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Conference

„Sofia Smart City Marketplace“

17 April 2019

within the 7th South-East Europe "Smart Cities"

Seminar hall, Pavilion 6, Inter Expo Center Sofia

Link to presentations

10.00: Registration - coffee reception

10.30 - 11.00: Opening

Veselin Todorov, Chairman of Managing Board, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City
Elena Andonova, Policy Officer at Directorate General Joint Research Centre, European Commission
Prof. Kostadin Kostadinov, Bulgarian Academy of Science and Special Advisor to the Minister of Science and Education

11.00 - 12.00: Knowledge for smart city

Louis Lapidaire, Managing Director of United Academics, Netherlands and Board member of Knowledge 4 Development think-tank network in Brussels, Netherlands
Disruptive education for the needs of future cities - Massimo Andriolo, Principal at IXL Center Italy and representative for Europe of the Global Innovation Management Institute in Boston, Italy
Basaksehir Living Lab - good practice for city knowledge centre, Yilmaz Cakir, Turkey

12.00 - 13.00: Strategy for smart city
Moderator: Dimitar Hristov, Executive director, Cluster Sofia knowledge city

What is the Sofia smart city market? Results from the market research - Rumyana Draganova, Public sector Manager, Euroconsultants Bulgaria S.A.
How to transform Sofia into a smart city through clusters - strategy and action plan – Eugeniy Ivanov, General Manager, Euroconsultants Bulgaria S.A.
The importance of input data for the city planning, Ljubo Georgiev, Principal, Vision Sofia 2050
Challenge based Innovation Platform: how to boost your city solving its main challenges, Luigi Amati, CEO of META and Chairman of Business Angels Europe, the Confederation of European Angel Investing

13.00 - 14.00: Education for smart city
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Eugenia Kovatcheva, PhD - Director, Directorate-General for Scientific Policies - ULSIT

Professions of the future knowledge cities - Assoc. Prof. Eng. Boyan Jekov, ULSIT.
Smart entrepreneurship education for smart cities - Evgeniy Ivanov, Euroconsultants.
Innovation Management competences - a step to smart urban redevelopment - Milena Koleva, Innovation Management Academy Leader.
Ciela Class Book - electronic diary for schools, Marussia Batsieva, Product manager, CIELA Norma

14.00 - 14.30: Coffee break

14.30 - 15.30: Science for smart city
Moderator: Prof. Roumen Nikolov - Deputy Chairman of Managing Board, Cluster Sofia knowledge city

Direct social benefits from cooperation between public science institutions and business, based on a real case of public private partnership, Prof. Dr Latchezar Avramov, Institute of electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Science
How to reduce carbon emissions, increase energy security and tackle fuel poverty whilst driving ‘Green Growth’ in smart cities. A new approach of COALESCCE, Vihra Andonova, Euro-perspectives Foundation.
Technical aspects of the realization of urban aviation mobility, Prof. D. Zafirov, PhD, Space Research and Technologies Institute-BAS.
Urban infrastructure for aviation mobility, Georgi Georgiev, Institute of Building Physics, Fraunhofer.

15.30 - 17.00: Technologies for smart city
Moderator: Nikolay Yarmov, co-founder and Executive Director of CEED Bulgaria

Smart street lighting – a first step towards a smart city, Kuzman Dragnev, ADD Bulgaria
Smart City - a palette of IT solutions for the public and private sectors of RISK Electronics, Georgi Kisyov, Risk Electronics
Smart City = Smart Public Transport, Mladen Zamanov, Telelink
Desislava Dimitrova, David Holding
The Digital Twins: The Future for Smart Cities, Desislava Dimitrova, David Holding
Modern technologies in the management of urban and transport infrastructure, Eng. Aleksander Jiponov, EKJ Bulgaria consulting engineers.
CIELA Norma

Testimonials 2019

Kliment Seizov

Managing Director, Toplotrade Ltd., Bulgaria

„There has been significant progress in recent years on the market. In order to continue developing in the right direction, we should not stop discussing and paying attention to new products and technologies.”

Kristiyan Atanasovichi

Business Development Manager, KGE GmbH

”Our products have gathered much interest among the exhibitions’ visitors. The Bulgarian market has great potential – the country is a member of the EU and energy efficiency standards are being implemented. All this gives me confidence for the future of our business in Bulgaria.”

Pia Steiner

PR and Marketing, Lindner-Recyclingtech, Austria

"Lindner-Recyclingtech sees growing market potential in the Southeastern Europe and has already implemented various projects in this area - for alternative fuels and recycling of plastics."

Georgi Rizov

Brand Manager, Geocycle Bulgaria

"The participation in the exhibition was very useful to us - we met current and new customers."

Emilia Murzova

Specialist, Viva, Bulgaria

"Although EE & RES was not a specialized event on lighting, there were many visitors at our stand who were interested in our products."

Svetla Kukeva

E-Mountain Bike, Bulgaria

"The events, that have been held over the years, gained popularity beyond the countrys borders and established among the prominent ones."

Ivaylo Iliev

Omnia Contractors, Manager, Bulgaria

"We established contacts with end customers and designers, which was exactly our aim at the exhibition."

Prof. Anna Aladzhadzhian

Chairman, National Biomass Association, Bulgaria

"The conference program was up-to-date and interesting. We are pleased with the established contacts. I hope that the market of resource-efficient technologies will grow and create even better conditions for business in our country."

Anabel Nava Tazo

LIFE Communications and Events Team

"Our presentation at the conference was welcomed with interest, and afterwards many people visited our stand. The market in Southeast Europe has potential for development. The LIFE program gives this opportunity by stimulating new ideas and changing to more sustainable models through innovation and international cooperation."

Dimitar Hristov

Managing Director, Cluster Sofia Knowledge City

"Cluster Sofia Knowledge City expresses its gratitude for the excellent organization and partnership with Via Expo. Our participation was connected with the realization of the conference under the motto „Sofia Smart City Marketplace“, as well as with a special area at the exhibition. We have focused on the process of digital transformation of the city, the key role of innovations and intelligent technologies for the implementation of a smart city strategy."

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