AGENDA
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
9:00 a.m.
Participant registration
10:00 a.m.
Welcome by
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
10:10 a.m.
Keynote Address
Media Transformation in the Digital Age – Best Ways Forward
Vladimir Lučić
CEO, Telekom Serbia
10:20 a.m. –11:35 a.m.
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
11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m.
Coffee break
12:00 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.
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
1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
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
