BCEC 2025

IMPACTFUL business compliance, ethics and sustainability

Conference BCEC 2025 topics are covering:

  • How to leverage AI and other new technologies to empower compliance, ethics and sustainability for businesses

  • Impactful compliance and ethics practices, by practitioners and leaders

  • Benefits of corporate integrity and how to achieve them.

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Conference Schedule

DAY 1, October 9, 2025

Timetable Item Description
Dress code: Business Smart / Business Casual
14:30 – 15:00

Attendees Registration

At the conference venue:  IEDC Bled School of Management, downstairs (floor -1)
15:00 – 15:20
Executive Address

Prof. Dr. Danica Purg, Founder and Dean at IEDC – Bled School of Management, WISE – World Institute for Sustainability and Ethics
15.20 – 15:55

General session 1:

The Compliance and Ethics Job

Andrijana Bergant, LLB, MBA, AICA, president at EICE – European Institute of Compliance and Ethics
15:55 – 17:20

General session 2:

The Compliance and Ethics Game – for compliance professionals and leaders (20 min intro, 35 min game)

Anand Kumar Guruswamy, Senior General Manager – Compliance at Siemens Gamesa
17:20-17:35

ICA Professional Qualifications Ceremony

Andrijana Bergant & Tim Tyler, Vice President at ICA – International Compliance Association  
17:35 – 19:00
Dinner
at Conference Venue IEDC
19:30

Networking Reception & Party

Restavracija Špica, Bled

DAY 2, October 10, 2025

Timetable Item Description

Dress code: Business Smart / Business Casual
9:00 – 09:30

Morning Reception

At the conference venue: IEDC Bled School of Management, at the bar (ground floor)
9:30 – 10:10

General session 3:

Redefining Compliance: Business Partnering to Foster Trust and Culture Change

Tomislava Pribanić, Associate Director Ethics, Risk & Compliance R&D, SERCE cluster, Novartis

Q&A
10:15 – 11:00

General session 4:

The Unconventional Compliance Officer – Doing Things Differently

Keith Read, Former Group Compliance & Ethics Director, British Telecom (BT) & Author – ‘The Unconventional Compliance Officer’
11:00 – 11:20
Coffee break
11:20 – 11:50

Practical Exercise (part 2 of the GS 4):

The Compliance Shield© 

Keith Read, Former Group Compliance & Ethics Director, British Telecom (BT) & Author – ‘The Unconventional Compliance Officer’
12:00-12:40

(2 parallel breakout sessions)

BS 1

How to Automate a Third-Party Compliance Risk Assessment

Martin Skeens, Subject Matter Expert – Third Party Risk and Compliance, Dun & Bradstreet   

BS 2

A journey of Upgrading the Tech Support for the Inhouse Compliance, including the AI

Rok Praprotnik, Chief Compliance Officer, NLB Group
12:45 – 13:25

General session 5:

Visualization of Compliance – Why using the visuals in compliance is beneficial and how to use it in regulatory compliance 

Adrian Pay, Dynamic-GRC Director,  International IT Compliance /AML and Sanctions Compliance    
13:30 – 14:30

Lunch

at Conference Venue IEDC
14:30 – 15:10

General session 6:

Compliance and Sustainability: As Competition Edge or a ‘Regulatory Must’

İnci Bozokluoğlu, Corporate Sustainability & Compliance Manager at ENKA and a Board Member at Ethics and Reputation Society, Turkey (TEİD)
15:15-16:25

Executive panel discussion

Responsible AI – Effective governance in deploying AI systems and other technologies ethically and in compliance

Martin Skeens, Subject Matter Expert – Third Party Risk and Compliance, Dun & Bradstreet   

Mirjana Matešić, Director at Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development, IEDC Coca Cola Chair for Sustainability, European Climate Pact Ambassador 

Nejc Novak, LLM, Founder at Riskaway and NLaw 

Rok Praprotnik, Chief Compliance Officer, NLB Group 
16:25-16:35

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Sessions will include:

  • The Unconventional Compliance Officer – Doing Things Differently
  • The Compliance and Ethics Job – Creating and Managing Effective Business Integrity
    Program and Overcoming Professional Challenges
  • Visualization of Compliance – Why using the visuals in compliance is beneficial and
    how to use it in regulatory compliance
  • How to play the game of compliance and attract engagement
  • Circular economy, EU regulation and recent trends
  • Effective governance in deploying AI systems and other technology ethically and in
    compliance.