3RD JOINT SCIENCE CONFERENCE OF THE WESTERN BALKANS PROCESS / BERLIN PROCESS

Paris, France | 14 – 16 June 2017 | Académie de sciences – Institut de France TURN IDEAS INTO ACTION: INVEST IN YOUNG SCIENTISTS AND JOBS FOR GROWTH

PARTICIPANTS

INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: NATIONAL ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES (AND ARTS) 1. Academy of Sciences of Muzafer Korkuti President 2. Austrian Academy of Sciences Anton Zeilinger President 3. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina Miloš Trifković President 4. Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts Zvonko Kusić (tbc) President 5. German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina Jörg Hacker President 6. French Académie des sciences Sébastien Candel President 7. Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei Mario Stefanini Academy Member 8. Academy of Sciences and Arts of Nexhat Daci Academy Member 9. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts Taki Fiti President 10. Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts Dragan K. Vukčević President 11. Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Ljubomir Maksimović Vice-President 12. Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Tadej Bajd President 13. The Royal Society James Jackson Academy Member

INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATIVES: NATIONAL RECTORS’ CONFERENCES AND UNIVERSITIES 1. Rectors’ Conference of the Republic of Albania Valentina Duka (Representative: University of Tirana) 2. Austrian University Conference Elisabeth Freismuth (Chair of the International Forum: Rector of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) 3. University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Rector) Rifat Škrijelj 4. University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Rector) Milan Mataruga 5. Rectors’ Conference of the Republic of Marin Milković (Representative: Rector of the North University in Koprivnica) 6. Conference of Deans of French Schools of Engineering Pierre Koch (Representative: President of the University of Technology of Troyes)

7. Conference of University Presidents of France Jacques Comby (President of the Commission for International and European Relations: President of the University Jean Moulin Lyon 3) 8. German Rectors’ Conference (President) Horst Hippler 9. Conference of Italian University Rectors Gaetano Manfredi (Acting president: Rector of the University of Naples Federico II) (tbc) 10. Hasan-Prishtina-, Kosovo* (Rector) Marjan Dema 11. Saints-Cyril-and-Methodius-University of Skopje, FYRo Macedonia (Rector) Nikola Jankulovski 12. South East European University of Tetovo, FYRo Macedonia (Rector) Zamir Dika 13. University of Montenegro (Rector) Radmila Vojvodić 14. Conference of ’s Universities Vladimir Bumbaširević (Acting president: Rector of the ) 15. University of Novi Sad, Serbia (Rector) Dušan Nikolić 16. Rectors’ Conference of the Republic of Boris Kavur (Representative: Vice Rector for Science and Research, University of Primorska, Koper-Capodistria)

DISTINGUISHED RESEARCHERS AND SCIENCE MANAGERS AD PERSONAM 1. Boban Arsenijević Linguist, University of Niš (Serbia) 2. Blerjana Bino Communication & Media Studies, European University of Tirana (Albania) and Uppsala University (Sweden) 3. Donald B. Dingwell Volcanologist, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich () 4. Dhimitër Doka Geographer, University of Tirana (Albania) 5. Arjan Gjonça Demographer, London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) 6. Zoran Hadži-Velkov Telecommunication Engineer, Ss.-Cyril-and-Methodius-University of Skopje (FYRo Macedonia) 7. Armanda K. Hysa Anthropologist, Centre of Albanological Studies Tirana (Albania) 8. Marija Janković Industrial Engineer, CentraleSupélec, University of Paris-Saclay (France) 9. Stipan Jonjić Immunologist, University of Rijeka (Croatia) 10. Erna Karalija Biologist, University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 11. Almir Maljević Jurist, University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 12. Fetah Podvorica Chemist, Hasan-Prishtina-University of Pristina (Kosovo*) 13. Miroslav Radman Molecular Biologist, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences Split (Croatia) and Paris Descartes University (France) 14. Oliver J. Schmitt Historian, University of Vienna (Austria) 15. Sofija Stefanović Physical anthropologist, University of Belgrade (Serbia) and BioSense Institute, University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND MODERATORS 1. Vladimir Šucha Director-General, European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre 2. Fabrizio Nicoletti Central Director for Innovation and Research, Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation 3. NN French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs 4. Will Bartlett Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science 5. Jean-Paul Chabard Scientific Director for R&D, Électricité de France EDF S.A., Paris 6. Adnan Ibrahimbegović Professor, Compiègne University of Technology 7. Didier Roux Vice-President for R&D and Innovation, Saint-Gobain S.A., Paris 8. Ivan Svetlik Professor, Rector of the University of Ljubljana

OBSERVERS 1. Martin Dietz Manager, Helvetas-PERFORM (Performing and Responsive Social Sciences) 2. Miroslav Vesković Coordinatior of scientific support to macro-regional strategies, European Commission, Directorate-General Joint Research Centre 3. Thomas Bertin French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs 4. Camille Nora French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs

As of 7 June 2017 Subject to change