Program

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Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 Registration

9:30 – 9:40 Official Opening
Dobromir Simidchiev, Deputy Minister of Regional Development and Public Works

9:40 – 10:00 Special guest:
Christopher Gasson, Publisher, Global Water Intelligence

10:00 – 11:00 First discussion panel
Opportunities for Business and Partnership in Water Sector
Successful cases

Panelists:
Radoslav Russev, Managing Director, Water and Sewerage company Dobrich
Shai Goren, Regional Business Development VP, Miya Water
Bambos Charalambous, Senior NRW Expert, Miya Water
Francisco Machado, Member of the Board, Sisaqua, part of Consulgal Group, Portugal
Ricardo Guimarães, EPAL, Portugal

Moderator: Atanaska Nikolova, Deputy Mayor, Burgas Municipality

11:00 – 11:30 – Networking Coffee break

11:30 – 13:00 Second discussion panel
Legal and regulatory framework, investment models and risk constraints

Panelists:
Jean-Patrick Marquet, Director of Municipal and Environmental Infrastructure, EBRD
Ivaylo Kolev, Senior Expert, World Bank 
Malina Kroumova, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Water

Moderator: Christopher GassonPublisher, Global Water Intelligence

13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch

14:00 – 15:00 – Meetings by topics

Meeting table 1:
Legal issues
Meeting table 2:
Business models and technical issues
Meeting table 3:
 Financial issues