The event was opened on Wednesday evening with a reception featuring Finance Minister Janez Šušteršič and Constitutional Court President Ernest Petrič as guest speakers.

Proceedings at the three-day event will revolve around a conference discussing issues such as revitalisation of the European capital market, Eurobonds, financial reform, and business opportunities in Slovenia and the region.

On Thursday participants of the conference will debate ways to revive capital markets in the EU through pension and other reforms and ways to educate and protect users of financial services.

In the evening, an award for shareholder friendly company will be handed out to Slovenian drug maker Krka.

The debates on Friday will examine the future of the euro and the financial statement and obstacles facing small shareholders in becoming more active in decision-making.

A presentation of the Slovenian business environment and investment opportunities by the Public Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Entrepreneurship and Foreign Investments (JAPTI) will wrap up the conference.

Running alongside the conference is an investors' convention, called InvestoExpo, aimed at presenting Slovenian and international industries, institutions, and products with the goal of forging new business ties and opportunities.

Investors' Week is organised by the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders' Association, a group specialising in representing small shareholders at annual general meetings, in conjunction with the European Federation of Financial Services Users and the World Federation of Investors.

Kristjan Verbič, the head of the Pan-Slovenian Shareholders' Association, said he was pleased the event was taking place at a time when key questions about foreign investments are being raised.

"The meeting can benefit the Slovenian economy and financial system, and offer solutions for dilemmas that we are facing," he said.