Prof. Dr. Milica Slijepčević teaches at the Faculty of Management, within the Business and Marketing module, and the Faculty of Digital Arts, within the Fashion Design module, at Belgrade Metropolitan University.
 
She earned her PhD in Integrated Corporate Communications from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. She completed her Master’s studies in Marketing at the Faculty of Organizational Sciences, University of Belgrade, and Bachelor’s studies at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade.
 
She is the author of numerous professional and scientific papers in the fields of fashion marketing, neuromarketing, corporate communications and human resources. She has extensive experience in both business and NGO sectors, with a strong research focus on marketing and communications.
 
Since 2005, she has held positions such as PR Manager, Director of the Public Relations Department, Corporate Communications Manager, and Digital and Corporate Communications Manager at Dunav osiguranje a.d.o.
 
She is the founder and director of the Flou Center for Communications and the author of the FEBS Master Class – Flou Education and Business Sinergy program. She is also the founder of the Metropolitan Fashion Day project.
 
She is the author of the nationally significant monograph Fashion Marketing from 2016, as well as the book Fashion Marketing – Contemporary Tendencies, revised and expanded edition from 2019, which was shortlisted for the UEPS Publishing Achievement of the Year award.
 
She is the co-author of the internationally significant monograph Neuromarketing, Challenges and Trends, published in 2022 by HERAedu, with Belgrade Metropolitan University as co-publisher.

Prof. Lidija Jovanović graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, specializing in Costume Design for Stage Clothing.
 
She is currently pursuing doctoral artistic multimedia studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade, where she is working on her doctoral thesis entitled What Does Clothing Feel? Her research explores the boundaries between art and technology in fashion design as a basis for developing an artistic narrative in public space.
 
During her studies, she attended the Millinery Block-Making and Design for Shoes courses at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in the United Kingdom.
 
She is the founder and owner of Lidija Jovanović Design Studio, whose primary activity is the design and production of footwear and leather goods. From 2008 to 2022, she worked at Accademia del Lusso, where she taught Fashion Design, History of Costume and Accessories Design.
 
Throughout her career, she has worked as an Artistic Director at the Joshua Fashion House, footwear designer at Labrador, sportswear designer at NAA and theatre costume designer at the Peter Pan Theatre.
 
She regularly presents her work at numerous solo and group fashion shows in Serbia and abroad. Since 2004, she has continuously exhibited at Belgrade Fashion Week, as well as at international fashion weeks in cities such as Lisbon, Toronto and Athens. She has designed costumes for more than thirty theatre performances and films.
 
She has designed footwear for numerous institutions, including footwear for the Serbian national team at the 2009 Universiade and footwear for employees of MTS retail offices.
 
Since 2010, the Lidija Jovanović footwear collection, inspired by the work of Milena Pavlović Barili, has been part of the archive of the Milena Pavlović Barili Gallery and is used in the gallery’s presentations both in Serbia and abroad. Footwear bearing the Lidija Jovanović signature has also been presented on the markets of Italy, the Netherlands and South Africa.
 
From 2015, she served as Vice President, and from 2018 to 2022 as President of the Board of ULUPUDS. She has received numerous awards, including the ULUPUDS Annual Award in 2018 and 2013, the MasterCard Premium Program Award for outstanding business cooperation in 2015, as well as several awards in the fields of fashion design and costume design.

Prof. Katarina Samardžić graduated in 2005 from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of Costume Design. In 2006, she enrolled in postgraduate studies and worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Connecticut in the United States. She completed her postgraduate studies in Costume Design in 2009.
 
She has designed costumes for numerous drama, opera, children’s and puppet theatre productions, as well as significant projects within the cultural and entertainment programming of Radio Television of Serbia, including costume design for the TV quiz show Slagalica.
 
Since 2006, she has realized costume design projects in the United States, including the ones at Sarasota Opera House, Connecticut Repertory Theatre, Nafe Ketter Theatre, Hartford Stage and in New Orleans, as well as in Serbia, at theatres such as the Belgrade Drama Theatre, Boško Buha Theatre, Kruševac National Theatre and Kikinda National Theatre.
 
In 2011, she joined the team of the Sent George fashion house, where she worked as a designer until 2016. She has presented five solo fashion shows under the Sent George label and created eight independent fashion collections.
 
In the field of fashion design, in addition to her work at Sent George, she worked as a fashion designer at the Zekstra fashion house from 2005 to 2006, as well as a stylist and designer for the Bonatti fashion house. She has also designed numerous commercials for both domestic and international markets.
 
Her work has been exhibited at numerous exhibitions in the United States, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Serbia. She has been a member of ULUPUDS since 2010 and obtained the status of independent artist in 2011.

Prof. Tanja Devetak is an Associate Professor in the field of clothing and textile design. She is engaged as an external lecturer at the Faculty of Design, an independent higher education institution.
 
She has received international awards for her work and regularly exhibits at solo and group exhibitions. As an independent researcher at the Center for Design Research, she focuses on the history of Slovenian fashion, the decolonization of fashion and the sustainable context of the fashion system.
 
She participates in projects that are part of a broader contemporary design context, connecting theoretical research, contemporary practice and a responsible approach to fashion. She is currently completing her doctoral studies at the University of Ljubljana.

Assist. Prof. Almina Duraković Korošec is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Design, whose professional practice bridges the academic sphere and applied arts. Through her leadership of the Production Laboratory and her involvement in Alice international scientific conference, she encourages innovation, research-based practice and conceptual thinking.
 
Her commitment to sustainability in various aspects of life strongly shapes her professional work. Through research into textile techniques, zero-waste principles, and costume design, she develops solutions that combine aesthetics, function and environmental awareness.
 
Her contribution to the international academic and artistic community is reflected in lectures held abroad and membership in several artistic committees.
As an expert with practical experience, she is dedicated to the development of new generations of designers capable of creating meaningful, responsible and contemporary design solutions.

Prof. Almira Sadar was born in 1963. She graduated in Fashion Design in 1986 and in Architecture in 1987. Since 1987, she has worked as a Professor of Fashion Design at the University of Ljubljana.
 
She has participated in numerous solo and group textile exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. In 1997, she established her own studio, and in 2003 she became the Art Director of LJ Studio, designing womenswear and accessories collections for the ALMIRASADAR brand.
 
In 2016, she launched the ALMIRASADAR home collection, with a strong emphasis on traditional handwork. The collection highlights local characteristics and forgotten cultural values, while developing an emotional component within contemporary design.

Prof. Svetlana Bogova-Jovanovska is the CEO of Fashion Week Corp. LCC and co-founder of the Macedonian Fashion Association. Since 2009, she has been one of the key driving forces in representing, connecting and supporting fashion and craft creatives within the Balkan region.
 
Her work focuses on managing transition processes in the Macedonian fashion sector and strengthening the regional and European fashion scene. In 2017, she became a partner of the United Fashion project, which aims to enhance the business mindset of fashion designers across Europe and strengthen their international competitiveness without limiting their creativity.
 
In 2022, she became a member of the European Fashion Alliance, a strong network of fashion organizations aiming to unite and transform the European fashion landscape.
 
Over the past two years, she has been researching how micro-sized fashion and agricultural businesses can contribute to net-zero goals, resilience in times of transition, and sustainable prosperity in the region.

Prof. Dr Brankica Bojović is a Full Professor at Mediterranean University in Podgorica. Her academic and research work covers the fields of translatology, English studies, cultural studies, semantics, English for Specific Purposes and Fashion Studies.
 
She completed her Doctoral and Master’s studies at the University of Belgrade and graduated from the Faculty of Philology and the Faculty of Law. She is the author of more than 100 scientific and professional papers, monographs, academic translations, and educational publications.
 
A significant part of her research focuses on fashion language, fashion communication, cultural transfer and semantic codes. Through an interdisciplinary approach, she connects language, culture, translation, identity, and contemporary communication practices.
 
She has participated in numerous international scientific conferences and academic projects. Her publications include Contemporary Cultural Studies 1, Fundamentals of Translatology, Lexis in the Criminological Register and English Language in Criminology.
 
Her teaching, mentoring and research work contributes to the understanding of fashion as a communicational, cultural and identity-related phenomenon.