ECONOMIC FORUM ITALY – BULGARIA Growing Together

Sofia Hotel Balkan, Sofia – April 14th, 2015 8h30 – 9h00 Registration and welcome reception Institutional greetings Moderator: Italian Ambassadorin Bulgaria, H.E.Marco Conticelli 9h00 – 9h30 BozhidarLukarski, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Bulgaria

Benedetto Della Vedova, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Business between Italy and Bulgaria: promotion Moderator: Director of ICE Agencyin Sofia, MsCinzia Bruno 9h30 – 10h15 Presentation of the promotional video “Italy the extraordinary commonplace”

Riccardo Monti, President of ICE Agency Italy Stamen Yanev, Executive Director of InvestBulgaria Nikola Stoyanov, Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency

10h15-10h30 Coffee Break

Business between Italy and Bulgaria: entrepreneurship Moderators: President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria, Mr Marco Montecchi and Chairman of Confindustria Bulgaria, Mr Pietro Luigi Ghia 10h30- 12h00 Alberto Baban, President of Small Industries and Deputy President of Confindustria

Giuseppe Scognamiglio, Head of Institutional Affairs and regulators of UniCredit Gaetano Fausto Esposito, Secretary General of Assocamerestero – Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce Abroad

KamenKolev, Deputy Chairman of Bulgarian Industrial Association (BIA)

Irina Yordanova,Project Directorof Confederation of the Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB)

12h00 – 12h40 Business Cases

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Matteo FumagalliRomario, Sol

Projects with EU Funds in Bulgaria conducted by Tanya Trayanova, Head of International Cooperation Department, Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria)

Court of Arbitration conducted by Roberto Mascali, Director Confindustria Bulgaria 12h40 – 13h00 Conclusions

Pietro Luigi Ghia, President of Confindustria Bulgaria Marco Montecchi, President of Italian Chamber of Commerce in Bulgaria

13h00 – 14h30 Light Lunch