Prof. Dr. Šemsudin Plojović has been actively involved in teaching at higher education institutions both domestically and internationally for 19 years. He is an active member of the broader social community, notably as the founder of the NIT Center in Novi Pazar, as well as the coordinator of the Regional Innovation Startup Center in Novi Pazar. Through their joint activities, they have invigorated the IT scene in Novi Pazar and involved a large number of young people in the innovation industry and the application of IT across various industries.

Nenad Jovanovski, project manager at SGA. Although formally educated in agriculture, he entered the IT world through his work at Startit. He gained informal education by working with the Scout Association of Serbia, where he created and led projects. There, he developed skills which he further honed through professional engagements. At SGA, he is involved in project management. Additionally, he has had the opportunity to work on developing partnerships for the European region, as well as to work and volunteer in Germany and South Korea. His love for nature has been channeled into the startup Bifrost, which develops biodegradable alternatives to plastic, and which, along with scouting, fills his free time.

I joined the Performance Marketing industry 8 years ago and I had a chance to work with clients like Nestle, Unilever, Actavis, etc. After that, I joined the Mobile Gaming industry at Two Desperados 5 years ago where I had a chance to manage multimillion-dollar budget campaigns on the biggest UA networks like Google, Facebook, Applovin, ironSource, Moloco, etc. Within those 5 years, I’ve achieved profitable scale for both games x5 times, becoming the Marble Shooter category leader, successfully opening the APAC market, and developing a soft launch strategy for a new game in a new genre. In July 2023 I joined GameBiz consulting as Head of UA to help gaming studios with all UA challenges.

Aleksa is a 3D and VFX Generalist who started his career creating VFX intros for YouTube. After graduating from the Game Art department at the Faculty of Contemporary Arts, he participated in the Playing Narratives program in 2022. He currently works at Shosha Games, a company he founded together with friends. Shosha Games has released one game, The Legend of Jaffa Brownie, in collaboration with Jaffa Cakes, and is currently developing an original IP project called Water Me & You.

Tamara is the co-founder of the startup StudentVentures. As a software engineering student, she realized that technical skills alone are not enough to develop products that users want. A multidisciplinary team of motivated individuals is needed, where each member contributes their expertise and enthusiasm. From that idea came StudentVentures, a platform that enables young people, rich in ideas and eager to prove themselves, to network and start working on projects that can have a local impact or even create the next “unicorns”. StudentVentures is focused on the slogan Make ideas happen, which represents the motto by which Tamara is guided not only in startups, but also in running marathons and half-marathons, as well as in the development of the organization of young entrepreneurs called Bold Girls.

She is currently working on four of her projects, including the Publika initiative, which promotes media freedom and literacy, and Bold Girls, whose mission is to combine mentorship, educational resources and community power to empower and motivate the next generation of young women leaders. She is also developing two startups in the fields of youth employment and sustainable fashion. She spends her free time with friends, watching her favorite series and thinking about new projects she wants to realize.