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Annual Conference 2025 Agenda & Speakers
Full Agenda
Plenary session
8:30 - 11:00
Sector Focused Sessions
11:15 - 19:00
1 - Why Diligent Boards – Why NOW?
2 - EU Accession: The Power of Boards in Preparing, Leading, and Transforming
3 - Diligent Boards as a Gateway to Economic Growth & Civilized Society
4 - Diligent Governance – Strategy & Trust for Future Growth
5 - Creating a Supporting Ecosystem
6 - Women on Board: From Quotas to Impact.
7 - Boards as Strategic Allies in Growth
Albana Vrioni
(WOB-AL founder, Managing Director)
Explores why board diligence, ethics, and strategic foresight are essential to Albania’s next phase of economic development.
Entela Ramosacaj
(Vice Minisiter, Health and Social Welfare)
Discusses how transparent governance and inclusive leadership are central to Albania’s EU integration.
Silvio Gonzato
(Ambassador, Head of EU Delegation in Albania)
Highlights governance as a pillar for prosperity and global trust.
Edlira Muka
CEO, BALFIN Group
Presents corporate governance as a strategic advantage for competitiveness and long-term value creation.
Sonja Kurz
(Country Director, GIZ Albania)
Shows how data-driven leadership can evolve into community-centric governance for greater social impact.
Anette Juellund
(CEO, European Women on Boards)
Examines the shift from gender quotas to performance-based inclusion and measurable board impact.
Hagen Schweinitz
(Chairman, Charvet & Cie)
Reveals how effective boards act as partners for business resilience and sustainable expansion.
11:15 - Sector focus
Health & Life Sciences: Boards That Lead Transformational Change
12:15 - Fireside chat 1
"Utopia woman meets the D&I Chief Officer"
13:30 - Cross Sector
Investor Relations - Capital Markets & Economic Empowerment
14:30 - Sector Focus
Tourism & Hospitality - Regenerative Growth & 365 Days of Transformation
15:45 - Sector Focus
Digital, Cyber & AI - From Risk to Resilience - Boards leading in the age of Cyber & AI
16:45 - Cross Sector
Conscious Leadership - Leadership in Times of Digital Disruption
18:00 - Fireside chat 2
"Building an Executive Career Abroad"
Moderator:
Eni Tresa
(Healthcare & Governance Expert)
Description:
How boards can unlock access to capital, strengthen investor trust, and build inclusive economic ecosystems.
Speakers:
Rovena Dhroso
(IM President, Novartis Albania, Kosovo & North Macedonia)
Pharma Lifesciences
Gentiana Peposhi
(CEO, Trimed Healthcare)
Pharma Distributors
Rudina Degjoni
(General Director, Memorial Hospital)
Hospital
Peter Janssen
(CEO, Upyter, Investor & Board Member )
BioMedical
Irush Vrioni
(Partner, Vrioni Consulting )
Procurement insights
Building an Executive Career Abroad
Moderator:
Hagen Schweinitz
(Chairman, Charvet & Cie)
Speakers:
Jingjin Liu
(Global Executive & Entrepreneur)
Manuela Monetti
(Director, Global Sales & Marketing)
An open dialogue on inclusion, diversity, and building authentic organizational cultures.
Moderator:
Irush Vrioni
(Partner, Vrioni Consulting)
Description:
How boards can unlock access to capital, strengthen investor trust, and build inclusive economic ecosystems.
Speakers:
Anisa Jasini
(Tax Director at Ernst & Young Albania)
Ethical and transparent tax practices as a competitive advantage
Antonio Thomas
(Founding Partner, ARTAS Advisory Luxembourg)
Assets Management: Unlocking the potential of women empowerment
Rozalba Xhori
(Founder, Entrenovu)
Sustainable Energy and why Boards shall care about it
Moderator:
Gladiola Dona
(Founder, Tourism & Hospitality Academy)
Description:
How innovation and systems thinking are redefining Albania’s tourism and hospitality landscape.
Speakers:
Aradhana Khowala
(CEO, Aptamind Partners (UK))
Unlocking long-term value: How innovation and systems thinking are driving tourism's transformation
Andri Kasneci
(Director, Gener2 · Managing Director, ABA Hospitality)
365 days tourism: building growth communities & social innovation
Enejda Sheku
(CEO & Co-Founder, Iceberg Exhibitions)
Using exhibitions strategically: Boards can impact culture change
Moderator:
Albana Vrioni
(WOB-AL founder, Managing Director)
Description:
Preparing boards for digital disruption, cybersecurity risks, and AI-driven decision-making.
Speakers:
Edlira Martiri
(Co-Founder, Cybermorfosis)
Cybersecurity as a Pillar of Institutional Strength
Christine Baird
(Founder & CEO, Clarus Tech Partners (USA))
From Complexity to Clarity: Leading Boards into the Future of Cyber-AI Governance
Jorida Tabaku
(Chairwoman, Media and Human Rights Committee)
AI disruption & Boards Stewardship for Social Innovation
Emiliano Mankolli
(AI Expert, AI HUB Albania)
AI Horizons: Opportunities and Ethical Guardrails for Decision-Makers
Moderator:
Albana Vrioni
(WOB-AL founder, Managing Director)
Description:
How emotional intelligence and human-centric leadership can empower organizations to navigate transformation effectively.
Speakers:
Maria Rosaria Bonifacio
(VP & People Head, Nokia Business Services)
Boards & disruption: The human factor
Anette Juellund
(CEO, EWOB)
Demistifying what makes Boards functioning : Diligent boards are 5%strategy - 95% execution
Sirin Aktas
(CEO & Executive Committee Member, Danone)
Leading with Data: Pivotal role of Culture
Nelda Kote
(Lecturer at Faculty of Information Technology, Polytechnic University of Tirana)
Digital Education - the accelerating factor for Board diligence
Utopia Woman Meets the D&I Chief Officer
Moderator:
Hagen Schweinitz
(Chairman, Charvet & Cie)
Speakers:
Adela Llatja
(Senior Executive, GIZ)
Kristen Andersen
(Sustainability & Governance Advisor, WOB-AL)
An open dialogue on inclusion, diversity, and building authentic organizational cultures.
