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AGENDA
KOPAONIK BUSINESS FORUM 2025, March 2-5
In partnership with
Sunday, March 2, 2025
10:00 - 20:00
 
REGISTRATION (RECEPTION – HOTEL GRAND)
13:30 - 14:45
 
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: EXPO 2027
Forum Hall
14:45 - 15:45
 
PANEL 1: THE WESTERN BALKANS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: TOWARD SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Forum Hall
15:45 - 16:45
 
PANEL 2: MACROECONOMIC TRENDS IN SERBIA: ARE WE CAPABLE TO REACH HIGH INCOME ECONOMY?
Forum Hall
16:45 - 17:30
 
PANEL 3: PRESENTATION OF THE KBF INDEX OF THE COMPANY REPUTATION (KBF INCORE)
Forum Hall
17:30 - 18:30
 
PANEL 4: WOMEN, CLIMATE AND POWER: BRIDGING GAPS FOR A GREENER TOMORROW
Forum Hall
18:30 - 19:15
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH:
Forum Hall
19:15 - 20:00
 
PANEL 5: START-UPS AND CORPORATIONS: HOW TO CREATE GLOBAL PRODUCT?
Forum Hall
20:00 - 20:45
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH:
Forum Hall
21:00 - 22:30
 
WELCOME RECEPTION powered by MK GROUP
Monday, March 3, 2025
09:30 - 09:50
 
KEY DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN TWO KBFs
Central Hall
09:50 - 10:15
 
MESSAGE FROM THE PARTNER
Central Hall
10:15 - 11:15
 
ADDRESSES OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
Central Hall
11:15 - 11:30
 
Break
11:30 - 12:45
 
PANEL 6: WARS, TRADE WARS, AND THE CONSEQUENCES FOR EUROPE AND THE WESTERN BALKANS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
11:30 - 12:45
 
PANEL 7: POWERING DIGITAL ECONOMY – SERBIA’S PATH TO TECH EXELLENCE
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
12:45 - 13:45
 
Brunch
13:45 - 15:00
 
PANEL 8: SUPPORTING INNOVATION – THE NEW START-UP IDEAS (FOLLOWED BY TALKS WITH POTENTIONAL INVESTORS)
Central Hall (Parallel track)
13:45 - 15:00
 
PANEL 9: POPULATION DYNAMICS AFFECTING THE LABOR MARKET
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
15:00 - 16:15
 
PANEL 10:  THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN BUSINESS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
15:00 - 16:15
 
PANEL 11: THE WESTERN BALKANS: SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL COOPERATION
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
16:15 - 17:15
 
PANEL 12: INNOVATIVE BUSINESS IN CHINA
Central Hall (Parallel track)
16:15 - 17:15
 
PANEL 13: PROJECT SALLY 996
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 14: DATA-DRIVEN ECONOMY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 15: INFRASTRUCTURE AND CONNECTIVITY AGENDA
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 16: LOVE, PASSION, FREEDOM – ASSOCIATION OF SERBIAN INSURERS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 17: SERBIAN HIGH-INCOME ECONOMY- IS IT ACHIEVABLE? INSIGHTS FROM INVESTORS
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
19:45 - 20:00
 
Break
20:00 - 20:45
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH A SPECIAL GUEST:
Central Hall
20:45 - 22:00
 
PANEL 18: GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION: RATIONAL, OUTCOMES, MILESTONES AND SUPPORT FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
Central Hall
22:00 -
 
TRULY UNIQUE party
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
09:00 - 09:30
 
ADDRESSES OF THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
Central Hall
09:30 – 10:10
 
ADDRESS OF THE SPECIAL GUEST
10:10 - 10:15
 
Break
10:15 - 11:30
 
PANEL 19: GREEN ENERGY TRANSITION - CONTRIBUTION TO HIGH INCOME ECONOMY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
10:15 - 11:30
 
PANEL 20: HOW THE NEW GERMAN SUPPLY CHAIN ACT WILL SHAPE OUR BUSINESS?
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
11:30 - 12:45
 
PANEL 21: NEW TRENDS IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
11:30 - 12:45
 
PANEL 22: BEYOND DIGITALIZATION: AI AND DATA EMPOWERED PUBLIC SERVICES
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
12:45 - 14:00
 
PANEL 23: HIGH PERFORMING EDUCATION FOR A HIGH-INCOME ECONOMY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
12:45 - 14:00
 
PANEL 24: SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY: WHY ARE GLOBAL PLAYERS (STILL) DOMESTIC COMPANIES?
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
14:00 - 14:30
 
Brunch
14:30 - 15:30
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH: HOW TO CREATE THE FUTURE - GROWTH AND OPTIMISM IN TURBULENT TIMES
Central Hall (Parallel track)
14:30 - 15:30
 
PANEL 25: SERBIA AND SOUTHEAST EUROPE THROUGH THE LENS OF GLOBAL M&A AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
15:30 - 16:45
 
PANEL 26: WHY THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY IS THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY OF OUR TIME
Central Hall (Parallel track)
15:30 - 16:45
 
PANEL 27: ESCAPING THE MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP: LESSONS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
16:45 - 18:00
 
PANEL 28: REELS, MEMES & FINANCIAL TRICKS: CONNECTING WITH THE ALWAYS-ONLINE GENERATION
Central Hall (Parallel track)
16:45 - 18:00
 
PANEL 29: INNOVATION HORIZONS: ACCELERATE THE TECH-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
18:00 - 19:15
 
PANEL 30: BANKING SECTOR: THE ROLE IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
18:00 - 19:15
 
PANEL 31: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - THE CONTRIBUTION OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
19:15 - 20:30
 
PANEL 32: THE "JADAR" PROJECT: PROS AND CONS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
19:15 - 20:30
 
PANEL 33: NEW NEIGHBORS, NEW BUSINESS HORIZONS: REFUGEE POTENTIAL IN SERBIA
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
20:30 - 21:15
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH:
Central Hall
22:00 -
 
Party
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
09:00 - 09:45
 
ADDRESSES OF THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
Forum Hall
09:45 - 10:45
 
PANEL 34: WHO IS MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU THAN ME?
Forum Hall
10:45 - 11:45
 
PANEL 35: ENDOWMENT IN SERBIA
Forum Hall
11:45 - 13:00
 
PANEL 36: GENERATIONS Z AND ALPHA IN THE AGE OF GEN AI
Forum Hall
13:00 - 14:15
 
PANEL 37: HEALTHCARE IN SERBIA BASED ON INNOVATIONS
Forum Hall
14:15 - 15:00
 
ADDRESS OF THE PRIME MINISTER
Forum Hall
15:00 - 15:15
 
CLOSING REMARKS
Forum Hall