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AGENDA
KOPAONIK BUSINESS FORUM 2024, March 3-6
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Sunday, March 3, 2024
10:00 - 20:00
 
REGISTRATION (RECEPTION - HOTEL GRAND)
15:30 - 16:30
 
PANEL 1: THE WESTERN BALKANS ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: STAYING AHEAD OF THE RECESSION THREATS
Forum Hall
16:30 - 17:30
 
PANEL 2: MACROECONOMIC TRENDS: CAN SERBIA EMBARK ON THE RAPID GROWTH PATH?
Forum Hall
17:30 - 18:15
 
PANEL 3: PRESENTATION OF THE KBF INDEX OF COMPANY REPUTATION (KBF INCORE)
Forum Hall
18:15 - 19:15
 
PANEL 4: CREATIVE INDUSTRY IN SERBIA: A BRIDGE TOWARD SUCCESS
Forum Hall
19:15 - 20:00
 
PANEL 5: MASTERING SALES GLOBALLY: HOW TO CONQUER NEW MARKETS?
Forum Hall
20:00 - 20:45
 
PANEL 6: ESG STANDARDS: A NEW CHAPTER IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Forum Hall
21:00 - 22:30
 
WELCOME RECEPTION powered by MK GROUP
Monday, March 4, 2024
09:30 - 10:00
 
KEY DEVELOPMENTS BETWEEN TWO KBFs
Central Hall
10:00 - 10:20
 
MESSAGE FROM THE PARTNER
Central Hall
10:20 - 11:10
 
ADDRESSES BY THE GOVERNOR AND THE MINISTER OF FINANCE
Central Hall
11:10 - 11:30
 
ADDRESS BY THE SPECIAL GUEST
Central Hall
11:30 - 11:50
 
ADDRESS BY THE IMF MISSION CHIEF
Central Hall
11:50 - 12:15
 
Break
12:15 - 13:30
 
PANEL 7: EU ENLARGEMENT AND WB: CAN SERBIA MAKE IT BY 2030?
Central Hall (Parallel track)
12:15 - 13:30
 
PANEL 8: BIG BETS FOR DIGITAL INDUSTRIES: CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
13:30 - 14:45
 
PANEL 9: SKILLS MISMATCH CRISIS IN THE SERBIAN LABOUR MARKET: WAYS TO SOLUTIONS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
13:30 - 14:45
 
PANEL 10: CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
14:45 - 16:00
 
PANEL 11:  THE WESTERN BALKANS: REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Central Hall (Parallel track)
14:45 - 16:00
 
PANEL 12: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY BEGUN
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
16:00 - 16:15
 
Break
16:15 - 17:15
 
SPECIAL EVENT: EXPO 2027: SHAPING THE FUTURE
Central Hall (Parallel track)
16:15 - 17:15
 
SPECIAL EVENT: VIII FORUM OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES NIŠ: INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AND SMART SPECIALIZATION AS FACTORS OF REGIONAL COMPETITIVENESS 
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 13: PERSONALIZATION: KEY DRIVER OF BUSINESS GROWTH
Central Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 14: ROLE OF THE REGION IN A CHANGING AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 15: INSURANCE: THE NEW REALITY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 16: CHALLENGES OF THE SERBIAN ECONOMY – A VIEW OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN INVESTORS
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
19:45 - 20:00
 
Break
20:00 - 20:45
 
HARD TALK INTERVIEW
Central Hall
20:45 - 21:30
 
IN CONVERSATION WITH THE PRIME MINISTER
Central Hall
22:00 -
 
S PARTY
16:30-
 
SIDE EVENT - NLB KOMERCIJALNA BANKA & A1: CHARITY SKI RACE, @SKILIFT MALO JEZERO AWARDS CEREMONY AND COCKTAIL @NLB KLUB, GRAND HOTEL
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
09:30 - 10:00
 
ADDRESSES BY THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
Central Hall
10:00 - 11:15
 
PANEL 17: ROAD TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION
Central Hall (Parallel track)
10:00 - 11:15
 
PANEL 18: INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE RISING INTEREST RATES
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
11:15 - 12:30
 
PANEL 19: FINANCE INDUSTRY: TRANSFORMATION AS AN OPPORTUNITY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
11:15 - 12:30
 
PANEL 20: SERBIAN SMEs FACING GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
12:30 - 13:45
 
PANEL 21: EDUCATION 4.0
Central Hall (Parallel track)
12:30 - 13:45
 
PANEL 22: BRINGING CIRCULARITY TO LIFE
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
13:45 - 14:45
 
SPECIAL EVENT: NOVI SAD FAIR - AGRICULTURE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AT THE INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL FAIR IN NOVI SAD
Central Hall (Parallel track)
13:45 - 14:45
 
PANEL 23: A FUTURE WITHOUT WORKERS?
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
14:45 - 16:00
 
PANEL 24: WALK THE TALK: THE IMPACT OF ACTIVISM IN PROMOTING ESG CONCEPTS
Central Hall (Parallel track)
14:45 - 16:00
 
PANEL 25: WOMEN OF CHANGE: SELF-CONFIDENCE, COMMITMENT,  AND VISION
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
16:00 - 17:15
 
PANEL 26: SPORT IN BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
16:00 - 17:15
 
PANEL 27: AIMING FOR A HIGH-INCOME ECONOMY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN SERBIA AND THE WESTERN BALKANS
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 28: BANKING SECTOR:  FINANCING ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Central Hall (Parallel track)
17:15 - 18:30
 
PANEL 29: SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: A CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 30: YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS: SUCCESS STORIES
Central Hall (Parallel track)
18:30 - 19:45
 
PANEL 31: REAL ESTATE AT A TURNING POINT
Forum Hall (Parallel track)
19:45 - 20:00
 
Break
20:00 - 20:45
 
ADDRESS BY THE SPECIAL GUEST - ONLINE
Central Hall
20:45 - 22:00
 
PANEL 32: GREEN TRANSITION ACTION PLAN FOR SERBIA
Central Hall
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
09:15 - 10:00
 
ADDRESSES BY THE PLENARY SPEAKERS
Forum Hall
10:00 - 11:15
 
PANEL 33: GENDER PARITY FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Forum Hall
11:15 - 12:15
 
PANEL 34: YOUTH CALLS TO ACTION
Forum Hall
12:15 - 13:15
 
PANEL 35: FROM "Z" TO "A": NEW CAPITALISM FROM THE ANGLE OF "Z" AND ALPHA GENERATIONS
Forum Hall
13:15 - 14:30
 
PANEL 36: RETHINKING HEALTHCARE FINANCING BASED ON DATA
Forum Hall
14:30 - 14:45
 
CLOSING REMARKS
Forum Hall