about
the event

This year’s Forward Conference is dedicated to artificial intelligence (AI) and represents an opportunity to meet experts, researchers, and AI enthusiasts to discuss the latest achievements, challenges and opportunities brought by this exciting sector of technology.

When

Wednesday and Thursday
6th and 7th of December, 2023

Where

Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Who

The Innovation Center Banja Luka

why
join us?

NEW TOPICS

The latest trends, innovations and opportunities in the world of AI

SPEAKERS

The conference will bring together leading local and regional speakers who will look at the latest trends, innovations and opportunities from the world of AI.

meet
our speakers

Mihajlo Savić

Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Informatics (ETF)

Matt Phair

Founder Built on ML (CogniCode in the US)

Igor Ševo

Architect, algorithm developer, and full-stack software developer

Duško Bajić

Vice President of Engineering at the Ministry of Programming

Ivan Minić

Founded Burek.com, the largest internet community
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Kosta Jovanović

Associate Professor and head of „ETF Robotics“ research group at School of Electrical Engineering (ETF), University of Belgrade

Agenda

Day 1
December 6, 2023
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Participant registration

9:45 am - 10:00 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Press

10:00 am - 10:15 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Opening of the conference

Welcome speech: Dr. Željko Budimir, Minister, Ministry of Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education,
Welcome speech: Eva Maria Näher, director of the Program for innovation and digitalization in SMEs in BiH, GIZ

10:15 am - 10:35 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Keynote Matt Phair - Evolving with AI - How information retrieval is changing our relationship with the world

Matt Phair
Founder Built on ML (CogniCode in the US)
10:35 am - 11:35 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Panel I: AI is here and isn’t going anywhere except into every pore of our lives

Aleksandar Mastilovic
Widely recognized international expert in Telecommunications
Ivan Minić
Founded Burek.com, the largest internet community
Goran Mirković
Growth Operations lider
Borislav Vukojević
Senior Teaching assistant

Keynote - Generative artificial intelligence as a servant of knowledge, not its replacement
Moderator: Aleksandar Mastilović

11:35 am - 11:50 am
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Coffee break

11:50 am - 12:50 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Panel II: How does AI function? Is anyone behind it?

Matt Phair
Founder Built on ML (CogniCode in the US)
Igor Ševo
Architect, algorithm developer, and full-stack software developer
Duško Bajić
Vice President of Engineering at the Ministry of Programming
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Siniša Marčić
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)

Short keynote: Igor Ševo - Values, intelligence and superintelligence
Moderator: Siniša Marčić

12:50 am - 1:50 pm
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Lunch

1:50 pm - 2:50 pm
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Panel III: Will AI improve or disrupt the labor market?

Stefan Mrvaljević
Founder and CEO of ACHIVR.AI
Nedim Šabić
SEO pioneers in the Balkans
Danijel Milošević
Independent brand strategist and copywriter
Ivan Minić
Founded Burek.com, the largest internet community

Keynote: Ivan Minić - AI - Good servant, bad master
Moderator: Saša Petković

Panel IV: Are we living the Matrix? AI, Gamification and social networks - have we become alienated or have we become a better 2.0 version of humanity?

Željko Crnjaković
Director and representative of InspiraHub
Hana Sokolović
Master's degree in psychology and psychotherapist
Sergej Sliško
Product Consultant
Dragan Vučić
Owner and director of Cyclos Systems
Igor Ševo
Architect, algorithm developer, and full-stack software developer

Keynote - Gamification of the offline experience, Željko Crnjaković

With the modern way of living and the connection of all of us through Internet services, social networks and the increasing general ‘exposure’ to various offers, services, products and content, anyone who wants to interest users in a service or product must constantly invent new ways to capture attention and make the whole experience interesting. Gamification as a term is often associated with games, but there are different ways to make even serious services interesting. Through this lecture, we will talk about what gamification is all about, but we will also present an example of improving the service and experience that can hardly be imagined as fun - we will improve the experience of coworking users with an idea that was presented at an international hackathon and won first place.

Moderator: Hana Sokolović

3:50 pm - 4:05 pm
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

Keynote - Human-centered Industry 5.0. - Kosta Jovanović

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Kosta Jovanović
Associate Professor and head of „ETF Robotics“ research group at School of Electrical Engineering (ETF), University of Belgrade

To increase the competitiveness of the industry, its survival and improvement in the region, the integration of new technologies into production processes is of key importance. Those technologies, such as autonomous robots as a hardware aspect of AI, and software AI tools that provide the possibility of intelligent analytics and decision-making, augmented and virtual reality, cyber security, etc., mark a new industrial era - Industry 4.0.
The lecture will point out the role of Digital Innovation Hubs in supporting the acceptance of these technologies in the economy and point out the current industrial trends in the region and Europe. A special emphasis will be placed on the future of industrial technologies that change the focus from merely increasing the productivity of enterprises to the key resource in the industry - people and the social environment. The lecture will also present possible sources of funding for such technologies in the economy.

Day 2
December 7, 2023
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

WORKSHOP 1 - How to make your own tools with the help of CustomGPT

Borislav Vukojević
Senior Teaching assistant

CustomGPT enables natural language programming, without the need for coding knowledge. The application of CustomGPT is as follows:
- create your own learning tutor, you control the knowledge base
- create an interactive course
- create your own chatbot
- create an application for easier communication about the product and such
- create fun games and quizzes
- create interactive games for the education of young people

The workshop is in the form of a demonstration, since it is needed to be a paid user to access CustomGPT. The workshop is designed as a showcase, where we will make something together according to the participants' choice.

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

WORKSHOP 2 - Display of AI Tools in Marketing and Content Generation (Automation and Content Generation)

Stefan Mrvaljević
Founder and CEO of ACHIVR.AI

The idea of ​​the first workshop is to make a presentation of the offered tools in practical scenarios and different industries. Using the example of our company and our clients, we will show how much time is saved by using each of those tools, how users can start using them themselves and where they can find additional information. We will also include a lot of links, tutorials and use-cases in the presentations and leave open appointments for free consulting after the workshop.

12:00 am - 12:30 am

Break

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

WORKSHOP 3 - Display of Advanced AI Tools in Sales and Analytics

Stefan Mrvaljević
Founder and CEO of ACHIVR.AI

The idea of ​​this more advanced workshop is to present what automation and AI-powered sales can look like. How AI can help us find clients, contact them, generate unique content for them and push them through the sales funnel with the minimum of human effort.
Also, this workshop is somewhat futuristic because there will be showed, not only the current tools, but also the direction in which the development and application of these tools are moving in order to enable companies to prepare organizationally for the transition to AI tools as part of their daily work.
There will also be consultations after the workshop and plenty of useful tutorials, links and guidelines offered.

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Hotel Courtyard by Marriott Banja Luka

WORKSHOP 4 - Specialization and AI

Nedim Šabić
SEO pioneers in the Balkans

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