Programme economic forum italia bulgaria 14 04 2015 eng

ECONOMIC FORUM ITALY – BULGARIA Growing Together Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sofia – April 14th, 2015 8h30 – 9h00

Registration and welcome reception

Institutional greetings

Moderator: Italian Ambassador in Bulgaria, H.E. Marco Conticelli

9h00 – 9h30

Bozhidar Lukarski, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bulgaria Benedetto Della Vedova, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

Business between Italy and Bulgaria: promotion Moderator: Director of ICE Agency in Sofia, Ms Cinzia Bruno 9h30 – 10h15

Presentation of the promotional video “Italy the extraordinary commonplace” Riccardo Monti, President of ICE Agency Italy Stamen Yanev, Executive Director of InvestBulgaria Nikola Stoyanov, Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency

10h15-10h30

Coffee Break

Business between Italy and Bulgaria: entrepreneurship Moderators: President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, Mr Marco Montecchi and Chairman of Confindustria Bulgaria, Mr Pietro Luigi Ghia 10h30- 12h00

Alberto Baban, President of Small Industries and Deputy President of Confindustria Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Head of Institutional Affairs and regulators of UniCredit Gaetano Fausto Esposito, Secretary General of Assocamerestero – Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad Gavino Sini, President of Italian Chamber of Commerce of Sassari, Unioncamere Kamen Kolev, Deputy Chairman of Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA) Irina Yordanova, Project Director of Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB)

12h00 – 12h40

Business Cases  Italcementi  Matteo Fumagalli Romario, SOL  Projects with EU Funds in Bulgaria (conducted by Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria)  Court of Arbitration (conducted by Confindustria Bulgaria)

12h40 – 13h00

Conclusions Pietro Luigi Ghia, President of Confindustria Bulgaria Marco Montecchi, President of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria

13h00 – 14h30

Light Lunch