Following the open call for cooperation in February, IEDC-Bled School of Management and CEEMAN have gathered a diverse group of research partners from numerous universities and other institutions from 22 countries to research the Hidden Champions phenomenon in their nations’ economies. On 21 and 22 May, our partners from 11 countries visited us in Bled to take part in the first research meeting and thus marked the successful start of the second discussion on this fascinating topic: Hidden Champions in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe.