Nenad Paunović is Director of Delivery Unit for IT and Entrepreneurship within the Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia. He is leading national efforts to create a world class business environment for digital and innovative industries in Serbia. Please refer to https://innovations.serbiacreates.rs for more details. Previously, he worked as a business growth consultant and executive with 20 years of professional experience. He is co-founder of Serbian Venture Network (SeVeN) which is organizing Belgrade Venture Forum, the largest innovation, investment and entrepreneurship forum in the region. He holds an EMBA from Cotrugli Business School and was President of the Board of Cotrugli Alumni Club in Serbia. Active in various sports, he holds a full marathon result of 3 hours and 58 minutes.

Miri Rodriguez is a globally recognized Storyteller, Head of Global Internship Program at Microsoft and author of Brand Storytelling. She is a creative journalist and content strategist, evangelizing brand narrative and showcasing how thought leaders can leverage storytelling techniques for culture activation and influence in the digital age. Miri brings 15+ years of expertise, valuable industry and consulting insights matched with a lighthearted and connected delivery approach.

Empathy: The Rise Against the Machines
Having failed at several product launches, as well as working on a few successful products, has taught me a lesson or two that I want to share here. From making the right (and wrong) assumptions to testing them (and what happens when you don’t – which I see with 99% of product launches), to building MVPs and choosing the right features to build – all has an impact on the success of your product.

Kashif has more than 25 years’ experience in leadership positions in IT. Based out of the United States, he provides strategic direction and expertise to all Centili business units. He supervises the implementation of technology solutions that will continue to drive innovation and operational excellence throughout the organization. Kashif has most recently served as SVP Technology & Digitization at Apigate, where he defined and led the company’s technology vision and engineering transformation. Before that he was CTO at Axiata Digital, and CIO at Celcom. He held prominent positions at Accenture and other influential companies.

Nancy Bocskor, tagged a “Democracy Coach” by a major German newspaper, teaches citizens in the United States and internationally how to communicate with passion to affect change in their communities.

For her service as a Senator Robert J. Dole Institute Fall Fellow, where she moderated panels on “Women, Democracy and Global Politics”, Newman’s Own Foundation recently recognized her as a “Newmanitarian.”

Nancy is the former Director of the Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy at Texas Woman’s University in Denton, TX, where she launched its programs to promote civic engagement and leadership in public service, and created a gallery celebrating the history of women leaders from Texas.

She also secured a partnership with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s legacy project, www.iCivics.org to promote civic education; iCivics is developing a specific game and curriculum about Texas state government for all school students.

The author of “Go Fish: How to Catch (and Keep) Contributors: A Practical Guide to Fundraising,” Nancy Bocskor is an adjunct professor at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management where she teaches both online and classroom fundraising courses. She also taught a class on “Women, Democracy and Global Politics.”

Nancy is on the board for Running Start, an organization that encourages young women to run for office, an advisor for Veteran’s Campaign, a program that encourages Veterans to enter public service, and serves on the boards of Lone Star Parity in Texas and the LBJ Women’s Campaign School at the University of Texas.

She also served on the board of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale for seven years, where she chaired the school’s Curriculum Committee for five years. Chosen as “Mentor of the Year” by PLEN (Public Leadership Education Network) for her work advising college women interested in careers in public service, Nancy is now a member of their national board.

In 2016, she was selected by the Washington Academy of Political Arts & Sciences as one of the “Top 12 Women Changing the Face of Political Communications in Latin America.”

Nancy was the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio for “her passion to affect change in national and international communities, training and consulting with the nation’s and world’s political leaders, and commitment to educate others, particularly women, around the world.”

Nancy Bocskor spreads democracy throughout the world…..the lively American travels from one country to the next coaching candidates on how to win elections, especially encouraging women to make it into parliament.