The annual WAIPA World Investment Conference was held in Geneva from 5th to 6th September 2011, bringing together international panels, government officials, chief executives from the private sector, representatives from Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs), as well as members of civil society and academia. The conference was focused on the topic „Shifting investment promotion startegies: sustainable development and technological innovation” which represents the continuation of the last year's conference on the role of green energy initiatives and innovation as a catalyst for FDI.

The two-day conference also explored the following topics:

• Back to Basics – Ending the Short Term View
• Changing Macro-Economic Realities and FDI
• The Long Term View-Innovation, Green Energy and Economic Development
• Narrowing the technology gap: host country innovation, R&D relocation and FDI

Within the conference, it was organized the meeting of the Regional IPA’s representatives, including the FIPA Director, Jelica Grujic, and the FIPA Deputy Director, Blazenka Miskovic. The meeting was focused on the upcoming activities to promote the potential of Eastern Europe for foreign investments.

Attending the WAIPA conference, the FIPA representatives also had a meeting with the BiH Ambassador in Geneva, Mr. Jakob Finci. On this occasion, it was discussed on importance of Swiss investments for growth and development of the BiH economy. They agreed concrete activities to undertake by the BiH Embassy and FIPA in the period to come aiming at intensifying promotion of potential and opportunities for investing in BiH.