Description
The National Cluster Conference ‘Innovations and Clusters to a knowledge-driven economy’ seeks to create new opportunities for Bulgarian clusters and business. It will focus on the automotive industry, biotechnology, mechatronics/clean technology, ICT and new technologies in creative and recreational industries.
The event covers topics, such as:
- Startup companies – innovation, financing, barriers and challenges, success stories
- BASE – Business Achievements for Social Entrepreneurs
- Digitisation – digital and innovative hubs
- External markets with third countries outside the EU (China, Central Asian Republics)
- Innovative and cluster management
- Cluster and innovation policies
- Innovation through cooperation and competences
- Models of Networking – European Network of Cluster Associations Initiated by the ABC
- Financial instruments
The patron of the event is the Bulgarian Ministry of Economy and is organised in a partnership with BSMEPA (Bulgarian Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency), ARK Consulting and the Enterprise Europe Network. The conference host venue, Sofia Tech Park, also partners with the event and will hold a discussion panel on technology parks, including topics such as their role in the country’s economy or best practices.
Language(s) of the event: English
Networking options: matchmaking sessions, pitching sessions
Themes addressed during the event: industrial modernisation, innovation and creativity, digitalisation, smart specialisation, social impact/shared value, entrepreneurship, cross-sectoral collaboration, inter-regional EU collaboration, internationalisation/global value chains
Event website: https://conference.abclusters.org/en/#contacts
For more information contact: office [at] abclusters.org or tjilkova [at] veritascluster.com Phone: + 359 8888 444 91