Sofia, 22nd February 2024
Change waits for nobody. The world around us is changing. The way we do business, the way we study, the way we communicate with each other, our consumer habits, the list goes on. And people are inherently afraid of change. But change can be good. It can force us to evolve and grow.
Innovation requires change as a must. So with each novel possibility we are presented with a choice. To keep walking down the familiar road or to reevaluate our priorities and change our course onward and upward.
Mr. Rosen Plevneliev
President of the Republic of Bulgaria 2012 – 2017
Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior Graduate School of Business Stanford University
Mrs. Selin Kaptana
VC Investor at 500 Emerging Europe
Prof. Sohail Inayatullah
UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies. IIUM. Professor, Tamkang University. Editor, the Journal of Futures Studies, and researcher
Mr. Claus von Riegen
Vice President and Head of Strategy, New Ventures & Technologies at SAP SE
Mrs. Deepti Pahwa
Founding Partner, LISA (Stanford GSB LEAD Startup Incubator)
CEO, Pinnacle Pulse (Innovation & Leadership Strategy), Author, Trailblazer Founders
Dr. David Born
Head of Roland Berger Institute
Mr. Gijs van Wulfen
Trusted Advisor on Innovation
Mr. Anıl Atılgan
CEO at StartMe
Mrs. Tanya Hristova
Mayor of Gabrovo
Mr. Elvin Guri
CEO of Invenio Partners, еntrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist
Mr. Ivan Kristoff
Innovation Air Rescue Explorer
Mr. Parvan Simeonov
CEO at Gallup International Balkan
Prof. Dr. Elenita Velikova
Secretary General for Science at UNWE, Economics of Tourism Department, UNWE, Sofia
Mr. Boris Kostadinov
Director of Software Integrations, Information Services Jsc.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Todor Yalamov
Vice-Dean "Research, Innovation, and Projects" at FEBA, Sofia University
Mrs. Maria Mincheva
Vice President of the Bulgarian Industrial Association
Mr. Nikolai Andreev
CEO Vivacom
Mrs. Radina Banova-Stoeva
Human Rights Lawyer in Bulgarian Center for Not-for-profit Law
Mr. Boyko Takov
Executive Director of the Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency
Dr. Mina Hristova
Assistant professor at the 'Balkan Ethnology' Department, Bulgarian Academy of Science
Ivan Georgiev
CFO Kaufland Bulgaria
Prof. Sylvia Ilieva, PhD
Director GATE Institute
Mr. Daniel Nenchev
Journalist
Mr. Petyo Tsekov
Deputy Editor-in-Chief “Sega"
Mr. Eugene Maniakhine
Chairman of the Management Board of LUKOIL Neftohim Burgas Jsc.
Mr. Petar Kichashki
Executive Director at Institute for Modern Politics
Mrs. Tzvetanka Mintcheva
CEO and Chairman of the Management board of UniCredit Bulbank
Mr. Tim Kurth
CEO Aurubis Bulgaria
Mr. Iravan Hira
Managing Director, The Financial Times Bulgaria
Dr. Tsvetelina Panchelieva
Social Psychologist
Assistant Prof. Valentina Dolmova
Social & Political Psychologist, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Mr. Manyu Moravenov
CEO Bulgarian Stock Exchange, European Climate Pact Ambassador
Prof. Antoaneta Hristova
Director of the Institute of Population and Human Studies (IPHS) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)
Mrs. Hristina Kasparyan
Director International Economic Relations Centre at the Bulgarian Industrial Association
Mr. Svetlozar Petrov
Managing Director JobTiger
Mrs. Elena Darieva
Sociologist, CEO NASOCA Agency
Mr. Venelin Petkov
Journalist
Mrs. Mirolyuba Benatova
Journalist
Mr. Emil Spahyiski
Director of National Publishing House for Education and Science “Az-Buki”
Mrs. Yvette Dobromirova
Communication expert
Mr. Kamen Alipiev
Journalist
Mrs. Marieta Dimitrova
Journalist
Mrs. Flora Stratieva
Journalist
Mr. Kristiyan Yulzari
Freelance Journalist
Mrs. Leona Aslanova
CEO Innovation Starter
Innovation Starter Box Ltd.
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