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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME*(subject to change)
8:30 – 9:30 Registration
9:30 – 10:00 Strategic Infrastructure as a basis for regional, economic and social development of Bulgaria and the region.
Cohesion and Connectivity: Priorities and Strategies - Bulgaria 2019
Participants:
Rossen Jeliazkov, Minister of Transport, Information Technology and Communications of the Republic of Bulgaria
Iskra Mihaylova, Chair of Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
10:00 – 11:10 Panel 1: Strategic Infrastructure and Investments - Bulgaria and Southeastern Europe (SEE): perspectives, development potential and financing models
- Shortage of strategic infrastructure capacity in Southeastern Europe as a major challenge for the economic development and growth of the region - current status and development opportunities
- Capital streams and infrastructure projects - Europe 2019 - Where is the place of Southeast Europe on the European investment map?
- How to finance the future needs and improve the quality of the current strategic infrastructure of SEE without exposing fiscal stability?
- Financial instruments and potential for public-private partnership - opportunities and risks. Case studies.
Participants:
Iliyana Tsanova, Deputy Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
Larisa Manastirli, Director for Bulgaria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Andreas Beikos, Head of Office, EIB Group Office for Bulgaria
Marzena Rytel, Director, Capital Projects and Infrastructure in Central and Eastern Europe, PwC
Kamil Blažek, Partner, Head of Infrastructure Sector, Kinstellar
Moderator: Kamen Krastev, CEO/Strategic Planning, The City Media Group
11:10 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:00 Panel 2: Energy infrastructure - projects and investments 2019
- Priority investment projects for the development of the gas transmission system. Upcoming steps and stages in the realization of the Balkan Gas hub
- On focus: Gas interconnection Greece-Bulgaria - current status and upcoming steps
- Investment projects related to the operation, maintenance and reliable functioning of the transmission grid
Participants:
Teodora Georgieva, Executive Director, ICGB
Angelin Tsachev, Executive Member and CEO, ESO
Evgenia Karadjova, General Manager, ESRI Bulgaria
Yassen Ivanov, Head of Analyzes and International Activity Division, Bulgartransgaz EAD
Moderator: Georgi Vyanev, Marketing and Communication Manager, The City Media Group
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:20 Challenges in Implementing Strategic Infrastructure Projects
Zhivko Nedev, Deputy Chair of the Transport Infrastructure Department, Bulgarian Construction Chamber, CEO, Hydrostroy AD
13:20 – 14:30 Panel 3: Transport Infrastructure Bulgaria 2019 - current strategic transport infrastructure projects
- Financing: Priorities for the development of transport infrastructure after 2020
- Road Infrastructure: what is the progress in planning and realization of the high priority road projects in Bulgaria?
- Railway Infrastructure: Which are the current railway projects and what is their stage of development?
- Challenges before the execution of the third metro diameter lots. Future development plans of the Metropolitan – perspectives and strategies
Participants:
Dipl. Eng. Galina Vassileva, Head of the Managing Authority of Operational programme on Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020
Eng. Zlatka Peteva, Director of Implementation of Projects under OP Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014-2020, Road Infrastructure Agency
Dipl. Eng. Krasimir Papukchiyski, Director General, National Railway Infrastructure Company
Dipl. Eng. Angel Dzhorgov, Deputy Chief of Investments Activity Division, Metropoliten JSC
Moderator: Stefan Chaikov, Chairman of the Management Board, Bulgarian Branch Chamber "Roads"
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