8:30    Registration (VENUE: Lazareti Halls, Frana Supila 10, Dubrovnik)

8:30    Tea & Coffee Station open

9:15    Group Photo

9:25    Day 1 Livestream starts

9:30    Keynote Mandy Fransz, MAKE THE LEAP DIGITAL

9:55    Q&A

10:00    Keynote Aaron McEwan, GARTNER

10:25    Q&A

10:30    Tea & Coffee Break

10:45    Keynote 3 – Theme: CULTURE. Sarah Hawley, GROWMOTELY

11:15    Panel 1 – Remote & Global: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)
Marty Lewis (ABC Travel Network) Julian Green (Headroom), Dr Irene Čop (Stress to Success S.H.I.F.T Institute), Sarah Hawley (Growmotely)
Moderator: Carolyn Zelikow (Dubrovnik Digital Nomad-in-Residence 2021)

11:45    Q&A

12:00    LUNCH

13:00    Win A Workation presentation from the winning team.

13:15   Panel 2: Remote / Hybrid Policy & The Benefits Boom
Aaron McEwan (Gartner), Nadia Vatalidis (Remote), John Lee (Work From Anywhere),
Matthew Parsons (Skift), Francisca Russo (Juno). Moderator: Tanja Polegubic (Saltwater)

13:45   Q&A

14:00    Global Stories: Early Phase, Emerging and Established Digital Nomad Destinations
Scotland, Venywhere (Italy) and Estonia

14:30    Destinations – Digital Nomad Focused Associations – Initiatives
DNA Croatia, DNA Bulgaria, DNA Italy, DNA USA + Coliving special guest

15:00    Livestream Day 1 paused until 16:00-16:15. Restarts 18:00 – 19:00.

15:15    “NetWALLking (Dubrovnik fortress walls – guided and virtual tour)

–OR – Sea Kayaking Guided Tour (1.5 hrs). Paddling clothing.”
16:00 Digital Nomad: Dean Kuchel. The power of yes and connecting your way around the world

17:00    FREE TIME

18:00    Panel 3 @ Happy Hour – Business Growth, Burnout & Boundaries
Sara Dyson (Expat in Croatia), Lona Alia (Safety Wing), Jan de Jong (DNA Croatia), Orest Zub
(Digital Nomad), Sara Dyson (Expat in Croatia). Moderator: Rowena Hennigan (RoRemotely)

19:00    Beach BBQ Dinner & Entertainment (Banje Beach)

22:00    Day 1 Close … or party on, Wayne!

 7:55    Day 2 Livestream starts

08:00    Early Morning Wellbeing Session (30 mins) with Yvette Pelgrom, LIFEBOOK COMPANY

8:30    Registration. Tea & Coffee station open.

9:00    Virtual Coffee – Jakob Knutzen (Butter) Remote facilitation – how we believe
facilitation is a must-have skill for remote people and project managers.

9:45    Coffee with Sara Dyson (Expat in Croatia)

10:00    Keynote 4 – Rowena Hennigan, ROREMOTE

10:25    Q&A

10:30    Panel 4 – Eyes on Croatia
Jelka Tepšić (City of Dubrovnik), Ana Hrnić (Dubrovnik Tourist Board), Steve Tsentserensky
(Digital Nomad), Sara Dyson (Expat in Croatia). Moderator: Han Talbot (Remote Life Podcast)

11:15    Tea & Coffee Break

11:30    Panel 5 – Sustainability, Place & Culture
Alexandra Schmidt (Mindful Mermaid), Mandy Fransz (Make The Leap Digital), Dean Kuchel
(Digital Nomad), Anna Maria Kochanska (Digital Nomad), Paul Bradbury (Total Croatia News)

12:15    Nomad Trails – Regional Spotlight (Balkans and Mediterranean)

12:15    Open Fishbowl: Communities, Movements, Associations & Platforms

12:45    LUNCH (livestream continues with online Fishbowl)

13:45    Nomad Trails – Regional Spotlight (Balkans and Mediterranean) by Saltwater; and
Making Digital Nomad Destinations Great: Introduction by Anna Maria Kochanska

14:00    Destinations: In person and virtual presentations by: Dubrovnik, Zagreb,
Scotland, Mostar, Estonia, Venice, Lithuania, Serbia, Bansko, Central Istria,
Valencia, Spain, Hungary, Tirana, Split, Zadar, Ukraine … and more to be announced.

15:25    Closing remarks

15:30    Livestream ends

15:30    FREE TIME –OR– Game of Thrones Tour

17:30    Arrival at Gruž Harbour to embark Karaka with klapa welcome

18:00    Sunset Cruise aboard Karaka (16th century replica sailing ship)

19:00    Arrival Old Town Harbour

19:30    Harbourside Dinner and Entertainment

23:00    Day 2 Close… or party on, Garth!

NB: All Day 3 sessions require advance registration and paid ticket add-on.

Conference attendees are entitled to a discounted ticket price to Lokrum island. Visit Lokrum for a stroll around its Botanic gardens, see peacocks, sit on the Game of Thrones Throne (with exhibit) and swim in the turquoise waters of the Dead Sea Lake…right by the instragrammable sea-arch.

    WORKSHOP 1

10:10    Meet at Harbour for Lokrum departure 1

10:30    Departure 1 for Lokrum

11:10   

11:30    Workshop 1 Consciously Designing Your Ideal Life & Work (1 hour), with Yvette Pelgrom, THE LIFEBOOK COMPANY

12:30    Picnic lunch

13:30    FREE TIME

16:45    Ferry back. See schedule for alternative departures.

19:00    LAST FERRY BACK!

    TEAM BUILDING 

11:10    Meet at Harbour for Lokrum departure 2

11:30    Departure 2 for Lokrum

FREE TIME

12:30    Picnic lunch

13:30    Team Building (2.5 hours)

16:45    Ferry back. See schedule for alternative departures.

19:00    LAST FERRY BACK!

    WORKSHOP 2

11:10    Meet at Harbour for Lokrum departure 2

11:30    Departure 2 for Lokrum

FREE TIME

12:30    Picnic lunch

13:30    LinkedIn with Mandy Fransz, MAKE THE LEAP DIGITAL

16:45    Ferry back. See schedule for alternative departures.

19:00    LAST FERRY BACK!

    NOMAD TABLE  

19:00    Nomad Table Group Dinner – Old Town

22:00    Day 3 Close … After Party. Details TBC.