Great success for the event “Serbia ICT Talks” carried out on 25 November in Stockholm by joint organization of the Embassy of Serbia in Stockholm, Serbian Swedish Business Council and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Event, inaugurated by H.E. Mr Dusan Crnogorcevic, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Stockholm, provided a perfect opportunity for discussion about Serbia`s outsourcing potentials and, furthermore, networking among ICT professionals.

Speakers at the conference were set to include Sava Savic, Assistant Minister and Nebojsa Vasiljevic, Senior Advisor from the Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications of the Republic of Serbia, Ulf Persson, Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson, Dragoljub Nesic, SVP Strategy and Business Development, Versic AB and Andrija Bednarik, CEO of Serbian Business Angels Network and Managing Partner at High Tech Engineering Center.

With inspirational and informational talks from our key speakers, “Serbia ICT Talks” communicated both potentials and challenges of Serbian ICT sector in the outsourcing context. Sava Savic, Assistant Minister and Nebojsa Vasiljevic, Senior Advisor from the Ministry discussed why doing business and outsourcing to Serbia has a number of advantages. They also discussed Serbian strong educational system, as well as improving legislation framework that is increasingly becoming easier and more accessible for investors.

Ulf Persson, Vice President, Government & Industry Relations, Ericsson claims that “Network society is happening in Serbia right now. Serbia has great ICT potential”. Furthermore, Dragoljub Nesic, SVP Strategy and Business Development, Versic AB and Andrija Bednarik, CEO of Serbian Business Angels Network and Managing Partner at High Tech Engineering Center talked about business potentials and risks while being practical and offering readymade business models to make outsourcing to Serbia a successful story.

Serbia ICT Talks is the first event about Serbian ICT market organized in Stockholm aiming to inform and communicate Serbia`s potentials as a trendy nearshoring market with great opportunities for growth and development.