September 23, 2022
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Mr. Milos Hrncar, VP for Public Sector EMEA & LATAM, Palo Alto
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Mr. Kay Killmann, The U.S. GREEN Building Council Representative
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Ms. Pamela Ward, Regional Senior Commercial Officer for Southeast Europe Department of Commerce
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Mr. Craig O’Connor, Renewable Energy & Environmental Exports Officer, Project Finance Division EXIM Bank.
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Mr. Hubert Perr, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation
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Timco Mucunski, Mayor of Aerodrom, North Macedonia
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Ms. Milada Sukalo, Advisor to the Mayor, Municipality of Banja Luka
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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. Andy Palanisamy, Director/Head of Practice, Parsons
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Mr. Emre Oguzoncul, Principal, Climate Strategy - Sustainable Business & Infrastructure European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
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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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“Technology has the Power to become the leverage of Strategic Investments in Western Balkans cities”
Mr. Stefan Ivic, Head of Data & AI and Strategy, Analytics, and M&A Portfolio Leader for Deloitte Central Europe
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Donjeta Sahatçiu, Deputy Mayor of Pristina, Kosovo
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Dragana Sotirovski, Mayor of Niš, Serbia
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Mr. Ioannis Kirkinezis, Director, Business Development, Hill International
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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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Mr. Kostyantyn Steblovskyy, End User Video Account Executive for the EMEA region, Motorola Solution
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Mr. Andrej Lončarić, Managing Director Core Markets – Southeastern Europe GDI
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Mr. Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana Albania
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Mr. Apostolos Mourgos, Chairman, Envipco
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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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Dušan Raičević, Mayor of Bar, Montenegro
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Anja Margetić, Mayor of Sarajevo
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Mr. Gert Jan Bakkenes, EMEA Channel Manager, Thermofischer
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Ms. Sheena Greitens, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at UTAustin
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Mr. Frederic Sitbon, Partner Technology Advisor for Eastern Europe Microsoft Corporation
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Nikolaos Komineas, Mayor of Astypalea island, Greece
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Ambasador Yuri Kim, Embassy of the Unites States of America
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Mr. Ronan Kelly, CTO for the EMEA region, Adtran Gmbh
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Mr. Vladimir Jokic, Mayor of Kotor, Montenegro
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Mr. Mario Kordić, Mayor of Mostar
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Ms. Anja Margetic, Deputy Mayor of Sarajevo
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Mr. Olivier Duroyon, Government & Cities SegmentBusiness Developer, Nokia
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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. Carl Kress, Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa, Europe & Eurasia, USTDA
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Ambassador Christiane Hohmann, Delegation of the European Union to Albania
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Mr. Konstantina Lortzie, Smart city Coordinator/project manager, City of Nicosia Cyprus
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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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Mr. Mark Bowman, Vice President for Policy and Partnerships - EBRD
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Mr. Kostadin Kostandinov, Mayor of Strumica
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Ms. Petia Manolova, EIB Representative for Albania
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Mr. Martin Dolny, EMEA Industry Strategy and Transformation Director, Oracle Corporation
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Bedri Hamza, Mayor, South Mitrovica
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Mr. Albjon Malaj, Regional Sales Manager, NES
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Ms. Lara Fernandes, Senior Business Development Manager, Customer Experience Public Sector South EMEA, Cisco
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Mr. Dimitris Stamatis, CEO of DAEM, City of Athens
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Mr. Georgios Chrisomallos, Advisor to the Mayor, Municipality of Trikala
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Ms. Alice Ekman, Senior Analyst, European Union Institute for Security Stufies (EUISS)
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Mr. Sotiraq Filo, Mayor of Korça, Albania
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