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October 24th, 2013

8.00 – 9.00	Registration
9.00 – 9.30	PLENARY SESSION – HALL "VITOSHA", INTER EXPO CENTRE Moderator: Mr. Bojil Dobrev, SRD at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
	WELCOME SPEECHES	Prof. Ivan ILCHEV, Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Mrs. Anna Maria VILAMOVSKA, Presidency of Republic of Bulgaria Mrs. Anna YANEVA, Vice Minister of Economy and Energy (MEE) Representation of the European Commission in Bulgaria
9.30 – 11.00	ENCOURAGEMENT OF INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Moderator: Mr. Kostadin Kostadinov
	The National Strategy for SMEs 2014-2020	Mr. Ivaylo GRANCHAROV, MEE
	EU Policies and EU Funding Instruments for Entrepreneurs	Mr. Roland STRAUSS, Managing Director of Knowledge4Innovation Platform and Managing Partner, IncubatorEurope
	Impact of the Research in Bulgaria on the Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation	Mr. John Gabriel GODDARD, World Bank
	The Science in the Name of the Name of Man	Mr. Leander LITOV, SU
	Entrepreneurship Encouragement by the Support of CEED, Bulgaria	Ms. Polina ATANASOVA, CEED Fund-BG
	The New Economy – Cyclic, Blue and Ecological	Mrs. Milena IGNATOVA, Ecosystem Europe
	Entrepreneurs are Made not Born!	Mrs. Milena STOYCHEVA, Executive Director Junior Achievement, BG
	Starting entrepreneurship – with whom, when and how?	Mrs. Mila GRIGOROVA, "Start it smart"
11.00 – 11.30	Cofee break
13.00 – 17.30
	CONFERENCE ON LATE PAYMENTS	European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry

October 24th, 2013

PANEL SESSIONS

	Зала "Rodopi"	Зала "Pirin"	Зала "Vihren"	Зала "Rila"	Зала "Musala"
11.30 – 12.45	PRESENTATION OF COMPETITIVENESS OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME 2014-2020 With the participation of DG EU Funds for Competitiveness, MEE Mrs. Elena IVANOVA, EPPM, unite “Programming, Monitoring and Evaluation of OP Competitiveness Moderator: Mrs. Eli MILUSHEVA, DG EU Funds and Competitiveness	SMARTCULTURE PROJECT AND "CULTURE AND INNOVATION" CLUSTER The entrepreneurship in the field of culture – the experience and the challenges in front of Sofia stARTs Project – Mr. Dobromit IVANOV, Manager Business Development Moderator: Mrs. Svetlana LOMEVA, Sofia Municipality	EUROPEAN ENTERPRISE PROMOTION AWARDS Moderator: Mr. Ivaylo GRANCHAROV, MEE	ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION Round table of the CONEEECT, YEDAC, NETT projects under the Entrepreneurship Education call 2012 of DG ENTR Prof. P. Ruskov Moderator: Mr. Bruno APOLONNI	SHEHERESADE project Storytelling in the Education of Adults One day seminar
12.45 – 14.00	Lunch break
11.30 – 13.00	EU FUNDING INSTRUMENTS FOR FINANCING ENTREPRENEURS Mr. Roland STRAUSS, Managing Director of Knowledge4Innovation Platform Prof. Roumen Nikolov Mrs. Jechka KALINOVA (tbc) Moderator: Prof. Roumen Nikolov	CLUSTER POLICY Support for clusters of MEE and results of European projects implemented by the Ministry; Support for clusters of OPC-2014, 2020; Trends and guidelines for cluster development - P.Statev, president of the Association of Business Clusters; Presentation of best practices from existing clusters: Srednogorie Copper Industrial Cluster. Microelectronics Cluster and industrial systems. Moderator: T.PALOVA, MEE	IS THE REINDUSTRIALISATION POSSIBLE? A Manufacturing Imperative for the EU’- Mr. Konstantin Pashev, Head of Unit GD "Enterprise and Industry" Mr. Ivaylo GRANCHAROV, MEE Mr. George Shivarov, Deputy Chair of BIA Dr Roumen Atanasov, Chair of BAEE Mr. Nikola Zikatanov, Deputy Chair of ICA Board Moderator: Mr. I. GRANCHAROV, MIE	THE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AS A TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP Network of Technology Transfer Centres (TTC) Presentation and a discussion on the report "INPUTS TO ACTION PLAN ON INNOVATION COMMERCIALIZATION SERVICES IN BULGARIA" With the participation of Mr. Kristian FILIPOV, World Bank. Moderator: Mrs. Zlatina KAROVA	SHEHERESADE project Storytelling in the Education of Adults One day seminar
15.30 - 16.00	Cofee break
16.00 – 17.30	INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR EDUCATION. ELECTRONIC EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP WENTELS project - training of women entrepreneurs (www.wentels.com) YEU project for training of unemployed youth wishing to become entrepreneurs (www.y-e-u.eu) Smart Classroom Project, JA BG Moderator: Mr. Veselin SPIRIDONOV, VIRTECH	FLORISTRY – INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Moderator: Ms. Tzvetelina BONDEVA	BUSINESS WITH ZERO BUDGET Mr. G. Georgiev – Business Development in Web and Events Aurora Christova, Embrioo.com Mr. Svetoskav Bilyarsky, Founder of Franchising.bg. How to be different when managing own business with a small budget Moderator: Mr. Ivaylo GRANCHAROV, MEE	OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP JA Start Up Program – Elitsa Efremova, JA BG Space Apps Challenge Bulgaria 2014 – Milena Krumova, Space Apps Challenge Hyundai Brilliant Young Entrepreneur 2014 – Dobromir Ivanov, JA Bulgaria Intel Business Challenge 2014 – Petko Ruskov, JA Bulgaria The Hult Prize (start-up accelerator for social entrepreneurs), Milena Koleva, Innovation management consultant Moderator: Prof. Petko Ruskov, JA Bulgaria	SHEHERESADE project Storytelling in the Education of Adults One day seminar
18.00 – COCKTAIL AND PRESENTATION OF A FILM DEVOTED TO THE BLUE ECONOMY

October 25th, 2013

PANEL SESSIONS

	Зала "Rodopi"	Зала "Pirin"	Зала "Vihren"	Зала "Rila"	Зала "Musala"
9.30 – 11.00	INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR EDUCATION weSPOT project The Innovations in the Education on Natural Sciences Moderator: Krassen Stefanov	THE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY-BUSINESS AND ITS ROLE FOR INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT Prof. Roumen NIKOLKOV, Mr. Yosif AVRAMOV, Mr. Stefan HADJITODOROV, Mr. Kostadin KOSTADINOV	Проект EURESP+ EU regional platform for eco services COOPERATION WITH ROMANIAN COMPANIES BASED ON INNOVATIONS with participation of of Ms. Mariyana HAMANOVA Bilateral Chamber of commerce Bulgaria-Romania One day seminar Moderator: Sonya PETKOVA	TH13TEEN ARTS AND ART INDUSTRIES – WHAT HAS HAPPENED AND WHAT IS FORTHCOMING? Moderator: MEE	SHEHERESADE project Storytelling in the Education of Adults One day seminar
11.00 – 11.30	Cofee break
11.30 – 13.00	INNOVATIVE TOOLS FOR EDUCATION NETT project Consortium Strategy for the establishment of a platform supporting teachers of entrepreneurship Video Conference with CONEEECT partners: OECD Findings from Cross-Country Studies on Entrepreneurship Education – Andrea Hoffer, Prof. P. Ruskov Good practices and achievements under EEWOW project implementation (Entrepreneurship Education and World of Work) – JA, BG Moderator: Eugenia KOVACHEVA	PRESENTATION OF THE INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT BY BRANCHES AND REGIONS, DEVELOPED BY THE BULGARIAN INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION Moderator: Jechko DIMITROV, BIA	Проект EURESP+ EU regional platform for eco services COOPERATION WITH ROMANIAN COMPANIES BASED ON INNOVATIONS OPPORTUNITIES with participation of of Ms. Mariyana HAMANOVA Bilateral Chamber of commerce Bulgaria-Romania One day seminar Moderator: Sonya PETKOVA	YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE PROSPEROUS UNDER 30 YEARS OLD Todor Kolev (CEO & Founder of Obecto) Plamen Sakaliyski (CEO & Founder of Web Publishing House) Lyubomir Yanchev (CEO & Founder of Modern Steward) Moderator: Mrs. Mila GRIGOROVA, Start it Smart	SHEHERESADE project Storytelling in the Education of Adults One day seminar
CLOSING OF THE FORUM