programme

PROGRAM *

9:00 - 10:00 REGISTRATION


10:00 - 10:30 OPENING: Bulgaria in connected Europe - challenges and perspectives 2016-2020.

Boyko
Borissov, Prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

10:30 - 11:30 PANEL 1: The political and macroeconomic environment as a factor for the development of strategic infrastructure in Bulgaria: priorities, strategies, plans and expectations. Financing strategic infrastructure.

Participants
:
Ivaylo Moskovski, Minister of transport, information technology and communications
Lilyana Pavlova, Minister of regional development and public works
Ivelina Vassileva, Minister of environment and water
Tony Thompson, Representative of The World Bank for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Representative of the Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)

Moderator: Rayna Dormishkova, Editor-in-chief, The CITY Media Group

11:30 - 12:30 PANEL 2: Environment infrastructure - water and waste management.
- Priorities 2014 - 2020
- Presentation of current projects, best practices, innovative technologies and products for effective management and improving the quality of water and environment

Participants:
Ivanka Videnova, Director “Water Supply and Sewerage Directorate”, MRDPW
Maria Boyadjiyska, Deputy mayor for Ecology, Environment and Land Use, Sofia Municipality
Yana Georgieva, Head of the Managing Authority of Operational Programme Environment
Dobromir Simidchiev, Chairman of the Board of Directors of FLAG fund
Dipl. Eng. Plamen Nikiforov, Specialist Tech Department of Stanilov Ltd.
Dipl. Eng. Petar Yordanov, Director of department "Ecology, healthy and safe working conditions, integrated management systems" of Geostroy
Evgenia Karadzova, CEO, Esri Bulgaria
Dipl. Eng. Radoslav Vishanov, Product manager "Geosynthetic materials", HTI Bulgaria

Moderator: Dipl. Eng. Ivan Ivanov, Chairman of the Managing Board of Bulgarian Water Association

12:30 - 13:30 LUNCH

13:30 - 15:00 PANEL 3: Transport and transport infrastructure Bulgaria 2014 - 2020. Connectivity and mobility: roads, railways, ports.
- Transport road projects – what lies ahead. Current implementation and best practices in strategic road projects in the country
- Progress and present-day status of railway transport projects. Development of the Sofia metropolitan 2016
- Port infrastructure: ongoing projects and opportunities for development
- Intermodal terminals: current and upcoming projects

Participants:
Dipl. Eng. Galina Vassileva, Deputy head of the Managing Authority of “Operational Programme on Transport”
Dipl. Eng. Lazar Lazarov, Head of the Managing Board of “Bulgarian Road Infrastructure Agency”
Hristo Alexiev, Deputy director of The National Railway Infrastructure Company (NRIC)
Prof. Dr. Eng. Stoyan Bratoev, CEO of Metropolitan EAD
Dipl. Eng. Angel Zaburtov, Director general of “Bulgarian Ports Infrastructure Company” (BPI Co.)
Dipl. Eng. Ivaylo Dekov, CEO, Euro Alliance Design
Representative of Trace Group Hold
Dipl. Eng. Tatyana Radevska, CEO of VJF Ltd.

Moderator: Milena Vassileva, Deputy editor-in-chief, The CITY Media Group


* Program may be subject to change

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