GALLERY

PROGRAM

DAY 1

10:00 - 10:30 Opening Keynote / Official Guest Speaker (Senior Government Stakeholders)

• Prof. Dr. George Angelov. Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth

10:30 - 11:20 "Navigating EU Acts and Regulations for Spinoff Success" (AI Act, Chips Act, Data Health Act, NIS2)

• Jeannette Gorzala - Vice President European AI Forum (EAIF)

• Sabine Demey - Director of Flanders Artificial Intelligence Research Program at IMEC 

• Tuan Trinh, PhD - Horizon Europe | "EIT Digital in Eastern Europe"

• Prof. Dr. George Angelov. Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth

• Assoc. Professor Dimitar Nikolov - Chair of the Managing Board of The Cluster of Microelectronics and Industrial Electronics Systems (CMIES), TU Sofia 

11:20 - 11:40 Keynote: Federico Menna - CEO EIT Digital

11:40 - 11:50 Keynote: Kristina Sermuksnyte-Alesiuniene, European Cluster Manager of the Year 2022. AGRIFOOD LITHUANIA Cluster/DIH/EIT FOOD hub Manager Digital Innovations and R&D&I in AgriFood sector 

11:50 - 12:00 Keynote: Cristian  Dascalu - co-Founder  &  Managing  Partner at Techcelerator.co, EuropeanStartupNetwork.eu

12:00 - 12:40   Workshop: AI for research and spinoff organisations (from 0 to 1)

Trainers: 

• Svetlin Penkov - AI Cluster Bulgaria

• Daniel Angelov - Efemerai 

12:40 - 13:30 Lunch break 

13:30 - 14:30 "Leading the Change: Spinoff Success Stories and the EU Champions Driving Innovation"

Moderator: Emil Shekerdzijski, Founder of Premium Coworking Spaces, Pitch2Pitch Events

Speakers: 

• Dr Nikolay Vasev - Epix.AI

• Georgi Kadrev, Co-founder & CEO, Imagga Technologies & Kelvin Health

• Dimitar Dimitrov - CEO of Hemokin

• Georgi Trankov, CFO of Barin Sports

• Murad Redzheb, PhD - Founder and CEO - MatriChem

• Hemmel Amrania, PhD - CEO of Digistain

• Dr Stefan Preis - CEO & Petko Iliev - COO Feasyfy

• Hans Houf - Chief Executive Officer - BullCharge (BG company, founded by foreigners)

14:30 - 15:10  "The Promise and Perils of Deep Tech: Ethical Considerations for Technological Progress"

Moderator: Monika Manolova, PhD - Digital National Alliance

Speakers:

• Richard Foster-Fletcher, Chair and Founder of Morality and Knowledge in Artificial Intelligence (MKAI)

• Marisa Zalabak, Founder of Open Channel Culture, Co-Chair of the Planet Positive 2030 Global Methodologies, Co-Chair of the IEEE AI Ethics Education Committee

• Prof. Melodena Stephens, Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government, United Arab Emirates

15:10 - 15:40 -  European National Funds for Technology Transfer

Moderotor: Kaloyan Ratchev from Vangavis

• Pavel Lisev - CEO and Member of the Management Board at Fund of Funds in Bulgaria (FMFIB) (PRESENTATION)

• Jan Klesla - Senior Policy Advisor to the Director General for Digitization and Innovations at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

15:40 - 15:50 KeyNote: Dr. Emmanuel Alexandrakis – Adjunct Professor in Health 

15:50 - 16:00 KeyNote: Prof. Dr. Nick Guldemond PhD DSc, Professor of Healthcare & Public Health

16:10 - 16:30 Keynote "Generative AI : Unlocking the power of Machine learning": Lora Ivanova, Google Cloud and Aleksandar Aleksiev, EuropeCloud

16:30  - 16:40 KeyNote "Protecting Innovation: The Role of Patents and IP in Spinoff Success": Prof. Dr. Vladia Borisova, President, Patent Office of the Republic of Bulgaria

16:40 - 17:20 Corporations for innovation

• Hesham Sabry - General Manager of Roche Bulgaria 

• Nikolay Jordanov - Managing Director at Kontrax 

• Lubomir Stanislavov - CEO at Automotive Cluster Bulgaria

• Assoc. Prof. Ivan Angelov - Director of the MP “Strategic Management” at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski

17:20 - 18:00  "Breaking Barriers: Women Driving Innovation and Spinoff Success in Deep Tech"

Moderator: Paulina Chortova, Women in DeepTech

Speakers: 

• Maria Hristova - CEO of Sofia Investment Agency

• Teodora Lapshova - Author and screenwriter of "INOVATIVNO" at Bulgarian National Television

• Victoria Hristova - Executive Director and Board member of the Fund of Funds in Bulgaria (FMFIB)  (PRESENTATION)

• Associate Professor Agata Manolova - Technical University of Sofia

18:00 - 18:10 Keynote: Marcos António Nogueira - President of Europe Initiative Think-tank (ACDIPE),  Project Coordinator at H2020-AURORAL

18:10 - 18:30 Ceremony: The best Spinoff for 2022

• Nikolay Vasev Epix.AI 

• Georgi Kadrev, Co-founder & CEO, Imagga Technologies & Kelvin Health

• Georgi Trankov, CFO of Barin Sports

• Murad Redzheb, PhD - Founder and CEO - MatriChem

• Hemmel Amrania, PhD - CEO of Digistain 

• Hans Houf - Chief Executive Officer - BullCharge

• Petko Iliev от Feasyfy

18:30 - 19:00 CyberCLUB special edition

Speakers: 

• Anton Puliyski, CyberCLUB, Founder & Community manager (PRESENTATION)

• Rossina Choleeva - Kirkova - President of ISACA Sofia Chapter (PRESENTATION)

DAY 2

10:00 - 10:30 Opening Keynote / Official Guest Speaker (Senior Government Stakeholders)

• Iliana Ivanova - European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

• Academician Nikolai Denkov - Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria 

• Prof. Galin Tzokov - Minister of Education and Science 

• Prof. Dr. George Angelov - Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth

• Valentin Mundrov -  Deputy Minister of e-Government

10:30 - 10:35 Keynote speaker: Boyan Jekov, HE Bulgarian National Coordinator

10:35 - 11:10 Keynote speaker: Marina ZANCHI, HaDEA Director

11:10 – 11:55 Angelo MARINO, Head of HaDEA Department A – Health and Food Presentation of HaDEA/A, Health and Food programs and Tips & Tricks for applying for EC funding

11:55 - 12:15 Q&A session

12:15 - 13:00 Katleen ENGELBOSCH, Head of HaDEA Department B - Digital, Industry and Space

14:00 - 14:20 Keynote - EIT Manufacturing - Mihail Stanev, Business Creation Manager

14:20 - 15:00  Building successful EU-funded projects (Panel discussion)

Moderator: Montserrat Daban, the President of the European Bioregions Council (CEBR)

• Prof. Victoria Sarafian, MD, PhD, DSc - Research Institute at Medical University of Plovdiv 

• Yana Georgieva, Medical University-Sofia, member of the management board of the Strategic research and innovation programme

• Maria Nakova - EDIH in construction, Cleantech Bulgaria

• Ira Alevra -  EDIH Health Hub, Larisa

15:00 - 15:20 Keynote: Daniel Abbou - President European AI Forum (EAIF); General Manager of KI Bundesverband 

15:20 - 16:00  Testimonials – Showing European experiences in the Health and Digital sectors

Moderator: Kristina Eskenazi - AI Cluster Bulgaria, Health & Life Sciences Cluster 

Speakers: 

• Sylvia Ilieva, PhD - Director of “Big Data for Smart Society” Institute (GATE), Project Veles 

• Prof. Iliya Iliev - Perimed

• Apostolos Dimitriadis - BD & In Manager, FORTH, Institute of Computer Science

16:00 - 16:30 "Innovative Agrotech Solutions: Cultivating Sustainable Growth and Generating Spinoff Opportunities" 

• Svetlana Boyanova, Chairperson of Institute for Agrostrategies and Innovations and Chairperson of AgroHub.BG

• Mariyana Hamanova – Executive Director of Cleantech Bulgaria and NCP for Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

• prof. Eugenia Kovatcheva for Digital and Industry calls

16:30 - 17:20 "Building a Strong Foundation: Exploring the Intersection of Spinoff and Infrastructure" 

Moderator: Assoc. Professor Dimitar Nikolov - Chair of the Managing Board of The Cluster of Microelectronics and Industrial Electronics Systems (CMIES), TU Sofia

Speakers:

• Todor Mladenov - Chief Executive Officer&Board Member · Sofia Tech Park JSC  

• Svetoslav Mollov, Head of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Quasar Competence Center

• Prof. Dr Eng. Georgi Todorov - Technical University Sofia

• Prof. Todor Ganchev - Head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at the Technical University of Varna

• Kiril Kirilov - Оperational manager at Discoverer

17:20 - Closing remarks

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