The first international business festival "Bank Press Fest" will be held in Belgrade today, the director of the festival, Hasan Hanic, announced, reports ANSAmed news agency.

Participants in the gathering will be economists, financial experts and businessmen from South East Europe, the European Union and the U.S., who will discuss the new model of economic growth and development of Serbia.

The gathering will be opened by the outgoing governor of the National Bank of Serbia, Radovan Jelasic. Also announced was the participation of Serbian Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic and the candidate for the job of central bank governor, Dejan Soskic.

The organizers of the festival are the Institute for Economic Studies, the Belgrade Banking Academy and the Atlas Group.