By: Adnan Arnautlija
MIŠA LUKIĆ NAMED MANAGER OF THE YEAR IN SERBIA
For the fifth year in a row, Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) organized a gala evening on the occasion of the award of SAM ANNUAL AWARDS 2016. This award is presented with the aim of affirmation of the companies, managers, educational institutions and journalists who advocate for better business conditions, professionalizing management profession, promotion of ethical and corporate social responsibility as well as leadership development among youth.
Recognized inside and outside of his company as a person of integrity and reputation, and on the basis of actual operating results, the title of Manager of the Year 2016 was won by Miša Lukić, CEO of Publicis ONE, who accepted the award saying: “It’s a huge honor to receive this recognition from four hundred people of this caliber. This year has been very successful. At the very beginning of it came my position as CEO for Central-Eastern Europe of Publicis One, and the year’s end is marked by the SAM award, so now I can say: I’M WHOLE!”
SMSGLOBAL OPENS BRANCH IN ZAGREB
The multimillion-dollar tech company SMSGlobal opened a Croatian branch and the Office for Development in Zagreb, where they plan to employ 30 developers and designers, and as project manager they have appointed the 22-year-old Nedim Čehajić.
SMSGlobal is a world renowned provider of SMS protocols, capable of sending and receiving SMS messages in bulk, and the company was founded 33 years ago by tech guru Carl Krumins. SMSGlobal has more than 360,000 clients, including large-scale companies such as Microsoft, ANZa, Etihad and Samsung.
“We are very excited to open a branch office in Croatia. We saw that there’s a distinct talent for technology in this part of the world and we cannot wait to bring in more young developers who will become part of our team,” said Carl Krumins. (Source: Poslovni.hr)
LEGENDARY PONY BIKE IS MAKING A COMEBACK
The legendary Pony bike is making a comeback, marked with a special presentation by the company GOR Kolesa organized at the factory in Velenje. New, better, more modern and more attractive Pony is available on special offer at www.rogbikes.com.
After several years of cessation of production of the legendary Pony bikes, the company is creating a new story in Slovenia about this famous and popular means of transport, which has fascinated many. Responsible for the new generation of Pony is company GOR Kolesa, owned by the companies BTC and Gorenje which also bought the brand.
Bicycles will be produced in Velenje, and the highly expected retro beauty was unveiled for the public in a special way at the factory in Velenje. Pony will be a modern and attractive bike with more sophisticated ergonomics and quality materials.
POKEMON GO, IPHONE 7 AND DONALD TRUMP ARE GOOGLE’S TOP SEARCH TERMS IN 2016
With 2016 set to fall off the calendar Google has prepared its now customary roll call of the top search terms used over the past 12 months; with Pokemon Go, iPhone 7 and Donald Trump leading the way
The trending terms illustrate what topics served to grab the public’s attention the most over the past 12 months with an addictive monster hunting mobile game doing most to sway search criteria.
Technology was further represented by the number two spot, occupied by Apple’s iPhone 7, which beat products from rival brands such as Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and Google’s own Pixel phone to achieve greatest name recognition.
Rounding out the top three came Donald Trump, whose shock candidacy and ultimate election win had voters reaching for the search engine to figure out what was going on.
In a year marked by notable celebrity deaths the Google ranking also carries Prince at number four, just ahead of David Bowie in sixth spot. (Source: TheDrum)
ENTRIES OPEN FOR SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS 2017
This competition is the world’s largest in the field of photography, and last year’s edition was marked by a record number of 230,103 entries from 186 countries.
Title of the Photographer of the Year went to the Iranian photojournalist Asghar Khamseh, while Kei Nomiyama from Japan was the winner of this prestigious award in the open category of the competition.
All interested parties may enter free of charge via the website www.worldphoto.org and deadlines are:
- January 5, 2017 – Open competition – rewarding the best single images across 10 categories
- January 5, 2017 – Youth competition – the best single image responding to a set brief by any photographer aged 12-19
- January 5, 2017 – National Awards – uncovering the best single image from over 60 countries entered into the Open competition
- January 10, 2017 Professional competition – 10 categories judged upon a body of work
The winners of this prestigious competition will be announced on April 20, 2017, at the awards ceremony in London. Prizes include the latest Sony digital imaging equipment, inclusion in the 2017 awards’ book plus cash prizes of $25,000 (USD) for the overall Professional winner and $5,000 (USD) for the overall Open winner.
All winning and shortlisted images will also be exhibited as part of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition at Somerset House, London from April 21 – May 7, 2017.
