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