Žarko Antanasković

Research and Partnerships Coordinator, HUB201

Center for Digital Security and AI Application · Belgrade · November 2025 – Present

• Designed and produced HUB201's flagship event and content program, conferences, meetups, and panels, including strategic analyses of GITEX and PODIM to inform regional programming.
• Secured and activated strategic partnerships including AWS Activate Provider status, worth $10,000 in cloud credits for portfolio startups, and Lovable.
• Built and engaged a community of 300+ young people in six months, growing HUB201's reach among the next generation of founders and tech talent across the region.
• Mapped the cybersecurity startup ecosystem across 11 SEE and Balkans countries, positioning HUB201 as a regional anchor for founders, investors, and corporates.
• Established a regional Cybersecurity Alliance bringing startups, institutions, and industry partners around a shared security agenda.

Project Coordinator, Science and Technology Park Niš

Niš · January 2025 – November 2025

Project Assistant Aug 2024 – Jan 2025 · Project Associate May – Aug 2024

• Led operational management and end-to-end coordination of the Forum of Advanced Technologies, event structure, partnerships, participant engagement, logistics, content curation, and communications.
• Oversaw and executed TECHNIS, a long-term local community development project, including stakeholder management, project governance, and co-creation of the feasibility study.
• Collaborated with public, private, and academic stakeholders to build cross-sector partnerships across the regional innovation ecosystem.

Local Committee President, AIESEC in Serbia

Niš · February 2023 – February 2024

• Led a team of 4, managing a community of 70+ members and 30+ stakeholders.
• Previously in Business Development (B2B sales) and Outgoing Exchanges (B2C sales with international partners across 100+ countries, specialized in Southern Europe).

Student Intern, AIESEC

Barcelona, Spain · February 2024 – March 2024

• Designed and delivered interactive educational workshops for 270+ children over six weeks in a local school.

Independent

Ongoing

• Build and run small products in AI, pricing intelligence, and B2B services, see Building below.
• Angel investor; first check into Teffie.
• Run YANG, a youth organization in Niš.