AGENDA

DAY ONE
#educate Thursday 20 February 2020

08:30 – 09:30	REGISTRATION
09:30 – 09:40	WELCOME to BSB CW Summit 2020 Stoyan Pasev, Regional Governor, Regional Administration of Varna
09:40 – 11:00	CREATING & CONDUCTING IMPACTFUL PRESENTATIONS *Catherina Nedelina,* VP Marketing, PMI St. Petersburg Chapter, View presentation How to: present your idea / project / product in an efficient way attract the attention of the broad public and key stakeholders get the administrative support and close the deal
11:00 – 11:20	NETWORKING BREAK
11:20 – 12:30	LEARNING CURVE BLOCK I – The World of Meetings
	Memorable Events & Everyone matters *Rozalina Kreissl,* General Manager & Owner, Mercury-97 Ltd, Conferences & Travel, Download presentation Where does the journey begin? The importance of being PCO Iva Matasić, Founder and CEO, Consulio, Inc., Zagreb, Croatia & Palo Alto, California, Download presentation International approach to conference experience
	Bespoke Venues *Genoveva Christova-Mury,* Co-Founder, Missia23, Download presentation Transitioning from Traditional to Modern Creative Hubs
12:30 – 13:30	LEARNING CURVE BLOCK II – The World of Meetings
	Digital Minds & Technology for events Ivailo Kozhuharov, Hotel Experts Founder & CEO, Hotel Experts BG, Download presentation Martin Yanev, Manager, SmartBox.bg, Download presentation
13:30 – 14:30	NETWORKING LUNCH
14:30 – 15:30	LEARNING CURVE BLOCK III – Using the Media in Your Events
	*Antony Reeve-Crook,* Director, WhereMarketsMeet, Download presentation How to boost the coverage of your events or destination in both b2b and consumer publications The changing face of event industry media Gergana Nikolova, Project Manager Events, Investor Media Group, Download presentation
15:30 – 17:30	LEARNING CURVE BLOCK IV – Regional MICE RECIPIS
	Gorazd Čad, Founder and owner, TOLERANCA MARKETING WHAT WORKS IN EVENT PLANNING AND WHY, an educational workshop in the format of Trend Bar, powered by CONVENTA KNOWLEDGE HUB
17:30	FREE TIME
19:00 – 19:15	Gathering for Networking Dinner – in front of International Hotel Casino & Tower Suite
19:15– 19:30	Transport to Dinner
19:30– 23:30	Networking Dinner & Social Program @ Morsko Casino, Varna
22:30 \| 23:30	Suttles to hotel

DAY TWO Friday 21 February 2020

08:30 – 09:30	REGISTRATION
09:00 – 09:45	WRAP UP DAY I
09:45 – 10:30	PLENARY SESSION \|\| POLICIES & STRATEGIES
	Lyuben Kanchev, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Tourism, Bulgaria Dr. Boyko Takov, CEO, Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency Dimitar Nikolov, Mayor, Municipality of Burgas, Download presentation Anatoly Iliev, Founder and Secretary General, Sofia European Capital of Sport Foundation, Download presentation
10:30 – 11:15	THE FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY Rob Davidson, Managing Drector, MICE Knowledge, Download presentation The market for conferences, meetings and other types of business events is changing rapidly, reflecting important changes in the global economy, technological advances and demographic trends such as the preferences of meetings participants from Generation Y and Generation Z. This presentation will highlight the key developments in supply and demand in the international meetings market of today – and tomorrow.
11:15 – 11:40	COFFEE BREAK
11:40 – 13:20	THE FUTURE OF OUR INDUSTRY Simon Naudi, CEO, Answer Training Int’l Ltd, Download presentation The journey we have come from and where we are heading (as an industry)
13:20 – 14:15	NETWORKING LUNCH
14:15 – 15:00	LANDING THE BIG SHOWS *Antony Reeve-Cr00k,* Director, WhereMarketsMeet, Download presentation How to make your city or destination eminently appealing to organisers. And how to snare them once you have an intelligent proposition based around industry/economy and not tourism Uses case studies and input from organisers A focus on how to achieve your goals both through associations and domestic/international trade associations The obstacles to achieving this and how to overcome them
15:00 – 16:00	PLENARY SESSION \|\| The Voice of Associations & Priority Sectors Stylianos Filopoulos, Board Member, European Society of Association Executives (ESAE), Download presentation Petko Georgiev, Chairman, ICT Cluster Burgas ICT, Digital Innovation Hub, View presentation Igor Kovacevic, CEO, Serbia Convention Bureau (part of NTOS) & ICCA, Download presentation
16:00 – 17:00	PLENARY SESSION \|\| Creating Collaboration Models for the region Building the Future Together – A dynamic discussion between the regional and national CVBs Igor Kovacevic, CEO, Serbia Convention Bureau (part of NTOS) Eleni Sotiriou, Managing Director, Thessaloniki Convention Bureau Teodora Jilkova, CEO, Bulgarian Convention Bureau Moderator: Gorazd Čad, Founder and Owner, TOLERANCA MARKETING
17:00 – 17:30	WRAP UP What we have learned? What we are taking home? New opportunities!
17:30 – 20:00	FAREWELL COCKTAIL & DINNER

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