European Day of the Entrepreneur 2008

Programme
October 30 - 31, 2008

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8.00 – 9.00	Registration
PLENARY SESSIONS - "Vitosha" Hall, Inter Expo Center Moderator: assoc. prof. Rumen Nikolov, SU "St. Kliment Ohridski"
9.00 – 9.30	Opening	Welcome speeches Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Mayor of Sofia Official guests
FOSTERING INNOVATIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP Moderator: Assoc. prof. Kamelia Stefanova, UNWE
9.30 – 11.00	Can values create worth (value determinants of the entrepreneurial success	Assoc. prof. Tsvetan Davidkov, Sofia University
	Perspectives of the Bulgarian Innovation policy	Mr. Eli Anavi, , Ministry of Economy and Energy
	Financial Instruments for SMEs under the OP "Development of the competitiveness of Bulgarian Economy"	Ms. Nina Radeva, Ministry of Economy and Energy
	Programs for Promotion of Innovations	Mr. Stanimir Barzashki, Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency
	Partnership of Local Authorities with Universities and Industry. Different EU Best Practices.	Mr. Luis Ballester, Representative of Stockholm Region
	Municipal Guarantee Fund for SMEs	Mr. Grigor Grigorov, Sofia Municipality
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee Break
COOPERATION ACADEMIA - INDUSTRY Moderator: Mr. Angel Milev, Applied Research and Communication Fund
11.30 – 13.00	European practices of research-business cooperation	Prof. Ricardo Goncalves, New University of Lisbon
	Enterprise Europe Network	Mr. Angel Milev, Apply Research and Communication Fund
	Advanced research projects between Intel and top universities - initiatives, motivations, results, implementations	Prof. Dr. Mark Harris, INTEL Education
	The experience of Greece/CERTH in research, innovation and technology transfer	Prof. Kiparissides, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas
	Presentation of TEN COMPETENCE project	Prof. E.J.R. Koper, Open University of the Netherlands
	European Concept of Living Lab	Assoc. prof. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University
13.00 – 14.00	Lunch Break
18.00 – 19.00	WHO SET THE STANDARDS FOR HIGH QUALITY EDUCATION IN UNIVERSITIES Session leading by prof. dr. Ivan Ilchev, Rector of Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Board of trustees
19.00	COCKTAIL

Panel Sessions

30 October 2008 (Thursday)
	Hall "Rodopi"	Hall "Ruen"	Hall "Musala"	Hall "Rila"
14.00 – 15.45	SMEs Innovative Development following Good Practices of e-Business Solution Implementation	Stimulating Personal Development and Knowledge Sharing TEN COMPETENCE experience	R4R – Region for research EU funded project of Sofia Municipality	Strengthening the IST capacity of Sofia University FP7 SISTER project
15.45 – 16.15	Coffee break
16.15 – 18.00	TTO Intellectual Property Rights	Stimulating Personal Development and Knowledge Sharing TEN COMPETENCE experience	R4R – Region for research EU funded project of Sofia Municipality	SISTER WP1 Expert panel

31 October 2008 (Friday)
	Hall "Rodopi"	Hall "Ruen"	Hall "Pirin"	Hall "Rila"
9.00 – 11.00	Technology Transfer Offices in Bulgarian Universities – results and challenges	Stimulating Personal Development and Knowledge Sharing TEN COMPETENCE experience	Living Lab – ASO WS	SISTER
11.00 – 11.30	Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00	FP7 Info Day	Stimulating Personal Development and Knowledge Sharing TEN COMPETENCE experience	Living Lab – ASO WS	SISTER
31 October 2008 (Friday)
Sofia Municipality event, Municipal Plenary hall, fl. 5
9.00 – 13.00	EUROPE IN OUR REGION International conference "Application of the Lisbon Strategy for the Regional Development of Sofia"

Programme October 30 - 31, 2008

Panel Sessions

Programme
October 30 - 31, 2008