GPF Belgrade
2025

MAIN HALL

MAIN HALL

9:00 AM

OPENING REMARKS

  • Milos Vuksic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
  • Daniel Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL Vienna, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi
  • Aleksa Todorovic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
  • Aleksandar Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL Vienna, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi
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9:15 AM

Geopolitical perspectives 2025

  • Wolfgang Petritsch, President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation
  • Kori Udovički, Chairwoman of the Board, Center for Advanced Economic Studies (CEVES)
  • Moderation: Daniel Gros, Founder GREEN PEAK FESTIVAL Vienna, Belgrade, Abu Dhabi
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10:00 AM

Circular Pathways: Unlocking the Value of Recycling

  • Dimitrije Knjeginić, CEO LafargeHolcim Serbia
  • Jan Mally, Co-Founder Eso Tron
  • Sara Pavkov, Head of Cabinet at Serbia’s Ministry of Environmental Protection
  • Andreas Opelt, COO – Chief Executive Officer Core Business and Hazardous Waste at Saubermacher
  • Moderation: Marijana Krkić, Media Advisor Government of the Republic of Serbia
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11:00 AM

FIRESIDE CHAT

  • Slavko Dimovic, Director of institute for nuclear sciences Vinca - University of Belgrade - Institute of national importance for Republic of Serbia
  • Moderation: Aleksa Todorovic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
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11:30 AM

Green Horizons: Pioneering the Energy Evolution

  • Rade Mrdak, Deputy Minister in charge of renewable energy sources, Minsitry of mining and energy in Republic of Serbia
  • Wolfgang Anzengruber, Advisory Board Member at Siemens, ASFINAG & ÖkoStrom AG, former CEO at Verbund
  • Milos Lakovic, Partner Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
  • Kalina Trifonova, Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board at EVN Bulgaria
  • Moderation: Nikola Rajakovic, University of Belgrade, School of Electrical Engineering
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12:10 PM

PRESENTATION

Why Carbon Credits concern us all?

  • Jakob Zenz, Managing Director & Founder at EcoNetix
  • Paul Nimmerfall, Managing Director & Co-Founder at EcoNetix
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12:20 PM

Investing in Tomorrow: Financing the Sustainable Transition

  • Elvin Guri, Private Equity Investor and Manager at Invenio Partners
  • Milos Velimirovic, Managing Partner at SOG Kinstellar
  • Marko Hinic, Partner at Integral Venture Partners
  • Moderation: Dragan Bosiljkic, Managing Partner ESFA, Belgrade
  • more speakers tba
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1:00 PM
NETWORKING

LUNCH Break

2:00 PM

Sustaining the Plate: Innovations in Food and Beverage

  • Svetozar Janevski, President of the Board Tikves winery and Partner at M6 Investments
  • Zvonimir Mrsic, Operating Partner at Spitzberg Partners LLC, former CEO at Podravka
  • Darko Mandich, CEO & Co-Founder at MeliBio - Makers of Mellody®, Immigrant Entrepreneur in Foodtech, Founder at Foodscale Hub (online appearance)
  • Fritz Kaltenegger, CEO at café+co International Holding
  • Momir Pavlovic, CEO Valter BBQ
  • Moderation: Milos Vuksic, Co-Founder GPF Belgrade
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2:45 PM

FIRESIDE CHAT

How to avoid Green washing

  • Moderation: Mira Jovašević, Two Rivers Agency
  • Key speakers tba
3:15 PM

Biotech for a Sustainable World: Innovation Across the Spectrum

  • Xavier Marcenac, Co-Founder & Executive Director of Nasekomo
  • Elisabeth Köstinger, Entrepreneur, Investor, Non Executive Director at Ryanair, former Austrian Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Environment and Water Management
  • Moderation: Zvonimir Mrsic, Operating Partner at Spitzberg Partners LLC, former CEO at Podravka
  • more speakers tba
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4:00 PM

Driving the Green Agenda: The SME/MSP Perspective

  • Dan Breznitz, Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Political Science, University of Toronto (online appearance)
  • Vitaliy Roud, Researcher and lecturer, Zagreb School of Economics and Management
  • Panel coordinator: Dr. Sonja Avlijaš, Faculty of Economics and Business University of Belgrade
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4:00 PM

Transport on the road ahead

  • Dr. Johannes Purtscher, Head of Sustainability at ÖBB Train Tech
  • Moderation: Marijana Krkić, Media Advisor Government of the Republic of Serbia
  • more speakers tba
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5:30 PM
NETWORKING

AFTERSHOW PARTY & NETWORKING

Our Speakers

Wolfgang Petritsch
Wolfgang Petritsch
President of the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation
Kalina Trifonova
Kalina Trifonova
Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board at EVN Bulgaria
Slavko Dimovic
Slavko Dimovic
Director of institute for nuclear sciences Vinca - University of Belgrade - Institute of national importance for Republic of Serbia

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