The conference “Next Generation of Leaders in Journalism: Enhancing Western Balkans – US Ties” was organized by IPESE from Belgrade and brought together prominent editors, journalists, and diplomats from the United States, the United Kingdom, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

OPENING CEREMONY

Dušan Žarković
IPESE Executive Director

        Ambassador John B. Craig
IPESE Advisory Board Member

Dragan Simić
Founder and Director of the Center for the Study of the
United States at the Faculty of Political Science

Keynote Address

Media Transformation in the Digital Age – Best Ways Forward

Vladimir Lučić
CEO, Telekom Serbia

PANEL 01

The Future of Journalism: Responsible Reporting in the Digital Age

Moderator:
David Patrikarakos
Special Correspondent, Daily Mail, UK

Panelists:

Tiana Lowe Doescher, Columnist, The Washington Examiner, US

Katelynn Richardson, Investigative Reporter, The Daily Caller, US

Aleksandar Manasiev, Regional Media Consultant, North Macedonia

Stefan Goranović, Senior Reporter, Euronews Serbia

PANEL 02
Digital Age and What it Means for Delivering News

Moderator:
Peter Roff
Contributing Editor at Newsweek, US

Panelists:

Predrag Blagovčanin, Editor-in-Chief, Tačno online portal, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Nikola Stojić, Head of Digital, Newsmax Balkans

Thomas Phippen, Senior Editor,The Daily Caller News Foundation, US

Boris Darmanović, CEO,CdM Portal, Montenegro

PANEL 03

Enhancing US-Western Balkans Cooperation:
Developing Economic Relations Between the Region and the US  

Moderator:
John Capello
Chief of Operations, Balkan Security Network, US

Panelists:

Vesna Damjanić, Editor in Chief, Bloomberg Adria, Serbia

Anica Telesković, Journalist, Serbian Broadcasting Corporation, Serbia

Davor Sakač, Director, Telekom Serbia Ventures Fund, Serbia

Ambassador John B. Craig, IPESE Advisory Board Member