Wednesday, June 26
12:30
Registration - Arrival of guests & participants
13:15
Opening remarks
Symeon G. Tsomokos, Delphi Economic Forum, Greece
Welcome Remarks
H.E. Grigorios Vassilocostadakis, Amb. of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Bulgaria
Ivan Totev, Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality
Official opening luncheon (by invitation only) – Ball room
Guests of Honour and Speakers
H.E. Boyko Borissov, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria
14:30
Break
15:15
An overview of the GLOBSEC 2019 Bratislava Forum
Rastislav Káčer, Chairman, Globsec, Slovakia
15:30
Western Balkans: the regional stability challenge
Opening Statement
Ekaterina Zaharieva, Deputy PM, Judicial Reform & Minister of Foreign Affairs
Comments
H.E. Hasan Ulusoy, Ambassador of Turkey to the Republic of Bulgaria
H.E. Nataliya Apostolova, EU Ambassador to Kosovo
Ambassador (ret.) Alexandros P. Mallias will make a brief intervention
Chair: Antoinette Primatarova, Programme Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies
16:45
Where is Europe heading now? The new EU Parliament & EU Commission. What to expect?
Lilyana Pavlova, Member of the Parliament, Bulgaria
Rastislav Káčer, Chairman, Globsec, Slovakia
H.E. Päivi Blinnikka, Ambassador of Finland to the Republic of Bulgaria
George Pagoulatos, Prof., Athens University of Economics & Business, VP, ELIAMEP
Chair: Antoinette Primatarova, Programme Director, CLS
18:00
The global business cycle in the Balkans
Fabricio Zarcone, Country Manager, World Bank, Bulgaria
Larisa Manastirli, Director, EBRD, Sofia Resident Office
Vladimir Mihailovski, IFC Country Officer, Bulgaria
Andreas Beikos, Head, EIB, Bulgaria
Krassen Stanchev, Associate Professor, Sofia University
Chair: Georgy Ganev, Program Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies
19:30
End of Day 1
21:00
Reception hosted by the Mayor of Plovdiv and the Plovdiv Economic Forum, at Morado Restaurant (by invitation only)
Thursday, June 27
08:30
Arrival of guests & participants
09:30
In Conversation
Georgy Ganev, Program Director, Center for Liberal Strategies
Chair: Georgi Stoytchev, Executive Director, Open Society Institute, Bulgaria
10:00
Innovation in healthcare - a cure for demographic problems
Deyan Denev, Executive Director, ARPharM Bulgaria
Assena Stoimenova, Professor, Faculty of public health, Medical University-Sofia
Chair: Dr Kountcho Trifonov, Managing Director, Health PR
10:45
Conditions for transforming Bulgaria as a European digital hub
Mariya Gabriel, EU Commissioner for Digital Economy & Society
Konrad Kas, Public Policy Manager CEE, Google
Diana Valkova, Dinova Rusev & Partners Law Office
Chair: Anton Gerunov, COO, LogSentinel, Bulgaria
11:45
Tourism & Culture as a tool for Growth
Nikolina Angelkova, Minister of Tourism, Republic of Bulgaria
Boil Banov, Minister of Culture, Bulgaria
Chair: Mila Mineva, Centre for Liberal Strategies
12:15
In Conversation
Christos Harpantidis, Managing Director PMI, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Slovenia
Chair: Petar Ganev, Institute for Market Economics
12:30
Break
12:45
Infrastructure and Connectivity in Bulgaria and the region
Rossen Jeliazkov, Minister of Transport, IT & Communications, Bulgaria
Dmitry Pankin, President, Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
Amb.Michael B. Christides, Sec.Gen., Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Turkey
Chair: Daniel Stefanov, Program Coordinator, ECFR Sofia
13:30
Bulgaria’s road map to ERM II and banking union
Mr. Asen Yagodin, Executive Director and Member of the Management Board, Postbank
Levon Hampartzoumian, Financial Expert, UniCredit Bulbank Bank
Chair: Georgy Ganev, Program Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies
14:00
Lunch break
14:30
Rule of Law in the EU framework
Opening statement
Danail Kirilov, Minister of Justice, Republic of Bulgaria
Discussants
Ognian Zlatev, Head of the EC Representation in Bulgaria
Jacek Kucharczyk, President of the Institute for Public Affairs, Poland
Chair: Daniel Smilov, Program Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies
15:15
Developments in FDI & regional economic clusters
Stamen Yanev, CEO, Investbulgaria Agency
Petar Ivanov, Executive Director, AmCham Bulgaria
Plamen Panchev, Chairman of the Board, TEZ Bulgaria
Nikolay Garnev, Country Mng Partner EY, Bulgaria, N.Macedonia, Albania & Kosovo
Dimitris Papoulis, CEO, Sofia South Ring Mall EAD
Chair: Petar Ganev, Institute for Market Economics
16:15
Energy Geopolitics - Shifting forces in the Region
I. Oil and Gas
Teodora Georgieva, Executive officer & Board Member, ICGB AD, Bulgaria
II. Renewables and electricity
Ivan Ivanov, Chairman, the Energy & Water Regulatory Commission, Bulgaria
Olivier Marquette, President, AES Bulgaria
Yolian Ivanov, Executive Director for Southern Europe, “The Collins Group”
Alexandra Psyrri, Chief Executive Director, PPC Bulgaria
George Kremlis, Honorary Director, EC, in charge of Circular Economy, Brussels
Chair: Nikolay Minkov, Executive Director, Industrial Cluster Srednogorie, Bulgaria
17:30