Leading personalities in the business
The “roundtable“ will take place in presence of the Vice Minister of Industry and Trade of the CR,  Bedřich Danda and leading experts in the field of  small and medium size enterprises and franchising. We already know that this interesting meeting will be attended by:

• Bedřich Danda
• Ing. Karel Havlíček, Ph.D., MBA, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the  Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Crafts
• Dr. Ivo Lamich, President of the Czech Franchise Association,
• Ing. Richard Churý, President of the Slovak Franchise Association
• Doc. Ing. Antonia Štensová, Phd., University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
• Marek Halfar, Executive in PROFIT system franchise services s.r.o.
• Ing. Barbora Štanclová, Editor-in-chief of Vlastní firma - FRANCHISING
• Ing. Alena Záhorská, Manager of  Yves Rocher ČR
• Ing. Petr Zelík, Owner of the OXALIS franchising system