Bedri Hamza, Mayor, South Mitrovica

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Mr. Mario Kordić, Mayor of Mostar

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Mr. Valentin Weber, Cybersecurity Research Fellow at German Council on Foreign Relations’ Technology and Global Affairs Program

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Ms. Sheena Greitens, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UTAustin

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Mr. Albjon Malaj, Regional Sales Manager, NES

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Ambassador Christiane Hohmann, Delegation of the European Union to Albania

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Mr. Andy Palanisamy, Director/Head of Practice, Parsons

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Ms. Milada Sukalo, Advisor to the Mayor, Municipality of Banja Luka

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Mr. Carl Kress, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa, Europe & Eurasia, USTDA

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Ms. Alice Ekman, Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Stufies (EUISS)

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Mr. Andrej Lončarić, Managing Director Core Markets – Southeastern Europe GDI

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Mr. Mark Bowman, Vice President for Policy and Partnerships - EBRD

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Mr. Frederic Sitbon, Partner Technology Advisor for Eastern Europe Microsoft Corporation

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Mr. Konstantina Lortzie, Smart city Coordinator/project manager, City of Nicosia Cyprus

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Mr. Gert Jan Bakkenes, EMEA Channel Manager, Thermofischer

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Mr. Apostolos Mourgos, Chairman, Envipco

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Ms. Pamela Ward, Regional Senior Commercial Officer for Southeast Europe Department of Commerce

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Mr. Vladimir Jokic, Mayor of Kotor, Montenegro

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Mr. Sotiraq Filo, Mayor of Korça, Albania

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Dušan Raičević, Mayor of Bar, Montenegro

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Mr. Craig O’Connor, Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports Officer, Project Finance Division EXIM Bank.

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Mr. Zoran Ilic, Government Sales Lead-Adriatic Region, SAS Institute

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Ms. Evanna Hu, CEO, OMELAS

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Anja Margetić, Mayor of Sarajevo

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Mr. Kay Killmann, The U.S. GREEN Building Council Representative

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Timco Mucunski, Mayor of Aerodrom, North Macedonia

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Enio Jaço, AmCham Albania President

CEO, Creative Business Solutions

Enio Jaco is a business executive with 2 decades of professional experience in the Western Balkans, US and Central Asia. He specializes in economic development and enterprise growth. In 2019 he became President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Albania. He works closely with the business community, the Government and international partners to improve the business climate in Albania. Enio is the founder and CEO of Creative Business Solutions (CBS), a leading business consulting and economic development firm with expertise in financial and investments. Enio started his career in banking in the US, where he worked as Manager at American Express and then as Vice President at J.P.Morgan Chase. He later returned to Albania, where he first worked at Raiffeisen bank and later focused his career in economic development. Enio worked as a senior International Advisor with Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI), a global development firm based in Washington, D.C. He served for 2 years in Afghanistan where he led ADF, a $100M Investment fund in Agriculture and SME.

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Ambasador Yuri Kim, Embassy of the Unites States of America

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Mr. Ioannis Kirkinezis, Director, Business Development, Hill International

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Donjeta Sahatçiu, Deputy Mayor of Pristina, Kosovo

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Mr. Dimitris Stamatis, CEO of DAEM, City of Athens

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Mr. Martin Dolny, EMEA Industry Strategy and Transformation Director, Oracle Corporation

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Mr. Ronan Kelly, CTO for the EMEA region, Adtran Gmbh

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Nikolaos Komineas, Mayor of Astypalea island, Greece

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Mr. Kevin J. Krizek, Senior Advisor, Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment

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Dragana Sotirovski, Mayor of Niš, Serbia

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Mr. Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana Albania

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Mr. Georgios Chrisomallos, Advisor to the Mayor, Municipality of Trikala

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Mr. Kostyantyn Steblovskyy, End User Video Account Executive for the EMEA region, Motorola Solution

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Mr. Kostadin Kostandinov, Mayor of Strumica

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Neritan Mullaj, AmCham Albania, Executive Director

Neritan has gathered a long experience working in both private and public sectors. He possesses a unique knowledge of Albanian business, competitiveness, economic growth and business advisory services.

His long work experience in different job positions includes organizations such as the EBRD, Ministry of Finance and Economy, Export Promotion Agency, World Bank “Private Industry Recovery Project”, etc.

Previews work as the CEO of the Albanian Export Promotion Agency has been important for the export services development, which helped to increase knowledge of export business and export related policy dialogue.

Neritan holds a University Diploma in Finance and MSc in Economics from the University of Reykjavik in Iceland. His core expertise includes facilitation of practical business advice, consulting companies in access to finance, relationship building, networking and policy dialogue, project and organizational management, implementation of donor programs related to business services.

Mr. Hubert Perr, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation

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Ms. Lara Fernandes, Senior Business Development Manager, Customer Experience Public Sector South EMEA, Cisco

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Mr. Olivier Duroyon, Government & Cities SegmentBusiness Developer, Nokia

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Mr. Franco Spicciarello, Director Public Policy ITA & ECSEED (East Central and South-East Europe Division) at Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Mr. Emre Oguzoncul, Principal, Climate Strategy - Sustainable Business & Infrastructure European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

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Mr. Milos Hrncar, VP for Public Sector EMEA & LATAM, Palo Alto

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Ms. Anja Margetic, Deputy Mayor of Sarajevo

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Ms. Petia Manolova, EIB Representative for Albania

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Mr. Stefan Ivic, Head of Data & AI and Strategy, Analytics, and M&A Portfolio Leader for Deloitte Central Europe

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