Plovdiv Economic Forum is a high-level meeting of the most influential Bulgarian and international political, corporate, and intellectual leaders. Foreword Plovdiv Economic Forum is an It’s first annual meeting took place key growth challenges, presented independent network whose mission in the 21st and the 22nd of June corporate social innovation practices is to promote innovative ideas and 2018, at the Imperial Plovdiv Hotel in the private sector and identified highlight long-term strategies for in Bulgaria and gathered prominent a course of policy actions towards ensuring the political development, national and international leaders in more competitive and inclusive social justice and economic pros- business, policy, civil society and ac- economies in Bulgaria and South perity of Bulgaria and South East ademia to address the issues facing East Europe. Europe. Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe. The forum identified and assessed Selected Speakers H.E. Boyko Borissov Nikolina Angelkova Dr. Arup Banerji Prime Minister of the Minister of Tourism, Regional Director, Republic of Bulgaria Bulgaria World Bank Group, Brussels Andreas Beikos Giuseppe De Francesco Tomislav Donchev Head, European Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister Investment Bank, Bulgaria Confindustria Bulgaria of Bulgaria Teodora Georgieva Lord Maude of Horsham Petar Ivanov Executive Officer & Board Member, House of Lords; Executive Director, Member, ICGB AD, Minister of State, Trade and American Chamber Bulgaria Investment (2015-2016), UK of Commerce in Bulgaria Dr. Yolian Ivanov Emil Karanikolov Ivan Krastev Executive Director, Southern Europe Minister of Economy, Chairman,Centre of “The Collins Group”,Bulgaria Bulgaria for Liberal Strategies Maria Lazarimou Larisa Manastirli Teodor Marinov Communications Director, Director EBRD, Sofia Member of the Management Hellenic Production, Greece Resident Office, Bulgaria Board of UBB, Executive Director Legacy of UBB Selected Speakers Olivier Marquette Marco Montecchi Plamen Panchev President, President, Italian Chamber Chairman of the Board, AES Bulgaria of Commerce in Bulgaria TEZ, Bulgaria Lilyana Pavlova Temenuzhka Petkova Dimitar Shoumarov Minister for the Bulgarian Minister of Energy, Executive Director Presidency of the Bulgaria and Chief Financial Council of the EU Officer of Postbank, Bulgaria Stamatios Theodoropoulos Ivan Totev Krasimir Valchev Chairman, Hellenic Mayor of Plovdiv Municipality Minister of Education Business Council in Bulgaria and Science, Bulgaria Diana Valkova Stamen Yanev Ekaterina Zaharieva Dinova Rusev & Partners Executive Director, Deputy P.M. Judicial Law Office, Bulgaria Investbulgaria Agency, Reform & Minister of Bulgaria Foreign Affairs, Bulgaria Annual Meeting in numbers 2 19 79 352 Days Topics Speakers Attendees 20 360 10 During 18 Pre 4 Pre 2 Post-event 2 During 337 During 6 Media Impact Post-event 19 Post-event 2 Attendees’ profile 23,3% 7,7% 5,8% 42,7% 12,9% 7,7% Government Media Academia Business Legislative EU & Public admin & Think tanks & Finance international institutions 5,8% Government\Public administration Speakers’ profile 9,8% % International 5,8 Corporate Organizations & EU 4,5% Academia & Think tanks IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPONSORS SUPPORTERS CONTRIBUTORS *Access to persons under 18 is not allowed Plovdiv Economic Forum Ltd 14 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, Landmark Building, 5th floor, PC 1000, Sofia, Bulgaria, T: +30 210 72 89 000, E: [email protected], S: www.plovdivforum.com .