Participants

Ivan Minić, graduate in engineering management, began his professional career in 2000, and in 2002 founded Burek.com, the largest internet community in the region with more than 2,200,000 members, as well as a game of knowledge and strategy called Conquiztador.

As a designer, developer and project manager he has worked on more than 350 projects for clients from 28 countries, in the last few years as part of Simplicity.rs. As a consultant in internet marketing he has worked with more than 50 of the world’s most famous brands in establishing their presence in the local market. He designed and launched MojaFirma.rs in partnership with Telenor Srbija.

He has organised and co-organised numerous professional gatherings and spoken at more than 150 events on the topics of entrepreneurship, marketing and business development and self-employment.

Since September 2015, he has been Deputy Chair of the Conference of Co-Founders of the Serbian National Internet Domain Registry, and since 2019, a member of the Foundation’s Board of Governors, which he has chaired since February 2021, having subsequently been re-elected for another term.

He currently edits and hosts the Pojačalo podcast as well as the Naša mreža project, a portal providing support and education to entrepreneurs, launched by A1 Serbia. He authors books and is the co-owner and creative director of Kliker IT Centre for Children, and much, much more besides.

Founder and “zeroth” teacher at Kliker IT Centre for children, the largest school of programming, robotics, electronics and 3D printing in the region. Since 2015, when he received validation for his idea at the SIA competition, he has been working hard to expand the availability of quality and interesting education for children in the field of new technologies and IT.

He loves all kinds of cool gadgets and didactic tools that can play a role in getting children and young people interested in programming and dispelling the notion that this is only for “nerds” and gifted people. He and his small but dedicated team are trying to grow the number of Kliker Centres in the region and Europe, through a franchise model business, from the current 50 to at least 130. When he is done he will likely pick up Java programming again, which he had begun learning before founding Kliker Centre.

Engineer, creator and entrepreneur – three words that best describe Ivan Stanimirović.

Ivan is one of the founders of Jolene Luut 2D animation studio, which in the 3 years since it was established has grown from 2 employees to 26 and has created hundreds of animated commercials for the world’s biggest brands. In 2017 he founded Simply Code, a company developing IoT systems for use both in industry and in children’s entertainment. He became a partner in the Kliker IT Centre for Children franchise in 2020, which today operates in over 50 locations both in Serbia and the region. He is a big fan of analogue photography.

Polina Malaja is the Policy Director at the Council of European National Top-Level Domain Registries (CENTR), leading its policy work and liaising with governments, institutions and other organisations in the internet ecosystem. She holds an LL.M in International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights Law and is deeply interested in interactions between technology and fundamental rights and freedoms in the digital age.

Nikola Jovanović is the director of Plum Mark, an agency specializing in conducting market research in the digital field. For 20 years, he has been helping companies, with the help of data and information from the market, gain important insights that contribute to making the right business decisions.

Plum Mark also includes the People platform for conducting online panel research in Serbia and 150 other countries around the world, as well as the People Hub in Svrljig, which functions as a coworking space where lectures and workshops are held to encourage entrepreneurship.

Nikola is a member of ESOMAR – the global association of marketing researchers.

He is a marketing and communications advisor at RNIDS, where for the past twelve years he has been promoting products that have no size, no shape, no color, no smell, no taste, no weight… that are completely invisible and intangible, yet without which our everyday lives would look completely different.

The lecturer is on topics related to internet identity and branding, as well as various aspects of business presence on the internet.

Marijana Borković graduated in economics from the Faculty of Business Studies of Megatrend University. For more than 10 years, he has been building a career in the field of digital marketing, working in creative agencies and productions. He has been part of the RNIDS marketing team since the beginning of 2022 and leads the Domen.rs project, Local on the Internet, the organization of DIDS, RSNOG conferences and other projects.

As Vice President Technology Christian Kaufmann leads the Technology department which is responsible for driving the technical evolution of the Akamai Edge platform, including a wide set of responsibilities like hardware engineering, datacenter architecture, network architecture and engineering, and software and systems development.

Christian has gained extensive board experience including hiring CEOs and handling M&A, during his 15+ years on various boards in the Internet ecosystem.

Currently he serves as a board member at ICANN and the Chair of the Tor Project.

Before joining Akamai, Christian worked at several ISPs and Carriers like Telia Sonera, Easynet and Cable & Wireless, in various technical and managerial roles. Christian has a Master of Science in Advanced Networking from The Open University in the UK. He also holds various technical certifications, including both a CCIE & JCNIE.

Danko Jevtović, member of the the Board of Directors of RNIDS. Danko is an international board member and advisor in the field of corporate governance, digital, cyber security and finance.

During his career, Danko was co-founder and director of Jugodata and SezamaPro, member of the Board of Directors (2007-09, 2022-2025) and director of RNIDS (2013-17), member of the Board of the European Association CENTR (2015-19), member of the Multistakeholder Advisory Group of the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (2018-2020) and member of the Board of Directors of ICANN, the USA corporation that is the coordinator of the global system of Internet domains and IP addresses (2018-2024). Danko completed his MBA at IEDC Business School in Bled, Slovenia and trained as a corporate director at INSEAD, Harvard, NACD and ESMT business schools.

Mika Tasich is a veteran technology leader with over 25 years of experience driving digital transformation for global brands including Google, BMW, and the FA. An early pioneer in virtual reality and metaverse technologies, Mika brings a pragmatic yet visionary approach to emerging technologies, combining hands-on engineering expertise with strategic insight. His deep experience in AR/VR, cloud architecture, and artificial intelligence, coupled with his thought leadership on the future of digital experiences, offers a unique perspective on where technology is heading—and how organisations can prepare for what’s next.

Rastko Petaković je stariji partner u Karanović & Partners, vodećoj regionalnoj advokatskoj kancelariji. Specijalizovan je za spajanja i akvizicije (M&A), pravo konkurencije i poslovnu regulativu, a nezavisni pravni direktorijumi ga već godinama rangiraju kao jednog od vodećih advokata u ovim oblastima. Ima bogato iskustvo u savetovanju klijenata u najsloženijim prevnim postupcima, a posebno se fokusira na napredne digitalne sektore, tehnologiju, medije i telekomunikacije.

Rastko je član upravnog odbora Digitalne Srbije i aktivan je član uglednih međunarodnh organizacija poput CIPE (Centar za međunarodno privatno preduzetništvo), kao i Američke advokatske komore. Dvostruki je dobitnik nagrade European Emerging Leaders Awards (M&A Advisor, 2015. i 2017.), a takođe je i autor podkasta k/talks.