Opening Ceremony

20.00-21.30 – Official opening at “Ragusa Hub” Gospodar Jovanova 2, Belgrade Selection of finger food will be served.

• Dr. Ekaterina Entina – Professor at the National Research University “Higher School of Economics”, Moscow, Russia
• Kiril Kostin – Director of the organization “Knowledge Hub” at the Russian State University for the Humanities
• Dr. Rupal Mishra – Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
• Alena Isakova – Specialist of the Gorchakov Foundation Press Office
• Vladan Grbović – President of the NGO “Ragusa”

• 07.00-08.00 – Breakfast Hotel Royal Inn
• 08.00-10.30 – Transfer from Belgrade to Divčibare (Hotel Crni Vrh; check-in available from 14:00)

11.30-13.15 – Working Session 1

• The Image of BRICS in the Perception of Youth in BRICS Countries
  Kirill Kostin, Director of the organization “Knowledge Hub” at the Russian State University for the Humanities
• Geopolitics of Symbols: Balkans and Identity Narratives on the Media Landscape
  Dusan Dačić, Lawyer and Cartographer

13.15-15.00 – Lunch and check-in (Hotel Crni Vrh)

15.00-16.30 – Interactive Workshop

• Information Sources and Fact-Checking in International Journalism Dr. Alexandr Nadzharov, Analyst at the Centre for Mediterranean Studies, HSE University, Moscow

16.30-17.00 – Coffee Break

17.00-18.30 – Working Session 2

• India’s Soft Power and the Global South in International Media: How Global Changes Shape a New Media Narrative – Dr. Rupal Mishra, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, speaker at the Valdai Discussion Club session, New Delhi, India
• Practices for Preserving Historical Memory in the Media Space: The Experience of the Russian Presidential National Center for Historical Memory – Ivan Kulakov, National Center for Historical Memory, under the President of the Russian Federation
• Discussion with participants

19.00-21.00 – Dinner

After 21.00 – Free time

08.00-09.30 – Breakfast

10.00-12. 00 – Working Session 4

• Trolls, Memes, and Tiktok Feeds — Serbian Lessons in Political Subversion Behind Western Censorship Firewalls – Dr. Nikola Tanasić, philosopher. “New Serbian Political Thought”, editor of the program “Gozba” on Radio Belgrade, Serbia
• BRICS as a Model for the Balkans – Bojan Vulin, Secretary of the Russian Historical Society in Serbia and Program Director of the Institute for the Strategic Social Dialogue 
• From Brazil to the Balkans: How Media and Travel Storytelling Shape International Perceptions – Thiago Ferreira, Host of the program “Thiago’s Balkans”, Balkan Trip TV

12.00-12.15 – Break

12.15-14.00 – Interactive Workshop

• Media, Politics and the Responsibility of the Journalist: From Source to Article – Alena Isakova, Head of the Gorchakov Fund Press Office

14.00-15.00 – Lunch

15.00-16.30 – Working Session 5

• Legal Consequences of International Sanctions: The Balkans and the BRICS Context – Dr. Maša Mišković, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade, PhD candidate at the Russian Presidential Academy, Moscow
• Lessons for BRICS from the American Media Trenches – Nebojša Malić, Serbian Independent Journalist and Political Analyst
• Discussion with participants

16.30-17.00 – Coffee Break

17.00-17.45 – Working Session 6

• Architectures of Strategic Autonomy: Serbia’s Digital Security and AI Sovereignty in an Inclusive Polycentric Geopolitical Framework – Dr. Miloš Jovanović, Professor of Information Security at the University of Kragujevac, President of the OpenLink Group, Serbian Expert in Digital Security

17.45-18.00 – Certificate Award Ceremony and Closing Remarks

18.30-20.00 – Dinner

After 20.00 – Free time

08.00-10.00 – Breakfast

10.30-13.00 – Departure of participants from “Hotel Crni Vrh” with arrival in Belgrade.

Two stops are scheduled: in the center of Belgrade and at the airport.