PROGRAM
15:00 – 16:00 – Registration, coffee and networking
16:00 – 16:15 – Opening speeches from the organizer and partners: Dutch Bulgarian
Business Association, the Ambassador of Netherlands to Bulgaria, Sofia Tech Park,
Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
16:15 – 16:45 – Round table discussion with Bulgarian graduates form Dutch
Universities, moderators Pavel Lisev, CEO of Fund of Funds and Alexander Nutsov,
Policy and Strategy Director of BESCO
16:45- 17:15 – Round table discussion with graduates from Bulgarian Universities,
moderators Lyuboslav Dimitrov, Partner in MentorTheYoung and Branimira
Milusheva, Founder and CEO of Women in Banking and Finance
17:15 – 17:30 – Presentations/Videos
17:30 – 17:45 – Break
17:45 – 18:30 – Experts panel: discussion and guidance from experts on youth
development and career growth in Bulgaria. Participants: Milena Stoycheva, ex
Minister of Innovation and Growth of Bulgaria and CEO of Junior Achievement
Bulgaria; Jurrien Van Der Horst, Deputy Head of Mission of the Dutch Embassy; Mihail
Komitsky, General Manager OTP Leasing and Board Member of DSK Bank; Mila
Nenova, Executive Director of InvestBulgaria Agency; Natanail Stefanov, Vice
Chairman of the Management Board of Sofia Tech Park. Moderators: Monika
Balcheva, CEO of Launchee and film producer; Edward Simmelink, Chairman of Dutch
Bulgarian Business Association
18:30 – 18:45 – Announcing the results from the essay contest “The future of Bulgaria
through my eyes”
18:45 – 21:00 – Networking party with live music performance by the international
star Arcangelo D’Angelo – a finalist from The Voice of Bulgaria 2023, and the
outstanding performer Boris Lapshov, finalist from the Voice of Bulgaria 2022
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