INVESTMENT PROSPECTIVE: WESTERN BALKANS Regional Business Leaders Meet Up 2018 Under the Auspices of the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union Wednesday, 16 May 2018 National Palace of Culture (NDK) Hall 3, 1 Bulgaria Sq, Sofia, Bulgaria Working Languages: Bulgarian and English (simultaneous translation will be provided) AGENDA 9:30-9:45 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 9:45-10:00 FAMILY PHOTO 10:00-10:45 OPENING OPENING ADDRESSES: Iravan HIRA, Chairman of the Board of BBLF Lilyana PAVLOVA, Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of EU 2018 KEYNOTE STATEMENTS: Boyko BORISSOV, Prime Minister of Bulgaria (tbc) Donald TUSK, President of the European Council (tbc) MODERATION: Maxim BEHAR, Past Chairman, BBLF Board Member 10:45-11:15 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION – ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF THE WESTERN BALKANS PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISCUSSION: Tomislav DONCHEV, Deputy Prime Minister (tbc) Ekaterina ZAHARIEVA, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (tbc) Emil KARANIKOLOV, Minister of Economy (tbc) Goran KNEŽEVIĆ, Minister of Economy of the Republic Serbia (tbc) Kreshnik BEKTESHI, Minister of Economy of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (tbc) Valdrin LLUKA, Minister of Economic Development of Kosovo* (tbc) Mirko ŠAROVIĆ, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina (tbc) Arben AHMETAJ, Minister of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Albania (tbc) Dragica SEKULIC, Minister of Economy of Montenegro (tbc) Zoya PAUNOVA, BBLF Board member Levon HAMPARTZOUMYAN, BBLF Deputy Chairperson Regional CEOs of BBLF member companies (tbc) Followed by Q&A session with the audience, senior representatives of BBLF, investors from the region and beyond 11:15-11:45 ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION – INVESTMENT HORIZONS PARTICIPANTS IN THE DISCUSSION: Maria SHISHKOVA, Past Chairperson, BBLF Board member Boriana MANOLOVA, BBLF Board member Regional CEOs of BBLF member companies (tbc) Followed by Q&A session with the audience, senior representatives of BBLF, investors from the region and beyond 11:45 CONCLUSIONS 12:00 END 12:00-13:00 GET-TOGETHER LUNCH BUFFET, hosted by BBLF *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence. .