About the Association

The main fields of her research are IEQ, thermal comfort and productivity, energy efficient HVAC system and buildings, energy performance certification, renewable energy sources and green buildings.

Tamara has 17 years of professional experience both in the process of HVAC projects design and in research and education. She participated in more than 20 HVAC design projects, 8 international projects and 9 national research projects. Currently she is an ASHRAE SBA for University of Belgrade, Danube chapter students’ activities co-chair and the member of technical committees: Residential Buildings Committee, T-TAC-TC2.1 and T-TAC-TC07.01.

Tamara holds two engineering licenses from the Serbian Chamber of Engineers for HVAC installation design and energy performance certification and a license for energy manager for buildings, issued by Ministry of mining and energy. She is a member of the examination Committee for the professional exam for the field of energy efficiency elected by the Ministry of Construction, Transport and Infrastructure of the Republic of Serbia and Elected member of the Council of mechanical engineers’ section for the Belgrade regional center of Serbian Chamber of Engineers.

She is the author or co-author of more than 50 scientific papers and two books. Further, she is a reviewer for more than 20 international journals from SCI list, for which she reviewed papers more than 100 times. Also, she is an Expert for the evaluation of proposals in the Horizon call funded by European Commission and international calls funded by NITRA. She is in the Editorial board of national scientific journal “KGH” and guest editor in Q1 international journal Energy and buildings Elsevier.

She won the Award by the University of Belgrade Foundation of Djoka Vlajkovic for the best scientific paper of young scientists at the University of Belgrade in the field of technical and technological sciences for 2023. year and Award by University of Belgrade Foundation of Veselin Lucic for the best scientific paper at the University of Belgrade in 2024.

Prof. Bengin is the co-founder of the BioSense Institute – Research and Development Institute for Information Technologies in Biosystems, which focuses on multidisciplinary, game-changing, and needs-driven research of advanced ICT technologies and its applications in biosystems, primarily agriculture. She is the coordinator of H2020 project ANTARES, ranked as the first in the most prestigious H2020 call Teaming which aims to evolve BioSense Institute into a market-oriented European Centre of research excellence. With a budget of € 30 million, ANTARES is the largest research project ever funded in the Republic of Serbia by the European Union and, besides developing institutional scientific excellence, Prof. Bengin also directly focuses on fostering the policy development and economic growth of the region, through specifically designed activities involving the policy makers and national and regional agrifood and IT sectors.

Prof. Bengin holds the highest national degrees both in teaching and research: she is a full professor at the Department of Physics, University of Novi Sad, as well as the scientific advisor (principal research fellow) elected by the Ministry of education, science, and technology of the Republic of Serbia. She also holds the title of an Extraordinary Professor at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, as well as the position of a Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN), USA. She has been a member of the Management Board of BioSense Institute since its establishment in 2015 until today, and the Vice-president of the same Board in 2015-2019. She has served as the member of the Management Board of the Innovation Fund of the Republic of Serbia in 2011-2017, and as a member of many European and international professional bodies such as the General Assembly of the European Microwave Association, and the Implementation Board of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO). Following the invitation of the European Commission, Prof. Bengin has served as a mid-term evaluator of the entire € 300 million worth intergovernmental framework programme COST (Co-operation in Science and Technology) financed by the European Union, where she has evaluated the political, scientific, and operational aspects of the programme. She has worked as a consultant for Fonds National de la Recherche of Luxembourg in 2017, as well as for a number of research institutions in Turkey and Slovenia in 2016. Since 2019, Prof. Bengin serves as a member of UNICEF Business Advisory Board in Serbia and a consultant for UN FAO (United Nations – Food and Agriculture Organization).

Prof. Bengin obtained her PhD in 2006 from the University of Novi Sad in the field of microelectronics, has led or participated in 8 FP7, 5 Horizon 2020 and many other international research projects, authored more than 100 scientific papers and published two books with world-renowned publishers (Cambridge University Press and John Wiley & Sons). Leading multidisciplinary research with a focus on the applications, he is also an active promoter of the importance of science with a large experience in public communications.

Prof. Bengin is the recipient of a number of national and international awards including the special award granted by the European Commission at ‘Marie Curie Actions for an Innovative Europe: Excellence, mobility and skills for researchers, the award for outstanding women in science and technology She’s Mercedes awarded by the Mercedes-Benz company, and many more.

She is a mother of three and a great promoter of active involvement of women in STEM.

Aleksandar graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, majoring in Production Engineering, where he also completed his postgraduate studies. He earned his doctoral dissertation at the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad.

Throughout his career, he has held senior management positions and led operations at international corporations including West Pharmaceutical (USA), Novares Group (France), ZF Group (Germany), and Nidec (Japan), gaining extensive experience in managing production, engineering, and manufacturing plants.

In his last three major projects, as Production Manager, Engineering Manager, and Plant Manager, he led the establishment and development of manufacturing systems within greenfield investments, from building new facilities to launching production and setting up operational processes.

All three projects were based on high technology, with extremely demanding production conditions and strict process control requirements. A significant part of his experience relates to manufacturing in controlled environments and applying cleanroom technology across various industries. Through these projects, he brought together technical requirements, work organization, and employee competence development into functional production systems.

He crowned his many years of scientific research with the development of an innovative model for knowledge management in high-intensity work environments. This model serves as the foundation for modern software solutions designed to manage competencies, qualifications, and organizational knowledge more effectively.

Through his work at Forceman Technologies, he combines scientific research with hands-on experience in establishing and running complex industrial systems. His focus is on process improvement, people development, and applying modern technological solutions.

With over twenty years of experience in complex corporate environments – from pharmaceutical development, quality systems and operations to corporate affairs – she applies her practical knowledge of processes across different business areas to the delivery of programmes in project management and process improvement. She began her career at Hemofarm AD, which has been a member of the German STADA Group since 2006. In addition to establishing the Continuous Improvement Programme for the Southeast European region (STADA SEE Region), which she led for four years, she successfully implemented a PMO (Project Management Office) at Hemofarm as project manager, including all relevant processes and procedures based on PMI methodology.

Since 2012, she has delivered numerous training courses and specialised workshops in Lean, Six Sigma and project management across STADA Group companies in Southeast Europe, Romania, Russia and Germany. As a Six Sigma Black Belt, she has led improvement initiative teams in operations and business transformation programmes, and in her role as project manager she was responsible for cross-functional projects and strategic initiatives in Hemofarm’s Corporate Development department, where she served as PMO Manager from 2015 to 2019.

As an independent consultant and trainer, she has delivered courses and workshops in process improvement and project management across various industries for clients such as STADA, Aristo Pharma, Strauss Adriatic, Coficab, Elixir, Energotehnika Južna Bačka, LC Waikiki, Comtrade System Integration, Egis, FormaPharm Engineering, Nelt and others, in cooperation with PwC Academy across Southeast Europe.

She served as a Board Member responsible for professional development at PMI Serbia (2019–2020) and as Chair of the PMI Serbia Board (2020–2021).

Project Management Professional (PMP)® | ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt | Doctor of Technical Sciences, Faculty of Technology, University of Belgrade.

Borislav is a Mechanical Engineer with more than 20 years of experience in air filtration, cleanroom technology, and contamination control across the pharmaceutical, healthcare, microelectronics, and industrial sectors.

Since 2012, he has served as General Manager of Camfil South East Europe. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with manufacturers, engineering companies, and end users to design and implement filtration and clean air solutions that support regulatory compliance, product quality, and operational efficiency.

His expertise includes HVAC systems, cleanroom applications, HEPA and ULPA filtration, molecular contamination control, energy optimization, and GMP-compliant facilities.

Over the years, Borislav has led business development and technical support activities across several East European markets. He is actively involved in promoting best practices in cleanroom design, air quality management, and sustainable filtration technologies.

Branislav is a Project and Process Engineer with nearly 17 years of international experience in the process, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. After developing his career with leading companies such as SABIC and Corbion in the Netherlands, where he worked as a scientist on process development, nanofiltration optimization, polycarbonate manufacturing, and the implementation of innovative technological solutions, he has focused since 2017 on the validation and qualification of cleanrooms, controlled environments, and process equipment in compliance with ISO 14644 standards and GMP requirements through his work at LabProva.

He specializes in greenfield projects and the requalification of pharmaceutical facilities, with extensive expertise in the qualification of cleanroom systems, HVAC, EMS, and BMS systems, as well as process equipment, compressed air systems, clean gases, and purified water systems. His professional scope also includes sterilization processes, thermal validation, and temperature mapping, ensuring compliance with the highest regulatory standards in the pharmaceutical industry. Throughout his career, he has contributed to projects across the Balkans, Western Europe, Russia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Branislav holds a degree from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, and earned a Professional Doctorate in Process and Product Design from Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands.

He is the author of five patent applications and holds a DMAIC Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification. As a co-founder of the Serbian Association for Cleanrooms and Contamination Control, he actively promotes professional development, international best practices, knowledge sharing, and collaboration among experts in cleanroom technology and contamination control.

In 2003, he founded Eurocons Group d.o.o., based in Vršac, with the aim of providing comprehensive turnkey solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, encompassing design, facility construction, validation, process equipment supply and complete after-sales support.

He established partnerships with leading global companies and today holds exclusive partnerships with more than twenty multinational corporations for the Serbian and regional markets.

Prior to founding Eurocons Group, he worked at Hemofarm AD, Serbia’s largest pharmaceutical company, as Head of the Maintenance and Investment Department. In this role, together with his team of over 150 employees, he was responsible for overseeing all Hemofarm production facilities in Serbia and abroad.

He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, as the top student of the 1986 class.