Policy Track: Entrepreneurship, Investment, Tech Transfer and Incubation: best practices and initiatives for cooperation in South Eastern Europe

(Invitation-only)

Wednesday, 13 June

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