Upcoming events in Sofia
The Global AI On Tour Bulgaria 2020
The Global AI On Tour is a free event organized across the world in April, May and June by local communities that are passionate about artificial intelligence on Microsoft Azure.
The event takes place with venues on every continent. The Global AI On Tour is centrally managed by the HQ in the Netherlands with support from Microsoft and blends a perfect balance of quality content, awesome talks, and hands-on learning with like-minded peers in the community.
The event in Sofa, Bulgaria will be held on 6 June, 2020.
Innovation Hackathon 2020
For a 7th consecutive year, Innovation Starter is organizing Innovation Academy 2020 – Bulgaria Innovation Hackathon for students in collaboration with the leading Bulgarian universities.
Vladimir Danailov, Deputy Mayor of Sofia for Digitalisation, Innovation and Economic Development, will join the opening session of the Innovation Hackathon.
The event will take place as a 24-hour hackathon – a competition with elements of programming and prototyping. The winning team of students with the most creative and applicable idea will receive a prize of 10 000 leva, provided by the European Investment Bank, and a visit to Brussels with the institutional support of the European Commission in Bulgaria.
The hackathon will be hosted by the Peroto Literary Club where on the 5th and 6th June 2020 the participants will be able to develop their ideas and will have 15 minutes to present them as presentations and demo versions of products and services under the mentorship of the jury, the partners and the members of the organizers.
Due to the measures, introduced in the country because of COVID-19, the event will be held online via remote work with mentors and online jurying. In this case, the results of the competition will be announced on the official website and Facebook page of the Hackathon.
BalREAct – #Action in crisis
BalREAct – #Action in crisis will provide market players with an opportunity to analyze and share their views on key environmental drivers, models of response to the humanitarian, social, economic, financial and market challenges posed by the situation, as well as the important processes for optimizing the systemic risk, which already creates difficulties and uncertainty for the real estate industry.
Discussion sessions with a focus on the residential market, office space market and the future of workspaces will form the conference programme.
The Deputy Mayor of Sofia for Digital Transformation, Innovation and Economic Development Vladimir Danailov will participate in the PRE-OPENING session: MACRO TREND – BULGARIA AND THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES, 09:00 – 09:45.
Major accents
Macro environment: Scenarios, fiscal policies, interest rates, crisis response tools and liquidity provision. Governments, central banks and policies to restart economic life as a key factor for recovery.
Capital markets: How risky are the assets in real estate in time of global uncertainty and are trends expected to change in key markets? What are the prospects for the different market segments?
The epidemic affects the office space market in Bulgaria and in particular – Sofia. Models of reaction and adaptation.
Financing: Banks and investors point of view – expectations, financial instruments and credit restructuring models. What will happen to interest rates and funding requirements for real estate projects?
What will be the impact of the extraordinary market situation on the different segments of the real estate sector – residential, office space, shopping malls, hotels, logistics and industrial real estate?
How will the co-working sector respond to the risks imposed?
What are the features that provide stability and flexibility to the residential projects?
What are the main pillars of the residential market to deal with the emergency situation?
Force majeure, emergency situation and termination or renegotiation of contracts – expert view and models for dealing with specific legal cases in the industry.
Find out more about BalREаct – #Action in crisis 2020 here.
Registration is free of charge with a work email address here.
BG/ENG/BG simultaneous translation will be provided by the organizers.
Pharmacy & Healthcare Digital Summit
Pharmacy is one of the business sectors that are fundamental to every society’s well-being. The sector has withstood the severe crisis and is developing with an upward trend both in Bulgaria and worldwide, with the leaders in the pharmaceutical market being at the heart of innovation in the industry.
The pharmaceutical industry is what drives the search and enforcement of effective solutions and innovative approaches in the development of a health economy of a new kind.
You are welcome to join the 8th pharmaceutical conference of Enterprise Magazine – Pharmacy & Healthcare Digital Summit – тенденции и иновации, where you will acquire a better understanding of the industry innovation, the current challenges, opportunities and best practices in managing pharmaceutical companies.
Read more about the event here.
