Over the past 30 years, Business as Mission has become a clear, modern movement of God in the world. What began as a small, localized effort to reach people with the Gospel through business has become a worldwide phenomenon. BAM exists literally in every nation. Many Christians in Eastern Europe have embraced BAM and is poised to be a true center of and have a major impact on the movement. Longtime BAM pioneer and speaker, Mike Baer, will challenge us to fully engage in this amazing opportunity and how we can do so.

For one hour, we will run a panel discussion with BAM practitioners moderated by Adrian Buhai.

Our guests will be:

Onno Weststrate – Turbocam International
Bill Job – Polygon Composite Materials, Xiamen, Tennessee, US
Gheorghe Ignat – Urspack Suceava 
Andreas Samuelsson – Kenosis Design Timișoara

Our guests will answer practical questions about their Business as Mission Model.

Roundtable’s too choose from:

Roundtable 1: Mike Baer, Triventure

The pastor and the business person
Pastors often struggle to effectively engage and equip the business people in their congregation. Michael Baer, former pastor and now senior executive in business, writes to challenge and encourage church leaders in the why, how and what of developing Kingdom Minded disciples for the marketplace.
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Roundtable 2: Robert Bush, IBEC Venture

Bringing the Quadruple Bottom Line to Life! We will discuss the four pillars of the Quadruple Bottom Line (People, Planet, Profit, Purpose) and how each can be attained through a BAM business. Input has been gathered from practitioners in the field who are living out the QBL every day. How do we learn from these individuals and integrate their concepts into our business on a consistent basis? We want to bring the QBL to life in every BAM business. This is our goal!
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Roundtable 3: Bill Job, BAM Entrepreneur Asia
How to intentionally engage your faith at work.

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Roundtable 4: Dan Stafford, Lion’s Den International

The Entrepreneur and the Investor
Entrepreneurs and small businesses often struggle to connect with investors. Even when they do connect, there is often a gap between the diligence the investor is looking for and what the business leader can provide.
This can often lead to little or no results in terms of raising capital, and frustration for both sides. In the Business-as-Mission world there are added challenges as investors are looking beyond just profitability to expect
spiritual and social impact as well.

Drawing from 9+ years working with The Lion’s Den competition, this roundtable will focus on the real-world questions that investors are asking, what elements they are looking for in a business, and how entrepreneurs
in the developing world can prepare to make effective pitches.

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Roundtable 5: Daniel Lar, Guild Faith

Personal discipline to sustain our public mission

While it can sometimes be difficult to maintain personal discipline in the context of daily life full of temptations and responsibilities, it is essential to achieving our goals and sustaining our public mission.

By discussing this topic, we will explore ways we can maintain personal discipline and share effective strategies for achieving our goals. We will discuss the importance of self-discipline and how it can be enhanced by creating healthy habits and adopting a effective lifestyle.

With an impressive career in business, experience in investing, heart for dicipleship and as one of the leaders of Guild Faith, Daniel will challenge you to review yourself and your role in the calling God put on your heart.

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Roundtable 6: Lidia Untrece, Good Bureau

The Entrepreneurial Operating System
(EOS) – is a set of simple concepts and practical tools used by companies around the world to clarify, simplify, and achieve their vision. Look at your business in a whole new way – through the lens of the Six Key Components that will help your business run more smoothly and profitably.

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Roundtable 7: Ruben Marian, Guild Faith

How can you integrate your faith, principles, christian values into your business?
We are called to be Christ’s ambassadors and represent him in the field of business. Ruben Marian will challenge you to explore this subject for your business or you future business and he will explain how the Guild Faith network can help you in your journey as a christian entrepreneur.

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Roundtable 8: S-P O’Mahony, Relationology International

Appointing Jesus as the Chairman of your Board
Whatever size your business, establishing an advisory board is an invaluable resource that can make all the difference between success &  failure.  Learn about how to design your own board structure appropriate to your context with best practice tips & ideas on how to have a Jesus centred approach in everything you do.S-P O’Mahony has worked in leadership position in different organisations like Malév Hungarian Airlines , Opportunity Microcredit (OMRO IFN SA), Heraldist & Wondermarks and currently at Relationology International and ATG Group (West Europe).
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Roundtable 9: Thomas Mathews, Authentic Leadership

How to create a life-giving culture in your business or organization. 
How do you develop a culture which encourages every person to fulfil their potential and live out the best of who they are? Based on a biblical understanding of how God works to bring transformation in human beings, Thomas Mathews will lead an experiential session in which we will explore some of the elements of a life-giving culture and how we might help to develop such a culture in our own business or organization.

Roundtable 10: Emanuel Bistrian, Generosity Path

Being generous!
Emanuel will host a roundtable discussion on generosity. You can discuss with him what it means to be generous in both your personal and professional life. Emanuel is a role model for generosity thanks to his background in business, impact investing, and roles as Executive Director of Generosity Path and President of Asociatia Give First.

Emanuel Bistrian is the Generosity Path Executive Director.He is the Founder of European American Investment Group (EAIG) and Founder and CEO of the award-winning company Westfield Development which is revolutionising the real estate market in Romania by blending the comfort of a US suburb with the strong sense of community found in most European cities. Emanuel is also the President of GiveFirst Foundation which aims to catalyse a strategic generosity movement in Romania and become a source of inspiration to business leaders looking to merge faith and work. Additionally, he serves on multiple boards promoting generosity in Europe. Prior to his work in Romania, Emanuel owned a construction company in Dallas TX, where he also invested in real estate. It is this experience, coupled with his passion for technology, innovation, and product design, which have formed the foundations of his work today.

Roundtable’s too choose from:

• In Session 4, we will have the same roundtables like in Session 3, so you can choose another topic that interests you and switch to another roundtable.