Fewer candidates, stronger competition
Smaller generations are entering the labour market as larger ones approach retirement. A company without a demographic workforce view reacts only after a critical role is vacant.
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Talent · customers · succession · productivity · 2035
Your company can grow. Will it have the people?
The Demographic Briefing for Business is a paid, evidence-based conversation for owners, executives and decision-makers. It brings several expert perspectives onto one stage and explores how smaller generations, ageing, migration, longevity and technological change will affect companies.
Who will work for your company, lead it and buy its products ten years from now?
proposed venue: Odiseja · Ljubljanaexpert discussion on stagepaid participationno sales pitches
46%of employers reported staff shortages in the second half of 2025IMAD, Development Report 2026
71%of large employers reported staff shortagesIMAD, Development Report 2026
since 2012Slovenia's potential labour force has been contracting continuouslyIMAD
≈ 30%could be aged 65 or over by 2060OECD, 2026
Why now
Demography is not a distant future. It is already entering the company balance sheet.
It affects recruitment costs, growth capacity, knowledge transfer, caring-related absence, automation, regional access to talent and the structure of demand.
Retirement can mean system loss
When an experienced colleague leaves, the company loses more than labour: judgement, client relationships and unwritten processes may disappear with them.
The future customer will be different
Ageing and changing households reshape demand. Longevity is not only a public cost; it is a market for services, technology, housing, finance, mobility and health.
What the company takes away
A conversation that opens the right business questions.
The briefing does not promise universal recipes. It helps participants understand where demographic and technological change already touches their company and which questions they need to address in good time.
A clearer view of change
An evidence-based perspective on the shifts affecting people, markets and company development.
Questions for your own company
Starting points for thinking about talent, succession, knowledge, customers and productivity.
Connections across fields
An understanding of how demography, longevity and technology intersect in business decisions.
Proposed format
Several expert perspectives. One shared discussion.
The central part of the event is designed as a live on-stage conversation in which expert contributions connect with discussion between contributors and questions from the audience. The precise format will be published once all contributors are confirmed.
Aleksandar Uglješić and Žiga Sedevčič
Key demographic shifts and what they mean for people, companies and Slovenia’s future development.
Aljoša Rojac
Longer lives, the biology of ageing and the questions longevity raises for individuals, workplaces and markets.
An additional expert perspective
The possible participation of a confirmed expert in artificial intelligence or a related technology field will be announced later.
Conversation between contributors and the audience
Connecting different perspectives without pre-packaged sales answers and without political framing.
Methodological principle: official evidence and projections are kept separate from business scenarios. The briefing does not forecast an individual company's future or replace legal, tax, HR or investment advice.
Who it is for
For people who carry the consequences of decisions.
The content is for business decision-makers. This is not a general conference or a mass promotional event.
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Owners and executives
For decisions on growth, succession, long-term resilience and investment.
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HR leaders
For planning age structures, critical knowledge, attraction and retention.
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Strategy and development leaders
For identifying new markets, regional differences and the productivity role of technology.
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Successors and family businesses
For connecting ownership transition with workforce succession in good time.
This is not an event for passive listening.
The greatest value goes to participants willing to examine their own evidence, acknowledge blind spots and open a decision their company has postponed for too long.
Three-minute preview
How prepared is your company?
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- retirements and succession,
- critical knowledge transfer,
- regional talent pools,
- automation and productivity,
- customer change.
The conversation continues
Space for questions, experience and connection.
After the central discussion, time will be devoted to audience questions and to connecting people facing comparable challenges in their companies. The precise format of this part will be published with the final programme.
Topics raised by the audience
Participant questions will be an important part of the event because the effects of demographic change differ across industries and companies.
TalentKnowledge transferSuccessionLongevityTechnologyFuture customers
Rules for a useful conversation
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No group sales pitch.
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Problem first, experience second, contact third.
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Connections are voluntary; no participant list is shared without consent.
Three clear routes
Attend, bring a team or become a partner.
Participation and project support are separate. Partnership never changes IDP's methodology, evidence or findings.
For a decision-maker
For an owner, executive or function lead seeking a wider perspective on changes that matter to the company’s future.
- expert discussion on stage,
- audience questions,
- connections after the event,
- summary of sources used.
For shared reflection
For a company bringing together executive, HR and development colleagues to open shared questions about the future.
- several participants from one company,
- a shared expert experience,
- dialogue across business functions,
- the option of further contact with IDP.
For an event supporter
For a company or organisation wishing to support high-quality public and professional discussion about the demographic future of business.
- a clearly defined scope of support,
- transparent acknowledgement,
- no influence on methodology,
- a separate agreement on visibility.
Transparency: this will be a paid event. The fee, tax treatment, date, precise materials and cancellation terms will be published before registration opens. Expressing priority interest is not a registration and creates no payment obligation.
Proposed venue
Odiseja
Ljubljana
A contemporary setting for a business event that must be evidence-rich, visually compelling and open enough for honest dialogue between people who create jobs in Slovenia.
2026 event
Before registration opens
VenueProposed venue: Odiseja, Moskovska ulica 11, Ljubljana
DatePublished after final event confirmation
FormatExpert discussion on stage, audience questions and networking
LanguageSlovenian; English materials where needed
FeePublished when registration opens
Naming the venue does not imply that Odiseja is the confirmed venue or a content or methodology partner in IDP's research work. The final venue and any partnership will be named publicly only after confirmation.
Evidence before rhetoric
The briefing rests on verifiable sources.
Measured evidence, projections, scenarios and IDP interpretation are always labelled separately.
IMAD 2026
Development Report 2026: staff shortages, contraction of the potential workforce and the need for a productivity response.
Open source ↗IMAD 2025
Spring Forecast 2025: generational replacement and the relationship between the 20–29 and 55–64 age groups.
Open source ↗OECD 2026
Building More Competitive Regions in Slovenia: the implications of ageing for labour supply and ageing-related costs.
Open source ↗Odiseja
Official presentation of the multifunctional cultural and business complex in Ljubljana.
Open source ↗Frequently asked questions
Before you express interest.
Is this a conventional lecture?
No. The central format is a live expert conversation on stage. The individual perspectives complement one another, contributors also discuss the issues among themselves, and the audience will have space for questions.
Must we submit company data before the event?
No. The event does not require internal HR or financial data.
Is the event only for large companies?
No. Demographic exposure also matters to small and medium-sized businesses, especially when knowledge is concentrated in a few critical people.
Is the programme already final?
No. The central perspectives have been defined, while the precise format, all contributors and the accompanying programme will be published after final confirmation.
Does expressing interest count as registration?
No. You will receive the date, fee and terms. A place is confirmed only through formal registration under the published conditions.
Can a company become an event partner?
Yes, but partnership is separate from participation and does not permit influence over IDP's research methodology, evidence or findings.
Priority list
The future does not send a reminder.
Express interest and be among the first to receive the date, fee, programme and registration terms. No obligation and no automatic seat reservation.
The button opens your email application. IDP receives only the information you choose to include.