• 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM |  Pre-conference Event: Knowhow Communities for Accelerating RTI Transfer in the Danube Region
  Location: Room 315

10:00 AM – 10:20 AM | Welcome and Opening Session on project management

10:20 AM – 10:45 AM | Piloting “Up-to-date” – Presentation of Implementation Processes and Results

• Montenegro – IEC Tehnopolis, Anđela Nikčević

• Bosnia and Herzegovina – [TBD]

• Bulgaria – [TBD]

• Hungary – [TBD]

• Ukraine – [TBD]

• Slovenia – [TBD]

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM | Internal Workshop – Generation of New Project Proposals

Umbrella workshop led by ByFor (Bavaria)
Moderated by TGLs

11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Coffee Break

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM | Plenary presentation of results and open discussion

Moderated by IEC Tehnopolis and CCIS

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | Lunch

2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Communication Management and Visibility Actions for Knowhow Communities

Planning and Delivery- session
Moderated by INTERA TB and CCIS

• 5:00 PM | Conference Opening, Museum Tour and Cocktail
  Location: Regional History Museum of Sofia

• 9:00 AM | Coffee
  Location: Lobby

• 9:30 AM – 10:00 AM | Welcome Address
  Location: Auditorium Nikola Popov (420)
  Speakers:
  Assoc. Prof. Atanas Georgiev - Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University  
  Assoc. Prof. Todor Yalamov  – Vice Dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University   
  Assoc. Prof. Marina Stefanova  – Vice-Dean for Sustainability, Empowerment and Engagement, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University
  Marc Dubois – Co-founder, Fragmentin (Lausanne, Switzerland)
  
  

• 10:00 AM | Unveiling of the G80 Art Installation
  This interactive opening session introduces G80, a digital art installation by the Swiss collective Fragmentin (Lausanne, Switzerland). Inspired by Buckminster Fuller’s visionary concept of the “World Game”, the installation explores global resource distribution through simulation and ethical decision-making.  
  Location: Level 4.5
  Speakers:
  Marc Dubois – Co-founder, Fragmentin (Lausanne, Switzerland)
  
  
  

• 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM | Interactive Session: Create Your Future
  After a short presentation on the history and ethical implications of global simulation models, participants will engage in a hands-on exercise based on the G80 artwork. Working in small teams, they will recreate their own web-based versions of G80 by redefining the variables from the original work and assigning a meaningful hyperlink to each concept—transforming abstract ethical ideas into dynamic, interactive knowledge systems.
  Location: Room 308

Chair:
Marc Dubois – Co-founder, Fragmentin (Lausanne, Switzerland)  

• 10:15 AM – 12:00 PM |  From Real Options to Real Impact: Innovation, Housing, and Higher Education in a Changing World
  Location: Auditorium Nikola Popov (420)
  Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Todor Yalamov, Sofia University

Prof. Stanley Gyoshev, University of Exeter, UK: Valuing Flexibility: Using Real Options to Quantify Economic and Societal Scenarios
Dr. Sadhna Shukla, India: Significance of generative AI in the technological landscape for consumers
DSc. Aleksandar Vasilev, Senior Research Fellow, University of Lincoln, UK: A Real-Business-Cycle Setup with Housing: Lessons for Bulgaria (1999-2024)
Prof. Izzudin Busnaina, University of Benghazi, Libya: Transforming Higher Education Futures in MENA countries: Innovation, Sustainability and Global Positioning

• 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |  Knowhow Communities for Accelerating RTI Transfer in the Danube Region
  Location: Children's science center "Muzeiko" and Sofia Tech Park

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Review of Tools Workshop

Moderated by CCIS

11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | Coffee Break

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Continuation of Workshop

Presentation of results, wrap-up of deliverable

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Lunch

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Sofia Tech Park Guided tour 

• 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM| Lunch Break

• 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM | ConsuWAIS Panel on AI and e-commerce

Location: Room 420 

Chair: Prof. Svetlana Bialkova, Principal investigator, ConsuWAIS Vihren project, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University 

Dr. Borislava Toleva, R3 researcher, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University 

Dr. Nikolay Georgiev, R3 researcher, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University 

• 1:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Theorizing the managerial practice: doctoral ambition to contribute to the theory

Location: Room 315
Moderator:  Assistant Professor Irena Mladenova,  Faculty of Economic and Business Administration, Sofia  University

Attila Yensen, Senior Executive Advisor, Makro ČR, Czech Republic: How managers prepare for transition from functional to general management positions?
Kalin Yonov, CEO, Loulis Mel, Bulgaria:
Value reconstruction in upstream businesses
Gergana Manolova, Director International Cooperation and Business Relations, M-Gas, Bulgaria:
How companies in Bulgaria perceive and implement diversity, equality, and inclusion policies
Maria Lazarova, CEO, Green Advertising, Bulgaria:
Mapping the Creative Industry: EU Perspectives and Emerging Sectors
Amjad Mohammed, University of Libya

• 3:30 PM – 4:00 PM | Coffee break

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Panel B
  Location 420

• 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Economic costs of violence against women (in Bulgarian)
  Location The Egg at the University Rectorate 

• 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM | Reception at Aula Magna
  Location University Rectorate 

• 7:00 PM | Concert
  Location: Aula Magna (University Rectorate) 

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• 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | Coffee Break

• 10:30 AM – 1:00 PM | Next-Gen Materials in Action: Unlocking SME Innovation Across the Danube Region

Location: Room 315
Chair: Prof. Teodora Georgieva
Speakers:
Prof. DEconSc. Sonia Mileva - Bojanova, Vice-rector of Career Development, Alumni, Business and Employers’ Networks, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohrdiski”

Prof. Iliana Ivanova, PhD, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohrdiski”

Barbara Giehmann, Bayern Innovative Society for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, Germany

Anđela Nikčević, Željko Lučić, Đorđije Malović, Jasna Vućić, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Centre (IEC) Tehnopolis, Montenegro

Svetla Markova, PhD Student, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohrdiski”

Viktor Bagashev, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohrdiski” 

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• 2:00 PM – 5:30 PM |  2030 SDG Game

The game requires additional registration and payment.

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Boyan Zahariev -  ESG Project Manager
Assoc. Prof. Marina Stefanova  – Vice-Dean for Sustainability, Empowerment and Engagement, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University
Location: Auditorium Nikola Popov (420)

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