GPF BELGRADE 2025 PROGRAM

GPF Belgrade
2025

HALL 1

HALL 2

8:30 AM

REGISTRATION

Museum of Science and Technology: Skenderbegova 51, 11000 Belgrade

9:00 AM

OPENING REMARKS

Milos Vuksic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
Daniel Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL Vienna, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi
Aleksa Todorovic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
Aleksandar Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL Vienna, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi

9:10 AM

KEYNOTE SPEECH

Christian Ebner, Austrian Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia

9:15 AM

Geopolitical perspectives 2025

Dr. Gabriel Lansky, Founder and Managing Partner LGP Lawyers
Georg Stawa, Former Secretary General in the Ministry of Justice of Austria, Member of CEPEJ of the Council of Europe, Judicial Attaché for the Western Balkans
Dr. Kori Udovički, Center for Advanced Economic Studies - Belgrade & UN’s High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs
Moderation: Klaus Wölfer, Ambassador emerit., Foreign Policy Advisor

10:00 AM

Circular Pathways: Unlocking the Value of Recycling

Marko Muhadinović, Technical Director of the Cement Plant, Lafarge Serbia
Jan Mally, Co-Founder Eso Tron
Sara Pavkov, Head of Cabinet at Serbia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection
Andreas Opelt, COO – Chief Executive Officer Core Business and Hazardous Waste at Saubermacher
Slobodan Krstović, Sustainabe Development Director at NALED
Milena Popovic Martinelli, Regional Policy Lead for Central and South-Eastern Europe, EBRD
Moderation: Marijana Krkić, Communication Expert

11:00 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

Slavko Dimovic, Director of institute for nuclear sciences Vinca - University of Belgrade - Institute of national importance for Republic of Serbia
Moderation: Aleksa Todorovic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade

11:30 AM

Green Horizons: Pioneering the Energy Evolution

Rade Mrdak, Legal Policy Advisor at Ministry of Mining and Energy in Republic of Serbia
Wolfgang Anzengruber, Advisory Board Member at Siemens, ASFINAG & ÖkoStrom AG, former CEO at Verbund
Milos Lakovic, Partner Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
Kalina Trifonova, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board at EVN Bulgaria
Moderation: Nikola Rajakovic, University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering

12:20 PM

Investing in Tomorrow: Financing the Sustainable Transition

Elvin Guri, Managing Partner at Invenio Partners
Petar Kojdić, Partner, SOG in cooperation with Kinstellar
Marko Hinic, Partner at Integral Venture Partners
Uros Milosavljevic, KPMG Belgrade, Partner at Consulting
Moderation: Dragan Bosiljkic, Managing Partner ESFA, Belgrade

1:00 PM

NETWORKING

LUNCH Break

2:00 PM

360° Resilience: How Businesses can thrive in a changing Climate

Esmeralda Topuzi, Business Resilience Advisor at UNIQA Sustainable Business Solutions
Gerhard Sirucek, Managing Director at UNIQA Sustainable Business Solutions
Dr. Marc Olefs, Head of the Climate Impact Research Department at Geosphere Austria – the Austrian Federal Institute for Geology, Geophysics, Climatology and Meteorology, Secretary General of the Austrian Meteorological Society (ÖGM)
Moderation: Irena Popović Jarčov, Editor in chief of TV Ekovizija

2:45 PM

Sustaining the Plate: Innovations in Food and Beverage

Zvonimir Mrsic, Operating Partner at Spitzberg Partners LLC, former CEO at Podravka
Darko Mandich, CEO & Co-Founder at MeliBio - Makers of Mellody®, Immigrant Entrepreneur in Foodtech, Founder at Foodscale Hub (online appearance)
Fritz Kaltenegger, CEO at café+co International Holding
Mladen Paunic, CEO at Walter BBQ
Elena Mladenovska Jelenkovic, CEO of M6 Educational Centre, Skopje + CEO of the Association “Wines of Macedonia”
Moderation: Milos Vuksic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade

3:30 PM

Eco Industrial Parks as a Function of Sustainability

Bojan Jevtic, Founder and Managing Director at Avalon Real Estate
Lazar Vujaklija, Partner & Director of Systema Capital Partners d.o.o.
Stefan Dragutinovic, Economist at IFC - International Finance Corporation
Mario Kijanović, Managing Associate in SOG in cooperation with Kinstellar
Moderation: Mina Srećković, Managing Associate, SOG in cooperation with Kinstellar

4:10 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT ++ The Future of Insurance in ESG Transition

Nela Belević, Regional Chief Officer for Corporate and Affinity Business for Southeast Europe at UNIQA Insurance
Moderation: Irena Popović Jarčov, Editor in chief of TV Ekovizija

4:25 PM

PRESENTATION

Ana Krstajić, Composer, CEO Petrushka Chord

4:30 PM

Rethinking Innovation: The role of SMEs in Business Sustainability

Prof. Dan Breznitz, Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Political Science, University of Toronto (online appearance)
Dr. Vitaliy Roud, Zagreb School of Economics and Management
Dr. Kori Udovički, Center for Advanced Economic Studies - Belgrade & UN’s High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs
Dr. Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni, University of Oxford
Panel coordinator: Dr. Sonja Avlijaš, Faculty of Economics and Business University of Belgrade

5:45 PM

NETWORKING

AFTERSHOW PARTY & NETWORKING

Our Speakers

Wolfgang Anzengruber
Advisory Board Member at Siemens, ASFINAG & ÖkoStrom AG, former CEO at Verbund

Kalina Trifonova
Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board at EVN Bulgaria

Slavko Dimovic
Director of institute for nuclear sciences Vinca - University of Belgrade - Institute of national importance for Republic of Serbia

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