This document provides an agenda for the "Forum of Advanced Technologies - City of Nis Potentials" event taking place on October 13-14, 2015. The agenda includes an opening ceremony, three panel discussions around Nis's strategic goals and potentials for advanced technology development, Nis's educational and economic potentials in advanced technologies, and possibilities for investing in advanced technology development and applications. It also lists exhibitors, speakers, topics of discussion, and times for each session over the two-day event.

1. Agenda
«FORUM OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES - CITY OF NIS POTENTIALS »
October 13 -14, 2015
Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Nis
1. Tuesday, October 13
(Setting exhibitors at the Fair starts on Monday, October 12
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, in the afternoon)
(Exhibition – A Walk through the History of the City of Electronics, Monday)
08.30 - 09.30 Arrival of the exhibitors
09.30 - 10.30 Arrival of the guests
10.30 - 10.50 Opening ceremony of the Forum and exhibition of advanced technology companies and
educational, scientific and research and institutional resources.
Opening Address By:
Aleksandar Vucic, Republic of Serbia Prime Minister
Zeljko Sertic, Minister of Economy
Prof. Zoran Perisic, PhD MD, City of Nis Mayor
Prof. Dragan Antic, PhD, University of Nis Rector
Prof. Dragan Jankovic, PhD, Faculty of Electronic Engineering Dean
10.50 -11.30 Tour of the exhibition with the guests
Media Statements
11.30 -12.30 PANEL 1:
City of Nis Strategic Goals and Potentials for Advanced Technology Development
Panel moderator: Milan Randjelovic, MSc, Head of the Mayor’s Office for Local Economic
Development
12.30 -13.00 Cocktail break
13.00 -14.30 PANEL 2:
Potentials of education and economy in the field of advanced technologies in Nis
Panel Moderators: Zoran Markovic, Regional Chamber of Commerce Niš
Simultaneous duration of the Fair and Exhibition until 16.00h
2. Wednesday, October 14
10.30 Opening of TELSIKS
10.00 – 16.00 Fair (second day)
11.30 – 13.00 PANEL 3: Potentials of investing in development and application of advanced technologies
(Current and upcoming calls of the EU, the Ministry of PNTR, Fund for innovation activity,
Fund for development, examples of good cooperation)
Panel moderators:
Prof. Bata Milovanovic, PhD, Coordinator of Singidunum Center in Nis
Prof. Dragan Jankovic, PhD, Faculty of Electronical Engineering Dean, University of Nis
Goran Mladenovic, NiCAT Cluster Manager
13.30 – 14.00 Lecture by TELEKOM
14.00 - 14-30 Presentation of results of the research on the attitudes of the business
Community
13.00 - 14.00 Competition from Computing and Informatics for high school students “Infomania”
(announcement of the winner at 15 h)
14.00 - 15.00 Open class of programming - interesting Informatics
14.45 – 15.30 Presentation of the Project Business Friendly Certificate South East Europe
12.00 – 12.15 Ceremonial Opening of the Job Fair and Professional Orientation Fair
Ministry for Labor, Employment and Social Affairs
11.00 –16.00 Job Fair and Professional Orientation Fair

2. PANELS
Panel 1
CITY OF NIS STRATEGIC GOALS AND POTENTIALS FOR ADVANCE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT (Tuesday,
October 13, 11.30 - 12.30)
Objective: Presenting potentials of the City of Nis, its resources and the strategic objectives in the field of
advanced technology, science, education and economy and establishing synergies in order to achieve economic
development, attract new investments and promote of the city and the region
Target Groups: Representatives of the Serbian government, relevant ministries (Ministry of Economy,
Education, Youth and Sports), the relevant government agencies (SIEPA, NARR), diplomatic and economic
representatives of the embassies in Serbia, representatives of education and economy from the region, media
Duration: About 60 minutes
Venue: Amphitheatre at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering
Panel Moderator: Milan Randjelovic, MSc, Head of the Mayor’s Office for Local Economic Development
Panel Participants:
Zoran Perisic, MD, PhD, City of Nis Mayor
Ministry of Economy/Representative of the Serbian Development Agency/Minister/Director
Johnson Electric, Director
Telekom Serbia, Director/Representatives
National Employment Service, Director
Regional Chamber of Commerce, president - Nis in the Context of Economy
Nis University, Rector
Telekom – Infrastructure Conditions for AT Development
Panel 2
NIS EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC POTENTIALS IN THE FIELD OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES (Tuesday,
October 13, 13.00 – 14.30)
Objective: Presenting educational capacities in the field of advanced technologies; presenting the economic
potentials in the field of advanced technologies.
Target Group: Representatives of the Serbian government, relevant ministries (Ministry of Economy,
Education, Youth and Sports), the relevant government agency (SIEPA, NARR), diplomatic and economic
representatives of the embassies in Serbia, representatives of education and economy in the region Nis, media
Duration: About 70 minutes
Venue: Amphitheatre at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering
Panel Moderators: Zoran Markovic
Speakers:
Panel Moderator – Introduction
Dragan Jankovic - Representative from High Education Sector
Dejan Blagojevic - Representative of the High Vocational Education Sector
Dragan Ilić - Representative of the Secondary Education Sector
Goran Mladenovic - Representative of the Economic Sector ( on the behalf of NiCAT Cluster of
Advanced Technologies and Nis Regional Chamber of Commerce)
Good Practice Examples:
the representative of a foreign company
the representative of the successful local company operating here Q&A
Panel Moderator – Closing and Conclusions

3. Panel 3
POSSIBILITIES OF INVESTING INTO DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES
(Wednesday, October 14, 11.30 - 13.00)
Objective: Presenting current EU and domestic sources of financing of scientific research and innovation
projects, as well as support programs for increasing the capacity of small and medium sized enterprises and
strengthening the infrastructure of local governments in Nis region. Encouraging scientific and economic
organizations of Nis region to engage more actively in the preparation of applications and increase their
participation in the implementation of projects in the field of development and application of advanced
technologies in the future.
Target Groups: Representatives of the Government of Serbia, the National Council for Science and
Technological Development, relevant ministries (Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technological
Development, Ministry of Trade and Telecommunications, Ministry of Economy), the Fund for Innovative
Activity, the relevant government agencies (SIEPA, NARR), the potential partners for cross-border cooperation,
innovation and economic organizations, the media
Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2015, 11.30 – 13.00
Duration: About 90 minutes
Venue: Amphitheatre at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering
Panel moderators:
Prof. Bata Milovanovic, PhD, Coordinator of Singidunum Center in Nis
Prof. Dragan Jankovic, PhD, Faculty of Electronical Engineering Dean, University of Nis
Goran Mladenovic, NiCAT Cluster Manager
Panel Participants:
Introductory Address – Panel Moderator
New Cycle of Technological Development Projects
Prof. Vera Dondur, PhD, State Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technological
Development
New Cycle of Innovation Projects
Marina, Vukobratovic-Karan, Head of the Group for National Innovation System
Marko Atanasovski, acting director, Fond for Innovations
Ongoing Public Calls - Horizon 2020
Prof. Miroslav Trajanovic, PhD, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Nis
Current programme of Fund for development
Sladjana Backovic, Fund director
Examples of Investment Good Practice - Active accelerators in the region
Ivan Vesić, representative of the accelerator
Discussion: exchange of opinions, questions – answers
Ending Address and Conclusions- Panel Moderator