Speakers

Apostolos Tzitzikostas

European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism

Mo Gawdat

Technology visionary, global keynote speaker, and author of the bestseller Solve for Happy, former Chief Business Officer at Google X

Philippe Aghion

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

Kata Tutto

President of the European Committee of the Regions

Valère Moutarlier

Deputy Director-General, DG Internal Market (DG GROW)

Panagiotis Theodorikakos

Minister of Development of the Hellenic Republic, tbc

Julian Popov

Minister of Environment and Water (2023 - 2024), tbc

Mario Mauro

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

Andrey Novakov

Member of the group of the European People's Party in the EP

Tsvetelina Penkova

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

Iva Petrova

Deputy Minister of Energy (September 2021-present)

Sergei Stanishev

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

Lukasz Kolinski

Director for Green Transition and Energy System Integration, DG Energy, EC

Todor Ivandjikov

President, Bulgarian Aviation Industry Association

Dimitar Tsotsorkov

Chairman of The Supervisory Board of Asarel-Medet Jsc.

Dan Nica

Member of the European Parliament, ITRE, tbc

Joanna Drake

Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission;

Christos Dimas

Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance of the Hellenic Republic, tbc

Mathieu Bousquet

Director, Enlargement Coordination, Strategy & Investments, European Comission

Dominik Jarmer

Chairman of the Board of Directors of district heating company EVN Toplofikatsia Plovdiv

Slavtcho Neykov

Member of the Strategic Foresight Committee, GTF

Konstantinos Gioulekas

Deputy Minister of the Interior, Sector of Macedonia and Thrace, tbc

Haris Theoharis

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic

Genady Kondarev

Senior Associate, Central and Eastern Europe, E3G

Tsvetan Simeonov

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

Prof. Dr. Svetoslav Tsenov

CEO, Astellas, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Greece

Jesus Caballero

Jesus Caballero, CEO of SOF Connect-the operator of Vasil Levski Sofia Airport

Dimitar Enchev

Co-founder and Member of the Board of Directors of CWP

Claudia Patricolo

Ecosystem Development Director & Co-Founder Cleantech for SEE

Diana-Anda Buzoianu

Minister of Environment, Waters and Forests, Romania

Cristian Bușoi

Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Romania

Marek Mora

Vice-President, European Investment Bank

Martin Vladimirov

Director Energy and Climate Program Сеnter For The Study Of Democracy

Luis Bravo Martins

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

Dr. Manijeh Motaghy

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

Antonio García del Riego

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

Lucien Mathieu

Cars Director, Transport & Environment (T&E)

Emmanouil Vlachoyiannis

Honorary President, Thessaloniki Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Lukas Bertram

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

Yasen Georgiev

CEO, Economic Policy Institute, BEF Ambassador to Bulgaria

Kostadin Sirleshtov

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

Alexei Taran

General Director, National Agency for Energy Regulation, Moldova

Peter Fildishev

Head of Gas Trading and Operations at MET Energy Trading Bulgaria

Plamen Mladenovski

Chairman of the Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC), tbc

Petar Georgiev

Strategic Alliances, Regulatory & Sustainability at AMPECO

Mario De Martino

Managing Director of Porsche Bulgaria, Managing Director of Porsche Inter Auto BG

Savvas Karafyllidis

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

Bozidar Dedus

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

Iliyana Tsanova

Deputy Director General of DG "Budget" at the EC

Andriana Sukova

Deputy Director-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Anna Akhalkatsi

World Bank Country Director for the European Union, tbc

Dr. Claus Runge

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

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

Anelia Stefanova

Energy Transformation Strategic Area Leader, CEE Bankwatch Network

H.E. Marie Dumoulin

Ambassador of the French Republic to Bulgaria

Manyu Moravenov Ph.D.

Chief Executive Officer of the Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSE)

Victor Gugushev

Chairman of the Bulgarian-Romanian Chamber of Commerce

Aneta Vasileva

Architectural critic, lecturer at UACG, founder of the "New Architectural Heritage" Foundation

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Atanas Georgiev

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

Maria Marinova

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

Zornitsa Roussinova

President of the Economic and Social Council of Bulgaria

Konstantin Stamenov

Chairman of the Management Board of BFIEC

Sylvie Matelly

Director of the Jacques Delors Institute

Boyko Vassilev

Leading TV Presenter, Host and Producer, BNT

M. Eng. Georgi Petrov

M. Eng. Georgi Petrov, Deputy Director General, Metallic Minerals at Ellatzite-Med AD

Boyko Takov

Executive Director, Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency

Bogdan Ivanov

Director Corporate Clients at UniCredit Bulbank

Nadezhda Myashkova

CEO and Co-Founder Power Partner Solutions Ltd.

Auke Lootsma

Resident Representative of UNDP in Ukraine

International Climate and Environment Policy Expert | Independent consultant for the EC, World Bank, UNDP, OECD | Vice-President of the UNFCCC Bureau and co-chair of the Eastern European Group in 2024

Eng. Irena Tsakova

General Manager, Dundee Precious Metals Krumovgrad EAD

Konstantin Bozhinov

ANRAV Project Manager, Alternative Fuels Manager for Bulgaria and Greece, and Head of Public Relations at Heidelberg Materials Devnya JSC

Robin Teurlings

Managing Partner, Zero Emissions Fund

Natasha Santos

Head of Sustainability & Strategic Engagement, Vice President, Crop Science Division

Sasho Kjosev

PhD, President of BEF

Sofia Papadogiannaki

LIFE Programme, European Commission

Martin Danovski

Deputy Minister, Ministry of Innovation and Growth of the Republic of Bulgaria

Simeon Kartselyanski

CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) at Information Services JSC

Sasha Bezuhanova

Founder of MOVE.BG

Iliya Lingorski

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

Oscar Rey

LIFE Programme, European Commission

Vedrana Lemor

Head of Corporate Sustainability, Aurubis AG

Konstantin Bojinov

ANRAV Project Manager, Heidelberg Materials Devnya

Prof. Antonios Nestoras

Founding Director, European Policy Innovation Council

Damir Miljević

Member of MB, Center for Sustainable Energy Transition – RESET

Dr. Marina Stefanova

Director of the "Responsible and Sustainable Management" program at Sofia University

Gergana Aneva

Managing Director, Rud Pedersen Public Affairs

Lilyana Pavlova

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

Martina Grigorova

CEO at SIS Credit

Sophia Kassidova

Head of Strategy & Green Policies, BDB

Frank Hajdinjak

Vice President, Romanian Energy Center

Vasil Golemanski

Chairman of the Financial Supervision Commission of the Republic of Bulgaria

Martin Gikov

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

Dr. Eng. Iliya Garkov

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Dundee Precious Metals

Maya Stefanova

Director Environmental Affairs & Climate Action, Agropolychim AD

Hans Grunfeld

President, IFIEC Europe

Sashka Sashova

Chief Marketing Officer, Power Partner Solutions (PPS)

Stephane Delahaye

Chairman, French-Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Francesca Cristea

Head of Policy and Programs, Europuls

Nikolaos Sofianos

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

Martina Grigorova

Executive Director, SIS Credit

Catherine Canter

Expert in International Development and Social Transition

Dr. Antonios Nestoras

Founding Director, European Policy Innovation Council (EPIC)

Ivailo Kalfin

Executive Director, Eurofound

Dr. Ventzeslav Sabev

Associate Director, Observatory@Geneva University

Milla Filipova

Product Manager at Information Services

Smilen Valov

Executive Director, Employment Agency of Bulgaria

Tsanko Arabadzhiev

Member of the Managing Board and Executive Director of Bulgarian Development Bank

Theodore Pelagidis

Deputy Governor, Bank of Greece

Karina Angelieva

Executive Director, ISTC

Andreas von Busch

Head of Unit, DG REGIO E3, European Commission

Philippe Rombaut

Co-Owner and Chairman of the Board, Agropolychim AD

Mihnea Cаtuti

Executive Director, Energy Policy Group

Jan Mostrom

President, Euromines

Rosen Papazov

CEO, Holcim Bulgaria

Diana Yordanova

Deputy Chair, Financial Supervision Commission

Christian Kuhne

Managing Director, Think Tank for Industrial Resource Strategies

George Marinos

Innovation & Digital Partnerships, National Bank of Greece

Ludivine Wouters

Managing Partner, Latitude Five

Brian Fabregue

President, Blue Europe

Claudia Marcusson

Adjunct, National University of Singapore and C-Level Advisor

Manuela Naessl

Head of Bulgaria, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Miroslav Marinov

Executive Director, PAC Doverie

Eng. Dimitar Manolov

President of the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour

Munir Hassan

CMS Global Head of Energy, Copelouzos group

Evgeny Angelov

Chairman of the Bulgarian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

Nadezhda Myashkova

CEO, Power Partner Solutions (PPS)

Yordan Bozhilov

Deputy Minister of Defence, Republic of Bulgaria

Dr. Borislav Bankov

Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth, Republic of Bulgaria

Dobroslav Dimitrov

Co-Founder, Raisen Technology

Velislava Deltcheva

Ombudsman of the Republic of Bulgaria

Dinko Eror

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

Bogdan Ivanov

Director Corporate Clients, UniCredit Bulbank

Margarita Kirilova

Business Development Manager, Cyber One

Nicolas Guignard

Industrial expert, HACE

Edward Randolph

Member of Investment Board of Enery Bulgaria

Suzana Carp

Co-Founder Cleantech for CEE & Cleantech for SEE

Kalina Tcolova

Energy and Climate Analyst, Center for the Study of Democracy

Georgios Karakatsanis

Founder and Director, EVOTROPIA Ecological Finance Architectures

Boyan Rashev

Managing partner at Denkstatt

Miroslava Chakarska

Business Development Manager – Sustainable Products at Heidelberg Materials Devnya JSC

Eng. Ivan Ivanov

Chairman of the Bulgarian Water Association (BWA)

Atanas Pekanov

Deputy Prime Minister for Management of European Funds (2022-2023)

Dr. Rumyana Grozeva

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

Jessika Roswall

Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

Raphael Héliot

Senior Policy Manager, E-Mobility Europe

Andrej Lepavcov

President, Engineering Institution of Macedonia

Giorgos Kremlis

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

Prof. Christiaan Vermorken

Managing Director, Carrières du Hainaut

Nadezhda Vasileva

Managing Director of Adecco Bulgaria

Tsvetelina Kuzmanova

Senior Project Manager, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Vasil Terziev

Mayor of Sofia

Tomislav Tomašević

Mayor of the City of Zagreb, tbc

Nadya Dankinova

Executive Director of the FLAG Foundation

Roumen Markov

GM, Large Infrastructure Projects

Silvia Georgieva

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

Ivelina Vasileva

Adviser to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria, Minister of Environment and Water (2014-1017)

Yalchin Rafiyev

Lead Negotiator for COP29 Azerbaijan and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ivana Vojinović

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

Joanna Masic

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

Mariya Hristova

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

Nadya Dankinova

Executive Director of Fund FLAG

Enrico Letta

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

Stéphane Aver

President, Transitions Foundation

Blagoy Burdin

Institute of Electrochemistry and Energy Systems (IEES-BAD)

Ivan Delibasic

Director, Advocacy Hydrogen Europe

Ekaterina Zaharieva

Commissioner (2024-2029) | Startups, Research and Innovation

Maryna Saprykina

Founder, Ukrainian Women-Entrepreneurs Hub

Stefan Tsalov

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

Miglena Temelkova

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

Monika Manolova

Innovation expert at Digital National Alliance

Milena Stoycheva

Minister of Innovation (2023 - 2024)

Lou Kaiser

Head of ESG, EUPD

Andrea Bogoni

Research Fellow, Blue Europe

Prof. Daria Vladikova

Sci. Coordinator of H2start CoE – Trakia University