Innovation Explorer 2024 | Innovation Starter | 21 February 2024 | Sofia Tech Park, Boulevard "Tsarigradsko shose" 111Ж, ет.2, 1784 м. Къро, Sofia, Bulgaria

This event is change waits for nobody. The world around us is changing. The way we do business, the way we study, the way we communicate with each other, our consumer habits, the list goes on. And people are inherently afraid of change. But change can be good. It can force us to evolve and grow.

Innovation requires change as a must. So with each novel possibility we are presented with a choice. To keep walking down the familiar road or to reevaluate our priorities and change our course onward and upward.

2024 Speakers

Prof. Jeffrey Pfeffer
Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Prof. Sohail Inayatullah
UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies, IIUM. Professor, Tamkang University

Selin Kaptana
VC Investor, 500 Emerging Europe

Dr. David Born
Head, Roland Berger Institute

Mrs. Deepti Pahwa
Bestselling Author, Moonshot Thinker, Ally for Entrepreneurs & Innovators

Anil Atilgan
CEO, StartMe

Mr. Elvin Guri
Managing Partner, CEO, Invenio Partners

Mr. Parvan Simeonov
CEO, Gallup International Balkan

Prof. Dr. Elenita Velikova
Secretary General for Science, UNWE, Economics of Tourism Department, UNWE, Sofia

Mr. Boris Kostadinov
Director, Software Integrations, Information Services Jsc.

Assoc. Prof. Atanas Georgiev, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Economics & Business Administration, Sofia University

Mrs. Maria Mincheva
Vice President, Bulgarian Industrial Association

Mr. Nikolai Andreev
CEO, Vivacom

Mr. Boyko Takov
Executive Director, Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency

Dr. Mina Hristova
Assistant professor, 'Balkan Ethnology' Department, Bulgarian Academy of Science

Mrs. Sylvia Ilieva
Director, GATE Institute

Mr. Petar Kichashki
Executive Director, Institute for Modern Politics

Tzvetanka Mintcheva
CEO, Chairman, Management board of UniCredit Bulbank

Mr. Tim Kurth
CEO, Aurubis Bulgaria

Mr. Radoslav Nikolov
Managing Director, SAP Labs Bulgaria

Iravan Hira
Managing Director, The Financial Times Bulgaria

Asst. Prof. Valentina Dolmova
Social & Political Psychologist, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Mr. Manyu Moravenov
CEO Bulgarian Stock Exchange, European Climate Pact Ambassador

Prof. Antoaneta Hristova
Director, Institute of Population and Human Studies (IPHS) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS)

Mrs. Hristina Kasparyan
Director, International Economic Relations Centre at the Bulgarian Industrial Association

Mr. Svetlozar Petrov
Managing Director, JobTiger

Mrs. Elena Darieva
Sociologist, CEO NASOCA Agency

Venelin Petkov
Journalist

Mrs. Mirolyuba Benatova
Journalist

Mr. Emil Spahyiski
Journalist

Marieta Dimitrova
Journalist

Mrs. Flora Stratieva
Journalist

Kristiyan Yulzari
Freelance Journalist

2024 Sponsors

GENERAL PARTNERS:
• Unicredit Bulbank
• Kaufland
• Aurubis
• Vivacom
• SAP
• Lukoil

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• Bulgarian SME Promotion Agency
• Bulgarian Stock Exchange
• Sofia Techpark

MAIN PARTNER:
• Nescafe

ASSOCIATED PARTNERS:
• TEDxVitosha
• Krib
• Green Finance & Energy Centre
• Bulgarian Industrial Association
• Bulgarian Association for People Management
• Imdepartment
• InnoGrowth
• Bulgaria Innovation Hub
• Bulgarian Association of Communications Agencies
• Basscom
• Bait
• Bulgarian Center for Not-For-Profit Law
• JA Bulgaria
• CEED Bulgaria
• StartUP
• AIBEST
• Puzl
• Digital Alliance
• SingularityU
• Telerik Academy
• Karoll
• BEC
• Rinker
• Coursedot
• Coderdojo
• AEJ
• Mediapost Hit Mail
• Reach for Change
• Tuk-Tam
• Fintech Bulgaria
• Gabrovo Innovation Camp
• Aicluster
• Bcause
• Biocluster
• Techno Magic Land
• Presentation Leader
• Campus X
• Sofia Green
• Gate
• Paysera
• IPHS