DAY 1: MAY 14 (Tuesday) DAY 2: MAY 15 (Wednesday)

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAMMES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

12:00 – 13:00

BUSINESS MEET-UP WITH VIENNAVienna and Sofia: Opportunities for Collaboration and Growth Tsvetoslava Kapatsinova, Project Lead CEE, Vienna Business Agency

13:00 – 14:00

BUSINESS MEET-UP WITH TECHNORDIC & BUSINESS REGION GÖTEBORG Solving the Problems of the Future: Opportunities for Collaboration between the Nordics and South-Eastern Europe Erik Behm, Area & Investment Manager ICT, Business Region Göteborg & TechNordic

14:00 – 15:00

BUSINESS MEET-UP WITH THE NEXT WEB AMSTERDAM (TNW X)The Development of the Amsterdam Tech Ecosystem and Opportunities for Collaboration between Amsterdam and South-Eastern Europe Inge Wijnja, Head of Government Relations, TNW X

Kriszti Szabo, Head of Investors Relations, TNW X

15:00 – 15:30

PRESENTATION – SUSTAINABLE CITIES FUNDSmart Financing for Fostering Sustainable Urban Growth and Development Iva Petkova, Key Expert Urban Regeneration and Financial Instruments, Sustainable Cities Fund

15:30 – 16:00

PRESENTATION – EUROPEAN INVESTMENT FUNDSofia in the Emerging Venture Capital Ecosystem of South-East Europe Hristo Stoyanov, Mandate Manager, European Investment Fund

16:00 – 16:40

PRESENTATIONS – SOFIA DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION AND GREEN SOFIA

16:00 – 16:20

HACK & DESIGN CHALLENGE (VOL. 1)

A Meetup between Representatives of the Video Game

Industry and AI Experts in the Collaborative

Environment of Sofia Lab (Supported by Sofia

Municipality and Sofia Development Association)

16:20 – 16:40

2019 DATATHON: DATA SCIENCE HACKATHON WINNERS

Modelling the Static Air Polluting Factors of Sofia City

(Organized by Data Science Society in Partnership with

Sofia Municipality and Green Sofia)

16:00 – 18:00: Testing the games created in Sofia Lab during the Hack & Design Challenge (Vol. 1)

16:40 – 17:10HOW IOT & DATA ANALYTICS PROVIDE INTELLIGENCE FOR WASTE COLLECTION OPERATIONS Hristo Hristov, Chief Data Scientist, Theoremus17:10 – 17:20SOFIABYDATA – A DATA MARKET PLATFORM FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT Mihail-Ernesto Mihailov, Business Development Manager, Theoremus17:20 – 17:40AREAL DATA COLLECTION IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Yavor Mihailov, Founder SMG Robotics Club, Sofia High School of Mathematics

16:40 – 17:40

PRESENTATIONS – SMART CITY SOFIA

10:00 – 10:30PRESENTATION – FUND OF FUNDSEquity Instruments Supporting Innovation in Bulgaria Peter Mihaylov, Senior Expert, Investments in the SME Sector, Fund of Funds

10:30 – 12:00PRESENTATION – ACCELERATOR STARTUP SOFIA: PILOT PROGRAM OF SOFIA MUNICIPALITY FOR ACCELERATED ACCESS TO FINANCING FOR INNOVATIVE, START-UP AND SOCIAL ENTERPRENEURS IN SOFIAA Unique Joint Program of the Municipal Guarantee Fund for SMEs, Sofia Investment Agency and ‘Program Europe’ of Sofia Municipality Nikolay Tsenkov, Director, Municipal Guarantee Fund for SMEs Alexander Sarafov, Senior Expert & Manager of Accelerator Startup Sofia Denitsa Boeva, Manager of Accelerator Startup Sofia Companies-Beneficiaries of Accelerator Startup Sofia

12:00 – 12:30PRESENTATION – SOFIA INVESTMENT AGENCYStart, Invest, Innovate, Grow in Sofia Ana Georgieva, Senior Expert Investment and Business Development, Sofia Investment Agency

12:30 – 13:30NETWORKING BREAK

13:30 – 14:00PRESENTATION – THE BULGARIAN STARTUP ASSOCIATION BESCOThe Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Sofia: Policies and Growth Dobromir Ivanov, CEO, BESCO

14:00 – 14:30PRESENTATION – SOFIA TECH PARK AND SOURCECommercializing Science and Supporting Research-Based Startups Salim Virani, Founder, Source Institute Natanail Stefanov, Executive Board, Sofia Tech Park, BESCO

14:30 – 15:00PRESENTATION – FOUNDER INSTITUTESupporting Pre-Seed Founders in Sofia - New Season of Founder Institute’s Accelerator Milen Ivanov, Director, Founder Institute

15:00 – 15:30PRESENTATION – CEO ANGELS CLUBAngels in Supporting Entrepreneurship Milen Ivanov, Founder and CEO, CEO Angels Club

15:30 – 17:00ACCELERATOR IN 1 HOURA Hands-on Dive Covering the Exploration and Hard Decisions that Founders Face: Reducing Risk, Researching Monetizable Customer Needs, Product Launch & Iteration, Managing by the Metrics Salim Virani, Founder, Source Institute

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DAY 1: MAY 14

URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

DAY 2: MAY 15

PROGRAMMES AND INSTRUMENTS FOR FOSTERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP

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Educational centre Technokrati will demonstrate a clean

energy hydrogen fuel cell car, explain the mechanism behind

the fuel cells and harvest hydrogen in real time.

Testing the games created in Sofia Lab during the

Hack & Design Challenge

ACCELERATOR IN 1 HOUR for Founders

Source Institute

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