Tajana Kesić Šapić attended the University of Economics in Zagreb where she graduated, and her master’s degree she earned on Faculty of Economics University of Rijeka. She obtained leading positions in companies ST media / Cut-Pro d.o.o. /Poslovni park Bjelovar and she was a State Secretary at Ministry of Economy, Labor and Entrepreneurship. Currently she is obtaining the position of a Head of Industry Department which is part of the Sector for industry and sustained development.

Francesca is an accomplished leader with an excellent technical and business acumen, capable of “connecting the dots” in a market that is in an exciting, but also unsettling period of disruption. With over three decades of experience in the telecommunications industry, Francesca has traversed diverse roles including ASIC design, product management, sales, marketing, global operator business strategies, and her current domain in Standardization & Research. Her extensive background has fostered a profound comprehension of technology evolution, market trends, operator dynamics, and vertical domain requisites.

Her positive attitude, entrepreneurial mindset and excellent communication capabilities are the right combination to engage with many stakeholders to contribute to unlock new value creation in existing and new ecosystems. For two years, she has led the 5GAdvanced business program, to accelerate the 5GAdvanced features assessment and prioritization to identify long-term topics which require early engagement and study.

She is Italian but is based in Munich, Germany, she loves cooking and she is passionate about Sci-fiction.

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Nives Sandri has Master of sciences degree at Faculty of Electrical engineering and Computing in Zagreb, Croatia. Having 20 years of working experience in Telecommunications field starting her professional career at “Croatian Post and Telecommunications continuing in Siemens d.d., Croatia in Communications (Com) sector. In Siemens d.d. her professional career gradually developed along with transformation of mentioned Siemens’s Com sector which became currently known as Nokia. Throughout this period, she obtained positions of Account Manager in Sales, Head of Sales, Director of Communications and IT Sector, Country Director and Board member of Nokia Affiliate in Croatia and North Macedonia and B2B / Enterprise solutions Lead.