Day 1 - 18th of April (Wednesday)
Time
Topic
Location
07:30 - 08:30
Registration of Participants and Media
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
  • Participants: Entrance Hall
  • Media: Media Hall
09:30 - 10:00
Opening Ceremony
  • Mr. Zoran Zaev, Prime Minister, Republic of Macedonia;
  • Ms. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission;
  • Mr. Thomas Bareiß, Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Republic of Germany;
  • Mr. Damjan Manchevski, Minister of Information Society and Administration, Republic of Macedonia.
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
10:00 - 10:40
Integrating the WB6 in the pan-European Digital Market
Prime Ministers Panel
Moderated by Mr. Goran Svilanović, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
10:40 - 10:55
The impact of Digitalization on prosperity of the Western Balkans
Presentation of regional study
  • Mr Florian Bieber, Professor for Southeast European History & Politics, Director of the Center for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz
  • Ms. Maruška Vizek, Director at Ekonomski Institut Zagreb, Croatia
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
11:55 - 11:20
Political reflection of the study and conclusions
By Prime Ministers of WB6
Moderated by Mr. Goran Svilanović, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
11:35 - 12:20
Coffee break
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 3
11:35 - 12:05
Press statement
  • Mr. Damjan Manchevski, Minister of Information Society and Administration, Republic of Macedonia
  • Ms. Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, European Commission;
  • Mr. Goran Svilanović, Secretary General, Regional Cooperation Council
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
12:00 – 13:00
Time for bilateral meetings, B2B and B2G
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 3
12:15 – 12:50
Official EXPO Opening & Start of B2B meetings
(By Prime Ministers of WB6. Ministers in Charge of Digital, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society and Secretary General of Regional Cooperation Council)
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center
Main hall
13:00 - 14:30
Session I: Digital Skills
Working together: A collaborative, coordinated and targeted digital skills capacity building
  • Mr. Alexander Riedl, Acting Head of Unit, Digital Economy and Skills, DG CONNECT, European Commission;
  • Mr. Nenad Popovic, Minister without portfolio in charge of Innovations and Technological development, Republic of Serbia;
  • Mr. Niel McLean, former Head of Education at e-skills UK Executive Director at Becta, United Kingdom;
  • Ms. Valentina Taseva, High Representative, Economic Chamber of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia;
  • Mr. Valdrin Lluka, Minister of Economic Development, Kosovo;
  • Mr. Srini Gopalan, Board Member Europa, Deutsche Telekom AG;
  • Mr. Šadi Matar, Advisor to the Minister of Communication and Transport, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Moderated by Ms. Zoja Kukic, Board Member and Partner, SEE ICT, Serbia
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
14:30 - 15:30
Lunch break
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 3

15:30 - 17:00
Session II: Trust and security
Regional and international partnerships for safe and secure open cyberspace
  • Mr. Dejan Abazovic, State Secretary, Ministry of Public Administration, Montenegro;
  • Ms. Maria Bada, Research Fellow, the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;
  • Mr. Jakub Boratynski, Head of Unit, Cybersecurity & Digital privacy, DG CONNECT, European Commission;
  • Mr. Radoslav Rizov, Public Sector & Cybersecurity Lead, Telelink;
  • Ms. Suzana Pribilovic, Minister of Public Administration, Montenegro;
  • Mr. Thomas Kremer, Board Member Privacy, Legal and Compliance, Deutsche Telekom AG.
Moderated by Mr. Johan Hesse, Head of Sales, Secunet Security Networks AG
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
 
End of official Summit Agenda for Day 1
20:00 - 22 :00
Digital Talks
Session Open for Public
  • Ms Stefana Karevska, Senior Manager, Advisory Services, EY Germany;
  • Mr Nikola Jovanovic, Consultant for personal, team and organizational development;
  • Ms Linda Shomo, CEO at EasyPay;
  • Ms Artiona Bogo, Senior Business Development Manager for Blockchain, SAP;
  • Mr Gorjan Jovanovski, TED Speaker | Environmental Activist | Front End Developer @ Booking.com;
  • Ms Nina Angelovska, Cofounder and CEO at Grouper.mk.
Moderated by Mr Vladimir Vulić, Co-founder of NGO Digitalizuj.me
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
 
Day 2 - 19 th of April (Thursday)   
 
Time
Topic
Side events
08:00 - 08:45
Registration
Aleksandar Palace
  • Participants: Entrance Hall
  • Media: Media Hall
09:00 - 10:30
EXPO and B2B meetings continue
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center
09:00 - 10:30
Session III: Digital environment networks and services, connectivity and access
The right framework conditions for digital connectivity in Western Balkans
  • Mr. Anthony Whelan, Director for Electronic Communications, DG CONNECT European Commission;
  • Mrs. Dorina Çinari, Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Albania;
  • Mr. Goran Poposki, President of MB, MASIT – ICT Chamber of Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia;
  • Mr. Miguel Morgado, Director, Lending Operations, Adriatic Sea Department, European Investment Bank;
  • Ms. Natalija Gelvanovska, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA
  • Ms. Nives Sandri, CT Head and Board member, Nokia
  • Ms Irini Reljin, Assistant Minister of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunucations, Republic of Serbia
  • Mr. Johhanes Gungl, Chair of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications
Moderated by Ms. Milena Harito, National Coordinator of MAP-REA, Albania
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 3


11:00 - 12:30
Session IV: Digital economy and society
Digital transformation opportunities
  • Mr. David Ringrose, Head of Unit, Policy Outreach & International Affairs, DG CONNECT, European Commission;
  • Mr Dušan Radošević, Director of Services in South-East Europe, SAP;
  • Mr. Damjan Manchevski, Minister of Information Society and Administration, Macedonia;
  • Ms. Larisa Halilovic, Director of British Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina;
  • Mr. Mihailo Jovanovic, Director of Government Office of IT and e-Government, Serbia;
  • Ms. Mirlinda Karçanaj, National Agency of Information Society of Albania
  • Mr. Mislav Galler, Executive Director of Vip Macedonia.
Moderated by Mr. Vasko Kronevski, CEO, Nextsense, Republic of Macedonia
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
12:30 - 13:30
Digitalization in the Western Balkans: The way forward
Ministerial roundtable
Ministers in charge of Digital
(No audience, Ministers only)
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 2
13:30 - 14:00
Joint declaration / Press conference
By Ministers in charge of Digital, WB6
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1
End of official Agenda for Day 2
15:00 - 16:30
Media in the Digital Age: Combating Fake News
(Session Open for Public)
  • Ms. Rachel Wright, Journalist and film-maker;
  • Ms. Saska Cvetkovska, Investigative reporter and media freedom activist;
  • Mr. Paolo Cesarini, Head of the Unit responsible for media convergence and social media within DG Communication Networks, Content and Technology at the European Commission;
  • Mr. Matthew Jacobs, Digital Coordinator for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. Department of State;
  • Mr. Eric Burns, Communications and media strategist;
  • Mr. Robert Popovki, Minister without Portfolio in charge of Communications, Accountability, and Transparency at the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.  
Moderated by Mr. Nikola Dimitrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Macedonia
Hotel Aleksandar Palace
Conference Hall 1

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Location

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