All Speakers

Munir Hassan

CMS Global Head of Energy, Copelouzos group

Katrin Parvanova

Business Partnerships Manager, Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation

Ventzislav Vassilev

Expert in biodiversity conservation and water management

Damir Miljević

Member of MB, Center for Sustainable Energy Transition – RESET

Blagoy Burdin

Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAD)

Raphael Héliot

Senior Policy Manager, E-Mobility Europe

Günter Kraft

Chief Government Relations and Communications Officer at Focused Energy

Prof. Daria Vladikova

Sci. Coordinator of H2start CoE – Trakia University

Andrej Lepavcov

President, Engineering Institution of Macedonia

Prof. Kostadin Kostadinov

Member of Managing committee of the Strategic Program “Development of research and innovation at Trakia University in health and sustainable well-being”

Gergana Aneva

Managing Director, Rud Pedersen Public Affairs

Dragomir Mateev

Vice-President of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute

Kostadin Lazarov

OpsLab Section Head, Capabilities Branch, CMDR COE

Yordan Bozhilov

Deputy Minister of Defence, Republic of Bulgaria

Dr. Borislav Bankov

Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth, Republic of Bulgaria

Ventseslav Slavov

Executive Director of Ajax Group Bulgaria and Chair of KRIB – Stara Zagora

Levon Hampartzoumian

President at Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum (BBLF)

Bogdan Ivanov

Director Corporate Clients, UniCredit Bulbank

Chrysovalantis Ketikidis

Research Associate at the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece

Eng. Dimitar Manolov

President of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour

Emil Angelov

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board and CEO of Glavbolgarstroy Holding

Sashka Sashova

Chief Marketing Officer, Power Partner Solutions (PPS)

Tore Prang

Vice President External Affairs and Communications, Aurubis AG

Dr. Antonios Nestoras

Founding Director, European Policy Innovation Council (EPIC)

Anthony Agotha

Ambassador at large - Special Envoy for Climate and Environment, European External Action Service

Nikolaos Sofianos

Secretary General, Institute of Energy for South-East Europe (IENE)

Dinko Eror

Vice President EMEA Central, North and Eastern Europe, Red Hat

Dr. Ventzeslav Sabev

Associate Director, Observatory@Geneva University

Smilen Valov

Executive Director, Employment Agency of Bulgaria

Stephane Delahaye

Chairman, French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Dr. Eng. Iliya Garkov

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Dundee Precious Metals

Maya Stefanova

Director Environmental Affairs & Climate Action, Agropolychim AD

Manuela Naessl

Head of Bulgaria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

George Marinos

Innovation & Digital Partnerships, National Bank of Greece

Diana Yordanova

Deputy Chair, Financial Supervision Commission

Philippe Rombaut

Co-Owner and Chairman of the Board, Agropolychim AD

Jan Mostrom

President, Euromines | Senior Advisor and Former CEO of LKAB

Christian Kuhne

Managing Director, Think Tank for Industrial Resource Strategies

Prof. Antonios Nestoras

Founding Director, European Policy Innovation Council

Maryna Saprykina

Founder, Ukrainian Women-Entrepreneurs Hub

Auke Lootsma

Resident Representative of UNDP in Ukraine

Nadezhda Myashkova

CEO and Co-Founder Power Partner Solutions Ltd.

Zornitsa Roussinova

President of the Economic and Social Council of Bulgaria

Bogdan Ivanov

Director Corporate Clients at UniCredit Bulbank

Simeon Kartselyanski

CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) at Information Services JSC

Tsvetan Alexiev

Chief Executive Officer, Sirma Group Holding AD

Konstantin Stamenov

Chairman of the Management Board of BFIEC

Miroslava Chakarska

Business Development Manager – Sustainable Products,Heidelberg Materials Devnya JSC

Natasha Santos

Head of Sustainability & Strategic Engagement, Vice President, Crop Science Divisionр, Bayer

Dr. Claus Runge

Senior Vice President, Global Head of Public Affairs, Sustainability & Internal Engagement and Chief Health Equity Officer, Bayer

Assen Christov

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eurohold Bulgaria AD

Andreas von Busch

Head of Unit, DG REGIO E3, European Commission

Walid Oueslati

Head of the Climate, Biodiversity and Water Division, OECD

Blagoja Mukanov

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AgFutura Technologies

Prof. Stamatis Aggelopoulos

Rector, International Hellenic University

Joanna Pilch

Director of Business Development AI, UK & EMEA

Corinne Trang

Author, Global Business Development Advisor, NETZRO.us

Notis Mitarachi

Former Minister of Citizen Protection / Migration & Asylum

Dimitris Avramopoulos

European Commissioner for Migration (2014–2019)

Hristian Daskalov

Cybersecurity & Digital Infrastructure Expert

Dr. Rosen Tkachenko

President, EU Chambers of Commerce in Bulgaria

Branko Azeski

President, Economic Chamber of North Macedonia

Ivaylo Marinov, PhD

Counselor and Head of Economic and Commercial Department, Bulgarian Embassy in Romania

Rumen Radev

Chairperson of the Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association

Alexandru Petrescu

President, Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ofelia Kaneva

Scholar, philanthropist, economist, and public figure

Jason Pellmar

Country Manager Bulgaria, World Bank Group

Lazăr Comănescu

Secretary General, Organisation of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation

Peter Kirov

Head of Department, EU Maritime Safety Agency

Mirela Atanasiu

Head of Unit Operations and Communication, Clean Hydrogen Partnership

Bozhidar Vidinov

Head of Strategic Development, The Revenues Factory

Prof. Maria Petrova

PhD, Associate Professor, American University in Bulgaria

Malgorzata Bugajska

Managing Partner, Luma Ventures, Switzerland/Poland

Angelina Bintoudi

CEO & Co-founder, Optimems, Hellenic Republic

Max Gurvits

Managing Partner, Vitosha Ventures, Bulgaria

prof. Ivaylo Koprev

Rector, University of Mining and Geology "St. Ivan Rilski"

Adelina Dabu

Head of Public Affairs, Employers' Confederation Concordia

Desislava Wallner

Head of IoT Connectivity, A1 Digital Austria

Emily Sargent Beasley

President of the American College of Sofia (ACS)

Marjut Falkstedt

Chief Executive Officer, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Alexandra Mircheva

Education Programme Director, Association for Innovation, Business Services and Technology (AIBEST)

Mihaela Toader

Secretary of State, Ministry of European Funds in Romania (2018–2019)

Rouska Nikolaev-Zarbova

VP of Engineering and Operations, Mei Avivim

Barbara Mušič

Architect and project expert of Be Ready at UIRS in Slovenia

Sonia Belén Palomo Das Neves

Director of Technology Transfer & International Relations, Parque Tecnológico de Andalucía

Dr. Bernhard Pucher

Senior Scientist at the Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, BOKU University (Vienna)

Teodora Bakardzhieva

Executive Director, Bulgarian Donors Forum

Kristina Polianyi

Associate Director, Public Affairs, Novo Nordisk

Gusztáv Csomor

Senior Priority Officer, Interreg Danube Program MA/JS

Sevdalina Voynova

Director of Programmes of Sofia Development Association

Theodor Panayotov

Co-founder of Ethermind, Chairman of the board of TUES

Dr. Xiao Lin

Chairman and CEO of Botree Recycling Technologies

Dimitar Zarchev

Director, National Dispatching Centre, Electricity System Operator

Olga Bakardzhieva

EU Director, Fusion Industry Association

Leszek Wiwała

PhD, President and Director General, The Polish Petroleum Industry and Trade Organisation

Corneliu Cotet

Affiliate Expert at Europuls; Policy Advisor at EBRD & UNDP

Konstantinos Chatzikonstantinou

CEO, Alexandroupolis Port Authority S.A.

Kamen Iliev

Technology Transfer Officе- RST, Director-Center for National Security and Defence Research at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (CNSDR-BAS)

Stanislav Popdonchev

Vice President, Bulgarian Industrial Association; CFO

Andres Rodriguez-Pose

Professor of Economic Geography, London School of Economics / Cañada Blanch Centre

Andres Jaadla

Vice-President of Housing Europe; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Csaba Borboly

Vice-President of the Harghita County Council, Romania; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Apostol Dyankov

Head of Climate and Energy Department, Sofia Municipality

Henna Partanen

Member of Espoo City Council, Finland; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Attila Kiss

Member of Hajdú-Bihar County Council, Hungary; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Mirja Vehkaperä

Member of Oulu City Council, Finland; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Stoyan Tchoukanov

President of the Section for Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment (NAT), EESC

Eduard Tsvetanov

Public Policy and Industrial Advocacy Manager, Solvay

Ivailo Georgiev

Sustainability and Public Affairs Manager, Aurubis Bulgaria

Zdravko Bikov

Chairman of the Management Board, Bulgarian Association of Recycling

Marius Koeppen

Senior Analyst, Energy and Climate Program, Center for the Study of Democracy.

Franck Neel

Member of the OMV Petrom Executive Board

Svetla Nestorova

Chief Executive Officer of PAC Doverie

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Jessika Roswall

Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Valère Moutarlier

Deputy Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW)

Werner Hoyer

Economist and former President of the European Investment Bank

Antonio Garcia Del Riego

Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)

Dr. Spartak Keremidchiev

Professor, Department of Enterprise Economics, BAS

Prof. Galin Tsokov

Director of the Institute of Education at the Ministry of Education and Science

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism

Prof. Rumen Stamatov, DSc

Head of the Department of Psychology, Plovdiv University "Paisii Hilendarski"

Mario Mauro

European Coordinator, Baltic Sea–Black Sea–Aegean Sea Corridor, DG MOVE, European Commission

Todor Ivandjikov

President, Bulgarian Aviation Industry Association

Corneliu Cotet

Policy Advisor at EBRD and UNPD, Affiliated Expert at Europuls

Cristian Bușoi

Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Romania

Prof. Klaus-Dieter Borchardt

European Coordinator, CESEC, and Former Deputy Director-General, DG ENER, European Commission

Neda Drvar

Foreign Investment Coordination Body, Government of Republic of Srpska

Eng. Lyubomir Kachamakov

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Builders in Bulgaria (CBB)

Haris Theoharis

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Tsvetan Simeonov

President of the Board of Directors of the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)

Mathieu Bousquet

Director for Enlargement Coordination, Strategy & Investments, DG ENEST, European Commission

Assoc. Prof. Eng. Ivan Mitev, PhD

CEO, Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology

Mette Quinn

Deputy Director, DG CLIMA, European Commission

Petyo Ivanov

Executive Director, Kozloduy NPP – New Build EAD

Dimitar Dimitrov

Chief executive officer of the Chamber of the Bulgarian Road Hauliers

Diana-Anda Buzoianu

Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests, Romania

H.E. Marie Dumoulin

Ambassador of the French Republic to Bulgaria

Daesung Kim

Project Quality Director, Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant New Build Project, Bulgaria

Antonio García del Riego

Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and Independent Board Member, MiraltaBank

Theodora Antonakaki

Director of Climate Change and Sustainability Centre (CCSC), Bank of Greece

Lukas Bertram

Programme Lead: Economics of a Green and Just Transition, ZOE Institute for Future-Fit Economies

Iva Petkova

Director Department “Development, Green Financing and Communications”, Fund FLAG

Lucien Mathieu

Cars Director, Transport & Environment (T&E)

Luis Bravo Martins

VP, XR Safety Intelligence – Europe, Emerging Tech Advisor, Author and Speaker

Yasen Georgiev

CEO, Economic Policy Institute, BEF Ambassador to Bulgaria

Dr. Manijeh Motaghy

Organizational Psychologist, UCLA Mindful Affiliate Teacher, Founder of Perfectly Here, and Author of “It’s Not Easy to Be Human”

Svetoslav Velinov

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pension Insurance Company “DSK-Rodina” AD a

Ivan Pironkov

Managing Director, Westinghouse Bulgaria

Eng. Teodora Pakuleva

Project Manager, Bulgarian Water Association (BWA)

Alexei Taran

General Director, National Agency for Energy Regulation, Moldova

Teodor Iliev

Managing Director, Geocycle Bulgaria and Ecocycle Bulgaria

Joanna Drake

Deputy Director-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)

Ivaylo Kastchiev

Expert in Water and Sanitation Service governance and regulation

Emmanouil Vlachoyiannis

Honorary President, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Ivan Ivanov

President, Bulgarian Water Association

SK

Raluca Alexandra Covrig

Director of Public Affairs & Communication, Energy Employers' Federation (FPE) | Romania

Ivana Vojinović

Director, Centre for Climate Change, Natural Resources and Energy, UDG

Marek Mora

Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Peter Hopwood

Global Story &; Speaker Coach / International Presenter and Moderator / Story Strategist, Hopwood Story & Speaker Coaching

Rumen Radev

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Rosen Zhelyazkov

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Nataliya Kiselova

President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Bulgaria (12.2024 - 10.2025)

Roxana Minzatu

Executive vice-president (2024-2029) - Social Rights and Skills, Quality Jobs and Preparedness

Teresa Ribera

Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, EC

Maroš Šefčovič

VICE-PRESIDENT of the EC for Interinstitutional Relations and Foresight

Enrico Letta

Former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the Jacques Delors Institute, Author of the report “Much More Than a Market”

Prof. Daron Acemoglu

Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Charlina Vitcheva

Director General, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, European Commission

Savvas Karafyllidis

Chairman and Founder of the Bulgarian-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BHCCI)

Georgi Tachov

Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Bulgaria

Lilyana Pavlova

Vice-President of the European Investment Bank (2019-2023)

Giorgos Kremlis

Ambassador of the European Public Law Organisation to Bulgaria. Honorary Director of the European Commission

Sergei Stanishev

Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria (2005-2009), President of PES (2011-2022), Member of the European Parliament (2014-2024)

Genady Kondarev

Senior Associate, Central and Eastern Europe, E3G

Kostadin Sirleshtov

Managing Partner, Head of Energy, Projects and Construction for CEE, CMS Sofia

Claudia Marcusson

Adjunct, National University of Singapore and C-Level Advisor

Svetlana Zhekova

International Climate and Environment Policy Expert | Independent consultant for the EC, World Bank, UNDP, OECD

Iliya Lingorski

Lecturar at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and member of the Governing Council of the Bulgarian National Bank.

Borislav Gutsanov

Minister of Labour and Social Policy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Krasimir Valchev

Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria

Dimitar Tsotsorkov

Chairman of The Supervisory Board of Asarel-Medet Jsc.

Evgeny Angelov

Chairman of the Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Zornitsa Rusinova

Chair of the Economic and Social Council

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

European Commissioner for Transport and Tourism

Grozdan Karadjov

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications

Christos Dimas

Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic

Hans Rhein

Head of the LIFE Energy and Climate Unit at the European Commission's Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA)

Slavtcho Neykov

Member of the Strategic Foresight Committee, GTF

Julian Popov

Minister of Environment and Water (2023 - 2024)

Jan Dusík

Deputy Director-General, DG for Climate Action, European Commission

Atanas Zafirov

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria

Rosen Plevneliev

President of the Republic of Bulgaria (2012-2017)

H.E. Mr Nathaniel Copsey

Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria

Sylvie Matelly

Director of the Jacques Delors Institute

Elvire Fabry

Senior Research Fellow in Trade Geopolitics, Jacques Delors Institute, tbc

Konstantinos Chatzifotis

European Affairs Manager, Motor Oil Group

Mathias Cormann

Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Zhecho Stankov

Minister of Energy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Stavros Papastavrou

Minister of Environment and Energy, Hellenic Republic, tbc

Angelin Tsachev

Director and member of the Management Board of the Electricity System Operator

Bozidar Dedus

Co-Founder @ H2 Croatian Association for development and application of hydrogen fuel cells

Phuc-Vinh Nguyen

Head of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre

Andreas Chollet

Head of Development and Country Manager Bulgaria, wpd Europe GmbH

Suzana Carp

Co-Founder Cleantech for CEE & Cleantech for SEE

Hristo Radichev

Country Manager, Mediapost Hit Mail Bulgaria

Eleonora Ivanova

Vice-Chair of the Board, Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce (BRCC) Founder and Managing Partner, Fininfo.bg

H.E. Brânduşa Ioana Predescu

Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Bulgaria

Plamen Mladenovski

Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC)

Dirk Buschle

Deputy Director, Energy Community Secretariat

Tsvetelina Penkova

Member of the European Parliament, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE)

Teodora Georgieva

Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Energy Consultant

Mila Nenova

Executive Director, InvestBulgaria Agency

Kumi Kitamori

Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD

Borislav Bangeev

Director Corporates and Member of the Management Board of UniCredit Bulbank

Delyan Dobrev

Chairman of the Committee on Energy in the 49th National Assembly

Tsanko Arabadzhiev

Member of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Bulgarian Development Bank

Martin Gikov

Chairman of the Board of JEREMIE Bulgaria (part of the European Investment Fund)

Svetla Nestorova

Chairperson of the Management Board of Pension Assurance Company Doverie

Borislav Malinov

Chairman of the Bulgarian Recycling Association

Savina Mihaylova-Goleminova, PhD

Martin Vladimirov

Director Energy and Climate Program Сеnter For The Study Of Democracy

Arch. Georgi Stanishev

Architect and Scenographer, Founder of Atelier Georgi Stanishev – Architecture & Scénographie, France

Prof. Hristo Pimpirev

Geologist, Polar Explorer, Director of the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute

Silvia Georgieva

Executive Director of the National Association of Municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria (NAMRB)

Ivan Ivanov

Minister of Regional Development and Public Works of the Republic of Bulgaria

Dragomir Tzanev

Executive Director, Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova

Senior Project Manager, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mariya Trifonova

Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

Eng. Ivan Ivanov

President of the Bulgarian Water Association (BWA)

Wendy Francken

President of the European Water Association (EWA)

Manol Genov

Minister of Environment and Water of the Republic of Bulgaria

Tonya Dimitrova

Editor of “World News,” Bulgarian National Television (BNT)

Svitlana Hrynchuk

Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev

Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University

Dr. Lene Buhl-Mortensen

Senior Researcher, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway

Prof. Dr. Tanya Marinova

Director General, National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH), Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. Kalin Kalinov

Rector of the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy, Varna

Mariya Hristova

EIT country representative and founder of AgriVentures, an entrepreneurial community for innovation in agriculture

Giannis Balakakis

Chair Organizing Committee AgriBusiness Forum

Tomislav Donchev

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Innovation and Growth, Republic of Bulgaria

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Svetoslav Tsenov

CEO, Astellas, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Greece

Stefan Tsalov

Head of Institutional Relations for Scandinavia, the Baltics, and Central and Eastern Europe, European Investment Fund (EIF)

Iliyana Tsanova

Chief Risk Officer, Directorate-General for Budget (DG BUDG), European Commission

Ilia Krastev

CEO of A Data Pro, Member of the Board of AIBEST and BRAIT

Monika Manolova

Innovation expert at Digital National Alliance

Anton Puliyski

Security Researcher & Community Manager @ CyberCLUB

Prof. Melodena Stephens

Professor of Innovation & Technology Governance at MBRSG in Dubai, UAE

Eng. Georgi Mikov

Chief Executive Officer of Electrohold Bulgaria

Lukas Mandl

Member of the EU Parliament, DEVE, LIBE and JURI

Konstantinos Gioulekas

Deputy Minister of the Interior, Sector of Macedonia and Thrace

Alexander Peev

General Manager “Corporate and social responsibility”, KBC Group in Bulgaria

Ioanna Konstantopoulou

Vice President, Hellenic Investors Association

Paul Davidson

Head of the Measuring Regulatory Performance Programme at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Beata Daszynska-Muzyczka

Presidential Ambassador - Special Envoy for the Three Seas Initiative and Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund

Marian-Jean Marinescu

TEN-T Coordinator, Western Balkan - Eastern Mediterranean

Ivaylo Aleksiev

Еxecutive director of the sustainable energy development agency

Tasko Ermenkov

Member of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC)

Kalina Tcolova

Energy and Climate Analyst, Center for the Study of Democracy

Katerina Tsapikidou

Director International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thessaloniki

Petar Cholakov

Co-Chair, Association "Bulgarian Defence Industry" Member of the Board of Directors, OPTIX AD

Mario De Martino

Managing Director of Porsche Inter Auto BG

Lukasz Kolinski

Director for Green Transition and Energy System Integration, DG ENER, European Commission

Nicholas Snowdon

Head of Metals and Mining Research Mercuria Energy Trading SA

Rob Dobbins

Head of Partnerships and International Assets, OMV Petrom, Romania

Adam Harmat

Climate and Energy Programme Lead at WWF Central and Eastern Europe

Victor Gugushev

Chairman of the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce

Krasimir Yakimov

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Growth, Bulgaria

Kamen Ivchev

Regional Manager, MET Energy Trading – Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Albania

Mag. Svetoslav Mladenov

CEO & Member of the Board of Directors, Smart Solar Technologies and Director at Smart Energy Group

Momchil Boyadzhiev

Chief Executive Officer, Bulmarket Group and Astra Finance

Dietmar Preinstorfer

Vice President, Council of European Energy Regulators

Valentin Nikolov

Chief Executive Officer of Bulgarian Energy Holding EAD

Vladimir Dichev

Chief Commercial Officer of Electrohold Bulgaria

Kalina Trifonova

Deputy Chairperson of the Management Board at EVN Bulgaria

Kaloyan Staykov

Chairman of the Board, Energy Management Institute (EMI)

Petyo Ivanov

Executive Director of Kozloduy NPP - New Capacities PLC

Murad Heydarov

Executive Director of SOCAR for the Balkans

Predrag Grujičić

Head of Gas Unit at the Energy Community Secretariat

Dmytro Lyppa

Advisor to CEO of Energy Company of Ukraine

Szabolcs I. Ferencz

Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of FGSZ Ltd.

Peter Fildishev

Head of Gas Trading and Operations at MET Energy Trading Bulgaria

Maria Krasteva

Director, Bulgarian Natural Gas Association

Vojtech Vosecky

Founder of The Circular Economist, Sweden

Arno Behrens

Senior Environmental Economist, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice, Europe and Central Asia Region, World Bank

Jana Velichkova

Executive Director of the Bulgarian Soft Drinks Association (BSDA)

Georgios Karakatsanis

Founder and Director, EVOTROPIA Ecological Finance Architectures

Ivan Tzankov

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AES Bulgaria

Ognyan Atanasov

Vice President of the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB)

Prof. Rumyana Grozeva

Executive Director of the Regional Economic Development Agency – Stara Zagora (SZ REDA), Bulgaria

Pawel Nierada

Senior Advisor Three Seas Business Council, former Member of Supervisory Board of the Three Seas Initiative Investment Fund

Angela Ivanova

Co-founder of LAM’ON – an innovative Bulgarian company developing biodegradable laminating films for print and packaging

Vladimir Gechev

Co-founder of Viverde Straw Modules – a Bulgarian company offering sustainable building solutions using prefabricated straw panels

Maria Alexandrova

Head of Innovation and Sustainability, Nasekomo

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hyusein Yemendzhiev

Researcher at the Competence Center “Clean Technologies for Sustainable Environment – Water, Waste, Energy for Circular Economy” (Clean&Circle)

Stoyan Nedin

Managing Partner, Vitosha Venture Partners

Atanas Kostadinov

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Environment and Water

Tatyana Sultanova

Environmental Expert and Former Member of Parliament

Joachinm D’Eugenio

Policy Adviser for Zero Pollution , Water Resilience & Green Urban Transition, DG ENV, European Commission

Prof. Dr. Eng. Gancho Dimitrov

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bulgarian Water and Sewerage Holding EAD

Vedrana Lemor

Head of Corporate Sustainability, Aurubis AG

Konstantin Bojinov

ANRAV Project Manager, Heidelberg Materials Devnya

Cristian Beșeni

Secretary of State, Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, Romania

Sofian Jaupaj

Deputy Minister of Tourism and Environment of the Republic of Albania

Florin-Ionuț Barbu

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Romania, tbc

Eric Sargiacomo

Vice-Chair, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, European Parliament

Gijs Schilthuis

Director Sustainability at the EC Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI)

Stephan Schraff

Head of Public Affairs European Union, Bayer

Dr Philippe Tulkens

Head of Unit at DG Research&Inovation, EU Focal Point for IPCC, Deputy Manager of the EU Mission for Adaptation to Climate Change

Richard Smithers

Director of the Mission Implementation Platform for Adaptation to Climate Change (MIP4Adapt)

Joanna Masic

Lead Urban Specialist for Cities and Climate Change at the World Bank

Stelian Dimitrov

Director, National University Center for Geospatial Research and Technology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"

Magdalena Maleeva

Former professional tennis player and the founder of Gorichka.bg, tbc

Eleonora Markova

Regional Manager Central & Eastern Europe, UPL Corp

Prof. Dr. Georgi Toskov

Associate Professor, University of Food Technologies – Plovdiv

Petya Manastirska

Sustainability and Quality Manager, DEVIN AD

Rumyana Ivanova

Ecologist and social entrepreneurship expert at the Bulgarian Biodiversity Foundation

Eolina Milova

Senior Environment Specialist, World Bank

Yavor Dimitrov

Director, Black Sea Basin Directorate - Varna

Maria Marinova

CEO and Board member, Bulgarian Venture Capital Association (BVCA)

Sasha Bezuhanova

Founder of MOVE.BG; Europen Climate Pact Ambassador

Miglena Temelkova

Ph.D., Chairwoman, Council of Rectors, Bulgaria

Corr. Memb. Prof. Evelina Slavcheva

President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)

Prof. Elena Radeva

Professor of Business Administration at the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG)

Dr. Momtchil Karpouzanov

Ph.D., Academic Director of Graduate Programs, AUBG

Natalia Miteva

Advisor to the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria

PhD Boyko Takov

Executive Director, Bulgarian Executive Agency for Promotion of Small and Medium Enterprises (EAPSME)

Dr. Mariagrazia Squicciarini

Chief of Executive Office, Social and Human Sciences Sector at UNESCO, tbc

CEO, DOMILA Limited, Dublin, Republic of Ireland Chair of Smart Cities for the IEEE IoT Initiative Chair of the IEEE IoT Global Cities Alliance Chair of IEEE SA Smart Cities Standards and Best Practices

Assoc. Prof. Caroline Gans Combe

Associate Professor of AI, Data, Econometrics & Ethics, Director of Structured Research, OMNES Education-INSEEC

David Kvaternik

Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tvornica.Tech (T.T) – a creative digital reality studio specializing in XR technologies

Deniz Tourgout

Founder and Managing Director of PriorityZero

Krasimir Traykov

Security Awareness & Culture Lead

Yanko Spasov

Digital Transformation and Cybersecurity Consultant, tbc

Panagiotis Theodorikakos

Minister of Development of the Hellenic Republic

Aziz Aidaros

Vice President and Associate General Counsel for Europe at Philip Morris International (PMI)

Denys Strobykin

General Manager of Philip Morris Bulgaria

António Costa

President of the European Council

Krassimir Nenov

Deputy minister of energy

Marinela Petrova

Advisor, Bulgarian National Bank

Fatma Varank

Deputy Minister of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change of the Republic of Türkiye

Anelia Stefanova

Energy Transformation Strategic Area Leader, CEE Bankwatch Network

Petar Vitanov

Head of the Delegation of Bulgarian Socialists to the European Parliament (2019-2024)

Anna Pietikäinen

OECD Head of Regulatory Policy Division

Emmanouil Fountoukis

Chairman and Member of the board of directors Etem Gestamp Automotive

Alexander Zagorov

Representative of the Confederation of Labour "Podkrepa" in the ESC

Witold Strzelecki

Managing Director

Irina Ilieva

EIT Community Officer Bulgaria, Chief Operations Officer JA Bulgaria

Ina Stoyanova

EIT Community Officer Bulgaria, Project Coordinator Cleantech Bulgaria

Prof. Dr. Valentina Todorova

Director, Institute of Oceanology “Prof. Fridtjof Nansen” – BAS, Varna, tbc

Elitsa Petrova-Pavlova

Director of the Institute of Fish Resources

John Kerry

United States Secretary Of State (2013 – 2017), U.S. Special Presidential Envoy For Climate (2021 - 2024)

Nicolas Schmit

European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights

Elisa Ferreira

European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms

Frans Timmermans

Executive Vice President, European Green Deal

Kurt Vandenberghe

Director General of DG CLIMA, EC

Matthew Bryza

Former White House and Senior State Department Official, USA

Marc Lemaître

Director-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD)

Ivan Krastev

Political Scientist

John Havens

Director, IEEE Planet Positive 2030 and author, Heartificial Intelligence: Embracing our Humanity to Maximize Machines.

Elvin Guri

CEO of Invenio Partners

Anne-Charlotte Joubert

Founder, SCALE’HER Accelerator

Franck Neel

Member of the Executive Board responsible for Gas & Power, OMV Petrom, Romania

Tomislav Tomašević

Mayor of the City of Zagreb

Kyriakos Mitsotakis

Prime Minister of Greece

Mo Gawdat

Technology Visionary, Author of the bestseller Solve for Happy, and former Chief Business Officer at Google X, Futurist

Philippe Aghion

2025 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Professor at the Collège de France, INSEAD, and the London School of Economics (LSE)

All Speakers

Munir Hassan

Katrin Parvanova

Frank Hajdinjak

Ventzislav Vassilev

Tahir Kapetanovic

Diana Dimitrova-Kamenova

Stéphane Aver

Andrzej Duda

Damir Miljević

Blagoy Burdin

Raphael Héliot

Milana Petković

Ivan Delibasic

Günter Kraft

Prof. Daria Vladikova

Alexander Klassanov

Roumen Markov

Adi Konedareva

Andrej Lepavcov

Prof. Kostadin Kostadinov

Gergana Aneva

Dragomir Mateev

Nadezhda Myashkova

Kostadin Lazarov

Yordan Bozhilov

MAJ Ralitsa Bakalova

Dr. Borislav Bankov

Ventseslav Slavov

Dobroslav Dimitrov

Levon Hampartzoumian

Nicolas Guignard

Ionuț Țața

Margarita Kirilova

Prof. Dr. Darina Zaimova

Bogdan Ivanov

Chrysovalantis Ketikidis

Velislava Deltcheva

Maria Alina Ardelean

Eng. Dimitar Manolov

Emil Angelov

Sashka Sashova

Tore Prang

Dr. Antonios Nestoras

Anthony Agotha

Nikolaos Sofianos

Sevda Yoncheva

Dinko Eror

Dr. Ventzeslav Sabev

Ivailo Kalfin

Smilen Valov

Martina Grigorova

Francesca Cristea

Stephane Delahaye

Dr. Eng. Iliya Garkov

Maya Stefanova

Hans Grunfeld

Theodore Pelagidis

Manuela Naessl

George Marinos

Brian Fabregue

Diana Yordanova

Miroslav Marinov

Philippe Rombaut

Mihnea Cаtuti

Jan Mostrom

Christian Kuhne

Ludivine Wouters

Prof. Christiaan Vermorken

Prof. Antonios Nestoras

Tanya Hristova

Maryna Saprykina

Auke Lootsma

Arkadi Sharkov

Nadezhda Myashkova

Zornitsa Roussinova

Bogdan Ivanov

Ivan Paspaldzhiev

Simeon Kartselyanski

Tsvetan Alexiev