Bulgaria Digital Summit 2018 | Webit Foundation | 26 June 2018 | Arena Armeec, bul. "Asen Yordanov" 1, 1113 БАН IV км., Sofia, Bulgaria

Bulgaria Digital Summit is the the annual traditional summit that gathers top bulgarian experts in the field of digital marketing, Seo, advertising, marketing and Pr + technology solution providers in order to discuss local market trends, case studies from last year in a half day absolutely practically oriented format of panel discussions and real interaction with the audience of local owners of Sme's from variety of industries, employees in big brands locally represented and experts with tech, marketing, business dev. background, media and agencies.

2018 Speakers:

H.E. Boyko Borisov
Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria; Rotating President, Council of the European Union

Mariya Gabriel
Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society, European Commission

Tawakkol Karman
Nobel Prize winner, Nobel Peace Prize

Yordanka Fandakova
Mayor of Sofia

Maurice Levy
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Publicis Groupe

Sophia
Hanson Robotics Limited

Edna Conway
Chief Security Officer, Cisco

Iliyana Tsanova
Deputy Managing Director, European Fund for Strategic Investment

Matt Brittin
President, Emea, Google

Ekaterina Zaharieva
Deputy Prime Minister for Judicial Reform and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Bulgaria

Mounir Mahjoubi
Secretary of State for Digital Affairs, France

Pat Breen
Minister for Trade, Employment, Business, Eu Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Ireland

Lilyana Pavlova
Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2018

Roberto Viola
Director General, Dg Connect

Sharan Burrow
General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Plamen Russev
Founder & Chairman, Webit Foundation

Jim Green
Senior Vice President, Salesforce

Esther Wojcicki
Founder, Palo Alto High Media Arts Center

Yonov Frederick Agah
Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organisation

Mari Kiviniemi
Deputy Secretary-General, Oecd, United Nations

Ralph Simon
Chief Executive & Founder, Mobilium Global

Bogomil Balkansky
Vice President, Google

Carl Bildt
Chair, Global Commission on Internet Governance

Catherine Carlton
Mayor elect (2014 and 2015) Menlo Park City, Silicon Valley

Didier Stoessel
Chief Executive Officer and Vice – Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nova Broadcasting Group

Mark Raben
Chief Technology Officer, Middle & Eastern Europe, Sap

Boris Goncharov
Chief Cyber Security Strategist, Amatas

Artur Turemka
General Manager for the Balkans, Mastercard

Brian Behlendorf
Executive Director, Hyperledger

Juraj Vaculik
Chief Executive Officer, Aeromobil

Andrew Tsao
Managing director, Silicon Valley Bank

Pilar del Castillo Vera
Member of the European Parliament

Simon P. Worden
Chairman, Breakthrough Prize Foundation

Emma McClarkin
Member of the European Parliament

Eva Maydell (Paunova)
Member of the European People's Party Group, European Parliament

Răzvan Popa
Member of the European Parliament

Gal Luft
Co-Director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security

Delphine Leroy
Policy Officer, European Commission

François Chopard
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Starburst

Dr. Joseph (Yossi) Vardi

Gergana Passy
Founding President of the Digital National Alliance

Karel Obluk
General Partner, Evolution Equity Partners

Enrico Salvatori
Senior Vice President and President Emea, Qualcomm

Rumyana Trencheva
Managing Director, Sap South-East Europe

Prof. Shafi Ahmed
Consultant Surgeon & Co-founder, Virtual Medics & Medical Realities

Eugene Borukhovich
Global Head of Digital Health Innovation, Bayer

Igor Beuker
Speaker, Publicist, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor

Daphna Steinmetz
Chief Technology Officer & Executive Vice President, Strategy & Innovation General Manager, Emea, Digital Turbine

Stanislav Georgiev
Head of Media Broadcasting, A1 Telekom Austria Group

Mark Val
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Arx

Johann Stan
European Patent Office

Sheree Atcheson
United Kingdom Expansion Director, Women Who Code

Andreas Winiarski
Partner, Earlybird Venture Capital

Robert C. Wolcott
Founder & Executive Director, Kellogg Innovation Network (KIN)

Chris Clarke
Chief Executive Officer, Founder, Group of humans

Francesca Bria
Chief Technology and Digital Innovation Officer, City of Barcelona

Rick Tumlinson
Co-Founder and Chair of the Board, Deep Space Industries

Floris van de Klashorst
Senior Vice President, Digital Products and Services, Volkswagen Group

David Hanson
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Hanson Robotics Limited

Cristina De Juan
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Imtinnovation.com

Federico Flórez Gutierrez
Chief Information & Innovation Officer, Ferrovial

Jean-Philippe Aumasson
Vice President, Kudelski Security

Rami Essaid
Co-Founder, Distil Networks

Liliana Reasor
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, SupraFin

Ton Van't Noordende
Tech investor, IIR StartupDelta, Founder Edt Foundation.

Elena Petrova
International Business Development Executive, A1 Telekom Austria Ag

Raphael Crouan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Startupbootcamp IoT Program

Michel Adam
President and Chief Executive Officer, FashionTv

Paul Dowling
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer, Dreamstake & Co-Founder, HoxTech Angels

Aniela Russeva
Webit.Foundation

Richard Browning
Founder, Gravity

Patrick van der Smagt
Director of Ai Research, Volkswagen Group

Saskia Steinacker
Vice President, Digital Excellence, Bayer

Vish Sowani
Visa President, Head of Innovation and Strategic Partnerships for Europe, Visa

Angelo Marino
Head, Safeguarding Secure Society at Research Executive Agency, Eu Commission

Krassimira Chemishanska
Country Director, Amgen Bulgaria

Sevdalina Vasileva
Chief Retail Banking Officer, Member of the Management Board and Executive Director of Fibank

Ulyana Shtybel
Co-founder and Vice President, HighCastle

Young Kang
Vice President, Emea Biz Development, Kaonmedia Co., Ltd

Maurizio Rossi
Founder Co-Chief Executive Officer, H-Farm

Irena Komitova
Managing Partner, Creative Solutions

Benoist Grossmann
Managing Director, Idinvest Partners

Nicolas Verschelden
Head of Digital Innovation, Anheuser-Busch InBev

Thimo Schmitt-Lord
Executive Director and Head, Bayer Foundations

Lara Comi
Member of the European Parliament

Monica Monaco
Founder and Managing Director, TrustEuAffairs

Dr. Woojin Kim
Chief Medical Information Officer at the Healthcare Division of Nuance Communications

Tsahi Liberman
Vice President Foreign Affairs, GameIs

Sonya Richardson
President, Pwn Global

Tiemo Wölken
Member of the European Parliament

Anna Radulovski
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Coding Girls

Sridhar Iyengar
Chief Executive Officer, Elemental Machines

Ger Baron
Chief Technology Officer, City of Amsterdam

Rositsa Zaimova
Co-Founder, Dalberg Data Insights

Pearse O'Donohue
Director, Future Networks, European Commission, Dg Connect

Martin Wezowski
Chief Designer & Futurist, Sap

Eddy Hartog
Head of Unit Smart Mobility and Living, European Commission

Nigel Ackland
An Ordinary Man

Jelena Djokovic
National Director, Novak Djokovic Foundation

Nitin Gaur
Director, Ibm Blockchain Labs

Monique Morrow
President and Co-Founder, The Humanized Internet

Lieke van Kerkhoven
Co-Founder, Floow2 Healthcare

Daniel Bahr
Member of the Board, Allianz Private Health Insurance

Ashish Gadnis
Co-Founder/Investor, Banquapp

Mariya Filipova
Associate Director, Deloitte Global Innovation

David Cole
Co-Founder, UK Children’s Charity Thinking of Oscar

Lila Stavropoulou
Business Consultant and a Corporate Communication Scientist

Laurence Ainouz
Chief Executive Officer, Health:Augmented

Matt Lowe
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Performance-io

João Tremoceiro
Chief Data Officer, Lisbon

John Nosta
Founder of Nostalab

Thibault Gregoire
General Counsel, Europe, MasterCard

Mikael Conny Svensson
Vice-President Government Affairs & Public Policy Europe, Mastercard

Louise Holden
Vice-President, Government and Development Data and Services, Mastercard

Pekka Mäki
Managing Partner, 3Ts Capital Partners

Caritta Seppa
Chief Operating Officer & Co-Founder, Tespack

Patrick Barwise
Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing, London Business School

Victor Savevski
Chief Digital Officer at Humanitas Healthcare Group

Jaya Baloo
Chief Information Security Officer, Kpn Telecom

Karel Lannoo
Chief Executive, Ceps

Oluwatoyin A. Subair
Executive Chairman, Digital Play Limited

Hila Cohen
International Business Development Lead, Innovation Accelerator, World Food Programme

Yves Leterme
Secretary General – Idea, Former Prime Minister of Belgium

Shaukat Shamim
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Youplus

Tjaša Zajc
Digital Health Researcher, Business Developer, Iryo

Stefan Piech
Chief Executive Officer, Your Family Entertainment Ag

Michele Mosca
Founder, Institute for Quantum Computing

Matthias Settele
General Director, Tv Markiza

Chris Dziadul
Co-founder and Co-Owner, Broadband Tv News

Dobromira Boyadjieva
Senior Manager, Arthur D. Little’ Time practice

Ethan Pierse
Partner, Borderless Ventures

Berk Uziyel
Executive Director, Spi International

Giorgia Zunino
Scientific Director Hedux.org - Strategic Project Manager Asl Roma1

Bill Wijdeveld
Vice President Business Development, M7 Group

Alexander Renz
Managing Partner, New Mobility Consulting

Reinhard Bütikofer
Member of the European Parliament

Frederic Llordachs-Marqués
Founder, Doctoralia

Alessandro Rotilio
Inventor, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Endosight

Dr. Sandeep Bansal
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Medic Creations

Marika Mazzi Boém
Co-Founder, the Lean in Eu Women Business Angels

Sabine VanderLinden
Chief Executive Officer for the InsurTech Business, Startupbootcamp

Cyrille Najjar
Chief Executive Officer, Sensio Air

Yuri Lobyntsev
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Cindicator

Dr. Vishal Nangalia
Founder MedicalandMe, Consultant Anaesthetist and Medical Machine Learning Ninja

Lorena Macnaughtan

Sophia Swire
Award winning Social Entrepreneur and Senior Business Development Adviser

Akash Gaurav
Blockchain Entrepreneur & Chief Executive Officer, Auxesis Group

Szabi Nagy
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Turbine

Sébastien de Brouwer
Chief Policy Officer, the European Banking Federation

Arantxa Alonso
Executive Managing Director, Xmoba Ventures, a Seat Group Company

Ophir Gertner
Founder, Smartologic Technologies

Christian Mandl
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Neulogy Ventures

Ted Oorbals
Chief Executive Officer, Biocryptology

Frederic de Wilde
President, European Union Region, Philip Morris International (PMI)

Pablos Holman
World-renowned Hacker, Inventor, Technology Futurist

Konstantinos Geroulis
Sales Executive, Hellas Sat

Jan Pommer
Director Team and Federation Relations, EslGaming

Eglinor Ramaj
Acquisitions & International Business Manager, Digit-Alb Sh.A

Nikola Francetic
Head of Group Content, Media and Broadcasting, A1 Telekom Austria Group

Emma Jones
Vice President Commercial Affairs, Viasat World

Andrej Miklánek
Marketing Executive, Slovak Telekom and T-Mobile Czech Republic

Maximilian Waldmann
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Conichi

David Couret
Director of Technical Solutions for Distribution, France 24

Jacques Bonifay
Chief Executive Officer/Président, Transatel

Marko Guček
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, GoOpti

Steve King
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, Black Swan

Roberto Ascione
Chief Executive Officer, Healthware Group

Thaer Sabri
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Electronic Money Association

Bora Yılmaz
Co-Founder, Revo Capital

Lance Morgin
Chief Executive Officer, Director & Co-Founder, Blockchain Intelligence Group

Iain Couzin
Director, Max Planck Institute and the Chair of Biodiversity and Collective Behaviour, University of Konstanz, Germany

Ana Teresa Lehmann
Secretary of State of Industry, Portugal

Tomáš Vyhnánek
Deputy Minister of Finance, Czech Republic

Eddie Astanin
Chairman of the Executive Board of National Settlement Depository, Moscow, the Russian Federation

David Hunter
Non Executive Chairman at AngelFinTech & Emerging Payments Businesses

Popo Chen
Chief Executive Officer & Founder, CobinHood

Martin Klein
Global Head of Industry Business Unit for Public Sector, Sap

Natalia Panina
Sap Mee Public services General Manager, Sap

Emmanuel Cassimatis
Head France/United Kingdom, Sap.iO Fund

Torsten Haux
Vice President Global Media Rights + ESportsTV, Esl

Amit Chatterjee
Partner & Co-Founder, Shadow Factory

Ajay Ramchandran
Founding Partner, Happiness Ventures

Venelin Petkov
Director of News, Current Affairs and Sports, bTv Media Group

Rebecca Love
US Director, Hire Nurses

Katrina Percy
Global Chief Executive Officer, Southern Health Nhs Foundation Trust

2018 Sponsors

GENERAL:
• Mastercard

STRATEGIC MEDIA:
• Net Info
• Nova

ORGANIZERS:
• Eacademy
• Webit Foundation