{"id":9961,"date":"2025-10-13T06:49:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2025-10-13T06:49:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T06:49:18","slug":"s4ai-hub-at-the-western-balkans-digital-summit-2025-in-skopje","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/s4ai-hub-at-the-western-balkans-digital-summit-2025-in-skopje\/","title":{"rendered":"S4AI Hub at the Western Balkans Digital Summit 2025 in Skopje"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the prestigious Western Balkans Digital Summit (WBDS) 2025, held from October 1 to October 2 in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Science and Technology Park Ni\u0161 and S4AI Hub had prominent participation as representatives of Serbia in the field of digital transformation and development of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of S4AI Hub, which is coordinated by STP Ni\u0161, Ivan Pavlovi\u0107, project manager, participated in the <b>WB6 EDIH Cooperation<\/b> panel, where he presented Serbia&#8217;s perspective in the context of economic transition and regional development. In his presentation, Pavlovi\u0107 pointed out the cause-and-effect relationships between uneven development, distribution of capital and human resources, as well as limited access to investments and research and development capacities. He emphasized that these factors, especially in the southern and western parts of Serbia, led to slower progress in the process of digital transformation compared to more developed regions such as Belgrade and Vojvodina.<\/p>\n<p>Through the work of the S4AI Hub, Pavlovi\u0107 pointed out that the network of <b>RISC centers<\/b> enables the decentralized provision of digital transformation services, which ensures more even access to advanced technologies in different parts of the country. As a driving force behind the development of the innovation ecosystem in the Southern and Eastern Serbia region, STP Ni\u0161 successfully integrates the needs of the society and the economy through the S4AI Hub consortium, providing micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, as well as public institutions, with support in the digitalization process based on artificial intelligence solutions and the principles of Industry 5.0.<\/p>\n<p>WBDS 2025, koji su zajedni\u010dki organizovali <b>Ministarstvo za digitalnu transformaciju Severne Makedonije<\/b> i <b>Regionalni savet za saradnju (RCC)<\/b>, okupio je vi\u0161e od 800 u\u010desnika, me\u0111u kojima su bili predstavnici vlada, Evropske komisije, ITU-a, akademske zajednice i poslovnog sektora. Ovogodi\u0161nji samit bio je fokusiran na tri klju\u010dne oblasti:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Digital wallet<\/b> \u2013 safe and simple access to public and private services;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Interoperability<\/b> \u2013 connecting systems and registers for the development of regional e-services;<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cyber \u200b\u200bsecurity<\/b> \u2013 protection of personal data and critical infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Current topics such as artificial intelligence, 5G and optical infrastructure, digital skills, and access to the EU&#8217;s single digital market were discussed at the Technology Stage. The active participation of S4AI Hub contributed to the recognition of the Science and Technology Park Ni\u0161 as an important actor in connecting the region and spreading the influence of digital transformation beyond Serbia\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the prestigious Western Balkans Digital Summit (WBDS) 2025, held from October 1 to October 2 in the Museum of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9962,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9961\/revisions\/9962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/s4ai.rs\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}