YOU ARE

INVITED TO

SLOVENIAN BUSINESS IN
AUSTRALIA?

MR GORAZD MAVC
Minister for Slovenians abroad

19TH JUNE, 2015

10:00am 12:00pm

The European Union Centre at RMIT is very pleased to invite you to a public
event on Friday the 19th of June, with Mr Gorazd mavc, Minister for
Slovenians abroad, titled Slovenian Business in Australia?. It will focus on
opportunities for academic, business and cultural cooperation and highlight the
existing relations between Australia and Slovenia, which are based on strong
community ties and small but growing, trade relations.

RMIT, CITY CAMPUS

Council Chamber,
Building 1, level 2R,
124 -126 La Trobe St,
Melbourne VIC 3000

SPEAKERS

RSVP

Mr Gorazd mavc, Minister for Slovenians abroad, will speak about the
Slovenian immigrant contribution in the area of academic and business
cooperation with Australia.

A light lunch will be served after the

presentations - with the generous

Dr Srechko Jernej Stretch Kontelj, OAM, former Mayor of Geelong will

give us his views as a businessman and as an academic regarding cooperation
between academia and business (Specsavers).

eucentre@rmit.edu.au
support from Tamaras Trade.

Mrs Aleksandra L. Ceferin (M.A.), President of The Institute for Slovenian

Studies of Victoria Inc. will speak about ISSV initiatives, and website projects
which are all bilateral endeavours (Australia - Slovenia).
Dr Kaja Antlej, Slovenian Endeavour Fellow at Canberra University on her views
as researcher having experience working in private companies before.
Mr Robert Walters, Acting President of the Slovenian Australian Academic
Association & Secretary of the Slovenian Australian Chamber of Commerce.
The EU Centre at RMIT is co-funded through a grant from the European Union and RMIT University