8th REGIONAL BUSINESS FORUM
Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vojvodina, Nikola Tesla Hall
Braće Popović 5, Master center, Novi Sad
20–21 November 2025
Day 1: November 20, 2025, Thursday
| Time | Activity |
| 09:00–09:45 | Registration of participants |
| 10:00–10:20 | OFFICIAL OPENING AND WELCOME SPEECHES Maja Gojković, President of the Provincial Government of Vojvodina Vladimir Gak, President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vojvodina Sekib Avdagić, President of the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (video message) Balint Juhas, President of the Assembly of Autonomous Province of Vojvodina |
| 10:20–10:30 | OFFICIAL SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENTS Agreement with the Development Agency of Serbia Agreement with Green Navigator Agreement with the Union of Chambers of Commerce of North Macedonia |
| 10:30–11:00 | PANEL 1 – CHALLENGES IN THE REGIONAL ECONOMY Vladimir Gak, President of the CCI Vojvodina Goran Račić, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Republic of Srpska Goran Janjić, President of the Advisory Board of Green Navigator Goran Georgievski, President of the Union of Chambers of Commerce of North Macedonia |
| 11:00–11:10 | Media statements |
| 11:10-11:30 | Coffee break |
| PANELS AND B2B MEETINGS Congress Center of the Novi Sad Fair, Hajduk Veljkova 11 | |
| 11:30–12:00 Hall 1 | PANEL 2 – The Danube as a Regional Tourism Brand Nenad Ivanišević, Provincial Secretary for Economy and Tourism Sandra Poleksić, Head of Tourism Promotion and Development Department Tourism Organization of Vojvodina Nenad Andrić, Director of Etno Kamp Moderator: Branislav Mamić, Services Association Secretary, CCI Vojvodina |
| 11:30-12:00 Hall 2 | PANEL 3 – Automotive Smart Mobility – AI as the Future or a Challenge Dalibor Berić, D.Sc. General Manager of IGB Automotive Indjija Srdjan Kolaković, PhD, Director of Science and Technology Park Novi Sad Mehmet Beyaz, PhD, Founder and CTO of TTG International Ltd, Turkey Moderator: Slobodan Morača, PhD, Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad |
| 11:30-12:00 Hall 3 | PANEL 4 – From Farm to Market Petar Samolovac, Assistant Provincial Secretary for Agriculture Zorica Radisić, Entreprenuer, Dairy „Farmer“ Jelena Nestorov Bizonj, President of the Cooperative Union of Vojvodina Zoran Brljak, Danube Farm Initiative Valeriy Kardashov, President of Association for the Global Development of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Moderator: Mirela Mitrić, Journalist, RTV |
| 12:00–15:00 Hall 4 | B2B MEETINGS |
| Lunch and networking |
Day 2: November 21, 2025, Friday
| Time | Activity |
| 9:30-10:00 | Registration of participants |
| 10:00–10:30 | Presentation: EXPO 2027 |
| 10:30–11:00 | Presentation: Istanbul Chamber of Commerce |
| 11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee break |
| 11:15–11:45 | Presentations of local governments: Irig, Zrenjanin, Bačka Topola, Drvar |
| 11:45 – 12:15 | Presentation of companies: ETRI Solutions, Alijansa TESLA, COM DATA, Association for Global AI Development, TTG International Ltd |
| 12:15–12:30 | Forum conclusions |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
