Hello from Team Serbia 2022!

We are extremely excited to participate in this year’s FIRST Global Challenge and after two years to again connect with peers from all around the world in Geneva!

Our team consists of three girls and six guys, all students with different personalities and life goals, but with the same passion for STEM! We hope to learn a lot and gain precious experience that will be useful in the future. We must discover all we can know about what that world will be like in the future, and try to guide our policies and educational efforts from that.

This year’s theme is very important, especially for our country, because it is one of the main problems that our environment is facing.

Thanks to our incredible mentors Vuk, Aleksandra and Milan, and our passion for STEM, we are ready to give our best this season!

Una Žarković – Student
Una is a fourth year student at the Gymnasium Kreativno Pero in Belgrade, Serbia. This is her third year to participate in this competition. She also participated in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition. Una was at competitions in physics and biology where she won prizes. She was also several times in the scientific research center Petnica, where she did various research in the field of biology. She is planning on studying at the Faculty of Architecture. Una is very excited to again be part of this competition and to help the planet along with her peers.

Sofija Kurćubić – Student
Sofija is a fourth grade student at the Gymnasium Kreativno pero in Belgrade, Serbia. She was introduced to this competition two years ago and this is her third time to participate. Sofija will probably study in the Faculty of Economics or the Faculty of Organizational Sciences and she hopes to be able to demonstrate and apply my STEM knowledge. Also, she participated in the XPRIZE Rainforest competition. Sofija is looking forward to meeting and discussing with all amazing and ambitious students at the competition.

Emilija Memišić – Student
Emilija is a fourth grader at Gymnasium Kreativno pero located in Belgrade, Serbia. She became interested in this competition not only because of learning new things but also sharing experiences with other students worldwide. She is planning on studying psychology at the Faculty of Philosophy next year, spends a lot of her free time painting and is very interested in graphic design as well. Besides, she truly believes that the team’s energy synergy will help with saving our Planet globally and is willing to make sure everyone knows the only way we can achieve our goal is by sticking together.

Miloš Vujović – Student
I am a fourth grader at the Gymnasium Kreativno pero. I am very happy that as a team we will represent our country in this competition, which is very important for the future of our planet, and with this competition we prove that teamwork is the key to achieving further success. I am planning to study at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences because I am interested in programming.

Marko Jovanović – Student
I am a second year student at the Gymnasium Kreativno pero. I have skills in IT and electronics and mechanics. I mostly dedicate my free time to deal with technological devices, both from the aspect of programming and technical support, sometimes also servicing. In 2021, I participated in the FIRST Global Challenge, where I was supposed to compose a nano satellite, which was launched. I also participated in the competition – XPRIZE Rainforest, aimed at speeding innovation of autonomous technologies needed to assess biodiversity in nature.

Stefan Milenković – Student
I am a student at the Mathematical High School in Belgrade. I am a basketball player too, and I truly value teamwork in every aspect of life. It makes me very happy to have an opportunity to be a part of this incredible worldwide event along with fellow students from “Kreativno pero”, to meet and discuss with people who will shape our future world. Robots are going to play a crucial role in improving our lives in the future and that is why I am so excited about making them and expanding my knowledge in robotics.

Relja Kukić – Student
I am a 16 years old student of Mathematical Grammar School in Belgrade. I’ve been interested in electronics and robotics from an early age and participated in a lot of activities related to robotics. I was a member of my school’s applied physics and electronics section which took part in the Science Festival at Belgrade Fair in 2018, where we were presenting robots we made during the section meetings. Also, I was a part of my school’s FLL(FIRST LEGO League) team in 2019. About my other hobbies, I play basketball for seven years, and I was swimming training for 5 years, too. I like to relax reading books or playing video games.

Dušan Mladenović – Student
I am from Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. I am a 16 year old student from the High School of Electrical Engineering “Nikola Tesla”. My hobbies are Robotics, Programming, and Photography. I am looking forward to meeting people who share the same skills, interests, and goals as me.

Aleksandar Krizmanić – Student
Aleksandar is a second year student at XII Gymnasium, department for special abilities for computing and informatics. His hobbies are programming and robotics. Aleksandar is very grateful to be part of team Serbia and to participate in this competition. Aleksandar is looking forward to discussing with his peers about some really important topics when it comes to climate change and finding the best solutions to make this planet a better place.

Aleksandra Nedeljković – Manager of the Team
Aleksandra Nedeljkovic is the Founder and School Board President of Educational System Kreativno pero. Her vision is to create a school that sets a balance between education and knowledge, gaining traditional values and spirit of the time, fostering awareness of belonging to the community and responsibility towards others. A school that will be recognized by its pupils, who joyfully and trustfully gain new and applicable knowledge together with their teachers. Educational System Kreativno pero won the prestigious Climate Action Project School of Excellence award for school year 2021/2022 and is in the top 250 best schools in the world. Aleksandra was also team leader for XPRIZE Rainforest competition, where from more than 300 registered teams, team Serbia was one of the selected 36 teams from 18 countries.

She holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School University of London. Before founding ES Kreativno pero with her sister in 2007 she worked in auditing firms in Cyprus, as well as in telecommunication companies Mobtel and Telenor in Serbia.

Vuk Vujović – Technical Mentor
Master of electrical engineering and Master of business administration. I am currently working at Gymnasium Kreativno pero in Belgrade in the position of Professor of Computer Science, and also working at the Faculty of Information Technologies at Alfa BK University in Belgrade in the position of Assistant Professor for two courses: Programming and Software Engineering. Other fields of my education: in the process of finishing PhD thesis: “Contribution to the development of information systems aimed at improving business in construction companies in Serbia”; twelve published scientific papers about information systems and educational software. More than 15 years of experience in private business companies at highest managerial positions.

Milan Stanojčić – Co-mentor

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