Nemanja Antić
A prominent expert with rich experience and an impressive career. With an education in international economics and foreign trade from the prestigious Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, and an MBA degree in finance and accounting from the University of Sheffield in Great Britain. Nemanja is a recognized expert in his field. Licensed securities broker. Military Shop is a recognizable company engaged in the production and distribution of special and protective clothing and equipment. Their products equip various sectors - from police and military units to utility companies, state authorities and security firms. With a presence in 8 markets, this company has achieved impressive success. So far, they have sold over 2 million items to individual customers via e-commerce. Nemanja will share his valuable financial experience and investment knowledge, providing you with valuable advice from the world of investment, money placement and business, e-commerce, marketing, motivation, the world. The secret of success - Focusing on work as the main thing in life, resilience to work problems and personal challenges, long-term planning, economic education, personal experience in business - start young. Willingness to take risks. Taking on a great responsibility.
Nebojša Mandrapa
Partner and Managing Director of the New Media Team agency. Member of Novak Djokovic's PR team and sports specialist. As a PR expert and director at the New Media Team agency, he has been working with top sports names since 2012, including Novak Djokovic, the best tennis player of all time. Working with Djokovic includes crisis management, damage control, brand reputation management, media relations, social media work, event organisation and CSR activities… During his career, he contributed to building and maintaining the image of recognizable brands, managing PR activities for some of the world's most respected companies. Thus, in the role of brand director in the New Media Team, he collaborated with renowned clients such as Amstel, Heineken, Zaječarsko, Laško, adidas, Reebok, Porsche, Opel, Hisense, Samsung, Eurosport, Discovery, Visa, Continental, H&M, OTP banka, BIG CEE, Yandex, Oleg Deripaska, Vertex and PharmaSwiss. The passion for sports also contributed to cooperation with leading sports organizations and personalities, including the NBA league, UEFA, the Football Association of Serbia, the Basketball Association of Serbia, the ABA League, FC Vojvodina, KK Crvena zvezda and numerous athletes, such as basketball players Bogdan Bogdanović and Dejan Tomasevic. Since 2024, he has also been working as the marketing director of RFK Grafičar from Belgrade, a club that develops young players and inspires them to become top athletes and responsible individuals. Before PR, for more than ten years, Nebojša worked as a journalist, with over 1,000 published articles. He has received numerous awards for his work, including awards for the best tennis journalist in Serbia in 2011 (UNS and Tennis Association of Serbia), an award for a series of exclusive stories in 2012 (Novosti), as well as for the best young journalist in 2013 (Novosti). Today, he imparts his experience in sports, PR and brand management to students through lectures, working as a lecturer and mentor, with the desire to inspire and contribute to the development of new generations of experts in these fields.
Radovan Perović
Managing director of the Center for Public Speaking. He acquired knowledge in the field of rhetoric and public speaking at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade. Multiple winners of public speaking competitions with significant experience as a public speaking educator and public speaking consultant for business and public life figures.
Miloš Vasić
Miloš Vasić, from Blace, entered the business world in 2010. At the age of 20, he entered the hospitality industry. In search of new challenges, he turns to digital business. He is one of the pioneers in Drop shipping in our region and the creator of the first online education, from 2018. More than 2,000 people went through his education at that time, and later he launched several more educations on the subject of e-commerce. He is the founder of Vascom Digital, which deals with education, eCommerce and marketing of digital services. He is one of the most recognizable people when it comes to eCommerce and is an official Shopify Commerce Coach. Miloš is in the top 3 for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and in the top 10 at the global level. Miloš says for himself that he is a lazy person and always looking for an easier way to reach his goal.
Marko Marijoković
Marko Marijoković is a social media networks specialist, former influencer’s manager and influencer, who gathers a community of over half a million followers on his Instagram profile, and the main characters are his family, headed by grandmother Dragica. As a marketer and content creator, his focus is not just on aesthetics and entertaining clips, but on their deeper message. His videos tend to spread positive energy, brighten the day and put a smile on the face of his followers, but also to make them remember at the end of the day that the most important things are those that cannot be bought. In addition, the profile's mission is to encourage empathy and promote values such as family, friendship, love and travel. The main goal of the profile is to empower people to follow their dreams and fight for their goals regardless of the challenges they face. Marko has been engaged in digital marketing and activism for 8 years, and in the last 5 years he entered the world of influencer marketing and collaborated with global and domestic brands such as Coca-Cola, Milka, Philips, Xiaomi and many others, while as a former influencer's manager he collaborated with over 200 influencers from the entire region.
Ivana i Goran Babić
Ivana and Goran are a married couple who have been traveling the world together since 2011. After several affordable trips that they realized for themselves, in 2017, out of the need for as many people as possible to find out that it is possible to travel cheaply, they decided to create the website jeftinoputuj.com and immediately parallel to it, social media networks. Their idea is to inspire others to travel and make it easier for others to do so. This motivates them to be active all these years and, on their website, dvaranca.com they publish almost daily specific information and suggestions about cheap flights, where to go, as well as other discounts and special offers. Their efforts were also recognized by others, and they were honored with awards: 2019 - TOP 50 best online things from Serbia as chosen by PC Press for the site 2022 - TOP 50 best online things from Serbia as chosen by PC Press for Instagram profile 2023 - Tourist Flower in the influencer/blogger category for contribution to tourism in Serbia
Željana Babić
Željana Babić is a Serbian neuroscientist who spent the past decade studying the brain at the University of California, San Diego. However, midway through her PhD, she had the opportunity to launch Xenios Academy, an EdTech startup focused on creating a learning management system (LMS) based on AI and neuroscience principles. It was a difficult decision, but she chose to pause her studies and relocate to the UAE to fully dedicate herself to Xenios. Despite being in its early stages, Xenios has already garnered significant media attention and industry recognition. To name a few, the company was invited to represent the UAE Ministry of Education at the largest EdTech event in the world and Zeljana won the "Women in Tech" award from the United Nations Tourism in September 2023.
Bojana Jovanović
Throughout her long tennis career, Bojana stood out as the winner of numerous tournaments, and in 2020 she took the place of the second-best player in Serbia. In addition to tennis, she plays padel professionally and enjoys various sports activities that bring balance and positive energy to her life. Her love for creating content on social media has led her to influencer status with over 200k followers on Instagram and TikTok. Through her posts, she shares fitness routines, moments from the tennis and padel courts, as well as aspects of everyday life, motivating people to a healthy lifestyle and positive changes. She graduated in IT multimedia and design in Belgrade, which enables her to create high-quality and visually appealing content. Bojana has a wide range of interests, including tennis, padel, fitness, yoga, healthy eating, fashion, modeling and spirituality. He advocates a holistic approach to life, strives for a balance between physical and mental well-being. Throughout her career, Bojana had the opportunity to collaborate with famous athletes such as Novak Đoković, Janko Tipsarević, Stefan Bojović, Brazilian soccer player Marcelo, and Pongfinity, the Finnish YouTube trio. Her goal is to inspire and motivate people through her platforms, showing them that with dedicated work, love for what we do and a positive attitude, all goals can be achieved. Her desire is to be an example to all who want to achieve their dreams.
Tamara Stojković
Tamara Stojković is 24 years old and graduated in international relations in Belgrade. She currently works for the “Biznis priče” podcast, which aims to create a new generation of entrepreneurs. At the age of 21, Tamara founded the non-governmental organisation “Zajedničke promene” in order to reduce food waste and hunger. Later, Tamara was the youth delegate of the Republic of Serbia at the United Nations, as well as the youth representative at the European Union. She is part of the project of the American Embassy in Belgrade to encourage leadership among young people; and also, she is a part of the program sponsored by the Prince of Abu Dhabi, to encourage youth leadership in the field of ecology.
Nataša Mićević
After completing her basic and master's studies in the field of tourism, she began her career by working in a travel agency, where she successfully organized trips and got to know the world of hotel management. Large hotel complexes were the next step - the Sales and Reservation Department at the Zlatibor 4* hotel, and then for several years the current position of Reservations Supervisor at the largest hotel complex in Divčibare - Crni Vrh 4* hotel. Nataša is an associate of the Faculty of Organizational Studies "Eduka" and is engaged in research work, primarily in the field of Revenue management in the hotel industry.
Jelena Marjanović
Jelena completed her basic studies at the Faculty of Science in Novi Sad and earned the title of Graduated Manager in Hotel Management. After her studies, she returned to her hometown and got a job at the reception desk of the Grand & Sky Hotel Tornik in Zlatibor, where she still works. During her studies, she worked and volunteered on many projects and events, a lover of traveling, getting to know new cultures and people. In the 3rd year of her studies, she creates an Instagram profile @ruza_otkriva with the aim of motivating students to educate themselves, volunteer and take advantage of all the benefits of student life. During her student days, she was a member of the organisational team of the MEKST conference, and by working through the sectors of marketing, hosting, and production, she gained experience that she wants to share with the participants of this year's MEKST conference.
Bobana Živanović
Bobana Živanović has been working in public relations for 9 years, and has been in the media for more than a decade. She is the founder of the "MediaPRo" school for PR management and journalism. She graduated from the Faculty of Project and Innovation Management and the Officina School of Journalism in 2010. She graduated from the Faculty of Project and Innovation Management and the Officina School of Journalism in 2010. Worked on numerous projects as a PR manager and organiser, including 6 concerts in the Belgrade Arena, 4 concerts and a festival at Tašmajdan, two at the Sava Center. She also worked as a marketing and PR manager of a shopping center in Belgrade, and for 9 years she has been working as a PR manager for one of the most popular singers in our region, Milica Todorović. One of the most famous bands in Serbia, the Lexington band, chose her to be part of their team. Numerous names from pop music allowed her to grow and gain experience with them all these years. TV was her love at the very beginning, but only behind the cameras, so in 2014 she started doing the AmiG Show, until today. In November 2021, she founded her school for PR management and journalism "MediaPRo" and this is the thing she is most proud of in her career. In addition to her work as a PR manager, Instagram has become her second job, and for the past 4 years she has had the opportunity to collaborate with numerous brands as an influencer.
Filip Đoković
Dean of the Faculty of Organisational Studies "Eduka" in Belgrade and owner of a hotel management consulting company, which manages hotels in the region where 300 former and current hotel management students work. A passionate hotelier who mixes practice and theory.
Dolores Milošev Erdeg
Journalist and producer of the podcast "Healthy talk with Dolores" and co-owner of the production company "Procast media". In the framework of podcasts and blogs, she investigates family topics in a journalistic manner. Her main topics are the mental health of children and adults, giving media space to both experts and "ordinary" confessions about growing up and what influenced our adult "self". She has formed a community of 60,000 people on Instagram. Dolores points out that entrepreneurship has brought her the most freedom and room for progress in her life. This year, for the third time, she will moderate the MEKST conference, as well as entrepreneurial panels and interviews.
Nemanja Antić
A prominent expert with rich experience and an impressive career. With an education in international economics and foreign trade from the prestigious Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, and an MBA degree in finance and accounting from the University of Sheffield in Great Britain. Nemanja is a recognized expert in his field. Licensed securities broker. Military Shop is a recognizable company engaged in the production and distribution of special and protective clothing and equipment. Their products equip various sectors - from police and military units to utility companies, state authorities and security firms. With a presence in 8 markets, this company has achieved impressive success. So far, they have sold over 2 million items to individual customers via e-commerce. Nemanja will share his valuable financial experience and investment knowledge, providing you with valuable advice from the world of investment, money placement and business, e-commerce, marketing, motivation, the world. The secret of success - Focusing on work as the main thing in life, resilience to work problems and personal challenges, long-term planning, economic education, personal experience in business - start young. Willingness to take risks. Taking on a great responsibility.
Nebojša Mandrapa
Partner and Managing Director of the New Media Team agency. Member of Novak Djokovic's PR team and sports specialist. As a PR expert and director at the New Media Team agency, he has been working with top sports names since 2012, including Novak Djokovic, the best tennis player of all time. Working with Djokovic includes crisis management, damage control, brand reputation management, media relations, social media work, event organisation and CSR activities… During his career, he contributed to building and maintaining the image of recognizable brands, managing PR activities for some of the world's most respected companies. Thus, in the role of brand director in the New Media Team, he collaborated with renowned clients such as Amstel, Heineken, Zaječarsko, Laško, adidas, Reebok, Porsche, Opel, Hisense, Samsung, Eurosport, Discovery, Visa, Continental, H&M, OTP banka, BIG CEE, Yandex, Oleg Deripaska, Vertex and PharmaSwiss. The passion for sports also contributed to cooperation with leading sports organizations and personalities, including the NBA league, UEFA, the Football Association of Serbia, the Basketball Association of Serbia, the ABA League, FC Vojvodina, KK Crvena zvezda and numerous athletes, such as basketball players Bogdan Bogdanović and Dejan Tomasevic. Since 2024, he has also been working as the marketing director of RFK Grafičar from Belgrade, a club that develops young players and inspires them to become top athletes and responsible individuals. Before PR, for more than ten years, Nebojša worked as a journalist, with over 1,000 published articles. He has received numerous awards for his work, including awards for the best tennis journalist in Serbia in 2011 (UNS and Tennis Association of Serbia), an award for a series of exclusive stories in 2012 (Novosti), as well as for the best young journalist in 2013 (Novosti). Today, he imparts his experience in sports, PR and brand management to students through lectures, working as a lecturer and mentor, with the desire to inspire and contribute to the development of new generations of experts in these fields.
Radovan Perović
Managing director of the Center for Public Speaking. He acquired knowledge in the field of rhetoric and public speaking at the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Political Sciences of the University of Belgrade. Multiple winners of public speaking competitions with significant experience as a public speaking educator and public speaking consultant for business and public life figures.
Miloš Vasić
Miloš Vasić, from Blace, entered the business world in 2010. At the age of 20, he entered the hospitality industry. In search of new challenges, he turns to digital business. He is one of the pioneers in Drop shipping in our region and the creator of the first online education, from 2018. More than 2,000 people went through his education at that time, and later he launched several more educations on the subject of e-commerce. He is the founder of Vascom Digital, which deals with education, eCommerce and marketing of digital services. He is one of the most recognizable people when it comes to eCommerce and is an official Shopify Commerce Coach. Miloš is in the top 3 for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region and in the top 10 at the global level. Miloš says for himself that he is a lazy person and always looking for an easier way to reach his goal.
Marko Marijoković
Marko Marijoković is a social media networks specialist, former influencer’s manager and influencer, who gathers a community of over half a million followers on his Instagram profile, and the main characters are his family, headed by grandmother Dragica. As a marketer and content creator, his focus is not just on aesthetics and entertaining clips, but on their deeper message. His videos tend to spread positive energy, brighten the day and put a smile on the face of his followers, but also to make them remember at the end of the day that the most important things are those that cannot be bought. In addition, the profile's mission is to encourage empathy and promote values such as family, friendship, love and travel. The main goal of the profile is to empower people to follow their dreams and fight for their goals regardless of the challenges they face. Marko has been engaged in digital marketing and activism for 8 years, and in the last 5 years he entered the world of influencer marketing and collaborated with global and domestic brands such as Coca-Cola, Milka, Philips, Xiaomi and many others, while as a former influencer's manager he collaborated with over 200 influencers from the entire region.
Ivana i Goran Babić
Ivana and Goran are a married couple who have been traveling the world together since 2011. After several affordable trips that they realized for themselves, in 2017, out of the need for as many people as possible to find out that it is possible to travel cheaply, they decided to create the website jeftinoputuj.com and immediately parallel to it, social media networks. Their idea is to inspire others to travel and make it easier for others to do so. This motivates them to be active all these years and, on their website, dvaranca.com they publish almost daily specific information and suggestions about cheap flights, where to go, as well as other discounts and special offers. Their efforts were also recognized by others, and they were honored with awards: 2019 - TOP 50 best online things from Serbia as chosen by PC Press for the site 2022 - TOP 50 best online things from Serbia as chosen by PC Press for Instagram profile 2023 - Tourist Flower in the influencer/blogger category for contribution to tourism in Serbia
Željana Babić
Željana Babić is a Serbian neuroscientist who spent the past decade studying the brain at the University of California, San Diego. However, midway through her PhD, she had the opportunity to launch Xenios Academy, an EdTech startup focused on creating a learning management system (LMS) based on AI and neuroscience principles. It was a difficult decision, but she chose to pause her studies and relocate to the UAE to fully dedicate herself to Xenios. Despite being in its early stages, Xenios has already garnered significant media attention and industry recognition. To name a few, the company was invited to represent the UAE Ministry of Education at the largest EdTech event in the world and Zeljana won the "Women in Tech" award from the United Nations Tourism in September 2023.
Bojana Jovanović
Throughout her long tennis career, Bojana stood out as the winner of numerous tournaments, and in 2020 she took the place of the second-best player in Serbia. In addition to tennis, she plays padel professionally and enjoys various sports activities that bring balance and positive energy to her life. Her love for creating content on social media has led her to influencer status with over 200k followers on Instagram and TikTok. Through her posts, she shares fitness routines, moments from the tennis and padel courts, as well as aspects of everyday life, motivating people to a healthy lifestyle and positive changes. She graduated in IT multimedia and design in Belgrade, which enables her to create high-quality and visually appealing content. Bojana has a wide range of interests, including tennis, padel, fitness, yoga, healthy eating, fashion, modeling and spirituality. He advocates a holistic approach to life, strives for a balance between physical and mental well-being. Throughout her career, Bojana had the opportunity to collaborate with famous athletes such as Novak Đoković, Janko Tipsarević, Stefan Bojović, Brazilian soccer player Marcelo, and Pongfinity, the Finnish YouTube trio. Her goal is to inspire and motivate people through her platforms, showing them that with dedicated work, love for what we do and a positive attitude, all goals can be achieved. Her desire is to be an example to all who want to achieve their dreams.
Tamara Stojković
Tamara Stojković is 24 years old and graduated in international relations in Belgrade. She currently works for the “Biznis priče” podcast, which aims to create a new generation of entrepreneurs. At the age of 21, Tamara founded the non-governmental organisation “Zajedničke promene” in order to reduce food waste and hunger. Later, Tamara was the youth delegate of the Republic of Serbia at the United Nations, as well as the youth representative at the European Union. She is part of the project of the American Embassy in Belgrade to encourage leadership among young people; and also, she is a part of the program sponsored by the Prince of Abu Dhabi, to encourage youth leadership in the field of ecology.
Nataša Mićević
After completing her basic and master's studies in the field of tourism, she began her career by working in a travel agency, where she successfully organized trips and got to know the world of hotel management. Large hotel complexes were the next step - the Sales and Reservation Department at the Zlatibor 4* hotel, and then for several years the current position of Reservations Supervisor at the largest hotel complex in Divčibare - Crni Vrh 4* hotel. Nataša is an associate of the Faculty of Organizational Studies "Eduka" and is engaged in research work, primarily in the field of Revenue management in the hotel industry.
Jelena Marjanović
Jelena completed her basic studies at the Faculty of Science in Novi Sad and earned the title of Graduated Manager in Hotel Management. After her studies, she returned to her hometown and got a job at the reception desk of the Grand & Sky Hotel Tornik in Zlatibor, where she still works. During her studies, she worked and volunteered on many projects and events, a lover of traveling, getting to know new cultures and people. In the 3rd year of her studies, she creates an Instagram profile @ruza_otkriva with the aim of motivating students to educate themselves, volunteer and take advantage of all the benefits of student life. During her student days, she was a member of the organisational team of the MEKST conference, and by working through the sectors of marketing, hosting, and production, she gained experience that she wants to share with the participants of this year's MEKST conference.
Bobana Živanović
Bobana Živanović has been working in public relations for 9 years, and has been in the media for more than a decade. She is the founder of the "MediaPRo" school for PR management and journalism. She graduated from the Faculty of Project and Innovation Management and the Officina School of Journalism in 2010. She graduated from the Faculty of Project and Innovation Management and the Officina School of Journalism in 2010. Worked on numerous projects as a PR manager and organiser, including 6 concerts in the Belgrade Arena, 4 concerts and a festival at Tašmajdan, two at the Sava Center. She also worked as a marketing and PR manager of a shopping center in Belgrade, and for 9 years she has been working as a PR manager for one of the most popular singers in our region, Milica Todorović. One of the most famous bands in Serbia, the Lexington band, chose her to be part of their team. Numerous names from pop music allowed her to grow and gain experience with them all these years. TV was her love at the very beginning, but only behind the cameras, so in 2014 she started doing the AmiG Show, until today. In November 2021, she founded her school for PR management and journalism "MediaPRo" and this is the thing she is most proud of in her career. In addition to her work as a PR manager, Instagram has become her second job, and for the past 4 years she has had the opportunity to collaborate with numerous brands as an influencer.
Filip Đoković
Dean of the Faculty of Organisational Studies "Eduka" in Belgrade and owner of a hotel management consulting company, which manages hotels in the region where 300 former and current hotel management students work. A passionate hotelier who mixes practice and theory.
Dolores Milošev Erdeg
Journalist and producer of the podcast "Healthy talk with Dolores" and co-owner of the production company "Procast media". In the framework of podcasts and blogs, she investigates family topics in a journalistic manner. Her main topics are the mental health of children and adults, giving media space to both experts and "ordinary" confessions about growing up and what influenced our adult "self". She has formed a community of 60,000 people on Instagram. Dolores points out that entrepreneurship has brought her the most freedom and room for progress in her life. This year, for the third time, she will moderate the MEKST conference, as well as entrepreneurial panels and interviews.
