First Announced Speakers
Rumen Radev
President of Bulgaria
Yordanka Fandakova
Mayor of Sofia
Gareth Williams
Founder & CEO, Skyscanner
Prof. Teodor Sedlarski
Minister of Economy of Bulgaria
Jason Jercinovic
Havas Worldwide / President & Global Brand Director
Igor Beuker
Speaker, Publicist, Serial Entrepreneur, Angel Investor
Chris Clarke
CEO, Founder, Group of humans
Denise Parkinson
Global Entertainment Director, Telegraph Media Group
Paul Misener
Amazon / Vice President
Jonas Jacobi
VP, Cloud and Mobile Technology Strategy, IBM
Dr. Wan Gang
Minister of Science and Technology, The People's Republic of China
Cristian Citu
Senior Director, Group Digital Strategy, DHL - Global Headquarters
Kyle Outlaw
VP Experience, Sapient Razorfish
Christian Von Hammel-Bonten
Executive VP Global Product Strategy, Wirecard
Dr. Plamen Russev
Founder and Executive Chairman, Webit.Foundation / Serial entrepreneur | Futurist | Philanthropist | Investor with over 30 years experience in tech and investments (direct and as LP)
Artur Turemka
General Manager for the Balkans, Mastercard
Marieta Zaharieva
Head, Bulgarian Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion Agency (BSMEPA)
Rosen Plevneliev
Republic of Bulgaria / President of (2012 – 2017)
Christoph Auer-Welsbach
Partner, IBM Ventures
Allan Grant
Founder & CTO, Hired
Paul Swaddle
Founder and Chairman, Pocket App
Andrey Kolodyuk
Co-founder & Managing Partner, AVentures Capital
Brian Morris
Senior Business Leader, Digital Payments Lead Central and Eastern European Markets, Mastercard Worldwide
Dennis Van Heezik
Global Head of E-Commerce, Philips Lighting
Nasser Sahlool
VP, Digital Strategy, DAC Group
Scott Arpajian
CEO, Softonic
Baglan Rhymes
Chief Digital Officer, AnchorFree Inc.
Jeffrey Puritt
President and CEO, TELUS International
Ward Van Duffel
VP, Direct to Consumer, LEGO
Ditte Hammarström
Founder, Snowfire
Emil Sundberg
CEO, Snowfire
Graham McDonnell
Creative Director, T Brand Studio International - The New York Times
Nick Worth
Chief Marketing Officer, Selligent
Dr. Lisa Latts
Deputy Chief Health Officer for IBM Watson Health
Ricardo J. Méndez
Head of Engineering at Savedo
Martin Wezowski
SAP / Chief Designer
Arnd Benninghoff
EVP, CEO MTGx Digital Ventures
Andrey Khemmelis
Deputy GM, Emerging Technology, Iponweb
Vinay Solanki
Head of Commercial Growth Fund, Channel 4
Aaron Harvey
CEO, Ready, Set, Rocket
Hristo Hristov
Netinfo / CEO
David Lennon
Global Creative Director, WSJ. Custom Studios
Prof. Shafi Ahmed
Chief Medical Officer, Medical Realities / Surgeon | Futurist | Innovator | Entrepreneur | Humanitarian
Nadine Levitt
CEO & Opera Singer and Songwriter, Wurrly
Sridhar Iyengar
CEO, Elemental Machines
Oded Salomy
General Manager for Israel, Visa
Joe Baguley
VP & CTO, EMEA, VMware
Norihisa Wada
Executive SeVP & CMO EdulLab
Gael De Talhouet
VP Digital Transformation, SCA
Rami Essaid
Co-Founder, Distil Networks
Benoit Legrand
Global Head of FinTech, ING Group
Sohaila Ouffata
Investment Principal BMW i Ventures
Markus Witte
CEO, babbel.com
David Cass
Chief Information Security Officer Cloud & SaaS Operational Services, IBM
Martin Woolley
Technical Program Manager, Bluetooth SIG
Brian Collins
CMO, AngelHack
Zsolt Robotka
CEO & Founder, SignAll Technologies
Raj Samani
McAfee / Chief Scientist
Liliana Reasor
Founder and CEO of SupraFin
Ulrich Seldeslachts
CEO, LSEC - Leaders In Security
Mark Val
Founder & CEO, ARX
Eric Klinker
co-Founder and CEO of Resilio Inc.
Dermot Williams
Managing Director Threatscape
Dr. Vasil S. Denchev
Chief Software Architect of Quantum Artificial Intelligence Lab, Google
Michel Stuijt
CEO, Eurogiro
Kristo Kaarmann
Co-founder & CEO, TransferWise
Maurice Grinberg
Co-founder, Chair of the Board, ASSIST - Assistive Technologies
Alexander Shulgin
Visionary, Investor, Composer
Peter Rahnev
Head of Cloud Services, Oblak.bg
Dr. Clemens Suter-Crazzolara
VP Product Management for Health and Precision Medicine, SAP
Desislava Mihaylova
Founder & Managing Director, Sqilline
Rumyana Trencheva
Head of Global Partner Organization at SAP for Central and Eastern Europe
Milena Stoycheva
CEO, JA Bulgaria
Dr. Andreas Mitrakas
Head of Unit – Data Security & Standardisation, ENISA
Boris Goncharov
Chief Cyber Security Strategist, AMATAS
Martina Larkin
Head of Europe and Eurasia, World Economic Forum
Ilias Iakovidis
Adviser in DG Connect, EU Commission
John Higgins
Director General, Digital Europe
Travis LeBlanc
Cooley LLP / Partner
Marius Ghenea
Investment Director, 3TS Capital
Marton Benedek
International Coordinator, DG HOME, EU Commission
Menny Barzilay
CEO & Cyber Security Strategist, FortyTwo
Thomas Philbeck
Project Lead, Fourth Industrial Revolution, World Economic Forum
Bart Becks
Founder & CEO, angel.me; Chairman, EURACTIV; Partner, Venturewise investment fund
Johann Stan
European Patent Office
Maurizio Rossi
Founder CoCEO, H-FARM
Martin Kern
Interim Director,European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT)
Guillaume Capelle
Co-founder and director, SINGA
Stamen Yanev
CEO of InvestBulgaria Agency
Hila Cohen
International Business Development Lead, Innovation Accelerator at World Food Programme
Peter Е. Braun
Member Board of Directors at EBAN
Paul Copping
Smart City Advisor, Digital Greenwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich
Mike Pitts
Interim Head of Urban Living & Built Environment, Innovate UK
Alexander Renz
Managing Partner, New Mobility Consulting
Ljubo Bešlić
Mayor, Mostar
Luisella Giani
EMEA Business Innovation Director, Oracle
Amr Salem
Global Managing Director for Smart Cities, Internet of Everything, Cisco Systems
Julie Alexander
Director, Urban Development, Siemens
Hermano Sanches Ruivo
Councilor and Member of the Paris Agency for Development
Malcolm Johnson
Deputy Secretary General, ITU
Manon Jutte
Strategist Energy Transition, Alliander
Prof. Rob Wolcott
Kellogg School of Management / Clinical Professor of Innovation
Doncho Barbalov
Deputy Mayor on Finance, Sofia
Jens Wohltorf
Co-founder & CEO, Blacklane
Ivan Portnih
Mayor of Varna Municipality
Janko Milunovic
COO at Startupbootcamp
Maroš Šefčovič
Vice President, Energy Union, European Commission
Tanya Hristova
Gabrovo Municipality / Mayor
Kornelia Marinova
Mayor of Lovech Municipality
Prof. Flavia Marzano
City Councillor for Roma Semplice, Rome
Dimitar Nikolov
Mayor of Burgas Municipality
Dominik Schiener
Blockchain expert and co-founder of IOTA
Krasimira Raycheva
Country Lead Bulgaria, Visa
Hristo Chernev
Founder & CEO, TaxiMe
Ivaylo Slavov
CEO, BulPros
Dobroslav Dimitrov
Co-founder, Imperia Online
Peter Mitev
Co-founder and CEO, Chaos Group
Mark Turrell
Orcasci / Founder
Safdar Mustafa
Head of Digital Products, AL JAZEERA NETWORK
Arch. Zdravko Zdravkov
Chief Architect of Sofia
Michael Schuster
Partner, SpeedInvest
Suraj Kumar Rajwani
Managing Partner, DoubleRock
Sriram Prakash
Deloitte / Global Lead, Innovation M&A and Venturing Services
Roby Stancel
Partner for Europe and Innovation, VCI
Alexey Telnov
Investment Director, iTech Capital
Jon Soberg
MS&AD Ventures / Managing Partner
Thimo Schmitt-Lord
Executive Director and Head, Bayer Foundations
Matthias Schanze
Principal, Siemens Next47
Pavel Bogdanov
General partner at Almaz Capital
Michael "Monty" Widenius
Founder & CTO, MariaDB Foundation; Founder MySQL AB
Oliver Thamm
Technical Co Founder / CTO XapiX.io
Neely Rifai
Event Coordinator at Global Webit Series
Michael Paustian
Creative Director and Head of Strategic Product Development, Axel Springer
Marcin Pszenny
B2B Senior Technical Account Manager, Samsung
Katya Todorova
MEmotion / Founder
Moran Cerf
Prof. of Neuroscience and Business, Kellogg School of Management
Joe Landon
Lockheed Martin / VP, Advanced Programs Development
Or Benoz
Founder and CEO of Rewire
Dr. Jurgi Camblong
CEO at Sophia Genetics
Praveen Paranjothi
VC investor, European Investment Fund
Victor Savevski
Humanitas Healthcare Group / Chief Innovation Officer
Rohit Baghrava
Grégoire Vigroux
Vice-President Marketing of TELUS International Europe
Conrad Wolfram
Director of Strategic and International Development at Wolfram Research
Sergey Gribov
Partner at Flint Capital
Dr. Rosen Dimitrov
Novartis Bulgaria / Public Affairs Manager
Dr. Ömer Saka
Partner Healthcare Economics, Deloitte Monitor
Ivailo Dachov
Co-founder & managing director, Check Point Cardio
Prof. Dr. Ivo Petrov
Acibadem City Clinic Sofia / Head of Cardiology and Angiology Department
Prof. Dr. Galina Kurteva
Head of the Medical Oncology Clinic, University Oncology Hospital, Sofia
Giovanni Seppia
External Relations manager, EURid
Ivan Kristoff
Founder, Highrise Emergency Aerial Response Team (H.E.A.R.T.)
Alexander Grigorov
Brand and Online Marketing Manager at Toyota Balkans; Board Member of BAA
Ivan Ralchev
Partner, 1bike; Project manager, NEXT-DC
Martin Popov
Digital Agency Interactive Share / General Manager
Konstantin Yankov
Business Development Manager, Metric DS
Miroslava Blagova
Digital Marketing Consultant, Veloxoft LTD
Nikolay Boykov
Executive Director, All Channels Communication Group
Ognian Mladenov
SEOM.bg / SEO Expert
Stanislav Dimitrov
Konversa / Founder
Ivo Iliev
Digital marketing professional, InteractAGE
Russell McAthy
CEO, CUBED Attribution
Dr. Stamen Popov
Novartis Oncology Business Unit Head Bulgaria & Macedonia
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