The School for Young Leaders, held for the seventh time from 14 to 26 August 2016 in Ohrid, was attended by top lecturers who transferred their knowledge, skills and experiences in the direction of encouraging the leadership capacities of the youth.

Traditionally, at the opening ceremony of the School, the President of the Republic of Macedonia H.E. Dr. Gjorge Ivanov, held a welcoming address.
 

LECTURERS AND TOPICS OF THE SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LEADERS 2016
 

1. H.E. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Former President of Latvia
- "How to become a President"
- "Internal force and external authority"

2. H.E. Petar Stoyanov, Former President of the Republic of Bulgaria
- Welcome address at the opening ceremony

3. Yannis Boutaris, Mayor of Thessaloniki
- "Diplomacy of cities"

4. Frank Brenner, General Manager of EUROCONTROL
- "Leadership in an international organization"

5. Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Director of the Alexandrian Library
- "IT, Artificial Intelligence and Leaders of the Future"

6. Mrs. Fan Meihua, Human Resources Director at the European Huawei Supply Center
- "Huawei, Building a better connected world"

7. Zoran Ilievski PhD, Program Director of the School for Young Leaders
- Welcome address at the opening ceremony

8. Dr. Gjorgija Petkoski, Lecturer at Carol and Lawrence Zicklin Center for Business Ethics, Researcher at the School of Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of the project "Ideas for Action"
- "Ideas for action

9. David Goldsmith, Co-founder and President of the Goldsmith Organization and one of the world's leading business forecasters and expert in leadership leadership
- "Paid to MISLAT: Proven strategy process and 12 daily activities of all leaders"
- "Victory in the 21st Century"
- "Redefining Your Future"
- "Extracting the maximum from ALL"

10. Kristian Danilovski, founder and executive producer of "FX3X"
- "From Skopje to Hollywood"

11. Dr. Marko Stenbergen, Professor at the University of Zurich
- "Ten cognitive traps of (political) leadership and how to escape"

12. Jovan Ratkovic, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President of the Republic of Serbia (2006-2012)
- "The Challenges of Leadership in the Balkans"

13. Marija Jelic, President and Founder of the Business Development Network and Director of the School of Professional Skills
- "Entrepreneurship - How to start, develop and survive?"
- "Leadership - Everything You Wanted to Know"

14. Nenad Markovic, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Studies at the Faculty of Law Iustinianus Primus at the University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Skopje
- "Leadership: definition, types and contemporary debates on the crisis of leadership"

15. Ms. Anastasija Ilieska, Director of the Public Revenue Office
- "Women's Leadership in Crisis: the Case of the Balkan Refuge Corridor"

16. Ms. Elena Kuzmanovska, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- "Women's Leadership in Crisis: the Case of the Balkan Refuge Corridor"

17. Ms. Elizabeta Chuposka, State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense
- "Women's Leadership in Crisis: the Case of the Balkan Refuge Corridor"

18. Prof. Mile Terziovski, Dean of the Kurtin Business School
- "Leading to the future through Entrepreneurship and Innovation"
- "Career Phase Management: Opportunities and Challenges"

19. Nelson Lage, foreign affairs adviser in the ADENA National Energy Agency
- "Roadmap to leadership from the perspective of personal experience"

20. Mrs. Irena Jakimovska, Owner and Manager of Comfi Angel
- "Corporate Management"

21. Zoran Kostovski and Mr. Ranko Bezar, MOTIVA management consulting, educational and training center
- "Communication skills that every leader needs to master to build confidence"
- "Leading teams to change"
- "Present, convince, perform: presentation skills for leaders"

22. Jovan Kovacic, president of the Trilateral Commission in Serbia
-"(Lack of) New World Order"

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