CreaTech Summit South-East Europe 2023 - March 1

ABOUT THE EVENT

WELCOME TO CREATECH SUMMIT SEE 2023

CreaTech Summit SEE 2023 will take place on March 1 at Toplocentrala and is organized by The Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA) and the CreaTech Bulgaria Cluster. The event aims to:

facilitate the global proposition of the CreaTech enterprises in the South-East European region.
accelerate CreaTech business models and uptake of innovations in different industries.
give the opportunity for all participants to share knowledge and experience with experts and professionals from different fields of the creative industries, including Film and TV, Game Development, Photography, Design and Architecture.
catalyze new potential business and institutional partnerships from the country and abroad.

About Conference

Schedule Plan

01 MAR 2023

9.30 h
10.00 h

Welcome Coffee and Registration

10.00 h
13.15 h

HIGH LEVEL SESSIONS

HALL 1 BIG HALL

10.00 h
10.30 h

Opening addresses by:

Mariya Gabriel – Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth

Genoveva Christova-Murray – President of Createch Bulgaria

Boyko Takov – Executive director BSMEPA

Ministry of Innovation and Growth

Ministry of Culture

Miroslav BORSHOSH – Deputy Mayor of Sofia – Culture, Education, Sports and Youth Activities

Presented by Ivan Hristov and Andrey Arnaudov

10.30 h
11.30 h

Panel „EU Policy in Creative Industries 2022 - 2027”

Oscar Seguro-Apostolo - GD Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, EC

Veronika Manova – Policy Advisor at City Council Sofia, Digital Transition Partnership Coordinator

Dr. Diana Andreeva - Popyordanova – Director Observatory of Cultural Economics

Alice Jacubasch - Vienna Business Agency, Creativity&Business, Austria

Ivan Lopez Garrido – Board Member ECHN, General Manager of REPUBLIKKEN

Geerart Bourlon - VP Motion Picture Association, Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment

Moderator: Daniel Kaddik, EU Policy and Strategy Expert

11.30 h
12.15 h

Panel “Financial support and available programmes”

Gencho Kerezov - Deputy Mayor of Sofia for Digitalization, Innovation and Economic Growth

Kalin Marinov - Deputy Director DG "European funds for competitiveness"

Karina Angelieva - Deputy Minister of Innovation and Growth (2021-2022) and Deputy Minister of Education and Science (2018 – 2021), Executive Board Member ESFRI, Fulbright Commission Bulgaria Board Member

Dr. Petya Koleva - International CCI and innovation expert, founder of Intercultura Consult

Moderator: Teodora Jilkova, European Clusters Alliance, ECCP

12.15 h
13.15 h

Panel “Regional policy in Creative Industries”

Genoveva Christova – Createch Bulgaria Cluster, Bulgaria

Ciprian Morcan - Cluj Innovation Park, Romania

Elena Bojadjieva – Union of Macedonian Professional Associations in the Creative Industries, North Macedonia

Ivan Manojlović - Nova Iskra Cluster, Serbia

Alejandro Papadopoulos - Board of Directors ECHN, Founder & CEO We are PAU

Moderator: Sophia Shtereva – Director Createch Bulgaria Cluster

13.15 h
14.15 h

Lunch break

14.15 h
15.30 h

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

“HOW TO MAKE BUSINESS IN CREATIVE INDUSTRIES”

Session 1. Game Development Industry, hosted by Next Level Gaming - publishing and investments

Participants: Mariela Tzvetanova, CBDO Imperia Online; Martin Rusev, Studio Marketing Director, Gameloft; Venelin Tonchev, co-producer StarForge; Milin Djalaliev - co-founder Arc Academy; Dimitar Tsaprev - CEO Dreamteck

Moderator: Mila Staneva - Director of Communications, CHIBIPHOENIX

Session 2. Audiovisual Content, hosted by Stanislav Kimchev, SVP Global CEETV

Participants: Marek Solon-Lipiński - Director of International Relations TVP; Kateryna Udut - Head of Kyiv Media Week and CEO MRM; Izzet Pinto - Founder and President Global Agency; Ekin Koyuncu - Global Distribution and Partnership Director OGM Universe; Emanuele Galloni - CEO VideoPlugger; Hristo Dermendzhiev - Film Producer and Distributor; Geerart Bourlon - VP Motion Picture Association; Hristo Hadzhitanev - Programming Director bTV Media Group; Georgi Chakarov - President and CEO TVBIZZ Group

Moderator: Stanislav Kimchev, SVP Global CEETV

Session 3. Photography and Visual Storytelling, hosted by BECA

Participants: Dimitri Stefanov – Photographer & Founder of BECA; Antonio González Caro – Documentary photographer; David Linuesa - Photographer & filmmaker; Elena Bojadjieva – Photographer, President UMPACI; George Todoroff - Portrait and Commercial Photographer; Ivaylo Donchev - Action Photographer Red Bull; Alexander Kartchinski - President BECA Foundation; Janeta Paneva - Digital Arts and AI

Moderator: Velina Stefanov - Managing Director BECA

Session 4. Design and Architecture, hosted by Ligna Group

Participants: Konstantin Achkov – Designer, Sculptor; Prof. Jelena Matic, University of Belgrade; Prof. Vassil Jivkov, University of Forestry; Adriana Andreeva & Boiana Gjaurova - Studio Komplekt; Petar Zaharinov - Architect / Designer; Ilian Milinov – Product Designer; Anelia Kassabova – CEO Ligna Group; Maja Lalic - Architect, President of Mikser Gena Sabeva – AIDB; Gencho Goev - Founder & CEO dibla, DeSense, Goev

Moderator: Elena Mustakova – Head Designer Ligna Group

15.30 h
16.00 h

Coffee break

16.00 h
17.15 h

BREAKOUT SESSIONS CONTINUE