Nikolaos Komineas, Mayor of Astypalea island, Greece

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Mr. Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana Albania

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

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

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

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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. Dimitris Stamatis, CEO of DAEM, City of Athens

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

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Mr. Kostadin Kostandinov, Mayor of Strumica

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

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Mr. Vladimir Jokic, Mayor of Kotor, Montenegro

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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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Dragana Sotirovski, Mayor of Niš, Serbia

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

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Mr. Apostolos Mourgos, Chairman, Envipco

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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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Bedri Hamza, Mayor, South Mitrovica

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

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Mr. Albjon Malaj, Regional Sales Manager, NES

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

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Ms. Petia Manolova, EIB Representative for Albania

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

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Mr. Mario Kordić, Mayor of Mostar

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

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Anja Margetić, Mayor of Sarajevo

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

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

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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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Timco Mucunski, Mayor of Aerodrom, North Macedonia

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Mr. Sotiraq Filo, Mayor of Korça, Albania

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Ms. Anja Margetic, Deputy Mayor of Sarajevo

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Mr. Gert Jan Bakkenes, EMEA Channel Manager, Thermofischer

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Ms. Evanna Hu, CEO, OMELAS

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

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Ambasador Yuri Kim, Embassy of the Unites States of America

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

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

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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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Donjeta Sahatçiu, Deputy Mayor of Pristina, Kosovo

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Ambassador Christiane Hohmann, Delegation of the European Union to Albania

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Mr. Hubert Perr, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation

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