Moderator: Vesna Damjanić

Vesna Damjanić is leading Serbian economic, finance and business journalist with over a decade of experience in communications and media with demonstrated skills and successes at the top national media broadcasters. Skilled in breaking news, interviewing, media relations, and corporate communications. Strong media and communication professional with an eye for a great story and content development. Excellent network of media and high-profile government and institution contacts.

Vesna Damjanić   has been working in the news editorial office of Serbian Broadcasting corporation (RTS)  from 2008. year.  She is Chief of editor at economic department ,  journalist and presenter of weekly economic show, both editing and reporting on economic issue.  Before  RTS she worked at B92 TV for six years,  also as a reporter on economic themes.

Lead economic, finance and business journalist on the national TV news programs with highest ratings (Dnevnik  and  weekly show Oko) . Wide network of contacts with high profile guests. Interviews with top national and international business and political leaders. Reporting from key international and national business events (World Economic Fourm Davos, Kopaonik Business Forum). In charge of news pitching to editors, selection and preparation. Providing directorial input, handling crew at location reporting. Concept development, guest selection and live TV interviews and panels with high level representatives of business, government and institutions in Serbia.

Apart that, having certification and license of  media trainer  for last seven years she has held numeros media training , coaching and consulting on TV  presentation and interview skills for journalists  and  different type of managers . Also, for last  9 years she  has been working as panel moderation on different topic.

Having a degree at Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade, Vesna finished specialist studies on Journalism in electronic media. So far in her career she has attended the course  in London about reporting and media presentation organized  by BBC, and different courses about  journalism and tv reporting  organized  by IREX, Reuters News Agency and Deutche  Welle Academie  in  Berlin . She speaks and writes English, and has a basic knowledge of French.