Prime Minister Stanishev to Open Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit
February 19th, 2009The Sofia Weekly, 14 Feb, 2009
The office of the Bulgarian Prime Minister, Sergey Stanishev, has confirmed that he will open the Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit, which is scheduled to take place at Sheraton Sofia Hotel Balkan, on March 5-6, 2009.
The Bulgaria Business and Investment Summit is organized by the European Finance Convention - a private company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, with a second office in London. Bulgaria’s largest English-language news provider, Sergey Stanishev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency), is an official media partner of the event.
Apart from Bulgaria’s Prime Minister, who will deliver the keynote address, the forum speakers include Ivan Iskrov, Governor, National Bank of Bulgaria; Stoyan Stalev, Director, InvestBulgaria Agency; Dobrinka Krasteva, Ministry of Finance; Yannis Tsakiris, European Investment Fund; Mardik Papazyan, National Electric Company NEK; Henry Jackelen, UNDP Bulgaria; Lulin Radulov, Black Sea Regional Energy Center; Boryana Pencheva, Ministry of Finance; Petar Statev, ICT Cluster.
Considering Bulgaria’s strengthened image abroad within the last years and the growing investment interest, the Invest in Bulgaria 2009 Summit aims to provide a meeting place for investors, finance and business leaders to assess the private and public sector business opportunities in the Bulgarian market and network under one roof.
The key issues which will resonate within the debates will include perspectives of top government priorities to attract long-term investments, of developing strategic investments as well as reforms, opportunities and new implementations within the Bulgarian energy/power sector.
The crucial topics of the Summit also include the potential of banking and financial services in Bulgaria, the role of the international financial institutions in supporting strategic investments in the Bulgarian market, Bulgaria’s real estate, infrastructure projects development, and public-private partnerships.
Over 25 speakers, many of whom are senior representatives from Bulgaria’s public sector institutions and international organizations, will provide the forum participants with a tailor-made insight of the Bulgarian market, speaking from their own experience.
