INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

 

CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

 

24 October 2019 г.

VUZF, Hall 501, floor 5

 

AGENDA

 

09.30 – 10.30   Registration and coffee 

10.30 – 11.00   Official opening

Prof. Grigorii Vazov, PhD, Rector of VUZF University, Executive Director of VUZF Lab

 

Mariyana Nikolova, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic and Demographic Policy 

 

Lachezar Borisov, Deputy Minister of Economy

 

11.00 – 12.30 FIRST PANEL: FINANCING OF THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY

The role of the financial institutions (banks and insurance companies) in financing the circular economy

How does the transition to circular economy affect the insurance business?

Capital markets trends related to the circular economy

11.00 – 11.10  Circular Economy: The New Normal (Keynote presentation)

Prof.Virginia Zhelyazkova, PhD, Deputy Rector for education and quality management, VUZF University, Program Director of Finance and Financial Management research department, VUZF Lab

11.10 – 11.20  Video presentation

Prof. Panikkos Poutziouris, PhD, Rector of the University of Central Lancashire (UClan Cyprus), lecturer at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge 

11.20 – 11.30 Circular Economy: Origin and Evolution in Italy (presentation)

Prof. Giovanni Lagioia, PhD,  Head of „Department of Economics, Management and Business Law“, University of Bari „Aldo Moro“, Italy 

 11.30 – 12.00  Panel discussion  

Panelists:  Konstantin Velev, Chairman of the Management Board of the Association of Bulgarian Insurers, Lubomir Datzov, Member of the Fiscal Council of the Republic of Bulgaria, Levon Hampartzoumian, Chairman of the Management Board of the Bulgarian business leaders forum, Assoc. Prof. Manu Moravenov, PhD, Executive Director of Bulgarian Stock Exchange, lecturer at VUZF University, Mariana Hamanova, Executive Director of Cleantech Bulgaria

 

Moderator: Prof. Virginia Zhelyazkova, PhD, Deputy Rector for education and quality management, VUZF University, Program Director of Finance and Financial Management research department, VUZF Lab

 

12.00 – 12.30 Q&A

12.30 – 13.00  Light lunch and coffee 

13.00 – 15.00 SECOND PANEL: CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND  FOREIGN TRADE POLICY

Which are the Bulgarian foreign trade imbalances?

What is the competitiveness of the Bulgarian export?

Import or export-oriented economy – “good practices”

Circular economy and import-export 

13.00 – 13.15 Bulgarian trade imbalances (Keynote Presentation)

Prof. Daniela Bobeva, PhD, VUZF University

13.15 – 13.25 Outlook of circular economy experience (presentation)

Assoc. Prof. Teodoro Galluci, PhD, University of Bari „Aldo Moro“, Italy

13.25 – 14.15  Panel Discussion

 

Panelists: Prof. Virginia Zhelyazkova, PhD, VUZF University, Nikola Zikatanov, Deputy Chairman of Bulgarian Industrial Capital Association (BICA), Iliya Lingorski, Chief Economist, Bulgarian Development Bank, Vladimir Karolev, founder and CEO, SEE Capital Advisory, Borislav Georgiev, Foreign trade Expert – Bulgarian Foreign Trade 2001 – 2018 (presentation)

 

Moderator: Prof. Daniela Bobeva, PhD, VUZF University

 

14.15  – 14.45 Q&A

14.45 – 14.50 Closing  

15.00 – 17.00  Cocktail and networking

Working languages of the conference: Bulgarian and English

 

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