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Knowledge Economy Conference
The Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Bulgaria

The Knowledge Economy: Challenges and Opportunities for Bulgaria
Under the auspices of the World Bank

Co-organizers:

Applied Research and Communications (ARC) Fund
and
Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

19-20 May 2004 Sofia, Bulgaria Venue: Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan

Agenda

Day 1, Wednesday, 19 May 2004

9.00-9.30 Welcome and Opening Session
 Mr. Oscar de Bruyn Kops, Country Manager, World Bank – Bulgaria Office
 Prof. Alexander Fedotov, Vice Rector, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
 Ms. Dinka Dinkova, Program Director, ARC Fund

9.30-9.50 Keynote address:
Mrs. Evgenia Koldanova, Deputy Minister of Economy (tbc)

9.50-10.15 Knowledge and Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe: Trends and Issues,
Mr. Jean-Eric Aubert, Lead Specialist, WBI Knowledge for Development, The World Bank Institute

10.15-10.30 Coffee break

10.30-12.00 Session One: From Transition to Knowledge Economy Transformation

Chair: Mr. Ivaylo Kalfin, Economic Adviser to the President

 Investment in knowledge as a commitment to growth
Mr. Pavel Ezekiev, President, Foreign Investment Agency
 National Innovation System – a Key Ingredient of the Knowledge Economy
Mr. Elli Anavi, Director, Enterprise Policy Directorate, Ministry of Economy
 Competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy based on wider аpplication of high technologies
Ms. Sasha Bezouhanova, Vice President, Bulgarian International Business Association (BIBA)
 The need for an integrated approach to knowledge economy policies – open and integrated networks
Mr. Ruslan Stefanov, Economic Program Coordinator, Center for the Study of Democracy

12.00-13.30 Lunch Break

13.30-15.15 Session Two: Research, Technology and Innovation

Chair: Dr. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University

 Bulgaria’s Performance in the European Innovation Scoreboard
Prof. Rossitsa Chobanova, Economic Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
 Building innovation capacity through business incubation systems
Dr. Panagiotis Damaskopoulos, Executive Director, European Institute of Interdisciplinary Research (EIIR), Paris, France
 Innovation in knowledge-based services
Mr. Ivaylo Georgiev, Project Manager, European Software Institute
 Technology Transfer Network
Mr. Georgi Voutev, GIS Transfer Center; Ms. Stella Dimitrova, IRC – Bulgaria, and Mr. Mircho Mirchev, MSI-Bulgaria
 PRO INNO – Opportunities for Bulgarian-German cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Applied Research
Ms. Maria Stefanova-Pavlova, Executive Director, Center for Innovation and Technology Transfer - Global
Discussion

15.15-15.30 Coffee Break

15.30-17.30 Session Three: Education and Social Capital Formation

Chair: Ms Dinka Dinkova, ARC Fund

 Challenges for education in the Knowledge Economy
Dr. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University
 The role of adult education in social capital formation
Mrs. Irina Radevska, Head of Unit, Higher Education Policy Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
 The value of human capital and intangible assets
Mr. Mario Spatafora, General Secretary of EFFEBI, Finance and Banking Association, and professor at Roma University
 Overcoming the shortage of ICT skills – an important condition for developing a knowledge economy
Mr. Martin Bankov, Manager, Education Programs, Microsoft-Bulgaria
 Building and preserving e-skills in EU candidate countries
Dr. Elissaveta Gurova, Centre of Information Society Technologies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Discussion

Day 2, Thursday, 20 May 2004

9.00-10.45 Session Four: Challenges for ICT development

Chair: Mr. Alexander Ognianov, Ministry of Transport and Communications

 Factors for success and failure of information society policies in the EU regions
Mrs. Corina Pascu, European Commission, Joint Research Center –Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC/IPTS)
 The strategy for development of the Bulgarian ICT industry
Mr. Orlin Kouzov, CEO, ICT Development Agency, Ministry of Transport and Communications
 The e-Bulgaria Report – gauging the state of information society development
Mr. Todor Yalamov, IT Group Coordinator, ARC Fund
 Balanced score-card for the implementation of Bulgaria’s e-government strategy
Mr. Kamen Spassov, Coordination Center for Information, Communication and Management Technologies, Council of Ministers
Discussion

10.45-11.00 Coffee Break

11.00-13.30 Session Five: The economic framework for the Knowledge Society

Chair: Ms Dessislava Danina, New Television

 Financial framework for the Knowledge Economy
Mr. Lubomir Datsov, Deputy Minister of Finance
 The role of knowledge economy for economic growth
Mr. Mincho Karavastev, Bulgarian National Bank
 Macroeconomic outlook to the knowledge economy
Mr. Georgi Stoeff, Managing Partner, Industry Watch
 Financial incentives for the uptake of ICTs in Bulgarian society
Mr. Milcho Borov, Member of the Board, Bulgarian Association of Information Technologies (BAIT)
Discussion

13.30 Close of the conference

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