Working Group Meeting
Tuesday, 7th September, 14:00-15:15 CEST
One year after initiation, it is time to compare our dreams and ambitions with our current position.
Which activities were successful and what needs to be changed?
This meeting will be a strategic milestone for the Working Group, therefore all of you interested in the agrifood sector – welcome!
In addition, we will meet our new members, who joined us after DLLD2020.
Besides the importance of being aware of Working Group competences, it is crucial for our Working Group to know the motivation and expectations of all members. Therefore, open and honest discussion will be highly supported.
Opening & Introduction |
Tour de table (background and expectations from WG for 2022) |
Main achievements during 2020-21 |
Debate on positive and negative aspects |
New mechanism for (proposal) matchmaking and consortia building |
Conclusion |
Head of Business Development Department at BioSense Institute, PA4ALL
Ms. Milica Trajkovic is a certified PMI project manager, experienced in EU funded projects focused on Digital Agriculture and development of ICTs for AgriFood value chain. For the last five years she has been equally involved in numerous proposals preparation (from idea to design and proposal formulation) as well as projects’ implementation. Constant managing of multiple projects resulted in two main specializations – i) liaison between project requests and partners’ needs and Institute’s expertise and resources dedicated to implementation of project tasks; ii) efficient implementation of overall project strategy and assuring sub-projects and pilots are executing pre-defined tasks and activities within time, budget and quality constraints. At the same time, she deeply believes that people are the most valuable asset a company can have. Hence, Milica is very passionate about training and development activities tailored to Institute’s employees needs she is leading. In parallel, Milica is an Operations Manager in Precision Agriculture Living Lab (PA4ALL), where she works on broadening the relations with agricultural producers and maintaining cross-fertilization process between agricultural and ICT industry.
Project Manager, BioSense Institute
Ms. Isidora Stojačić (F) works as a Project Manager at the Business Development Department at BioSense Institute. She obtained her bachelor’s degree at the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, and her master’s degree at the University Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences and at the Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Life Sciences. She has a few years of experience in project management, research, and project proposal writing. She has been involved in various topics, mostly related to Responsible Research and Innovation, co-creation, social design and implementation, market and business exploitation and multi-actor engagement strategies. She has been involved in Horizon2020, ERASMUS+ and National projects.