10:45

Strategic Discussion: Regional initiatives and challenges of SEE countries fostering Entrepreneurship

• Chair & Moderator: Sasha Bezuhanova, founder of EDIT.bg and MOVE.bg
• Speaker: Kalin Marinov, Deputy Director, Directorate General European Funds for Competitiveness, Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Bulgaria
• Speaker: Umur Gökce, OECD South East Europe Division
• Speaker: Carmen Oglakci, Ministry of Economy of Romania
• Speaker: Clarisse Molad, Government Fund for Innovation and Technology Development, Macedonia
• Speaker: Iliya Lingorski, Bulgarian Development Bank
• Speaker: Iskren Krusteff, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
• Speaker: Dragan Pejcic, BDO Serbia

Interventions with good practice examples and recommendations by Round table participants

• Rapporteur: Dobromir Ivanov, Bulgarian Startup Association

Discussion topics include:

• Startup and innovation-related policies
• Investment-related policies
• Taxation policies
• Marketing initiatives

12:30

Networking Lunch

14:00

Keynote speech

Finance for small, high-risk and incredibly innovative projects and Innovation Finance Advisory of the EIB
Henri-François Boedt - European Investment Bank
 

14:15

Keynote speech

Svetoslava Georgieva, Executive Director - Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria

14:30

Strategic Discussion: Investment fund formation attracting private capital

• Chair & Moderator: Svetoslava Georgieva, FMFIB. Fund Manager of Financial Instruments in Bulgaria
• Speaker: Hristo Stoyanov, EIF
• Speaker: Endre Doszpod, Hiventures
• Speaker: Helmut Von Glasenapp, European Long Term Investors Association
• Speaker: Monika Morali-Majkut, Chairperson of the investment committee of PFR Ventures

Interventions with good practice examples and recommendations by Round table participants

• Rapporteur: Maria Marinova, Bulgarian Venture Capital Association

Discussion topics include:

• Public funding – on a Pan-European and national level
• Government programs
• Venture Capital and Private Equity

15:45

Networking coffee break

16:15

Fireside chat - Success stories in Mobility from Eastern Europe – “Building the new mobility scale-ups in Eastern Europe”

Gergely Debreczeni, AImotive
Fabrice Bienfait - ETF Partners

16:30

Strategic Discussion: Tech transfer and incubation good practices leading to societal and economic impact

• Chair & Moderator: Teodor Sedlarski, Sofia Tech Park
• Speaker: Ruth Friedel, Israel Innovation Authority
• Speaker: Todor Raykov, NextFab
• Speaker: Paweł Bochniarz, MIT Enterprise Forum Poland
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marco Cantamessa, Politecnico di Torino
• Speaker: Prof. Georgi Todorov, Head of Sofia Tech Park Lab: 3D Creativity and New Products Rapid Prototyping Laboratory

Interventions with good practice examples and recommendations by Round table participants

• Rapporteur: Natanail Stefanov, Sofia Tech Park

Discussion topics include:

• Smart Specialization
• Commercialization (Link to Business)
• IP

17:45

Networking Break and taking part in Eastern Europe Tech Tour programme

22:00

End of Eastern Europe Tech Tour