Innovation explorer
Innovation State of Mind. Food for thought.
Sofia, 22 February 2018
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GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER
About
Innovation is widely regarded as the single most important ingredient in modern economy. Establishing an innovation culture consumes a great deal of organisational and governmental energy in overcoming the forces of inertia and entropy. But once an idea has been successfully implemented sources of energy, creativity, passion, discipline can be used for social good. See how it works and lead the mind of your state on Innovation Explorer Forum 2018.
Speakers
We've invited 20 of the world's most innovative and influential speakers in each innovation category: Creativity, Open Innovation, Disruptive Innovation, Social Innovation, New product development.
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Arun Sundararajan
Professor at New York University’s (NYU) Stern School of Business
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Gabriella Cseh
Head of Public Policy at Facebook CEE
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Jim Fanning
Country Manager, Central & Eastern Europe at Amazon Web
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Lindsy Szilvasi
Ex-Googler/ Innovation Spaces & Design Thinking Coach
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Paul Clarke
Chief Technology Officer Ocado
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Edward Strasser
Founder of The Innovation in Politics Institute
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Masha Melkova
Marketing and Operations Lead in Microsoft
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Fredrik Scheide
Head of Design, Telenor Group
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Olivier Usher
Research Manager, Challenge Prize Centre
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Matt McBride
Vice President of Global Experience Design at SoftServe
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Georg Raab
Project Manager, COSME Financial Instruments, European Commission
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Bart Lamot
Innovation Manager at ICT
Agenda
Keynote speakers / before lunch
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8:30
Registration and breakfast -
9:00
Welcoming -
9:00
Theodore Zahov Co-publisher and Chairman of the BoD of Economedia -
9:00
Leona Aslanova Co-founder, Innovation Starter -
9:00
Levon Hampartzoumian CEO and Chairman of the MB of UniCredit Bulbank -
9:00
Event host Svetoslav Ivanov -
9:10
Opening words -
9:10
Ognian Zlatev Head of Representation In Bulgaria, European Commission -
9:20
Yordanka Fandakova Mayor of Sofia -
9:30
Stamen Yanev Executive Director of InvestBulgaria Agency -
9:30
Event host Svetoslav Ivanov -
9:40
Innovation in Politics -
9:40
Edward Strasser Founder of The Innovation in Politics Institute -
10:05
Q&A, debate with Svetoslav Ivanov -
10:10
Public Policies For Innovation -
10:10
Gabriella Cseh Head of Public Policy at Facebook CEE -
10:25
Q&A, debate with Svetoslav Ivanov -
10:30
Jim Fanning Country Manager, Central & Eastern Europe at Amazon Web -
10:45
Q&A, debate with Boyan Benev -
10:50
Work Automation And Innovation -
10:55
Paul Clarke Chief Technology Officer Ocado -
11:10
Q&A, debate with Diyan Mihaylov -
11:20
Coffee break -
11:40
Masha Melkova Marketing and Operations Lead in Microsoft -
11:55
Q&A, debate with Denitsa Simeonova -
12:00
Lindsy Szilvasi Ex-Googler/ Innovation Spaces & Design Thinking Coach -
12:15
Q&A, debate with Denitsa Simeonova -
12:30
Lunch
Keynote speakers / after lunch
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13:30
Pannel Discussion Public Policies for Innovation -
13:30
Evgeny Angelov Chairman of the Bulgarian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association and Partner at PostScriptum Ventures. -
13:30
Georg Raab Project Manager, COSME Financial Instruments, European Commission -
13:30
Filip Genov First Vice President/Special Projects, UniCredit Bulbank -
14:00
Stephane Gantchev Partner at LAUNCHub Ventures, Co-organizer of DigitalK Conference -
14:00
Q&A, debate with Kiril Petkov -
14:00
Creative Challenges -
14:00
Olivier Usher Research Manager, Challenge Prize Centre -
14:20
Barry Brand Chief Innovation Officer at Saatchi & Saatchi Bulgaria -
14:40
Fredrik Scheide Head of Design, Telenor Group -
15:00
Q&A, debate with Emilia Stefanova -
15:00
Coffee break -
15:10
Panel Discussion Dream Commitment -
15:10
Sasha Bezuhanova Founder and chairperson of MOVE.BG -
15:10
Edward Strasser Founder of The Innovation in Politics Institute -
15:10
Gabriella Cseh Head of Public Policy at Facebook CEE -
15:10
Stefana Zdravkova Country Director of eMAG Bulgaria -
15:10
Q&A, debate with Maria Gergova-Bengtsson -
15:20
Opportunities, practices and tools for social innovation impact -
15:20
Bart Lamot Innovation Manager at ICT -
15:20
Q&A, debate with Boyan Benev -
15:40
Blockchain -
15:40
Svetlin Nakov Co-founder at Software University -
15:40
Q&A, debate with Diyan Mihaylov -
16:00
The Sharing Economy -
16:00
Arun Sundararajan Professor at New York University’s (NYU) Stern School of Business -
16:20
Q&A, debate with Boyan Benev -
16:20
Closing words -
18:00
Innovate Your Mindset Party
General partners
International Speakers Dinner is hosted under the patronage of Bulgaria Invest Agency
Main partners
In partnership with
GENERAL MEDIA PARTNER
MEDIA PARTNERS
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Creative partner
Associated partners
Bloggers
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Tomislav Savov
socialevo.net -
Justine Toms
blog.abcbg.com blog.justinetoms.com -
Silvina Furnadjieva
silvina-bg.com/blog -
Denislav Georgiev
denislavgeorgiev.eu -
Peter Neftelimov
neftelimov.com -
Polina Bilokonna
polinasofia.com
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Sabina Panayotova
www.sabinap.com -
Vassilena Valchanova
valchanova.me -
Ana Dinkova
www.anadinkova.com -
Boril Bogoev
borilbogoev.com -
Margarit Ralev
bdg.bg -
Alexander Hinkov
uspelite.bg
