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Metropol Palace Hotel 
Monday-Tuesday, November 23-24, 2020 
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     TGI Executive Meetings 
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DAY ONEf Monday, November 23, 2020 
13.00  Arrival of Speakers and Guests from Sponsors - Registration 
 
 
13.30  Opening Remarks 
Ana Brnabic, Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia 
     
     
14.00       WHAT EUROPE WILL EMERGE FROM THE COVID-19 CRISIS? 
  
Jadranka Joksimovic, 
Minister of European Integration of Serbia  
  3H.E. Sem Fabrizi, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Serbia 
  3H.E. Thomas Schieb, German Ambassador to Serbia 
Thomas Wieser, fmr. President Euro Working Group and of the European Financial Committee of the EU 
 

Deputy Director, Bruegel, Belgium 
   
Chair: TBA 
 
 

 14.45  GLOBAL POWER SHIFTS AFFECTING SOUTH EAST EUROPE 
Miltiades Varvitsiotis, Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic 
H.E. Anthony F. GodfreyU.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia 
 3
, President of the Belgrade Forum for Political Excellence 
, Director, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy 
, Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; Fellow-in-residence, CY Cergy-Paris Univ. ESSEC-IRENE 
 
Chair: TBA 

 
 
15.45  PRIORITIES OF THE NEW EU COUNCIL PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY 
 
     3H.E. Maria Virgínia Mendes da Silva Pina, Ambassador of Portugal to the Republic of Serbia
 
 
16.00 Break 
 
 
 

16.15   STABILITY FACTORS IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE 
 
         H.E. Nikolaus Lutterotti, Austrian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia 
  3
Regional Manager for Western Balkans and Central Europe, IFC 
  3
Director Europe’s Futures Project & Permanent Felow, Institute for Human Sciences 
        
, National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic 
 
Chair: TBA 
 
 
 
 


DAY ONEf Monday, November 23, 2020 
 
17.00  SOUTH EAST EUROPE: ENERGY COOPERATION AND STABILITY 
Opening Statement 
Prof. Dr Zorana Mihajlovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Mining and Energy of Serbia 
 
  3Zsuzsanna Hargitai, Regional Director for Western Balkans, EBRD 
Prof. Yannis Maniatis, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (2013-2015), Greece 
, General Manager, Elektromreza Srbija  
, Senior Fellow, Energy and National Security Programme, CSIS 
    
, Deputy Head of Communications, Turkstream 
COO & Senior Analyst Geopolitical Futures, Founder EnergyValue @ ActiveCompete+, Romania 
 
Chair: TBA 

 
18.00  CONNECTIVITY ISSUES IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE 
 
Opening Statement 
Tomislav MomirovicMinister of Transport, Construction, and Industry of Serbia 
, President & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Black Sea Trade & Development Bank 
CEO & Managing Director, Thessaloniki Port Authority S.A. 
, Executive Director, Overseas Business, TERNA, Greece 
 Program Leader for Western Balkans, World Bank, Vienna 
 
Chair: TBA 
 

 
18.45 Break 
 
 
 
19.00  LEADERS’ ROUNDTABLE 
Aleksandar Vucic, President of the Republic of Serbia  
Edi Rama, 
Prime Minister of Albania 
Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister of North Macedonia 
Zdravko Krivokapic, Prime Minister Designate of Montenegro 
Fadil Novalic, Prime Minister of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina 
Olivér Várhelyi, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement 
 
 
 
…… 

End of first day 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


DAY TWOf Tuesday, November 24, 2020 
 
 
09.00  Arrival of Speakers and Guests from Sponsors - Registration 
 
09.30  WHAT REFORMS ARE NEEDED AT THE BANKING SECTOR 
President of the Executive Board, Eurobank 
     
President of the Executive Board, Raiffeisen Bank 
, President of the Executive Board, AIK Bank  
President of the Executive Board, Alta Banka 
         
, Member of the Executive Board, Banca Intesa 
          
           Chair: TBA         
 
10.30  NEW NATIONAL OBJECTIVES POST COVID-19 AND POST ELECTIONS 
 
Opening Statement: 
Branko Ruzic, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Science & Technological Development of Serbia 
           
, President, Serbian Chamber of Commerce 
 3 Dejan Soskic PhD, Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade 
 3 
Country Manager for Serbia, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank 
 3 
President, Klub Privrednik 
 3 
, President of the Serbian Association of Economists 
 
               Chair: 
, President, ITM Sistem 
 
11.30  In Conversation with: 
          
         
Sinisa Mali, Minister of Finance of Serbia 
 
11.45  In Conversation with: 
 
 Ivica Dacic, President of the National Assembly of Serbia 
 
12.00  COMBATING POVERTY AND INEQUALITIES  
 
Opening Statement: 
Andjelka Atanaskovic, Minister of Economy of Serbia 
Panel Discussion: 
Zoran Martinovic, Director, National Employment Service 
  3
Executive Director, NALED 
      
, Founder and Member of Managing Board, Centre for Advanced Economic Studies 
  
         Chair: TBA         
 

 
12.45 Break 
 
 
 
 

 
DAY TWOf Tuesday, November 24, 2020 
 
 
13.00      FIGHTING UNEMPLOYMENT: THE RESKILLING IMPERATIVE 
 
In Conversation with: 
 
Dr Darija Kisic Tepavcevic, 
Minister of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs of Serbia 
 
In Conversation with: 

 
Irena Vujovic, Minister of Environmental Protection of Serbia 
13.30   IMPROVING COOPERATION IN IT AND INNOVATION 
 
   3H.E. Jahel Vilan, Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Serbia 
    3
, CEO, Neofyton 
   3
PresidentAssociation of Business Women of Serbia 
 
      Chair: 

, Exec. Board Member, Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Berlin/Germany         
 
14.15  DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF SERBIA’S ECONOMY AND ENTERPRISES 
 
Tatjana Matic, Minister of Trade, Tourism, and Telecommunications        
General Manager, Microsoft 
Google 
Country Lead, Cisco Serbia 
General Manager, IBM Serbia 
 Chair: TBA     
15.00  
FDI IN PANDEMIC 
 
Branislav Nedimovic, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management 
H.E. Carlo Lo Cascio, Italian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia 
3Dubravka Negre, Head of Regional Office for the Western Balkans, EIB 
     
, Director, British-Serbian Chamber of Commerce 
, Director, German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce 
, Vice President of the Board of Directors, FIC & CEO, Vip Mobile and A1 Telekom Slovenia 
 
 
                  Chair: TBA     
 
16.00  MANUFACTURING MATTERS: WHY IS SO IMPORTANT 
 
     
, Acting General Manager, Metalac Holding 
 
 CEO, AD IMLEK 
 
, General Manager, ROCHE 
 
, Managing Director South East Europe, Philip Morris International 
 
 Chair: TBA         
 
16.45 End 
of 
the 
Forum