Agenda
| Agenda | |
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Official opening |
| Traycho Traykov, Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism Ivailo Gospodinov, Managing Director, Raiffeisen Investment Bulgaria Hubert Cottogni, Head of Regional Business Development, European Investment Fund |
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| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Keynote Speaker Evgeni Angelov, Deputy Minister of Economy, Energy and Tourism |
| 10:30 – 11:30 | First discussion panel |
| JEREMIE - fresh funding opportunities. What are the funds and how to apply? | |
| Panelists: | |
| Jean-Philippe Burcklen, Head of Lower Mid-Market, European Investment Fund Tomasz Kwiecień, Managing Director, Mezzanine Management (Poland) Pavel Ezekiev, Co-Founder, NEVEQ Pavlin Petkov, Managing Director, Axxess Capital |
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| Moderator: Hubert Cottogni, Head of Regional Business Development, European Investment Fund | |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Recent M&A trends in the Region and where is Bulgaria on the Investment map? Which sectors present the best opportunities? |
| Klaus Imhof, Director Consumer goods & Life science, Raiffeisen Investment | |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Second discussion panel |
| Financing opportunities | |
| Panelists: | |
| Asen Yagodin, Executive Director, Bulgarian Development Bank - tbc Borislav Ivanov, Director, Deutsche Bank Bulgaria - tbc Albena Vassileva, Director, Advent International Kalina Pelovska, Investment Director, Alfa Finance Holding Valeri Petrov, Partner, Bancroft |
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| Moderator: Ognyan Donev, Chairman of CEIBG, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director, Sopharma | |
| 13:30 – 14:30 | Lunch break |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Presenting Bulgaria to world: How can we jointly attract investors to Bulgaria? Rossen Ivanov, Managing Partner, Entrea Capital |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Third discussion panel |
| M&A experience in Bulgaria and the region. What will be the factors driving the market a year ahead. What will be the volume of deals? | |
| Panelists: | |
| Ilko Stoyanov, Partner, Shoenherr Bulgaria Philippe Ougrinov, Executive Director, Call Point New Europe Julian Gikov, Associate Director, Raiffeisen Investment Atanas Simeonov, Executive Director, VIP Security Viktor Manev, Managing Partner, MMC |
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| Moderator: Rossen Ivanov, Managing Partner, Entrea Capital | |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Keynote Speaker |
| Ognyan Donev, Chairman of CEIBG, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Executive Director, Sopharma | |
| 16:00 | Closing remarks |