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Knowledge City 2020 is an annual event, dedicated to the global themes of knowledge resource management, digitization and the latest technology.

The conference sets the ambitious goal of bringing together business, administration and institutions for an open dialogue and proposals for solutions to specific issues, as well as showing good practices from cities close to us – Ljubljana, Warsaw and more developed ones such as Vienna, for example.

What you do today can improve all of your tomorrows

Speakers

speaker Denitsa Nikolova Deputy Minister, Regional Development and Public Works
speaker Tanya Kosseva-Boshova Chairman, Association of commercial building owners in Bulgaria (ACBO)
speaker Georg Pammer Managing Director of “Aspern Smart City Research GmbH”
speaker Nikolay Stefanov Business Development Manager of Building Management Systems, Schneider Electric Bulgaria
speaker Elena Krumova Member of the Board of Directors, Syscom Engineering
speaker Tanya Hristova Mayor of Gabrovo Municipality
speaker Stefan Stoyanov Stefan Stoyanov, Deputy Mayor, Plovdiv
speaker Kamelia Slaveykova Country Chair of Shell Bulgaria
speaker Bistra Drumeva Sales and Marketing Manager, Europroperty
speaker Angel Zahariev arch co-founder of A and A Architects
speaker Georgi Shopov Chairman of the Managing Board of the National Association of Building Entrepreneurs
speaker Petko Anchev Operation Manager, Lime
speaker Nikola Karamanov Inventor Entrepreneur
speaker Vladimir Danailov Deputy Mayor Sofia Municipality "Digital transformation, innovation and economic development"
модератор Elena Kirilova Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
moderator Hristo Nikolov Bloomberg TV Bulgaria
speaker Tanya Hristova Mayor of Gabrovo Municipality
moderator Ivan Velkov member of the management board of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce

Agenda

10:00 - 10:30
Capital Fort

Official Opening

– Denitsa Nikolova, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Work

– Mariya Gabriel, Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, European Commission (2019 – 2024) – video

10:30 - 12:00
Capital Fort

Panel 1: Discussion – Municipal strategies – interaction between business and local government

Good examples of interaction between business and local authorities – examples of completed / working projects. Recommendations for improving the relationship between institutions and business representatives. Stimulating small and medium-sized businesses through funding programs.

Discussion:

– Vladimir Danailov, Deputy Mayor Sofia Municipality “Digital transformation, innovation and economic development”
– Georgi Shopov, Chairman of the Managing Board of the National Association of Building Entrepreneurs
– Tanya Hristova, Mayor, Gabrovo Municipality
– Stefan Stoyanov, Deputy Mayor, Plovdiv Municipality
– Ivan Portnih, mayor, Varna Municipality – invited

Moderator: Hristo Nikolov, Bloomberg TV Bulgaria

12:30 - 13:40
Capital Fort

Panel 2: Business and the management of the knowledge

Mobility in the years 2020-2030

– Autonomous cars – are we ready for them? What will be the development of transport and logistics in cities of the future? What will be the role of 5G in improving the lives of people, businesses and the public?

– Nikola Karamanov, Inventor Entrepreneur
– Petko Anchev, Operation Manager, Lime
– Kameliya Slaveykova, Country Chair, Shell Bulgaria
– Elena Krumova, Member of the Board of Directors, Syscom Engineering

Moderator: Elena Kirilova, host, Bloomberg TV Bulgaria

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