Тhe Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BULTISAD), the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRCCI) and the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Türkiye (DEİK) join efforts for the first of a kind Balkan Business Summit 2024. The event is a successor of the Bulgarian -Turkish Business Forums held in 2022 and 2023 and has the ambition to become the largest annual B2B gathering on the Balkans.
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The event will bring together over 300 leading companies from the Balkans to exchange successful business practices and create new partnerships.
Main themes:
● Trading and investment opportunities in Balkan region
● Technologies and business processes in innovative enterprises: successful stories and opportunities for business and co-operation in innovative sectors
Agenda
7 June 2024 (Friday)
18:00 Networking cocktail
20:00 Gala dinner
Greetings:
Fikret Ince – Honorary Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI)
Ufuk Ozturk - Chairman of Regnum Turkey and owner of Regnum Bulgaria
8 June 2024 (Saturday)
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:30 Official opening and welcoming words
Burhan Nemutlu – Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BTCCI)
Zeki Sarabekir – Chairman of the Turkish-Bulgarian Business Council at the Council for Foreign Economic Relations of the Republic of Türkiye (DEİK)
Adv. Victor Gugushev – Chairman of the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Mrs. Kubra Orakcıoglu Kazan – Chairperson at the Outbound Investments Business Council, DEIK, and Board Member at the International Women’s Forum
Stoycho Benenski – Mayor of Bansko municipality
Eng. Krasimir Gerchev – Mayor of Razlog municipality
Mehmet Sait Uyanık – Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye in Bulgaria
Krasimir Yakimov – Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth of the Republic of Bulgaria
10:30 Coffee break
11:00-11:45 First discussion panel: Trade and investment opportunities in the Balkans
Moderator – Kremena Palyonova – Schwarz, SeeNews
Participants:
Mila Nenova – CEO of InvestBulgaria Agency
Armagan Al - Commercial attaché at the Consulate General of the Republic of Türkiye in Plovdiv
Radu Moldovan – Minister-council, Commercial and Economic Office for the Embassy of Romania in Sofia
Mahmut Shahin – General Secretary of the Thracian Development Agency (Türkiye)
Bulmarket group (TBC)
Svetoslav Mladenov - CEO of SmartSolar
11:45-12:30 Second discussion panel: Technology, innovation, regulatory framework and financing
Moderator – Dr. Boyko Takov, Executive Director of the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency
Participants:
Eleonora Ivanova – Executive Director of the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry - Possibilities for business financing with European project funds;
Bilyana Toncheva – „Eco Globe“ – Business financing under the national programs;
Hristo Daskalov - Deputy Chairman of the Managing Board of Mobiliz Tracking System
Law firm (TBC)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-17:30 Bilateral meeting
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We anticipate participants from various sectors, including:
● Automotive engineering;
● Automotive parts;
● Construction;
● Metals;
● Mashines;
● Paper;
● Furniture;
● Energy;
● Packaging;
● Agriculture and foods;
● IT;
● Advisory services (financial, legal, etc.);
● Textile;
● Health;
● Chemical industry – cosmetics, plastic;
● Tourist services;
● Logistics.
and many more...
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