| Wednesday, 19 May 2004 |
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| 09.00-09.30 |
Welcome and Opening Session |
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- Mr. Oscar de Bruyn Kops, Country Manager, World Bank – Bulgaria Office
- Prof. Boyan Biolchev, Rector, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Dr. Ognian Shentov, Chairman, ARC Fund
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| 09.30-09.50 |
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Mrs. Lydia Shouleva
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy |
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| 09.50-10.10 |
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The Four Knowledge Economy ‘Pillars’ of the World Bank, Mr. Jean-Eric Aubert, Lead Specialist, WBI Knowledge for Development, The World Bank Institute |
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| 10.10-10.30 |
Coffee break |
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| 10.30-12.00 |
Session One: From Transition to Knowledge Economy Transformation |
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| Chairman: Mr. Ivaylo Kalfin, Economic Adviser to the President of the Republic of Bulgaria |
- National Innovation System – a Key Ingredient of the Knowledge Economy, Mr. Dimitar Ivanovsky, Deputy Minister of Economy
- Human Capacity Building for the Knowledge Economy, representative of the Ministry of Education and Science
- ICT Infrastructure Trends, representative of the Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Investment in knowledge as a commitment to growth, Mr. Pavel Ezekiev, President, Foreign Investment Agency
- Competitiveness of the Bulgarian economy based on wider ŕpplication 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
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| 12.00-13.30 |
Lunch |
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| 13.30-15.15 |
Session Two: Research, Technology and Innovation |
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| Chairman: Dr. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” |
- 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. Georgi Sharkov, President, Bulgarian Association of Software Companies (BASSCOM)
- Technology Transfer Networks: Mr. Georgi Voutev, GIS Transfer Center, Ms. Stella Dimitrova, IRC – Bulgaria, 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
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| 15.15-15.45 |
Coffee Break |
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| 15.30-17.30 |
Session Three: Education and Social Capital Formation |
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| Chairman: Ms Dinka Dinkova, ARC Fund |
- Challenges to education in the knowledge economy, Dr. Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- The role of adult education in social capital formation, Ms. Irina Radevska, Higher Education Policy Directorate, Ministry of Education and Science
- The value of human capital and intangible assets, Mr. Mario Spatafora, General Secretary, EFFEBI - Finance&Banking Association and Professor in Training and Organizational Development at the III University in Rome
- 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, Dr. Elissaveta Gurova, Centre of Information Society Technologies, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- Discussion
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| Thursday, 20 May 2004 |
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| 09.00-10.45 |
Session Four: Challenges to ICT Development |
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| Chairman: 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
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| 10.45-11.15 |
Coffee Break |
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| 11.15-13.30 |
Round Table: The Economic Framework of the Knowledge Society |
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| Chairman: Dessislava Danina, Nova TV |
- 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, 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
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| 13.30 |
Close of the conference |
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