Vladica Ristić graduated with a degree in architecture from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Pristina, Kosovska Mitrovica in 2002. He became a Doctor of Urban and Environmental Management in 2013 at the European Center for Peace and Development of the United Nations University for Peace. In 2016, he obtained his second doctorate in environmental protection at the Futura Faculty of Applied Ecology in Belgrade. In June 2022, he was elected to the position of full professor in the field of environmental sciences at the Faculty of Futura.
He has published over 60 scientific papers in journals and at scientific meetings. He is the author of one monograph and co-author of several monographs. He published four textbooks for undergraduate and graduate studies. He has participated in two international INTERREG DTP projects and one World Bank
project, as well as eleven spatial plans in Serbia and Montenegro.
He is the founder and president of the International Research Academy of Sciences and Arts - MIANU. He is a member of the Serbian Chamber of Engineers and an honorary member of the Académie de Musique et d΄Arts "Espérance", Strasbourg, France.
Igor Trišić's main fields of scientific interest and research are tourism development, sustainable tourism in protected areas, ecology, geoecology, environment protection, environmental protection programs, the UNESCO program Man and Biosphere (MaB), tourism geography, the management and marketing of tourism and hotel management, the management of tourism destinations, the importance of protected areas and species (IUCN), business tourism, and the innovation of ecological education programs. He is the author and co-author of many scientific articles and has participated in many international and domestic congresses.
Snežana Štetić is an experienced chairman of the board with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. He has a lot of experience in sustainable development, translation, tour operation, lecturing, and the hospitality industry. He is a professional entrepreneur with a doctorate in economics and is focused on the economy of the tourism trade and hotel management. His main fields of scientific interest and research are tourist development, sustainable tourism, the spatial aspects of tourism, management, and the marketing of tourism and tourist agencies. Moreover, he is interested in the management of tourist destinations, risks associated with tourism, rural tourism, business tourism, and innovation in educational programs, curricula, and practical training for tourism studies.
Florin Nechita is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology and Communication Studies, Transilvania University of Braşov, Romania. He has a PhD in marketing (2012) with research and teaching interests in marketing, advertising, and brand management. He has experience as a marketing and trade marketing executive with broad expertise in the FMCG industry, marketing, trade marketing, strategy planning, and event management. Nechita is the author/coordinator of 10 books and more than 70 journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers on marketing, consumer behavior, brand management, tourism, and destination marketing topics. He was a project manager for UNITBV for the E-Entrepreneur project (Erasmus+, 2019–2021) and a project member in other European-funded projects. He was a citizen of Stalin Town (Europe for Citizens, 2017), Active Telling, Active Learning (Europe for Citizens, 2019), UniCulture (Erasmus+, 2019–2021), and E-PSY (Erasmus+, 2020–2022).
Adina Nicoleta Candrea is an associate professor. Her main fields of scientific interest and research are tourism marketing, cultural tourism, cultural heritage interpretation, sustainable tourism, destination management and marketing, ecotourism, and rural tourism. She has authored/co-authored 8 books, 28 scientific papers in academic journals indexed in international databases, and 8 scientific papers presented at international conferences. She has worked as the coordinator of two scientific research projects and been involved, as a member, in three other international research projects. She has also worked as a teacher of the following tourism and sustainability subjects: tourism marketing, ecotourism and rural tourism, and policies and strategies for sustainable development.
Nevena Majstorović has been employed at the Zlatibor Tourism Organization as an Analyst for the promotion of tourist offers since 2015. Until now, she has participated in several scientific and professional conferences, and she was previously a member of the working group for the development of the Program for Developing Tourism in the Tourist Region of Western Serbia 2020–2025. Her main fields of scientific interest and research are tourism development, sustainability in tourism, tourism geography, marketing and management in tourism, protected areas in the function of tourism development, and new technologies in tourism. Education history: University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography (Undergraduate studies), Belgrade, Serbia (2010-10 to 2014-10); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography (Master's studies): Belgrade, Serbia (2014-10 to 2015-09); University of Belgrade, Faculty of Geography (PhD studies): Belgrade, Serbia (2018-10 to present).
