Schedule

25.03.2026. – WEDNESDAY

11:00 – 12:00 | PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION

12:10 – 13:00 | ENERGY SUMMIT OPENING CEREMONY

• Luka Petrović, General Director of MH Elektroprivreda Republika Srpske
• Goran Račić, President of the RS Chamber of Commerce
• Milan Aleksić, Advisor to the Minister of Mining and Energy of the Republic of Serbia
• Petar Đokić, Minister of Energy and Mining of the Republic of Srpska
• Staša Košarac, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Milorad Dodik, President

Sponsor presentation: SMART ARCHIVE solutions

13:10 – 14:00 | PLENARY SESSION: Application of artificial intelligence in energy: predictive analysis, system balancing, digitalization and optimization of the energy system

Moderator: Aleksandar Selakov, Faculty of Technical Sciences Novi Sad

Plenary session participants:

• Novica Ninić IBM, Regional Manager for NCEE
• Goran Švenda, Schnieder Electric
• Igor Bajović, Benjo Energy Belgrade

14:00 – 14:50 | LUNCH BREAK – LARGE TERRACE OF THE CULTURAL CENTER

Sponsor presentation: YEO Teknoloji Enerji ve Endüstri A.Ş

15:00 – 17:00 | PANEL 1: Energy Transition of the Western Balkans: Challenges, Reality and the Path to 2030/2050

Video presentation of the sponsor: Optima Group Banja Luka

Moderator: Prof. Nenad Novaković

Introductory Presentation: Energy Transition of the Pljevlja Mine – Director Nemanja Laković

Panel Discussion Participants:

• Luka Petrović, General Manager of MH ERS
• Dušan Živković, General Manager of EPS
• Sanel Buljubašić, General Manager of EP BIH
• Milutin Đukanović, President of the Board of Directors of EPCG
• Drago Bago, General Manager of EPHZHB
• Petar Šainović, Director of Siemens Energy

21:00 | SET After party – Night club “STATION” Trebinje, Pavle Dejanić . Entrance for Summit participants with ticket

26.03.2026. – THURSDAY

10:00 – 12:00 | PANEL 2: Market 3600: Stock Exchange, Market Coupling, RES, Electricity Storage, PPA Contracts and CBAM

Moderator: Marko Janković CWP Europe

Panel discussion participants:

• Jasmina Trhulj – Energy Community expert
• Miloš Mladenović – SEEPEX Belgrade director
• Dejan Drašković MEPX
• Uroš Bojanić EFT
• Maria Đogić, EPHZHB

12:00 – 14:00 | PANEL 3: Exploration and exploitation of geothermal energy – potentials, possibilities of use and cost-effectiveness of application

Sponsor presentation: AIKO SOLAR

Moderator: Branko Ivanković IBIS Inženjering d.o.o. Banja Luka

Panel discussion participants:

• Esad Salčin – Assistant Minister of Mining and Geology of the Republic of Srpska
• Natalija Samardžić – FMOIT
• Dušan Todorović – REHAU
• Dejan Milenić – Faculty of Mining and Geology Belgrade
• Slaviša Jelišić – Lir Evolution

14:00 – 15:00 | LUNCH BREAK – LARGE TERRACE OF THE CULTURAL CENTER

15:00 – 17:00 | PANEL 4: Impact of the EU CBAM mechanism on the energy sector in BiH and the region — challenges, opportunities and adaptation strategies

Sponsor presentation: Secure Energy Fortress, Bojan Antović Enterprise Account Manager West Balkans, Kaspersky

Moderator: Arnesa Borčak UNDP

Panel discussion participants:

• Branka Knežević – Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of BiH
• Milan Aleksić – Ministry of Energy of Serbia
• Srđan Resavac, GEN-I Serbia
• Mladen Elez, Director of Siming d.o.o. Foča
• Miroslav Kodžoman, EL PROMET Banja Luka

19:00 | “Herzegovinian dinner” for participants of the SET 2025 Energy Summit with a ticket – Restaurant Mosko Mira Medan and the band “Dal je moguće”

27.03.2026. – FRIDAY

09:30 – 11:00 | PANEL 5: Investments in RES 2026: Record requirements, challenges of connecting new facilities to the electricity grid

Moderator: Nevena Đukić, Director of CEEFOR,

Panel discussion participants:

• Cvjetko Žepinić, Executive Director of Elektroprenos BIH
• Aleksandar Šukalo, Director of Elnos Group Banja Luka
• Saša Šćekić, Head of the Sector for Licenses and Technical Affairs, SERC
• Željko Zubac, Director of SE Bileća, EFT group
• Miloš Kostić, Director of MT Komex
• Ivan Mrvaljević, Executive Director of the Directorate for Development and Investments of EPCG
• Ansan Halilović. SMG d.o.o. Sarajevo

11:15 – 13:00 | PANEL 6: Modernization and automation of the power grid: future development trends

Moderator: Miroslav Nikolić

Panel discussion participants:

• Goran Starčević – EL PROMET Banja Luka
• Milan Lučić, Sales Director IBIS – SOLUTIONS Belgrade
• Branimir Kalanj, ESCO Control/E3 International
• Branko Jakšić, Director of Planning and Investments Directorate of Elektrodistribucija Srbije
• Vanja Bajić, Executive Director for Network Management of ODS Elektrokrajina Banja Luka
• Simon Tot – ELES Slovenia
• Mr.sc., Dalibor Jarak, Elektroprenos BiH, Operational Area Mostar

13:00 – 14:30 | PANEL 7: Nuclear energy: the foundation of the energy future?

Moderator: Željko Marković, Energy expert

Panel discussion participants:

• Prof.dr. Koviljka Stanković, President of the Nuclear Society of Serbia
• Dr. Tomaž Žagar, Head of Analysis for Nuclear New Build, Gen energija d.o.o. Slovenia
• Prof. Nikola Rajaković, Serbian Energy Workers’ Association
• Tihomir Hrnjak, Belgrade lawyer
• Radoš Popadić, Assistant Minister for Interdepartmental Group for Nuclear Power Plants of Serbia

14:30 – 15:00 | LUNCH – LARGE TERRACE OF THE CULTURAL CENTER

16:00 – 16:30 | SUMMIT CONCLUSIONS, MEDIA CONFERENCE

16:30 | END OF PROGRAM