programme

 Programme
Strategic Infrastructure and Investments Bulgaria 2017
 
8:30-9:00 Registration
 
9:00 – 10:20 Panel 1. DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDING OF STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN BULGARIA - strategies, plans and expectations. Priorities and investments plans 2017-2020. 
- Transport strategy of Bulgaria. Connected Europe Facility - a factor for economic growth in the region. 
Will the financial facility help deal with the shortage of investments. Public-private partnership - funding model.
- Are the goals of regions convergence to be achieved. The new Bulgarian projects. 
The challenges for implementation of the priorities in the program period 2014-2020. 
-The challenges before Bulgaria as a member of the European Union regarding the shortage of finding. 
Where are focused the efforts in the sectors ecology, risk prevention?
- Priority energy infrastructure – the condition for the integration of Bulgarian energy in the regional and European energy markets.
 
Participants:
Ivaylo Moskovski, minister of transport, information technology and communications 
Malina Krumova, deputy minister of regional development and public works
Atanaska Nikolova, deputy minister of environment and water
Temenuzhka Petkova, minister of energy
Moderator: Nikolay Stankov, chairman of the Bulgarian Construction Chamber
 
10:20 – 10:30 Coffee break 
 
10:30 – 12:50 Panel 2. TRANSPORT AND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE BULGARIA 2014 – 2020 - state, projects and approved funding for roads, railways, ports, airports, intermodal terminals. Transport infrastructure innovations. European funding for transport projects. Bulgarian economy and priority transport projects.
 
10:30-11:40 Part 1:
- European funding of transport projects 2014 – 2020
- Progress and current state of the transport railway projects 2017-2020
- Sofia Metropolitan development 2017-2020
- Intermodal terminals - current state
 
Participants:
Galina Vasileva, director of Programs and Projects Coordination directorate at the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications
Ivo Yanakiev, head of the Project Preparation at the Bulgarian National Railway Infrastructure Company
Stoyan Bratoev, CEO, Metropolitan AD
Vasil Popov, Commercial director and procurator, Semmelrock Stein + Design
Moderator:  Prof. Nikolay Mihaylov, PhD in Economics, chairman of Bulgarian Forum for Transport Infrastructure Association 
 
11:40-12:50 Part 2:
- Strategic road projects and safe road infrastructure - development 2017-2020. New vision for changes of the Strategy for Development of the Transport System of the Republic of Bulgaria until 2020. Safe road infrastructure. 
- Ports infrastructure - investment projects
- Bulgarian economy and priority transport projects - the business point of view
 
Participants:
Dipl. Eng. Iveta Koleva, director of Operational Programme "Transport and Transport Infrastructure" 2014-2020, Road Infrastructure Agency
Arch. Petar Dikov, expert
Evgenia Karadjzova, CEO, ESRI Bulgaria
Prof. Ph. D. Dipl. Eng. Rumen Milanov, Management Board, Road Safety Bulgarian Branch Association
Plamen Kostov, Project Manager, Stanilov LTD
Moderator: Dipl. Eng. Pavel Dikovski, Deputy chairman of the Management board, BBC “Roads”
 
12:50-13:30 Lunch
 
13:30 – 14:40 Panel 3. ECOLOGIC INFRASTRUCTURE — priorities and water management, water and waste engineering projects. Projects 2017-2020
- Water sector reform
- Mechanisms and instruments for water sector projects funding
- Presentation of current projects, innovative technologies and products for effective management and improvement of water and environment quality
- Good practices at ecologic projects implementation
- Waste as a resource
 
Participants:
Ivanka Videnova, director at Water and Sewerage directorate, Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works
Svetla Ivanova,  state expert of the Programming and Planning Department at Environment Operational Programme chief directorate, Ministry of Environment and Water 
Ivaylo Kolev, Senior Water Supply and Sanitation Specialist, The World Bank 
Petar Yordanov, director “Environment”,  Geostroy
Veronika Krasteva, project engineer, HTI Bulgaria
Veselin Dimitrov, Chief Engineer Operations and Maintenance, Sofiyska voda
Moderator: Dobromir Simidchiev, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund for Local Authorities and Governments FLAG
 
14:30-16:30 Panel 4. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE — projects and investments in gas interconnections 2017-2020
- Energy infrastructure development as a factor for the energy supply safety and a prerequisite for liberalisation of electric power and natural gas markets. Challenges and perspectives
- Investments in infrastructure for natural gas transit in Bulgaria. Gas interconnectors. Balkans gas hub. Funding sources
- Accelerated development of the gas supply and household consumption distribution system 
- Development and investments in transmission infrastructure and market liberalization. Infrastructure for trade in energy and integration of markets in the region
- Nuclear energetics in Bulgaria - current projects
 
Participants:
Zhecho Stankov, deputy minister of Energy, Chairman of the Board, Bulgarian Energy Holding
Teodora Georgieva, executive director, ICGB 
Petio Ivanov, executive director, BEH
Victoria Popovska, Head of Department, Electricity Market, Electricity System Operator EAD, Bulgaria
Plamena Nenkova, Head of Analysis and International Activities Division, Bulgartransgas
Katerina Novakova, senior lawyer, Wolf Theiss
Svetoslav Ivanov, executive director, Overgas 
Olivier Market, head of business development at the newly created EurAsia SBU executive director and president of AES Bulgaria
Krasimir Nenov, executive director, Contоur Global, Maritsa East 3
Moderator: Galina Alexandrova, 3Е News
 

 

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