The US - Balkans Business Summit will host a series of panels addressing the future of United States defense cooperation with the Western Balkans - including NATO membership, the defense procurement processes within the region, and regional defense and national security needs. Knowledge of these areas will provide American and Western Balkan companies with a starting point from which future business opportunities can arise.

Panels will allow time for exchanges among the panelists, as well as the panel and the audience, allowing these sessions to become a forum for substantial and valuable interactions.

The aim of the US - Balkans Business Summit is to bring together government officials who are directly engaged in the identification of new areas for collaboration and the companies capable of executing those identified business and cooperative opportunities. The agenda includes topics of interest for equipment manufacturers, business and corporate development executives, market analysts, investment bankers and raw material suppliers.

We are very pleased that His Excellency Selmo Cikotic, Minister of Defense, Bosnia and Herzegovina, will be a panelist for the Defense Cooperation Agreement Initiatives panel.

We are very pleased that His Excellency Boro Vucinic, Minister of Defense, Montenegro, will be a panelist for the Defense Cooperation Agreement Initiatives panel.

We are very pleased that Brett B. Lambert, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, will be a panelist for the Defense Cooperation Agreement Initiatives panel.    For his biography please visit here: Biography.

We are very pleased that Lieutenant General (Ret.) H Steven Blum, former Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command, will be moderating the International Cooperation panel.

We are very pleased that Major General James A. Adkins of the Maryland National Guard will be moderating the U.S. National Guard panel.  The National Guard's State Partnership Program has played a key role improving relations between the United States and the Western Balkans.  For more information about General Officer panelists visit here:  Ohio, Maine, Vermont, New Jersey, and Maryland.