Agenda EIAT 2017
Friday, 10th November – Rector’s Office Building, University of Novi Sad
09.15 – 10.15 Registration of delegates
10.30 – 11.00 Introductory remarks and speeches
- Ivan Đoković, Deputy Prime Minister of the Provincial Government AP Vojvodine and Provincial Secretary for Economy and Tourism,
- Isabel Garana, Regional Director for Europe of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
11.00 – 12.00 “Tourist experience and competitiveness of the tourist destination”
- Renata Pindžo, PhD, Deputy Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of the Government of the Republic of Serbia,
- Cristina Ionela Tărteaţă, Deputy Minister of Tourism of the Government of Romania,
- Damir Davidović, State Secretary in the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism of the Government of the Republic of Montenegro,
- Azra Džigal, Special adviser to the minister of tourism and environmental protection at the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Aleksandar Đurić, PhD, Special Adviser to the Minister of Tourism in Republic of Srpska,
- Savina Nedyalkova Rupelieva, Chief Expert, Tourism Policy Directorate, Ministry of Tourism in Bulgaria.
- Moderator: Bojan Zečević, PhD, Full Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade.
12.00 – 12.30 Coffe break
12.30 – 13.00 “The role of media in supporting small and successful entrepreneurs?”
- Robert Čoban, President of Color Press Group, Serbia,
- Andrej Celija, Entrepreneur in Tourism, Vodnjan, Istria, Croatia.
13.00 – 14.00 “Tourism product development and best practices in the region”
- Introduction: Kaethe Brakhan, Head of the Regional Program for the promotion of Cross- Border Cooperation at the Middle and Lower Danube through the Danube Competence Center (DCC), implemented by German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ).
- Nataša Pavlović, PhD, Director of Tourist Organization of Vojvodina, Serbia,
- Vesna Ferenac, Director of the Tourist community of Novigrad, Croatia,
- Tina Novak Samec, Director of the Tourist Information Centre Goriška Brda, Slovenia,
- Tijana Maljković, Secretary for Tourism at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia.
- Moderator: Branislav Miletić, Partner at Horwath HTL Belgrade, Serbia.
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch
15.00 – 16.00 “Channels for the introduction of local products and services into the offer of the destination”
- Introduction: Majed Al-Hasanat, National project Director at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Jordan; “Case of Petra, Jordanian World Wonder”.
- Nebojša Daraboš, Director of the PP Palić Subotica, Serbia,
- Irina Tomic, Executive Director at the Adriatic Tourist Resort Pag, Croatia,
- Despina Kozarovska, Partner at the Podium, Macedonia,
- Andrea Lupieri, Entrepreneur and Olive oil producer in Istria, Croatia.
- Moderator: Aleksandar Đorđević, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics University of Belgrade.
20.00 – 23.00 Dinner at the Restaurant Sokače
Saturday, 11th November – Rector’s Office Building, University of Novi Sad
10.30 – 11.30 “Promotion and branding of tourist products”
- Nemanja Milenković, Director at the Foundation Novi Sad 2021, Serbia,
- Biagio Carrano, Program Coordinator at the Slow Food Network, Adria region,
- Miloš Gajić, Executive Director at the Selo.rs web portal and rural reservation system, Serbia,
- Ćazim Hodžić, CEO at the Dolcinium Kite Surf Club, Montenegro (TBC),
- Branimir Cigale, CEO at Posh 33 Digital Marketing, Serbia.
- Moderator: Milan Stojković, Director at the Tourism and Management Consulting, Serbia.
11.30 – 12.00 Coffe break
12.00 – 13.00 “Financing projects in tourism”
- Sergej Tamaš, Assistant Secretary for Economy and Tourism at the Provincial Government of Vojvodina,
- Darko Đurović, Head of the Private Sector Development Program of Western Serbia (PSD),
- Boris Čamernik, Secretary General at the Danube Competence Center, Serbia.
- Moderator: Branko Krasojević, Director at the Savetnik u turizmu agency, Serbia.
14.00 – 15.00 Lunch and departures