Belgrade, Serbia

The 5th Serbian-French Innovation Forum
Shaping the Future of Healthcare

April 2nd 2026 – Science and Technology Park of Belgrade
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9:30

Opening Session at Science and Technology Park of Belgrade


Participants


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11:20 – 11:55

Panel n°1 « Digital health and AI: transformations, frameworks, and responsibilities »


Participants


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11:55 – 12:30

Panel n°2 « From research to patient, from innovation to impact: medical devices, biotechnologies, and scaling up »


Participants


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12:30 – 13:05

Panel n°3 « AI, Neuroscience and the Future of Medical Decision-Making »


Participants


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14:30

Mission France Pitch Session (by invitation)

Location: Science and Technology Park of Belgrade, Veljka Dugosevica 54

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Participants

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Florence

Ferrari

French Ambassador to Serbia since October 2025. Career diplomat specializing in European affairs and Eastern/Balkan Europe. Previously Ambassador to Slovenia and Deputy Inspector General of Foreign Affairs.


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Stephane

Avril

Distinguished professor at Mines Saint-Etienne. Directs the INSERM-certified SAINBIOSE research unit with over 150 researchers. Three ERC grants. Co-founded medtech startups Predisurge (2017) and KaomX (2024).


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Jean-Baptiste

Masson

Research Director at Institut Pasteur, leading the Decision and Bayesian Computation lab. Co-founder of Avatar Medical (VR surgical planning). Chair at the PR[AI]RIE Institute.


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Stevan

Vrbaski

Physicist, PhD from University of Trento. Contributed to virtual imaging trials at Duke University. Founder of Vinaver Medical, specializing in AI-powered imaging.


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Nemanja

Milenkovic

Physician and digital health expert. MD from University of Belgrade. Medical Director and DPO at Cegedim Sante. Focus on health data interoperability and AI integration.


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Ksenija

Zelic Mihajlovic

Senior researcher at University of Belgrade School of Dental Medicine. Founded DENTeam.AI (2024) for AI-based dental diagnostics and forensic age estimation.


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Ivana

Kostic

Co-founder and CEO of Health Tech Lab. Technology Transfer Manager for the SAIGE Project. PhD in Bioengineering from the MIT Portugal Program.


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Marina

Maletic

PhD in neuroscience from ICM (Brain Institute Paris). Coordinates the European P4Health project at IGBMC Strasbourg.


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Jelisaveta

Ilic

Co-founder and CEO of Tisalytics Bio (bioinformatics, AI for biological risk prediction). MSc in Biomedical Engineering and MSc in Bioscience Entrepreneurship from UCL (Chevening Scholar).


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Pierre

Pouget

CNRS Research Director at ICM (Brain and Spine Institute, Paris). Over 70 peer-reviewed publications. Co-founder of Neuroclues (eye-tracking). Head of ICM Ethics Committee.


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Nikola

Krstic

Software engineer, entrepreneur. Founder of Anoris Technology. Inventor of the Anora smart glove for blind and visually impaired individuals.


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Mary

Aubry

Senior Product Manager at Therapixel. Engineering degree from ESPCI Paris, PhD in Biotechnology. Works on MammoScreen, an AI-powered breast cancer screening solution.


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Marko

Grujic

Hardware and software engineer. CEO of Maicatech, operating the largest IoT network in the region. Founded Neuroblast for neurodegenerative disorders. Multiple European awards.



Main venue

Science and Technology Park of Belgrade


Address

Veljka Dugosevica 54, Beograd

Email

contact@frenchtech.rs