- When a few not necessarily very pleasant things are combined – going to a mountain, winter, snow, uncomfortable boots, a little fear, one gets love for winter sports and skiing is the one you truly love, said Mr. Andjelko Trpkovic, Belgrade Fair CEO, at the opening of EXPO – ZIM.
- This is an event marking the beginning of the skiing season in Serbia and I have got the special pleasure of announcing Bojan Krizaj, the most successful skier of the former Yugoslavia, the man because of whom most people started skiing at that time anyway.

Before he signed the ski as the EXPO – ZIM trade mark, after Ingemar Stenmark and Alberto Tomba, who opened the previous two events, Bojan Krizaj had said he was honored and did not hesitate for a second when he received the invitation to open this event. Krizaj added this was not the only day he spent in Belgrade, but he would like to meet the skiing fans also on a mountain. Bojan Krizaj wished the exhibitors, the winter sport fans and, of course, the skiing enthusiasts, a pleasant staying and success at the  23rd International Winter Sports Equipment, Tourism and Recreation Fair in Belgrade.

Immediately after the EXPO – ZIM opening, Bojan Krizaj visited the exhibitors and stands and then attached his signatures to the interested visitors and made photos with them.